Chapter 132: One-Day Tour of the Imperial Capital
The next day, early morning!
Su Chen was still sleeping soundly when he was woken up by the phone on the bedside table.

Just when I was about to let out my morning grumpiness, I instantly lost my temper when I saw the caller ID.

Looking at the dim sky outside the window, he sighed helplessly, "What the hell is going on!"

No matter how much you sigh, you still have to answer the phone.

"Hey, Shulaya, what's the matter?" Su Chen couldn't help yawning while speaking.

"Mr. Su, I'm sorry to disturb your rest."

Hearing Shulaya's apologetic voice, Su Chen didn't know what to say, "It's okay, I just woke up too. Are you planning to go out for breakfast?"

Shulaya's voice became a little excited when she heard this, "Yeah~ I want to eat soy milk fried dough sticks, stewed steamed buns, and sugar-coated pancakes."

I don’t know if Shulaya gave myself a lesson in this area last night. She talked about seven or eight kinds of food in a row, several of which even Su Chen had never eaten.

"Okay~ I'll wash up first and leave in half an hour."

After hanging up the phone, Su Chen walked out of his bedroom in his pajamas and knocked on the other two doors.

Last night, Jiang Yang and Chen Fei were so busy that they didn't come back until after 11 o'clock. After asking them, I learned that they were there to sort out the batch of cultural relics.

Not only do you have to identify the authenticity, but you also have to select high-quality cultural relics from them. In case there are any precious cultural relics mixed in, you may be able to pick up a bargain.

The National Museum also sent a team of ten people, led by the curator himself, plus Jiang Yang and Chen Fei, a total of thirteen people. It took a full six hours to barely sort out the cultural relics.

The vast majority are ordinary cultural relics and are not very precious, and only a few can be considered treasures.

As for the two national treasures, no one knew who leaked the news to the Hunan Provincial Museum, letting it know that someone was going to donate the body of the Dish Fang Lei. You should know that the entire Dish Fang Lei is composed of the body and the lid, and the Dish Fang Lei lid is currently on display at the Hunan Provincial Museum.

The Dish-shaped Lei is a bronze ware from the late Shang Dynasty and is a national treasure among national treasures. Moreover, this cultural relic was excavated from Hunan Province. Naturally, the Hunan Provincial Museum also hopes that "the body and the lid will be reunited and the Lei will be returned to Hunan intact."

After receiving the news, the director of the Hunan Provincial Museum flew to the imperial capital overnight with several staff members and discussed the ownership of the cultural relic directly with the person in charge of the National Museum.

Who knew that the National Museum also had ideas about this national treasure, and instead persuaded the director of the Hunan Museum to send the lid of the Dish-shaped Lei to the imperial capital when he was on a business trip.

Everyone knows that the National Museum is a place where people borrow things without returning them, so how could they agree to this? The two started arguing while sorting out the cultural relics, and almost a "Xiang State" war broke out.

In the end, Jiang Yang had to persuade them. Knowing that it was all the fault of the Fang Lei, he simply took it back together with the 56 pieces of Qin gold ornaments. The reason was simple: these two cultural relics belonged to the Arno family, and he was just keeping them temporarily.

The two curators could only watch Jiang Yang take away the two national treasures. As for who would get them in the end, it depended on their respective abilities.

"Click!" The door opened.
Jiang Yang leaned against the door frame and asked sleepily, "Why are you getting up so early?"

Su Chen saw Jiang Yang's hair in a mess and a smile on his face. "What else can I do? Shulaya called me and said she wants to go to the capital for breakfast. She doesn't need a local like you to be her tour guide!"

"Oh my God, it's not even eight o'clock yet. How can this young lady have so much energy?" Jiang Yang rubbed his hair, with a hint of complaint in his words.

"Please, this is your business. I haven't complained yet but you are complaining now!" Su Chen was also speechless. In the middle of winter, who doesn't want to sleep until they wake up naturally?

"Stop wasting time, get ready and go out!"

At this time, the door of Chen Fei's room was also opened. He looked very energetic and even changed his clothes.

"Sir, Brother Yang!" Chen Fei greeted with a smile.

Su Chen looked at Chen Fei's spirit, then looked at Jiang Yang, shook his head and said, "Old Jiang, are you weak? Look at Chen Fei's spirit. You should be careful not to become a weak man."

Hearing this, Jiang Yang was no longer sleepy and woke up instantly, "You are the one who is weak, buddy is really awesome!" As he said this, he straightened his waist.

"Tsk tsk tsk ~ Only you know whether it's true or not." Su Chen laughed strangely twice, and before Jiang Yang could react, he quickly returned to his room and closed the door.

Jiang Yang reacted and shouted loudly: "Fuck~Su Chen, I'm doing you a favor!"

After yelling, Jiang Yang turned to look at Fade Chen and said, "Fade Chen, I think you have been lacking training recently. When can you take a break and go to the training base to practice with your brothers?"

When he thought of those "beasts" in the training base, even if his ability was the best in the entire training camp, he would not be able to withstand the training of everyone.

"No, Brother Yang, how did this get involved with me?" Chen Fei, who was innocently caught in the crossfire, was in tears.

When Jiang Yang heard this slightly miserable voice, he felt much more relaxed and went back to his room humming a little tune.

Chen Fei never thought that in the end he would be the only one who got hurt. If he had known this, he would have come out later.

By the time Su Chen and the others had packed up and came down from upstairs, Shulaya was already waiting in the lounge area on the first floor lobby with her bodyguards.

After a brief chat, the group of five left Building No. 7.

He drove Su Chen's Rolls-Royce straight to Shichahai.

I originally thought of finding a roadside restaurant nearby and having a simple meal there, but Su Chen directly rejected it.

Shulaya was very curious about the snacks and delicacies in the imperial capital, so I simply solved them all at once. I took her to visit Shichahai and several streets and alleys, and they tried almost all the delicacies in the imperial capital.

The State Guesthouse is not far from Shichahai, just a few minutes away, and you can get there with just one step on the accelerator.

"Are there so many people in this winter?" Shulaya was also shocked when he saw the crowded scene in Shichahai.

You have to know that in Paris, there are basically no people going out in winter. Most of the people walking on the street are office workers in a hurry, and of course those homeless vagrants.

"Playing~ has no season!" A smile appeared on Su Chen's lips.

I don't know if it was his first time in China or he had gotten rid of his father Arnault's restraints, but Shulaya was like a curious baby, looking here and there, and stopping to look at any snacks he saw.
Su Chen knew that she was interested in the snack and wanted to eat it, so Su Chen went up to her and pretended to ask her if she wanted to eat it. After some hesitation, he bought the snack.

"Douzhi, Mr. Su, I saw douzhi!" Shulaya shouted, pointing to a steamed bun shop not far away.

The expressions of Su Chen and the other two were a little ugly. As everyone knows, bean juice is only suitable for local people in the imperial capital.
I wanted to resist, but Shulaya walked towards the bun shop by herself.

Su Chen and Jiang Yang looked at each other and could only follow helplessly.

They thought the bun shop simply sold buns and soy milk, but when Su Chen and the others got closer, they found that they also sold braised pork and steamed buns.

Shulaya's eyes had already turned to Su Chen, indicating that he could order food.

"Do you really want to drink soy milk?" Su Chen couldn't help but ask again.

"Yeah~ I heard that soy milk is the most representative delicacy in the imperial capital. I must try it no matter what!" Shulaya did not notice the changes in the expressions of Su Chen and the others. She was leaning over and watching the customers in the bun shop leisurely drinking soy milk.

Seeing her sincere attitude, Su Chen could not disturb her interest, so he immediately called to the boss, "Give me a bowl of bean juice, three bowls of stewed pork, and a basket of steamed buns."

After saying that, Su Chen remembered that there was still one person who hadn't said what to eat. He turned to look at Shulaya's bodyguard and asked, "What about you? Have a bowl of bean juice too."

The female bodyguard nodded calmly. She also wanted to taste what the food Shulaya mentioned tasted like.

As soon as I found a large square table and sat down, the waiter from the bun shop brought the buns and bean juice to me. At the end, he asked, "Would you like to try the fried liver? This is also the signature dish of our shop."

Su Chen did not answer, but looked at Shulaya, wanting to ask for his opinion.

In his impression, it seems that foreigners don’t like to eat offal, except for foie gras, of course.

"Try it?" Shulaya was a little embarrassed. She bought a lot of snacks along the way.

Everything she liked to eat went into her stomach, and everything she didn't like to eat was eaten by Chen Fei and the female bodyguard.

"Give me some fried liver and other snacks!"

"Okay!" The waiter shouted and turned away.

Shulaya also looked at the soy milk in front of him and sniffed it, but couldn't tell whether it was good or bad.

Under the gazes of Su Chen and the other two, he took the first sip.

"Uh~" The moment the soy milk entered her mouth, the taste of the soy milk rushed straight to her head. Shulaya thought she had seen her grandmother who had passed away many years ago.

He didn't care about his image and just spit it out.

"Is this bean juice spoiled?"

Shulaya couldn't believe that this was the soy milk he had been longing for for so long.

The female bodyguard beside her frowned and took a sniff, then took a big sip.
The next second, the female bodyguard was seen hugging the trash can and vomiting.

"Hahahahaha~" Su Chen couldn't help laughing anymore.

Even the diners next to them smiled knowingly.

"Ms. Shulaya, this is what bean juice in the capital tastes like. People who like it can drink a few bowls, but those who don't like it will think it's just swill."

"Don't even mention you. Even I, a local from the imperial capital, don't dare to say that I can drink this bowl of soy milk!" Jiang Yang explained with a smile.

"Ah~" Shulaya still couldn't believe that there were people who liked to drink this thing that seemed like swill, but when she saw the diners around her drinking it so happily, she understood that what Jiang Yang said was the truth.

She came here to enjoy the food, not to challenge the limits of her taste buds, and she pushed the soy milk aside with disgust.

Everyone is used to such scenes, and no one stands up to say that it is a waste of food.

Su Chen still ordered a portion of braised steamed buns for Shulaya and her bodyguard.

This time she learned her lesson and let the female bodyguard taste it first to see how it tasted.

The female bodyguard was a little nervous. She was particularly careful when eating this time, and picked the smallest piece to feed it. The female bodyguard, who was ready to vomit, was delighted. This braised pork was particularly delicious, and she couldn't help but pick up a big piece to taste.

"Miss, this braised steamed bun is delicious!" While speaking, she did not forget to pick up a piece and put it in her mouth.

"Really?" Shulaya started eating with chopsticks that she wasn't very skilled at.

"Hmm~ so delicious!" He tilted his head back with an expression of enjoying it.

Looking at Shulaya enjoying the food, Su Chen also sighed that people from Shulaya's family can be said to be well-dressed and well-fed, and have eaten all kinds of top-quality ingredients, but he didn't expect that he would be captured by the snacks of this roadside stall.

In addition to braised pork, Shulaya has eaten a lot of fried liver, and steamed buns. His comment is that he likes everything except soy milk.
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After breakfast, Su Chen suggested taking Shulaya to visit the Forbidden City, which was unanimously agreed.

You need to make an appointment one day in advance to enter the Forbidden City, otherwise you can't enter
This kind of thing is a small matter for Jiang Yang, not to mention that he has a mission to solve any troubles for foreign guests.

After a phone call was made, a staff member of the Forbidden City soon found them and led them directly into the Forbidden City through a special passage.

“Is this the Forbidden City?”

When Su Chen and others passed through the majestic Meridian Gate and walked into the Forbidden City, the first thing that caught their eyes was a huge palace.

Just as Su Chen was about to give Jiang Yang a look and ask him to explain the history of the Forbidden City to Shulaya, he heard a clear and hearty voice.

"What you are seeing now is the first hall of the Forbidden City - the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the square in front is the Square of Supreme Harmony."

"The river in front of us is called the Jinshui River, and the five bridges across the river are called the Inner Jinshui Bridges, which are the Imperial Bridge in the middle, the Prince Bridges on both sides, and the Pinji Bridge at the edge."

It was the staff member who brought them in before, and unexpectedly he also worked as a tour guide part-time.

At this time, Shulaya was already beside the tour guide, listening carefully to the introduction.

"What do you think? Brother, did you have the foresight to directly ask the Forbidden City to arrange a professional tour guide, which saved us a lot of effort!" Jiang Yang leaned close to Su Chen and whispered.

"Well~ worthy of praise!" Su Chen silently gave him a thumbs up.

From the moment they entered the Meridian Gate, the tour guide basically never stopped talking. He introduced every aspect of the Forbidden City in great detail. Even Su Chen was fascinated by what he was saying.

"Meow~meow~"

When Su Chen and others stepped into Wenhua Hall, several meows attracted everyone's attention.

After passing through the crowd, I saw a fat orange dog having fun in the snow, jumping here and there, attracting cheers from the surrounding tourists.

"Ah~ This fat orange dog is so cute!" Shulaya took out his cell phone and started taking pictures.

"This orange cat is called Papa, and he is one of our official cat employees at the Forbidden City!" A rare smile appeared on the tour guide's face.

"Hmm? From what you said, you mean there are a lot of cats in the Forbidden City?" Su Chen was a little curious at this time. He didn't expect that there were cats in the Forbidden City, and they even had formal jobs there.

"There are 181 registered in the entire Forbidden City, distributed in various places, which is also a major feature of our Forbidden City."

Shulaya, who was squatting on the ground taking pictures, heard that there were more than a hundred cute cats and suddenly became interested in seeing them all.

Unfortunately, the tour guide poured cold water on her. Many places in the Forbidden City are not open to the public at present. Most cats live in these unopened areas. Moreover, cats run around everywhere, and you are lucky to meet one.

Shuraya was not too disappointed, after all, it was just a spur of the moment decision.
It took me almost three hours to barely finish my tour of the Forbidden City.

"I can't do any of this play-accompanying. After this trip to the Forbidden City, I feel like I'm half exhausted!" As soon as he came out of the Forbidden City, Su Chen found a place to rest and sat down, rubbing his swollen legs and complaining softly.

"What should we do? If Shulaya wants to go somewhere else to play, can we not allow her to go?" Jiang Yang was also very tired. The amount of exercise he did today was the sum of his exercise in the past few days.

In fact, Su Chen and the others were just worrying too much.
Su Chen and the other two upright young men felt extremely tired after touring the Forbidden City, not to mention Shulaya, a 20-year-old girl. If it weren't for her damn face, Shulaya would have asked to go back to the hotel to rest long ago.

After a moment's silence, Su Chen finally spoke.

"It's almost time for dinner, Shulaya, is there anything you want to eat?"

When Shulaya heard about food, she instantly became energetic even though she was a little tired.

"Mr. Su, you arrange it, I can do anything!" Shulaya didn't say that she wanted to eat roast duck.
Ever since enjoying the delicious roast duck last night, Shulaya has been feeling a little worried and like she didn’t eat enough.

I looked at the time and it was almost noon. If I went to those high-end restaurants now, I would have to wait for at least an hour. I could only think about what kind of convenient, fast and delicious food there is.

Su Chen quickly thought of a place to eat, "Shulaya, why don't we go eat mutton!"

"Shabu-shabu?" Shulaya nodded and agreed without even thinking. If it was recommended by Su Chen, the food must be delicious.

You should know that in Gaul, the most famous thing is lamb chops, and other parts are rarely eaten or even not eaten at all.

Let Chen Fei drive the Rolls-Royce over, and the five of them headed straight to SKP, the commercial center of the imperial capital!
The destination of Su Chen and his friends' trip was the mutton hotpot restaurant on the third floor of the SKP commercial center, which was the headquarters that Zong Xinyao had called to say was opening.

Zong Xinyao was quite courageous and directly chose the SKP shopping district. The initial investment alone cost nearly 10 million!
It only takes four or five red lights to get from the Forbidden City to SKP. On the way, Su Chen took the time to call Zong Xinyao and asked her to arrange a private room for him.

When Su Chen and the others came out of the elevator on the third floor, Zong Xinyao was already waiting at the elevator door.

"Boss!" Zong Xinyao greeted respectfully.

"Have you arranged the private room?"

Zong Xinyao nodded, then walked in front and led everyone towards the mutton hotpot restaurant.

When Su Chen walked into the mutton hotpot restaurant, he was a little surprised by the lively scene inside.

There were basically no empty seats in the hall, and the waiters were walking around the tables, carrying plates of delicious, tender lamb.

"Well done!" Su Chen is never stingy with praise.

The entire mutton restaurant is quite large. Su Chen took a quick look and found that there were about fifteen tables and ten private rooms in the hall. Except for the private room vacated for Su Chen, all the other rooms were full of people.

After looking around for a while, Su Chen invited Shulaya and others into the private room.

Su Chen walked at the back and whispered a few words to Zong Xinyao. Zong Xinyao's gaze stayed on Shulaya for a moment, then nodded to indicate that she knew what to do.

As soon as we sat down, plates of exquisite lamb were served.

The shabu-shabu pots in the private rooms are independent, and everyone has one in front of them, so there is no need to use one shabu-shabu pot like outside.

"Shulaya, this mutton hot pot is very simple. Just pour the whole plate of mutton into the hot pot and wait for a minute. Then dip it in sesame paste. You will definitely love the taste!"

As he said that, Su Chen picked up a plate of mutton and poured it into the hot pot. Shulaya next to him followed suit and poured the mutton in.

In a moment, a faint aroma of mutton wafted from the private room, making people salivate.

When Shulaya took the first bite of mutton, her eyes lit up!
The quality of the mutton is very good, without any mutton smell, but with a light grass fragrance, the meat is also very tender and juicy.

"Mr. Su, this mutton is really good, much better than what I ate in China!"

"Hahaha~ If you like it, eat more. This restaurant is owned by me. Just tell me which part you want to eat."

Su Chen smiled happily. Being praised by Shulaya showed that the quality of this mutton was also ranked among the best in the world.

The meal took nearly two hours to finish and everyone was very full.

The five of us ate a total of thirty plates of mutton, and almost everyone ate six plates, which was almost three pounds of mutton.

"Hey, Mr. Su, it's only the second day and we've already eaten so many delicious foods. What am I going to do when I return to Paris?"

"This is just the beginning. Tomorrow we won't go out to play but stay in the State Guesthouse. Then I'll let you taste what top-notch food is!" Su Chen also had his own plans. He was already so tired just from visiting the Forbidden City today. If he went to climb the Great Wall, he would be exhausted to death.

Fortunately, Shulaya is a foodie, so he can only use delicious food to tempt her. Besides, Su Chen himself also wants to taste what the state banquet dishes are like.

This is a win-win situation, so why not do it?

"Yeah~ I'm not going out to play!" Shulaya kept nodding his head like pounding garlic.

After chatting for another ten minutes, Su Chen suggested going back to the State Guesthouse to rest. As soon as he walked out of the private room, he was stopped by Zong Xinyao.

"Boss, I wonder if we can take a photo with this beautiful lady?" Zong Xinyao said to Shulaya beside Su Chen.

Su Chen did not answer, but looked at Shulaya beside him. Of course, she had to make the decision on this matter herself.

"Of course no problem!" Shulaya agreed without even thinking about it, without noticing the slight smile on Su Chen's lips.

I don’t know where Zong Xinyao found the professional photographer, but he took a quick look around the store and finally decided to have Zong Xinyao and Shulaya take a photo standing under the sign of the hotpot restaurant.

I only saw the photographer's fingers pressing the shutter button frantically, and I had no idea how many photos he took.

Jiang Yang, who was standing next to Su Chen, reacted quickly and whispered, "Old Su, you are really cunning. You are planning to use the reputation of the Arnault family to advertise for you!"

You should know that the donation ceremony will be held in a few days, and this ceremony will be very formal. It will be widely publicized both at home and abroad. As the representative of the donation, Shulaya will naturally become the focus of everyone's attention.

Su Chen didn't feel the slightest bit of shame on his face for having his little tricks exposed.

After all, free advertising is worth using.

　I've been a bit busy lately, so the updates are a bit slow!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)