"Concubine Zhen, you have no sense of hierarchy in your eyes and no order of honor and inferiority in your chest. This in itself is already a broken rule. Now that I am punishing you, what else do you have to say?"
Just as the Queen finished speaking, she suddenly heard a burst of messy footsteps coming from outside, and then Ye Fuxun appeared at the door of the hall.
"Empress, you must not do this. Concubine Zhen did nothing wrong. At that time, I also watched him greet you, Empress."
"How come it turns out that he didn't say hello to you at this time? Did you remember it wrong?"
Ye Fuxun's sudden appearance at this time, and her opening her mouth to tell the whole story, made the Queen's heart even more angry.
But after all, Ye Fuxun was standing here and was loved by the emperor. She couldn't punish Concubine Zhen again, so she had no choice but to look back and let the two of them leave.
That night, Concubine Zhen was tricked by the emperor and got the opportunity to sleep with the emperor.
From then on, Concubine Zhen relied on the emperor's favor and became the envy of most of the concubines in the harem.
In the Shangshu Mansion.
Lily frowned slightly: "Then Aunt Hua and Ganju are sneaking around. It's definitely not a good thing to leave the house. Could it be that they are going to meet their lover?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the porcelain plate Qin Meimei held in her hand fell to the ground, making a crisp shattering sound.
Lily hurriedly knelt down, thinking that she had said the wrong thing.
"Is this true?" Qin Meimei's eyes flashed with sharpness. If this was true, wouldn't she have a chance to defeat Huarong?
Li Rui has been cuckolded. No matter how much you love a man, he won't be able to bear it!
Lily carefully recalled the way Ganju looked around, and nodded seriously: "It's absolutely true, even if this servant has made too many guesses, her master and servant must have done something behind the back of Shangshu Mansion. Otherwise, how can they be so dishonest."
Qin Meimei nodded and immediately said, "Let's go and have a look."
However, the old lady beside her hesitated a little and said, "Madam, you should think deeply. Don't shoot yourself in the foot."
"Mommy feels that Aunt Hua is so favored that adults will not protect her." Lily retorted. She had long wanted to take Aunt Hua's place and become Qin Meimei's confidant. "Now that Aunt Hua has finally exposed her flaws, how can she let her go?"
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Qin Meimei looked at Lily and nodded with satisfaction. She was already anxious to find Hua Rong's fault: "Old mama, just stay in the house. Lily can come with me."
"Madam." The old woman wanted to say something else, but the two of them had already left.
The old grandma sighed deeply on the spot, with a hint of hurt hidden in her eyes.
Huarong, who successfully left the Shangshu Mansion, took Chamomile directly to the shop, where Ye Fuxun was making renovations.
When she saw Huarong coming while she was busy, she stopped what she was doing and raised her sleeves to wipe the sweat from her forehead: "Huarong."
"Princess Jin." Hua Rong saw that everyone in the East Palace was very busy, and she couldn't help but feel a little guilty, "It's because I'm late. Madam's people have been paying close attention to me these days."
Ye Fuxun smiled generously and said: "No problem, I came to you today because I want you to see my plan for the shop."
As she spoke, she handed her the schematic diagram in her hand.
Hua Rong lowered her head and looked carefully. The more she looked, the more surprised she became. She was full of praise: "Princess Jin is really a clever and ingenious person. This cover is unprecedented and unheard of."
There are simple annotations next to the things drawn on the drawings so that the viewer can understand them clearly.
Ye Fuxun built several shelves according to the specifications of later pastry shops, and the glass covers on them were made of transparent colored glass.
If you want any pastry, the guest can pick it from the tray. After selecting, he can go to the counter to pay the money.
Convenient and fast, Hua Rong has a hunch that they will become the number one pastry shop in the capital.
Ye Fuxun saw her expression and knew what Huarong was thinking, and she motioned for Huarong to go upstairs.
Ye Fuxun bought all the existing things for making pastries. There was a teahouse and accounting room on the second floor, and the others were combined into one room to build a baking room.
There are paintings hanging on the wall, showing all kinds of lifelike cakes.
Hua Rong and Gan Ju looked at it in shock. Gan Ju couldn't help but said: "Princess Jin, you are really amazing."
After looking at the second floor, Ye Fuxun asked Huarong again: "What does Huarong think is a good name for our shop?"
"It's up to Princess Jin to decide." Hua Rong is now completely devoted to Ye Fuxun, always feeling that the naming can only be perfected by leaving it to her.
Ye Fuxun smiled, paced back and forth, touched her chin and said, "How about calling Huaxun Cake Notes?"
"Hua Xun." Hua Rong recited a few times, her eyes getting brighter and brighter, "It sounds good!"
The name of the store was decided upon, and Ye Fuxun immediately asked Xi Luo to go to the wooden pavilion to place a plaque on the door, and then advertised in the capital to recruit people. The requirement was that she should be a girl, ingenious, diligent and intelligent, the best age of twenty-eight, and her monthly salary would be five dollars.
Two silver coins.
"Princess Jin, is this salary too high?" Hua Rong looked at the salary item with slight doubts.
After all, ordinary families only live with twenty taels of silver throughout the year. For a poor family in the village, five taels of silver can last for more than half a year.
Ye Fuxun shook his head: "Not too many. If you do well, there will be rewards. After all, you are the aunt of Shangshu Mansion. You can't make cakes by yourself every day. You only need to write down the making steps."
"Then teach the people below you step by step to control the taste until it is the same as what you make, or even better. That will be enough."
The flower face is thoughtful and she nods her head in greeting.
As soon as they came downstairs, they bumped into Qin Meimei and others who arrived in a menacing manner.
Ye Fuxun looked at the boys behind Qin Meimei, raised his brows, put the tip of his tongue against the roof of his mouth and clicked his tongue: "Mrs. Shangshu, what do you mean?"
Qin Meimei paused. She didn't expect that Ye Fuxun was also in the shop. She quickly turned back and glared at Ganju and said with a smile: "I have met Princess Jin. I just happened to pass by here."
"I saw the excitement inside and came in to take a look. I didn't expect to see Aunt Hua in my house. I thought something had happened to her."
"Madam." She said with a beautiful face, "My sister was invited by Princess Jin to come to this shop to have a look. I forgot to tell my sister whether it was my sister or not."
Qin Meimei's hands hidden in her sleeves clenched tightly, and she gritted her teeth: "Sister, please stay with Princess Jin. I have something to do in the house, so I will leave first."
After saying that, she said goodbye to Ye Fuxun and left in a hurry.
Ye Fuxun didn't take this matter to heart, and she and Hua Rong started working non-stop again.
Waiting until sunset, Hua Rong returned to Shangshu Mansion tired and satisfied.
Before sitting on the hot stool, Lily came to the garden and asked Huarong to go to the main hall.
Ganju frowned tightly and looked at Lily: "Sister Lily, what does the eldest lady want to ask my aunt for? Aunt Hua is too tired today. Can you be accommodating and say a nice word in front of the eldest lady?"
As she said that, she put the purse she had prepared into Lily's hand.