Su Qinghuan suppressed her heart that wanted to jump. She shook Yan Ruyu's hand and said excitedly: "Brother Ruyu, you are the second place!"
"Who is third?" Yan Ruyu asked.
The scholar seemed to be a kind-faced person, and he was not annoyed by being pestered by a few of them and asked: "It's Hong Yi from Bailu Academy."
Yan Ruyu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Hong Yi with a smile in his eyes: "Congratulations, brother Hong Yi."
"Congratulations to Brother Ruyu." Hong Yi smiled back generously, "It seems that we have to go to the palace to compete to see who will win the top prize."
Zhou Zheng and others were stunned. They had just fought to the death over these two people, but they didn't expect that they were acquaintances and had a good relationship!
Ye Fuxun originally wanted to see the list, but halfway through, she was approached by the shopkeeper of Huaxun Pastries. She heard from passers-by that she already knew that Hongyi and Ruyu had achieved great results, so she felt relieved and asked the driver to turn around.
Go to the shop.
As soon as I entered the door, the shopkeeper greeted me with a face full of anxiety and self-blame: "Princess, this villain is incompetent."
"What happened?" Ye Fuxun was quite surprised. She looked around and saw no one in charge. She couldn't help but be curious about the reason why the shopkeeper called her here.
The shopkeeper knelt down on the ground and couldn't stand it for a long time: "When I woke up today, all the pastries in the shop were counted correctly. Now, there are several large boxes of pastries missing, and the numbers are no longer correct."
Ye Fuxun tapped her index finger on the table. She picked up the tea and took a sip: "Let everyone gather together."
"Yes." Although the housekeeper was a little confused, he still did as he was told.
The girls making pastries on the second floor were a little overwhelmed. They went downstairs one after another, and finally stood in line in front of Ye Fuxun.
Huaxun Pastry Store pays a lot of wages, and you can also get pastries to eat on weekdays. There is no other store in the capital that offers this kind of salary.
These people cherish them very much and work extra hard for fear that they will be unwanted.
Ye Fuxun's eyes swept across these people and settled on the person named Qiu Ju. She tapped her index finger on the table and stopped: "Why did you steal the pastries from the shop?"
As soon as these words came out, eyes from all directions looked towards Qiu Ju.
Qiu Ju knelt on the ground with weak knees and hurriedly kowtowed several times: "Princess Mingjian, I have never done this before. I came early this morning and went to work in the bakery on the second floor. I never went downstairs."
Guilan, who played well with her, hesitated for a moment before standing up: "Princess, Qiu Ju didn't lie."
The atmosphere was a bit condensed, and no one below dared to speak, for fear that the fire would be drawn to themselves.
Ye Fuxun smiled and nodded: "Since it's not Qiu Ju, I'll reward you with ten taels of silver, half of which will be given to Guilan each."
"Thank you, Princess." Guilan and Qiu Ju were a little confused. They took the silver coins handed over by Xi Luo as if they were dreaming. They looked at each other and stood there, not daring to move.
"Since everyone is not the same, let's go back." Ye Fuxun drank tea slowly and carefully. Her behavior made everyone confused.
After the people in front of him dispersed, Ye Fuxun said to the housekeeper: "If we wait here tonight, there will definitely be someone who can't hold himself back."
The housekeeper was dubious and held back a lot of questions in his heart until the night.
It suddenly started raining heavily at night, with lightning and thunder, and occasional rumblings, as if the sky was about to explode.
The housekeeper and Ye Fuxun were both behind the screen. They could see everything going on outside at a glance, but when they looked outside at the light of the screen, they couldn't see anything at all.
Suddenly, a stool fell to the ground, which was particularly abrupt in the night when there was only the sound of rain.
The housekeeper held his breath and looked ahead with serious eyes, not daring to miss anything.
I saw Chunxia straightening her stool and sneaking forward, glancing behind her from time to time. She was holding a large bag of things in her hands.
She held a small night pearl in her hand, and with the help of the light, she put the pastry back to its place.
Seeing this scene, the housekeeper couldn't help but widen his eyes. He never expected that it was Chunxia and what happened to the night pearl in her hand.
Just when Chunxia was about to turn around and leave, the lights above her head suddenly turned on, and Chunxia took a few steps back in panic.
"Chun Xia, it's you?" The butler stared at Chun Xia in disbelief. He was a little excited and asked, "Master treats you so well, why did you steal the cakes?"
Having gained both the stolen goods and the stolen goods, Chun Xia had no ability to quibble. Her lips wriggled and she couldn't speak for a long time.
"You can go directly. Huaxun Cake Notes cannot accommodate a giant Buddha like you." Ye Fuxun said calmly, "Butler, give this month's wages to Chun Xia."
Chunxia hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Princess, this servant is helpless. There is a young brother at home who needs to take care of the leaves, so I have to take this step. I will never dare to do it again. Please, Princess, don't be so cruel. Please forgive me."
Leave me alone."
"Princess is cruel?" Nian Ci was so angry that she pointed at Chun Xia and cursed, "You are the one who stole the things, and you blame the master for being cruel. I have never seen such a cruel person like you."
Xi Luo nodded heavily in agreement. She knelt down and took the Night Pearl from Chun Xia's hand.
After carefully examining how much silver she needed to get it, she sneered: "Miss Chunxia, your night pearl is worth a lot of money. It's enough to support your little brother."
Chun Xia's face turned pale and her body shivered.
"Since you returned the things, since you were once a part of the shop, I will not report it to the official. Now please leave the shop immediately, I don't need people like you." Ye Fuxun said word by word.
Chunxia stood up and walked to the shopkeeper: "Thank you, Mr. Teruha, shopkeeper."
The shopkeeper also had a bad face. In the past, he thought Chunxia was smart, so he immediately promoted her, hoping that she could become the female shopkeeper.
Unexpectedly, his character turned out to be bad.
After watching Chun Xia leave, the shopkeeper spat on the ground: "How could there be such a white-eyed wolf, but I am also curious, how did you know that Chun Xia was a thief?"
"Micro expressions." Ye Fuxun smiled lightly, "When they came in during the day, everyone had some curiosity and anxiety on their faces, except for Chunxia, who had restlessness and fear on their faces."
The shopkeeper was thoughtful and asked, "Then what did the princess mean when she said Qiu Ju was a thief?"
"It's just knocking. Let me tell those who are real thieves that I have clear rewards." Ye Fuxun said leisurely, "Rewards are unexpected joys, and punishments are..." She stopped clicking.
The shopkeeper bowed and said: "The princess is really smart, I am ashamed of myself."
"The shopkeeper runs the shop very well, which is great." Ye Fuxun stood up, "Xi Luo, reward the shopkeeper ten taels of silver."
The shopkeeper was very happy to receive these ten taels of silver.
The next day.
"Concubine Li's pregnant belly is about four months old," Ye Fuxun said with a smile. She stretched out her hand to rub her pregnant belly and took her pulse. "Concubine Li, does she want a little princess or a little prince?"
Concubine Li said without thinking: "Little princess."
"Congratulations." Ye Fuxun put down his hand and took a sip of tea.