Snow Color

Qianqing Palace

"Your Majesty, this is a dessert sent by the Fourth Lady." Liang Jiugong took the food box into the palace, walked to the imperial table and reported.

"Well, the fourth wife sent it. Bring it up." Kangxi put down the memorial and saw the exquisite desserts. He felt that they were not bad. He picked up a green one, took a bite, and nodded. He didn't expect that the fourth wife had such a skill.

"Your Majesty, the people sent by the Fourth Lady said that the green one is called Qingtuan, a kind of dessert eaten in the south in spring. The yellow one is called Egg Yolk Pastry, and the one made with a cup of milk is called Shuangpi Nai." Liang Jiugong told the emperor what he knew when he saw that the emperor liked it.

"The Fourth Master's wife is very thoughtful." Kangxi ate one and put it down and said calmly.

In Liang Jiugong's mind, the Fourth Lady's status was slightly raised.

After the princes left, Xueying received rewards from the emperor, the empress dowager, the imperial concubine, and the virtuous concubine one after another.

Xueying registered it into the warehouse and asked Nanny Li, the nanny in charge of the Fourth Prince's courtyard, and the eunuch to go to the main room. She looked at the expenses in the Fourth Prince's room in recent days. She used modern accounting methods so she could see it quickly. Although she noticed something wrong, she did not say anything because it was the Imperial Concubine who sent people to take charge before this. She did not want to embarrass the Imperial Concubine as soon as she entered the palace, and such a minor mistake should be considered more diligent in the palace.

So Xueying didn't intend to investigate further, but now that Xueying was in charge, she would not allow such a thing to happen again, so she set up rules so that everyone would have their own responsibilities, and if something happened in the future, they could directly find the person they were in charge of. Since then, the people here of the Fourth Prince have been doing their work honestly and have been much more law-abiding. However, among these palace people, they think that such a concubine is easier to get along with, and they don't have to worry about being framed and killed accidentally. Some of these people hope to leave the palace when they are old enough or hope to spend their lives in the palace peacefully.

By the time Xueying finished looking through the account book, it was already afternoon.

Xueying had not expected that the prince's office only had outgoings and basically no incomings, except for the supplies given by the imperial concubine. So Xueying was thinking about telling the fourth prince that she would need to do something in the future to have some money in the account, otherwise it would be a big burden to give gifts to the princes and royal family members when they get married.

"Master, you're back. I just happened to have something to talk to you about." When Xueying was thinking about what to do, the Fourth Prince came back from outside and walked into her room.

"What's the matter? Tell me." The Fourth Prince sat down and drank a cup of tea.

"Master, there isn't much money left in the accounting office of the courtyard now, and we can't always accept supplies from my mother, so I want to discuss with you how to find a way to bring in the money." Xueying took the account book to show the Fourth Prince.

"Really? I didn't notice that the people in the courtyard had been relying on the supplies from my mother. We can't do that anymore. Xueying, do you have any suggestions?" The Fourth Prince looked at the account book and realized that his salary was not enough to support the people in his courtyard. In the past, it was only with the subsidies from my mother that the money could be distributed normally.

"I've thought about it for a long time. I want to open a shop specializing in selling desserts. What do you think?" Xueying thought carefully and felt that this shop should be better. It should be unique during the Kangxi period.

"Is it the dessert that you put in the food boxes you gave to the prince and the others today?" The Fourth Prince immediately thought of the dessert he had eaten in the morning.

"Yes, sir, how do you feel? You probably haven't seen desserts like this outside."

"Well, it's good. It's even better than the pastries in the imperial kitchen. I've never seen them outside." The Fourth Prince thought about it and felt that the taste was indeed unique.

"So, if I open a shop specializing in selling desserts in the capital, the profits should be considerable."

"Well, I happen to have an idle shop here that you can use for this." The Fourth Prince thought about it and felt that this was a good idea. He had an idle shop that could just be used for Xueying.

"Master, you support me so much, aren't you afraid that the emperor will say that you are competing with the people for profit?"

"Xueying, you think too much. You are my wife, shouldn't I support you? The Emperor would not care about a shop. Besides, which Manchu ministers and royal clan members in the capital don't have several shops? The Emperor actually supports them because they also need money to live, but there has to be a limit." Although the Fourth Prince didn't know why Xueying said that, he still explained it clearly.

"I see, I understand. Then leave it to me." Xueying suddenly realized. "Fujin, you can just tell us directly. You don't have to come here directly." Manager Qian said.

"I came here mainly to take a look at the surrounding shops and the number of pedestrians." Xueying, wearing casual clothes, stood in front of the shop and looked around. She felt that the location was not bad and the place was big enough.

"I'm going to make a plaque tomorrow and call it Siwei Dessert House, which means that everyone who has eaten here will miss the taste." Xueying thought of many names and felt that this name was simpler and clearer. When people think of desserts, they will think of this name and this place.