The little princess' mind was read, and the court and harem were eating melons

Without the emperor's permission, no news of any movement in the Qianqing Palace would be leaked.

Therefore, what Li Qingyi said to the emperor was not known to others. This also avoided the situation that when the prince changed Li Qingyi's idea and proposed it at the court meeting not long after, no one suspected Li Qingyi.

Knowing that the emperor could most likely hear his conversation with the system on the public frequency, Li Qingyi saved the trouble of finding excuses when there were no outsiders around. He just mentioned the Prince Lin's Mansion once and planned to leave.

However, the emperor did not intend to let her go just like that. He kept her in the Qianqing Palace until after lunch. He let Li Qingyi accompany him to rest for a while, and then he personally carried Li Qingyi back to the Kunning Palace.

The temperature in Beijing is getting cooler as time goes by. It was so hot at noon that people were sweating on their foreheads, but it started to feel a little cool in the afternoon.

When passing by the Imperial Garden, a breeze blew past, blowing up the strands of hair on Li Qingyi's forehead. When Li Qingyi reached out to touch his hair, his nose twitched, and he wondered in his heart: "Why do I seem to smell the smell of toast?"

Just as he was thinking this, he noticed that the emperor also stopped at this time and turned his head to ask the palace servant beside him: "Go and see where this smell comes from."

It's not that there couldn't be baked bread in the palace. After Li Qingyi invented the oven, not to mention the bakery outside the palace, the imperial kitchen in the palace quickly came to Li Qingyi's small kitchen to learn from him after getting Li Qingyi's permission.

Bread, as a new thing, was invented by Li Qingyi. At the beginning, anyone with a little status in the palace would try it. So during those days, Li Qingyi could smell the faint fragrance in the wind wherever he went.

But after that period of time, bread as a food naturally had some people who liked it and some who didn't. Plus, the "inventor" Princess Eleven only ate it occasionally as a snack, so naturally, other people started to lose interest in it.

On the other hand, the bakery outside the palace has been doing a booming business since it became famous for its palace delicacies. It is even more popular than those century-old pastry shops. Every day, each household sends people to queue up in the shop to buy some for their own masters and mistresses, either to eat themselves or to entertain guests.

Wang Xuan did not take over the business directly, but she was definitely involved in its operation behind the scenes and she also had a share of the shares.

As for a bakery doing hunger marketing or something like that... well, according to what Wang Xuan said to Li Qingyi: [This makes it easier to hype it up. When more people know about it, there will always be people who will try to understand it, making it easier to promote.]

Although Li Qingyi felt that one tael of silver for a small loaf of bread was a bit... ahem, expensive, Wang Xuan said that those who would spend one tael of silver to buy a small loaf of bread would use it to buy some flashy things even if they didn't buy the bread. At least their bread was really delicious and could be eaten.

Well, it also satisfies the buyer's vanity, so how can it be called killing a pig?

Li Qingyi: ...

Fine.

Li Qingyi discovered that Wang Xuan's current business process is like this - take out new things, buy them at a high price in the early stage, and after deducting the cost price and other expenses, part of the remaining money is used to research and develop glass, cement, etc., and part of it is used to support public welfare projects.

Then, as time went by, and when Wang Xuan intentionally or unintentionally leaked the formula or even sold the formula directly, the market price of the new product began to drop, and the profit slowly decreased from a high profit to just slightly higher than the cost price. After ensuring that the market was stable, Wang Xuan came up with a new product.

In short, Wang Xuan has always been at the forefront and the first to try new things.

The nobility always followed her in pursuit of new trends.

Although the common people knew nothing, they still received some conveniences as Wang Xuan invested in or rebuilt or renovated some buildings from time to time under various names.

Isn’t this a win-win-win situation?

Oh, you mean those businesses?

Wang Xuan: [If businessmen want to continue to make money, they can't stand still. If they can't keep up with the changes of the times, being abandoned and returning to ordinary life is not a bad thing, right? I can't stop for a few people. ]

Li Qingyi's thoughts went from the bread to Wang Xuan. When he came to his senses, he found that he had been carried by his biological father to a remote corner of the Imperial Garden, where there was a man kneeling on the ground.

Li Qingyi blinked, wondering: "Father, what happened?"

The emperor just discovered that the little girl in his arms was distracted. She always had a lot of thoughts in her mind, which could be seen from the fact that she often went off topic when chatting with the system.

He did not take the initiative to interrupt. When he heard Li Qingyi's question, he curled his lips, obviously not in a good mood, but his attitude towards Li Qingyi was still quite gentle: "These guys are so daring that they secretly learned the skills of the chef in the imperial kitchen and built a stove here. Every day, they come here to roast food when no one is around."

Li Qingyi was surprised: "Did you learn it secretly?"

As she spoke, she put one hand on the emperor's shoulder and leaned forward to look down. Her original intention was to take a look at the stove they had built themselves, but she first saw a skinny little eunuch kneeling beside the stove.

Li Qingyi paused, wondering: "Don't you have anything to eat? Why are you so thin?"

Following Li Qingyi's words, the emperor also looked at the little eunuch who was kneeling beside the bread oven and seemed to be trying hard to reduce his presence, and frowned slightly.

Emperor: "How old are you?"

As the two masters spoke, everyone else's attention was involuntarily drawn to the little eunuch who was still trying hard to shrink himself.

He didn't seem to realize that he was the one being questioned. He lowered his head and didn't respond. The situation was at a stalemate for a while.

Huang Kang coughed lightly, and a young eunuch who had been following him respectfully with his head bowed raised his head slightly. After receiving a glance, he looked at the young eunuch, jogged over smartly, gently kicked the other's heel with his foot, and reminded in a low voice: "The emperor and the young prince are talking to you, why don't you answer quickly?"

The young eunuch was suddenly touched, and even though the movement was not big and it didn't hurt, he was still frightened.

Li Qingyi: "..."

The emperor frowned.

At this moment, Li Qingyi heard a cat's meow. It was quite far away and the sound was not loud, but out of some intuition, Li Qingyi still turned his head to look over.

Then a black shadow was seen rushing over from a distance, and before anyone could react, it grabbed the emperor's robe and jumped onto his shoulders.

The emperor's shoulders suddenly sank:?

Li Qingyi:!

Everyone:! ?