I became a concubine in the palace and cured my master's hidden disease.

"Wine doesn't make people drunk, people get drunk by themselves; flowers don't make people fascinated, people get fascinated by themselves. The body of a beautiful woman in her twenties is as soft as butter, and the moon on her waist can kill foolish men. Although you don't see her head falling, it will secretly make your bones dry!"

"Mandarin ducks embrace each other and play in the water, phoenixes fly through the flowers side by side. They grow together happily, and are happily tied together..."

——You should leave room for everything and not go on when you are successful.

——I am a wandering person, and your love is just a temporary joy, but it is nothing but a mirage, fleeting!

——Forever, a pair for a lifetime.

——What he wants is not what I want. He can't give me what I want!

Lin Yan sighed, stacked all the letters neatly into the dressing box, moved her slender fingers, and closed the drawer.

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Maybe because the New Year is approaching, there is a constant stream of people lining up outside the cake shop from morning to night to buy cakes and bubble milk tea.

Lin Yan asked Manager Xiong to post a notice stating that the quantity was limited and each person was limited to purchasing four small cakes, two cups of bubble milk tea, and two loaves of bread.

Open at 10 am and close at 8 pm.

The monthly turnover reached 150,000 taels, and the net profit was 50,000 taels after deducting the cost. Lin Yan held the account book in her arms, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Zhao Yuan was going to get the advantage again, and she was so unwilling to accept this!

She generously gave Manager Xiong 800 taels as a reward, and Manager Zhai 2,000 taels. Each of the other guys also gave a red envelope of at least 100 taels, making everyone completely devoted to her.

Lin Yan gave another five thousand taels to Zhai, asking him to get her an identity certificate and buy her a small courtyard in the capital, saying that she had no mother's home and would have nowhere to go if they had a fight.

Manager Zhai understood what he meant, sighed, and went out with the money.

She thought she would only use this house in a year or two, but she didn't expect that she would use it so soon.

In order to prevent Lin Yan from dying unexpectedly, Zhao Yuan secretly and overtly increased the number of guards in the mansion when he left.

In the past, Lin Yan always thought that Guard Cao was a good candidate for a relationship, but now she thinks Guard Li is also good.

Zhao Yuan was busy with official duties and did not come back to celebrate the New Year with everyone. No one paid attention to it at first. Later, when Zhao Yuan still did not come back for his wedding, everyone realized something was wrong. This is a story for later.

On New Year's Eve, in Prince Rui's house, Lin Yan, Xie Liuxu and Miao Yinhua sat around the stove, looking at the big red lanterns hanging high in the yard. Instead of laughing and scolding as usual, they thought about their own things and quietly finished the New Year's Eve.

Happy New Year! The sound of firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, and the streets and alleys of the capital were bustling with activity, but it seemed that all this had nothing to do with Lin Yan and the others.

The man of the Rui Palace was not at home, and the woman had not yet been married. On the first day of the new year, the Rui Palace was unusually quiet, with the gates tightly closed. The gatekeeper was bored, eating melon seeds, drinking wine, and humming a little tune.

Someone knocked on the large bronze Qilin door knocker of the Rui Palace, breaking the silence.

Through the crack in the door, wow, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Zhai Zizhuang hurried out to greet him.

Originally, Lin Yan had nothing to do, but was inexplicably named by the prince, so Manager Zhai had no choice but to come to the Crescent Moon Courtyard to invite someone.

Lin Yan was playing Landlord with Xie Liuxu and Miao Yinhua, and it seemed that she was about to win again...

Miao and Xie both envied Lin Yan's good fortune, but Lin Yan didn't think so. If she could refuse, she would never go out.

Green Tea simply combed Lin Yan's hair into a flying cloud bun, put on a plum blossom and magpie hairpin, and dressed her in a pink, silver-edged embroidered double-breasted skirt, then hurried over.

"My humble humble girl greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Lin Yan bowed.

Crown Prince Zhao Yun looked Lin Yan up and down but found nothing special. Why was she so favored by Zhao Yuan?

Lin Yan was also trying to guess the Crown Prince's intentions - although this Crown Prince looked amiable on the surface, as the Emperor's successor, he must be no simple person.

——Knowing that the owner of the house is not at home, he still insisted on coming to express condolences. Who knows what his intention is?

——It couldn’t be that Prince Rui’s Mansion had hidden something he wanted, and he just happened to take advantage of Zhao Yuan’s absence to come and investigate.

"My third brother has been sent out on business and cannot come back for the New Year. Is there anything he needs?" asked Prince Zhao Yun.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I have everything I need." Lin Yan answered respectfully and carefully.

"That's good. If there's anything you can't handle in the mansion, or if anyone comes to cause you trouble, just send someone to the Prince's Mansion to find me."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I will keep it in mind!"

Really, His Royal Highness, you have been talking so much nonsense, hurry up and leave! You delayed me from going back to the backyard to play Landlord with Xie Liuxu and Miao Yinhua. I have good luck today, I have been winning.

"Are you comfortable using the cake shop?" After a while of politeness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly asked.

Lin Yan frowned slightly. What did this mean? Did he want to increase the rent? How should he answer?

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yan simply asked back: "I am not very knowledgeable. I don't know what the Crown Prince means by asking this question?"

"It means exactly what it says!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled. How interesting! He was so respectful just now, but his expression suddenly became lively when talking about money?

"What can I say? Your Highness, if the rent could be lowered a little more, it would be really more comfortable to use." Lin Yan couldn't help but speak out what was in her mind.

"Haha! I heard that you make a fortune every day. My rent is just a drop in the bucket for you. You are so prosperous because of my name. I was wondering if you should give me some share as a reward." Prince Zhao Yun said tentatively.

Lin Yan's mouth twitched. He was even more shameless than Zhou Baopi! Sure enough, he had bad intentions. He wanted to raise the rent today under the pretext of New Year's greetings! If I had known, I would have pretended to be sick and not come out.

It seems unlucky to pretend to be sick during the Chinese New Year! She makes money easily, I will never let her make money.

"Well, as a woman, I can't make the decision. I have to wait until my prince comes back!"

"Cunning!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled.

"I hope Your Highness can understand! I am just a concubine. Even to receive pocket money I have to get permission from the prince." Lin Yan smiled and looked directly at the prince.

Zhao Yun choked. There had never been a woman like her around him. What she was thinking was written on her face, and every word and every action showed that she loved money. It was really interesting.

"It's Chinese New Year, but I come to your house and don't even offer you a cup of bubble tea. Isn't that against the etiquette of hospitality?"

I didn't want to entertain you in the first place, okay?

Lin Yan glanced at the steward Zhai, whose forehead was sweating in the cold weather, and it seemed that she had to entertain him! She could only bite the bullet and said, "It is our negligence. Your Highness, please go this way. It just so happens that we have some fresh milk tea delivered to you. I hope Your Highness will not dislike it!"