Traveling through the Poisonous Concubine

"Your Highness, your cousin is here, and the housekeeper is arranging accommodation for her." The secret guard reported.

"What is she doing here?" Yan Wuque felt helpless when he thought of his cousin.

Bai Ling, the niece of the Queen Mother, is sixteen years old and in love with her cousin Yan Wuque.

"Uncle housekeeper, could you please arrange Ling'er to live closer to my cousin's yard?" The housekeeper's mouth twitched. Everyone knew what this cousin was thinking, and she had even figured it out for him.

"My cousin, you can live in the Plum Garden. This is where the Empress Dowager occasionally rests when she comes to the mansion. The plum blossoms here were planted by the prince." The housekeeper smiled and perfunctorily replied to the cousin.

"Thank you, uncle butler. Ling'er is going in." After saying this, Bai Ling walked in with her personal maid Huan'er.

Yun Yuxi dressed up as a man as usual and went out for a stroll, looking for a suitable shop or workshop to open a carbon pen business.

Yun Yuxi was choosing along the way when she suddenly saw a restaurant that was for sale. She stopped, her eyes lighting up. As food is the most important thing in life, why not try owning a restaurant for fun? With all the delicious Chinese food, her own restaurant would surely be extremely popular. She could just pick out a recipe and make a fortune. Yun Yuxi seemed to see money beckoning her, so she walked in without hesitation to take a look.

"Boss, why do you want to sell this restaurant? It looks good to me." Yun Yuxi asked with pretended concern.

"Hey, this young master doesn't know. My restaurant was barely able to hold on before, but you see the Furong Building opposite. Ever since their restaurant opened, the boss has been squeezing our restaurant openly and covertly, and it's been going on for a long time. We couldn't run the business any more, so we had no choice but to sell it out." The shopkeeper sighed and pointed at the Furong Building opposite.

"Boss, how big is your restaurant? How much silver are you prepared to pay? We don't have any chefs or waiters who can work here yet." Yun Yuxi asked.

"Yes, sir. My restaurant has two floors. Although it is not as well located as the one on East Street, it is not bad either. There is another chef who has been following me in the restaurant, and the waiter is my nephew. None of them have been poached by the Furong Building opposite. As for the others, they will be poached by the opposite side..." As the shopkeeper said this, he wiped the corner of his eyes.

"Shopkeeper. Here is a silver note of one thousand taels. Is it enough to buy this restaurant?" Yun Yuxi slapped a silver note on the shopkeeper's desk. Lingyi knew that the princess was generous, but it was too generous. She could buy this restaurant just like that without any consideration?

The shopkeeper seemed not to have heard it and stood there in a daze. After a while, he reacted and said, "Young Master, you want to take over the restaurant, did I hear you wrong?" The shopkeeper pinched himself and asked, thinking he had heard it wrong.

"That's right. I want to buy this restaurant. Is one thousand taels enough?" Yun Yuxi said with a smile.

"Sir, you don't need that much. If it were in the past, this building would have been worth a thousand dollars. Now you have seen it, so six hundred taels will be enough. The second brother didn't even sell it for six hundred taels," the shopkeeper said hastily.

"Look at them. Please accept it. Send someone to go to the government office with my subordinates to get the document. This one thousand taels. You can use it to pay everyone their wages, and also buy some things for the family," said Yun Yuxi.

The shopkeeper thanked him repeatedly, saying that he had met a good person. Yun Yuxi saw that the shopkeeper had good character, so she continued.

"Boss, are you willing to follow me and help me manage this restaurant? Ask the rest of the people if they are willing to follow me. I will lead you to the pinnacle of life."

The shopkeeper wanted to persuade Yun Yuxi that if she opened a restaurant in this place, she might be suppressed by Furonglou. Yun Yuxi said nonchalantly, "Shopkeeper, go and call the people over. I have made arrangements."

The shopkeeper immediately called together those who were still in the restaurant.

"Please introduce yourselves and tell us what you did before. I am hiring you again. My salary will be increased by two taels of silver per month on top of your original salary. If you work hard, you will get dividends at the end of the year."

After everyone introduced themselves one by one, they looked at Yun Yuxi with gratitude in their eyes.

"Manager Li, I would like to invite you to be the manager of this restaurant. Are you willing? The monthly salary is thirty taels. At the end of the year, you will get dividends like them." Yun Yuxi said to Manager Li.

"As long as you think highly of me, I am willing to serve you at all times," Shopkeeper Li said respectfully, bending down.

"Everyone listen carefully! All I want from you is your absolute loyalty. I promise to make sure you all have the best food and drink. If anyone has other ideas, they can leave immediately. If they choose to stay, and I find out that they are doing something behind my back, I will make them pay for it!" Yun Yuxi suddenly said in a stern voice.

Everyone expressed their willingness to follow Yun Yuxi. The smart people immediately served tea to Yun Yuxi.

"Starting today, our restaurant is renamed Sihai Restaurant. It will open after the Double Ninth Festival. Currently, you are responsible for hiring craftsmen to decorate the restaurant. This is my subordinate Lingyi. He will be in charge of the restaurant in the future. You can find him if you have any problems. Tomorrow Lingyi will send the decoration drawings, and the restaurant staff will also be sent for training. During the period before the opening, everyone will be paid according to normal circumstances." Yun Yuxi said in a loud voice.

After hearing the news, everyone was very excited and expressed their gratitude to Yun Yuxi. They were full of expectations and hope, and full of confidence in their future lives. Lingyi, who was standing aside, was confused. How did he suddenly become the person in charge of this restaurant? But he still tried to stay calm, smiling and nodding to everyone.

At this time, a waiter brought a cup of tea to Yun Yuxi and said with a smile: "Master, please have some tea." Yun Yuxi took the cup, took a sip, nodded with satisfaction, then turned to look at Lingyi and said: "Lingyi, this place will be handed over to you from now on. Work hard and don't let me down." Lingyi quickly agreed: "Don't worry, Master, I will do my best."

In the next few days, Lingyi started to get busy, preparing for the opening of the new restaurant with everyone. They actively contacted craftsmen, purchased materials, and arranged a series of training activities to ensure the smooth opening of the restaurant.

"Your Highness. An invitation has been sent from the palace." The guard handed the invitation to Yan Wuque.

Yan Wuque opened it, took a look and said, "Send it to the princess." The guards immediately sent it to Nuanyu Pavilion.

Yun Yuxi opened the invitation and took a look at it, muttering, "The people in this palace are sick. The Double Ninth Festival is not a big festival. Why are they holding a banquet? It's a waste of money and time. To put it bluntly, this Double Ninth Festival banquet requires girls of appropriate age from all prefectures to attend. It's just a blind date, and they are talking about it in such a high-sounding way."

"Princess, the palace is very lively during the Double Ninth Festival every year. It seems we have to prepare early," Yuelan said softly.

"Well, we do need to prepare. We'll go out tomorrow to buy some clothes and jewelry. We can't bring shame to the palace." Yun Yuxi said casually.