Harem Daily Life

The ship sailed smoothly on the sea without encountering any wind or waves. When they reached land, as soon as they got off the boat, a chubby figure rushed towards Tao Yanyan and his party, shouting, "Miss, Miss, you are finally back!"

The shadow guards tried to stop him, but Tao Yanyan waved his hands and ran towards the figure: "Dali, Dali, I didn't expect you to still be here!"

Tao Yanyan was tall and well-proportioned, but she looked particularly petite in front of Dali. Dali gave Tao Yanyan a bear hug and spun her around several times.

He Linzhang's face was full of black lines. He walked over unhappily and coughed lightly: "Okay, be careful not to get dizzy." After that, he pulled Tao Yanyan out of Dali's arms and hugged him without saying anything.

Dali raised his round head and saluted He Linzhang: "Meetings, uncle."

Everyone couldn't help laughing. He Linzhang raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, have you been waiting on this shore for your young lady to come back?"

Dali nodded: "I dare not miss a day, hoping that the young lady can come back soon! God bless you, son-in-law, you finally brought the young lady back."

After saying that, Wang Xingchuan suddenly appeared, looked at the few people, and asked suspiciously: "Could it be that you left this strong maid behind just to tip off?"

Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "I am also worried about wasting manpower. They may not be able to find anyone. Brother Xingchuan, stop worrying about the debt now. Let's go buy a carriage and return to Beijing as soon as possible to find an imperial physician for you."

Dali looked at the demon king without the mask, approached Tao Yanyan with some concern, and whispered: "Miss, why are you still with the demon king? Is it dangerous?"

Tao Yanyan chuckled: "Don't worry, Dali, he will be my brother from now on, he will only treat me well and will not arrest me again."

Dali finally felt relieved. She had been waiting at the dock every day during this period, hoping that the young lady would come back. Today, everyone was safe and sound, so she felt relieved and her appetite instantly improved.

After days of drifting on the sea, they were in urgent need of bathing, washing up and eating, so they went to the Demon Cult's stronghold here first, arranged several large tables of food, and finally felt like they could breathe a sigh of relief.

He Linzhang would stay for two more days to summon the court officials here to handle the handover of Penglai Island. Wang Xingchuan and Qi Yizheng would accompany him. Ying Yi would protect Tao Yanyan and accompany her to buy seafood to be brought back to Beijing.

Live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the sea, eat by the sea. This peninsula has abundant seafood and the price is cheap. Whenever Tao Yanyan sees that the dried seafood is good, he buys it all.

When she left the island, Mu Yu and other members of the Mu family gave her countless gold, silver and jewelry. She left some for Mrs. Mu and took some with her. The amount was huge, so she spent money without hesitation, which even amazed the merchants who resold seafood.

"Girl, can you finish all the food you buy? Where do you do business?" A merchant couldn't help asking when he saw her buying so many goods.

Tao Yanyan smiled from ear to ear as he looked at the bags of dried abalone, dried sea cucumber, dried prawns, dried octopus, dried shrimp, fish maw, dried Spanish mackerel, dried squid, dried scallops, kelp, and dried seaweed. "I have a large family, and these seafood can be stored for two years and eaten. I can just sell the leftovers."

There is no sea in the capital, and seafood is very expensive, and few people can eat it. After these dozen carts of goods are shipped over, the imperial chefs in the palace will first cook them, and the rest will be sent to Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and the Tao family. The rest will all be sold. She estimates that she can make twice the money.

The merchant advised, "Girl, I see you bought eight carts today and several more yesterday. The road is not safe, so you should buy less to avoid losses."

Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "It's okay, I have guards. By the way, I want to ask if there are any sea cucumbers left?"

Sea cucumbers are good stuff, so Tao Yanyan decided to buy all of them this time.

The merchant said, "These months are not the peak season, so we can't get any. What we're selling to you is all the stock in the store."

Tao Yanyan had no choice but to give up after hearing this. The merchant smiled and said, "If you want it, I'll dry all the freshly caught ones and leave them for you."

Tao Yanyan said helplessly: "I'm only here this time. After I return home, I won't travel so far again."

Tao Yanyan went through several markets in the past two days and bought everything he could. In the end, he gathered twenty-seven carriages full of things and returned to Beijing in a grand procession.

Seeing that she bought only food, Wang Xingchuan said leisurely: "Are you determined to spend your whole life in the kitchen? There are so many things, how many years will it take you to do it!"

Tao Yanyan glared at him and said, "Brother Xingchuan, you don't know how many people in the palace need to eat. Let alone the Queen Mother, your nephew and niece, they are all waiting for me to feed them!"

Wang Xingchuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Those two little brats saw me catching you at that time. They won't ignore me when we go back this time, right?"

Tao Yanyan raised his eyebrows and said, "That's hard to say. I have only been with Xuan'er for a short time, so I don't know if she will bear a grudge or not. As for Jin'an, I don't think he will recognize you as his uncle."

Wang Xingchuan: “…”

If I had known this would happen, I would have avoided the children when I arrested the person.

He Linzhang watched Wang Xingchuan being humiliated and felt amused. Who could have thought that the once all-powerful Demon Lord would now have to think about how to please two little guys.

The group hurried on their way to Penglai Island, but stopped and walked on the way back to Beijing.

Wherever He Linzhang went, he would try his best to find time to meet with local officials and inspect the city and its surroundings, so he was very tired. Tao Yanyan would stew some nourishing porridge for everyone every day, either sea cucumber and millet porridge or scallop and abalone porridge.

Fortunately, Tao Yanyan did buy enough, otherwise, with the tonic foods she often stewed for everyone along the way, they would probably have been eaten up before we even reached the capital.

Dali also gradually discovered the differences of the young lady, especially her son-in-law, who could always make officials from all over the country kneel down. Later, she finally learned that this son-in-law was the current emperor. She was so scared that she dared only eat two bowls of rice for several days and lost several pounds.

When they were about to reach the capital, Tao Yanyan had a special talk with Dali, explaining the pros and cons of living in the palace: "Back in the peninsula, you already had your indenture, and you were a free person. I was worried about you living there alone, so I took you to the capital. Life in the palace is very regular, and it may not be easy to get out after entering. So I want to ask you, do you want to come to the palace with me? If not, I have two places for you to go. One is to follow General Qi's sister and help in her shop, and the other is to go to the imperial farm. There is a woman named Tao Xiang there, and you can work with her in the workshop, and it won't be a problem to support yourself."

Dali's eyes turned red, and he cried, "This servant wants to follow the young lady forever. Oh, no, I want to follow the queen. I was sold when I was young, and no one has ever treated me so well. They gave me meat every day. From now on, wherever the queen goes, I will go there. I will be the queen's person in life and her ghost in death."

Tao Yanyan said helplessly: "Okay, okay, then follow me, don't keep talking about life and death, and live a good life in the future."

At the gate of the palace, Xiao Jinan and He Xuan had been looking forward to it.

"Aunt Qingfeng, didn't you say you had already gone into the city? Why haven't you come back yet?" Xiao Jinan said anxiously.

Xuan'er was also anxious: "I haven't seen Mother Tao for several months. I don't know if Mother Tao still recognizes me. I lost a tooth recently, and it doesn't look good anymore."