A genius girl with her own space

Qiqi hadn't had a seafood feast for many days. Jingze peeled shrimp for Qiqi, and her mouth was full of oil. Yuntian took out a handkerchief and gently wiped Qiqi's mouth. Yunwu was the happiest one, as he could have a seafood feast again.

Everyone was having a great time. Yun Wu calculated that it would take another two days to reach the imperial capital of Yongning State.

The six of them rested for a while and were about to go downstairs when they heard a commotion. "There's a hair in your dish! Pay me! Look and see if it's a hair," a shifty-looking thug and a few hooligans said, pointing at the plate. The shopkeeper hurried over and asked Xiao Si what was going on. Xiao Si asked him to look at the plate. The shopkeeper saw clearly. There was a long hair in the plate.

The shopkeeper said, "Look, we waiters all wear hats so our hair won't fall out.

The gangster shouted: "You don't have it, where are the people in your kitchen? It's you who don't cook cleanly, so pay me." The other gangsters also joined in the commotion and demanded payment.

The owner invited them to the kitchen with the restaurant's guests. There, they found the chopping boards spotlessly clean. Each chef wore a clear plastic cap, not a hair showing. Their uniforms were uniform and immaculately laundered.

The hotel guests all understood. These hooligans were accusing the hotel of being a freeloader and extorting money.

Seeing that there was nothing to say, the gangster paid the money obediently, took the leftovers, and ran away in shame.

The guests in the restaurant all applauded the shopkeeper and praised his cleverness. These things quickly spread throughout Songcheng, and more and more customers came to the barbecue restaurant.

Seeing that the shopkeeper was well-organized, Qiqi rewarded him with ten taels of silver.

Xie Lei introduced that this was the owner of the secret door: "Qiqi Louzhu"

The shopkeeper saluted: "Greetings, owner."

Qiqi also taught the shopkeeper several new dishes: clay pot chicken, beggar's chicken, roasted pork belly, candied sweet potato, etc.

After learning how to cook, the shopkeeper was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. The host taught me how to cook personally, so I have to do my best.

Qiqi and the others rode for two days until they arrived outside the city of Yongning. Yunwu had a farm outside the capital, which his father had bought for him before he left, so that he would have a place to stay when he returned.

The Marshal's Mansion in the Imperial City had been reclaimed by the old emperor. Yunwu invited his master, Qiqi, and the others to the manor outside the Imperial City.

The old housekeeper was waiting for him at the manor. He took out the letter the old marshal had left for him and said that the old marshal had read your letter and learned that Yunwu had become Yunjizi's disciple. The old marshal was very supportive and asked Yuanwu to stay away from the court and the imperial city.

The old housekeeper took Yunwu to the basement, where there were two boxes of gold that the old marshal left for Yunwu, asking him to take the money and leave the imperial city and flee far away to avoid being harmed by the emperor.

The old housekeeper cooked for them, and Yunwu arranged rooms for the master and the others. Knowing Yunwu might be back at any moment, the old housekeeper bought a lot of new quilts and kept them there. She also bought fresh fruits and vegetables every day so Yunwu could have fresh vegetables whenever he returned.

Qiqi and the others were exhausted these days and had a comfortable night's sleep.

In the morning, Qiqi got up and saw her master meditating in the courtyard. The four of them were practicing swordsmanship and martial arts. Qiqi went to see the housekeeper cooking. She took out a lot of seasonings from her space, carried them in her hands, and went to the kitchen to give them to the housekeeper. Qiqi taught him how to use them. When the housekeeper used the seasonings to cook, the aroma of the dishes immediately came out. Qiqi helped to bring the dishes to the table. She shouted, "It's time to eat, it's time to eat."

After dinner, they boarded a carriage and entered the Imperial City. Qiqi donned a veil, while Jingze and Yunwu wore masks. The Imperial City was filled with stalls selling everything. Yunwu bought Qiqi toys, cakes, and even her favorite candied haws. They noted down the locations of the Imperial Palace and the Crown Prince's residence.

They had a meal at a big restaurant, deliberately choosing to dine in the lobby to listen to what the people were talking about.

Have you heard? The old emperor dismissed the old marshal. The old marshal returned home. Some time ago, the old emperor sent Marshal Yun to attack the border city of the Great Zhou Kingdom. The city was not captured, and the food and fodder were burned. Marshal Yun's son was captured by the crown prince of the Great Zhou Kingdom and held hostage.

I heard that the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou State led a few men to overthrow all of our Yongning State's soldiers, even Marshal Yun. The Crown Prince of the Great Zhou State, out of righteousness, refrained from killing them. Instead, he verbally agreed to the old marshal's withdrawal, only holding his son, Yun Wu, as a hostage. The old marshal agreed to withdraw only to save the lives of 100,000 soldiers. He had wronged his own son, and now he is a hostage in the Great Zhou State.

The Great Zhou Kingdom demanded that the old emperor write a letter of surrender and pay compensation. The old emperor disagreed. Saddened that his son, Su, had not returned, the old marshal retired and returned home.

The old emperor believed in slander and listened to whatever the queen said. He also ignored the crown prince. It was said that the young crown prince was like a beggar in the crown prince's mansion, with no food to eat and no clothes to wear.

After the six of them finished their meal, they didn't have the energy to wander around anymore. They boarded a carriage and headed back to the manor outside the city. Just as they reached the manor's gate, a little beggar suddenly ran out and collapsed to the ground. Yun Wu immediately came over, picked him up, and carried him into the courtyard.

Yunwu carried the little beggar into the house and put him on the bed. The little beggar rolled out of the bed in one go.

Yun Wu saw that it was the young prince and bowed: "Greetings, Prince."

"Brother Yunwu, please don't bow." The little prince said. He bowed to the ground in front of everyone and said, "Please, save my father."

The little prince was eight years old this year. As far as he could remember, his father had ignored him. But sometimes, he would pat my head, sigh, and dare not say anything. He secretly found a master to teach him martial arts and to protect him.

To survive, the young prince endured humiliation and became a beggar. After the age of three, he hung out with beggars. If it weren't for the help of his master and grandfather, he would have been killed by the queen and the minister.

Sometimes the Emperor would leave the palace incognito, secretly visiting the young prince. Sometimes I'd see his eyes flushed red, like a completely different person, as if he were being controlled. The young prince would constantly observe his every move. Master knew all this, and whenever I mentioned his condition, Master would say nothing. He'd tell him to practice diligently.

The young prince selected one hundred beggars and sent them outside the city to the house given to him by his grandfather, where they were secretly trained. They also had a master to personally teach them martial arts.

The young prince was often beaten black and blue by the servants of the Prince's Mansion, but he endured it all. They were all people appointed by the Queen to monitor the young prince.

Now the Empress didn't dare have the Crown Prince beaten to death. This was because the Empress didn't yet have complete control over the Emperor. If the Crown Prince died, the Emperor would lose control of his rage, and all the previous efforts would be wasted. The Empress didn't want that to happen.

Sometimes when the emperor was awake he would ask about the little prince's condition and ask him to come into the palace for him to see. The queen would have someone dress the little prince in new clothes and bring him into the palace, acting like a good wife and mother.

The queen was filled with hatred and could only abuse the little prince and make him useless.

Once the emperor is truly under control, the throne will be passed to the eldest prince, the queen's biological son. That will be the time when the little prince dies.

Now that the little prince is eight years old, the secret guards he trained can also act independently. They found out that Yunwu had returned to the imperial city, and five people followed him.

Through the description, the little prince learned that there was the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou, Zhou Jingze, the Crown Prince's teacher, and a beautiful little sister who was named Princess Qiqi, who was conferred the title of Princess of the Great Zhou a few years ago. There were also two young people.

The prince's teacher also said that this was an opportunity for the prince to approach them and ask them to help him rescue his father. Now the prince's power is not enough to compete with the queen and the minister, so he can only seek help from outsiders to rescue his father.

After listening to the young prince's story, Qiqi understood the Emperor of Yongning's painstaking efforts. It wasn't that he ignored the young prince; it was that the Emperor was protecting him. The old Emperor knew he was being controlled, but he was powerless. He had to do his best to resist the control. He had to be more sober, so that the young prince could grow up and protect himself.

When the old emperor was conscious, he arranged for his closest secret guard to knock him out if he did anything detrimental to the prince, in order to protect the young prince.