Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

Not long after Shen Qiu went to deliver the message, the waiter had already put all the pastries out.

Steamed, boiled or baked food garnished with some cut fruits and vegetables is already a very good pastry in this world.

Lin Ziyun naturally had no interest in such delicacies. Instead, the waiter brought a kind of green ant wine with many ants floating on it. The secretion of formic acid gave the wine a sweet and sour taste.

Drinking it as a drink has a unique flavor.

Ye Chen had just picked up the wine cup and was about to drink when the imperial guard dressed as a coachman suddenly walked in with a silver hairpin in his hand.

"Your Majesty, Lord Shen left behind a silver hairpin. Please allow me to test the poison for you."

Hearing this, Ye Chen put down his wine cup, and after the coachman tested the poison with a silver hairpin, Shen Qiu had already returned.

"Qiu'er, come sit down and eat together."

Ye Chen greeted.

"Your Majesty, I dare not."

Shen Qiu quickly clasped his fists and answered.

"What are you afraid of? Qiu'er, come sit next to me quickly. If you are too far away from me, how can you protect me?"

Ye Chen said so.

After hearing Ye Chen's words, Shen Qiu was silent for a moment, and finally sat down next to Ye Chen.

"Your Majesty, news has come from the lakeside cottage. Boss Murong said that those Jianghu people have already recruited twenty people."

"Oh, then I'll go take a look later."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, picked up a portion of rice flour cake with date paste, and placed it in the bowl in front of Shen Qiu.

Shen Qiu was slightly stunned, and a look of surprise appeared on his cold face.

It was the first time she had ever met someone who took the initiative to pick up food for her, not to mention that Ye Chen was the emperor.

She couldn't help but feel a little warm in her heart.

"Qiu'er, have some jujube paste cake. It can replenish blood."

Ye Chen said to Shen Qiu again.

Shen Qiu was slightly stunned and looked at Ye Chen with some surprise.

This was the first time she had heard that eating jujube paste was good for replenishing blood. However, thinking of how Ye Chen had healed her injured wrist, she finally did not question Ye Chen's medical skills, so she picked up a silver spoon and scooped out the jujube paste to eat.

She ate the cakes in small bites, looking very gentle and graceful, as if a fairy was tasting dragon liver and phoenix marrow, which had a unique beauty.

Seeing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but sigh. As expected, even when a beautiful woman is eating, she is like a beautiful scenery, especially a beauty of Shen Qiu's level.

"Qiu'er, what's the most delicious food you've ever eaten?"

Ye Chen took two bites of the pastry in front of him, but found it bland and tasteless. He poured himself another glass of wine and asked while drinking.

"Your Majesty, the best things I have ever eaten are fish from Jiangnan and Hu Bing from Longxi."

Shen Qiu said so.

"Ah."

Ye Chen frowned slightly. Most of the fish in Jiangnan are fresh and delicious, which is normal, but Hu Bing should be made of flour.

He suddenly remembered that he had not eaten any flour-based products since he came here, and the cakes in front of him were all made of rice flour.

This is really strange.

"Qiu'er, don't I, Dayu, have any wheat?"

"Your Majesty, are you talking about wheat? Dayu had wheat, but it was unpalatable, so the people generally didn't grow it. They preferred millet."

Shen Qiu said to Ye Chen.

Hearing this, Ye Chen frowned slightly.

"What do you mean? How can wheat be bad?"

"Your Majesty, wheat is so hard, how can it be delicious?"

Shen Qiu looked at Ye Chen speechlessly. She felt that what Ye Chen said was very confusing and lacked common sense.

"The wheat is hard? Don't they grind it into flour?"

Ye Chen asked.

"Your Majesty, grinding wheat into flour is too much work."

Shen Qiu replied.

"Didn't Dayu's people still have stone mills?"

A gleam of light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes. Wheat can be rotated with corn and rice, which will greatly increase grain production. In the past, wheat was not tasty and few people planted it, but if there were stone mills in the future that could grind out flour, the problem of wheat being unpalatable would be completely solved.

This will help Dayu improve the national strength. However, Ye Chen has not yet completely controlled the power. The most he can do is to build the stone mill in the palace and grind flour for himself. He cannot promote it nationwide for the time being.

Perhaps, we can give this task to Boss Murong and let him make the purchase on our behalf?

Ye Chen knew that the price of wheat must be very cheap, so he might as well buy it in large quantities first.

Yang Dechang would never have thought that Ye Chen would hoard wheat, which would help him secretly stockpile military rations and save more money.

"Qiu'er, after returning to the palace, let Niu San come to see me."

"Yes."

After Ye Chen had eaten his fill, he stood up and walked out of the restaurant. However, just as he stepped onto the carriage, a member of the imperial guards dressed as a commoner quickly walked up to the carriage.

Shen Qiu quickly stepped forward to talk to him. Soon, she returned to Ye Chen's side, her eyes slightly sharp as she said, "Your Majesty, our people discovered that the Lu Shang inn had suddenly closed, with all the doors and windows shut. We climbed over the wall to observe, but found that the courtyard was empty. However, we could hear the sound of heavy objects being moved from the inn."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's face darkened.

"Hmph, pay attention to whether there are people entering or leaving. Ignore the rest and go to the lakeside cottage first."

Ye Chen's tone was very steady. As long as no one from the Lu Shang and the Chamber of Commerce escaped, he didn't believe that these guys could grow wings and run away.

The carriage immediately turned and rushed to Ximen Street.

Soon, Ye Chen heard the familiar voice of soliciting customers.

As usual, he lifted the curtains and looked outside. Seeing the young women in cool clothes standing in front of the restaurant, admiration immediately appeared in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, are those vases beautiful?"

Shen Qiu suddenly interjected.

Ye Chen stared outside intently, and Shen Qiu felt a strange feeling in his heart, and felt a little uncomfortable.

"Hey, cough, cough."

Ye Chen coughed twice, then said seriously, "Well, Qiu'er, these vases are indeed quite good, but they have a bit of a worldly air about them, so I don't really like them."

"If your majesty doesn't like it, can you take your eyes away?"

"I'll watch for a while longer."

Shen Qiu rolled his eyes, and the carriage stopped at this time, and it had already arrived at the cottage by the lake.

The carriage then turned into an alley and got stuck in traffic.

Just as Ye Chen was about to get off the carriage, a charming figure exuding a mature aura suddenly walked out from the depths of the alley.