Forcing me to keep vigil for your childhood sweetheart? Then I'll leave you.

Seeing Huangfu Qingling covering her throat, Prince Qing hurriedly poured her some cold tea.

She drank several cups of herbal tea before she came to her senses.

“What a wonderful thing!”

After recovering from the shock, Huangfu Qingling's mouth curled up slightly, and she understood why Prince Qing was so "stingy".

She became more interested in Lin Yi.

Not only can they calculate the deficit, but they can even make these novel things. This is a blessing for the Dayong Dynasty!

At this moment, she secretly made up her mind to bring him to the capital to serve as an official!

Such talent must not be wasted!

"Brother, it's still early today. I want to go and see this extraordinary man named Lin Yi right now!"

Huangfu Qingling pondered for a moment and then spoke immediately.

"It would be nice to meet you sooner rather than later."

Prince Qing nodded slightly, prepared a carriage, and headed for Niujia Village.

At this time, Lin Yi was drinking in the room.

He already has some new ideas.

Liquor alone doesn't have enough flavors. If we add some flavors, we can open a bar...

But then he thought about it and realized that since he already had a restaurant, his bar should have more new features...

As he was thinking about this, he fell asleep.

When Prince Qing's carriage stopped at Lin Yi's house, only Xiaomei went out to greet him.

"Where's Lin Yi?"

When Prince Qing got out of the car and saw Xiaomei, he immediately felt something was wrong.

The emperor came and found nothing. He must be furious!

"The young master is sleeping."

"He should be awake soon. Please come in, Your Highness."

Xiaomei saluted Prince Qing very respectfully.

"sleep?"

"You're still sleeping in the middle of the day?"

Huangfu Qingling said as she walked out of the car.

"This is my friend. She heard about Lin Yi and came here specially."

Prince Qing introduced himself and then turned to Huangfu Qingling, "Since we are sleeping, why don't we take a look at Niujia Village first?"

The cold wind was howling, and it felt a bit biting when it blew on my face.

"Please come in, I'll go wake up the young master."

Seeing that Prince Qing's friends were somewhat uncomfortable with the cold winter in the north, Xiaomei immediately invited them in.

Prince Qing nodded slightly and walked inside with Huangfu Qingling.

When I walked into the room, the cold outside was completely different from the cold inside.

Under the warmth, Huangfu Qingling's red cheeks recovered a lot.

"I didn't expect this room to be so warm..."

As she spoke, she glanced at Prince Qing. Even the stove in Prince Qing's mansion couldn't warm the room to this extent.

"The young master is still sleeping in his bedroom. I'll go call him..."

Xiaomei did not dare to neglect Prince Qing and his friends. She immediately stood up and poured a glass of ice water, then went to knock on Lin Yi's bedroom door.

"No, I... just sit down first."

Huangfu Qingling sat in the rocking chair, looking quite interested. "Just wait until he wakes up on his own."

In order to hide her identity, she would not say the word "朕" when she was outside.

The rocking chair was rocking, and Huangfu Qingling sat by the fireplace drinking ice water, and immediately felt comfortable.

"Lin Yi's life is much better than mine in the south."

She smiled and drank two more glasses of ice water.

After a while, Xiaomei came in with the ingredients for hot pot.

"Your Highness, Lin Yi hasn't woken up yet. It's not a good idea to just wait here."

"Why don't you eat something first?"

She just felt uneasy sitting there.

"Hot pot."

A look of joy crossed Prince Qing's face.

It has been a long time since he last had Lin Yi's authentic hot pot.

He had tried to imitate it in Prince Qing's Mansion before, but it just didn't have the same atmosphere as Lin Yi's place.

"Hot Pot?"

Huangfu Qingling raised her eyebrows. She didn't know what this was.

“It’s just a way of eating it, quite interesting.”

"living comfortably without anybody's help."

As Prince Qing said this, he waited for the hot pot base on the stove to boil, then started to blanch the meat slices.

Huangfu Qingling also followed suit and started eating.

Suddenly she felt a sense of happiness.

As an empress, living in the palace and busy with official duties every day, eating was just a routine for her.

Eat if you are hungry, don’t eat if you are not hungry.

She had never experienced such joy of eating.

The aroma of the hot pot and the unique feeling of cooking the meat by yourself made Huangfu Qingling enjoy the meal very much.

At this moment, she was even more curious about Lin Yi.

In this simple house, she could live out a kind of happiness that even the emperor had never experienced...

While eating hot pot, Huangfu Qingling became interested in other strange things in the room.

Some are carpenters, others are ironworkers.

"By the way, what was that strange pot in the yard just now?"

While eating, Huangfu Qingling remembered the pot he had seen when he entered the house.

The lid on top is concave and seems to contain ice cubes.

"Young Master said this is called the Heavenly Pot, and it's used to refine wine!"

Xiaomei hurriedly explained, "Burning the wine down below allows the essence of the wine to be extracted through the tube."

"How could it be... so magical?"

Huangfu Qingling just felt that even if she couldn't see Lin Yi now, this trip was still considered an adventure.

After eating the hot pot for a while, Lin Yi was attracted by the aroma of the hot pot.

He slowly opened his eyes and didn't realize that he had fallen asleep!

"Xiaomei, why are you eating hot pot by yourself?"

When Lin Yi opened the door, he saw Prince Qing and a strange woman eating hot pot.

"Your Highness, when did you come?"

Lin Yi scratched his head, a look of confusion on his face.

"I came early. You were asleep, so I couldn't disturb you, right?"

Prince Qing said this and glanced at Huangfu Qingling.

"Who is this……"

"She is my friend, you call him..."

"My name is Chu Qingling."

Huangfu Qingling had already thought of an alias.

Upon hearing the name, Lin Yi immediately showed a mysterious smile on his face.

He immediately pulled Prince Qing aside and said, "Your Highness, this couldn't be Chu Yaoyue's mother, your wife, could it?"

"no!"

"Don't joke around, this time we have something serious to say."

Prince Qing immediately became serious.

I was shocked. How could I say this?

"Since you are a friend of His Royal Highness Prince Qing, I cannot be stingy."

Lin Yi said, and immediately handed over a woolen coat, "This is warm to wear, and you won't feel cold when walking outside."

"Thank you."

Huangfu Qingling touched the clothes and felt that they were unusually smooth, but different from mink fur.

Putting the clothes aside, she got down to business.

"Lin Yi, I heard that it was you who calculated the deficit in the account book."

"I have something else I want to ask you."

As she spoke, she took another sip of ice water, feeling extremely comfortable between the cold and the hot.

"Although I don't know much about account books, I can still do the math."

Lin Yi scratched his head with a smile, then found a bowl, poured the sauce in it, and started eating the hot pot.

"The deficit has already been calculated in the account books."

"Now, there's still the question of who is losing money."

Huangfu Qingling took out an account book and said, "There are two main suspects. One is the Minister of Revenue, and the other is his best friend, the Vice Minister of Revenue."