A short night is hard to please! A stunningly handsome prince dotes on her exclusively.

The two of them brewed the tea leaves one after another, and then they carefully prepared various milk tea and fruit tea flavors. However, without lemon, Xin Moyan still felt that the taste of the fruit tea was not quite right. Hua Buyu then said that her friend in Qiyun knew where to find lemons and had sent someone to deliver them. Moreover, she had somehow obtained a whole cart full of ice, all sealed in wooden boxes and covered with dark cloth, and had it temporarily stored at Yunxianglou.

At this moment, all the ingredients for milk tea and fruit tea were ready, and they asked Hongluan to help them record the process and the recipes for various flavors.

Hua Buyu also brought a manual juicer from Yunxianglou. It was a round bucket with fixed blades inside the bucket and a rotating lever on the outside. You just had to chop the fruit, put it in, and turn the lever. Although it wasn't as easy to use as a modern juicer, it still reduced a lot of manpower. Xin Moyan found it quite amazing, never expecting that there was such a device as a juicer in ancient times.

"Yan'er!"

Xin Moling returned to his residence immediately after court. Although he did not know what Yan'er and Hua Buyu had made of taro balls and pearls these past two days, he did not inquire further because he saw how hard his sister had put into it.

"Brother, come and try this, it's all homemade milk tea."

When Xin Moyan saw her brother approaching, she hurriedly ran forward and pulled him to the stone table.

A whole table was covered with bamboo tube milk tea. So far, they had only roughly explored a few flavors: brown sugar pearl, mango taro balls, pearl taro paste, red bean pearl, peach oolong, osmanthus oolong, jasmine milk, and gardenia oolong. The lemons hadn't arrived yet, so they didn't need the other fruit teas for the time being. Plus, fruit teas tasted better iced, and the ice cubes were all at Yunxianglou, so they didn't have time to get them right away.

"Yan'er, you've made so many drinks?"

Xin Moling was somewhat surprised. They had been in the kitchen for the past two days, just fiddling with these things. Were they going to use them to do business?

"Mmm! Brother, you have to try this, it's brown sugar pearl milk tea!"

After saying that, she quickly handed a cup of milk tea from the table to Xin Moling, looking at him excitedly, hoping that her brother would like it.

"This... drink through this bamboo tube? Can't you just drink directly from it?"

"Oh! Xin Moling, that's how it's supposed to be drunk. Look at Yan Yan's expectant eyes. Hurry up and try it. Tell me your thoughts after you finish."

Xin Moling tried taking a sip, but before he could even taste the beverage, something slippery suddenly appeared in his mouth, and he instinctively wanted to spit it out.

"No! Brother, those are pearls. You can chew them; they're delicious."

Xin Moyan rushed to her brother's side and saw that he was about to vomit. She hurriedly reached out her hand in mid-air, almost covering his mouth.

Upon hearing that these were edible pearls, Xin Moling took a small, skeptical bite. The chewy pearl was soft, delicate, and resilient. The drink had both the sweetness of milk and the fragrance of tea, making it a truly refreshing experience.

"Brother, is it delicious?"

Her eyes sparkled as she stared at Xin Moling, her mouth slightly open, her face full of anticipation and excitement.

"Mmm, delicious. Yan'er's idea this time is truly ingenious."

After he finished speaking, he took a few more sips. It seemed to be quite interesting, and the more he drank, the better it tasted.

Seeing her brother nod in approval, Xin Moyan beamed with joy; she knew her brother would like it.

"Brother, why don't you try some other flavors? These are all the milk teas we're going to sell."

"Is this what you call milk tea?"

"Mmm, milk and tea leaves, isn't that milk tea!"

The two were excitedly introducing several new products to Xin Moling and asking him to help name them when guests suddenly arrived at the General's Mansion.

"Little Bao! Don't cry anymore. Uncle Ze will take you to play with your cousin Yan'er, okay?"

"Yay! Uncle Zhe, Mommy~"

Yuan Huaize stood at the entrance of the General's Mansion with the child in his hand. This time, he didn't wave his flamboyant folding fan, but looked at the little guy in front of him with a resentful expression. He really didn't know if Lou Shenghan was really sick or pretending. He said he was bedridden and had no time to take care of Lou Xiaobao, but insisted that he take the boy to the Prince's Mansion for a few days.

You say you'll stay, then stay! But Lou Xiaobao keeps crying and calling for his father and mother all day long. Several old women and wet nurses from the Wangfu have been changed, but none of them can coax him. He couldn't sleep all night last night. He thought, since he wants his father and mother, and his father is terminally ill, then he might as well come and rely on his 'mother'. He also wanted to see his cousin Yan'er.

"Mother~"

Just as the three of them had come up with the last name, they suddenly heard a soft, cute voice calling out. Such an adorable voice was clearly Lou Xiaobao himself.

They quickly turned around and saw Lou Xiaobao wearing a reddish-brown tiger-striped short-sleeved shirt, with two small Nezha buns on his head. His rosy cheeks were even more flushed from running all the way.

"Xiaobao!"

"Little Lou Baby!"

Lou Xiaobao rushed forward and grabbed both of their legs at the same time, panting heavily.

"Mother~ Sister~"

"Xiao Bao, what brings you here?"

Xin Moyan quickly scooped Lou Xiaobao into her arms and made him sit on her lap.

"Baby misses Mommy~"

"Have you missed your sister?"

Hua Buyu reached out and pinched his little cheek. It felt just like a bouncy little pearl!

Yes!

"Little Bao, drink this. It's called milk tea, but it has pearls in it. You have to bite them before you can swallow it!"

Xin Moyan took a cup of milk tea and brought it to Lou Xiaobao's lips. Perfect timing! She had been planning to have that crazy Prime Minister Lou bring Xiaobao to drink milk tea once the shop opened!

"Fifth Prince, what brings you here today with Lou Xiaobao?"

Yuan Huaize wanted to go forward and see what was in those bottles and jars, but when he heard Xin Moling's question, he sighed deeply.

"Brother Ling must know that Prime Minister Lou has been seriously ill recently. That's why he was afraid of passing on his illness to Lou Xiaobao. Yesterday, he sent someone to invite me to bring Xiaobao to his residence. But he cried day and night, always looking for his father and mother. I thought that Cousin Yan'er must not have seen Xiaobao for many days, so I brought the boy here. Look how warm and harmonious this is!"

"Hmph! Lou Shenghan is probably just faking illness to stay home!"

Xin Moling snorted coldly. That guy knew he remembered the birthday banquet incident and couldn't find a good opportunity to teach him a lesson, so he had been claiming illness and not attending court for the past few days. He didn't expect that even Lou Xiaobao would be kicked out by him.

Little did people know that Lou Shenghan was not faking his illness. He had sneezed too much that day and developed a high fever in the middle of the night. He originally wanted the steward to take his son to the general's mansion, but then he thought of Xin Moling's murderous eyes and compromised by having Yuan Huaize help take care of the child.

However, he considered himself extremely clever. After all, Xiao Bao would always cry and fuss, and would also look for Xin Moyan. In the end, Xiao Bao would still go to the General's Mansion for a few days, hahaha~~~