Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 277 Go to the Cining Palace Again

Ningyuxuan.

After dinner, Huang Ye took a walk in the grove with Hong Dou, and then went to the tree house to play with the prince for a while. The prince now had a new home, and except for eating and supervising the emperor, he stayed in his tree house when he had nothing to do. Huang Ye specially made a bigger and softer nest for him. If it was a sunny day, he would drag the nest out and rest on the terrace. If it rained, he would drag the nest into the tree house. In any case, the prince was very satisfied with the tree house that Huang Ye rewarded him.

Huang Ye started writing letters as soon as she came back from the prince. Now the weather has warmed up and spring is coming. After several years of good breeding, this year's peppers are bound to have a good harvest. She had planned to open a restaurant before, and she started asking Xiao Zhao to find a place last winter.

Huang Ye was very satisfied with the place Xiao Zhao found. It was on the street closest to the imperial palace and was the only way for ministers to go after leaving court. It used to be a pen and ink shop with neither good nor bad business. Xiao Zhao liked this shop because there was a large yard behind it. He negotiated with the owner and wanted to buy the shop.

The boss was reluctant to sell the shop at first. It should be said that he had never thought of selling the shop. However, Xiao Zhao offered a high price, so he thought about renting it to Xiao Zhao. Xiao Zhao was determined to buy it. The boss said that if the business was good in the future, there was no guarantee that the boss would raise the price. It would be better to buy it so that he would have no worries.

The owner finally succumbed to the money. The key point was that Xiao Zhao offered a price that was twice the market price. Even if he did business for another 20 years, he might not be able to earn back the extra money, so the house was successfully bought.

Next, Xiao Zhao asked someone to tear down the house and rebuild it. A three-story building was built on the original site. The house was built according to Huang Ye's design. The bottom floor was a hall, and the top two floors were private rooms, which could meet the needs of people of different levels at the same time.

Xiao Zhao recently asked Wang Zi to send a message that the house has begun to be renovated and it is estimated that it will be completed in less than two months. The problem Huang Ye is facing now is the training of the restaurant's chefs. She wants Lvdou to train the chefs a month in advance. When the restaurant opens, the trained chefs can actually work for a month and that should be enough. The key is to find a trustworthy chef, otherwise what if he runs away after all the hard work of training him?

Huang Ye thought of modern contracts. At that time, only contracts would be used to restrain them. She didn't dare to bet on people's hearts. She was in the food business. If there was any mistake, people's lives could be lost.

The letter Huang Ye wrote to Xiao Zhao today was to ask him to find a few chefs with culinary talents. The key is that they must have good character and a harmonious family, and they should not have any messy relationships outside.

The other letter was written to Qing Yu'er. After so many years of polishing, Qing Yu'er already had a large number of connections of his own. His people had been successfully arranged into the Zhenxi Palace. Recently, he heard an interesting news, but it has not been confirmed yet. Huang Ye asked his people to continue to inquire, but on the premise of not exposing it. In her heart, no matter what happens, human life comes first.

Besides, Huang Ye has not forgotten Shi Yaoyao. The family of the Minister of Personnel is also in turmoil. She asked Qing Yuer to send people to keep a close eye on them. She would not show mercy as long as she could hit Shi Yaoyao. Although Shi Yaoyao is honest now, she came here to take her life. She might even come here to take the lives of everyone in the Huang Mansion. She has never forgotten this grudge.

The letter to home was much longer. In the letter that the prince brought back last time, it said that Father Huang knew that she was almost burned to death by the queen mother, and he burst into tears when he returned to the mansion. Everyone in the family knew about it. The old man and the old lady were too old to bear it, and they fell ill one after another. Chen was not only sad and scared, but also had to take care of the two old people, so she soon fell ill. Now only the eldest brother and his wife were supporting the family. Fortunately, Qiu Yuner often came to help, and there was no trouble in the mansion.

Last time, Huang Ye had already written back saying that she was fine and that she had planned everything in advance. So the Queen Mother and Xuan Chengzi must have gotten their retribution, right? However, the people at home were still worried, and Huang Ye had no choice but to find something for her family to do so that they wouldn't worry too much.

In the letter, Huang Ye said that her restaurant would open once the peppers were on the market. The problem now was the decoration, which was very important and could not tolerate any cutting corners. It had to be supervised by someone close to her. She handed this arduous task to her grandfather, asking him to check on him every day. As an elderly person, wouldn't it be more energetic if he ran around more?

And her father, Huang Ye asked him to help find a trustworthy accountant, who is in charge of money, and she would not hire someone who is not trustworthy.

After arranging everything, Huang Ye sealed the letter and tied it to the leg of the prince who had just flown in and was lying on the table. She had already instructed the prince in the tree house. The prince had never been lazy about delivering letters, and he would deliver the letters back when it was late at night and everyone was asleep.

Kunning Palace.

Today is the fifteenth day, the day for the concubines in the harem to pay their respects to the Empress Dowager. Originally Huang Ye and the others thought that since the Empress Dowager was under house arrest, they would not go to pay their respects to her, but the Empress took them to the Cining Palace instead.

The queen has been feeling very uncomfortable these days. The management rights of the sewing room were taken away from her. The emperor was clearly slapping her in the face, so she pretended to be sick and stayed at home for the first few days. But it was not a solution to keep avoiding like this. She had to deal with the affairs of the harem, and she had to take back the sewing room. Now the management rights of the sewing room were a small matter, and regaining her face was the big deal.

In fact, she didn't need to bring these people to the Cining Palace today. The emperor had already confined the empress dowager, so it was understandable that they didn't go to pay their respects. However, the queen's eyes were red with anger when she saw Huang Ye. Such a disgusting person was hanging around under her nose every day, and this Huang Ye was now protected by the emperor and the retired emperor. Even if she was the queen, she couldn't find her fault for a while, and she couldn't punish her openly.

Then let the empress dowager take action. After all, the emperor only said that the empress dowager would be under house arrest, and he did not say that the concubines were not allowed to pay their respects to the empress dowager. Even if something happened, she was so filial that the emperor would have no objection.

Cining Palace.

The empress dowager sat gloomily in the inner hall, and Nanny Yingchun served her carefully beside her. This time, the empress dowager had caused a big disaster, and the emperor was very angry, and put the empress dowager under house arrest. Although the empress dowager made a fuss, it was useless. In the past few days, the empress dowager sat like this for hours without saying a word. The servants were all very cautious, fearing that any mistake would bring down the empress dowager's wrath.