Olsen was filled with hatred, not only for Yun Luo who had caused him to become like this, but also for the Duchess. If he had not done that thing under the Duchess's suggestion, he would not, would not be about to become a useless person.
The Duchess had no idea that Olsen, who had always been loyal to her, had already turned away from her and hated her because of something that had happened not long ago. Upon hearing Olsen's question, she lowered her eyes and thought, "I must not let that bastard have it easy!"
"Madam, I have a plan..."
Olsen restrained the emotion in his eyes and spoke in a calm tone. As he spoke, the smile in the Duchess's eyes gradually became more obvious.
"Your plan is good, but we need to work out the details." The Duchess was in a good mood, as if she had seen Yun Luo's miserable appearance after the plan was implemented. "You've worked hard on this journey. I've asked someone to send your things to you. Go down and rest."
At the end of his words, he hinted: "I will be relieved when you break through and entrust Hill's safety to you."
When talking about her children, the smile on the Duchess's face became more genuine.
"Don't worry, ma'am."
After Olsen left, the maid who had always been loyal to the Duchess came out from the shadows, looking worried: "Madam, the butler's aura is not right."
"Don't worry, with Hill here, he will always be willing to serve me."
"Madam, are you really going to agree to let him go to the young master?"
"I only promised to talk to the Duke. Whether the Duke agrees or not is none of my business." The Duchess waved her feather fan in her hand, her tone contemptuous. "He is just a small butler, and he dares to covet Hill. If he were not still useful, the palace would have been out of tolerance for him long ago."
"Master Hill deserves the best."
"Of course. Who doesn't like our Hill? Even the fiancé that bitch carefully selected for that bastard when she was alive, didn't he ruthlessly abandon that bastard after seeing Hill?" Thinking of this, the Duchess felt pleased. "No matter how powerful that bitch was back then, isn't the son she gave birth to still at my mercy now?"
"Now, I am the one holding the title of Duchess, and the Dukedom is also mine. My son will be the sole heir to the Dukedom, and the fiancé she carefully selected for her son will also be my son's."
"Madam is planning to..."
"No," the Duchess interrupted the maid, "I need to think about this matter again. The designated heir of the Terran family, the youngest major general in the empire, is indeed a good choice. However, my Hill deserves better."
The maid remained silent, and the Duchess continued, "The annual royal ceremony will be in five months. We'll discuss Hill's affairs after that."
"Madam wants to..." The maid was shocked. She always knew that the Duchess was an ambitious person, but she never expected that she would start to covet that position.
If that position was so easy to get, he wouldn't have been alone all these years. The thing that Emperor Star lacks the least is powerful families. There have been people who had such ideas before, but without exception, they all ended up miserably.
"Although our Majesty is cruel, he has had no one by his side for so many years." Because the maid was someone she could trust, the Duchess dared to reveal her true intentions. "Looking across the entire empire, who can compare to His Majesty?"
The answer is yes, no one. The true master of the empire, the youngest ninth-rank expert—either of these two identities is enough to attract people, let alone His Majesty, who possesses both identities simultaneously.
"But, madam, this is too dangerous. The Duke will not agree to it." With so many bloody precedents, no one dares to have such an idea now.
"Don't worry, I won't do anything. I'll just take Hill to the banquet." The Duchess was not that stupid. She valued her life more than the wealth. As long as His Majesty could see Hill, she didn't believe that His Majesty would not be tempted.
She had the confidence to think so. From an ordinary commoner's son to the son of a noble duke, Hill had never lacked outstanding admirers. It could be said that as long as Hill was willing, he could easily seduce anyone who wanted to.
"A-choo."
The kitten shook its head, splashing water all over Yun Luo's hands.
Yun Luo casually pulled down a large towel from the shelf and covered the kitten's head with it. He then tested the water temperature: "It's not cold. Why are you sneezing?"
"Meow~"
The kitten acted coquettishly and snuggled into Yunluo's arms, nodding its little head. Yunluo couldn't bear it anymore, so he picked up the cat and the towel together.
"Okay, okay, I'm done washing. Let me blow dry your hair."
The more Yun Luo raised the kitten, the deeper his love for it grew. Xiaobai perfectly captured his imagination, both in appearance and personality. He loved cleanliness, and when bathing, he'd lie obediently in the water, letting him rub it. When he felt comfortable, he'd purr in pleasure, his big, round eyes squinting comfortably, opening them every few minutes to check on him.
Except for one thing: it was too overbearing. Just like now, Yun Luo moved his finger, and as expected, a furry ring appeared on it. At some point, the playful tail poked out from the tightly wrapped towel, precisely hooked around Yun Luo's finger, and circled it.
The white fur was wet and stuck to the cat's body in wisps. The whole cat looked almost smaller. Yun Luo placed the kitten under the steam dryer, adjusted the wind speed, and pressed the switch.
"Meow~Hmm~"
The kitten clung to Yun Luo's hand and tried to leave, but Yun Luo stopped it: "Little Bai, be good. If you don't blow dry your fur, it will get sick easily."
"Meow~"
"It will be fine soon." Yun Luo scratched Xiao Bai's chin. Xiao Bai squinted his eyes and put his two front paws on Yun Luo's arm, and stopped moving obediently.
Blow dry the fur and it will be a beautiful furry one again.
Yun Luo looked at the kitten squatting beside the pillow and suddenly asked, "Has Xiaobai grown up a bit?"
"Meow~" Xiaobai tilted his head.
"fine."
"Meow?" Xiaobai suddenly lay flat and turned over, revealing his soft belly. His big silver-blue eyes looked at Yunluo, and his meaning was very clear.
The temptation was too great for Yun Luo to resist, and he didn't intend to resist. As the kitten wished, he placed his hand on the kitten's belly. The white tail wrapped around Yun Luo's wrist as if it had its own consciousness, and then stopped moving.
Lingyunzhuang set the opening date amid everyone's anticipation. Taking all aspects into consideration, there will be no limit on the number of people on the opening day. As long as you make an appointment in advance, you can get a number plate and determine the dining time according to the number plate.
A few days before the opening, the manor was in a state of hustle and bustle. Yun Luo had to check the ingredients and decide on the dishes, and he was so busy that he didn't even have time to pet the cat.
This won't work, Yun Luo thought. Even if he had spiritual power and could use spells when cooking on a large scale, he hated being bound. In his original world, he had several mountain spirits helping him. Now he had to do everything by himself. It was okay for a short time, but he would definitely not be able to bear it for a long time.
Moreover, developing Lingyun Manor into the world's premier restaurant wasn't something he could accomplish on his own. The difficulty lay in preparing the ingredients. He could select talented cooks to train, just like the mountain spirits had done.
"It's amazing," Yun Ye said, no matter how many times he had seen it. "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that exotic beast meat could be made into such delicious food."
Yun Luo flipped the meat over in the pot. The upturned side was golden brown, and the oil was sizzling in the pot. He looked at the situation in the pot and said, "You've been filming with me for a few days, why are you still making such a fuss?"
The metal ball with wings circled around Yun Luo, faithfully recording every movement of Yun Luo.
Not long ago, Yun Luo agreed to do a live broadcast with Yun Ye, but the live broadcast time had to be arranged after the opening. He was very busy during this period and really had no time to deal with the live broadcast.
As long as Yunluo nodded in agreement, Yunye had no objection to when to start. Noticing that Yunluo had been preparing delicious food for the opening, Yunye suggested shooting some videos of Yunluo cooking as material.
Yun Luo had no objection to just having a few metal balls following the person. At first, Yun Ye took the initiative to avoid entering Yun Luo's workplace. After post-processing the video several times, he couldn't help but ask if he could see the whole cooking process with his own eyes.
After that, Yunye came along every time we collected materials.
"The young boss's beautiful cooking skills are always shocking no matter how many times I see them, especially..." Yun Ye turned off the metal ball's camera function before continuing, "The young boss's handling of the violent energy in the beast's meat."
"I thought you wouldn't ask." Yun Luo had seen Yun Ye hesitate to speak several times, and he kept wondering when this person would ask.
"I've eaten processed exotic beast meat, more than once, but none of them are the same as the one processed by the boss. Different types of exotic beast meat have completely different tastes." Yun Ye sniffed the meaty aroma that wafted in the air from time to time, and tried his best to hold back from losing his composure.
The aroma is so tempting that it makes people drool.
"I know that the Oren family has mastered a method to remove the violent energy in the flesh of exotic beasts. I originally thought that the boss's method came from the Oren family."
"What now?"
"Now I know I was wrong," Yun Ye admitted frankly. What he wanted to say was something else. "But, boss, have you ever thought about what they might do when you opened a shop on Somir Star and used a method to dispel violent energy that is even more powerful than the Oren family's?"
"So what?" Yun Luo didn't care. "I can't just stay on this planet in fear for this reason."
Not to mention it's just a duke's mansion, even if the person standing opposite is the emperor of the empire, there is no way to stop what he wants to do.
“Meow!”
As the two were talking, suddenly, a white figure jumped in from the window, full of anger, and rushed straight towards Yunye.
That was an undisguised murderous intent!
Yunye's pupils shrank sharply, and he quickly retreated—
"Xiaobai, stop it!"
Although it was not directed at him, how could Yun Luo not feel such obvious murderous intent? He didn't know what had happened to make Xiaobai so angry. The most important thing at the moment was to prevent Xiaobai from really hurting Yunye.
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