Suddenly someone grabbed her wrist, and the messy thoughts in Xu Qinyu's mind disappeared in an instant. She subconsciously looked at the hands. The bones of the palms were long and broad, with distinct bones and long fingers. Even though they were too thin and pale, causing blue veins to be visible, it did not affect the beauty of the hands at all. Her eyes met the owner of the hands, who was her adopted husband Pei Weixuan.

He woke up.

Xu Qinyu also met his eyes.

She didn't know how to describe those eyes. They were extremely cold, a bit like the eyes of a cold-blooded animal, icy and emotionless. Being stared at by such eyes, her heart was horrified, and in an instant, all the hairs on her body stood up.

Xu Qinyu was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had seen it wrong. She blinked, and when she looked over again, her adopted husband had returned to normal. His eyes were the same as before, clear and cold but not cold, a little distant and gentle.

Her cheap husband usually didn't like to talk, and Xu Qinyu thought he was quiet and gentle like jade.

She stammered, "Fourth Brother, are you awake?"

She just thought that her fourth brother was dead, so this was a bit like a curse, and she couldn't help feeling a little guilty for saying this.

As for the look in his eyes she had just seen, she thought she had seen it wrong. After all, Fourth Brother was a patient with a high fever, and he was confused and delirious, so it was normal for his eyes to be wrong.

When Pei Weixuan saw that it was her, he slowly loosened his grip on her wrist and looked at her wrist again. There was already a deep red mark where he had gripped it.

"Yu Niang, I'm sorry, I just had a nightmare. Was it scary?"

He was not wrong, he did have a nightmare and dreamed about some things from his childhood.

Thinking of the scene in his dream, he closed his eyelids to hide the coldness in his eyes.

Xu Qinyu rubbed her wrist and said with a smile: "Don't worry, fourth brother, your wrist is fine."

In fact, it was very painful. She didn't know that her cheap husband was so thin and yet had such great strength. His hands were so strong that they were not weak at all. She felt the bones in her wrists ache.

When Wen and Pei Jianing heard Pei Weixuan wake up, they both ran over in a hurry. Even their two children staggered over by themselves, looking eagerly at their brother and uncle lying on the bed.

Seeing him wake up, Wen shed tears, "It's good that Brother Xuan is awake."

Seeing this, Xu Qinyu did not disturb them and went to the kitchen to bring the raw fish porridge that had been kept warm back to her room.

Mrs. Wen was talking to her son at the time, saying that the doctor examined his pulse and said that he seemed to have signs of poisoning.

Pei Weixuan simply said, "It's not a big deal. The poison has been mostly removed. He won't die."

Seeing him so calm, Xu Qinyu guessed that her husband obviously knew that he was poisoned. He must have been poisoned when he was in the palace, and the poisoning time must have been quite long. It is very likely that he was poisoned when he was a child. Isn't it said that the fourth prince has always been weak and always sick? There are doctors in the palace, and they can also invite the most powerful doctors in the world. It is not possible that he can't even cure a little weakness.

He was born to the Empress, so there must be many concubines and princes in the palace who wanted him dead.

Wen probably guessed it in his heart, his face turned pale, and his heart began to tighten.

She had no help from her natal family in the harem, and her stepmother did not really want her to become Emperor Sheng Jing's favorite concubine. Even after she became the empress, her stepmother did not really want to help her eldest son.

But she was, after all, the concubine's daughter of the Duke of Anping, a grasshopper on the same boat. For the sake of his own bloodline, the Duke of Anping did his best to help her and his eldest son.

But my father was only a small-time Earl of Anping during these years, and he didn't have much power to help much with the matter of establishing a crown prince.

She never asked about the matter of establishing a crown prince. She did not understand politics. All she could do was to love Emperor Sheng Jing and her children with all her heart.

But she knew in her heart how dangerous it was for the princes to fight for the throne.

In fact, she had guessed some of the late emperor's plans. Having lived with him for more than 20 years, she could feel his feelings for her. He knew that her status was low and if she did not become the empress, her children would not have the possibility of becoming the crown prince. Since he made her the empress, she had no influence from external relatives and wanted to wait until later to make him the crown prince so as to avoid being targeted by other concubines and princes in the palace.

But even so, he ended up in this situation. She certainly didn't believe that her eldest son would poison the late emperor. The strange thing was that the eldest son was not as cruel and ruthless as the second prince, who even dared to poison his own father.

When Wen thought of the late emperor who had been poisoned and his eldest son's bloodline, she felt so distressed that her face turned pale.

Xu Qinyu came over and said, "Fourth brother, I made some fish porridge this morning. You haven't eaten anything since last night, so drink the porridge first."

Wen's thoughts were interrupted by her daughter-in-law. She struggled out of the pain, took the bowl from her daughter-in-law, and wanted to feed her son porridge, but Pei Weixuan refused. He took the bowl of porridge himself and started eating.

He ate in a very elegant manner, worthy of being a prince.

After watching her cheap husband eating porridge for a while, Xu Qinyu lost interest. Thinking that he had woken up, most of her worries faded away. She ran back to the bedside, holding her wooden box, and poured all the copper plates and broken silver in the box onto the bed.

When you make money, the happiest thing is naturally to count it.

This reminded Xu Qinyu of her last life when she started setting up a stall. The first thing she did every night when she got home was to count the money and how much she earned every day.

The clinking sound of copper plates colliding with broken silver attracted everyone's attention. Even Pei Weixuan, who was drinking porridge, couldn't help but look over.

His eyes first fell on the smiling face of the girl. Her facial features were bright, but she was too thin. Her face still had frostbite from her days in exile. She was wearing a gray and somewhat ugly winter coat, but that couldn't hide the happiness on her face at all.

Thinking about how lifeless she looked during her exile, and her cooking skills and open-minded attitude she displayed in the following days.

Pei Weixuan's eyes were filled with inquiry. He drank the fish porridge she made, but he couldn't help but sigh and lowered his eyes.

After counting the silver, Xu Qinyu's smile became even more grim. Excluding the money spent on ingredients and seasonings for breakfast today, she earned a total of more than two taels and nine hundred coins!

Pei Jianing was also a little surprised when he saw it. He came over and looked at the copper plates and silver coins on the bed and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, did you earn all this this morning?"

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Yes, I've earned almost three hundred thousand yuan. Fourth brother needs to rest for a few days. We'll go to Yuanbao Town after he gets well. I'll try to earn more money in the next few days. When we get to Yuanbao Town, we'll see if we can afford to buy a house there." She still didn't know the house prices in Yuanbao Town. If the houses were too expensive, she would have to rent one.

Even Mrs. Wen was a little shocked. She didn't expect that Yu Niang could earn almost three taels of silver in just this morning.

In fact, three taels of silver were nothing in her eyes. However, ordinary civilians could only earn a few hundred coins a month at most. The monthly salary of a chef in an ordinary tavern or restaurant was about two taels of silver. However, Yu Niang earned a month's salary of a tavern chef in just one day. How could she not be surprised?

Feng Ge'er and Yan Jie'er also ran to Xu Qinyu and watched her count the copper coins.

Having made some money, Xu Qinyu was in a very good mood. She patted the two children and said, "I'll continue to buy candies for Feng Ge'er and Yan Jie'er tomorrow."

The white sugar and brown sugar here are both made from sugarcane and are expensive, while maltose is made from wheat and is much cheaper. However, a small piece of maltose costs several coins, and ordinary people would not be willing to buy it for their children.

Thinking it is not good for children to eat sweets all the time, Xu Qinyu plans to buy some eggs when she goes to buy ingredients tomorrow and make some cakes for the children, which are soft, sweet and nutritious.

After counting the silver, Xu Qinyu put the wooden box away, said goodbye to everyone, and went to the kitchen to clean up the pork ribs and prepare the soup.

It is also simple to make pork ribs soup. Add ginger slices, rice wine and scallions and blanch them to remove the fishy smell. Then wash the pork ribs with hot water and simmer them in a pot over low heat.

When she bought ingredients in the morning, she also bought rice wine, which is better at removing fishy smells than ordinary alcohol.

The big bone soup will be ready for tomorrow, and the wonton filling and skin need to be prepared early tomorrow morning.

In the evening, Captain Liang couldn't help but come to eat again.

Liang Qianhu was very happy to learn that there was a new dish, pickled fish.

The pickled fish was fresh, spicy and delicious, and Liang Qianhu was so satisfied with the meal.

In the evening, Xu Qinyu did not receive any other diners except Liang Qianhu.

Her health had been badly damaged during her exile, and if she continued to cook dinner for the guests, she would not be able to bear it.