The saint's return to Kyoto had been informed long ago, so naturally someone was responsible for welcoming him.
But in previous years, there were always people coming to watch the fun, so it seemed very crowded. But this year is different. After the saint returns from summer vacation, is it interesting to go to a dessert shop to look at the egg tarts?
Anyway, the saints go to the Summer Palace every year, so we can go and see it next year.
But it was the first time that the government-run sweet shop was holding public teaching, so how could they not go and join in the fun? Even if they couldn't learn it, it would be okay to just watch others learn.
The dessert shop kept its word and announced early on that it would be closed from September 15th to 18th. Then it invited the first group of people who were learning how to make egg tarts in early in the morning on the 15th.
There were 150 people in the morning and 150 people in the afternoon. There were ten experienced people from the dessert shop to teach them. Egg tarts are not difficult to make, and most of the people who signed up were chefs with pastry making experience, so the maids and maids in the palace demonstrated three times and asked them to make them three times, and that was basically it.
The materials used for the demonstration are all provided by the dessert shop. The reason is simple: they are afraid that some young people who want to learn how to make pastries may not have the ingredients available and thus get delayed at this step.
So the chefs who brought their own ingredients were shocked and exclaimed: "It is indeed a government-run store, it is for the common people."
When Su Wan heard this, she immediately retracted her foot that was about to go downstairs.
Xie Pei next to her looked at her, and Su Wan explained: "Su Wan's father."
This was a strange thing to say, but Xie Pei nodded anyway and looked down: "Your family is a white case business, so it's normal for him to come over."
Looking down, the middle-aged man has a beautiful beard. He wraps up his beard and hair as well, which makes him look very professional. Apart from anything else, this action is different from others.
Although his skills in kneading the dough were still there, his movements were clumsy and it was obvious that he hadn't kneaded dough by himself for a long time.
Xie Pei just took a few more glances and memorized her appearance. Seeing that Su Wan had no intention of going downstairs, he naturally did not go either. The two of them stayed on the second floor and looked down.
The second floor is very quiet, but it is now used to store materials and no one is there on weekdays anyway.
Even this time we are teaching you how to make egg tarts, there is enough space on the first floor.
Not only was the lecture conducted in a proper place, but doors and windows on all four sides were also opened, so that people around could listen to the lecture.
This was also Su Wan's idea, and the first food was the one she came up with. She didn't care, and others naturally wouldn't say anything, but with this as the lead, everyone knew how to teach in the future.
Apart from anything else, no matter whether they are enrolled, studying in the store, or attending the class outside, they all now have a great fondness for the government-run sweet shops.
Just because they are still selling egg tarts, you can teach them the recipe. This shows great magnanimity and vision.
Look, it’s good for the prince to be in Kyoto.
What?
The saint is back?
Then come back, they still need to learn how to make egg tarts!
They sell them immediately after learning how to make them. People who come to Kyoto to do business are even more ecstatic. They must learn how to make egg tarts so that they can go back to their hometowns and make money from them.
Some people may not know how delicious egg tarts are, but seeing how well-informed Kyoto residents like them, you’ll definitely have to learn how to make them.
During the three days, the government-run dessert shop did its best to teach and left a deep impression on everyone. Although they were in the same industry, it seemed as if they had to teach and they didn't hide anything at all.
Rather than saying we are peers, we are better off saying we are industry leaders.
The dessert shop and even the dessert department couldn't help but be surprised when they heard these words.
Why do they think so highly of them?
At first, I didn’t quite understand the significance of Su Wan’s doing this, but now when I think about it, hearing all the pastry chefs in Kyoto calling them “Master” one by one, the feeling is indeed different.
It seems like I got something other than just making money.
After the teaching, the dessert shop did not open immediately, but took a break for two days and officially opened on September 21st.
They need to rest too!
Although they are people of the imperial palace, they now live outside the palace. As long as they do not leave the capital, they can travel around.
At the beginning, some people were still very timid. After living in the palace for years and half of their lives, they were naturally a little timid about the outside world.
Even if they did work recently, they just stayed in the dessert shop and didn't go out. They were a little uncomfortable going out now, but two days were enough for them to go out, at least walk on this street.
Wherever the people from their sweet shop went, many people knew them and even invited them to tea.
I even gave them some egg tarts to try and see how they tasted.
Such a friendly environment naturally makes them more willing to go out.
But they still have to open the door on September 21st, otherwise someone will knock on the door every day asking them when they will open.
When the store reopened this time, it added five more maids to make desserts, who were also transferred from the Dessert Department, and ten palace maids and eunuchs, who were also people in the palace who were willing to work.
Although with fifteen more people, the dessert shop will have to pay fifteen more monthly wages, but they don't feel like they're losing out at all. The more people there are, the more desserts they can make!
Not only that, take-out food boxes purchased from the lacquerware factory have also been prepared, and those beautiful food boxes are worth a lot of money.
Many customers also asked where the lunch boxes were customized.
This brought a lot of business to the lacquerware factory.
But after making this matter public, Su Wan did not allow the manager of the lacquerware factory to tell the dessert department that it was her who made the connection.
Otherwise, the officials in the palace will come looking for her again.
She had hidden several times before, and the various managers had figured out what was going on and would not come looking for her again.
If people knew that it was her who arranged for the lacquerware factory to open, they would definitely not be able to escape.
It’s not that Su Wan is lazy, but every place has its own rules. For example, the Dessert Department is under their Shangshi Department and the Ministry of Rites, so it is legitimate for her to intervene.
But other departments all have their own masters. If they do a good job, they will not be appreciated or gain any credit. If they do a bad job, they will be despised and suffer losses.
Upon hearing this, Xie Pei said, "If you do a great job, you may be transferred."
This is possible, but how could Su Wan say that? Wouldn't that be praising herself? She simply changed the subject and said, "I want to say that there is no need for me at all. Seeing that the Sweets Department can make money, everyone will definitely rush to open official stores outside the palace without anyone urging them."
“It can make money.”
Xie Pei smiled: "Well, the Hat and Scarf Bureau and the Needlework Bureau have already taken action."
After all, the purpose of Su Wan and Xie Pei is to get rid of the excess labor force in the palace. They can do this without directly laying off people, but also provide a buffer.
Now the approach taken by the Dessert Department as a trial example is obviously feasible, and other departments have already started to take action.
Some of them left the palace, and some of them stayed in the palace.
Now it seems that the palace is being simplified quite quickly.
Even Concubine Jiang felt a little emotional.
What she had been trying to accomplish for several years but failed was accomplished by Xie Pei and the mysterious Kong Zhang Sheren.
She felt both admiration and anger, and always felt like she was being slapped in the face.
By the way, the saint has returned to the palace for several days already. He should have rested well and will hold the grand court meeting as usual on October 1st.
But when everyone accidentally looked up and saw the saint, they always felt that something was wrong with his expression.
It has been several months since I last saw him, but I didn't know he looked so haggard.
Someone said before that there was a delay on the way back to the palace, apparently because the saint was ill. Since last year, the saint has not been in good health, but it was not serious, so everyone thought it was the same as before.
But it doesn't seem to be the case now. It is visibly that the saint has aged. He even took medicine twice, but he seemed not to notice it.
But I know a person's physical condition very well. Looking at the look he gave the prince, most people in the court were frowning.
The body of a saint?
But why was he staring at the prince when his body was like that?
There won't be any connection between them, right?
After the court session, the Grand Secretary of Zhongji Palace heard this and frowned, saying, "The Crown Prince has been in the capital, busy with the black market case and investigating the palace. How could he have time to do these things?"
The amount of official business the prince has handled in recent months is more than what a saint handles in a year.
He was a little green at the beginning, but in a short period of time, he had become very experienced in handling matters, so officials in the court were accustomed to submitting memorials to the prince.
But now that the saint has returned, everyone thought for a moment and naturally handed the memorial to the saint.
Everyone can clearly see who the emperor of Tianxiang Kingdom is.
But as soon as the memorial was submitted, the gap became apparent. Regardless of whether it was handled well or not, the speed was the only factor that mattered. Looking at the result of the handling, it seemed as if we had returned to the time when Tianxiang Kingdom had no crown prince.
These little complaints reached the saint's ears in every detail, and he was so angry that he took a few deep breaths and said, "He is looking forward to my death!"
"No, he just wants me to die."
The beautiful lady Qiang whispered, "It's not that there is no evidence, but he poisoned you?"
"Evidence? Do you still need evidence?" The saint felt unwell while on the road. After resting for a few days, he finally got better. It was thanks to the medicine made by Lady Qiang that he was able to continue his journey.
When they arrived in Kyoto, Lady Qiang told the imperial physician that the saint had actually been poisoned. She didn't tell him on the way because she was afraid that he would worry too much. Now he could be carefully recuperated in the palace, so she told him the truth.
Poisoned?!
But he was poisoned at that time, and now there is no way to find out the truth.
The sage really took good care of his body, so he arrived in Kyoto on September 20th and rested for ten days before holding a grand court meeting.
During these ten days, he hated it all the time. The results of his investigation showed that all the accusations pointed to Xie Pei.
He had no doubt about the result.
Xie Pei had been assassinated and poisoned so many times by his own people that he himself couldn't even count them. In the eyes of the saint, it didn't seem strange at all that Xie Pei retaliated in this way.
It must be Xie Pei.
It must be him!
It’s hateful that he is still spreading rumors, saying that he is not as good as the crown prince in handling government affairs!
Thinking of this, the saint took a few deep breaths.
Lady Qiang brought the medicine over and, under the saint's gaze, she took a sip first before the saint drank it.
"Don't be angry, you are a saint, and you have the final say in this world."
"He is just a prince, how can he surpass you? Get well soon, and then you can let him know who is the emperor."
Of course not, definitely not.
The saint who had drunk the medicine gradually fell asleep. Lady Qiang then walked to the corner, pressed her stomach, and spit out the medicine smoothly. The sharpness in her eyes could no longer be concealed.
There's not much time left over there.
We must act quickly and create chaos in the Tianxiang Kingdom's palace as soon as possible.
It would be easy to kill the Emperor of Tianxiang.
But if we kill him now, the one who will succeed him will be the crown prince, and his grandson, who will be named Ding. This is the most troublesome thing.
He even got rid of the emperor of Tianxiang Kingdom just to pave the way for this prince. Without this emperor, does it feel like Tianxiang Kingdom will be better?
This won’t work. We must find a plan that can both kill the emperor and cause chaos in the capital of Tianxiang.
The beautiful lady Qiang's face had completely cooled down, her features were deep, her mixed-race bloodline was clearly visible, and she had lost her usual gentleness completely.
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