"After you left, Concubine Xiao returned, and the Crown Prince didn't come out much since then. I thought it was strange, so I asked someone to check, and it turned out that he was not in the Crown Prince's Mansion."

After Lin Lie finished talking about family matters, he started talking about his family affairs. He whispered in Lin Yuxin's ear.

After hearing this, Lin Yuxin frowned and her face turned cold.

"Concubine Xiao Guifei is back? Do you know why she is back?"

"I don't know yet, but she hasn't done anything since she came back. She goes to the Queen's place every day to pay her respects and then goes back home. She is completely different from before."

Lin Lie whispered that ever since he knew that the fate of their family was related to the Crown Prince or the Sixth Prince, he began to investigate those two people unconsciously.

Now the Sixth Prince has been demoted, but he is still the Crown Prince and is eyeing him covetously. For the sake of his mother and brother, he has to be on guard.

He went to find his grandfather, asked for some people, and was responsible for keeping an eye on the prince. Unexpectedly, he found out that the prince had left the palace dressed as a eunuch!

"When something goes wrong, there must be something fishy going on. You said the prince left the palace? Do you know where he went?"

Lin Yuxin pondered for a moment, felt something was wrong, and asked.

"He left the palace dressed up as a eunuch. If the people there hadn't known the prince, no one would have recognized him. The people there watched them head south."

Lin Bolie also said with a frown.

[The prince left the palace, but outsiders didn't know, so the one in the palace must be fake. Why did the prince use this trick of the golden cicada to escape from the shell? What is the south doing? 】

After hearing what Lin Lie said, Lin Yuxin's eyes flickered, and she recalled what major events had happened in the South in the book.

[South... South... Oh, yes, plague! In April next year, a plague broke out in Lijiang City in the south. The prince was ordered to take the imperial physician to the city. After a month, he cured the plague and was loved by the people. At that time, he had the highest voice to succeed the throne. However, the plague was still half a year away. Why did he go there now? ]

"Brother, send someone to follow the prince and see who he has come into contact with. If there is any news, have the Zhao family's secret guards send a letter to him."

Lin Yuxin felt that there was a problem, so she spoke seriously to her eldest brother.

"Yes! Big brother knows!"

Lin Bo-yeol also nodded seriously.

If the prince is related to the plague, then we must investigate it thoroughly.

The two siblings chatted for a while, and after lunch, Lin Bolie gave his sister a few instructions, said goodbye, and led a team towards Quyan County.

Lin Yuxin looked at the direction where her elder brother left reluctantly, and returned to the government office after a long while.

Back in the room, Lin Yuxin took out the letter her eldest brother gave her before he left. It was written by her mother.

Lin Yuxin opened it and read it slowly. She couldn't hold back the tears any longer and they flowed down.

The letters from her mother were mostly about reporting good news, not worries. She also wrote about her concerns and instructions, and also mentioned some interesting things in the capital.

Lin Yuxin took back the letter and wiped her tears. She missed her mother a little and had to finish the things here and go back early.

A few days later, Lin Yuxin started working frantically.

She first made a plan for the entire city. Because of the drought, even in the provincial capital, many people fled or took refuge.

So many houses were left empty.

Lin Yuxin took back all the empty shops and houses and registered them.

Then they found a street with an excellent geographical location, planned all the shops, and signed contracts with the owners. The shops were theirs, and the money earned was theirs, but they had to open the shops according to her requirements.

As for those shops without owners, Lin Yuxin sold or rented them out. In addition to the above conditions, she had to pay double tax on the money she made.

In the beginning, no one came to ask about it, because now it’s hard to even afford food, and no one would have the money to open a shop, and they had to hand over part of it.

Lin Yuxin was not in a hurry. She first planned the shops of those old owners. When she made money, people would naturally come to buy the shops.

"I have called you all here today to discuss with you the future planning of Chunxi Street and the future development of your store."

Lin Yuxin sat upstairs, looking at the seven or eight merchants below, sitting there uncomfortably, and she spoke first in a light tone.

The merchants below looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes. They didn't know what the princess was going to do. Ever since she ordered the whole city to be renovated, they had been confused and uneasy.

How can this North City be changed? Why didn't they come here today? I wonder what the princess wants to say?

We hope that these merchants will not be embarrassed, for fear that they will find excuses to ask for money, but they don’t have extra money to hand over now!

"What does the princess want to do?"

Mr. Cao, the owner of the tavern, glanced at the others and asked hesitantly.

Their shop was originally doing well, but suddenly the princess came up with some reforms and wanted to give the whole street a new look.

But she wanted them to follow her instructions! How could she sell things in a variety of ways? He didn't believe it.

"I know what you guys are selling. Take the wine that Boss Cao sells, for example. You have a total of twelve kinds of wine, all of which are grain wine or fruit wine, such as plum wine."

"I can give you some new wine recipes. If you make them, and your products are large and unique, they will naturally be sold."

Lin Yuxin briefly stated her idea. She didn't want to interfere with other people's opinions. She just wanted to plan and build a commercial street first.

"Is what the princess said true?"

Boss Cao looked at Lin Yuxin suspiciously. He didn't believe it at all. Didn't they ask for money? And this princess looked like a delicate girl. How could she come up with a new wine recipe? And it looked like it was given away for free?

However, this wine recipe did bother him. The wines in his wine shop were all handed down from his family. Except for Nuerhong and Zhuangyuan wine, which sold better, the others did not sell well.

Coupled with the drought in the past six months, his business was even worse. He was planning to close the shop and leave North City, but then the princess came and things got better.

"Of course it's true. Here are three wine recipes. Take them and try brewing them at home. If you have any questions, come to me."

Lin Yuxin spoke with a faint smile and handed over three wine recipes that she had written overnight.

"Thank you, Princess!"

Although Boss Cao didn't believe that the princess could write a wine recipe, he still stepped forward and took the recipe with both hands. He lowered his head and looked at it carefully. He found that these were indeed three wine recipes. However, he didn't know what the wine tasted like.

Lin Yuxin didn't care whether he believed it or not. Since the wine had been researched, he naturally knew whether it tasted good or not.

Lin Yuxin then turned to the next restaurant owner, Boss Wang, and said:

"Boss Wang, your restaurant is OK, but I can't say it's great either. The main reason is that your restaurant doesn't have any new dishes. It's always the same old dishes, and people are tired of them."

"I will still give you a new recipe. You can ask the chef to make it and then sell it according to what I said. I guarantee it will sell well."

When Boss Wang heard that the princess also wanted to give him a recipe, his eyes lit up. He was happier than anyone else to see a new dish. Besides, the princess came from the capital, so she must be tired of all the good food.

Even if they throw out a little bit, it is enough for the common people to survive.