"Brother Shu, have we come to the wrong place? Why is the line all the way to the door?" Liu Ruyan asked Mu Sishu beside her with disbelief in her eyes.
"Yan'er, look at the words 'Dessert Shop' on the sign. It was written by Master Wen himself. The one on the left is Tianranxuan, there's no doubt about it." It wasn't that Mu Sishu was confident. This shop was newly opened by his younger sister. He didn't expect that he had only been delayed for half a day, and the business of the shop would be so good.
"Yan'er, let's go in quickly, maybe we can help Shu'er." Mu Sishu regretted not coming earlier today. His sister must be exhausted with so many people around.
"Brother Shu is right, let's go in quickly." Liu Ruyan also regretted coming late today, but she had an appointment to have her wedding dress tailored to her size today, and she couldn't refuse.
As the shopkeeper, Erzhu was extremely busy. Fortunately, Murong Shu was present in person on the first day. Although he was busy with so many customers, he did not make any mistakes.
Seeing his eldest son and his fiancée coming from afar, he hurried over to greet them, "Young Master, Miss Liu, you are here. Miss is greeting guests in the backyard. Go to the backyard to find Miss first. I will have someone serve you desserts."
"We are not in a hurry. Let's greet the customers first. We will go find my sister ourselves. You go ahead and do your work." Mu Sishu could see that Erzhu was very busy, so he didn't want to waste too much of his time. Of course, coming to his sister's shop didn't count as being a customer.
"Yes, Manager Zeng, please go and greet the guests first. We can go find Shu'er ourselves." Liu Ruyan also agreed with Mu Sishu's words.
"Well, Master Young Master and Miss Liu, please do as you please." Zeng Baocai was indeed busy. After greeting the two of them, he went to greet other guests. Anyway, it wouldn't be long before Miss Liu married into the Mu family and could be considered a member of the Mu family.
"Shu'er, I'm sorry, we are late." Liu Ruyan held Murong Shu's arm guiltily, fearing that her little sister would blame her.
"Sister Ruyan, you and big brother are here. Please go to the second floor and sit down. I will come to you and big brother as soon as I am done with my work here."
"Shu'er, don't you need our help?" Liu Ruyan felt that she and Mu Sishu were already late, and would feel bad if they didn't help.
"No need, come upstairs with big brother. Sister Yanran is upstairs. You go find her first. I'll be there soon." Murong Shu pushed Liu Ruyan and his big brother up the stairs.
Liu Ruyan and Mu Sishu could only go upstairs first, but when they got there they found Wen Jing, Song Yanran and Wen Yuxiaotuanzi were all there.
"Ruyan, you finally decided to come. If you hadn't come, we would have eaten up all the delicious desserts." Song Yanran joked when she saw Liu Ruyan.
"Sister Liu, Sister Song lied to you. Sister Mu's shop has a lot of food. If you like to eat something, ask Sister Xiaoju to get it for you."
When Wen Yu heard Song Yanran say that the dessert was about to be eaten, he immediately became unhappy. Sister Liu must have come here specifically to eat dessert, so how could he lie to Sister Liu?
Xiaotuanzi's words made everyone laugh. Song Yanran reached out and pinched Xiaotuanzi's cheek and said, "You really support your sister Liu. Aren't you afraid that Sister Song will be sad?"
"Sister Liu is going to marry Sister Mu's eldest brother in the future. Of course I can't let you bully Sister Liu, otherwise Sister Mu will be sad." Wen Yu's serious explanation made Liu Ruyan blush.
"So that's how it is. You see, Yu'er has already protected you before you even marry your cousin." Song Yanran looked at Mu Sishu and Liu Ruyan with ill intentions, and their faces turned even redder.
"Brother Mu, please sit here!" Wen Jing's invitation freed Mu Sishu, and he hurried over. Liu Ruyan walked to Song Yanran and pinched her secretly, and Song Yanran laughed even more exaggeratedly.
Xiaoju and Xiaolan tactfully went downstairs to serve desserts to their eldest master and Liu Ruyan.
After a while, Murong Shu came up after finishing her work. Xiaoju and Xiaolan, who were carrying desserts, came up with her. Murong Shu's biggest feeling today was that he had brought these two little maids with him. They were a great help.
Murong Shu was busy for a long time and finally had a break. A few people sat on the second floor to chat and eat desserts. It was so pleasant. They were chatting happily when Erzhu suddenly ran upstairs. "Miss, something bad has happened. Someone is coming from the palace."
Everyone except Wen Jing was shocked when they heard this. How could someone come to the palace at this time, and come to the shop?
"Let's go down and take a look. It shouldn't be a big deal." In Wen Jing's opinion, except for the confiscation of property, everything else was a small matter, and the people in the palace were not bad people.
"Well, go down first." Murong Shu also felt that it was not a big deal. She would just open a dessert shop to avoid getting into trouble.
The group went down the stairs together. Murong Shu and Wen Jing were the calmest among them. Little Dumpling Wen Yu had already decided that if anything really happened, he would go to his aunt's palace to cry, and promised that he could help Sister Mu solve any problem.
As soon as they walked down the stairs, the sharp-eyed Eunuch Lin saw Wen Jing and Murong Shu walking in front of them, and greeted them enthusiastically, "Third Master, Miss Mu, you are here, that's great."
"Eunuch Lin, has something urgent happened?" Several people greeted Eunuch Lin, and Wen Jingcai asked Eunuch Lin.
"Miss Mu, Third Young Master, please don't misunderstand me. I am here to buy desserts. I saw the long line outside and was afraid that it would delay my return to the palace, so I wanted to ask the shopkeeper if he could make an exception and give me some convenience. I didn't expect to meet you." Eunuch Lin hurriedly explained for fear that they would misunderstand me.
"Eunuch Lin, please wait a moment. I will ask someone to install it right away." After Murong Shu said this, he looked at Erzhu. Although Erzhu was shocked, he reacted quickly and went downstairs to make arrangements.
"Thank you, Miss Mu and Shopkeeper Zeng. Miss Mu, these desserts were bought by me for the Empress. When I came here, the Emperor specifically asked me to ask Miss Mu which ones are suitable for the Empress to eat." Eunuch Lin asked Murong Shu with a smile.
"Empress?" Murong Shu was a little confused. This dessert shop had only been open for less than a day, how come even the Emperor and the Empress knew about it.
Seeing Murong Shu's doubts, Eunuch Lin smiled and explained, "Miss Mu sent some desserts to General Mu this morning. General Mu gave some to the emperor, and the emperor sent someone to give it to the queen to try. The queen liked it very much. Unfortunately, General Mu gave all the desserts to his colleagues. The emperor quickly sent a servant out of the palace to buy some."
Murong Shu was stunned. She never expected that her father would share it with the emperor. If she had known that it would be shared with the emperor, she would have made a separate portion.
"Don't worry, Eunuch Lin. The Queen and Her Majesty can eat all of these. Please wait a moment, I will arrange it." Murong Shu personally took Erzhu with him to arrange this matter.
After going downstairs, Murong Shu first asked someone to send a small portion of each to Eunuch Lin to try. Before leaving, he not only brought a lot for the Emperor and the Queen, but also specially brought a separate portion for Eunuch Lin and his master, Eunuch De.
Eunuch Lin praised Miss Mu in his heart for being generous and capable, and said he would praise her to the Emperor when he got back. As a result of Eunuch Lin's efforts, Murong Shu received the Emperor's reward early the next morning.