"Little Yao'er." The Ninth Prince looked down at his little dumpling.
Yuan Yao looked back at him and said, "Father."
Her eyes were very determined.
The Ninth Prince spoke softly: "I am the omnipotent Ninth Prince, what are you worried about?"
The Empress Dowager is dead. You can stay in the palace and behave yourself.
Yuan Yao pursed her lips, her voice filled with heartache: "If Father were truly omnipotent, would he have been injured so badly?"
The Ninth Prince paused for a moment, then asked, "You... saw those injuries?"
He thought he had kept it a secret well.
He underestimated his little dumpling.
Yuan Yao sighed, "Father, you are only a mortal being..."
Even the most powerful man in his nine thousand years of life will feel pain.
He hid it well, but sometimes, when he was fast asleep and the wound was pressing against his skin, he would let out a soft groan...
He suffered a lot, but he also pampered himself very well.
When in pain, it's not that there's no reaction; it's just that when you're conscious, you're good at enduring it.
After a long silence, the Ninth Prince raised his hand and pinched Yuan Yao's chubby little face: "Father promises you, Father will come back after the Huai River flood is dealt with."
Once the flood damage is dealt with?
Yuan Yao asked, "Then... when the Empress Dowager went to Huangling, Father didn't come back either?"
The Ninth Prince frowned: "I only rushed back for her birthday, which is already giving her face. She's dead, and I don't want to waste any more time on a corpse."
The mention of the Empress Dowager evoked some displeasure in the Ninth Prince.
Yuan Yao nodded.
It is currently the height of summer, a rainy season.
Once the Ninth Prince departs, no one knows when he will return.
well……
The little dumpling couldn't help but sigh again.
The Ninth Prince returned in a hurry and left in a hurry as well.
Without changing his clothes, he took his shadow and rode back to the Huai River.
Before leaving, Yuan Yao stood on the ground and said, "Father, drive carefully, eat on time, get plenty of rest, and remember to apply medicine to your wounds every day."
The Ninth Prince, mounted on his horse, was filled with reluctance, and uttered only the words, "I understand."
He gave Yuan Yao a deep look, then spurred his horse and rode away.
Soon, the chestnut horse disappeared down the long street.
Yuan Yao felt somewhat disappointed.
Danqing comforted her, "Princess, don't worry, His Highness will be alright."
Hopefully.
She already misses the Ninth Prince as soon as he leaves...
During the Empress Dowager's mourning period, although marriage and entertainment were prohibited, restaurants and teahouses were not.
After being closed for six or seven days, the store reopened and business boomed.
That day, Yuan Yao brought Danqing with him. As soon as he stepped into Sishichun, he heard a familiar customer say with a smile: "Manager Bai, my wife has been craving Sishichun ice cream these past few days!"
Today, we're finally open!
Shopkeeper Bai said with a smile, "Is your wife's due date approaching?"
The customer replied, "It'll be in the next couple of days; the midwife has already been hired." As he spoke, he was somewhat amused and exasperated, "Upon learning that Si Shi Chun was opening today, my wife insisted that I come and buy ice cream!"
She said, "If eating the food of Four Seasons Spring will allow me to give birth to a smart and lovely daughter like Princess Yuan Yao..."
"Hahahaha..." Manager Bai also burst into laughter.
"Uncle Bai." Yuan Yao lifted her skirt and stepped over the threshold.
Upon seeing her, Manager Bai smiled at the regular customer and said, "My princess has arrived."
"Greetings, Princess." The familiar customer greeted her with a smile.
Yuan Yao is down-to-earth, and the food is delicious all year round.
Since the store opened, customers have become familiar with Yuan Yao and especially like her.
Yuan Yao smiled and said, "Is your wife about to give birth? Ice cream is delicious, but you should eat less of it."
The guest scratched his head: "If the lady wants to eat it, there's nothing I can do."
Her tone carried a hint of shyness.
He's a good husband who dotes on his wife and listens to her.
Yuan Yao beckoned over and called a waiter: "Pack some ice cream for this young master, and go to the kitchen to get some other desserts for him to take back for his wife to try."
Upon hearing that Yuan Yao was going to send him dessert, the regular customer quickly stopped her, saying, "Princess, how can you do this?"
"Consider it my congratulatory gift," Yuan Yao said happily.
The regular customer blushed slightly, looking rather embarrassed: "In that case... thank you, Princess."
"You are welcome."
Yuan Yao left with a smile.
She glanced around the almost full lobby, then wandered off to the kitchen.
The kitchen was bustling with activity.
Upon seeing Yuan Yao, Yu'er stopped what she was doing: "Princess, why did you leave the palace today?"
Yuan Yao sat on the stone bench, cupped her face in her hands, and said, "Father is not here, and it's also the mourning period for the Empress Dowager. It's too boring in the palace, so I decided to come out."
She had already calculated everything.
Huaiyao and the others are in an even worse situation.
As grandsons of the emperor, they had to kneel outside the mourning hall from morning till night every day...
It's incredibly hot again, and the fair skin of Huairou has already tanned quite a bit.
Yuan Yao felt heartbroken seeing this.
Unfortunately, there was no sunscreen in ancient times...
Yu'er beckoned, and someone brought over a plate of ice cream: "Princess, have some ice cream first to cool off."
Yuan Yao's forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat.
Looking at the ice cream emitting cold air, Yuan Yao's appetite was whetted.
She picked up the spoon, scooped up a spoonful and put it in her mouth; it felt wonderful.
Ice cream is the perfect match for summer!
Yuan Yao, holding a spoon, said to Yu'er, "Sister Yu'er, have someone send a few more plates of ice cream upstairs. You can come too."
"Okay," Yu'er replied with a smile.
Yuan Yao finished the rest of the ice cream in a few bites and called Dan Qing up to the third floor.
As soon as she went upstairs, she said, "Lingering wind, broken moon."
The two responded and came out.
Yuan Yao glanced at the two people dressed entirely in black: "Aren't you two hot?"
Lingering Wind: "Hot..."
Broken Moon: "It's not hot."
puff……
Yuan Yao asked curiously, "Is it hot or not?"
Po Yue said, "People with profound internal strength can use their internal strength to regulate their body temperature."
Internal energy, it actually has this effect?!
But……
Yuan Yao glanced at Can Feng.
There were beads of sweat on Canfeng's forehead.
Canfeng's face flushed slightly: "This subordinate does not want to waste internal energy..."
He needs to use his internal energy to protect the princess!
Just then, Yu'er knocked on the door and came in.
Behind me, a waiter brought in ice cream and other desserts.
The waiter kept his head down, didn't look at it much, put down the things, and left.
Yu'er raised her hand and closed the door.
She said, "Princess, when I went upstairs just now, I saw the envoy from the State of Chu."
The envoy from Chu also came to eat at Si Shi Chun?
Yuan Yao pursed her lips: "Don't worry about them. Just tell Uncle Bai to treat them like ordinary guests."
“Alright.” Yu’er agreed, “This servant will go and tell Manager Bai right away.”
Yuan Yao nodded.
The second batch of Chu envoys were about to leave Qi.
Presumably, they came to see the Four Seasons Spring out of curiosity...
I can't be bothered with them.
Yuan Yao pointed at the ice cream and said to Dan Qing, Can Feng, and Po Yue, "I ordered this for you. Eat it quickly before it melts..."
Before she could finish speaking, Po Yue had already sat down, picked up the plate, and taken a bite.
At this moment, Yu'er stopped abruptly at the door: "Princess, I almost forgot something."
"What's wrong?" Yuan Yao asked.
Yu'er frowned and lowered her voice: "Princess, you previously had a group of students recruited from outside the palace."
Last month, after the first batch of students completed their training, one of them said that his mother was seriously ill and he needed to go home to take care of her...
The servant and Manager Bai thought it was no big deal for a mere student, so they didn't tell you and even gave him ten taels of silver to buy medicine.
To everyone's surprise, this morning, a customer came to buy dessert.
Diners say there's a restaurant in Beijing that specifically targets out-of-town customers, selling yogurt, double-skin milk pudding, and milk tea at high prices.
Moreover, when some people questioned whether his business was copying the "Four Seasons Spring" brand, his employees said that "Four Seasons Spring" had copied his idea.
They also said, "In spring, any guest can come in, but who knows if they're clean or if they'll get sick from eating there..."
Yuan Yao: "???"
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