She should have said sorry, as if she had accepted Helan Ruizhe in just a few days.
I feel like he's not as annoying as I imagined.
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Fengluan Palace.
Eunuch Bai was reporting Helan Ruizhe's whereabouts to the Queen Mother, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to the General's Mansion today."
"Looking for Jin Suting?" The Queen Mother was startled.
Eunuch Bai replied, "It seems so. He stayed there for quite a while before coming out."
He carefully glanced at the Queen Mother's face again and continued, "But when he came out, his face wasn't that good. And most importantly, the mask on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's face had been changed."
The Queen Mother was excited. "Whenever I mention masks, I get angry. Such a handsome young man has to wear such a weird mask. How can this be so embarrassing?"
Eunuch Bai was so frightened that he immediately comforted him: "The mask that His Royal Highness is wearing now is really beautiful. He looks very handsome!"
The Queen Mother was unconvinced: "Really?"
Eunuch Bai nodded with certainty: "It's true."
The Queen Mother's expression softened slightly: "Forget it, forget it. Go on, what happened next?"
Eunuch Bai got back to the point: "Then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince returned to the Eastern Palace and never came out again."
Mother of the Nation: "Is it over?"
Eunuch Bai: "This is your highness's itinerary for today."
Eunuch Bai seemed to be hesitant to speak, but finally began to speak: "Forgive me for speaking so much."
The Queen Mother wondered why he had been so talkative lately, but she still said, "Hmm?"
Eunuch Bai seemed to have received an order and started talking: "In my opinion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still interested in Miss Jin."
The Queen Mother hated hearing this and immediately frowned. "Before yesterday, I thought it was possible, but after that girl's own analysis, I think it's impossible."
Eunuch Bai carefully observed the Queen Mother's expression and continued, "That's not entirely true. Maybe Miss Jin is just making it up to excuse herself."
"The way His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looks at Miss Jin is different from the way he looks at ordinary people."
The Queen Mother glanced at Eunuch Bai and asked, "You're so meticulous?"
He sighed again, "Bai, have you noticed that Jin Suting looks a lot like Ranran?"
"Miss Shi?" Eunuch Bai thought of the lively girl he remembered. "It seems that there is a little bit."
The Queen Mother sighed deeply, her face filled with sorrow. "It's not that I don't like that girl, it's just that I think she looks a lot like Ranran. I'm afraid Rui won't be able to get over the shadow of three years ago."
Eunuch Bai understood, "The Queen Mother means that she is afraid that His Highness will mistake Miss Jin for Miss Shi?"
Queen Mother: "I hope that's not the case. Besides, they don't look that similar. Ranran doesn't have as many bad reviews as that girl."
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In Suxuan Courtyard, Jin Suting was sitting in the yard enjoying the beautiful scenery of the sunset. Qin'er ran over with a thin piece of paper in her hand and handed it to Jin Suting.
She took it, glanced at the contents on the paper, and asked Qin'er, "I was wondering why you disappeared. Turns out you were looking for information for me."
Tan Er wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Miss, you don't know how much effort I put into this piece of thin paper."
Jin Suting blew her a kiss and said, "Okay, I knew Tan'er was the best in the world, muah."
Then he quietly read the contents on the paper, "Shi Ran, surnamed Shi, given name Ran, courtesy name Wenying, the eldest daughter of the Shi family, the most talented woman in Funing, once engaged to the Crown Prince, disappeared mysteriously three years ago and died at the age of fifteen."
"Why is it just this little?" Jin Suting couldn't make out anything either. How did these few short lines of words look like her?
Just that one thing is a little similar to the one about being engaged to the prince.
Tan Er glanced at Jin Suting resentfully, "Miss, please stop complaining. I've tried very hard to find her, but all the news about Miss Shi Ran was blocked three years ago. I can't even find a portrait to show you now."
Jin Suting looked at her aggrieved expression and consoled her: "Alright, alright, Tan'er is already great."
"I'll ask Xiao Hei to help me check. He has a lot of friends and must have more channels!"
After saying that, she ran away, fearing that Qin'er would chase her.
As night fell, a dark shadow fell on the beam of the old general's house.
The maid guarding the gate was sleeping soundly, and the man in black landed quietly without making any sound.
With skillful techniques, he slowly approached the old general's bed, took out a black pill in the darkness, and quickly stuffed it into the old general's mouth.
Then it flew up to the beam and disappeared into the night.
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The next morning.
Jin Suting got up very early because today was their first day setting up the barbecue stall.
The first step is to prepare the ingredients. Jin Suting tied up all the fresh vegetables with ropes and planned to carry them out. This way, the vegetables would not be wrinkled and look old and stale.
The second step is to pack up the kitchen utensils, iron net, charcoal fire, etc. and let Xiao Hei carry them.
The third step is seasoning and tableware. They have already sharpened the small skewers yesterday, and we can just use them to string the ingredients on them later!
As for the seasoning, Jin Suting prepared five flavors yesterday: slightly spicy, medium spicy, very spicy, extra spicy and extremely spicy.
People in Funing generally like spicy and strong flavors, which Jin Suting understands.
Otherwise, why would the best dishes sold at Zuixianlou be those grilled, fried, and strongly flavored dishes?
The fourth step is naturally to open for business.
When buying groceries yesterday, Jin Suting had already chosen a location for the barbecue stall. They were going to fight a protracted battle today, first making the barbecue stall famous, and then in the next few days they would open it when there were the most people. This would save a lot of time and effort.
The stall they chose was in the deserted corner at the entrance of the East and West Buildings under construction opposite Zuixianlou.
Although the place is not very eye-catching, at least you can catch some of the regular customers of Zuixianlou.
If they could turn the regular customers of Zuixianlou into their own, that would be another source of income.
Cast a long line and catch a big fish.
However, the benefits did not seem as good as they imagined.
When the barbecue stall was first set up, no one came to patronize it and passers-by thought they were working as ironworkers.
What is the purpose of setting up a charcoal brazier here?
Later, when Jin Suting skewered all the ingredients and put them on the grill, grilling and adding seasonings, the outrageously rich aroma finally attracted a group of foodies.
Most of them were children, staring intently at the barbecue grill emitting oil and steam.
Without asking the price, Jin Suting kindly reminded him, "Little boy, this barbecue is two cents a skewer."
Who knew that as soon as she opened her mouth, the group of hesitant children ran away.
Is she too greasy?
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