Chapter 209 This is a Success

Xia Miaoyuan's inner voice reminded Emperor Mingxi.

His eyes sank, and he remembered the unusual situation when the Fourth Prince went to Fanyin Temple to visit Concubine Xian a few days ago.

Yes, the Fourth Prince has never liked flowers and plants, but since he went to Fanyin Temple last time, he suddenly liked to grow flowers and even went to ask the gardener of the garden for advice?

Moreover, how come I happened to run into the Fourth Prince asking the gardener for advice?

You know, I have been busy for more than a month these days and have no time to come to the greenhouse.

No matter how you look at it, this matter has a sense of being planned.

Thinking of this, Emperor Mingxi immediately changed his mind.

Originally, he wanted to stay in the greenhouse and talk to the Fourth Prince about his experience in growing flowers, but now, he decided to ignore it for the time being.

Emperor Mingxi's face was gloomy, and he said in a cold voice: "The rule that no one is allowed to enter my greenhouse cannot be broken."

"I will not pursue what happened today. But in the future, you are not allowed to enter my greenhouse without my permission."

"Otherwise, I will punish you."

The fourth prince's eyes dimmed immediately, and he whispered: "Your son obeys your order."

After leaving the Yu Garden, Emperor Mingxi specifically instructed the secret guards to keep a close eye on the fourth prince in the future and report to him no matter what happened.

Nearly a month passed in a flash, and the court was calm, and the palace was also calm.

Outside the palace, good news came one after another that the barbecue restaurant was doing a booming business.

Xia Miaoyuan looked at the accounts and banknotes sent by the owner of the barbecue restaurant, and was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

Ten barbecue restaurants were packed with customers within three days of opening.

Customers who came here to taste the royal barbecue would queue outside for two hours.

The turnover in the first three days was as high as 30,000 taels of silver. Even with discounts during the opening period, the net profit was still as high as 5,000 taels. After the

three days of opening, even if the dishes returned to their original prices, the restaurants were still packed with customers every day.

In order to allow more diners to eat barbecue as soon as possible, the shopkeeper also specially launched a take-out service.

After the customers placed their orders, they could pay and wait outside the store. After the dishes were ready, they were wrapped in oil paper and handed to the customers to take home and enjoy.

If you choose to take out, you can get a 10% discount.

As a result, the sales of the barbecue restaurant continued to rise. At the end of a month, the sales of the ten stores reached more than 100,000 taels, and the net profit was 70,000 taels.

[70,000 taels a month, 840,000 taels in twelve months a year! ]

Xia Miaoyuan held a stack of banknotes and counted the accounts happily.

The queen sat next to her daughter, and her eyes were filled with tears.

She didn't expect that her daughter had this ability. She actually earned 70,000 taels of silver.

"Queen mother, Miao'er earns a lot of money, spend it on mother and emperor father!" Xia Miaoyuan hugged the queen's neck, smacked her, and kissed her on the cheek.

"My daughter Miao'er is really the treasure of my mother and father, and she is the lucky star of Daxia." The queen hugged her daughter tightly, her heart was already surging with excitement.

"Let's go tell Daddy! Miao'er can make a lot of money, and Daddy doesn't have to worry about the treasury anymore!" Xia Miaoyuan said in a baby voice.

The queen felt a warm current in her heart: "Okay! Let's tell your father this good news now, let him be happy too. Miao'er is really a sensible child."

Not long after, the mother and daughter changed their clothes and sat in the sedan chair to go to the Qianqing Palace.

The sedan chair stopped in front of the Qianqing Palace, and the eunuch guarding the gate ran in to pass on the message.

Xia Miaoyuan held the queen's hand and walked inside.

Before the mother and daughter entered the main hall, they heard a conversation coming from inside.

"I have nothing to do here, and you have been tired for most of the day, go back and rest." Xia Zhengqi said in a deep voice.

"Father, I am not tired at all. I will go back after you have reviewed all these." A young man's voice said.

[Strange? It doesn't sound like the voice of the third brother.]

The mother and daughter both found it very strange.

Xia Zhengqi had a habit of sometimes calling the older princes to grind ink for him when he was handling government affairs.

It was called grinding ink, but in fact it was to let the princes observe the process of the emperor handling government affairs so that they could learn some skills in governing.

The Crown Prince was the first to grind ink, then the Second Prince. Now that the Second Prince is training in the army, Xia Zhengqi occasionally calls the Third Prince to grind ink for him.

But strangely, the voice that just came from inside was obviously not the Third Prince.

The Queen picked up Xia Miaoyuan and hurried to the main room.

The mother and daughter looked up and saw that the Fourth Prince was standing beside Xia Zhengqi, grinding ink attentively.

"Your son greets you, the Queen!" The Fourth Prince said gently.

"The Fourth Prince is here too! Get up quickly!" Although the Queen was full of doubts, she did not show it on her face.

When Xia Zhengqi saw the empress and her daughter, he was like a savior, and hurriedly said to the fourth prince: "Chengyue, the empress and I still have something to discuss, you go back first."

The fourth prince pursed his lips tightly, as if he was unwilling in his heart, but Xia Zhengqi had said so much, and he could no longer refuse. He

had to obey and leave.

After the fourth prince left, Xia Zhengqi breathed a sigh of relief, pulled the empress over and whispered: "Ruoyu, you came at the right time."

"Your Majesty, what's going on today, isn't it the third prince grinding ink?" The queen asked in confusion.

Xia Miaoyuan also stared at Emperor Mingxi, as if waiting to hear his answer.

[Hurry up, tell me, what is the fourth prince doing? Xia Zhengqi said with a serious face :

"Originally, the third prince came to grind ink, but half a month ago, the third prince felt dizzy just after arriving at the Qianqing Palace, so I asked someone to send him back first." "

Not long after the third prince went back, the fourth prince came, saying he was here to replace the third prince."

"I wanted to let him go back, but he brought up filial piety. He said that it was the son's duty to grind ink for his father. He said that his brother was not feeling well, and as a younger brother, he should share his brother's worries."

"I couldn't refuse anymore."

"Later, the Third Prince would occasionally feel dizzy, so the Fourth Prince would naturally come here to grind ink for him."

Xia Miaoyuan was shocked when he heard this.

[No way? Could it be that the Fourth Prince, at such a young age, has already started to do fine work?]