Upon hearing this, the Empress had a sudden moment of enlightenment. She laughed and said, "Good, on the Shangsi Festival, I want to see if Yi’er will still be infatuated with her when she has lost all her dignity in front of those noble women."
The mother and daughter were delighted with their plan, waiting to watch the village girl make a fool of herself on the 3rd of March.
As Nangong Yi walked out of the Jade Palace, his mind was buzzing with the fuss caused by the Imperial Mother. Just as he was thinking of returning to the mansion for some peace, he saw Chai Feng briskly walk up and stand in front of him. He said softly, "Master, there is news about Miss Mu."
Nangong Yi stopped in his tracks. A myriad of expressions flashed across his face - confusion, pain, longing and resentment - before finally settling into serenity.
Chai Feng paused mid-sentence and lowered his head, waiting for his master to speak. However, upon hearing no response, he started speculating.
His master must be eager to hear news about that woman. In recent days, his mind has been restless and irritable, he even refused the Emperor’s marriage decree, wasn’t it all for that woman? If he didn’t really want to hear her news, he would have stopped Chai Feng when he mentioned her. His silence now meant that he wanted to hear about her.
So, he mustered the courage to continue speaking.
"Miss Mu arrived in the Capital at noon today. She is currently staying at the ’An Rui’ inn in Mao’er Alley. However, according to our sources, Saknu of Liaodan has also been sending people to follow Miss Mu, I wonder why? Also ..."
He paused, glanced at his master, and reluctantly lowered his head.
"Did my Imperial Mother also send people to watch her?" Nangong Yi asked lightly.
"Uh ... yes, the Empress has been sending people to follow Miss Mu," replied Chai Feng.
Nangong Yi looked towards the Empress’s Sleeping Chamber, and coldly ordered, "You and Zhu Yue continue to stay by her side without her noticing. And remember, no matter who it is, if they dare to harm her, they will be killed without mercy!"
Chai Feng then excused himself and Nangong Yi, looking in the direction outside the palace, closed his eyes to calm his turbulent heart over a while, before finally proceeding towards the palace exit...
Meanwhile, Cai Wei was oblivious to all the attention she was garnering. At that moment, she was concentrating on brewing milk skins, beating eggs, and kneading dough to make cakes in the small kitchen of the inn.
She planned to open a distinctive dim sum shop specializing in modern pastries like: biscuits, bread, hamburgers, sandwiches, egg tarts, etc.
Beyond this, she also planned to open a larger barbecue restaurant, selling modern snacks like boiled fish, and spicy hot pot.
The diet in ancient times is bland, keeping the original flavor of ingredients. In contrast, running a unique heavy-taste restaurant would definitely be a hit!
As for the fund to open these two shops, she had it covered.
When she robbed Lü Zhongma at Qingyun Town, she got eighty thousand taels of silver. After paying several ten thousand taels for Zhang Biaotou and his brothers, she still had up to sixty thousand taels left, which was enough to buy a grand restaurant in any street in the capital.
Cai Wei stayed in the inn, focusing on her research for four to five days. She finally managed to make egg tarts and sandwiches that were very close to the ones at KFC in taste.
Delighted, Cai Wei offered her homemade egg tarts to her Dad and Mom, and Fei’er for taste testing, and they all gave her high praise.