The young hearts were stirred up by the passion of Ye Jiayao, screaming one by one, and the blood was boiling.
Mrs. Rong looked at the scene with some surprise, and Lin Changchun whispered in a low voice: ” This is the specialty of Shopkeeper Ye, the best motivator. My old bones cannot help but stir.”
Mrs Rong smiled knowingly: That was true. Thought about herself being moved, wasn’t it just because the Heir-son Lord of Jing ‘an marquis said a word?
The original words were like this:”We are not only a cook, but also the inheritor of Chinese food culture…”
It was really inspiring!
After the ceremony, Wang Mingde came to Ye Jiayao with a certificate with some shyness, scratching his head and stammering, ” Second … Second lady, I’m glad I didn’t disgrace you.”
Zhong Xiang severely beat Wang Mingde on the chest: ” Well done, you give us Tianshang Ju Restaurant a great honor.”
Cui Dongpeng, who came to observe the ceremony today, gnashed his teeth and said, ” Look, I will also be on the honor list in the next issue.”
Wang Mingde encouraged: ” You can certainly do it. You are smarter than me.”
Ye Jiayao laughed: ” You say this yourself. If you can’t get the first three in the next issue, I will let you carry the trays.”
Cui Dongpeng made a determined effort to say, ” I can make a written pledge to fulfill a military order.”
Ye Jiayao lost her smile: ” What written pledge to fulfill a military order, we are not in the army.”
Speaking of the army, Zhong Xiang frowned and said, ” This morning, I saw many officers and soldiers in the street. I don’t know what happened.”
On weekdays, there were officers and soldiers patrolling the city, all in small groups, and the officers and soldiers looked relaxed, but today they felt different and made people panic.
Ye Jiayao’s heart sank. Zhong Xiang came from Tianshang Ju Restaurant. He was not the same way as her. Zhong Xiang also met officers and soldiers. It seemed really unusual.
” It’s okay, maybe they are catching some important criminals.” Chang Chun interrupted.
At noon, Ye Jiayao made the decision and set up a table in the Tianshang Ju Restaurant to celebrate Wang Mingde’s victory.
People in her restaurant had won such a big honor, and everyone was very happy with the glory.
At the beginning, shopkeeper Ye said that everyone should be trained and become a chef. At that time, everyone listened and just felt that it was enough that shopkeeper Ye thought that. As a result, Zhong Xiang won a gold medal in the food contest and was promoted to the top of the training class in just one year. The next Cui Dongpeng and Deng Haichuan were all very hopeful. This made everyone believe that if they worked hard enough, they could one day be as successful as Zhong Xiang.
Ye Jiayao, because of her own identity, couldn’t eat large bowls of meat and drink wine with everyone as before. She might as well quit early to save everyone from restriction and make everyone eat, drink and laugh to their heart’s content.
Ye Jiayao took Qiao Xi to the dessert room, the guests in the dessert room were too many today. Ye Jiayao turned around and found everyone talking quietly.
” I heard that several families were searched house and confiscated property this morning.”
” Yes, there are all kinds of charges. This time, there is a great commotion.”
” I don’t think the wife of the Ministry of War will be able to come here in the future.”
” Why?The Minister of War also … ”
Ye Jiayao suddenly realized that such a big move was a property raid, with different charges, but the purpose was the same.
The problem was, the Ministry of War ministers seemed to be from the prince’s side! So were the others…
Ye Jiayao was not calm. Although Chunyu had always said that he would be a pure minister and only served the emperor, Chunyu was hard to clean up due to the relationship between Helian Mansion.
If the prince’s power fell, the Helian Mansion would bear the brunt, even Chunyu would suffer.
Damn it, they had made great efforts for so long. Was that the result of Little Jing’s running to get together with Su Yuanyuan?
Ye Jiayao asked Qiao Xi to return to the office first and went to Helian Mansion by herself. If there was any news at home, she would immediately went to Helian Mansion to find her.
When she arrived at the Helian Mansion, the concierge told her that Yide princess had gone to the palace.
Ye Jiayao did not dare to go to the ancestors. The ancestors were too old. Yide princess and Little Jing kept a lot of things from the ancestors. If she impetuously said something to the ancestors, it would be bad for the ancestors to worry about. So she had to go home.
As soon as she got home, she heard You were looking for her.
Ye Jiayao hurried to You’s room.
You was already packing the cages and would leave for Hangzhou in three days.
When Ye Jiayao came, You sent the servants out.
The old woman and daughter-in-law sat down and talked.
” Do you know something big has happened in Jinling City?” You asked.
Ye Jiayao nodded: ” I heard about it in the dessert house, and several adults have been ransacked.”
You sad: ” Yes, some of them still have some friendship with me.”
” Mother, do you know the specific situation?” Ye Jiayao worried about nowhere to ask. The ladies in the dessert room just said a little, and refused to say more about this.
She was like a mouse that had got into the bellows, unable to find a direction.
You said, ” I think that you will be well informed, unexpectedly you don’t know as well. But I guess the prince may be in trouble, and I don’t know the specific situation. I went to ask the duke to inquire before, but the duke hid in the study to read idle books and told me to mind my own business.”
Er … the duke had all retreated. it seemed that the problem was not as serious as usual.
Ye Jiayao advised: ” Father has his own reason. At this time, father still has the mind to read idle books. I believe it’s no big deal.”
She felt guilty about what she just said.
You sighed, ” I think I still don’t want to go to Hangzhou. I feel uneasy about this happening at this time.”
Ye Jiayao felt a shock: Chunyu was going to suggest his parents to leave. There must be some reason. If You didn’t go, Chunyu’s plan would be broken.
” Mother, what’s going on outside has nothing to do with us. Chunyu has already written a letter to Hangzhou, and now it’s too late to withdraw it. If we make grandfather and grandmother an empty joy, it’s not good. You can rest assured! If there really is something happened, can father still be so calm? Whatever, Chunyu still is here!”
You was hesitant and ambivalent. She really couldn’t help worrying about this. In case something happened, she and the duke could always find a way to ease it, but … she couldn’t bear to disappoint her parents.
” Mother, why don’t you do this? When Chunyu comes back, I’ll ask him if it doesn’t matter. If Chunyu says it doesn’t matter, you can go safely,” Ye Jiayao said.
You sighed heavily: ” All right.”
Ye Jiayao waited restlessly for Chunyu to come back and wondered if the storm would affect the Food Festival.
About 3 p.m., Song Qi came back and sent a message saying that the Heir-son Lord could not come back today and asked his family not to wait for him.
Ye Jiayao sent everyone away: ” Song Qi, you tell me honestly if the prince is in trouble?”
Song Qi thought of the Heir-son Lord’s explanation and stammered, ” the Heir-son Lord will not be in trouble. He tell you not to worry. They are all small problems and will not affect the overall situation.”
Ye Jiayao started an anonymous anger. He told her not to worry, but he didn’t tell her anything, letting her guess and speculate, which was fucking annoying! Was she the kind of casual person? After all she went through the more dangerous situation, what else was there to be afraid of?
” You go back and tell the prince that when he comes home, he’d better explain everything to me, or I’ll worry about to death. It’s not to say that he lets me not to worry, I won’t worry. If he wants me to feel at ease, he’ll come up with something real.” Ye Jiayao said it in a bad breath.
She wouldn’t be kept in the dark anymore. She would fight together if she wanted to fight. Maybe she couldn’t help.
Song Qi reverently stepped down.
Ye Jiayao wanted to think, but did not eat dinner. She went straight to minister Su’s home to find Zhu.
Zhu invited her in.
” I also want to go looking for you!” Zhu said.
Ye Jiayao dazed: ” You are looking for me for what happened today?”
Zhu said, ” No, I heard that someone went to the dessert house a few days ago to get you into trouble?”
Ye Jiayao smiled: ” It’s not much trouble.”
Zhu said, ” Be careful of King Yu’s concubine. She’s not a good lady. Besides, I hear she’s very close to the Liuli.”
Zhu’s understanding of this was still some. Ruan was Ye Jinxuan’s good sister. Without Ruan, Lin was King Yu’s wife so Lin hated Ruan, which was bound to be accompanied by Ye Jinxuan’s hatred and collusion with Liuli. Obviously they wanted to be against Ye Jinxuan.
” Well, I know quite well.” Ye Jiayao still appreciated Zhu’s kind reminder.
” It’s good that you know that. It’s always right to watch out for things,” Zhu said.
Ye Jiayao nodded, this was a must. She had ordered Jiang Yue to be especially careful when someone did something bad. If anyone came to look for something, Jiang Yue should let he/she wait for her to deal with it.
” I’m here to ask you, do you know about the property ownership of ministers and several officials of the Ministry of Military Affairs today?” Ye Jiayao cut to the point.
Zhu smiled wryly: ” To tell you the truth, father has ordered us not to talk anything about it. I just know there is such a thing, but the inside story is not clear.”
Ye Jiayao’s mood became more and more heavy, and even minister Su was so cautious.
” you should be better informed than I am,” Zhu wondered.
Ye Jiayao also gave a wry smile: ” I’m also a hearer. Now the duke has nothing to do with him, no matter what happens outside. Chunyu is in the palace again, saying that he won’t be able to come back today. I’m afraid the storm hasn’t finished yet. When the time comes, people will panic and my carefully planned food festival will be ruined.”
Ye Jiayao deliberately moved out of the excuse of food festival.
Zhu’s eyes flashed a look of disappointment, and she immediately laughed: ” Don’t worry about this, as long as there’s no serious trouble and the court doesn’t issue martial law, it won’t affect the food festival and the court’s disputes have nothing to do with the common people, and the common people will still live their own lives.”
Failing in inquiring, Ye Jiayao went back to her office crestfallen.
It seemed that she had to wait and there would always be a result.
On this night, it rained cold and cold all night, and the whole Jinling city seemed to enter winter overnight.
