Chapter 118 Slip of the tongue
Helian Jing quickly begged for mercy: "Okay, I'm not trying to flatter you, I'm just sending delicious food to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I'm going to say a few nice words to ask for a good job."

Ye Jiayao raised her hand to hit him again: "I think you are itching for trouble."

"Come and have some sugar-coated eggs..." Aunt Jiang just brought in the sugar-coated eggs and said with a smile, "I heard that people here like to cook sugar-coated eggs when entertaining guests. It's like adapting to local customs."

Helian Jing was the first guest to come to the small courtyard, so Aunt Jiang naturally had to be polite.

Ye Jiayao let him go temporarily and warned him with a sharp look.

"Is there such a custom? This is the first time I've heard of it. I've eaten phoenix eggs, quail eggs, braised eggs, fried eggs, and scrambled eggs, but this is the first time I've eaten sugar-water eggs. Oh, Aunt Jiang, you laid a double-yolked egg, right?" Helian Jing wanted to come more often in the future, so he tried to get close to Aunt Jiang.

Ye Jiayao felt strange when she heard this, but Aunt Jiang smiled and said, "Yes, I laid a double yolk egg for the first time, which is a good sign."

At this moment, Ye Jiayao and Xia Chunyu both spit out tea.

Helian Jing didn't realize what was wrong yet, and looked at the two of them inexplicably: "What are you doing? Are you jealous of me having eggs to eat? How about we share them? Aunt Jiang's eggs taste good, really."

"No need to share, there's still some in the pot. I'll bring it to you right away." Aunt Jiang left happily.

Ye Jiayao was laughing so hard that she fell on the table and couldn't get up, but Xia Chunyu still managed to maintain his image.

"Hey, what are you two doing?" Helian Jing felt uneasy because of their laughter. He touched his face, but there was nothing on it.

"Aunt Jiang laid eggs. Haha, it's so funny. It's the first time she laid eggs... Ouch, I can't take it anymore. My stomach hurts." Ye Jiayao covered her stomach and laughed until she couldn't breathe.

Xia Chunyu had better self-control and suppressed his laughter, saying with a smile: "Only hens lay eggs! How can you say that? And Aunt Jiang came up to you."

Helian Jing finally came to his senses and burst out laughing, then fell forward in laughter.

The last three of them held their bowls, and Xia Chunyu said seriously to the two people who were still smoking, "Stop laughing, eat it. These are the eggs Aunt Jiang laid, they are very precious."

Phew, Ye Jiayao's laughter, which she had managed to suppress with great difficulty, broke out again.

"I can't do it anymore. My mouth hurts from laughing. You guys eat while I go change my face and wash some clothes."

Xia Chunyu and Helian Jing looked at her petrified.

"What are you looking at? Eat your food." Ye Jiayao glared at them unhappily.

Helian Jing said blankly: "Yaoyao, don't change your face! This face is pretty good."

Ye Jiayao was stunned for a moment before she remembered that she had just made a slip of the tongue. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to bite off her tongue. It turned out that people would become stupid after lack of oxygen to the brain.

He bluffed and said, "I don't know what you are talking about." Then he pretended to be confused and ran away.

Helian Jing said to Xia Chunyu: "Brother Chunyu, this is so scary, face-changing, is she a goblin?"

Xia Chunyu nodded: "It's quite scary, but if she really has another face, I would like to see it." Xia Chunyu hinted at something.

"I don't want it. I like him like this." Helian Jing said while eating the sugar-coated eggs.

Xia Chunyu's eyes flashed with a strange color, and he asked jokingly: "What kind of like do you mean by like?"

Helian Jing was stunned for a moment, his face slowly turned red, his eyes flickered, and he stammered: "What kind of like is it? I'm just used to it and don't want it to change!"

Xia Chunyu raised his eyebrows and said with a half-smile: "I was just asking casually. Look how anxious you are. Your face is red."

Helian Jing was even more embarrassed: "How could that be..."

He was most afraid of being asked this kind of question, which he had been avoiding. Sometimes he firmly believed that his feelings for Yaoyao were pure, as a friend. But sometimes he would be confused, thinking about him after not seeing him for a few days. He didn't know if this was normal or not. According to Zhao Qixuan, this was not normal.

But why did Chunyu ask this? Did he also sense something was wrong?

Xia Chunyu stopped asking and smiled faintly. Yaoyao was a woman, even though she was dressed in men's clothes and acted generously and boldly, but a woman was a woman, and he would pay close attention to any man who got too close to Yaoyao and take strict precautions.

He still couldn't figure out what Xiaojing's attitude towards Yaoyao was, but judging from Xiaojing's reaction, something was definitely wrong.

Maybe Xiaojing has discovered Yaoyao's true face but deliberately didn't reveal it, or maybe he was attracted to her inexplicably, or maybe Xiaojing himself is not clear about his own thoughts, but it is this confusion that shows the existence of a problem.

Ye Jiayao returned to her room, scooped some water to wash her face, and was about to open the box to get some clothes, but she saw a box on the table.

It is made of huanghuali wood and is carved with exquisite twined flower patterns. When you open it, you will see deep red velvet inside. It feels soft when you press it. Looking at the length and size, it is a perfect size to hold the jade ruyi.

Needless to say, it must have been Chunyu who brought it.

Ye Jiayao changed the packaging of Yu Ruyi. As expected, people need clothes and treasures also need packaging. At first glance, it suddenly felt much more luxurious.

By the time Ye Jiayao changed her clothes and went out, the rain had stopped and the two guys were standing under the eaves looking at the sky.

"The rain has stopped." Xia Chunyu said.

"Ah, stop." Helian Jing said.

"You won't go back yet?"

"You didn't leave either?"

"Well, my house is close to here."

"I only live two streets more, and I have a carriage."

"It's time to go back."

"Well, it's a bit late."

But neither of them moved their feet.

Ye Jiayao was extremely speechless, what a psychopath.

"It's getting late, you guys should go back first! Remember to come get the mooncakes tomorrow." Ye Jiayao ordered them to leave. She still had to make ice cream! She didn't have time to chat with them.

Xia Chunyu nodded to Helian Jing: "Then let's go first."

Helian Jing said: "I'll give you a ride. I have a car."

Xia Chunyu said calmly: "No, I like taking walks."

Helian Jing muttered: "Only old people like to take walks." Uh...

Xia Chunyu was depressed. You little rascal, why didn’t you tell your old man about it when we were taking a walk together on the Prince’s Mansion?
"What does a kid know?" Xia Chunyu put on the airs of an elder brother and walked away.

"Hey, Brother Chunyu, the gate is this way." Seeing that he was going in the wrong direction, Helian Jing hurriedly called him.

Xia Chunyu said in a muffled voice: "I'll go say hello to Uncle Jiang."

"Oh, yes. Then I'll go say hello to Aunt Jiang too." Helian Jing followed.

Ye Jiayao reminded him: "Aunt Jiang is in the kitchen."

After a while, the two came back. Before leaving, Helian Jing waved to Ye Jiayao and said, "Yaoyao, I'll come to see you after work tomorrow."

Xia Chunyu's face turned dark and he glared at Ye Jiayao with warning eyes.

Ye Jiayao resisted the urge to roll her eyes and said, "If you come after work tomorrow, there will be no food. All the seats are fully booked. You should come after dinner!"

Helian Jing said disappointedly: "Okay, I'll come after dinner."

Finally, after sending the person away, Jiang Yue came over and handed her a note: "Sister Yaoyao, this is what the prince asked me to give to you."

Ye Jiayao opened it and saw that it said: Go through the back door of Tianshangju tomorrow night, I'll wait for you at the entrance of the alley.

The next day, Ye Jiayao made more than 600 mooncakes and left eight each for Xiaojing, Chunyu and Zhao Qixuan.

The sales scene was even more lively than yesterday. Yesterday, most of the people who came were officials and their families, but today there were many more businessmen and merchants.

I came here yesterday, so I have some experience today. Usually two or three people come to one house, so we are not afraid of the purchase restrictions.

After lunch, Ye Jiayao sat on a seat by the street to rest and drink tea. She had a huge workload in the past two days and she couldn't bear it if she didn't take a break.

There were still about twenty minutes before noon, and people outside were queuing up in the scorching sun, sweating profusely.

Ye Jiayao beckoned Ah Fu over and whispered a few words in his ear. Ah Fu then left happily.

After a while, Cui Dongpeng and Wang Mingde came out with a big teapot, and Ah Fu and Ah Xing brought a plate and large bowls.

"Herbal tea, herbal tea, a herbal tea that clears away heat and relieves summer heat. One copper coin buys a large bowl..."

Cui Dongpeng shouted at the top of his voice.

Suddenly there was a lot of grumbling.

"I want I want……"

Ye Jiayao curled her lips. There are many opportunities to make money. It all depends on whether you can seize the business opportunities.

Although it was just a small amount of money and didn't matter to her, she had also lived a hard life and knew the feeling of having no money and having your eyes light up when you see a copper coin. It would be good to get some money for her brothers to drink.

After a bowl of herbal tea, everyone's irritability subsided a lot, their expressions were less anxious, and they started chatting and talking nonsense.

"Hey, have you heard about Minister Mu's nephew?"

"Of course I've heard about it. It's all over the city now."

"I heard he was the top scholar in Jinan Prefecture. People like him must have read so much that they are like dogs."

"Isn't it? Miss Ye Er is not a good person either. Women are the most vicious! I think Miss Ye must have been murdered by them."

"Humph, an adulterous couple."

"People like this should be dragged to a pig cage, or paraded through the streets on a wooden donkey."

The more they talked, the more excited they became. More and more people gathered around to listen to the fun, and the originally long, curved snake-like team turned into a lump-like shape.

Ye Jiayao scratched her ears. Rumors were indeed as fierce as tigers. If they continued to spread at this rate, Wei Xialiu and Jinrong might be listed on the list of adulterers, adulterers, and adulterers in the history of the Song Dynasty. I wonder if this raging public opinion offensive was planned by Chunyu.

"Come on, mooncakes are on sale, everyone line up..." Deng Haichuan shouted.

Everyone immediately dropped the topic and returned to their respective positions.

Ye Jiayao looked at the number of people and made a rough estimate that six hundred was still not enough.

The other ingredients are available in whatever quantity you want, but the quantities of agar-agar and cream are limited, so you can't make more than you want.

Suddenly, Ye Jiayao saw Eunuch Xiaochuan beside the prince walking towards Tianshangju.

Ye Jiayao hurriedly stood up to greet him.

"Eunuch Xiaochuan, did the Crown Princess give any instructions?" Last night the Crown Princess told her to think about it first, and then send someone to tell her when she figured out what she wanted to eat.

Eunuch Xiaochuan said, "No, I'm here to buy mooncakes. Concubine Mei came to visit Concubine Crown Princess today, and there happened to be a few mooncakes left from the ones you gave her last night, so Concubine Crown Princess took them out to treat Concubine Mei. Concubine Mei ate them and said they were delicious, and she wanted to take some back, so Concubine Crown Princess asked me to come and buy some."

"Since the Crown Princess has asked me, there is no need to buy it or not. Just tell me how much you want and I will have someone pack it for you." Ye Jiayao said.

Xiaochuan said: "Are there ten?"

"Yes, please wait." Ye Jiayao called Ah Xing, "Go pack ten mooncakes for this eunuch."

Xiaochuan wanted to pay the money, but Ye Jiayao pushed him back: "Eunuch Xiaochuan, you are looking down on me if you do this."

Xiaochuan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll tell the Crown Princess when I get back that this is your gift to her."

Ye Jiayao laughed and said, "Did the Crown Princess say what she wanted to eat?"

Xiaochuan said: "After thinking about it, the Crown Princess wants to eat something sour and delicious. You can do it as you like!"

There was a commotion outside: "We have waited so hard in line, why should we be given a back door?"

It turned out that it was Ah Xing who caused public outrage by packing mooncakes.

(End of this chapter)