Are you crazy? Who asked you to hunt for treasures in the emperor's harem?

At noon the next day,

Zhou’s spice shop,

"Brother, how long does it take for the jelly to cool down... How do you put the jelly into the mooncakes?"

Ye Fan's description of the mooncakes brought back Liu Mengying's fond memories of her childhood, and she became very excited about it.

"Tomorrow night is the Mid-Autumn Festival... I can make the mooncakes tonight, and they will be ready to eat then!"

Ye Fan replied while handing the purchased spices to the shop assistant to pack.

"Oh, okay! Big brother, I'll help you do it tonight~!"

Hearing this, Liu Mengying immediately said excitedly.

"Ok!"

Ye Fan nodded, took the packaged spices, and was about to turn around and leave. Suddenly, an exclamation rang out, "This distinguished guest cannot be used, cannot be used!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man ran up to Ye Fan. He was the shopkeeper of this spice shop.

"Why not?"

Ye Fan looked at the middle-aged man who was running out of breath with some confusion.

"This distinguished guest, Master Zhou has specially told you before that if you come to the store to buy something, you must not charge any money!"

With that said, the spice shop owner handed a few pieces of silver to Ye Fan.

"My distinguished guest, to tell you the truth, my little daughter also suffered at the hands of that beast of the Lin family. If I accept this money from you, my conscience will not be at ease..."

Seeing Ye Fan's hesitation, the spice shop owner spoke again.

"This... okay!"

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Night falls,

Chujian Inn,

After Ye Fan and Liu Mengying finished their dinner, they walked into the kitchen and started making mooncakes.

"Huh! Huh!"

The mysterious energy emerged from Ye Fan's hand, condensed into a sharp blade, and continued to cut through the small jar full of crystal clear jelly. Pieces of thin crystal jelly were cut out and fell on the dustpan not far away. Liu Mengying was surprised when she saw it.

"Brother, this flower jelly has a strange fragrance~!"

Beside the dustpan, Liu Mengying, who was wearing a small apron, moved her nose and shouted softly.

"Ok!"

Ye Fan nodded and walked towards the dustpan. He opened the flour bag and looked at Liu Mengying, "Little Douya, follow what I taught you before, let's start making mooncakes~"

"Okay!~"

..........

Not long after, a strange aroma wafted out of the kitchen of Chujian Inn...

..........

Midnight,

An extremely luxurious carriage drove slowly on the deserted streets of Jiangzhou City.

In the carriage, a young woman dressed in white palace attire, with a face as bright as the bright moon and eyebrows as beautiful as the first mist in the distant mountains, as beautiful as if she had stepped out of a landscape painting, was sitting in the carriage. However, the young woman in the palace attire had a dull look in her eyes. There was an aura of death.

Suddenly, the woman in white palace clothes moved her nose, looking quite confused. She moved her nose again, and the next moment, her expression changed.

"parking!"

The woman in white palace clothes finished speaking and the carriage stopped.

"Hoo!~"

Without waiting for the coachman to respond, the woman in white palace clothes opened the door curtain of the carriage and stepped out. She looked around and her nose moved again.

"This...this smell...is it difficult to...could it really be..."

The woman in white palace clothes had a look of disbelief on her face. She blinked and ran towards a certain place in large strides.

The two coachmen behind them, wearing black hats and whose faces could not be seen clearly, looked at each other and did not follow, but stood still.

The woman in white palace clothes ignored the coachman behind her. She kept moving forward following the scent she smelled in the air... Finally, she came to the vicinity of Chujian Inn... to be precise, near the kitchen of Chujian Inn...

"Brother, this moon cake is so delicious... No... Can't you eat one first~"

Liu Mengying smelled the aroma of freshly baked mooncakes, and her mouth was already watering.

"no!"

Ye Fan waved his hand, "Xiao Douya, this moon cake is also called Mid-Autumn Festival. It is best to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival...and this moon cake is freshly baked and very hard...it will cool and soften overnight. The taste will be even better when the time comes!”

"Then...that's okay!"

Although Liu Mengying wanted to eat it, she still held back.

"It's getting late, little Douya, let's go to bed~"

Ye Fan yawned and said.

"Brother, go to sleep, I will watch here! It would be terrible if such a good mooncake is eaten secretly by someone!"

Liu Mengying looked at a dustpan full of mooncakes in front of her with a serious expression.

As she spoke, light flashed from her hand, and a small folding bed appeared next to it.

"Uh... ok~!"

...........

Not long after, Ye Fan fell asleep on the third floor of the inn, and Liu Mengying lay down on the small folding bed contentedly after looking at the mooncakes.

A breeze blew by, and the kitchen door of the Chujian Inn was opened. A white figure slowly entered from the crack of the door. It was the woman in white palace clothes who followed the scent of the mooncakes.

The woman in white palace clothes looked around, and soon landed on the dustpan next to Liu Mengying. To be precise, it was the mooncakes in the dustpan that exuded a strange fragrance.

"Gudong~"

The woman in white palace clothes swallowed her saliva and tiptoed to the dustpan. She looked at the mooncakes in the dustpan with disbelief in her eyes.

"It's really...it's really a Mid-Autumn Festival cake..."

The woman in white palace clothes murmured, and her right hand, as white as mutton fat, slowly stretched out towards the mooncakes on the dustpan. At this moment, Liu Mengying seemed to notice something, and opened her eyes, just in time to see the woman in white palace clothes.

"Ah! Who are you?"

Liu Mengying immediately exclaimed, "The mooncake thief!"

"I...I'm not a mooncake thief...I...I..."

The woman in white palace clothes was startled by Liu Mengying who suddenly woke up, and her outstretched right hand froze in place. She explained in a panic.

"You're still making excuses, you can almost touch the moon cake!"

Liu Mengying stared at the woman in white palace clothes with a wary expression.

"me………"

The woman in white palace clothes muttered. Suddenly, her expression changed, her figure flashed, she jumped out of the window and ran away.

"Little bean sprout, what's wrong?"

After a while, a sleepy Ye Fan came to the kitchen.

"Brother, I was right to guard here. The mooncake was almost stolen!"

Liu Mengying looked at Ye Fan seriously.

"I'm going, is it true?"

Hearing this, Ye Fan lost most of his sleepiness.

He had previously thought that the residents near this point had already fallen asleep. Chujian Inn knew his identity as a "ruthless person" and would not dare to steal. Besides, they even took his money... He didn't expect that there was actually someone there. Came here to steal moon cakes......

"Uh-huh!"

Liu Mengying nodded seriously, "She is a very beautiful woman... If I hadn't just woken up, the mooncakes we finally made would have been stolen..."

…………

Because someone who stole the mooncakes appeared, Ye Fan did not move the mooncakes in order not to affect the taste of the mooncakes. He also took out a folding bed and slept in the kitchen.

...........

the next day,

As soon as the sun rose, Ye Fan and Liu Mengying put away the cooled and softened mooncakes and prepared to eat them at night.

...........

"You have so much money, why are you so happy?"

Ye Fan and Liu Mengying were walking on the road. Suddenly, Ye Fan found a slightly fat figure not far ahead humming a tune and teasing a parrot.

"Brother Ye Fan!"

Hearing Ye Fan's words, Qian Duoduo immediately turned around and strode over, "Brother Ye Fan, there is a banquet at Zizun Tower tonight...I received the invitation!"

"Zizun Tower? Where is that place?"

Ye Fan looked at Qian Duoduo with some confusion.

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