Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Li Yao was stunned: "You, what did you say?! Are you kidding me?"

Shen Wantang chuckled: "I'm serious."

"How can this be?!"

Li Yao couldn't believe it: "How could Zuixian Tower surpass Qingyun Tower?"

"Young Master, don't you believe in the strength of your own restaurant?"

Li Yao shook his head, then nodded: "You may not know who is behind Qingyun Building?"

"who is it?"

"It's the Yuan family of Wen Bo's Mansion. They are extremely wealthy and cannot be compared with our Li family."

Shen Wantang suddenly realized that the Yuan family was behind Qingyun Building. No wonder they would go to great lengths to build momentum for Chu Yanluo. It was probably Yuan Zheng's order!

In fact, the Wenbo Mansion itself is not financially strong, and even the title has been passed down to Yuan Zheng for the last generation.

Twenty years ago, the Wen Marquis' Mansion was extremely poor and destitute, with only the appearance of a marquis' mansion left. But after he married the daughter of the richest man in Jiangnan, the mansion gradually acquired the style of a marquis' mansion.

Over the past twenty years, money from Yuan Zheng's mother's family has flowed into the Bo Mansion like water, making the entire Bo Mansion prosperous.

Unfortunately, the Wenbo Mansion is still not well-known in the entire capital. The noble families all call the Wenbo Mansion a merchant family in disguise of nobility behind its back. They say that it has no noble airs at all and is just tacky.

The prominent noblemen in Beijing were unwilling to hang out with Yuan Zheng, because Yuan Zheng was uneducated and just liked to show off his wealth.

"Young Master, you don't need to worry about financial resources. The most important thing in opening a restaurant is not money, but the food."

Li Yao still shook his head: "The food in our restaurant is not as good as that in Qingyun Restaurant, because they hired the best chefs and we can't poach them."

Shen Wantang chuckled: "That's why I came to discuss big business with the young master!"

"Do you have a great cook?"

"I don't have a chef, but I have some ideas for improving dishes, and a list of new dishes. I'm sure your restaurant's chefs are good at cooking, so if I tell them a few tips, they should know how to make them."

Li Yao looked at her suspiciously: "Are you really going to improve the dishes? And even make new dishes?"

"I can."

Shen Wantang said as he picked up a glass of unfinished fruit yogurt: "Call your chef who makes the fruit yogurt over here. I will teach him how to remove the sour taste from it."

Li Yao's heart moved. She knew better than anyone what the shortcomings of the fruit cheese sold in her own restaurant were.

She had also drunk the fruit yogurt from Qingyunlou, but the fruit yogurt from Qingyunlou did not have that sour taste, only sweetness.

She has always wanted to improve her own fruit yogurt, but unfortunately she has never been able to do it. Even the chef said that fruit yogurt should taste like this and be sour to be authentic. All the fruit yogurts sold outside taste like this, and the one from Qingyunlou is a special case.

But precisely because of this exception, Qingyunlou’s business is better than Zuixianlou’s.

The ones sold outside all have a sour taste, but that doesn’t mean they taste good. Many young ladies and gentlemen only pursue sweet and refreshing yogurts, and they don’t like sour ones.

If Shen Wantang could really help improve the sour taste of the yogurt, she would be very grateful to her.

The chef was called over soon, and Shen Wantang told him the method to remove the sour taste. Then the chef went to the kitchen to make the yogurt again.

After a while, the chef ran in excitedly: "Young Master, the Crown Princess's method really works. The fruit cheese without sour taste that you have always wanted is now ready!"

Li Yao was shocked: "Really? You're not sour anymore?"

"Really? Try it! It's really not sour at all!"

Li Yao took the fruit yogurt from the chef, took a sip, and his eyes suddenly lit up!

It’s actually not sour anymore!

She looked at Shen Wantang with surprise and joy: "You actually found a way to improve the taste of yogurt!"

Shen Wantang smiled and said, "Now, can we talk about the real big business?"

Li Yao was shocked: "Doesn't this count?"

"Of course not. This is a small gift I give you for free. The real business is behind it!"

Li Yao responded: "Oh, yes, yes, you just said that you can improve the dishes, and you have new dishes!"

In the following time, Shen Wantang tried ten dishes from Zuixianlou and gave suggestions for improvement. She made improvements based on her experience in her previous life and the most popular dishes later on.

After improving the dishes, she also provided methods for making several snacks that became very popular in later generations.

Of course, after she gave Li Yao the production method, she also asked Li Yao to keep it strictly confidential. No matter who asked, she could not say that it was she who provided the production method.

Li Yao now treated her as a living cash cow. Not to mention that Shen Wantang asked her to keep it secret, even if Shen Wantang asked her to tell it, she would not tell it. Otherwise, what would she do if the cash cow was snatched away by Qingyunlou in the future?

Two days later, in the evening.

Qingyun Tower was decorated with lights and filled with guests. Even many people came to watch the fun outside the restaurant, because everyone was curious about who the amazing woman was who invented the fruit yogurt ice bowl and other snacks.

The good show was about to begin, and Shen Wantang naturally would not miss it. She specially asked Qin Xin to book a private room in Qingyun Building, and she brought her maids to taste the special snacks that were about to be released.

In addition to the fruit yogurt ice bowl, Qingyunlou brought them three other snacks.

Fermented glutinous rice and osmanthus cheese, fairy bean glutinous rice flour cake, and sugar-crusted taro balls.

Shen Wantang tasted each of them and then gave them all to the maids.

Qin Xin finished eating, looking puzzled: "Although it tastes good, it doesn't seem to be anything special. The chefs in our palace can all make these!"

Du Juan also said: "It's just a little sweeter than what we make in the palace, so it tastes better, but it's so sweet that you'll get sick of it if you eat a little too much."

Shen Wantang sighed slightly. She really overestimated Chu Yanluo. She thought she could do something special. But it turned out that she didn't know much!

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden burst of gongs and drums outside, and then Chu Yanluo appeared.

The private room was on the third floor and the window was open. Shen Wantang could clearly see Chu Yanluo, dressed in white, standing on a high platform specially prepared for her in the restaurant with an air of fairy-like deity.

The platform was surrounded by people, and all the windows of the restaurant were open. Many heads popped out, and everyone's eyes were focused on Chu Yanluo.

There was a hint of arrogance on Chu Yanluo's delicate face. She enjoyed the feeling of being watched by everyone. She slowly glanced at the ants under the platform, maintaining her pride without saying a word.

The head shopkeeper of Qingyun Building said loudly: "Let me tell you that the most popular snack in Qingyun Building, the fruit yogurt ice bowl, was invented by Miss Chu! She is very smart. Not only did she invent such a good thing as the fruit yogurt ice bowl, but she also invented other snacks. If you want to try Miss Chu's invention, then hurry into our Qingyun Building!"