pamper you, make you bad

Since Cui Qingyao chose to return to Liu's Mansion, she naturally had to cut off the contact with Xi Yutong, at least on the surface.

Therefore, after she came out of the Liu Mansion, she came to the Grand Master's Mansion, found Xi Yutong to express her position, and then asked the prince to let the Phoenix Restaurant go, and then officially took over the Phoenix Restaurant.

I don't know if the previous instructions have worked. When she went to the Phoenix Restaurant, the waiters were extremely cooperative. If she asked for the account book, she would give the account book, and answer any questions. In just one morning, she had a general understanding of the situation of the Phoenix Restaurant.

However, when she checked the account books in the afternoon, she found that there were many problems.For example, some prices are exaggerated, and the most important thing is that there are several accounts of several thousand taels that are not clear, and the time is long, but the sum of these shortfalls is at least three to forty thousand taels, which is not a small amount.It's just that she asked the accountant, and the other party didn't know, and only said that the lady was in charge.

Cui Qingyao sensed something was wrong right away, and didn't give Liu Qingying a chance to react, so she directly took the account book to Liu's mansion to find Master Liu.

When she arrived, Liu Qingying and the others were eating, and when they saw her, Liu Qingying was startled.

After she finished speaking, Mr. Liu obviously didn't expect his daughter to be pocketed for his own sake. He was so angry that he would get tens of thousands of taels if he made a move. He didn't care that Cui Qingyao was still there.

"Daddy, don't blame me for this matter." Liu Qingying hurriedly hid behind Mrs. Liu, and explained with her neck shrunk, "Didn't King Yi cheat Miss Yao with more than 1 taels earlier? More than 1 taels were used there .”

Master Liu was furious, "Then there are still 2 taels?"

Liu Qingying groaned and couldn't speak.

Seeing her like this, Master Liu became even more angry, slapped the table and got up, "I said why the Phoenix Restaurant failed to meet expectations, so the problem lies with you!"

Mrs. Liu felt sorry for her daughter, and said protectively, "Master, why are you so angry?"

"It's all your fault for spoiling her." Master Liu slapped the table angrily and got up, "It's not hundreds or thousands of taels, but tens of thousands of taels!"

"No, it's tens of thousands of taels. It's not like our family doesn't have one. Why do you say that about our daughter?" Mrs. Liu didn't care, "She will be the second prince's person in the future. Don't say tens of thousands of taels, even a few hundred thousand taels. Can afford it."

"This is a question of whether you can afford it! Phoenix Restaurant alone took tens of thousands of taels, how much did you take from other restaurants?"

Cui Qingyao looked at the noisy scene and felt extremely refreshed in her heart.She knew that Mr. Liu had always regarded money as his life, and what he cared most about was not his daughter and wife, but his own money.

She was thinking about how to set up a trap for Liu Qingying, but she didn't expect that the other party would be so stupid that she would show her feet and emptied the restaurant's money without making an account.It was probably because she thought that the restaurant was always managed by her, and no one else would find out, so she didn't ask the accountant to make up the amount.

While dodging, Liu Qingying glanced at the person who laughed at her, as if she understood something, "Father, Cui Qingyao must have deliberately framed me, and you must not be fooled if you want to sow discord." She said angrily at Cui Qingyao Running over, he raised his hand and waved it straight down towards Cui Qingyao. Cui Chu saw that he stepped forward to block Cui Qingyao.

But then Cui Chu remembered that he was just a maid now, so naturally he couldn't reveal that he knew martial arts, so he raised his hand halfway and put it down, and took the slap abruptly.

"Snapped--"

The crisp applause made everyone stunned.

Seeing that she hit the wrong person, Liu Qingying raised her hand again to hit her again, but this time Cui Qingyao had already reacted and grabbed her wrist, "Liu Qingying, you should stop a bit. If you didn't spend the restaurant's money yourself, How could it not match the number?"

As she spoke, she glanced at the slap marks on Cui Chu's face, and slapped back, "This is for you."

She almost used up all her strength to beat Liu Qingying until her face was blackened, and she almost fell down. It was Mrs. Liu who reacted and stepped forward to support her so she didn't make a fool of herself.

When she came back to her senses, Liu Qingying was furious. If Madam Liu hadn't pulled Yomo forward, she wanted to come forward again: "How dare you hit me?!"

"You were the one I hit, what's the matter, you are only allowed to hit me, and I'm not allowed to fight back?" Cui Qingyao sneered, and looked at the person above, "Master Liu, I have to go back to see the previous situation of the restaurant, so I won't let you go." excuse me."

Master Liu nodded, "Yeah."

Liu Qingying was stunned: "Father! She beat me, how can you let her go! Mother, you have to decide for your daughter."

"Mother, poor Qingying, mother will definitely make the decision for you." Mrs. Liu touched her slapped cheek in distress, and looked at the servant beside her, "Come here, here—"

"Don't you think it's not embarrassing enough?" Master Liu interrupted Mrs. Liu, and was so angry that he directly asked the housekeeper to take the two of them back to their room to stay.

Liu Qingying was angry and naturally unwilling, she kept struggling, and the servants couldn't be too forceful, the hall suddenly became noisy.

Seeing it, Cui Qingyao let out a bad breath, stopped staying immediately, and took Cui Chu to leave.

After leaving Liu's mansion, Cui Qingyao looked at the cheeks of the people around her, and there were already slap marks on the cheeks. At a glance, she knew that Liu Qingying used all her strength when she hit someone.

"Why didn't you just fight back?" Cui Qingyao was upset, "Aren't you a secret guard? Why can't you even deal with such a woman?"

Cui Chu looked at her suspiciously: "Didn't Miss say that a slave should be like a maid?" Since she is a maid, how could she react like this, and how dare she beat her master.

Cui Qingyao didn't expect her to be so rigid, she frowned and stared at her for a while, then directly ordered: "Just fight back next time."

Cui Chu nodded, "Yes."

The more Cui Qingyao looked at it, the more she felt it was an eyesore, so she turned around and left.

Cui Chu looked at the directions on both sides, and quickly reminded: "Miss, the direction of Phoenix Restaurant is on the other side."

Cui Qingyao didn't turn her head back, "I know."

Seeing her, Cui Chu knew that he had made no mistake, so he stopped talking and speeded up to keep up with her.

Cui Qingyao waited for her to catch up, looked back at her, and said forcefully, "See the doctor for medicine." This was an explanation for why she didn't go to the restaurant.

Cui Chu nodded, her expression remained unchanged, but only she knew what was going on in her mind.

After walking for a while, Cui Qingyao said again, "Thank you."

Cui Chu thought about what happened just now, but didn't hear clearly, so he subconsciously replied, "Huh?"

Cui Qingyao said: "I just said thank you for blocking that slap for me." She thought this man was stern, and he should be a difficult person to get along with, but she didn't expect that he was cold outside and hot inside.

Cui Chu lowered his eyes: "This is the duty of a servant girl."

As soon as the cold answer was finished, the atmosphere cooled down. Cui Qingyao's mouth moved, but she didn't say anything in the end.

It was Cui Chu who vaguely sensed that his young lady was in a bad mood, thought about it, and then thanked her: "The servant also thanked the young lady for helping the servant to vent her anger."

Cui Qingyao stopped, looked at the sincere man, and the depression in her heart disappeared immediately, "Here we are, let's go in and have a look."

"Yes." Cui Chu nodded and followed.

Xi Yutong learned that it was the second day that Cui Qingyao used Liu Qingying to start a campaign for Liwei, and he learned about it from Xiaotao, a person who went around asking for gossip from various families.

She thought that she had stayed in the mansion for two days, either being dragged to cultivate her internal strength or played chess, and she was a little tired, so she took advantage of Feng Yuyi's time to go to the palace to visit Concubine Bi.

After the two of Xiaotao wandered around the downtown area aimlessly, they couldn't help asking, "Miss, where are we going?"

"You asked a good question." Xi Yutong looked at the bustling market around the circle, and finally his eyes stopped on Xiaotao, "Xiaotao, why don't you follow your two ideas today, where do you think we should go?"

"Is it really possible? Anywhere is fine?" Xiaotao was a little surprised, and after getting Xi Yutong's nodding answer, she immediately nodded happily, "Miss, it's almost noon now, why don't we go eat delicious food? Yesterday Xiaoqin mentioned that their young master went to Zuixiangfang for dinner, the taste is very good, why don't we try it?"

Xi Yutong nodded, and then asked puzzledly: "Who is this Xiaoqin?"

"Xiaoqin is the maid of the next door to our Grand Master's Mansion." Xiaotao explained, "Her son is a glutton, and he often goes to eat delicious food from various restaurants, so she also got some rewards for her glory, and occasionally she would give it to the slaves to try." Try the taste, and often recommend various dishes and snacks to the servants."

Xi Yutong nodded, "Then let's go to that Zuixiang workshop you mentioned."

"Okay, Miss." Xiaotao nodded enthusiastically, and it was only when she was leading the way that she remembered that she had never been to such a drunken village, and immediately touched the tip of her nose resentfully: "Miss, I will go ask the way first, Please wait a moment."

Xiaotao went to ask for directions, and the little brother who was asked heard that it was Zuixiangfang, and his expression was a little strange, "What is your little girl doing here?"

"Of course it's delicious food." Xiaotao was afraid that Miss would get impatient, so she quickly asked, "Brother, just tell me which direction to go."

The little brother pointed her in the direction, and wanted to persuade her, but he didn't expect that Xiao Tao would disappear when he turned around, so he had to give up.

After some twists and turns, the three just found Zuixiangfang.

It's just that this Zuixiangfang is a little different from what they thought, it's not a restaurant or inn, but a place of singing and dancing, and there is a bustard at the door with her own girl to invite guests.

Xi Yutong looked up at the plaque to make sure it was correct, then turned her head to look at Xiaotao: "Are you sure it's here?"

Xiaotao was also very distressed, "I have asked, and there is only one Zuixiangfang in the whole capital." Seeing the lady frowning, she quickly explained, "Miss, I don't know that this is a place like Zuixiangfang. Ten slaves would not dare to bring you here."

Xi Yutong waved her hand: "Okay, I don't blame you for this matter." Looking at the door, she looked away, "Since this is not a place to eat, then we'd better go to Yi Wang's Mansion, presumably at this time An Ning It's time to come back."

"Yes." Xiaotao followed in frustration, "Miss, I'm really sorry."

"It's okay." Xi Yutong patted her on the shoulder, "If you really feel sorry, I will forgive you when you go back and get me some snacks."

Xiaotao nodded hurriedly when she heard this, "How about some mung bean cakes and glutinous rice cakes, slave?"

Xi Yutong just wanted her not to feel too guilty, so she nodded and let her do it.

When she arrived at the palace, she just saw Feng Yuyi's carriage coming back, so she stopped.

Feng Yuyi was startled when he saw her beside her when he got off the carriage. After realizing it, he smiled and went up to hold her hand, "I'm going to the Grand Master's Mansion, they said you went shopping, why are you here?"

"Walking around for a while, I came back when I was hungry." Xi Yutong said with some embarrassment about the oolong he just caused, "The palace is nearby, so I thought I might as well have lunch before going back."

Feng Yuyi couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

Xi Yutong frowned: "Are you still laughing?" After speaking, he couldn't help muttering, "Who would have thought that the place with delicious food is actually the place of fireworks."

Feng Yuyi cleared his throat, suppressed his laughter, and shook his head solemnly, "It's really unexpected." Then he changed his words, "But that person is right."

Xi Yutong looked at her suspiciously, "What do you mean?"

"I heard that Xu Niang, the old bustard in Zuixiangfang, was originally a cook, and her ancestors even produced an imperial cook, but later she was sold to the land of fireworks and became the oiran. Now decades have passed and she has become a bustard herself." Feng Yuyi explained, "I heard that Xu Niang occasionally cooks some side dishes for some benefactors when she is in the mood. Presumably the young master Xiaotao mentioned is also one of the benefactors who are destined to eat."

Xi Yutong didn't expect there to be such a reason, and when she was about to ask carefully, she heard Feng Yuyi say, "Since you want to eat, then I'll take you there to eat."

"Ah?" She froze for a moment, "Can we go in?"

"Of course you can't dress up like this." Feng Yuyi shook his head, "You need to change a little bit."

Before Xi Yutong could react in the future, she was dragged into the palace by Feng Yuyi, under the euphemism of pretending to be a disguise.