Chapter 74: Reinforcement

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Translator: YTJS_  Editor: Perriemix

It rained the night before so the morning of the next day dawned clear and fresh with a cool breeze.

Ye Jiayao was wearing the new clothes Xia Chunyu had bought for her, a beautiful cerulean blue made of top grade Hang Zhou silk. It was a perfect fit and also looked better than the silk clothes she bought yesterday. Her only worry was that it would be too ostentatious to wear in the kitchen.

Unexpectedly, she found Song Qi waiting for her outside the inn.

“Song Qi, what are you doing…”

Song Qi smiled in delight. Habitually, he greeted her, “Sister-in-law!”

Ye Jiayao coughed dryly. “Uh, Song Qi there’s no need to call me that. Besides, didn’t your Heir-son Lord made it clear to you never to address me like that again?”

Song Qi laughed. “Heir-Son Lord didn’t mean what he said. He actually likes you a lot!”

She looked at him doubtfully.  Really?

“Still, it is better to not call me that. I am Li Yao now,” Ye Jiayao told him.

“Yes, Master Li,” Song Qi said in a weird tone.

Ye Jiayao glared at him. “Is anything the matter?”

Song Qi gestured toward the inn. “I have been staying in the room next to yours since last night. The Heir-son Lord wants me to keep an eye on you.”

Ye Jiayao remembered Princess Liu Li and decided not to protest.

So be it.

“I am going to Heavenly Residence.”

Song Qi said, “The horse carriage has been prepared for you.”

The first thing Ye Jiayao did when she arrived at Heavenly Residence was extract cream. They have extracted quite a significant amount of cream these past few days, but it was still far from enough.

Deng Haichuan rushed in and reported, “There’s trouble! I heard from Ah Xing that someone reserved the whole of the third floor.”

Zhong Xiang remained calm as he asked, “What’s so strange about that? The whole Heavenly Residence has been reserved before. It might be just some family holding a feast.”

“No, no! Ah Xing says that the person who reserved the place did not place an order for any dishes and just said that his master would be the one to decide what to eat once he’s here. The only thing he ordered was two sets of each chilled drink, which means there are not many people coming,” Deng Haichuan explained.

Zhong Xiang frowned. “That is a little odd.”

Cui Dongpeng laughed it off. “I don’t think there is anything strange. Maybe this customer was just afraid that he would not get to try our chilled drinks since it was so in demand these past few days.”

Ye Jiayao listened silently, feeling uneasy. Why does she have a feeling that this involved her?

Not long later, Shopkeeper Li entered the kitchen, looking for Ye Jiayao. “There might be an important customer coming to the restaurant today, so when the time comes, you have to prepare the meal personally.”

“Do you know who the important person is?” Ye Jiayao asked worriedly.

Shopkeeper Li shook his head. “I have no idea.”

Just before noon, a grand horse carriage arrived at Heavenly Residence.

“Brother Crown Prince, quick!” Liu Li, dressed as a boy once again, hurried.

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