Chapter 302 The Prince is Deposed
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Qianhuan has been busy checking the account books of various branches of the teahouse these days, while Chu Yichen is also calculating the revenue of each restaurant.
In the past six months, Qianhuan has earned a lot of money by opening her own teahouse and internet celebrity store. Adding the share from the Chu family restaurant, she is now a wealthy woman.
Qianhuan was a very generous person. She gave a lot of rewards to all the people who worked for her so that they could take them home for the New Year. These servants were very happy to receive the generous rewards.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh in their hearts: Our boss is really generous. You won't find a boss who treats his servants so well even with a lantern.
This incident also strengthened everyone's determination to work hard with their boss in the future.
The Imperial College is on holiday now, Qianhuan brought a lot of gifts and went to visit Mr. Fan with Wenjie.
Qianhuan learned from Mr. Fan that Wenjie had made great progress in the past six months and he could be transferred to another class next year.
Qianhuan was very happy. She bowed deeply to Mr. Fan and said, "Wenjie has made such great progress, all thanks to your cultivation. Qianhuan is really grateful."
Mr. Fan said modestly, "Wenjie's great progress is also the result of his own efforts. Do you plan to spend the New Year in Beijing this year?"
Qianhuan shook her head. "No, I plan to take my brother back to our hometown in Qingxi County to celebrate the New Year. My sister and I have been away from home for half a year, and our parents are looking forward to our return home for a reunion."
Mr. Fan nodded, "Well, you two siblings should go home and spend more time with your parents."
Mr. Fan then said to Wenjie, "Wenjie, as the saying goes, reviewing the old is the way to learn the new. Don't forget to take more time to review your lessons when you get home."
Wenjie nodded and said, "Well, thank you for your advice, sir. I understand."
After leaving Mr. Fan's house, Qianhuan said to Wenjie, "Wenjie, we're going back to our hometown soon. Let's go shopping today. I want to buy some new things from Beijing to bring back to my parents."
Wenjie nodded happily, "Okay, I also want to buy some candies to bring back to my former friends in Yunfeng Village."
Qianhuan was followed by Yinhua and Banxia, and Wenjie was followed by Tu Dou, and they began their shopping spree.
Just when Qianhuan was preparing to go home, another big event happened in the capital. The crown prince formed a clique for personal gain, and the emperor, in a rage, deposed him from the crown prince position and imprisoned him in the clan house.
Crown Princess Zhao Yanran was implicated and also locked up in the clan residence, where she lived a life of captivity.
However, concubine Qi Jiaqing was not affected at all. This was mainly because of the pleadings of the Fourth Prince's party, and also because Qi Jiaqing did have a special status. The emperor did not want to offend the Canglang Kingdom and cause a war.
Yin Hua clapped her hands in delight when she heard the news, "Miss, Zhao Yanran relied on her status as the Crown Princess to do bad things to you. Now she is imprisoned. God must have opened his eyes."
At this time, Banxia interrupted and retorted, "How can God be so idle? There are so many evil people in this world, how can God take care of them all?"
At this time, Banxia suddenly lowered her voice and said to Qianhuan and Yinhua, "In fact, the Crown Prince was deposed, and the Crown Prince played an indispensable role."
Yin Hua said in disbelief, "What? The prince actually did this?"
Seeing Yin Hua startled, Qian Hua quickly reminded her, "Yin Hua, keep your voice down," and then she asked, "Ban Xia, is everything you said true?"
Banxia nodded, "Yes, I never lied. At that time, I had not yet been given to the young lady by the prince, so I know this matter very well. The prince saw that the crown princess always targeted you, young lady. He was afraid that after the crown prince succeeded to the throne and the crown princess became the queen, she would be even more unscrupulous in dealing with you, young lady, so the prince took action."
Qianhuan never dreamed that the prince would actually take action against the crown prince for her. Thinking of how he had done so many things for her behind the scenes, Qianhuan was moved. She was right about him.
Yin Hua was somewhat delighted, knowing that this was the work of the prince, she couldn't help but praise him, "Our prince is so domineering, he even dared to touch the prince for the sake of the young lady."
When Qianhuan heard Yinhua say this, she immediately stopped him, "Yinhua, this matter concerns Ziyu's safety. We, the master and the servant, just need to know about it. We must not let outsiders know about it. Do you understand?"
Yin Hua also knew the seriousness of the matter, and she nodded quickly, "Yes, Miss, I understand. I just felt that you were so lucky to have such a good man like the prince protecting you, so I forgot my composure just now. It was my fault for speaking out of turn."
Seeing that she knew she was wrong, Qianhuan said, "It's good that you understand. We are in the capital, not Qingxi County. We have to be careful in what we say and do here, otherwise, we will be killed if we are not careful."
"Well, young lady, I will be careful with my words and actions in the future."
Thinking that she would be returning to her hometown soon and would not be able to see Ziyu for a long time, Qianhuan specifically instructed Banxia, "Banxia, go to Prince An's Mansion and tell him that I plan to cook tonight and ask the prince to come to Jingyuan for dinner."
Seeing her young lady taking the initiative to make an appointment with the prince, Banxia thought that the prince would be very happy if he knew about it, so she quickly took on the task, "Well, young lady, I will go to Prince An's mansion to deliver the message."
After Banxia left, Qianhuan said to Yinhua, "Yinhua, I'll write a list for you now. You go to the street and buy everything according to my list."
When Yin Hua got the list, she saw that red candles were written on the top. She couldn't help but ask, "Miss, what delicious food are you planning to make for the prince tonight? Why did you buy so many red candles?"
Qianhuan smiled mysteriously, "You will know what I am going to do tonight."
Suddenly Qianhuan remembered that she still needed beef. This was ancient times, and generally speaking, killing cows was not allowed. However, beef from cows that died of old age, exhaustion, or accidents could be eaten. Brother Lin'an ran a restaurant, and usually people would send these cows that died accidentally to the restaurant to sell.
She quickly instructed Yin Hua, "You still have to go to Zuixianju to find Brother Lin'an. Ask him to get me a few more pounds of fresh beef."
"Okay, Miss, I understand."
After Yinhua left, Qianhuan drew another blueprint and went to the blacksmith shop. She repeatedly told the blacksmith to make the product and send it to her house within an hour.
Fortunately, the things Qianhuan wanted to make were just a few small items, and the blacksmith shop owner nodded repeatedly and promised that he would deliver the items on time.
It was almost the end of the year and the prince was very busy, but when he heard from Banxia that Qianhuan was going to cook a special treat for him tonight, he happily agreed.
Afterwards, the prince quickly dealt with the matters at hand and waited to have dinner with Qianhuan in the evening.
In fact, Qianhuan was planning to cook Western food tonight. In her previous life, she had been to many high-end Western restaurants and eaten a lot of delicious Western food, so she planned to have a candlelight dinner tonight and enjoy a romantic world for two with the Prince.