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In his heart, Ming Jize knew that his little brother was extremely talented and well-liked. Perhaps the rumors from a few days ago were not rumors, but reality, and in the past few days, the emperor had already been somewhat dissatisfied with him, but the emperor's evaluation of Ming Jiling had already reached the level of 'his youth'. This was enough to prove that the emperor was even more optimistic about Ming Jiling, and his position as crown prince might not be preserved anymore.

And when Ming Jiling mentioned that he accidentally killed the palace maid earlier, she definitely wanted to give him a warning!

If he did not get rid of this problem soon, he would not be able to rest at ease.

Su Zongwen sensed the crown prince's killing intent and instinctively blocked in front of Ming Jiling.

Ming Jize quickly concealed his emotions, and said with a smile that did not reach his eyes, "Sixth brother, I still have things to do in my residence, so I'll be leaving first."

Ming Jiling also turned around and saw the innkeeper of the restaurant standing at the door with an uneasy look on his face.

"Manager, please find someone to clean up this place."

He looked at the messy house and said warmly.

"Yes, yes, yes, this lowly one will send someone to clean up now. For today's matters, many thanks to Prince Su for your generous response, this lowly one will be forever grateful." The shopkeeper thanked him profusely.

Even though there were many officials and nobles in and out of the Intoxicated Immortal Restaurant, the one who came just now was the current prince of the dynasty. He was the future ruler of the dynasty, and even if he lost his power for a moment, he was not someone they could afford to offend.

If Ming Jize had the intention to make things difficult for them, they wouldn't have been able to resist at all.

"The shopkeeper is too serious."

Ming Jiling had a gentle and elegant smile on his face, giving people a feeling that he was easy to get along with.

He was in an exceptionally good mood. Just now, he had experienced the feeling of being protected by his big brother.

"Since the matter has been successfully resolved, let's go back."

Su Zongwen said in a deep voice. Then, he returned to the original room with Ming Jiling in the shopkeeper's endless thanks.

Not long after, the dishes that Su Zongwen had ordered were served, the two of them drank wine and ate, they started chatting, and the topic of their chat began to shift onto Ming Jize's body.

"Speaking of which, it's not just a day or two since the crown prince's behavior is improper. Especially recently, he's gotten even worse." Ming Jiling said neither too slowly nor too quickly as he raised his silver cup to take a sip of wine.

One month ago, Ming Jize had invited two or three of his good friends to the winery to drink. A group of people who were drunk smashed their stalls, and then, even beat up the stall owner who went to ask for money.

Half a month ago, he went to the Treasure Pavilion to help the empress choose her birthday present, and forcibly snatched away all the treasures in the shop. Seven days ago …

Ming Jiling stood up and poured wine into a jug for Su Zongwen, and said gently: "This is only the tip of the iceberg, the shameful things that he has done are far more than these."

"Those who commit evil deeds will be punished." Su Zongwen's face darkened.

As he listened to Ming Jiling's words, his heart was filled with dissatisfaction, and he felt even more sympathy for the commoners.

As the Crown Prince, Ming Jize should have loved the people like a child, but he did not have the appearance of a Crown Prince, relying on his power to bully the people, if he continued like this, he would become a big mistake, and lose his standing.

"My cousin is right. As the saying goes, the Dao of Heaven warns all those who deserve it. Sooner or later, the Crown Prince will have to suffer the consequences for himself." Ming Jiling raised his cup and gulped down all the wine in it.

As the two of them chatted about Ming Jize, the atmosphere also became a lot heavier and more depressing.

It was rare for the two brothers to have a meal together, and after eating their fill and drinking two cups of tea together, Ming Jiling also conveniently mentioned the current situation of the Noble Consort Su, and only after the sky had turned dark did he reluctantly take his leave.

Minister Mansion.

Shen Zhu returned to the manor and entered the study room, planning to draw the blueprint first.

Although the shop had two floors, it was not considered big. Every inch of land in the capital was worth a lot of money, so she had to make full use of every inch of it.

After she finished drawing the map, she sent someone to deliver it to Zhou Muqing, and while Ruanruan was asleep, she sneaked into the space.

Within the Cloud Pavilion.

Just like usual, Shen Zhu went to the water cloud first, then went to the pill refining room after completing today's mission. Just as he finished all the daily tasks, the long-awaited voice sounded.

"Master, congratulations on leveling up. Ai Hui's Workshop is now open for you."

Shen Zhu walked out of the pill furnace and saw that there was indeed an additional small hut in the space. She looked overjoyed and immediately walked over, just as she was close, the door of the hut automatically opened.

Shen Zhu stepped into the room. In the middle of the room, there were a few square tables, the first table had a piece of paper on it, and there were also a few bottles. Shen Zhu looked at the paper for a long time, and realised that there was a formula written on it.

The bottles on the table were labeled, Shen Zhu tried to concoct a set of mask according to the recipe in his hand.

"Master, congratulations for completing today's mission. The system will prepare 30 algae film raw materials for you as your reward."

Shen Zhu accepted the reward and then brought her mask out of the space. For safety's sake, she used the mask on her face, planning to test its effect.

No matter what era it was, it was women's nature to love beauty. Shen Zhu thought: If the effect of this mask was not bad, she could use the items from the people's workshop to open a beauty salon in the future.

Moreover, Shuiyun's pill furnace could refine all sorts of pills, and at that time, she could open a medicinal cuisine hall. With these three stores, wouldn't she be able to earn a lot of money?

Shen Zhu thought about all of these and was immediately overjoyed.

The algae film that covered his face brought about a cooling sensation. Shen Zhu closed his eyes and enjoyed himself, as he was completely immersed in joy.

After the time it takes an incense stick to burn, Shen Zhu washed the algae film off her face. Looks like this mask is quite effective.

Seeing that he succeeded his first time debugging it, Shen Zhu was very happy in his heart.

A few days later, Shen Zhu managed to enter the space and concoct another six or seven masks.

When exiting the space, she instructed: "Chun Cao, go to the kitchen and pack the pastries I prepared. We'll take a trip to the Second Miss' courtyard."

Shen Zhu installed the mask he had prepared, and immediately instructed Chun Cao.

"Yes, miss." Chun Cao acknowledged and immediately went to prepare.

Su Yunyan, Su Qingyi and a few others were working together as women, saving Shen Zhu the trouble of running away.

"Sister-in-law, why are you here?" Seeing Shen Zhu, Su Yunyan immediately put down the handkerchief that he was embroidering and ran over.

The Mama that came to the palace was very strict. She was not allowed to slack off even for a second, and if she did not do a good job, she would even be slapped on the palm of her hand.

"I've prepared some pastries and brought them over for you to try." Shen Zhu took the food box from Chun Cao's hands.

"Sister-in-law, you treat us too well." Su Yunyan hastily brought the food box over, and pulled Shen Zhu along as he continued to complain at the same time.

"Sister-in-law, you don't know how hard the days between Ah Qiu and I have been. In my opinion, that whatever Mama is clearly tormenting us!" Su Yunyan looked wronged.

"You knew that she was purposely making life difficult for us, yet you still dared to argue with her?"

Su Qingyi stood up from the ground and knocked on Su Yunyan's head.

"Sister-in-law, this guy really doesn't know how to eat or beat up. Don't listen to her cry, come over and sit." Su Qingyi immediately pulled Shen Zhu to the side of the soft couch and sat down.

Su Yunyan grunted, and quickly turned his attention to the food box.

She quickly took out all of the pastries from the food box and smelled them. Instantly, all her worries disappeared.

"Sister-in-law, the dessert you made is really delicious." Su Yunyan bit his cake and blurted out, "Qingyi, you guys hurry up and come over to eat as well."

Su Qingyi and Shen Zhu looked at Su Yunyan who looked like a reincarnated hungry ghost, with both of them having a helpless expression.

The three of them sat at the table, eating pastries while chatting.

"I made some skin masks these two days, so it was pretty good for me to use, so I brought a bottle for each of you." Shen Zhu took out the mask he had just made and explained it to the two in detail.

"Sister-in-law, since Mama is not here today, why don't you try to apply the medicine for us?" Su Yunyan swallowed the last mouthful of pastries, and curiously looked at the bottle in his hand.

"That's fine too." Shen Zhu agreed with a smile, and not long after, he applied a face mask to the two of them, and instructed them repeatedly to wash the face mask clean after the time it takes to burn an incense.

"Why didn't Ah Qiu embroider with you guys?" Shen Zhu looked around the room, but he did not see Ah Qiu, so he could not help but feel strange.

Ah Qiu told her two days ago that she despised her embroidery job and wanted to come here to listen.

"Maybe her cousin cared for her and let her rest today." Su Yunyan teased.

"What is it? Are you jealous? If you're jealous, you can find a good man to marry. Su Qingyi held back his laughter and teased.

Su Yunyan was not convinced, and the two of them started to argue.

Seeing that the two of them had such a good relationship, Shen Zhu was very happy in his heart. After watching them play with each other for a while, Shen Zhu then said: "I won't disturb you two, hurry up with the embroidery.

She kept the things on the table, gave a few orders, and then left with Chun Cao.

She brought Chun Cao to personally send facial masks to Madame Chen and Madame Xu. As for Old Madame Su, she told the grass to send them, while she herself made a trip to Ah Qiu's room.

"Sister-in-law?" "Why are you here?" Ah Qiu was surprised to see Shen Zhu.