In fact, Yan Yan is not lying, although she made the request not to take a concubine first, but Lu You said that he did not have any plans to take a concubine, although he did not elaborate on the reason, but Yan Yan guessed that it might be related to Qiu Fu's betrayal.

And the Queen Mother listened to Yan Yan's words, thinking of Lu You's speechlessness, she first thought of the death of Lu You's biological mother and his own experience, she has been in the palace for decades, and she has seen a lot of this kind of thing.

But this is not the same thing as not accepting a concubine, how can a child of a family only guard a woman to live?

This is going to be passed out, and it is not Lu You who is criticized but Yan Yan, and a woman's jealousy is a sin of seven outs.

But the queen mother couldn't say the private words between these women in front of everyone, so after checking it, she planned to persuade Yan Yan when there was no one.

But who knew that the Queen Mother didn't ask what she said, but Li Cong did, he wanted to know what Yan Yan himself thought.

"Back to the emperor, the women of the people also fully support this, the women don't want to pretend to share their husbands with others generously, and then fight with a bunch of women, the women don't have the time and energy. The woman and the husband discussed, the woman is dedicated to taking care of mundane affairs, and strives to create a lot of family business, he is dedicated to studying hard, and striving for a meritorious name, we set a time for ourselves is ten years, if we can't achieve our goal after ten years, then we will put it down, travel around, maybe we can go overseas, and learn from Zhang Qian to introduce some new seeds. Yan Yan replied with a smile.

"Sister Yan'er, I'm going with you, and I want to travel too." Li Sui shouted loudly.

"You're everywhere." Li Zhi glanced at Li Sui for Li Sui's rashness.

"Ten years?" Li Cong repeated these two words, ignoring the jokes between the two sons, but looked at Yan Yan, "Can you ask, what is your specific plan?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the first step is to take care of a few shops in the city; The second step is to plan those Zhuangzi well; Third, I want to buy a barren mountain and wasteland for myself, take care of it for a few years exactly according to my own vision, and try my ability. For the time being, these three points have not been thought of further. Yan Yan said thoughtfully.

"Well, I'll give you a barren mountain." Li Cong said.

He also wanted to see what kind of surprise Yan Yan could bring him.

"Emperor Xie, the women still have a lot of silver in their hands, and the price of the barren mountains is not high, so don't alarm the Ministry of Works for this little thing." Yan Yan was telling the truth.

"Ah, Sister Yan'er, when it comes to the Ministry of Works, I almost forgot one thing, the fireplace in my house has been completed, and I am trying it out in the past two days, and I will send him to see you when it is ready." Li Sui patted his head and said.

"What fireplace?" Li Cong asked at the same time.

Li Sui explained.

"This kid, it seems that there is no one you can't do." The Queen Mother is no longer surprised.

"Yan'er, can I ask why you seem to be so much smarter all of a sudden?" Li Cong asked.

In fact, what he wanted to ask more was why Yan Yan had to hide her clumsiness before, if she hadn't hidden it, maybe he would really consider marrying Yan Yan to the crown prince.

"Back to the emperor, the folk woman also experienced this change to understand a truth, a person's talent and prestige can also become her reliance and capital, so I want to prove myself that the folk woman is not a mediocre talent, the folk woman has the ability to stand by anyone's side, and has the ability to be worthy of anyone." Yan Yan had already thought of his rhetoric.

This statement is a good interpretation of her previous clumsiness and forbearance, and it also hints very well at what Lu Ming's change of heart is.

It's just that this topic is a little sensitive.

Yan Yan also realized it, so as soon as she finished speaking, without waiting for others to answer, she took the initiative to change the topic and talk about the renovation and name change of her new home.

"Mingyuan? What does the name mean? Li Ji asked first.

"The husband is very clear, so the name Mingyuan, we can't represent the Lu family, nor can we represent the Yan family, Mingyuan is very good, it belongs to us." Yan Yan explained.

"Speaking of moving, I should have given you something." The Queen Mother smiled and took the words.

As soon as the Queen Mother spoke, several others also said that they would give Yan Yan something to the town.

Therefore, when Yan Yan's carriage stopped in front of the Lu family's Yi Gate, and Qingyu and Qingyun kept moving things down, someone had already notified the old lady Lu and the Zhu family in the upper room, saying that the palace had rewarded Yan Yan with a lot of things.

However, Yan Yan didn't plan to move all these things to the old lady's house for everyone to see, she just chose a few supplements and clothes, and divided two items for the old lady, the Zhu family and the Huang family, which was regarded as her filial piety to the elders.

Mrs. Lu asked Yan Yan what she had done when she saw everyone in the palace that day, and Yan Yan picked out something that could be said, focusing on mentioning that these things were given to her by the queen mother, the emperor and several princes to move to a new house, and also mentioned her understanding and perception of marriage, which means that she had already let go of Lu Ming.

Mrs. Lu was overjoyed when she found out, and discussed with the Zhu family, planning to formally propose to the Yan family.

Of course, Mrs. Lu and the Zhu family didn't tell Yan Yan these words.

Because the shop of "First Cake" is scheduled to open on November 20, Yan Yan will be busy again in the next few days, every day after breakfast, she will take Qingyun Qingyu and the two to a pastry shop, the oven and oven are built, but Qingyu Qingyun has not used it, they used to use a frying pan to try it out at home, so Yan Yan has to take them for a few days.

There is another one, Yan Yan always felt unsatisfactory about the cream refined with milk and egg white, therefore, Yan Yan wanted to improve the process, the difficulty of this process was not ordinary, Yan Yan groped for several days, wasted a lot of milk, goat milk and eggs, and the final result could only be a slight improvement.

On the day of the real opening, Yan Yan couldn't show up, she sat in the carriage, watched from a distance and watched Lu You climb the stairs, personally took the plaque of "First Cake" from Shi Changsheng's hand and hung it, Zhao Dazhuang lit a firecracker.

Then, Yan Yan heard Shi Changsheng's shouting, "Come on, come on, the first cake is open today, this is the plaque of the Queen Mother's old man's house, it is the Queen Mother's old man who has praised it deliciously, and the emperor has also said that even the chef in the imperial dining room can't make this taste." Come on, don't miss it, don't miss it, it's open on the first day today, you can give you a small piece of it for free, it's not delicious, you don't have to buy it. . . ”

Then, two young men of fifteen or sixteen years old each brought a tray, and on each tray there were small pieces of sponge cake divided into one inch square, which everyone was invited to taste for free.