Chapter 95: Tea Color
After more than a month of intensive preparations, Yihua's tavern was finally ready and was just waiting for the ribbon-cutting ceremony to open.

It only took Ninth Lady a month to go from being careless at first to thinking about him all the time.

Only by personally working to build a small shop from scratch can you cherish it.

This is true for shops and for people.

"Fourth sister-in-law, we still have a very important thing to do." The Ninth Concubine suddenly thought of something and said to Yihuan excitedly.

"What's the matter?" Yihuan just wanted to lie down like Ge You at this moment. If she wasn't really afraid of startling the people around her, she would have lay down long ago.

"The name, the shop doesn't have a name yet." The Ninth Lady became excited, "The name has to be catchy, have a sense of rhythm and allusions, and be unforgettable."

"Fourth sister-in-law, why not call me Du Kangyuan?"

Yihuan gave a fake smile. She looked at the teacup on the table. Suddenly, a long-lost name came to her mind. She blurted out, "Let's call it Cha Yan Yue Se."

"What is that?" The Ninth Lady looked confused.

Yihua dipped her finger in tea and gently wrote these four characters on the table. The Ninth Lady looked at it for a moment before she understood: "This won't do. We sell wine, not tea. This is like selling dog meat under the guise of selling mutton."

"I think this is a good idea. We can just say it is wine. The ladies of noble families won't try it easily for the sake of reputation. Let's take a roundabout way, which will also improve our reputation." The more Yihuan thought about it, the more she felt it was right. She found it interesting that she could actually open Cha Yan Yue Se until the Qing Dynasty.

The Ninth Concubine was skeptical, but Yihuan had always been the one leading the matter of opening the shop. Although she had also contributed a lot, she still listened to Yihuan in terms of decision-making.

"Why don't we ask Master Minghui to do the math?" The Ninth Lady suggested an idea.

"Master Minghui?" Yihuan was unfamiliar with this name.

"She is a very spiritual Taoist nun, and has been very popular in the capital recently. It is said that she prescribed medicine for the wife of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and within two months, the lady became pregnant. Her medical skills and personality are very spiritual. She can calculate a person's short-term future and give everyone guidance. Why don't we look for her too?" The Ninth Lady obviously believed in fortune-telling.

Yihua was disgusted by this, she shook her head and refused: "This Taoist nun may have real skills, but she is most likely a charlatan. Fourth sister-in-law advises you not to offer yourself to others to be a fat sheep."

"Fat sheep?"

"It's just getting ripped off." Yihuan said bluntly, she didn't want to see her business partner being played around by a Taoist nun one day. In addition, the Ninth Prince and Yinzhen were getting closer and closer, so she also got closer to the Ninth Lady.

The Ninth Lady laughed when she heard this: "Sister-in-law Four is always so funny. I'll listen to you."

"Also, these first batches of wine to be served must be given unique names." The Ninth Lady pointed to the ten samples that had been ordered on the table.

"That's easy." Yihuan thought of her wallet that was controlled by the milk tea shop in her previous life, and felt that ten of them might not be enough.

"Youlan, Shengsheng, Osmanthus, Peach Blossom, Chenxiang..." Yihuan wrote down ten names in one go as if possessed by God.

The Ninth Lady found it interesting. She could actually tell which drinks corresponded to their names by comparing them with the ingredients or stories behind them.

"When will the fourth sister-in-law open the store?"

"The Empress Dowager's flower-viewing banquet will be held in a few days, and our first wave of customers will be the Empress Dowager and the ladies-in-charge of each palace. If we can get a good word out of them, we will immediately have a celebrity effect. Then our shop will open, with limited sales every day, and go the high-end route." Yihua counted on her fingers, "After our reputation is fully established, we will sell it at different prices so that ordinary people can also drink our wine."

"Okay, I'll follow your instructions."

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The Empress Dowager was a very quiet person. She had lived in the deep palace for a long time. There was no one like her in the previous dynasty or the harem, so she lived like a transparent person.

The old lady had to live well and complete the tasks given by Kangxi, just like now. Kangxi wanted to give the new crown princess dignity, so the empress dowager prepared a flower viewing banquet.

When the time comes, Tong Guining will be pushed forward in front of the families of important ministers and royal relatives, and everyone will know Kangxi's attitude.

Yihuan was still wearing the pear blossom hairpin given by Yinzhen today. Yuxue learned the skill of combing hair from Yuxiao, and she was the one who did Yihuan's makeup. Yuxiao went to see Gu Liuliu.

Seeing Yihuan's eyes fall on the hairpin, Yuxue smiled and said, "This looks really good on Fujin. The master has good taste. This is unique to Fujin. The master is thinking of you."

"Don't say that again." Yihuan looked away, her expression still the same, her tone a little cold, "How can you guess what the master is thinking!"

Yihuan wore it from time to time just to make Yinzhen feel that she liked it very much. As a concubine and wife, she had to provide him with enough emotional value.

In fact, compared to this plain color, Yihuan herself prefers Honghui's magnificent aesthetic. A cluster of flowers represents spring, and this pear blossom hairpin is a bit cold and plain.

Yuxue didn't expect that she was flattering the horse and hit the horse's leg, so she immediately knelt down and apologized.

Yihuan applied some lip balm on herself and said, "Trouble comes from the mouth. Go to a cool place and kneel for half an hour. Reflect on yourself and think about how to serve me."

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it. Just put it another way. This is the privilege of her identity.

When entering the palace today, Yihuan asked Yuxiao to follow Liuliu and the eldest princess the whole time, while she herself took the taciturn Yuling with her. She just didn't know what kind of personality the incoming Crown Princess would have, and whether she would be hostile to the Fourth Prince's Mansion because of the previous events.

Therefore, Yihuan made the worst plan. She herself was not afraid of those conspiracies, but she was afraid that the children would fall into the trap. Therefore, she gave Yuxiao, who was meticulous and more familiar with the palace, to the children.

Since it was the Empress Dowager who arranged the event, the concubines in each palace brought their daughters-in-law to show their support for the Empress Dowager.

"Greetings to the Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager seemed no different from the last time I saw her. Time never defeats beauty. Her beauty was natural and elegant, and there weren't even a few wrinkles around her eyes. "Stand up. It's rare for the crabapple blossoms to bloom. I think it's better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone. Let's all be more comfortable. I don't have those rules here."

Concubine Yi was the most forthright. She spoke first: "These begonias are so beautiful thanks to the Empress Dowager. I have never seen begonias of this size before."

"You're so pitiful. I'll allow you to pick one and wear it on your head." The Queen Mother said with a smile.

Concubine Yi hid her smile and said, "Oh, I am a grandmother and can no longer wear these. But you granddaughters-in-law are blessed today."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she agreed deeply and asked all the granddaughters-in-law to come forward. She personally selected one and gave each of them a flower, which she put on their heads with her own hands.

For a moment, all the pretty young wives in the flower hall had flowers on their heads, and the fragrance was so fragrant and beautiful.

"Miss Tong, you come too." The Empress Dowager waved to the people below. When they heard the word "Tong", they looked up and saw a girl in sky-blue riding clothes slowly walking up to the Empress Dowager and bowing.

"You are lucky. You kept the biggest one." The Queen Mother happily pinned the flower to Tong Guining. "In the future, you must be of one mind with the prince and his wife, and sleep together for a hundred years."

Tong Guining's face was flushed, and she was more beautiful than a flower. She replied softly, "Your servant will follow the instructions of the Queen Mother."

"Those who just wore flowers will be your sisters-in-law in the future. It's a good opportunity for you to get to know them today so that you can get along better in the future." The Empress Dowager said, pointing to the group of grandsons' wives at the bottom.

Yihuan looked up subconsciously and saw Tong Guining looking over at her.

The two looked at each other, and Tong Guining gave her a somewhat shy and friendly smile.