The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Shi Chengxuan had used to spend twenty taels of silver on a meal. Sometimes he would order singing girls and dancing girls from a brothel, but he couldn't get that much.

He knew his daughter was not lying. He himself had once served in the imperial court and knew exactly how much officials were paid.

His face flushed for a moment. Fortunately, he was not here for his son's money, which was not enough for a meal. He had another purpose. "Then I will support myself. You have to support me, your old father, right?"

Shi Anxia raised her eyes slightly, "Tell me about it, it's rare that father, at his age, still understands the term 'self-reliance'. As long as it's not excessive, your daughter will support him."

Shi Chengxuan didn't dare to look into his daughter's eyes, and only stared at the ice tray. "I heard that the hot spring resort in Yanxing Mountain is being prepared. Please arrange for your father to go in..."

Before he finished speaking, Shi Anxia interrupted him with a half-smile, "Did your concubine ask you to come? What's her last name?"

Now there are only two concubines left by Shi Chengxuan's side, one is Wang and the other is the young lady.

Wang was an honest person who would not give any stupid advice. My father was a man who could do nothing but lie down and never thought of looking for a job.

Only the young lady was a little more active, but not much, otherwise she would not have asked her father to test her as soon as she returned to Beijing.

"The last name is Guo." Shi Chengxuan's eyes were evasive, and he thought his daughter might have become a spirit or something, and he guessed it right away.

No wonder Guo had warned her not to let her daughter know that she was the one who came up with the idea. He subconsciously denied it, "No, it wasn't her, it was me."

Shi Anxia smiled slowly, "I don't believe it."

Shi Chengxuan saw his daughter smile, and the anxiety in his heart calmed down. "Just think of it as an old father taking a break. What's wrong with wanting to do something? You let so many people from the Shi family come to the hot spring manor to work. If I go to manage them, I will have my own people, right? Do you think I, as a father, will harm you?"

"Father, what's wrong with me?" Shi Anxia ruthlessly destroyed the beautiful picture of a loving father and a filial daughter that Shi Chengxuan had imagined. "Do you want to recall why you left the capital and went to Ganzhou? Do you want to think about it again? I was sold when I was two years old. Whose fault was it? My brother was replaced. Whose fault was it?"

Shi Chengxuan was anxious, "It's all old news, how come you're still digging up the past? It's over, don't bring it up!"

Shi Anxia took the herbal tea handed over by Bei Hui and took a sip to relieve her internal heat. "For father, these are old things, past accounts that have been turned over. But for me, my brother, and mother, these things can never be turned over."

Shi Chengxuan sighed, somewhat self-destructive, "I can't go back to the past. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have gotten involved with someone like Wen Huiyi, and everything that happened later wouldn't have happened. Xia'er, I really want to do something. Just tell me, can you let me go to the hot spring villa?"

"No." Shi Anxia had indeed selected quite a few people from the Shi family to participate in the preparations for the hot spring villa. They were responsible for accounting, managing the money, arranging the process, and finding craftsmen.

She also made it clear that if anyone embezzled money, deceived superiors and subordinates, don't blame her for being cruel in the future. This matter has been unanimously supported by the elders of the clan. They have long said that if anyone does not follow the rules, they will not only report to the government, but also be expelled from the clan.

Everyone knew about this before they went in to work. And Shi Anxia did not treat his own people unfairly, and paid them double the wages they received outside.

With high wages and a share of profits in the future, no one would be tempted by such a small profit.

If Shi Chengxuan was sent to take care of these people, the good situation would definitely be thrown into chaos.

Shi Chengxuan felt angry when he saw that his daughter refused to listen.

He didn't really want to go out to work, run around in the sun and rain, who wants to endure that? He just felt embarrassed that his daughter rejected something that was almost certain to happen.

But his daughter really doesn't give him as a father any face at all!

Shi Chengxuan was angry, "If you don't want to let me go, then don't let me go. You are always nicer to outsiders than to me. Can't you see that my heart is with you and Qi Ge'er?"

"I really didn't see it." Shi Anxia said leisurely, "I only saw you and your concubine plotting against us. Don't say that you are loyal to me and my brother. But looking around, we are the only ones who can cover for you. If grandma was still alive, you wouldn't have the attitude you have now."

Shi Chengxuan lowered his head, looking very depressed. "Think whatever you want. I've failed as a father."

"Well, my daughter agrees with your point of view very much." Shi Anxia nodded seriously.

Shi Chengxuan: “…” This girl is so annoying!

He was silent for a moment: "I can't go to the hot spring manor, so I can go to your teahouse or restaurant."

"The target of the Guo family should be the 'Vegetarian Restaurant', right?" This was opened by Shi Anxia and An Guo's wife Liang Yanbing.

She had made all the arrangements before she left Beijing, including drawings, site selection, overall planning, staffing, etc. All the money needed in the early stages was hers.

All recipes and ingredients are under the management of Liang Yanbing.

It opened last year, and business was not very good at first. Later, Shi Anxia took advantage of her mother's letter to smuggle some private goods and asked Emperor Mingde to visit the vegetarian restaurant incognito to taste them.

Then Emperor Mingde heard the music and understood the elegant meaning, and wrote a poem with his imperial pen: The heart is as pure as snow, and the virtue is as white as jade; the people are safe and the country is prosperous, and the world is at peace.

The plaque of "Sushanlou" was also given by Emperor Mingde, and the inscription was on the plaque. As a result, Sushanlou became a place that the dignitaries in the capital flocked to.

Vegetarian restaurants are high-end restaurants. Ordinary people like meat, so who would want to eat vegetarian food if they have money? Only the rich and powerful who are used to eating meat and fish would want to eat vegetarian food.

The vegetarian restaurant uses vegetarian dishes to imitate meat. The dishes are unique and exquisite, with a delicate taste and a long-lasting flavor.

The furnishings and decorations inside are all exquisite and amazing. In a word, the low-key luxury created by money is truly luxurious and elegant.

This means that the food in the vegetarian restaurant is not cheap, and the seats are extremely limited, so reservations are required.

Many wealthy and powerful people were jealous of the good business of Su Shan Lou, but no one dared to cause trouble.

After all, the backer of the vegetarian restaurant was the one above. Later, I learned that the restaurant was actually jointly opened by Princess Haiyan and Madam Anguo, so I gave up the idea of ​​making trouble.

No wonder her stupid father wanted to go to the vegetarian restaurant! Shi Anxia glanced at them and said, "Mrs. Guo has a big appetite. I guess I'm going to have another brother or sister."

If she wasn't pregnant, how could a concubine have the courage to instigate her stupid father to come to her and make demands?

Shi Chengxuan's old face turned red, and he cleared his throat, "Thank God, she's pregnant."

If not for this, he wouldn't care about Guo's nagging.

Shi Anxia said calmly, "This child cannot be kept."