At the beginning, I was a rich female prisoner

After the prince returned home, as soon as he heard the guard say that Yu Yunxin had arrived, he immediately quickened his pace and went to the right hall.

When Guard Ruan saw the Crown Prince, he immediately held up the jade pendant and handed it to him, saying, "Your Highness, this is the jade pendant that Princess Xingguo sent back to you. I have checked it and it is yours without a doubt."

"I lost this jade pendant a long time ago, and was planning to search the whole mansion for it! I didn't expect it to fall into your hands." The prince took the jade pendant and looked at Yu Yunxin happily.

"Don't you know, Prince, that you were lost in Nanling County?" Yu Yunxin stepped forward and asked.

"Really? I just remember that I lost it a long time ago. Now that you mention it, it is really possible." The prince just replied and sniffed the fragrance in the room.

"What smells so good?"

"Your Highness, this is the nectar cake I made myself." Yu Yunxin said as she handed a flower-shaped nectar cake to the prince.

The prince took it and stuffed it into his mouth and started eating. Immediately, the flower fragrance filled his mouth. "It smells so good, sweet but not greasy. Thank you, Xin'er."

"By the way, I also made century egg and lean meat porridge today for you to try." Yu Yunxin said as she was about to serve a bowl of porridge to the prince.

"What is preserved egg? Why have I never heard of it?" The prince asked with interest as he looked at a small piece of black and transparent thing in the bowl.

"I made it in Nanling County. I raised too many ducks and too many eggs, so I made some preserved eggs and salted duck eggs. If you like them, Prince, I will send someone to send some to you tomorrow." Yu Yunxin glanced at the prince and said.

Today, the prince saw the beauty in front of him eating delicious century eggs and lean meat. His taste buds were awakened again. He originally thought that the three kinds of meatballs yesterday were the most delicious food, but he did not expect that a simple bowl of porridge could also bring him such a shock.

He was about to speak when he was interrupted by a female voice.

"My cousin, I know you've left court. Look, I specially made you some osmanthus cake and sent it to you." Ye Qinghe said as she placed the food box on the table.

Seeing Yu Yunxin, he asked, "Who are you and what are you doing in the Prince's Mansion?"

Upon hearing this, the prince immediately stood up and said, "Qinghe is the Princess of Xingguo, and is also the candidate for the Crown Princess chosen by our mother. Don't be so rude to our guests."

Ye Qinghe stared at Yu Yunxin with a dissatisfied look and said, "She is just a country girl who only knows how to farm. My father is the Minister of Rites and my aunt is the Empress. How can she be considered a distinguished guest of the Crown Prince's cousin?"

"Shut up! Don't be unreasonable!" The prince stood up and scolded Ye Qinghe.

"Cousin Prince, you are so mean to me. You have never been so mean to me before. Is it just because of her?" Ye Qinghe looked at the prince in disbelief.

"Xin'er Qinghe has been spoiled in the Ye Mansion since she was a child and looks down on everyone. You don't have to care about what she says today." The prince said to Yu Yunxin with an apologetic look on his face.

Ye Qinghe was about to speak when she saw a bowl of porridge in front of the prince. She didn't know what was in the porridge, so she immediately said, "I heard from people in Jianghu that there is a Gu technique in the Southern Dian Kingdom. This Princess Xingguo has been in Nanling County for more than a year. Don't eat anything that your cousin has. Look at that black thing, it can't be a Gu worm, right?"

"Miss Ye, this princess has never offended you. Why are you slandering me for casting a curse?" Yu Yunxin said to Ye Qinghe.

"Shut up, Ye Qinghe. Don't come into my house without my permission. Ruan Ming, please ask Miss Ye to leave." The prince impatiently asked Guard Ruan to ask Ye Qinghe, who was talking nonsense, to leave.

Ruan Ming immediately walked to Ye Qinghe and said, "Cousin, please. If you don't leave, I will do it."

"My cousin the Crown Prince won't do that. Guard Ruan, you must have heard wrong! She should be thrown out." Ye Qinghe wanted to retort but Ruan Ming didn't say a word and simply carried the person on his shoulders and threw her out of the gate and closed the door.

Ye Qinghe got up from the ground and knocked on the door, saying, "Prince cousin, please open the door! Open the door!" But no one came to open the door.

In the East Hall, the prince finished eating the preserved egg, lean meat and honey cake that Yu Yunxin brought over and asked, "I want to eat more. Will Xin'er make it for me in the future?"

"Prince, aren't you afraid that I will put a curse on you?" Yu Yunxin teased.

"You have already put a curse on this prince, haven't you?" The prince said to Yu Yunxin with a wicked smile.

"I have never used a poison on the prince." Yu Yunxin pouted and muttered.

"Since you returned to Beijing, I have been missing you day and night. Tell me, did you poison me with a lovesickness poison?" The prince said as he held Yu Yunxin in his arms.

Yu Yunxin leaned in the prince's arms and felt the warmth from his body. This time she did not dodge and leaned directly on his chest. Looking at the prince's upright chest, she was sure that the prince was the Lord of the Underworld. Her heart was beating wildly.

The prince looked at the beauty in his arms. Her cheeks were like ripe peaches that made one want to take a bite. His thin lips couldn't help but gently kiss Yun Xin's forehead before he let go of Yun Xin.

"I have something else to do. I'll come back another day." Yu Yunxin raised her head. Her face was even redder now. She was afraid that she would lose control of the situation, so she immediately walked out of the right hall and hurriedly left the Prince's Mansion.

Looking at Yu Yunxin's departing back, his heart felt empty, and he said to Ruan Ming, "Take and eat this Ye Qinghe's osmanthus cake!" After that, he turned around and went straight to the study.

As soon as she left the house, she ran into Ye Qinghe. Seeing Yu Yunxin coming out of the Prince's House, Ye Qinghe wanted to block her way, but Yunshan easily threw her aside. She had been thrown down twice today.

She stood up and rubbed her buttocks, looking angrily at the carriage that was leaving. Ye Qinghe now bared her teeth in hatred and said, "You'd better stop dreaming if you want to be the Crown Princess, Yu Yunxin."

"Princess, I didn't feel the Lord of the Underworld's domineering and pure internal force when I was in the Prince's Mansion. Could it be that he can control and release his internal energy at will?" Yunshan said.

"I think he should be it. Okay, Yunshan, don't be so confused. By the way, when will Qiu Yong and the others come to Beijing?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"The princess and her family should be here soon." Yunshan replied, "Does the princess want to change to hotpot at the theater?"

"Winter in the capital is much colder than in Nanling County. Isn't it good to have hot pot? I also want the theater to diversify its business. Let's go and see if there are any shops near the theater." Yu Yunxin said as the carriage stopped near the theater.

This place is mainly occupied by restaurants, and she couldn't tell how much business there was since it wasn't meal time.

"Are these all restaurants?" Yu Yunxin said, looking at the restaurants.

"Yes, Princess, the East Street in the capital is mainly composed of restaurants." Yunshan said.

"That's great! Let's go and see how the theater is being renovated."

When they arrived at the theater, Chunyu, Qiu Shuang, and Yanluo were all helping. Li Wan had also renovated half of the patio.

"Cousin Xin'er, please take a look at what needs to be changed." Li Wan saw Yu Yunxin jump over.

"I want to change the location of the kitchen. If possible, we can directly buy the vacant land next door and rebuild the kitchen there. I also want to move the fried, grilled, braised snacks and cross-bridge rice noodles from Kangzhuang Town into the theater." Yu Yunxin said.

"If you say so, I really feel that this kitchen is not enough." Li Wan said: "I would be fine if you didn't say that. You just made me want to eat it, and that Peking duck."

"Okay! If you want to eat, just tell me what you want to eat and I'll ask someone in the mansion to deliver it to you in the evening." Yu Yunxin patted Li Wan and said.

"If you say so, I will have to work harder. Leave the kitchen to me! I promise to complete the task." Li Wan said with a smile.

Yu Yunxin walked around the building a few more times and she missed the place to stay. "Chun Yu, where do you think Zhao Banzhu and Qiu Yong should stay when they come?"

"Princess, don't you want us to build a kitchen next door? We can build a bigger one and build a yard so that they won't be crowded." Chunyu replied.

"My Chunyu is so smart. What are you waiting for? Cover it up quickly!" Yu Yunxin said while gently rubbing Chunyu's face.

"Princess, Anyuan is here!" A sharp male voice came from outside the door, and it was obviously the voice of the father-in-law.

Qiu Shuang ran over and opened the door. The eldest princess and An Yuanhou walked in one after another, took a look at the decoration inside the house and asked, "Princess, do you also want to open a music hall?"

"Princess, I want to open a theater!" Yu Yunxin replied.

"Theater?" An Yuanhou asked doubtfully.

"I met a troupe of people in Nanling County, and I invited them to come to Beijing to set up a troupe!" Yu Yunxin replied.

"I didn't expect that the princess really has such an idea?" said An Yuanhou.

"Princess, I want to tell you that the largest theater in the capital is Ruyi Theater. Not only do they have storytelling masters, but the Queen Mother also often invites them to perform in the palace." said the eldest princess.

"The most important thing is that their scripts are exclusive. If you invite a troupe to perform in the capital for a month and a half, the Ruyi Troupe will not say anything. But if you want to open a theater directly for a long time, you must find the owner behind the Ruyi Troupe to buy the script separately."

"I have the script, Princess. By the way, Princess, do you know the owner of the Ruyi Opera Troupe?" Yu Yunxin asked curiously.

The princess smiled and said, "The owner of Ruyi Opera Troupe is the Wang family, and the biggest boss behind them is the second prince Nangong Rui."

"The Second Prince!" Yu Yunxin looked at the eldest princess and Marquis Anyuan curiously.

"Yes! Since Wang Taifu became a high official from a poor scholar, he often used his salary to subsidize poor candidates. He even often invited candidates to book clubs. Among them, there was a group of candidates who specialized in writing scripts for the Ruyi Opera Troupe." The princess shook her head and said, "Without good scripts, it will be difficult for your theater to gain a foothold in the capital."

"Thank you for the reminder, Princess. Don't worry, I have many new scripts. I promise they will be even more exciting than the one performed by the Buyi Opera Troupe." Yu Yunxin replied.

"Oh! Then I am looking forward to it. This princess does not have much money to give you as a gift for your opening, but I have a group of craftsmen who specialize in building buildings for my Jiaofang Bureau and brothel. I can lend them to you. It can be regarded as a gift to you in advance!" said the eldest princess.

"Thank you so much, Princess!" Yu Yunxin thanked the princess excitedly when she heard that it was a craftsman.

"Actually, I have a very difficult matter to deal with this time." The eldest princess hesitated to speak.

An Yuanhou looked at the people around him and said to Yu Yun, "You two follow me."

Yu Yunxin brought the two of them to a private room on the third floor. The room was not decorated and had only three stools.

"My princess, when you danced the Hu Xuan dance last time, our dancers could only imitate 70% to 80% of it. They didn't dance with your charm. I want you to personally train a group of dancers who can learn some skills. You also know that some guests go crazy after watching pole dancing. Our dancers are being targeted whenever they go out." The eldest princess said helplessly.

"Does the princess want a female bodyguard?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"That's what I mean, Princess. You know that the people in the Jiaofang Bureau are all women, and it's not easy for us to provide close protection to our thugs all the time. It would be better if we could teach them some self-defense skills." An Yuanhou replied.

"Princess, please don't be prejudiced against the girls from the Music Bureau and brothels. They are also pitiful people. If they had better options, they would not have fallen into prostitution." The eldest princess said.

"Princess, have you ever thought about how much those women are worth in their lifetime?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"A beautiful woman can only be worth five thousand taels of silver at most. Princess, do you have a way to get them out of the brothels?" asked Marquis Anyuan.

"Of course! As long as you are smart and willing to work hard, I believe even an ugly woman can earn more than five thousand taels." Yu Yunxin replied.

The Princess and Marquis Anyuan looked at Yu Yunxin in disbelief: "My Lord, what can you do?"

Yu Yunxin came close to the eldest princess and said a lot. The eldest princess nodded continuously as she listened.

The two talked for a long time. Finally, the eldest princess stood up and said, "Okay, I will listen to you, my lady."

Women in this era were not as open-minded as they are today, but she could convert brothels into dance halls and bars to give those women who fell into prostitution better choices.

Some of them were of mediocre looks, so she could teach them how to make wine. There was also a group of maids who served the oiran girls, and she could make hairpins for them. After all, many hairpins were made by the maids themselves.

Casinos can be transformed into entertainment cities, which can play cards, mahjong, pai gow, etc. These games not only rely on luck, but also on higher wisdom and arithmetic, and there are many ways to play.

After discussing with the eldest princess, she immediately counted a group of women whose looks had faded and sent them directly to the outskirts of the city to learn how to make wine.

There was also a group of young children for whom she arranged for palace maids and nannies in the palace embroidery workshop to teach them how to embroider and wear flowers in their hair.

Now with the help of the eldest princess's craftsmen, the renovation of the theater has become much faster. She also selected some prostitutes with good acting skills and taught them how to act.

Yunshan asked Yanhong to pick more than a hundred high-level disciples from Yanyu Manor to come to the capital to protect those famous girls.

Now the eldest princess would come to the county princess's house. Yu Yunxin taught the eldest princess and several smart courtesans she brought with her how to play cards, including Landlord, Soha, and Ghost Cards.

"Princess, why are you teaching them these playing cards?" asked the eldest princess.

"Of course, they are the dealers in the gambling house!" Yu Yunxin said, "If the dealers are pretty girls, will there be more gamblers? And let them teach the gamblers new ways to play?"

"Do you mean to let my courtesan enter the gambling house?" asked the eldest princess.

"Yes! Isn't it less than serving clients in a brothel?" Yu Yunxin asked.

"We don't accept customers. Princess, your idea is good. We don't know how to brew wine or make hairpins, but I have plenty of ways to instigate a group of men to bet on me." said the courtesan on the side.

The best choice for a courtesan who can't do anything and only relies on her face to make a living is to work as a dealer in a gambling house. Many modern casinos not only have beautiful women but also many handsome guys to deal cards. Can't you attract more ladies?

The princess immediately understood and smiled: "My princess, how come you have so many ideas in your head? If what you said can really give those women a better way out, then you have done a great deed."