Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

"Sir, these snacks and desserts I invented are not expensive at all."

Chu Yanluo clenched her hands, raised her chin and said, "Don't you think a pot of wine costs hundreds of taels of silver? All these snacks I have only cost a little over a hundred taels of silver. They are so cheap, why do you think it's expensive?"

"Besides, these snacks of mine are not available anywhere else but at Qingyunlou. They have unique flavors and great presentation. When you entertain guests, you can have them served to you, which will make you look good!"

Xiao Qingyuan frowned. "The wine I drink is different from the one hundred taels per pot. It is aged for more than ten years. Besides, the young man downstairs also said that these snacks are also available in Zuixianlou."

Chu Yanluo was extremely angry: "He is talking nonsense, but you just believe him! I spent a lot of effort to develop these snacks and desserts. No one else can make them, let alone Zuixianlou. If Zuixianlou had them, they would have sold them out and become famous. How could they always be suppressed by Qingyunlou!"

Xiao Qingyuan looked at the previous diner: "Sir, are you here to mess things up on purpose, or does Zuixianlou really have these kinds of food?"

The customer's face turned pale. "I wouldn't ruin the place for more than a hundred taels of silver! Since you don't believe that Zuixianlou has these foods, why don't you send someone to buy them and take a look? If I lied, I will immediately apologize to Miss Chu and Qingyunlou! But if what I said is true, you have to compensate me for my loss today! Those broken things are not worth more than a hundred taels!"

Chu Yanluo immediately turned to the shopkeeper and said, "Send someone to buy some snacks. I want to see how Zuixianlou can make the same snacks as mine!"

Of course, she didn't believe that Zuixianlou could make the same snacks, because these snacks of hers only became popular in the capital a few years later. A few years earlier, no one in the capital ate them.

Xiao Qingyuan looked at her confident appearance, but in his heart he felt that Chu Yanluo's previous image of being aloof and arrogant began to collapse.

For the first time, he felt that she was somewhat ignorant, and also realized for the first time the huge gap between their social backgrounds. It seemed that she... was not as broad-minded as he had imagined.

The new type of pastries she so-called invented were indeed uncommon. Ordinary people would never make such exquisite and beautiful pastries. Firstly, it was very time-consuming and laborious to make them. Secondly, it required a large amount of fresh cow's milk, goat's milk, etc., and it also required honey which ordinary people could not afford.

However, Xiao Qingyuan was born in the Ning Prince's Mansion, and he could enter the palace whenever he wanted. Whether in the palace or the Ning Prince's Mansion, beautiful and exquisite snacks were very common, and he had long been tired of them.

The snacks invented by Chu Yanluo were indeed sweeter than those in the palace and Prince Ning's Mansion, but that was all. Except for the fruit yogurt ice bowl which was a little special, the rest of the snacks were not much different from those in Prince Ning's Mansion. At most, there were some differences in shape. The ones in Qingyunlou were more fancy and embellished with fresh flower petals.

It's just this little stuff, but he sells it for one hundred and thirty-six taels. Isn't this a rip-off?

Although Xiao Qingyuan spends money like water, he still has a sense of justice in his heart as taught by Princess Ning. He does not want Chu Yanluo to do anything deceptive.

He couldn't help but say, "Yanluo, you used to be impatient with those vulgar things like gold and silver, and you had no interest in money. Why are you setting such high prices for a few ordinary snacks just to make money? Re-price them. With such high prices, few people will eat them except those who are curious and want to try them out."

After hearing this, Chu Yanluo's face became even uglier.

He said this as if she was some kind of black-hearted businessman! Wasn't this intentional destruction of her image as a cold fairy who was detached from the world?

Moreover, who was so poor that he couldn't even buy her a bowl of bird's nest soup? Who went to Shen Wantang to borrow money humbly for a few hundred taels of silver?

She lived with him in the palace, but she didn't even have a decent piece of clothing or a decent piece of jewelry!

If she doesn't find a way to make money, she will starve to death in Prince Ning's Mansion!

She said coldly, "If you think it's expensive, then don't eat it! You also know that I'm not interested in gold and silver. I set this price not to make money, but to make the diners here feel good. Qingyunlou is the largest restaurant in Beijing. If the dim sum is sold too cheaply, it will only make the diners lose face and lose their status!"

The shopkeeper also said, "Yes, my Lord. Our Qingyun Restaurant is a symbol of noble status. Those who come to eat here are either rich or noble. Naturally, the dim sum must be delicious and special. You can't get it in other places. Doesn't this highlight the level of dining in our Qingyun Restaurant?"

As a result, just as he finished speaking, the waiter who went to Zuixianlou to buy snacks came back.

The waiter's eyes flickered a little: "Boss, I bought some snacks and desserts. Do you want to... go in and try them?"

He deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the two words "inside", hoping that the shopkeeper would not eat outside.

The shopkeeper knew there must be something fishy going on and was about to agree when Chu Yanluo said confidently, "You don't have to go inside to taste it, just try it outside. I don't believe their snacks can be better than mine!"

The shopkeeper had no choice but to taste it outside. Not only that, Xiao Qingyuan also came to taste it, and other people in the private room upstairs also came downstairs to taste it out of curiosity.

After everyone finished eating, their eyes widened: "Isn't this ice bowl exactly the same as the one in Qingyun Building?!"

"This snack looks different from Qingyunlou's, but the taste and texture are the same! What's going on? Have we all been deceived by Qingyunlou?"

"Hey, Miss Chu, didn't you say that this was a snack you invented exclusively? How come Zuixianlou also has it? And Zuixianlou had it a few days ago, even earlier than yours!"

"Boss, give me back my money! You are clearly swindling. Zuixianlou only sells one serving for three taels of silver, but you are selling it for thirty taels. How dare you? Do you really think we are being taken advantage of?"

The shopkeeper's mind was buzzing, and he turned to look at Chu Yanluo: "Miss Chu, what's going on? Why does Zuixianlou also have these desserts and snacks? Did you teach them how to make the ice bowls?"

After Chu Yanluo tasted the ice bowl and other snacks, his face turned pale: "Impossible! How is this possible?! How could other people make fruit yogurt ice bowl? This was clearly not introduced to Dafeng until a few years later..." by foreign merchants!

Could it be Shen Mingxuan?

She has always claimed to the public that she was reborn. Could it be that she taught it to the chef of Zuixianlou and he deliberately challenged her?

Damn Shen Mingxuan, she killed her in her last life, and she wanted to kill her again in this life! She hadn't gone to find Shen Mingxuan to avenge her death in her last life, but she didn't expect Shen Mingxuan to start harming her first!