Chapter 1370 A small task for the children!
After realizing Ye Mingsheng's true identity, the girl still minded Ye's deception. However, as time went by, Chen Xiangling also knew that Ye Mingsheng's identity was sensitive and it was not convenient for him to go on a secret visit with his real identity, so she also understood Ye Mingsheng's difficulties to some extent.

During Ye Mingsheng's expedition to the west, Chen Xiangling was looking forward to her brother Ye's safe and triumphant return. After Ye Mingsheng's return, she was looking forward to Ye Mingsheng coming to Chen's Teahouse. However, when Ye Mingsheng returned from the expedition to the west, he came to Chen's Teahouse to drink tea, listen to music and relax.

When Chen Xiangling saw the arrival of her long-awaited Brother Ye, she was very excited, but she didn't know how to face Ye Mingsheng!
Although Ye Mingsheng, who previously called himself Ye Dong, was also a high-ranking official and the gap between the two people's identities was also very large, after knowing Ye Mingsheng's true identity, which was the rumored Marshal Ye, Chen Xiangling felt hesitant and entangled. She didn't know how to face Ye Mingsheng, so although she knew that Ye Mingsheng had come to the teahouse several times before, she did not meet Ye Mingsheng.

After Ye Mingsheng ascended the throne and changed the name of Da Zhou to Da Qian, Chen Xiangling was happy that her elder brother Ye had ascended to the supreme position. At the same time, she was looking forward to Ye Mingsheng's arrival even more. However, what she didn't expect was that since Ye Mingsheng ascended the throne, he had not come to Chen's Teahouse for more than half a year.

This made Chen Xiangling feel disappointed and she began to doubt herself. She was worried that Ye Mingsheng felt that there was something wrong with Chen’s Teahouse, so he stopped coming to drink tea there...
Seeing her young lady so worried, Lianxin, Chen Xiangling's personal maid, comforted her. The reason why Ye Mingsheng didn't come was probably not because there was something wrong with Chen's Teahouse, but it was probably because the new dynasty was just starting out with so many affairs, so Ye Mingsheng, as the emperor, was also preoccupied with things, so he didn't come to Chen's Teahouse to sit down.

The maid Lianxin's comfort did not ease Chen Xiangling's worries. On the contrary, as time passed, Chen Xiangling even felt sorry for herself and thought that Ye Mingsheng might have forgotten her. But she still stayed in the teahouse every day, hoping that God would have mercy on her and let her see her brother Ye again.

Chen Xiangling secretly made up her mind in the letter that if God gave her this opportunity again, she would definitely be more proactive!
As the saying goes, God will not disappoint those who work hard. Perhaps God also heard Chen Xiangling's voice and allowed Ye Mingsheng to come here again today.

Just when Ye Mingsheng came to the teahouse, Chen Xiangling happened to be on the second floor. When she saw Ye Mingsheng's haunting figure, Chen Xiangling's first reaction was that she had seen it wrong. After confirming that Ye Mingsheng had come to the teahouse again, Chen Xiangling was also surprised and happy.

However, just as Chen Xiangling was getting ready to dress up beautifully and muster up the courage to appear in front of Ye Mingsheng, she noticed the three little guys beside Ye Mingsheng.

Seeing how close the three little guys were to Ye Mingsheng, Chen Xiangling immediately realized that the three of them were Ye Mingsheng's children.

Although she had known for a long time that Ye Mingsheng was a father, when she saw the appearance of Ye Mingsheng's child again, an indescribable feeling lingered in the heart of Chen Xiangling, a girl who was not yet twenty years old. This feeling immediately made Chen Xiangling's courage, which she had finally mustered, disappear.

At this time, the maid Lian Xin in the room looked at her young lady who was secretly sad, and comforted her with some heartache:

"Miss, don't be sad. I told you before that His Majesty didn't come because he was busy with official business, not because he was dissatisfied with our teahouse. Now that he is here again, he will come again in the future!"

Listening to Lian Xin's words, Chen Xiangling smiled bitterly, and then for some reason she suddenly felt something and said faintly:

"Lian Xin, do you think it's really possible?"

Although her mistress did not specify the possibility, Lianxin, as her personal maid, understood what her mistress meant, and hesitation appeared on her pretty face.

She really wanted to express her true opinion, but she was afraid that the truth would hurt her young lady again!
Although Lian Xin didn't say anything, seeing her hesitant look, Chen Xiangling, who also understood her thoughts, also had a sad look on her pretty face...

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Ye Mingsheng had no idea what happened after he left Chen's Teahouse. At this time, the emperor of Daqian, who was on a secret visit, was walking with his three children on Ping'an Street, a business district newly developed in Yijing in the past year, under the protection of guards such as Zhang Hu.

With the economic development of Yijing in recent years, Yijing's original urban structure can no longer meet the needs of Yijing's development. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, Liu Ning, the prefect of Yijing, proposed the idea of ​​transformation. After discussion in the cabinet, Ye Mingsheng finally agreed with Liu Ning's idea.

Before the renovation, the area around Ping'an Street was a residential area that had existed for 150 years. Most of the buildings were courtyard houses and large houses, and it was home to as many as 70,000 people. More than 90% of these 70,000 people were low-income people, with an annual income of less than three taels and six cents of silver.

However, under Liu Ning's renovation, the courtyards and slums on Ping'an Street were basically razed to the ground, and replaced by two- and three-story buildings. The original residents also basically all moved back and lived in the new houses, and Liu Ning also built the Ping'an Street business district in the remaining vacant land.

At this time, Ping'an Street was lined with businesses on both sides, including formal restaurants, as well as snacks such as stinky tofu, pastries, meat pies, wontons, and stewed meat. In addition, there were businesses selling cloth, porcelain, tea, furniture, and pawnshops. In the middle of the street, there was a Dadongsheng Bank.

Seeing the clean, tidy, bustling and prosperous street, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but nodded. Ye Mingsheng had been to Ping'an Street before. In Ye Mingsheng's impression, this place was synonymous with dirtiness and chaos. He didn't expect that after a few years, this place would have such earth-shaking changes...
Compared to Ye Mingsheng's satisfaction, the three children beside him also looked excited. Jingren was not too surprised because he had been to Changchun Garden, another large market in Yijing with Ye Mingsheng before. Therefore, he looked a little better at this time.

But Jingcheng and Xingtong have basically never left the Ye Mansion and the imperial palace behind them since they were born, so at this moment they are just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, with excitement all over their little faces, looking around here and there!
As a fragrance wafted over, Jing Cheng's eyes were immediately attracted to a store selling cooked food. Coincidentally, at this moment, at a seat near the door of the store, a diner was happily gnawing on a big pork elbow, his mouth full of oil, which made people feel hungry just by looking at him.

Jing Cheng, the most greedy of the three children, could not walk immediately after seeing this. He pulled Ye Mingsheng's sleeve and said:

"Dad! I want to eat pork elbow too!"

Ye Mingsheng was quite surprised to hear this. Just now in the teahouse, he ordered seven plates of snacks, plus some fruit plates and fried nuts. He ate two plates of these, Jingren ate one and a half plates, and Xingtong, a girl with a smaller appetite, only ate one plate. The remaining three plates were eaten by Jingcheng.

In addition, Jingcheng also ate nearly half of the roasted peanuts, melon seeds, almonds and walnuts, and ate a lot of apricots and jujubes from the fruit plate. Seeing him eat so much, Ye Mingsheng was worried that he had eaten too much and was full. He never thought that less than an incense stick of time had passed and his third son was hungry again...

Looking at Jingcheng who was looking up at him eagerly, Ye Mingsheng felt a little helpless. He pointed at Jingcheng's slightly bulging belly and said:
"Jingcheng! You've already eaten a lot today, aren't you afraid that you'll get sick from eating too much?"

Facing his father's gaze, Jing Cheng touched his stomach with his little hand. Although he could feel that he had eaten a little too much, but smelling the aroma of the braised pork elbow, Jing Cheng still said with a guilty conscience:

"Dad! I'm still hungry! I can still eat!"

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng also shook his head and said:
"You are not allowed to eat it now. If you really want to eat braised pork elbow, ask the chef to make it for you when you get home. I guarantee that our chef's will make it better than theirs. I will give you the biggest pork elbow then!"

Hearing Ye Mingsheng say this, Jing Cheng asked doubtfully:

"Dad, are you serious? Are you really going to give me the biggest elbow?"

Seeing that his younger brother Jingcheng was concentrating on eating, Xingtong said sarcastically:
"Jingcheng, why are you so greedy? Shame on you!" After saying that, Xingtong did not forget to make a face at her brother. However, Jingcheng turned a deaf ear to the ridicule of his second sister Xingtong and focused on looking at Ye Mingsheng.

Feeling his third son's gaze full of desire and expectation, Ye Mingsheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. But then he thought that this child was so focused on eating, which might not be a good thing for other children, but for his son, Ye Mingsheng, it might not be a bad thing.

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng gently pinched Jingcheng's chubby little face and assured:
"Don't worry! Dad will ask the chef to make braised pork elbow for you tomorrow!"

Jingcheng nodded in satisfaction when he heard that, and the group continued to move forward. They happened to pass by a stall selling kites. Looking at the lifelike swallow kite, Xingtong, who had just laughed at his brother Jingcheng for being greedy, was now attracted.

"Dad! I want a kite..."

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng glanced at the kite stall, then looked at his two sons and asked:
"Do you two want a kite?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Jing Ren was about to speak when he heard Jing Cheng answer without hesitation:
"Yes! Dad, I want that tiger kite!"

Hearing that his brother wanted this majestic tiger kite, Jingren looked a little hesitant, but after a moment's hesitation he said:

"Dad! I want that monkey kite!"

Noticing the change in Jingren's expression, Ye Mingsheng didn't say anything, but he nodded secretly in his heart and then instructed Zhang Hu:
“Buy all the kites on his stall!”

"Yes!"

A moment later, in the surprised eyes of the kite vendor, Zhang Hu bought all the kites. However, just as the three little guys were excitedly preparing to take their favorite kites from Zhang Hu, Ye Mingsheng stopped them and taught them:

"I've bought you the kite! But I can't give it to you for free. You three have to complete a small task!"

When they heard that Ye Mingsheng was going to assign a small task, the three little guys became interested and said:
"What is a small task?"

"Dad, what do you want us to do?"

Ye Mingsheng said seriously:

"Jingren, go to the grain store and ask about the grain prices. Jingheng, go to the meat stall and ask how much pork costs per pound. Xingtong, go to the cloth shop and ask how much a piece of cloth costs!"

“If you ask me the price, I will give you the kite as a reward. If you fail to complete this task, I will not give you the kite…”

After hearing Ye Mingsheng's arrangement, Jingren and Xingtong both seemed very confident and said they would definitely ask about the price. Only Jingcheng seemed a little worried, but he didn't say anything and walked towards the meat stall. Ye Mingsheng also gave Zhang Hu a look.

Zhang Hu immediately understood what he meant, and more than a dozen plainclothes guards followed, secretly protecting the safety of the three children.

Ye Mingsheng waited for less than half a cup of tea, and Jingren came back first and introduced to Ye Mingsheng:

"Dad, the Zhang's grain store I went to charges 7,000 silver coins per stone for old rice, and 9 cents silver coins per stone for new rice. The store owner said that due to the work law and the increase in rent, as well as the court's increase in the guiding price of grain, the price of grain has increased a bit compared to before!"

"He also advised me that I should buy some food now, otherwise the price of food will go up!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly, then asked Zhang Hu to hand the monkey kite to Jingren. At this time, Jingcheng also came back and said directly to Ye Mingsheng:

"Dad! The butcher said pork is now two cents a pound!"

Without waiting for Ye Mingsheng's agreement, Jingcheng happily walked to Zhang Hu and took the tiger kite. At this time, Xingtong came back with red eyes under the protection of several plainclothes guards. Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng frowned and asked Xingtong:
"What happened?"

Facing his father's question, Xing Tong said very aggrievedly:
"Dad, I went to the cloth shop to ask how much a piece of cloth cost, but the clerk not only refused to tell me but also treated me harshly!"

"Why did he hurt you?"

"He told me to go play somewhere else and not to disturb him while he was doing business!"

Before the words fell, Xiao Xingtong, who felt wronged, also left two little pearls, then hugged Ye Mingsheng's thigh and said:

"Dad, I don't want to ask about the price of the cloth. I want my swallow kite!"

Hearing Xing Tong say this, Ye Mingsheng was a little hesitant. According to the rules set before, Xing Tong would not get the kite if she did not complete the task. However, seeing his daughter crying like this, Ye Mingsheng felt a little soft-hearted...