There is a happy inn in the capital.

Chapter 214 Spitting Blood

There's an extra option in the seed section.

Flower seeds? There are flower seeds?

Li Shuchen saw seeds of bellflowers, baby's breath, tulips, hydrangeas, chrysanthemums, roses, peonies, carnations... and even seeds of night-blooming cereus.

He sat up straight immediately.

Wonderful, wonderful!

Within the capital city, only the imperial palace has an abundance of flowers; other places have very few. It seems beautiful flowers are quite rare in this world. Perhaps she should buy some, plant them, and once they mature and bloom into fragrant flowers, she could sell them—it would definitely be a huge success! Hehehe.

The inn only earns revenue if the flowers are sold there; simply selling them like that is not feasible, as the inn doesn't have the space and it's not suitable.

Making it into floral essential oils would be a good idea. You could use it for guests' baths, leaving them smelling wonderful, slightly tipsy, and completely captivated. Then you could charge them extra and make a fortune!

Hahahaha, that's it! We'll plant them in the spring on her hundred-acre estate. The fragrance will fill the whole city; how could we not make money then? Hehehe.

Li Shuchen was in high spirits after thinking of a way to make money, and hummed a song as he went downstairs.

Grape stared at her young mistress, utterly puzzled. Her mistress's mood was so unpredictable; one moment it was like a cloudy day, the next like a sunny day; one moment she wanted to cry, the next she wanted to laugh. Could it be a lingering ailment from her serious illness? She quickly asked...

"Miss, you've rested well. Are you still feeling unwell?"

Li Shuchen smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, alright, I feel fine."

"Waiter, I'd like an order of three-color taro balls."

"Waiter, one order of fried sweet potato balls, three colors, please."

"Waiter, another order of three-color potato cakes for this table."

Xiao Feng and Yu'er were running around in circles, and Zhao Lingyu and Zhao Yuling came to help.

Seeing his business thriving, Li Shuchen grinned and walked up to Manager Xu, asking...

"Uncle Xu, have you added some new methods? How come you're selling such good winter produce?"

Manager Xu stroked his beard and replied

"Miss, everything was done according to your instructions."

Li Shuchen stroked his chin, feigning inscrutableness, and said...

"Oh? Then our winter seasonal sales are much better than spring, summer, and autumn sales."

Manager Xu said with a smile

"Miss, our winter sweet potatoes are cheaper and more filling than spring, summer, and autumn sweet potatoes. These three-colored sweet potatoes are only available here; you can't buy them anywhere else. Miss, look, the line for roasted sweet potatoes stretches for two blocks!"

Li Shuchen found this reasonable and nodded, walking to Qianqian's side.

"Qianqian, are you tired? Take a rest if you're tired."

She shook her head slightly.

"Sister Shuchen, Qianqian isn't tired. Sister Shuchen has just recovered from her illness, so please go and rest."

Li Shuchen felt a surge of warmth upon hearing this, and picked up the oil paper...

"Sister Shuchen isn't tired either. Sister Shuchen will help you sell roasted sweet potatoes."

After Li Shuchen finished speaking, he happily began packing sweet potatoes, humming a self-composed rhyme as he did so.

"The weather's nice today, hehe; she's in a good mood, hehe; selling roasted sweet potatoes, hehe; so fragrant they'll make your teeth ache, hehe."

"The Great General was severely injured and remains unconscious."

With a "thud," the sweet potato in Li Shuchen's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

Li Shuchen, who was motionless, shook slightly.

"Sister Shuchen, are you alright? Sister Shuchen, Sister Shuchen!"

Li Shuchen snapped out of his daze and hurriedly asked the man what was going on.

When did this happen?

"A notice was just posted."

Guests: "Let's go take a look!"

Half of the people queuing to buy roasted sweet potatoes left.

Li Shuchen quickly followed, arriving at the notice board with the crowd.

A huge crowd had gathered in front of the notice, and Li Shuchen crouched down and began to squeeze in.

"Let me see, let me see!"

After much effort, I squeezed to the front and looked up at the notice.

"General Zhenshe was unfortunately seriously wounded in the Battle of Qingzhou and fell into a coma. Qingzhou fell."

After reading it, Li Shuchen trembled violently, vomited a mouthful of blood, and fainted on the street.

"Miss, Miss, Miss"

Grape stood anxiously outside the crowd.

The eighth and ninth brothers flew from the eaves to Li Shuchen's side, helping him up on either side.

Seeing this, Grape hurriedly called out, "Quickly, let my young lady pass! Quickly, let my young lady pass!"

The three men helped Li Shuchen back to the inn.

Yu'er rushed forward to ask when she saw the unconscious Li Shuchen.

"Miss, what happened? She was fine just now!"

"Miss, Miss"

The inn staff all called out Li Shuchen's name, hoping to wake her up.

One of the customers eating fried sweet potato balls said, "Hey, look, what's wrong with Miss Li now?"

The customer eating the three-colored taro balls replied, "After seeing the notice, Miss Li vomited a large mouthful of blood and fainted immediately."

A customer eating tricolor potato pancakes asked, "What notice?"

The customer eating the three-colored taro balls replied, "General Zhenshe is seriously injured and unconscious; Qingzhou has fallen."

One of the customers eating fried sweet potato balls said, "Ah, with Qingzhou fallen, aren't we doomed too?"

A customer eating tricolor sweet potato cakes sighed, "Alas, we won't be able to reach the capital anytime soon. The Emperor will surely send people to guard it. It's just that Miss Li has only just recovered from a serious illness and has fainted again. It's truly pitiful."

Manager Xu calmly said after learning the reason

"Quickly help Miss back to her room, Grape will go find Linglong."

"Good"*n

Three Treasures Hall

Li Shuchen lay in bed, with Lao Ba and Lao Jiu guarding his bedside.

Linglong rushed over, took Li Shuchen's pulse, and then exhaled.

Grape frowned and asked, "Miss, how is it?"

Linglong replied, "Miss vomited blood because of a momentary emotional distress that affected her heart. It's nothing serious; she'll be fine after a few days of rest."

Grape patted her heart and said, "That's good, that's good."

Upon hearing this, the eighth and ninth brothers left and stood guard at the door to prevent anyone from disturbing the young lady's rest.

When Grape was feeding Li Shuchen his medicine, Princess Changning rushed over.

"Li Shuchen, Li Shuchen, how could you have become like this in just one day? You're telling me to leave today, but I shouldn't have. Even if you try to drive me away this time, I won't leave. I'll watch over you until you're fully recovered. Ah~ ah ah~~ ah ah ah~~~"

Princess Changning cried loudly, her wails were earth-shattering.

The guests downstairs overheard this and exclaimed how kind Princess Changning was to Miss Li.

On the other side of Weijing

"Your Majesty, Li Shuchen vomited blood and fainted after learning of Liang Yuying's whereabouts."

"Hahaha, we're not far from the success of our grand plan. Tell our men over there to keep a close eye on Liang Yuying, strike while she's down, and make sure she doesn't come back alive."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

……

At night, the Three Treasures Hall

A young woman was happily munching on a roasted sweet potato.

"Wow, these roasted sweet potatoes smell so good! I could eat them every day!"

"Your acting is a bit too realistic; you even coughed up blood!"

Li Shuchen said with a grin

"It's just a little trinket, Ziying, don't worry."

Princess Changning said upon hearing this

"Li Shuchen, could I have some of your gadgets? I'd like to play with them too."

"Next time, I'll take you there next time."

Li Shuchen took another bite of sweet potato and said, "Now that Yu Ying has recaptured the entire city, is it not far from returning to the capital?"