After being expelled from the mansion, I changed the dynasty by writing novels.

Chapter 174 Delicious! I love it!

"Doesn't His Highness dislike food? Why did Protector Chen send it over?" Someone asked as Protector Chen turned to leave.

"I don't understand! Don't overthink it. Didn't His Highness drink milk tea and have desserts last time? I don't think it's because he doesn't like food, it's just that he hasn't come across any good food yet!"

"That's true! We've been staying at Manager Ye's residence for so long that I haven't even worn a mask. I'm not used to it anymore. If I weren't afraid of being discovered, I would have gone to Tea House and ordered a whole table of desserts! It's a pity my 88VIP card is tied up! I can't use it for now! Without desserts, my heart is dead!"

"Be careful, don't let Boss Chen hear what you just said. If Boss Chen complains to His Highness, you'll lose your monthly allowance! How will you afford to upgrade to 88VIP then!"

"That's right! You should be grateful that you get two monthly allowances!"

The bodyguard, who had been persuaded, couldn't help but nod, and was even told that he really had come out ahead.

While the group was chatting, Chen, the head guard, had already gone to his room to find a clean bundle, put the corn he was carrying into the bundle, and slung it over his shoulder.

As it happened, he was out with Manager Ye today and didn't need to work the night shift, so he used his lightness skill to leave the Ye residence under the cover of night.

As night deepened, Qi Jingyue, who hadn't visited the Zhiyu Bookstore in a long time, was handling state affairs in the Eastern Palace.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the study door. "Your Highness, Zixin is back."

Qi Jingyue frowned, thinking something had happened to Ye Yuwu, and said loudly to the window, "Let him in."

A moment later, Chen Huyuan, also known as Zixin, carefully carried his bundle in.

Seeing this, Qi Jingyue couldn't help but ask him first, "What's in your bundle?"

"Your Highness, this is the food I found today while accompanying Manager Ye to the estate."

"Oh?!" Qi Jingyue exclaimed in surprise.

Zixin, with keen insight, took the bundle down and walked to His Highness's desk, lifting a corner of the bundle.

Qi Jingyue looked inside. "What's this?"

"Your Highness, Manager Ye calls this thing 'Jade Bamboo Seed,' and it tastes quite good; it can be boiled and eaten directly. I brought it back from Manager Ye specifically so that Your Highness could try it."

"Linglong!" Qi Jingyue called out to the outside.

"Your subordinate is here!" The person outside responded to the voice, but to everyone's surprise, the voice of the person called "Linglong" was a deep male voice.

"Take the corn that Zixin brought back to the kitchen and cook it."

"It's Your Highness!"

A short while later, the door was opened.

A man dressed as a guard walked in, bowing his head respectfully as he took away the bundle from the Crown Prince's desk.

The door closed again.

"Tell me, what else is there? Even a bodyguard like you can't keep your emotions hidden." Qi Jingyue's insight was still quite impressive.

Even though she tried her best to hide it, he still discovered the clues.

"Your Highness, when I went to Manager Ye's estate this time, I was surprised to find that she was still growing crops there even in the dead of winter!"

"Winter? Crops? So what you just showed me was produced this winter?" Qi Jingyue never imagined that the words "winter" and "crops" could be linked together.

Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince had misunderstood, Zi Xin quickly explained, "Your Highness, this is not a cold-resistant plant. It's because Manager Ye built a huge thatched house on the estate. Manager Ye and the farmers on her estate call it a 'greenhouse.' I was fortunate enough to go inside, and it was a completely different world inside. The crops actually grow very well there!"

Zi Xin became more and more excited as she spoke, to the point that Qi Jingyue almost couldn't believe it was true. "Is it really that amazing? Crops can grow in winter?"

"Your Highness, I dare not deceive you. It's just that Manager Ye said this greenhouse is not perfect yet, and its heat preservation effect is not very significant..."

At this point, Zixin couldn't help but secretly glance at His Highness. Unexpectedly, His Highness, who was always indifferent, had a faint smile on his lips.

"Ha, I knew she had a lot of strange and wonderful ideas in her head. Only she could make something like this." Whenever His Highness the Crown Prince spoke of Manager Ye, he would subconsciously use "I" instead of "I" when speaking.

She was shocked, unable to imagine that His Highness could speak with such a doting tone.

"Anything else? Tell me everything that happened at the Ye residence these past few days, in detail!"

Upon hearing this, Zixin honestly recounted everything that had happened at the Ye residence in the past few days to His Highness the Crown Prince.

After finally finishing talking, the corn in the kitchen was cooked.

Someone had already tested it for poison before we dared to serve it to His Highness.

After all, this was the Eastern Palace, and no one had ever seen this before. They were really worried about feeding it to His Highness the Crown Prince like this, so someone tested it to make sure it was safe before serving it.

Qi Jingyue picked up the steaming hot corn kernels, but instead of eating them first, he held them in his hand and examined them carefully. He found the plant's appearance quite interesting before slowly putting them into his mouth to taste.

"It tastes sweet and soft, not bad."

At this moment, he truly became interested in the greenhouse that Fang Zixin had just mentioned.

"If greenhouses are so amazing, then if they were used in the fields, wouldn't we be able to eat whatever vegetables we wanted in winter?!"

"Your Highness, I'm afraid that won't work. These greenhouses are expensive; they require charcoal in winter and ice in summer, which farmers probably can't afford."

"That's true, I was too naive. But this greenhouse is quite nice."

Qi Jingyue also owned several estates, which were usually abandoned, with only occasional vegetables grown there for consumption.

This piqued his interest, but since he didn't know how to build the greenhouse, he had to put the matter aside for the time being.

With everything settled here, His Highness the Crown Prince returned to the Ye residence.

Sure enough, they ate corn the next day.

“This tastes good.”

In the courtyard where the guards lived, several people sat together eating corn.

"Unfortunately, there's only one piece per person."

"Be content with what you have; others want it but can't get it."

The guard sitting on the steps couldn't help but glance at the guard sitting on the stone bench eating corn.

"Hey, I heard the head of the family went to the kitchen today, saying he wanted to use these corn kernels to make starch!"

What is starch?

"Have you read any of Wuming's novels? The latest one, 'The Little Chef of Jinchao,' mentions '芡' (xǔn), which refers to starch."

One of the nurses responded positively, "I've seen it. What is the owner planning to do with this?"

Chen, the head nurse, suddenly added from the side, "I heard from Miss Huaping that the master of the family wants to make sponge cakes."

Sitting on the stone steps, the guard couldn't help but exclaim, "Chicken cake! The chicken cake from 'The Little Chef of the Jin Dynasty'?! Can it really be made? I always thought it was just something I imagined!"

Sitting next to the affiliated hospital, someone couldn't help but cover their ears with their hands, exclaiming, "Hey! Why are you so agitated! You're talking so loudly, you're going to shatter my ears!"