Chapter 623: Silly Son (2/2)

However, her son, whose heart and mind already belonged to someone else, insensibly said, ”But Cao'er already has so many businesses in her hands. If she wants to leave the chocolate production workshop to her family, it wouldn’t be appropriate to have the workshop at the manor in the betrothal gift we sent. How about... I’ll help her find and purchase some land nearby, and then build the workshop there.”

Imperial Prince Jing and his wife glared at their son and inwardly sighed, ‘Who are we doing this for? This stinky brat is so ungrateful. We worried about him for nothing!’

As the days went by, New Year's Eve came quietly in the snow. The Yu and Fang families had a loud and noisy New Year's Eve dinner. Fang Haolin and his many siblings spent the New Year together. He was so excited that he couldn't bear to go to sleep for most of the night. Because they had to stay up all night on New Year’s Eve, the two families just let him. However, he was still too young and ended up falling asleep before dawn. Xiaocao left him to sleep in her room.

In the first month, when the two families were free, they would occasionally meet up to play cards and mahjong. On the sixth day of the month, Princess Consort Jing invited the opera troupe to the Prince Jing’s Estate and invited the Yu and Fang families to go to see the show. Not only these two families but almost all the influential figures in the capital had been invited. This was also a means to introduce their future in-laws, the Yu Family.

At first, Madam Liu was still a little stiff-faced when facing so many of the capital’s noblewomen. However, Princess Consort Jing acted very friendly and familiar with her, and she was accompanied by Lady Fang. Gradually, her appearance and behavior began to become more natural.

Madam Liu knew very clearly that at this moment, she was representing her daughter. Her daughter’s future in-laws would be high in power and her future mother-in-law was also of noble birth. There would be many wives of high-ranking officials waiting with critical eyes to see her become a joke. Her younger daughter made a living for herself in the capital alone and finally had a breakthrough. As her mother, even though she couldn’t help, she wouldn’t drag her down!

In her mind, the etiquette that the senior palace servant taught her gradually became clear. She became calmer and more comfortable. She even handled a few difficult questions the noble ladies threw at her. Of course, the most important thing was Princess Consort Jing's attitude towards her. Seeing her attitude, the noblewomen present dare not slight her. Lady Fang’s help from time to time had also prevented her from having many difficulties.

As for Yu Hai, Yu Hang and Yu Fan, who were in the outer courtyard, there was no need to worry about them. Not to mention the protectiveness in Imperial Prince Jing's words, but with the way that Royal Prince Yang took good care of them, no one would dare slight them and offend the death god.

It didn’t matter whether the opera was entertaining or not. The most important thing was that the aristocrats of the capital all knew about the marriage between Imperial Prince Jing's Household and the Yu Family. The Yu family, a small family of a peasant origin, would have a foothold in the capital.

On the other hand, the noble misses in the inner courtyard were happily enjoying the sweets and snacks served to them. Since the opening of ‘The Yu's Frozen Dessert and Pastries Store’, these proud women of the capital have instantly abandoned the so-called established brands and favored these novel foods. In particular, The Yu’s limited sales cakes were hard to buy every day. If anyone was lucky enough to grab one, she could show off among her sisters for a long time.

What could they do when ‘The Yu's Frozen Dessert and Pastries Store’ was able to satisfy these pampered ladies’ appreciation of beauty in terms of both appearance and taste?

When these noble misses, who thought they had tried all the delicious food in the world, tasted the cakes served at the Prince Jing's Estate, they realized how ignorant they were. They listened as the servants introduced ‘tiramisu’, ‘fruit tarts’, ‘matcha red bean cake’, ‘opera cake’, and ‘chocolate mousse’… Just the names alone seemed high class!

Not only were the names nice sounding, but the appearances of the cakes were also beautiful and attractive, which made them not want to destroy their art-like shapes. However, their attractive fragrance made people want to taste them.

As the daughter-in-law of the host, the wife of the Imperial Prince Jing’s heir gave each of the young maidens a small spoon, inviting them to have a taste of the cake.

Yu Xiaocao was pulled aside by several of her good friends, and they sat around a round table, forming a small circle. In this small circle, there was the high status Royal Princess Minglan, the two talented beauties of the capital, and the sisters with an impressive family background, Li Mengqi and Li Mengru. The person in the center was Yu Xiaocao, who was rumored to be engaged to Royal Prince Yang.

Although the composition of the members of the small circle was a bit complicated, everyone was envious of it, and it was impossible for them to get close to it. It could be said that if this small circle wanted to expand, all the noble maidens in the capital would wrack their brains to integrate into it.

Not to mention that there were noble maidens in this group that many want to flatter but couldn’t, but not just anyone could curry favor with Yu Xiaocao, this shining Buddha. It wasn't that she was arrogant and cold, but it was that she was usually too busy and didn't have many opportunities to get together with the noble maidens in the capital. She also often has a frightful 'big and loyal dog' guarding beside her, giving everyone a sense of alienation.