Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich

Chief Steward Chen couldn't find out what the old Chief Eunuch Li had received at the Ye Residence last night.

After the Emperor returned to the Imperial Study Room following the early-morning court session, he had someone make him chrysanthemum and honey tea.

Chief Steward Chen remarked to the Emperor that the flavor of the chrysanthemums and honey in the palace was different from the chrysanthemum and honey tea he drank yesterday in the Empress's palace.

As the Emperor, how could he not obtain anything he desired?

With Chief Steward Chen's explanation, he summoned a spy and then learned that the old Chief Eunuch Li had gone to General Ye's Mansion yesterday and went again today.

Yesterday, he went on behalf of the Empress to deliver a gift, which he knew about; as for what gift he had received, he didn't care.

Today, old Chief Eunuch Li visited the General Mansion again and delivered another gift, which was somewhat special.

The spy reported back to the Emperor that the Lady of General Ye's Mansion had also sent gifts to the Empress and provided chrysanthemums and honey.

It was then that Eunuch Chen and the Emperor realized that the chrysanthemum honey tea they drank yesterday at the Empress's place was a product from the countryside.

Who cares whether it was a product from the countryside? The Emperor only felt a sense of well-being in his body, and he must have this feeling to live a longer life.

"Chief Steward Chen, you go and deliver a gift as well. You know what you should do when you return," said the Emperor.

Chief Steward Chen understood that the Emperor wanted to drink the chrysanthemum honey tea and also wished to possess that kind of skincare product.

So he went to find a gift to deliver.

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How many spies would know that the old Chief Eunuch Li brought a gift to the Ye Residence?

Ye Shiqi did not bother with them. The old housekeeper looked very serious, feeling that this matter would be endless. Now that the Empress and others had visited, there would be a constant stream of visitors to their home.

He thought that they should leave early tomorrow morning, and it should be done in secret.

After hearing the old housekeeper's suggestion, Ye Shiqi felt that he was right; they should head outside the border as quickly as possible.

She did not want to find herself unable to return because they were snowed in during the winter.

Then having to wait until spring to come back, six months' time—what could happen in that period was anyone's guess?

Her greatest worry was that something would be plotted against her family in her absence.

Ye Shiqi did not let her concerns deter her from going outside the border; they should go if they are meant to go without any second thoughts.

Now they faced another problem: how to depart in a way that would evade all the spies in the Capital City.

Although the guards and the procession might draw less attention, the old housekeeper and she might become the focal points of others' scrutiny.

Ye Shiqi voiced her concerns and the old housekeeper told them that as long as everything was ready tonight, there would be a solution by tomorrow morning.

Since the old housekeeper had said so, Ye Shiqi trusted him. She speculated that, perhaps, there was a secret passage or some mechanism in the mansion.

One could enter a certain place here and end up outside the city or in some location within the city.

As elder sisters of Ye Shiqi, they had already prepared the luggage for her, but she personally put away all the items.

Ye Shiqi asked her maids to pack their own luggage and not hers; she had other arrangements for her belongings.

The maids always found the youngest Lady the most mysterious; sometimes, things not previously seen in her room would suddenly appear.

Sometimes they found it all very fantastical, being maids to the Lady but not knowing many things and unable to have their mistress explain.

They could only obediently follow orders.

Ye Shiqi opened the gifts the Empress had sent them: a jade bracelet, earrings, hairpins, and each item was among the finest of their kind.

Besides being made of gemstones, there were also the finest jade and gold.

Ye Shiqi instructed her elder sisters to store away the gifts from the Empress. They were not to be taken out unless it was a grand occasion or a situation where it was necessary to wear them.

If anyone asked, they were not to bother about it. If such gifts from nobles were lost, it could lead to big trouble.

Ye Shiqi stored her own gifts into the space, and also put her fourth sister's into the space.

As for the things belonging to her other three sisters, during their several months in the Capital City, they might face unexpected situations that she would not be able to help with.

She also handed over the skincare products she had made the past couple of days to her sisters, and each sister received a Jade Bottle filled with Space Water.

Ye Shiqi told them that if they encountered poisoning or disease, it could cure.

She instructed them to carry a little in another bottle if they went outside, as a precaution in case something happened.

Ye Shiqi spoke with such seriousness that it made her sisters feel very nervous.

It always felt as if they were part of a big conspiracy.

Nervousness was truly what they felt in their hearts at the moment.

Before dawn the next day, the old housekeeper had already arrived with people waiting at the entrance of Ye Shiqi's courtyard.

Li Zhihao was also there, along with her sisters to see her off.

Ye Shiqi realized she had made a mistake in her assumption. The old housekeeper was not planning on leading them out through some secret part of the estate but had prepared a carriage for her to travel in.

Li Zhihao and the old housekeeper rode horses, one on each side of the carriage, as it began to get slightly bright out on the main street.

There were only a few guards following the carriage carrying Ye Shiqi, her four maids, and three other carriages loaded with supplies.

Ye Shiqi had changed into men's clothing, and the other maids had too.

Throughout the journey, they spoke little, knowing they would be followed and that spies would be within the estate.

The old housekeeper did not reveal where they would set out from.

Since Ye Shiqi was clueless about traveling, having no idea about anything, she simply accepted the arrangements made for her.

"Young Master, your milk, breakfast."

It was still not quite light outside, and within their carriage, Ye Shiqi was addressed as Young Master, while the maids were considered attendants. This early, they were still prepared breakfast for their master.

"Alright, let's all have a bit!"

"Mm."

Ye Shiqi, now masquerading as a young master, was quite amiable towards her servants. In private moments within their courtyard, she could share meals with the maids.

However, only the four Dayas had this privilege. Those who had not been constantly by their Lady's side knew where they should dine according to the rules.

The kind of milk Ye Shiqi drank was actually processed milk with a bit of honey, almonds, and walnuts added.

She enjoyed a dessert of lotus root sugar cake, which didn't have cane sugar added but instead was sweetened with honey.

Ye Shiqi used the honey from her own space in her meals.

As for the honey gifted yesterday, it was genuinely honey that the old housekeeper had brought from the countryside.

Since the honey from the countryside had become popular, those two farms had started beekeeping with specially bred bees. The honey, of course, differed from natural honey, being produced from flowers and fruit blossoms grown with Space Water, fed by the Space Water to the bees.

Although not quite as good as the honey from her own space, its nutritional value and beautifying properties were exceptional.

As the day grew brighter, their carriage reached the estate on the outskirts.

Ye Shiqi heard that Li Zhihao had also started beekeeping in these two estates. Therefore, in the future, it would not be necessary to transport honey from the countryside all the way to the Capital City.

Indeed, those two estates were also well-suited for beekeeping, with planting potted fruit trees that would bloom and the potted flowers also producing blossoms.