Goddess Atlas, Starting from the Queen

Chapter 17 I plan to close the cloth shop

The maidservant caught by Su Wanyun replied, "Madam, the king's appetite has suddenly improved, and he asked the kitchen to prepare more food."

Su Wanyun was slightly stunned.

Do you suddenly have a good appetite?

Could it be that it was the elixir given by the Queen that allowed Lu Ming to have a last burst of vitality?
Generally speaking, if a person is about to die and suddenly has a very good appetite one day, people will not think that his body has recovered. Instead, they will think that he is having a last burst of energy and will die soon.

Many people have a good appetite before they die, but once those few days are over, they are not far from death.

Thinking of this possibility, Su Wanyun became very panicked. Without any hesitation, she rushed directly to Lu Ming's bedroom.

As soon as I entered Lu Ming's bedroom, I found Lu Ming sitting in front of the round table in the bedroom, holding a leg of lamb and chewing it. There were already quite a few plates in front of Lu Ming.

After seeing Su Wanyun come in, Lu Ming put down the lamb leg in his hand and said with a smile: "Sister Yun, I don't know why, I suddenly feel very hungry today."

Hearing Lu Ming's words, Su Wanyun lost control of her emotions and couldn't help but shed tears.

Lu Ming was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "Sister Yun, what's wrong with you?"

Su Wanyun quickly raised her sleeves to cover her face and wiped the tears from her eyes. Then she pretended to be fine and said, "It's okay. Sister Yun is just happy to see that you've recovered."

Although she said this, Su Wanyun had already determined in her heart that Lu Ming would not live for many days.

Just as Lu Ming was about to say something, a palace guard came to the door and said, "Your Majesty, the Third Prince sent someone to deliver a lot of precious medicinal herbs."

Hearing this, Lu Ming remembered what happened yesterday. Yesterday, something happened in Jinhua Pavilion, and the Third Prince's staff helped Jinhua Pavilion. Now the Third Prince has sent people to deliver medicinal materials, which obviously shows that he wants to have a good relationship with Xiaoyao Palace.

Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh. It was obvious that the Third Prince and the Queen had the same goal, they were also coming for the dragon energy.

Lu Ming then said to the palace guard, "Return the herbs that the Third Prince sent, and tell them that I have recovered and no longer need them."

He has to do something next and can't keep pretending to be sick.

He kept a low profile before because he had no strength and only relied on dragon energy to protect his body. He did not dare to leave Xiaoyao Palace or leave the capital.

Now that he is cultivating immortality, if he remains as low-key as before, wouldn’t his cultivation be in vain?
After hearing what Lu Ming said, Su Wanyun didn't say much. Since Lu Ming had his own ideas, the Xiaoyao Palace should be handed over to Lu Ming to manage. Originally, the Xiaoyao Palace should have been in charge of Lu Ming. She was just a temporary manager before. Lu Ming was the real owner of the Xiaoyao Palace.

After all, she was just a daughter-in-law who had not yet married into the family. Before she married into the family, she was no different from an outsider. If the Su family had not wanted her to find the magic arts left by the King of Xiaoyao in the King of Xiaoyao's Mansion, she would not have been forced to come to the King of Xiaoyao's Mansion by the Su family.

After hearing what Lu Ming said, the guard immediately said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guard turned and left.

Lu Ming then glanced at Su Wanyun, who was looking at him. He said with a smile, "Sister Yun, you probably haven't had breakfast yet. Sit down and eat with us."

Su Wanyun did not hesitate this time. Lu Ming was already experiencing a lasting illness and would probably not live for many more days. Su Wanyun thought to herself that she would stay with Lu Ming for as many days as possible.

Although she could not have sex with Lu Ming like the Queen did, she could still spend more time with Lu Ming and give him some care before he died.

Su Wanyun sat down and said, "The traitor in the cloth shop has been found, so it's time to get back to weaving. However, we're short of manpower. I'm planning to send some servants from Xiaoyao Palace over. Is that okay with you?" Lu Ming picked up a duck leg and gnawed on it while saying, "No, I'm planning to close the cloth shop."

Su Wanyun was stunned when she heard Lu Ming's words. The cloth shop was now the only industry of Xiaoyao Palace. If the cloth shop was closed, Xiaoyao Palace would completely lose its source of income.

The Xiaoyao Palace not only supports the people in the Xiaoyao Palace, but also the manor outside the capital.

The manor of Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion is almost half the size of the capital city. It is a special fief given to the old Prince Xiaoyao by Emperor Taizu.

For the Xiaoyao Palace, the manor must not be lost. It is the honor of the old Xiaoyao King, and the old Xiaoyao King is buried in that manor.

Once the source of income is gone, Xiaoyao Palace will soon find it difficult to support its huge expenses.

After Su Wanyun came to her senses, she reminded him, "Lu Ming, the servants in the palace haven't received their monthly wages for six months. If the cloth shop is closed, Xiaoyao Palace may not be able to hold on for much longer."

The manor of Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion did grow some food, but that little bit of food was not enough for the servants of Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion to eat, and Prince Xiaoyao's Mansion always had expenses.

Lu Ming put down the duck leg in his hand, looked at Su Wanyun and said, "Sister Yun, I have a way to make more money."

Su Wanyun looked at Lu Ming in confusion, "What method?"

Lu Ming thought for a moment and replied, "You'll know in a few days. Just leave the servants from the cloth shop at Xiaoyao Palace and make those things there."

In his previous life, Lu Ming was a time-travel enthusiast and had read many time-travel novels. In addition, he himself had a science and engineering background, so he really liked hands-on practice. Before traveling through time, he bought and read many books like "Essential Skills for Time Travelers" and also practiced how to make many things.

He knows everything about perfume, wine making, crude salt purification, gunpowder making, etc.

Of course, he didn't expect that after he traveled to this world, he would actually become an immortal. Since he had become an immortal, gunpowder would definitely not be used.

Making this kind of thing would actually threaten one's personal safety, but perfumes and liquors could be made and sold for money. After all, cultivating immortality requires a lot of resources.

His father in this life was an immortal cultivator, and Lu Ming knew very well how much money his father spent on cultivation every year. The annual tributes given by the royal family to the Xiaoyao Palace were basically used by his father to buy various medicinal herbs and various necessary cultivation resources.

This is also the reason why Xiaoyao Palace became so poor after his father left. Cultivating immortals is a bottomless pit.

Although he is still in the early stages of cultivating immortals and has not even broken through the first level of Qi training, he will need to use some medicinal herbs sooner or later, so he has to prepare money at this time.

Seeing that Lu Ming looked like he had everything under control, Su Wanyun didn't ask any more questions. "Okay, I'll have Song Yongliang close Jinhua Pavilion later."

Su Wanyun was not sure whether Lu Ming really had a way to make money, but considering Lu Ming's performance yesterday, she decided to trust Lu Ming once. Maybe Lu Ming really had some way.

At this moment, Lu Ming was eating while thinking in his heart that the Xiaoyao Palace had been infiltrated like a sieve. If he took out the production methods of those things at this time, it would probably be stolen by others in no time.

How to judge whether a person is loyal or not has become a big problem.

The most important thing is that he has not yet found the person who poisoned him. Perhaps it won’t be long before the person lurking in the palace will poison him again.

We have to find an opportunity and think of a way to thoroughly clean up the Xiaoyao Palace.

(End of this chapter)