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

Chapter 188 The Power of Food!

The Censorate was initially stubborn, but after several days of the Three Departments receiving fresh and novel pastries every day, with a variety of options and no repetition, they could no longer remain arrogant and defiant; they were simply turning sour.

"What's going on? How many days has it been? Why are the people from the Three Departments eating all sorts of novel and unfamiliar pastries every day?!"

"What kind of pastries are so delicious? You come here to show them off every day."

"That's right! Didn't you see? The Three Departments and our Censorate have political affairs to handle together. Whenever they come here to discuss matters, they bring out pastries to show off, acting all smug, saying how good their Three Departments are, that they get pastries every day. It makes those newbies from the Censorate so envious that they almost got tricked into working for them for free."

"You're lucky. We from the Censorate have to go to the Three Departments from time to time, and that's real torture. Everyone there is eating fragrant pastries. How can we from the Censorate stand the smell of pastries on an empty stomach!"

"When did the food at their three departments become so good?"

"I heard the newcomer brought him from his residence!"

"Ah? Is it Lord Slans Nenran, the Salt and Iron Deputy?"

"No, she is a female official named Ye Yuwu. She was just the manager of a dilapidated academy before."

"How can a merchant's daughter become an official?!"

"I heard that she was in charge of the honeycomb briquettes and collected a lot of silver from the Three Departments of Finance, so His Majesty bestowed an official position upon her."

"How could this merchant be so reckless? He's become an official! Your Majesty..."

In the eyes of these people, merchants have the lowest status. It is understandable that they look down on Ye Yuwu, since he was given an official position.

Therefore, the people in the three departments used to be very resistant to her, and even looked down on her.

"Shh! Are you out of your mind, questioning His Majesty here?"

The person quickly shut his mouth and looked around, afraid that he might be overheard by a supernatural being.

"Throughout history, it's not uncommon for merchants to become officials. What's so strange about that? Besides, this Lady Ye has made a contribution by producing honeycomb briquettes. She was in charge of this matter and earned silver for the national treasury, so she deserves some reward."

The visitor thought about it and agreed, "I'm so envious. The three departments got such a treasure."

"Come on, I think you're just envious of the Three Departments for having food every day. With so many people, how can they make so many pastries every day without spending any money?"

Ye Yuwu also noticed that since that incident, the people from the Three Departments had changed their attitude towards her, treating her a little too well, especially after she sent her pastries for a few days, their attitude towards her underwent a complete 360-degree change.

Ye Yuwu marveled at the power of food!

Of course, Ye Yuwu didn't give them away for free; she did it to promote her pastries and build up popularity for her shop in the future.

It is well known that these officials all had powerful connections behind them, and their households were large, with families and women who loved pastries the most.

Some people who don't like pastries will bring them back for their families to try, which naturally increases their brand awareness.

This is also why she wanted to send pastries to everyone in the three departments.

While learning to make pastries in Huaping, she had already found a shop, which, coincidentally, was the one right across the street.

The shop across the street used to be the Moxiang Bookstore, but it went out of business not long after. It was because the Moxiang Bookstore made a picture album in imitation of the Zhiyu Bookstore, but it spent a lot of money and cut corners, resulting in inconsistent painting quality.

Moreover, the artists and the writers had differing ideas, which led to disagreements and resulted in the album being of poor quality and ignored by everyone.

No one bought the property, and the money was still spent. In the end, the business lost everything and soon couldn't even pay the rent, so it went bankrupt.

This shop had been abandoned for a long time. Hua Ping and Ye Yuwu searched high and low and found that this was the only suitable place.

Because of the bookstore, there are many people coming and going, and the street has a large flow of people, so this location is undoubtedly the best. It can also be used for collaborations to increase the popularity of the pastry shop, which is really good.

They quickly finalized the shop and began looking for someone to renovate it.

During the time the shop was being renovated, Ye Yuwu finished her latest storybook.

Zhang Rouyan received the "freshly baked" storybook and was so moved she almost cried.

"How many days! How many months! You finally remembered that you still have a story to finish writing. You have no idea how long your fans have been waiting." After saying this, Zhang Rouyan wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes.

Ye Yuwu's lips twitched at her exaggerated expression.

"Stop talking, it's my fault!"

Zhang Rouyan took the new manuscript and immediately went to revise and proofread it.

Not long after, the new issue of the storybook was printed.

The people of Bianjing received the news that the latest episode of "The Little Chef of the Jin Dynasty" has finally been updated!

The entire city of Bianjing was in an uproar, with bookstores and streets packed with people.

Everyone in the bookstore was mobilized to maintain order.

Bai Zunxing was also among them. Looking at the sea of ​​people in front of her, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and then said to Liang Suxin beside her.

"As expected of Mr. Wuming, the moment the story was published, it caused an instant sensation in Bianjing. Fortunately, I work at Zhiyu Bookstore, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get the new issue of the story so quickly."

Liang Suxin nodded, indicating her agreement.

There were still queues on this street even into the night.

Ye Yuwu usually only needs to stay at the Three Departments for half a day, and as soon as she leaves the office, she comes to help.

She was shocked by the scene; even when there were many people before, there were never as many as this one!

Even the painters who usually stayed indoors to focus on their portraits came out to help.

At this moment, Zhang Rouyan moved closer to her, seemingly noticing the shock in her eyes, and whispered an explanation, "Manager Ye, it's because you haven't updated in a long time. The novel has become so popular so quickly, and there are more and more fans. Haven't you noticed that the number of letters has more than tripled compared to before?"

Ye Yuwu fell silent.

She hadn't paid attention to the letters written by her fans for a long time, so naturally she didn't know that she had gained many more fans.

"I'll take a look at the letters when I have time," was all Ye Yuwu could say.

They didn't have time to chat anymore, because they needed to get busy too.

Sima Mengjun returned to the mansion with heavy dark circles under her eyes, followed closely by her maid and guards.

As soon as he returned to the manor, the steward went to inform the head of the family.

Sima Huixuan came out of the house wearing his clothes.

"My daughter! Why didn't you just have the servants line up to buy the storybooks? Why did you have to go and line up yourself?!" Sima Huixuan looked at his daughter with heartache.

It was already dawn, and the sun was about to rise, when Sima Mengjun returned to the mansion.

"Don't say that, Dad. You have no idea how many people were queuing at the street corner. It's no exaggeration. I rushed there as soon as I heard the news, and the queue just happened to stretch all the way to our mansion. I waited until now to finally buy the storybook!"

"We can just buy it next time!"

"No way, I absolutely have to buy this issue! This newly printed issue has a little surprise inside! I can't miss it!"