Looking up, she saw Uncle Ma and displayed a genuinely heartfelt smile, "Uncle Ma, you go ahead, I’ll be done in just a moment." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

After a short while, she finally finished writing and was quite satisfied with the past few days’ work.

"Uncle Ma, I knew you would definitely come," she said with a smile, her two little canines showing.

Ma Fei shook his head with a smile, "You, as always, are so sharp to have known this."

"Uncle Ma, take a look at this," she said, picking up the scroll that had been prepared earlier and handing it over to Uncle Ma.

Ma Fei looked at the scroll in his hand with suspicion, pulled out the papers inside, and began to read. A part of it contained recipes for dishes, another part held the secret recipe for marinated meat, and then there was the method for making century eggs. After reading through them, he couldn’t help but nod his head in approval. Having run a restaurant for some time, he could tell that if these new dishes were added to the menu, it would surely be even more popular than it was now.

"Not bad, very good, but this kind of thing must not be leaked, or it would impact the restaurant," he said as he carefully replaced the recipes back into the scroll, sealed it, and placed it on the desk.

"Uncle Ma, I’m planning to entrust you with the management of all the restaurants. Do you agree?" she asked.

Upon hearing this, Ma Fei was momentarily stunned. He looked at Feng Xuxu, who didn’t seem to be joking, and after a moment of contemplation, he nodded solemnly. "Rest assured, girl, Uncle Ma will certainly protect the restaurant," he promised.

Seeing Uncle Ma’s serious expression, Feng Xuxu chuckled and shook her head, "Uncle Ma, there’s no need to be so tense. My condition makes it inconvenient for me, and besides, you were the one who started Zuiyun Pavilion in the first place. I’ve only expanded it; I feel at ease handing it over to you. The situation in Capital City is unclear, and I must make plans for the future."

Uncle Ma nodded involuntarily as he worked, "Is there still no news of Little Chenzi?"

Feng Xuxu simply shook her head in response, her expression laced with melancholy.

"No news is good news, don’t be too sad. You are not alone now," Ma Fei said, not quite knowing how to comfort the girl, and ended up blurting out that phrase.

"Don’t worry, Uncle Ma, I will give birth to them safely," she said, her eyes glowing with a tender light as she spoke of the children.

"That’s good to know, get some rest early, and try not to stay up too late; it’s harmful to your health," he advised, standing up. Before leaving, he did not forget to instruct her again.

"I will," she responded with a sweet smile towards Uncle Ma, watching him leave the study. She then let out a bittersweet smile; it wasn’t that she didn’t want to sleep, but lying in that bed, surrounded by the familiar scent, she would inevitably recall every single gesture he made before her eyes, as vivid as if he were there.

Early in the morning, before Feng Xuxu could even awaken, a stirring announcement came from the front courtyard, "There’s news of the Prince."

The butler, upon hearing Di An’s words, was incredibly excited and asked with a trembling voice, "Di An, please tell me, how is the Prince?"

"The Prince is still alive and will return to the mansion in a few days," Di An said with a foolish grin, shaking off the butler’s hand and running towards the inner courtyard, eager to deliver the good news to the Princess.

"Princess, Di An requests an audience," Di An thought single-mindedly about sharing the good news with the Princess, forgetting that it was not yet fully light outside.

A loud request for an audience startled Mei Lenglei, who was on night duty, awake. He rose and opened the doors of the main hall, glaring at Di An with displeasure, "What’s going on? It’s not even daybreak yet, and the Princess has just gone to sleep; couldn’t you have come later?"

Scolded by Mei Lenglei, Di An looked towards the sky, where the dawn’s pale light was just showing, indeed it was not fully bright yet. He sheepishly scratched his head, "I got too excited and forgot."

Feng Xuxu, who had just lain down to sleep, was jolted awake by Di An’s shout. She waited a moment, then got up, put on her clothes, and walked out.