Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

County Magistrate Li Duan was at his desk handling official business at that moment.

A table full of official documents, yet there was an order to the chaos.

"Sir, Chairman Wang has arrived," someone reported.

Li Duan frowned slightly, put down his pen, and said, "Bring him in."

A short while later, a servant led Wang Yuan through the door.

Li Duan glanced at the official documents on the desk, then asked without looking up, "President Wang, is there something you need today?"

"My lord, a new shop has opened in the south of the city. Their Four Delicacies Soup is absolutely delicious. I brought you a portion..."

"Just leave it there. Is there anything else?" Li Duan interrupted Wang Yuan.

He's busy and only wants to hear important things.

As for the matter of bringing food, he had no patience to listen, and he wasn't interested in food at all.

Food is meant to fill your stomach; whether it tastes good or not is not important.

Wang Yuan, feeling embarrassed, said again, "It's still warm, let me open it for you."

"No need, get to the point." Li Duan's eyes never left the official documents in his hands.

Wang Yuan had no choice. He had originally wanted to let the county magistrate try the Four Delicacies Soup first, since no one could resist its allure.

Thus, the county magistrate would subconsciously favor Lady Shen.

But now, he has no choice but to tell the truth.

"My lord, yesterday a purchasing agent from the Yan family named Zhao Wu approached me, wanting me to take down the shop in the south of the city that sells Four Delicacies Soup."

"Zhao Wu is using the name of the Yan family and Old Master Yan, but after my investigation, I found that Zhao Wu is only trying to ruin Zhiweixuan because of personal grudges."

"I think I should report this to you. You have a voice with Old Master Yan, which will prevent this wicked servant from ruining the Yan family's reputation."

"..."

Wang Yuan recounted the story in a few words.

Li Duan then raised his eyes and looked at Wang Yuan.

"I understand. You don't need to worry about it; I'll handle it."

Concise and concise.

Wang Yuan hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you, sir. I was in a dilemma about this matter, and in the end, I had to ask you to step in."

"No need. It's my duty. If there's nothing else, I won't keep you any longer."

Li Duan was very direct and immediately ordered them to leave.

Wang Yuan saw no need to stay. He knew that the county magistrate was a workaholic who was always thinking about official business.

The fact that Ping'an County is so lively and peaceful is inseparable from the county magistrate.

As he was leaving, he couldn't help but remind him again, "Oh, and remember to drink the Four Delicacies Soup."

Li nodded, but didn't take Wang Yuan's reminder to heart at all, and plunged back into his official duties.

Just as he was engrossed in his official duties, a tiny figure slipped into his study.

The little girl was not yet six years old. She was exquisitely beautiful, with two little pigtails on her head, and was extremely cute.

It is Li Duan's daughter, Li Mengmeng.

Li Mengmeng originally came to visit her father, but when she entered the study, she discovered that there was something extra in the room.

It's a food box.

Children are naturally curious. With her round eyes wide open, she slowly opened the food box with her chubby little hands.

A pleasant aroma filled my nostrils.

Li Mengmeng couldn't describe the taste, but her body instinctively picked up the bowl of Four Delicacies Soup.

One bite, one bite, and another bite.

The more she ate, the brighter her eyes became.

It's so delicious! Daddy actually hid some good food in the study.

It smells so good and tastes so delicious!

She must tell her mother later that her father stole food!

Li Mengmeng licked the bowl clean, then skipped away from the study.

Li Duan naturally noticed Li Mengmeng. Although he was engrossed in his official duties, he was not deaf.

He could hear his daughter slurping the soup so loudly.

Little girl, you're really greedy.

Li Duan shook his head and buried himself in official documents again.

......

Today is the fourth day of operation for the shop.

After today, and one more day of business, Shen Qing can rest for two days.

She lay on the bed, a hint of anticipation in her heart.

[Ding—Congratulations, host, on completing today's business. The purchase limit for Four Beauties Soup has increased to one thousand servings. Please keep up the good work!]

It was that familiar system voice again.

One night passed.

The next day, Shen Qing got up very early and went straight to the shop to prepare to make a thousand servings of Four Beauties Soup.

However, some people got up even earlier than her.

Those were the diners.

Old Master Yan was among these early diners, but he didn't volunteer to come today.

"Yan Shu! Hurry up, or the Four Beauties Soup will be gone!!"

"Hurry up, let's go now so we can get in line."

Two people were standing at the head of the bed: Zhong Li and Qin Muzhi.

These two are even more enthusiastic than Old Master Yan.

Old Master Yan was startled and jumped out of bed: "Are you two crazy? It's not even dawn yet!"

"People can scare each other to death, don't you know that??"

"Even if we're going to eat Four Delicacies Soup, is it really necessary to do it this early? This is way too early."

Old Master Yan felt his head throbbing.

Zhong Li got excited: "You still remember? That's what you called me yesterday."

"I don't care, get up now, or we'll sell out!"

"Yes, hurry up." Qin Muzhi spoke little, but his eyes gleamed with a sharp light.

They were clearly looking forward to it immensely.

"Alright, alright, you two wait for me."

Grandpa Yan waved his hand, but finally got out of bed after much dawdling.

He strongly suspected that the two people were deliberately retaliating against him.

Although he was a little angry, he still wanted to eat the Four Beauties Soup.

Forget it, I won't bother arguing with those two old geezers.

After waiting for a while, the three of them finally prepared to go out.

As soon as I stepped out of the Yan residence gate, I saw a carriage parked in front of the gate.

A man alighted from the carriage; he was dressed in official robes and was none other than County Magistrate Li Duan.

"Magistrate Li, what brings you here so early?" Although Old Master Yan was in a hurry to eat the Four Delicacies Soup, he still went to greet the magistrate when he saw him arrive.

"Master Yan, I've come today to discuss something with you..."

"Old man, since you have something to do, we'll be leaving now, otherwise none of us will get to eat!" Zhong Li hurriedly called out.

Qin Muzhi wholeheartedly agreed: "Let's go first."

Then, without waiting for Old Master Yan's reply, the two got into the carriage and drove away.

Old Master Yan was left with a look of regret.

The magistrate has arrived; he can't just abandon the magistrate to eat Four Delicacies Soup, can he?

Sigh, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat freshly cooked food again today.

But they'll probably bring it to him, right...?

"Who are these two gentlemen...?" Li Duan asked, puzzled.

"Those two went to buy Four Delicacies Soup." Old Master Yan was very annoyed. He waved his hand and said, "Come with me into the mansion. We can talk about it slowly."

Four Delicacies Soup?

Li Duan frowned. He remembered that Wang Yuan had mentioned the Four Beauties Soup yesterday.

Is it really that delicious so early in the morning?