The Empress Dowager immediately wanted to send someone to summon the young emperor, but Shen Yunyun quickly stopped her: "No need, I'm just here to deliver supplies. Is the warehouse ready?"
The Empress Dowager hurriedly replied, "It's ready, but..."
"But what?"
"But the emperor is handling everything himself, and the warehouse is built outside the city."
"That's fine, I'll just go outside the city."
As they were speaking, the young emperor rushed over in a fluster.
The Empress Dowager looked at him with some surprise.
The young emperor had sweat on his brow, but he didn't wipe it off. He hastily bowed to the Empress Dowager, then to Shen Yunyun.
"Fairy Sister, come with me," the young emperor said, his expression not looking too good.
Shen Yunyun noticed his uneasy look and stood up to say to the Empress Dowager, "Shall we head over first?"
The Empress Dowager smiled kindly.
"Sister, come with me to the Benevolent Children's Hall," the young emperor said, ordering a carriage to be prepared.
"Aren't the Benevolent Children's Halls we set up in other prefectures?" Shen Yunyun asked in surprise.
"Yes."
Other prefectures were so far from the capital—taking a carriage would waste so much time?
She immediately said to the young emperor, "Take me to a secluded place, and I'll get us to the Benevolent Children's Hall quickly."
The young emperor's eyes sparkled, and he promptly ordered everyone out, forbidding anyone from entering.
Shen Yunyun asked the young emperor for the specific location, but he described it using the eight trigram directions, different from the latitude and longitude she was used to.
Fortunately, the optical brain was powerful and quickly converted it into coordinates. Shen Yunyun set the position and pulled out a flying vehicle.
The young emperor stared at the flying vehicle, his heart racing with excitement.
Shen Yunyun pushed him into the vehicle, and with a thought, the optical brain whirred into action, and the flying vehicle shot into the air.
In just five minutes, they arrived.
They landed in a secluded spot, and the young emperor was still dazed, not quite grasping what had happened. When he looked up at the scene before him, wasn't it the Benevolent Children's Hall?
It was rare to see the young emperor looking so bewildered, and Shen Yunyun felt pleased.
"Is this the place? Let's go."
The young emperor quickly composed himself, nodded, and pretended not to be impressed at all.
At the entrance of the Benevolent Children's Hall, Shen Yunyun saw the tightly shut main door and wasn't surprised.
Because the main door was never opened; everyone used the side door.
On the wall opposite the side door was a large drawer that could be opened from both sides.
If someone wanted to abandon a baby, they would pull out the drawer, place the child inside, and then someone inside the wall, hearing the baby's cries, would pull the drawer in and take the child.
This way, the person abandoning the child and the one receiving it never met.
No one knew who had left the child.
This ensured the baby's safety to a greater extent.
Shen Yunyun was quite satisfied with the young emperor's design.
But what she hadn't expected was that, thanks to the promotion of sweet potatoes and pumpkins in the Great Li Dynasty, very few people abandoned children.
So far, the Benevolent Children's Hall had only taken in two baby girls.
The young emperor looked at Shen Yunyun.
Shen Yunyun looked at the manager.
"Boss, having few children in the hall is a good thing—it means families can afford to raise their kids."
An awkward silence fell over the meeting room.
Shen Yunyun thought the manager wasn't wrong; fewer abandoned children was indeed a good thing.
She wondered if she should set up Benevolent Children's Halls in Southern Chu or Northern Yan instead, or else where would she find girls to send to Carl?
Suddenly, the young emperor spoke up: "Fairy Sister, I have an idea."
"What idea?"