roccoschili Chapter 149 Tribute Wine
Chapter 149 Tribute Wine
"Chen'er, eat! Let's go shopping after we finish eating." Murong Ling'er picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of tender fish belly and gently placed it in the bowl in front of Murong Chen.
"Well! Mom, you eat it too. It's delicious." Murong Chen smiled and picked up a piece of braised bone for Murong Ling'er. The interaction between mother and son was warm and natural.
So the mother and son stopped paying attention to the noise outside and focused on enjoying their meal.
In another private room just across the wall, a handsome man dressed in gorgeous clothes was sitting alone in front of the window, looking at a sedan chair passing by downstairs with a somewhat empty look in his eyes.
He is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He rushed to Leizhou City this time because he suddenly received a secret report that someone was deliberately planning to make a big fuss about the tribute wine issue, which would be detrimental to him.
He has always been fully responsible for the tribute wine of the palace. This is a major matter concerning the royal reputation and court etiquette. If there is any problem with the tribute wine presented to his father, and his father becomes furious, then his position as the crown prince will be in jeopardy, or even handed over to someone else.
So, he was extremely anxious and hurriedly asked for leave from his father, and rushed to Leizhou City without stopping, intending to personally supervise the selection process of the tribute wine to ensure that everything was foolproof.
Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. He encountered a sudden accident on the way, which delayed him for a lot of time. As a result, he missed the crucial tribute wine tasting conference, but happened to catch up with this lively beauty pageant.
At this moment, he looked at the hustle and bustle outside the window, but his heart was full of worries. His thoughts had already drifted back to the matter of tribute wine. He wondered who was behind it and how to resolve this potential crisis.
Zhao Hao's deep eyes were fixed on the sedan chairs that were passing by slowly. His brows were slightly furrowed, and his heart was like a turbulent sea, and he fell into deep thought.
He knew very well that what would eventually enter the palace was not only the fragrant and intoxicating tribute wine, but also the women who were responsible for serving the wine. These wine waiters all came from official families, and their identities and backgrounds could not be false in the slightest.
After all, the affairs of the palace are like a tightly interwoven web, and one move can affect the entire body. Once any trick is discovered, the family will suffer a devastating disaster and the entire clan will be in trouble.
After pondering this, he tilted his head slightly and said calmly to the attendant standing quietly behind him, "Go, quickly check the detailed list of participants in this beauty pageant. There must be no mistakes."
"Yes, master." The leader of the secret guards, Zhao Wei, lowered his head and responded respectfully. Then his figure flashed like a ghost, turned around and disappeared in the private room in an instant, leaving only a faint air fluctuation to prove that he had stayed here.
At the moment Zhao Wei left, in the small private room separated by a wall, Murong Ling'er was picking up dishes elegantly. Suddenly, she keenly sensed a faint fluctuation of internal force quietly spreading in the air.
Her bright eyes narrowed slightly, and then she expanded her spiritual sense without hesitation, carefully exploring the surroundings like invisible tentacles.
In just a moment, she "saw" the handsome man sitting by the window in the private room next door. The man was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had an extraordinary temperament, but there was a hint of solemnity and worry between his brows.
Murong Ling'er just glanced at it lightly, then withdrew her consciousness and no longer paid attention to it.
In her mind, this was just an insignificant passerby, and she was only thinking about enjoying this delicious meal with her son.
Murong Chen was extremely satisfied with this meal. The dishes on the table were all unique delicacies that he could hardly cook on a normal day.
Although his mother was an excellent cook and could always make delicious meals for him, it was a wonderful enjoyment for him to occasionally taste the delicacies carefully prepared by others and change his taste.
When the mother and son had their fill of food and drink and paid the bill and went downstairs, they found that the bustling scene of the street, which was originally crowded with people, had half dispersed.
Murong Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced in her heart that she no longer had to be dazzled by the swaying heads.
"Mom, where are we going next?" Murong Chen raised his expectant little face and looked up to ask Murong Ling'er.
Murong Ling'er thought to herself that her space ring contained all kinds of items. Although she said she was going to the city to purchase supplies, there was actually nothing she really needed to buy urgently.
However, even though she had this thought in her mind, she didn't say a word. She just raised the corners of her mouth slightly and said perfunctorily, "Just browse around! See if there's anything you like and want to buy."
Murong Chen loves shopping, especially on such a busy day as today. He is thinking that there must be many new and interesting things on the street.
So, when he heard Murong Ling'er's words, his eyes immediately lit up with excitement. He happily took Murong Ling'er's hand and skipped out of the restaurant, like a happy little deer, running towards the rows of dazzling stalls on the street.
Upstairs, Zhao Haoyan was gazing absentmindedly out the window, his thoughts still entangled in the matter of the tribute wine.
Suddenly, he casually glanced at the street, and at that moment, a charming profile flashed across his sight like a brilliant lightning. The woman's face flashed only for a moment in the crowd, but it was enough to make Zhao Haoyan feel an inexplicable, vague sense of familiarity, as if an invisible hand gently plucked a string deep in his heart.
However, when he suddenly came to his senses and wanted to take a closer look, the woman had disappeared without a trace as if she had merged into the vast ocean, leaving only a bustling crowd coming and going on the street.
Seeing this, Zhao Haoyan shook his head gently, sighing inwardly. The world's people were as vast and countless as the stars, and there were always some who bore a faint resemblance between their features. Occasionally encountering a familiar face was perfectly normal, nothing to be surprised about.
Therefore, he did not take this little thing too seriously and soon turned his thoughts back to the mystery of the tribute wine incident.
Here, Murong Ling'er was enthusiastically taken by Murong Chen to stroll around the stalls.
Murong Ling'er looked at her son's excited expression, her heart full of doting. She followed his wishes and casually picked some exquisite little items from the stalls. She also simply purchased some daily necessities, and then took Murong Chen to walk out of the city slowly.
When the two returned, they found that Chifeng and others had not returned on time.
Murong Ling'er raised her eyebrows slightly. Although she had some doubts in her heart, she didn't care too much!
She thought, maybe they encountered some delay in their purchases in the city, or were tied up by other things. Anyway, they would come back sooner or later, so why should she bother herself?
So she took Murong Chen back to their temporary resting place and waited quietly for the return of Chifeng and others.