Li Xia silently stared at the crushed wasabi sugar with two finger marks, picked up the plate and brought it to Qin Wang.

  The King of Qin was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing, picked up the cotton candy and ate it, took the plate, and the servant immediately came forward, took the plate from the King of Qin's hand, and presented him with a handkerchief to wipe his hands clean.

  Jin Zuo Yan started from Qin Wang, eating the first piece of wasabi sugar, raised his two eyebrows high, with an incredulous face, staring straight at him, staring at him as he ate one piece after another, until the last piece.

  Jin Zheyan watched as the young servant took away the plate, and as Qin Wang rinsed his hands, his two eyebrows finally fell back into place with a snap. He quickly closed his folding fan, then swiftly opened it again, shaking it rapidly.

  No wonder the empress dowager always says he's immature, and indeed he is! He's like a five-year-old child fighting for candy, and he even won!

  Gu Liu was unaware of it, he was studying a pot of chrysanthemum with Li Wenlan.

  Li Wenshan and Lu Yi were talking, saw the King of Qin sitting next to A Xia, his heart suddenly lifted up, stared for a moment, seeing two people chatting properly, this heart also put back safely, and began to ponder whether this trip to Hengshan County was because he asked Lu Yi how to talk to San Ge.

  Lu Yi and Li Wengang were talking, but 90% of their attention was on Qin Wang.

  He glanced at him with the corner of his eye, eating all the sugar in Li Xia's bowl piece by piece, calm and speechless to the extreme. King Wang, this is... hmm, getting more and more outrageous...

  Taking advantage of the break in conversation, Lu Yi called over Cheng Ying and gave him some low, urgent instructions.

  The King of Qin cleaned his hands, looked at Li Xia, waited for her to finish biting the sugar in her hand, and signaled the servant to bring over a handkerchief, clumsily wiping Li Xia's hand and then wiping her mouth.

  Li Xiaoyu was extremely annoyed by his careless and rough wiping, Alas, she's only five years old, just five!

  The King of Qin took another handkerchief and wiped it again, tilting his head back to take a closer look. He seemed quite satisfied, tossed the handkerchief to the young servant, and sat shoulder-to-shoulder with Li Xia. Li Xia swung her legs, watching the magpie hanging outside the warm pavilion jumping around and chirping non-stop. The King of Qin also gazed at the magpie, lost in thought.

  "Your Highness, it's almost time." Lu Yi glanced at the time and took a few steps forward to remind him in a low voice.

  "Let's go." The King of Qin stood up, bent down and was about to stretch out his hand when Li Xia had already jumped down by herself. The king's hand stretched halfway then withdrew, "Next time I'll bring sugar for you to eat, but sugar can't be eaten too much, this time counts as an exception, it can't happen again in the future, did you hear?"

  Li Xia hung her head, nodding repeatedly.

  "It's getting late, we should hurry up, let Chengying send your brother and sister back." Lu Yi said to Li Wenshan.

  Li Wenshan hesitated and glanced at Li Xia, nodding his head. "Alright, I'll trouble Chengying with this."

  Cheng Ying took two small servants, and together with Li Xia and Li Wenlan siblings, as well as a large box of woven sugar, sent them into the rear hall of the county government office. They mounted their horses and left the city, catching up with the crowd, heading back to Hangzhou City.

  ………………

  Ming Shaoping and Zheng Cao rushed to Hengshan County on horseback, heading straight for Pinglan Temple. On the way, they coincidentally missed Chengying, who was sending Li Xia and Li Wenlan back to the county government's rear residence. When they arrived at Pinglan Temple, the tea was still warm, the snacks were still there, but the people had already left without a trace.

  Li Wenlin was so tired that he couldn't catch his breath, and all over his body ached with only one word in his mind: pain. How could he still think about the county government of Hengshan, and also his third uncle who didn't let this matter go?

  Ming Shaoping and Zheng Cao saw that Qin Wang and others had just left, and they were eager to catch up.

  No one remembered that the county magistrate of Hengshan was Li Wenlin's third uncle, and they had all forgotten about it.

  Fortunately, County Magistrate Li had no idea about this trip and did not know that Li Wenlin had been to Hangzhou City.

  ………………

  Tonight, in the misty night of Hangzhou city, Qingfeng Building, a famous restaurant with excellent scenery facing West Lake, was booked by the Su Family for the entire second floor. The whole floor was almost connected into one room, directly opposite the lake, and two tables were arranged side by side.

  It's already very lively upstairs at this moment.

  Luo Shuai sat on a chair next to him, chatting with Lin Xiang and Wang Tongzhi, drinking tea one pot after another.

  Wang Tongzhi was making an effort to speak and laugh, trying to make the atmosphere lively and relaxed, while anxiously glancing at the staircase from time to time, then glancing around the room full of officials.

  Today, all the officials in this building and in Hangzhou who count for something have arrived, except for Vice Envoy Guan Tong, who is busy drilling troops and cannot leave, and Zheng Cao, who has gone to welcome Young Master Ming. The others have all arrived and have been waiting for nearly half an hour already.

  A servant ran upstairs in a sweat, went straight to Luo Shuai's side, and whispered: "Shuai, I've searched everywhere, Zheng Cao's two or three hours ago, arrived at the north gate to welcome him, the guard said that he saw Zheng Cao receiving someone, but didn't enter the city, and went east along the outside of the city."

  He paused, and the steward's voice dropped significantly, "I heard that Wang Ye left the mansion around noon, saying he was going to eat vegetarian food at Jitong Temple. He didn't enter the temple, but instead went to Hengshan County."

  Luo Shuai's eyes narrowed as he listened intently, his face expressionless. "Have someone wait outside the south gate and report to me immediately when Young Master Ming arrives."

  The housekeeper responded with a "yes" and backed away with her hands hanging down.

  Lin Xiansi slanted his eyes at Luo Shuai's antics, shaking his feet as he watched the joke with a hint of a smile. Luo Shuai pretended not to notice.

  Magistrate Wang heard a few sentences, his face still calm and composed, but in his heart he couldn't help but feel embarrassed for Luo Shuai. Since the young master didn't come himself, at least someone should have been sent to greet him. Now, should they wait or not? They can't wait any longer, Magistrate Wang glanced at Luo Shuai's expression, then took a look around...

  "It's about time, isn't it? Can we start the banquet now? I'm starving!"

  Wang Tongzhi put away the folding fan, slapping it against his palm with a loud crackle. He pretended to complain and saw Luo Shuai standing up with a smile. Hurriedly, he raised his voice to invite everyone, "Everyone, please take your seats! Today, Commander-in-Chief Luo treats us to the night view of West Lake, an opportunity that is extremely rare."

  Hayashi Koji was the last one to stand up, smiling as he followed Rosuke into his seat.

  Almost all the officials were sophisticated, and with Wang's invitation, they quickly took their seats. They made an effort to chat and liven up the atmosphere, but no one mentioned Ming's eldest son or why Luo Shuai was hosting a banquet today. Everyone just tried to make conversation, even if it couldn't dispel the awkwardness, at least trying to ignore that subtle yet palpable sense of embarrassment that everyone felt.

  The banquet dispersed very early, and returned to the Shuai Si Fu, Luo Shuai Si stood under the corridor of the study for a while, instructing to invite Yao Can Yi to come and talk.

  In the evening, when it was time for the banquet, Yao Canyi had already heard about what happened and came in to gauge Commander Luo's expression.

  Complete works txt download, full text free, e-book, remember 77 reading books