Chapter 304 (1/2)

Chapter 304: Emperor, robbery!

Ping Yang was not afraid that Fang Zhengzhi would poison the soup base. She knew that no matter how outrageous Fang Zhengzhi was, he would never poison the princesses inside the palace.

Furthermore, Fang Zhengzhi had no reason to poison them.

”Woos.h.!.+” Ping Yang did not swish the meat around like Fang Zhengzhi did. Instead, she poured the entire plate of meat into the soup.

The red soup base splashed skywards.

”Ouch ouch ouch...” All of the princesses yelled when they were scalded.

However, they were all attracted by the aroma coming out from the hotpot. They began salivating.

Ping Yang simply picked up one piece of meat and put it in her mouth.

She chewed on it slowly.

Then, her expression changed. Her entire face turned red, almost as if she had been lit on fire.

”Water, water! I need water!”

”Princess, princess, the water is here!” A whole bunch of eunuchs panicked when they heard her. Even though Fang Zhengzhi had made the food, the ingredients had come from the imperial kitchen.

If there was any problem...

The kitchen would be responsible as well.

All of the other princesses stepped back when they heard this.

”Fang Zhengzhi, how dare you poison the food!”

”Capture Fang Zhengzhi!”

”We will not let you off today!”

All of the princesses yelled in terror. After all, Fang Zhengzhi was quite powerful. It was very possible that he would take one or two of them hostage in a fight.

Fang Zhengzhi twitched his lips in scorn. ”Poison? Go fly a kite!”

Just as he spoke, he placed a few pieces of meat in his bowl. He cooled them down by blowing on them before placing them in his mouth.

Red oil trickled from the edge of his mouth.

Just at that moment, Ping Yang took a big gulp of water and suppressed the redness in her face.

”Hahaha... how awesome!” Ping Yang yelled as she picked up yet another piece of meat. She placed it in her mouth, ”Yummy, very yummy!”

All of the other princesses were stunned by this change. What was going on? Why was she okay all of a sudden?

Could it be that water was the antidote?

”Is it yummy?” Fang Zhengzhi looked at Ping Yang.

”It is!” Ping Yang nodded vigorously.

”Then you should eat some more, hehe!” Fang Zhengzhi looked on as Ping Yang placed more meat in her mouth. She now owed him 200 silvers.

Easy money.

All of the other princesses looked at each other in confusion. They all knew how picky Ping Yang was about food.

What kind of food would make Ping Yang praise it to such an extent?

All of the princesses were curious. After all, the meat on the table was ordinary. Furthermore, nothing had been done to the meat. Could it be that the hotpot was the magical ingredient?

”I will try it as well!”

”Me too!”

”I... I will only try one piece.”

All of the princesses could not take it any longer. All of them reached for their chopsticks.

”Wow, how spicy! How yummy!”

”I... I am unable to take the heat. Are there any less spicy ones?”

”Of course. This is tomato flavored. This is not spicy.” Fang Zhengzhi began to introduce each flavor to the princesses.

All of the princesses could not resist the temptation any longer.

All of them began to dive in.

Before long, all of them began to attack the food like famished animals.

Each of them tried all eight flavors, then continued to cook the meat in their favorite bases.

They completely forgot about the 100 silvers price tag on every mouthful they had.

All of the eunuchs were stunned to see the princesses attacking the food this way.

Were these princesses?

They looked like famished commoners!

Fang Zhengzhi was not surprised by this. After all, hotpot was a ladies favorite. With no real hotpot in this world, this was a great weapon.

”One should always enjoy a good hotpot with some wine.” Fang Zhengzhi waved to some of the salivating eunuchs.

”Yes!” The eunuchs brought bottles of wine over.

The wine in the palace was much better than those in the restaurants. After all, the wine in the palace were all vintages.

Most of the princesses believed Fang Zhengzhi and began to gulp the wine down.

Before long...

They were all flushed and tipsy.

Fang Zhengzhi was beaming. Now that they were tipsy, they would not know how much they ate. At the end of the day, all he had to do was quote an astronomical figure.

Emperor Lin Mubai and Left Prime Minister Yu Yiping were just enjoying the scenery. Then, they smelt the aroma from afar.

This was quite a special aroma. It stuck to them and in that moment...

Both of them felt hungry.

”What is that?” Emperor Lin Mubai was curious.

”It is not the time for meals yet. Why is there such an aroma? Furthermore, what is this? Why have I not smelt it before?” Emperor Lin Mubai thought to himself.

Left Prime Minister Yu Yiping's eyes brightened. He was slightly hungry, but he would not say this in front of the Emperor.

”Will you walk with me?”

”Yes!” Left Prime Minister Yu Yiping nodded. Does the Emperor not know what this is? Why must he walk over and see it?

Fang Zhengzhi finally understood why women were compared to tigers.

”Hey, that soup... you can't drink it!”

”Ah? Why, it's very yummy...”

”...” Fang Zhengzhi was speechless and exasperated. You can drink it, but can you at least leave a little? How am I supposed to eat without soup?