The Queen Doesn't Want to Die
Chapter 157
The Imperial Capital had always been a place that was never deserted. The main streets in the capital were even more akin to being markets with shops and inns lined up along the way. Some greenhouses are also available not only at night but also provide services during the day.
On certain streets, the real market is. The merchants would open their stalls on the right and left sides of the wide road. Some of them even take a walk carrying their merchandise to offer their merchandise. Every trader will have their trademark be it from the style of structuring their stalls to look more prominent than others or from the way they call their customers.
To know the prosperity of an Empire, go to see how the market is in its capital. And to find out what was going on in the empire, go inside the diner to find out what was the most talked about there.
So that's where Xian Zi Xuan went. Wearing ordinary noble clothes with a folding fan in his hand, he strolled around and mingled with the society. Yet even though 8a looks like the son of a noble they often see on an ordinary day, his appearance and elegance are definitely not to be ignored.
Of course a commoner like them would not be able to overcome the dominance of the Crown Prince who had possessed such grandeur even since he was born. After all he was indeed born to be the Crown Prince who would become the leader of an empire. Although they were all interested at once curious about him, yet no one really dared to look at him. They just steal the view from a distance from time to time.
Xian Zi Xuan only went along with a guard he trusted the most, Bei Yin as he came out so as not to attract excessive attention. They walked leisurely with ears that they kept plugging along the way. When they find a restaurant with the most customers along the way, they decide to stop and go inside.
"Dear customer, is there anything I can do for you?" A young man dressed as a servant approached the two when the two had just entered.
"Shopkeeper, give us the best seats that can see the sights here." Xian Zi Xuan said as he gave a black pouch containing gold coins. Price to get what he wants.
"All right, dear customers. I can assure you that you will not complain about our service." The waiter smiled swiftly. He immediately knew what he had to do to please his guest who had given him a lot of money.
"Gum." Xian Zi Xuan sneered. In every place, the way everyone works is never different where money will speak.
But the servant who was already very happy after receiving the generosity of his customers, he was unaware of Xian Zi Xuan's repugnance and continued to take his two guests to the exact spot on the side of the table filled with gathered nobles.
"Is there anything else I can do young master?" The waiter asked again after he drove his guest to his desk.
"Bring me the best food here."
"Of course young master. Do you want additional fruit wine as a companion to eat? Our wine is wine brought from Heaven Lake. I've never seen you two around before. I'm sure you two must have never tasted the fruit wine made there. Ever since Her Highness the Crown Princess took over Heaven Lake, a magic of wine shocked everyone. Usually fruit wine will only be drunk by a woman or person who can not stand to get drunk. Yet the fruit Arak from Heaven Lake was very special. The fruit wine from Heaven Lake is very suitable to drink after a meal because it tastes light and smells good."
"Crown Princess?"
"True Young Master. Heaven Lake was originally managed by the empire. But a few months ago Heaven Lake was awarded to the Emperor to the Crown Princess who was still an Empress."
"intriguing. Bring me that wine then. I was wondering what could make fruit wine so special."
"Young master. Looks like we've come to the right place." Bei Yin said after he heard some nobles chatting at the table beside them as he poured tea into his master's cup.
"Hemp. I've spent a lot of money. If it doesn't work won't it be in vain?" Xian Zi Xuan nodded. He sipped his tea elegantly.
"Hopefully Suri's condition will improve immediately before the coronation of three more days."
"I heard that Suri's mother was under the care of the Crown Princess. Is that true?"
"I'm not sure. How could a Crown Princess who wasn't even good at reading be able to treat someone? More to hurt Suri's mother."
"You know what? Aren't you always looking down on the Crown Princess? Isn't he always able to reverse the situation every time we all doubt him? He always proved himself amazing."
"But I still can't believe it's real. I think it's all luck."
"If everything that happened during what the Crown Princess did was a stroke of luck. That means the Crown Princess' luck is very good."
Coincidentally the person sitting at the table beside the Xian Zi Xuan table was the table where the officials were having lunch. He did not waste time listening to what they were talking about. However what made Xian Zi Xuan feel strange from time to time was that their conversation was never far from discussing the Crown Princess whom they said had always left them shocked by all her amazing abilities that were it's unexpected.
"Young Master, like Crown Princess of Shao empire is not as simple as we thought." Bei Yin said after they eavesdropped on the conversation of their table neighbor.
"You're right. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible if the officials would have talked about it endlessly from the start. They didn't even discuss any other topic besides that."
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