What kind of banquet is this?
On the long dining table, there were five plates sparsely placed. At first glance, they seemed to be four dishes and one soup.
However, the so-called "four dishes" did not have any fishy taste at all, but were made up of various vegetable leaves. Not only were the portions small, but the color of any condiments could not be seen on them. They seemed to be just boiled with water before being served to the table. It can be said that the four words shoddy and shoddy are taken to the extreme.
Only a few pieces of egg drop floating on the surface of the pot of soup can probably be regarded as the only "meat dish" on the table.
What’s even more incredible is that this “banquet” did not include any staple food.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the fat woman dared to use the dishes on the table to send the beggar away, the other party would probably take out a dog-beating stick and beat her until she could not take care of herself.
Scanning the "four dishes and one soup", Shen Xiaowan's face suddenly dropped, her expression was really ugly, and there was already a bit of grievance in her eyes when she looked at Zhong Wen.
Skipping a meal may not be a big deal to others, but to her, a big eater, it is a life-threatening disaster.
The strong man Sparta also had a displeased face, but he seemed to have some scruples. He suppressed his emotions and did not go violent on the spot.
"Your Highness, eat it while it's hot!"
Aunt Carla, the cook, seemed very proud of her "masterpiece", "Nowadays, the family is in trouble, and it is not easy to put together a table of dishes."
"Is it?"
Illya's face turned livid, she bit her lip with her teeth, and clenched her fists tightly with her white jade hands. She managed to hold back from getting angry on the spot, "That's really hard on you."
It's not that she didn't expect this situation. In the past, she might have just swallowed her anger and minimized the big problem.
But such a predicament was seen by Zhong Wen and others, which made it particularly difficult for her to accept.
The girl's delicate thoughts really cannot be described in words.
"Your Highness is not satisfied yet, is he?"
Seeing that she seemed to be a little emotional, Aunt Carla instead of flinching, instead sneered and said, "You know that since you left without saying goodbye, the family has no source of income anymore. It is not easy for us servants to survive to this day. Woolen cloth."
"Aunt Kara, I..."
Illya's expression froze, and she couldn't help showing an apologetic look on her face.
Obviously she also realized that her leaving without saying goodbye would definitely cause some trouble to the people in the princess's house.
"Your Highness, it's good if you understand."
Seeing her softening attitude, Aunt Carla became even more arrogant, "It's not easy for servants. It's better to have fewer such willful actions in the future."
"Didn't we agree that there will be a banquet?"
When Ilia was embarrassed, Zhong Wen suddenly shouted at the top of his voice, "Where's the food? Where's the drink? Where's the singing and dancing? What's the point of serving these leftovers? Are you entertaining me?"
"Who are you? How dare you talk nonsense here!"
Aunt Carla was startled. She turned around and saw that it was a young boy. Then she felt relieved. Then she put on a straight face and cursed, "These are all dishes carefully cooked by my mother. Where did the leftovers come from? It's just like that." What nonsense!"
"Cooked with care? Damn your grandma!"
Zhong Wen sneered, picked up a vegetable leaf, put it in his mouth and chewed it twice, then frowned, spat it out, and said with a look of disgust, "Put it in water and boil it. It's half-cooked, even if it's half-cooked." The taste is not even good, how dare you say it was carefully cooked? Also, why are there only a few vegetable leaves and where is the meat? I want to eat meat!"
"Eat meat? Are you thinking about shit?"
Aunt Kara became more and more irritable, pointed at his nose and said fiercely, "Didn't you come back with Her Highness Ilia? Didn't she tell you what the princess's mansion is now? Who else in the entire imperial capital is willing to sell it? Give us meat?”
Her words were like a sharp knife, stabbing into Illya's heart. The girl's nose was sore, her eyes were red, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
"You can't even buy some meat, why do you have the nerve to be a cook?"
Zhong Wen sneered and said, "Get out of here now, you are fired from today!"
"Who do you think you are? What qualifications do you have to fire me? When I came to the princess's house, you were still wearing crotchless pants!"
When Aunt Kara heard this, she immediately flew into a rage and cursed again. Then she cried to Ilia with tears and snot in her nose, "Your Highness Ilia, you have to make the decision for me. This little beast is talking nonsense." …”
"Aunt Carla, please go."
Unexpectedly, Ilia suddenly interrupted her and said coldly, "Zhong Wen is right, you are fired."
"Your Highness, what did you say?"
Aunt Carla's face turned pale, as if she had been struck by lightning, "You let me go?"
Illya didn't answer, just stared at her coldly.
As Aunt Carla's cries became louder and louder, the servants and guards in the mansion gradually gathered around, looking at Zhong Wen and others with hostile eyes. Some even voiced their grievances for Aunt Carla, but they did not show any signs of injustice. I didn't take Illya as my master seriously.
"What a heartless little girl!"
After wiping her dry eyes for a long time, Aunt Kara saw that Illya had no intention of taking back her life, so she finally stopped pretending, turned around and left, and cursed viciously, "Just leave. Without me, I would rather Let’s see how you survive in this imperial capital, and don’t come to beg me when the time comes!”
"stop!"
Zhong Wen suddenly spoke and stopped him.
"What, you regret it?"
Aunt Carla was overjoyed and turned to look at him sideways, intending to bargain, "Let me tell you, I'm not that nice..."
"You are no longer the cook of the princess's house."
Unexpectedly, Zhong Wen suddenly grinned, "Before you leave, you'd better pay back the money you spent on groceries!"
"fart!"
Unexpectedly, he would suddenly say such a sentence. Aunt Carla suddenly turned blue with anger and her lips were trembling. "The family has had no income for more than a year. Where do you get the money to buy food? There are just a few dishes on the table. , I still paid for it out of my own pocket. Speaking of which, Your Highness Illya should compensate us. Do you think this is the right thing to do?"
"That's right!"
"Compensation compensation!"
"How can the royal family allow people to work for free?"
"If His Highness refuses to compensate, the worst we can do is quit!"
Incited by her, the surrounding servants immediately echoed and shouted as if they were beaten to death.
Seeing that the people in the house were united and ready to rebel, Illya couldn't help showing panic on her face, and she didn't know what to do for a moment.
"For people like you, if you really had no income, you would probably have dispersed long ago. Would you still be here today?"
A cold light flashed in Zhong Wen's eyes, and he sneered, "After all, who has provided your food and clothing for more than a year?"
"You're talking nonsense..."
Aunt Carla was shocked and was about to deny it when she felt a coquettish light suddenly flash in the other person's eyes, followed by a "buzzing" sound in her head, and her whole body instantly fell into a dazed state, and she instinctively replied , "It's His Highness Reinhardt. His Highness will send money every month to maintain the normal operation of the Princess Mansion."
Is it brother?
In this world, only my brother loves me the most!
Unexpectedly, Aunt Kara would suddenly change her gender and reveal the truth. Illya felt warm in her heart, but tears fell down again.
"Where's the money?" Zhong Wen said with a smile, "Hand it over!"
"yes."
Aunt Carla changed her previous tough style and took out two spiritual crystals from her arms very meekly and handed them to Zhong Wen obediently.
"Get out!"
Zhong Wen took the spirit crystal, weighed it in his hands, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "Don't let me see you again!"
Being so humiliated by him, Aunt Carla didn't even get angry. Instead, she turned around and strode out the door, quickly disappearing without a trace.
Such a strange scene made everyone around him stunned and couldn't believe their eyes.
Zhong Wen smiled evilly and glanced around with unfinished thoughts.
"Run!"
Being swept by his gaze, one of the guards felt frightened and his legs became weak. He finally couldn't hold back his emotions and screamed, "This man knows magic!"
When he yelled like this, the already panicked Princess Mansion immediately screamed. All the servants and guards fled in panic, and soon disappeared without a trace, leaving only Illya and his servants in a daze. Standing in the yard with a look of shock on his face, it felt unreal.
"It's true that if you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with a drink!"
Zhong Wen threw up the two spiritual crystals in his hand, caught them again, threw them up again, and caught them again, having a great time, "Okay, you guys go sit inside and rest first, and I'll buy some meat. Since you said There’s a banquet to be held, so let’s have a good meal!”
After saying that, without waiting for Illya to answer, his figure had disappeared from the place "swiftly".
what do I do?
Looking at the empty courtyard of the Princess Mansion, Illya's pretty face was full of worry. She felt that the road ahead was confused and she didn't know where she was going.
…
"Sorry, guest, you are late."
Walking into the butcher's shop, Zhong Wen was greeted by the butcher's fat, smiling face, "The meat has been sold out."
"Sold out?"
Zhong Wen pointed at the pig thighs, pork belly and pork ribs piled behind the butcher, and said unconvinced, "Then what is this?"
"These are all booked by other customers."
The old butcher god replied on the ground, "Someone will come to pick it up later. You go well and please be early next time."
"Even if there's no pork, there's always something else, right?"
Zhong Wen was still unwilling and asked, "Beef, mutton, chicken, donkey meat?"
"there is none left."
The butcher shook his head and said, "Business has been good lately, everything is sold out."
He seemed polite, but there was a playful light in his eyes, as if he was saying, "I have plenty of meat, but I just won't sell it to you."
Just because I came from the princess's mansion?
Are you unwilling to sell meat to me?
That fat woman was really right. The situation of this girl Illya is absolutely terrible!
From the moment he stepped out of the princess's mansion, Zhong Wen knew that he was being watched. No matter where he went or what he wanted to buy, he would be turned away without exception. After wandering around the market for a long time, he unexpectedly Nothing was gained.
"I see."
As if he didn't want to continue to entangle, Zhong Wen nodded as if resigned to his fate, then turned around and took long steps, heading straight for the door.
If you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust.
The moment he crossed the threshold, a cold look flashed in Zhong Wen's eyes. He suddenly raised his right hand and grabbed it from the air: "Switching the sky!"
After a while, he walked away elegantly wearing a storage ring filled with fresh meat.
"Fuck!"
After more than ten breaths, a panicked scream suddenly came from behind, "Where's my meat!!!"
