January 5, Nightingale Club, Lambeth, London.
As the New Year passes, shops on the street open for business one after another, workers resume work, and factories near the outskirts of the city produce goods, with smoke billowing from the chimneys. Everything returns to normal order.
The sky was gloomy and it started to rain, with raindrops hitting the windows. In the private lounge of the club, the eldest prince Charles was holding an ancient book, leaning on the soft sofa, enjoying a peaceful afternoon tea.
There is nothing more relaxing than taking a rest on a rainy day. Listening to the patter of rain outside the window, the eldest prince Charles relaxed completely. He crossed his legs comfortably and took a sip of the black tea on the table.
Just when he thought the afternoon would pass peacefully, there was a sudden knock on the lounge door.
The butler Nicks, wearing white gloves, opened the door, walked quietly behind the eldest prince Charles, and whispered in his ear: "I just received the news, Mr. Felix von Manstein, Watching Miss Helena's performance at the theater."
"Is there anyone else besides him?"
"No more, he's alone."
"Oh..." The eldest prince lowered his eyes and showed no reaction.
"Your Highness, according to the information provided by our informant, Mr. Nicholas has reached a cooperation agreement with the second prince Shukri. They have been getting together frequently recently, and Mr. Felix is Mr. Nicholas's younger brother. Should we... let Is he staying away from Miss Helena?" the housekeeper asked.
The eldest prince closed the book and put it on the table. He picked up the tweezers, put a cube of sugar into the tea cup and slowly stirred it. He said in a calm tone: "The tea is bitter and does not taste delicious, but if you add Milk and sugar will immediately turn into delicious milk tea with a unique flavor..."
The butler didn't understand the eldest prince's hint: "Your Highness, what you mean is..."
"Mr. Nicholas, who has reached a cooperation agreement with Shukri, is like black tea without milk and sugar, which is difficult to swallow for us." The eldest prince said: "But if we add condiments to the tea, wouldn't this cup of black tea taste better?" Has it become delicious? When doing things, you must use your brain to think and turn decay into magic. This is what smart people should do."
"I understand. Your Highness, you want to place an informant around Mr. Nicholas to obtain information about him and His Highness the Second Prince." The butler nodded: "I will make arrangements right away."
After saying that, the butler was about to turn around and leave, but the eldest prince suddenly called him.
"Wait, I haven't finished speaking yet."
"Your Highness, do you have any other instructions?"
"You didn't fully understand the meaning of what I just said." The eldest prince glanced at the butler: "If you want to make the tea delicious, you need to add specific seasonings. Adding other seasonings will only make the tea more difficult. drink."
This time the housekeeper knew what the eldest prince meant, and he quickly asked: "Your Highness, you have already chosen someone, right?"
"Send an invitation to No. 27 Flower Street, in the name of Helena, to invite Mr. Felix to attend the wine tasting party held tonight at the Marquis of Brecon's suburban villa."
The Marquess of Bracken is the boss behind the Covent Royal Opera House. Strictly speaking, he is Helena's leader and assists the eldest prince in running many properties, including a winery in Birmingham.
"Remember, only invite Felix and leave others alone."
"yes."
"Also." The eldest prince thought for a while and said: "When I go to No. 27 Flower Street, I will buy some sleepy toast when I come back. If there are other potions, take some of each."
"As commanded."
In the evening, an elderly maid came to Flower Street in a carriage. She stared at the blackboard outside the door for a while, then opened the door and entered the store.
jingle--
There was no one in the dimly lit store. The maid thought Ma Wei was not at home. When she walked to the counter, she found Ma Wei lying on the recliner behind the counter with a newspaper on his chest, as peacefully as if he was asleep. .
"Is there anything you need?"
Yunia, who was sitting behind the counter and playing graffiti, raised her head and looked at her curiously.
"oh...."
The maid glanced at the sleeping Ma Wei, took out a flaming invitation from her arms, and put it on the counter: "I am Miss Helena Sheffield's live-in maid. Please pass this letter to Mr. Felix von Manstein.”
"Okay, I understand." Yunia took the envelope and continued to draw on the paper with a charcoal pencil.
"I also want to buy some things."
"Wait a moment!"
When she heard that the maid wanted to buy something, Yunia quickly jumped off the chair and ran quickly into the backstage. After a while, she led Edward out.
"What do you want to buy?" Edward asked.
"Sleep toast, mercury blood, and the...ticky chocolate on the sign outside? What a weird name..."
Itchy Chocolate is a new limited product launched by Ma Wei. It is extremely simple to make. When making chocolate, you only need to add a few drops of water soaked in blue moon algae and the skin of Hearttail Grass.
The peeled rhizome of hearttail grass is one of the materials for making mercury blood, and the peeled skin will make people itchy all over the body, like having prickly heat. Ma Wei used the characteristics of hearttail grass to make Itchy chocolate is something specially used to tease people.
People who eat itchy chocolate will not only feel itchy all over their body, but also suffer from diarrhea. It is not fatal, but it can definitely make people collapse.
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Itchy chocolate was specially prepared by Mavey for Daniel. At the end of this month, Daniel will go to Yinton College. In order for him to quickly build a good relationship with his classmates... Of course, he must bring some strange things.
After all, in the eyes of other students, Daniel's family sells potions, and the novelty gadgets he brings to school will definitely cause quite a stir in the school. By then...
As long as the results are good, do you still have to worry about not having customers?
The boys who are eligible to attend Yinton School have no shortage of money at all...
Soon, Edward packed the goods and handed them to the maid. After paying the money, the maid hurriedly left the store. As soon as she left...
Ma Wei opened his eyes immediately and picked up the invitation on the counter.
On the surface of the white invitation, there is a line of beautiful small words written:
[Yours sincerely, Mr. Felix von Manstein]
After thinking about it, Ma Wei suppressed the urge to tear open the invitation, lay back on the chair and closed his eyes.
"Don't you open it and take a look?" Edward wondered.
Ma Wei hummed and said, "This is an invitation letter given to Felix. Who am I qualified to open it?"
"That maid bought a lot of potions. Miss Helena can't use these potions, so she must have been instructed by others. The same is true for this invitation letter. There is no problem in opening it."
"I know." Ma Wei said with his eyes closed: "This letter must have been sent by the eldest prince. He could have asked Miss Helena to give it to Felix directly. There was no need to send it to his home, but he still did this I did it, and the purpose was to sow discord between me and Felix."
Edward looked at the invitation and then at Ma Wei, his face expressionless, but he couldn't figure it out in his heart.
"Would you be happy if I touched something that belongs to you?" Ma Wei said quietly: "The invitation says "Yours sincerely, Mr. Felix". If I open the letter when Felix is out, What will Felix think when he sees it when he comes back? Respecting other people's privacy means respecting other people's personality... It's really a shame that the eldest prince would use such a dirty trick..."
"But you are Felix's eldest brother. Blood is thicker than water. What will happen if you open a letter from him?"
Ma Wei suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Edward sharply: "Trust often collapses in an instant. You are totally wrong to think so!"
"We can ask Felix what he wrote in the letter when he comes back, but we must not open the envelope before he comes back!"
"Living under the same roof, even relatives will have friction. Privacy is the most important thing for a person. It is very stupid to destroy the trust of others for your own curiosity."
Mavey took out a shilling coin and put it on the counter, and said to Edward in a deep voice: "This shilling is mine. I give it to you so you can touch it. If I don't give it to you, you can't steal it!"
jingle--
The store door was pushed open, and Lai Wen came back humming a song. As soon as he entered, he felt that the atmosphere in the store was wrong. He was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but ask:
"What happen to you guys?"
