PDLP Chapter 151 Since the princess has invited us, let’s serve one portion of each dish.
Chapter 151 Since the princess has invited us, let’s serve one portion of each dish.
Hearing him suddenly bring up this matter again, Qiu Ning was caught off guard and didn't know what to say for a moment.
My face felt inexplicably hot.
The private room where the two of them dined was not completely enclosed. On the contrary, the restaurant was designed to be semi-open, so anyone passing by could see it at a glance.
Besides, Gu Li chose this location for some reasons. After all, he had not yet officially married Qiu Ning. At most, they were just going out on a date. If he went directly to the fully enclosed private room, he was afraid that he would scare people away.
Little did they know that this action would soon lead to someone discovering their location and immediately reporting it to Murong Zhi, who was also dining at Fanlou.
Before Murong Zhi married into Prince Yong's Mansion, she loved to dine here with Gu Li, and her favorite dish was the drunken shrimp.
Ever since Gu Li went to the front line, she has never come to Fanlou to eat this dish again, because in her opinion, this is a beautiful memory that belongs only to her and Gu Li. But since Gu Li returned to Beijing some time ago, she has met with Gu Li privately several times, wanting to ask him to show mercy to her family's case and let the Murong family go for the sake of their previous relationship.
But she didn't expect that when she finally got to be alone together, Qiu Ning saw her and ruined her good fortune.
Later, she secretly sent people to assassinate Qiu Ning, but she didn't expect that Gu Li would find out. He even sent someone to warn her not to touch Qiu Ning again, otherwise, don't blame him for disregarding their previous friendship.
Gu Li's words at that time were very decisive, and Murong Zhi was sad for a long time.
Today, while Prince Yong was not at home and Murong Zhi was worried about her mother's family affairs, she went to Fanlou for dinner.
I just didn't expect to meet Gu Li again.
After hearing the report from the servant, Murong Zhi immediately stood up and walked towards the private room where Gu Li was.
"Brother A-li..."
Murong Zhi felt that meeting Gu Li here was a chance given by God, so she was a little excited.
Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.
However, the moment she pushed open the door, she was almost overwhelmed by the scene before her.
I saw Gu Li standing up and putting a peeled shrimp from the plate into Qiu Ning's plate in front of him.
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the look in Gu Li's eyes when she looked at Qiu Ning was so gentle that it seemed as if it could be stretched to make silk threads. This was something Murong Zhi had never seen before.
In the past, when he and Gu Li were together, they would at most appreciate each other's poems and paintings, or chat about life and ideals while eating at the same table.
But Gu Li never took the initiative to pick up food for him, let alone peel shrimp for her.
This scene directly stung Murong Zhi's eyes.
Inside the room, Qiu Ning's hand holding the chopsticks began to tremble after hearing Murong Zhi call out "Brother A'li".
Then, a dagger shot towards Murong Zhi.
Murong Zhi, after all, was the princess married to Prince Yong. How could she call a stranger so intimately in a public place? Did Prince Yong know about this?
Murong Zhi soon met Qiu Ning's eyes. The girl who was dressed in a maid's uniform and was considered to be somewhat pretty at most was now wearing a light pink long dress. With the help of makeup and jewelry, she looked even more charming, like a flower bud about to bloom after the rain.
Even she, a woman, couldn't help but sigh when she saw it, saying that this girl is really beautiful.
What's more, Gu Li is a man.
For a moment, the air seemed to be filled with the smell of crackling sparks.
"It's you?"
Murong Zhi snorted coldly, "So you are the legitimate daughter of Prime Minister Qiu. No wonder you are so bold, disguising yourself and sneaking into my palace with evil intentions."
As soon as Murong Zhi opened her mouth, she directly revealed the incident of Qiu Ning sneaking into the palace last time, trying to make Gu Li see clearly that she was a person with ulterior motives and ill intentions.
Qiu Ning was not willing to be outdone and directly responded back.
"Compared to what the princess did, Qiu Ning is nothing but a small witch compared to a big witch. By the way, princess, what did you call Master Gu just now? Brother A Li?"
"If I remember correctly, Madam Gu only raised Lord Gu's child and didn't raise any more. Is that right, Lord Gu?"
The last question was directed at Gu Li, with the ending tone emphasized.
It seemed as if she would go crazy on the spot if Gu Li's answer did not satisfy her.
Gu Li was also a little overwhelmed for a moment.
She didn't expect that after finally having a chance to have a meal alone with the little girl and have some peace and quiet for a while, she would still meet strangers. She immediately lost her good face towards Murong Zhi.
"Aning is right. Mother only gave birth to me, so how can there be any sisters? Princess, you must have heard it wrong. Come, you like this dish, so eat more. If you don't like it, I'll peel more for you."
His words were full of pampering and protection for Qiu Ning.
This made Murong Zhi's heart sink directly into the icy lake.
He looked at Gu Li with an infatuated look, trying to rekindle their previous friendship, "Brother A Li, you weren't like this before. You clearly said before that you only ordered this dish for me. Now you're attracted to this girl from the Qiu family? Do you want to marry her?
Oh! But have you forgotten that she was once a slave in the cold palace, and she would even curry favor with the servants in the palace for a bite of food? How do you know if she is still clean?"
"shut up!"
Gu Li slammed the chopsticks down heavily on the table, and a terrifying pressure suddenly spread around him.
"Murong Zhi, I'll say it again. What happened before is already a thing of the past. There is no connection between you and me anymore. If you continue to use this as an excuse to tarnish my reputation, I will not forgive you!"
Murong Zhi was frightened by his attitude and immediately realized that Gu Li must have been bewitched by Qiu Ning, so he acted like this in front of her.
According to her current status and identity, such behavior is totally unsuitable for her.
But for some reason, when she saw that Gu Li was more attentive and considerate to other women than he was to herself, a feeling of jealousy rushed to Murong Zhi's head.
All dignity and elegance were thrown out of the window.
At this moment, she was like an ordinary woman who had lost her loved one, and she also wanted to try to awaken her lover's memory.
After thinking about it, Murong Zhi suppressed the jealousy in her heart, changed her attitude, and said solemnly:
"Brother A Li, there's no need to be angry. If you don't like it, then I won't say it."
Then, she glanced at the dishes on the table and sighed to herself, "I never thought that after all this time, Brother A-li's taste hasn't changed."
"It's better to meet by chance than to invite someone. I haven't eaten yet either. I wonder if you two would mind sharing a table."
Before Gu Li and Qiu Ning could say no, Murong Zhi took the initiative and said, "To express my apology, why don't you let me treat you to dinner today? It just so happens that I remember your taste very well."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and gave instructions to the shopkeeper outside.
"Boss, please add one more serving of drunken shrimp, one serving of steamed pork ribs, one serving of golden thread fish balls, and one serving of three-fresh soup to this table."
When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately went to the kitchen with a happy smile and ordered the dishes to be served.
Gu Li frowned and was about to refuse, but Qiu Ning agreed first.
"Well, since the princess has invited us so graciously, how can we two refuse your honor? Then, let's serve all of Fanlou's signature dishes. Princess, you know I just came out of the cold palace and haven't seen much of the world. Today, I'll take it as a favor to you and let me enjoy a feast. Is that okay?"
Murong Zhi's face was filled with black lines.
She wanted to say, can you finish all this?
But Qiu Ning said, "Of course, based on the principle of not wasting anything, if we can't finish it, we can take it away!"
Murong Zhi: “…”
She has already said it. Since she said she would treat us, could she go back on her word?
Of course it's impossible.
But if Qiu Ning were to order every signature dish here, it would probably cost at least a thousand taels of silver.
Even though she was not short of money, Murong Zhi still felt a little distressed after spending over a thousand taels on this meal.