The Crown Prince of Yanping and Tang Ze, along with several others, were punished by the Emperor.

He was fined three months' salary.

Princess Nanyi of Xiliang was arrested and taken to the city patrol office. Because Princess Shouchun and the Eighth Prince had been arrested before, it did not cause much of a stir.

As I said before, if the princess of Great Chu has been arrested, it would be abnormal if the city patrol of Western Liang, with its spoiled and arrogant princess, hadn't been arrested.

However, because Princess Nanyi said she wanted to go to the city patrol office to broaden her horizons, Prince Yanping and Tang Ze discussed it and decided to grant Princess Nanyi's small request. So they locked her, along with her maid and guards, in the city patrol office's prison.

Normally, anyone who disrupts the order of Kyoto would be arrested and imprisoned by the city patrol, but in addition to the law, there is also human consideration, so they might be given leeway and not be imprisoned.

Princess Nanyi was a pampered princess, the apple of the eye of the Emperor and Empress of Xiliang. She grew up in luxury and could not bear the thought of being in a place like the city patrol prison. As soon as she entered, Princess Nanyi was completely distraught.

To make Princess Nanyi feel better, the palace maid gave her some candied fruit she had bought. Princess Nanyi ate a piece, and the aroma of the pastries and fruits attracted mice.

Princess Nanyi was sitting there eating candied fruit when a mouse crawled up the table leg and onto the table. Its ugly appearance almost scared Princess Nanyi to death in the city patrol prison.

Princess Nanyi screamed in terror and vomited up her breakfast.

Princess Nanyi was in the city patrol prison for only a quarter of an hour before she went from being lively and energetic to listless and weak. When the Crown Prince of Xiliang received the news that she had been arrested by the city patrol, he rushed to the city patrol. Seeing that Princess Nanyi was pale, the Crown Prince of Xiliang thought that the city patrol had tortured her. If it weren't for the timely explanation from the Xiliang guards, the Crown Prince of Xiliang would have fought with the Prince of Yanping and his men.

Princess Nanyi entered the city patrol office with her head held high, and when she came out, she was practically carried by her maids.

Then the news reached the Emperor's ears.

Normally, the city patrol is fair and just and enforces the law strictly. The emperor wouldn't say anything if they arrested Princess Nanyi. But Princess Nanyi came to the Great Chu to celebrate the emperor's birthday. The city patrol showed no mercy and directly imprisoned the delicate princess in the city patrol's prison, causing Princess Nanyi to be so frightened that she almost died. It would be unreasonable for the emperor not to ask about it.

Prince Yanping and Tang Ze knew there were rats in the city patrol prison, but they really didn't expect the rats to be so bold as to sit on the table in front of people and frighten Princess Nanyi like that. They felt a little guilty.

They had simply acted improperly, and the emperor could not punish them severely, so he deducted three months' salary as a warning to others.

However, the rats in the city patrol prison had really messed up this time. After being punished and returning to the city patrol, the Prince of Yanping and his men immediately ordered the extermination of the rats.

Overnight, they wiped out several generations of rats.

...

Before we knew it, it was time for our day off.

That day, while having breakfast, a maid in a pale yellow dress came in and said, "Your Highness, at noon, Young Master Tang and Young Master Xu invited His Highness and the others to a whole fish feast. Chef Li asked me to ask you if you would also like to have the whole fish feast, or if you would like something else to be prepared for you?"

Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan, "We're only having fish for lunch?"

Although there are hundreds of ways to cook fish, it would be too monotonous to only eat fish when you're entertaining guests.

Xie Jingyan served food to Shen Wan and said, "The Prince of Yanping and the others went fishing outside the city early this morning."

It has to be said that the Prince of Yanping and his ilk are the ones who truly enjoy life.

A group of brothers went fishing, and the fish they caught were cooked by the imperial chef. They ate and chatted, what a pleasant experience!

Shen Wanxin longed for it, "Next time let's go eat by the river. Let's bring Chef Li along, set up a stove by the river, and the Crown Prince's wife and I will go too."

Just thinking about it makes me excited.

She should have invited Cheng Yao, Miss Xu, and Miss Tang into the manor today.

The men ate their food, while she and Cheng Yao sat at the same table.

Unfortunately, it's too late to post this now; I'll have to do it next time.

Xie Jingyan said, "If you want to go to the river to eat fish, it's definitely too late today. Let's do it on the next day off."

Shen Wan nodded hurriedly.

I'm really looking forward to the whole fish feast at noon.

Shen Wan waited patiently all morning, and finally it was lunchtime. The maids brought the food into the room.

The first dish was crucian carp soup, which was thick and looked delicious.

Chef Li's culinary skills need no doubt.

But then the second dish, braised pork ribs, was served.

Shen Wan, “…???”

What happened to the promised whole fish feast?

How come there's braised pork ribs?

Just as Shen Wan was about to ask, she heard Xie Jingyan's footsteps approaching. Shen Wan thought he had gone to the front yard, so why was he at Moyuxuan? She said, "Didn't you go to the front yard for dinner?"

Xie Jingyan said, "The time has been changed. I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

"Why did you change the time?" Shen Wan asked. "Isn't today a day off? Why are you so busy?"

"...It's not that I'm busy, it's that I haven't caught any fish."

Shen Wan was embarrassed.

She said that the city patrol bureau wasn't so busy that the four of them had to patrol the city even on their days off; apparently, the change of time was because they hadn't caught any fish.

Shen Wan couldn't help but ask curiously, "How many fish did they catch? Isn't that enough to eat?"

Xie Jingyan looked at the crucian carp soup on the table. "It's all on the table."

Shen Wan, "..."

Shen Wan's lips twitched. "Only two?"

Xie Jingyan said, "I caught four, but one big one got away, and the other was too small, so I released it."

Shen Wan's forehead was covered in black lines as she asked, "How many people fished for it?"

Six.

Besides Prince Yanping and Tang Ze and the other three, Xu Ji and Cheng Yi also went.

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