Su Xuerong was particularly surprised.
Several of the dishes on the table were ones she had tasted in her previous life after entering the palace.
They're all from the imperial cuisine, so how did they end up in this ordinary restaurant?
She nodded to the waiter: "Waiter, could you please order some of our specialty dishes for us?"
The waiter inquired about their individual tastes and ordered several northern dishes. He also specially ordered two desserts for Su Jian, along with a pot of the restaurant's own brewed "Liuxia".
The wine, shimmering like a purple sunset, was slowly poured into the crystal glass before me, and a rich aroma of grapes filled the air.
At that moment, Su Xuerong felt as if she had returned to the palace in her previous life.
I never imagined that such a luxurious wine pot, which could only be found in the palace, would appear in a tavern in Jiangnan where ordinary people could enter!
This immediately overturned her previous understanding.
Jiangnan is truly a prosperous land!
As Su Xuerong savored the beautifully colored wine, people at several tables not far away in the hall couldn't help but turn around and look at her frequently.
Han Changrong, who was standing to the side, immediately glared back at those people, hoping that Su Xiaoniangzi would finish eating and go home quickly.
With her beautiful face, and after drinking some wine, her snow-white skin was lightly flushed with a rosy glow, making her the focus of the entire restaurant hall, impossible to ignore.
Su Jian finally finished eating, and Su Xuerong asked the waiter to order a few more dishes to be sent to her home before leading the group out of the restaurant.
Han Changrong said, "My lady, you wait here. I'll go and call the carriage."
After he left, Su Jian was suddenly drawn to the puppet show at the entertainment venue ahead and hurriedly begged Su Xuerong, "Auntie, I want to go and see it."
Su Xuerong glanced at the sky. Although it was already dark, the night market was bustling and noisy, and the passersby all looked calm. She told Xiuchun to wait for the carriage where she was, and then she led Su Jian forward.
A crowd had already gathered in front of the puppet show stall. On the stage in front, a play about joining the army was being performed. Two comically dressed puppets were being controlled by people behind them, performing a ridiculous story on the stage.
Su Jian laughed heartily, clapping along with the onlookers several times, and continued to hold his aunt's hand, laughing incessantly.
"Hey, little kid, why are you pulling me like that?"
Suddenly, my aunt next to me let out a scream.
Su Jian looked up and saw that his aunt, who had just been beside him, had turned into a fat woman.
The plump woman said with a look of disgust, "Why aren't you going to find your master yet? Be careful it gets lost!"
Su Jian hurriedly looked around. There were crowds of people all around, but he couldn't see Su Xuerong's outstanding face.
"Auntie! Auntie!" Su Jian shouted loudly.
At this moment, Xiuchun squeezed through the crowd and hugged Su Jian, who was already pouting: "Young master, where is your wife?"
"Auntie! Auntie is gone! Waaah..."
"What?"
Looking at the dejected Xiuchun and Su Jian, Su Jingxuan felt a sudden panic: "When did they disappear?"
"Just now, we came out of the restaurant..." Xiuchun held back her tears and told what had just happened.
Su Jingxuan flew into a rage: "Where is Han Changrong?"
"He's still looking for a young lady at the night market, and he hired a car to let us come back first..." Xiuchun was extremely annoyed.
If only she had gone to see the puppet show with the two of them.
Su Jian was already terrified by Su Jingxuan's anger, and he nestled in Zhou's arms and cried loudly.
Zhou glared at Su Jingxuan: "Don't scare Jian Ge'er, Han Changrong will find A Rong."
Even so, she was more uneasy than anyone else.
The daughter's face was too eye-catching. They were in an unfamiliar place, and if something happened to her, how would they survive?
Half an hour later, Han Changrong rushed back with a look of anxiety: "Sir, I have searched every restaurant in the night market but I have not been able to find the young lady. I have gone to the nearest government office, but I can only go in to report the case first thing tomorrow morning."
Su Jingxuan's face suddenly turned ashen, and he slumped back and fainted.
"Her father..."
The house was immediately thrown into chaos.
In her dazed state, Su Xuerong heard a series of strange noises.
In a daze, she seemed to have returned to the cold palace where she had been imprisoned several times in her previous life, a dark and gloomy place without a single ray of light.
The sound that gradually woke her up was like the chanting and repentance of the Empress after her death.
She felt as if her eyes were glued shut, and she couldn't open them no matter what she did.
"...Hehe, not bad, this young lady you brought over is truly a beauty of unparalleled grace. Once you send her to the Paradise Altar, the Altar Master will surely reward her handsomely!"
"Boss, such a beauty, don't you really intend to let the brothers all have a taste?"
"You bastard! Every time you secretly kidnap a woman, you've had your fill of her, but this stunning beauty must be reserved for the altar master!"
"But this young lady is already a married woman. If we sneak a bite, the sect leader probably won't find out..."
"Smack!"
A loud slap rang out, and the man shouted angrily, "What do you take the altar master for? Someone who just eats your leftovers?"
"No, no..."
...
Su Xuerong gradually came to her senses and struggled to open her eyelids.
A sliver of dim light entered her eyes, but the surroundings remained pitch black, except for a single lantern, its crimson light stinging her eyes.
He squinted again and looked ahead, then shuddered.
She was locked in a square wooden cage, which was wrapped in layers of blood-red linen.
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