Chapter 244 Chaos arises
As one of the top restaurants in Beijing, Wuweizhai's patrons are all from distinguished backgrounds. To satisfy these distinguished guests, Wuweizhai meticulously furnishes everything from cups, bowls, and chopsticks to tables, chairs, and screens, including the bathroom.
There are two clean rooms for drinkers to use, and there is a wooden sign hanging on the door of each room. If the pattern on the wooden sign faces outward, it means there is no one there, and if the words on the wooden sign face outward, it means there is someone there.
Yang Zhe and Han Baocheng went there together and saw that there was only one empty room, so they offered it to him politely.
"Brother Yang, you go first."
Yang Zhe's fair face showed embarrassment: "Brother Han should go first, I may need a little longer."
"Then I'll go first." Han Baocheng no longer refused and strode in. He came out soon and said, "Brother Yang, go quickly."
"Then I'll go in. Brother Han, you go back first." Yang Zhe said this and hurried in.
There was no need to wait for two grown men to go to the bathroom. Han Baocheng went upstairs and washed his hands with the help of the waiter guarding outside the private room. Then he pushed the door and walked in.
The room was filled with the aroma of wine and the atmosphere was lively.
"Brother Han, why are you the only one back? Where is Brother Yang?" Zhang Liangyu asked with a smile.
"There is only one clean room that is empty. I'll go there first, and he will be here soon." Han Baocheng said casually, walked over and sat down.
With his return, the scene became more lively with his occasional bickering with Zhang Liangyu.
After a while, the door was opened again and Yang Zhe walked in.
"Brother Yang, you're back. No, you have to drink a penalty drink." Zhang Liangyu shouted.
Han Baocheng also joined in the fun: "If you want to punish me, then punish me. I've had several drinks since I got home, and you got away with it."
Yang Zhe sat down and asked with a helpless smile: "How is the punishment?"
Zhang Liangyu's cheeks flushed, and he felt a little tipsy: "At least give each of us a glass."
The prince smiled and said, "Don't make things difficult for him."
"Brother Yang, His Highness loves you so much, you should respect His Highness the most." Several people laughed and joked.
Yang Zhe picked up the wine jug and filled it for the prince first, then filled it for himself, raising his glass with both hands: "Your Highness, I offer you a toast."
The prince clinked his glass with his, then drank it all in one gulp.
Seeing this, several people applauded.
"Brother Yang, who will I toast to next?"
"Let's start with Brother Han." Yang Zhe didn't push around for a few glasses of wine, and toasted everyone happily.
After that, they toasted each other, just like any other drinking party.
Yang Zhe frowned and stood up again: "Sorry, I still need to go wash my hands."
"Go quickly." Seeing his embarrassed expression, they didn't ask any more questions, but just smiled and waved their hands.
Yang Zhe bowed, pushed the door open and hurried downstairs.
Yang Zhe's departure did not affect the liveliness in the room. Han Baocheng and Zhang Liangyu started playing finger-guessing games and pulled Wen Feng and Li Lan in.
"Your Highness, would you like to have a try?" Han Baocheng asked the prince after winning.
Although the prince was somewhat tempted, he declined with a smile considering the guards standing outside the door.
"You guys have fun." He played with the wine glass, his mood as bright as the morning sun.
At this moment, he has the status of crown prince, friends he gets along with, and a bright future. The long and gloomy life in the past seems so long ago that it seems like a thing of the previous life.
The prince looked at the laughing people with a smile on his face, but suddenly his expression froze and he covered his chest and started coughing.
Hearing the cough, several people looked over and were shocked.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"
The prince was breathing rapidly, his face was blue, and the veins on his hands that were grabbing his clothes were bulging because he was pulling too hard.
"Ahem."
After a violent cough, blood flowed out of the prince's mouth and nose.
"Your Highness!"
"Someone come quickly!"
Several people were scared out of their wits and their cups and glasses fell to the ground.
The door was kicked open and the guards outside rushed in. Seeing the prince with a blue face lying in Wen Feng's arms, they drew their swords and pointed them at them.
"Save His Highness first!" Han Baocheng shouted, his voice hoarse and choked.
"What happened?" A gentle voice came from outside the door. Seeing the situation inside, his face changed. "Your Highness——"
A guard swung his sword across his chest, dragged Yang Zhe over and pushed him towards Han Baocheng and the others: "Don't move."
His voice was cold, but it couldn't hide his panic.
If anything happens to the prince, none of those who are protecting him will survive.
"Cough——" The prince coughed again. His throat seemed to be blocked, and his breathing became more and more rapid and difficult.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, please hold on a little longer. The doctor will be here soon!" Several people tried to comfort him incoherently.
The prince stared fixedly ahead, but without actually looking at any particular spot, his face twisted and painful.
The pain and suffocation made him unable to think, and only the instinct to struggle remained.
"Your Highness!" Someone shouted in panic.
The prince's head tilted limply to one side and he became unresponsive.
"Your Highness, Your Highness!"
The noise was heard downstairs, and the people drinking in the lobby stood up, looked up at the stairs and speculated in low voices.
"A Shuo, it seems that the one who had an accident upstairs was the prince." Lin Hao stood beside Qi Shuo and whispered.
Wuweizhai’s crab stuffed with orange is a seasonal delicacy that certainly cannot be missed. Lin Hao and Qi Shuo also made an appointment to taste this delicacy, but they didn’t expect that something would go wrong before the dish was served.
"The doctor is here!" With a roar, a guard rushed in from outside carrying an old man carrying a medicine box and ran upstairs.
"Changning, ask the restaurant waiters to guard the door and don't let these customers leave for the time being." Qi Shuo whispered to the servant.
Changning quickly agreed.
"Go up and take a look." Qi Shuo said to Lin Hao and walked towards the stairs.
There were palace guards blocking the stairs to the second floor. The restaurant owner was so weak that he was holding on to the handrail of the stairs. He was so scared that he was stunned.
Unlike the drinkers in the lobby downstairs who were still guessing, he knew exactly who had gotten into trouble upstairs.
It was the King of Wei who used to come here every year at this time to eat crab stuffed with oranges, and now he is the Crown Prince!
What happened to the prince?
The shopkeeper tried his best to look up, but could only see tall backs.
Qi Shuo took Lin Hao and walked past the shopkeeper.
The guard guarding the second-floor staircase recognized him: "Prince?"
"Is there something wrong, Your Highness? I came to see if I could help you."
"Prince, you'd better wait in the lobby first." If something happens to the prince, anyone could be a suspect, and the guards would certainly not let anyone in, even if he was the prince's cousin.
Stopped by the guards, Qi Shuo said nothing more, nodded, and went downstairs.
"I wonder if the prince is okay." Lin Hao lowered his voice, with worry on his face.
She was happy to see the King of Wei become the Crown Prince, which was at least a hundred times better than deposing the Crown Prince. If something happened to the Crown Prince, there would be chaos again.
Qi Shuo frowned slightly, feeling not very optimistic.
At this time, there was a commotion at the door.
"We're here to eat and drink. Why won't you let us leave after we're done?"
"Something happened to a distinguished person. For the time being, no one can leave. I hope you can understand."
The person making the noise was obviously drunk and pushed the guy who was trying to persuade him: "What does that have to do with me? Get out of my way!"
He took a step forward and was kicked back by someone who rushed in from outside.
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