Chapter 420: This meal has nothing wrong with it except being expensive
As soon as the waiter left, Yang Chengchen quickly advised: "Auntie, there's no need to order so much. We can't eat much."
"I eat very little too." The prince looked like a good boy at this time. The other children present felt embarrassed to see the prince like this.
Although the others complained about the prince's brothers in their hearts, they still actively persuaded Zhao Lingmeng on the surface.
"You can eat as much as you want today! You probably won't be able to come for at least half a year anyway, so you might as well eat too much at once." Zhao Lingmeng was very generous with food.
As for the idea of people freezing to death on the road, if she dared to throw money at it, she must be tired of living. Who could tolerate a princess with a military background, who could invent powerful weapons herself, and who also had the support of the people?
"Ah! Why half a year?" Everyone present, except Yang Chengsong, had figured out the problem. So this question must have been asked by Yang Chengsong.
Zhao Lingmeng glanced at the others and saw that they were either covering their mouths while laughing or laughing openly.
She could only glare at these people and gently explain to Yang Chengsong, "Because our meal is too expensive, I don't think it's a big deal, but the imperial censors in the court don't think so! I guess they will report us for our extravagance at tomorrow's morning court.
I don’t have anything to say, but I have to keep a low profile for a while to avoid upsetting the imperial censors.
In Yang Chengsong's eyes, being reported by the Censor was a very serious matter. In any case, his grandfather often warned him that if the Censor reported him, he would break his legs.
"Will that be serious? Why don't we just not eat it?"
Zhao Lingmeng was still thinking about how to explain to this silly child! When she saw Yang Chengchen, her eyes turned and she said, "Don't worry! Our Crown Prince is here!"
"Oh, that's okay." In Yang Chengsong's mind, the prince is the future emperor, and those censors would definitely not dare to report him.
If the others present knew what Yang Chengsong was thinking, they would simply tell him, "Young man, you are still too naive. These censors dare to impeach even the emperor, let alone the crown prince."
However, no one knew what Yang Chengsong was thinking. They just thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could handle these people.
The prince looked at Yang Chengsong a few more times. He had almost no contact with this cousin before. He didn't know that Prince Kang Qi had raised his grandson to be so naive and let him go out to be a playboy.
If Prince Kang Qi knew that his image in the Crown Prince's eyes had been reduced from a wise elder to one who doted on his grandson without limits, he would cry out in injustice and want to beat Yang Chengsong up. (Shouldn't the grandson be under the care of his father? What does it have to do with him, the grandfather?)
Yang Chengchen, who was standing next to Zhao Houming, had a strange expression on his face, so he asked curiously, "What are you looking at, Your Highness?"
When the prince saw Zhao Houming asking, he casually said, "I'm just curious how Yang Chengsong became one of the Four Hegemons of Yuanjing City?"
Seeing the Crown Prince's curiosity, Zhao Houming explained quietly, "I was curious before, too, but after getting to know him, I figured it out. This cousin has a good family background and is quite skilled in fighting. Most importantly, he has an animal-like instinct for dangers he shouldn't provoke, and he's also very adaptable."
I secretly checked, and his intuition has only been proven right with my eldest brother."
The prince had originally just said it casually, but after Zhao Houming's explanation, he actually became a little curious about Yang Chengchen. He made a mental note to get in touch with him in the future.
The Crown Prince started discussing academic matters with Zhao Houming and Zhao Houjing. He primarily wanted to test his eldest cousin Zhao Houjing's knowledge. He wasn't doubting it himself, but was testing it on behalf of his father. Well, that's it.
After chatting for a while, the prince saw that Zhao Houjing was indeed speaking with substance and was not an idiot, so he calmly changed the subject and started chatting with Zhao Houming.
But we didn't chat for long before the food started to be served.
The waiter stood by and announced the names of the dishes, "Pan-fried cod, grilled squid, seafood shrimp and scallop congee, seafood platter, steamed hairy crab."
Zhao Houjing and the others were silent at this point, their eyes fixed on the ever-increasing amount of dishes on the table. Especially the hairy crab; it was the first time they had ever seen a crab with legs that thick.
As soon as Zhao Lingmeng saw these, she knew why they were so expensive. Yuanjing was quite far from the sea, and in this era of underdeveloped transportation, transporting these to Yuanjing would surely cost an untold amount of manpower and resources.
But when she looked at these relatively fresh seafood, she admired the wisdom of these people.
Zhao Lingmeng looked at the children at the table, her mouth watering, but no one moved. She was quite satisfied with these children's habits.
She picked up a hairy crab leg for herself and said, "Eat it quickly! Eat to your heart's content today."
As soon as Zhao Lingmeng spoke, everyone began to attack their long-held targets. At first, everyone was quite reserved, using chopsticks and fighting slowly. Eventually, no one knew who started first, but everyone started using their hands, even the Crown Prince.
Seeing the children using their hands, Zhao Lingmeng decided to use her hands too. At this moment, she only had one feeling in her heart: it turns out that Jingguo also has seafood! And using your hands is really convenient.
Finally, Zhao Lingmeng added a few more dishes that the children liked. Anyway, they felt sad when she asked them to add more dishes, so she decided to add them herself!
In some ways, Zhao Lingmeng still dotes on her children.
When everyone finished eating and collapsed in their chairs, the prince remembered that he had not yet congratulated his two cousins!
So he raised the water in front of him and said, "I am using this water instead of wine to congratulate my two cousins on passing the examination for Tongsheng."
Yang Chengchen quickly started to make noises, "Royal brother, can you still drink more? None of us can drink anymore."
There was originally some lively atmosphere, but after Yang Chengchen interrupted it, everyone started laughing.
Zhao Houming also came out with a smile to smooth things over. It was definitely not because he couldn't drink this glass of white wine. "Your Highness, there is no need to be so polite. The gift has arrived. Let's all take a sip of water together."
"Okay, you will definitely get some gifts." The prince liked Zhao Houming's impoliteness.
Everyone took a sip of water together. Zhao Houjing and Zhao Houming each had a box in their hands. Neither of them opened it immediately. After all, it wasn't a gift from their family, so it would be a bit impolite to open it on the spot.
Yang Chengsong also prepared a gift, but he had it delivered directly to the Princess's residence when he left in the morning. He now applauded his decision. Otherwise, if he presented a gift together with the Crown Prince, and his gift was better than the Crown Prince's, it would be fatal.
Before leaving, Zhao Lingmeng ordered four more dishes she found tasty to take away. She sent one to her father and mother, and the remaining three to the Crown Prince. The Emperor, Empress, and Emperor each received one.
When the bill finally came, the total cost was nearly four thousand taels of silver. The children who had been enjoying their meal just now were all heartbroken.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
