Then, with his back behind his back, King Xian wanted to secretly place the porcelain bottle containing the wine on the stone table, but just as he was placing it firmly, Xiao Ye's hand behind his back accidentally knocked the bottle over again.
Then the porcelain bottle rolled onto the bluestone tile floor with a grunt, and with a "pop" sound, the bottle turned into fragments on the ground...
Three of you, look at me and I look at you.
A gust of autumn wind blew by, taking away two embarrassing fallen leaves from a tree next to the three of them...
Xu Qing couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling when he looked at the bottle that didn't leak out a drop of wine even after it broke to the ground.
Damn it, it’s a big loss this time!
Not only did I not get a penny from this visit to Prince Xian’s Mansion, I was also compensated with a portion of medical spirits!
This is the legendary shameless royal relative?!
Then the three of them fell into a brief silence.
Finally, when Xu Qing felt that he could no longer remain silent and someone had to say something, the Xian Wang spoke.
However, what Xu Qing didn't expect was the Xian Wang's face...
The Xian King coughed and said: "Ahem, Xu Qing, you came as soon as you said you would. What else can you bring to me? But this is quite good. The wine tastes mellow. I wonder where you bought it?"
Even if he drank his own wine without his consent, he still...
Forget it, forget it, he is the prince, we can’t afford to offend him...
Xu Qing could only reply: "Reporting to the prince, I brewed this wine myself. If the prince still wants to drink it, I will brew some for him another day."
The wise king smiled heartily and said: "Hahaha, okay, you are interested, but when is the next day?"
Xu Qing blinked. As long as the wise king has some emotional intelligence, saying that he will send some someday is actually the same as not having time, right?
He originally just said a polite word, but he didn't expect the wise king to be so shameless!
Xu Qing coughed awkwardly: "The brewing process of this kind of wine is a bit complicated, and I can only make this small amount. If the prince wants to drink it, how about I send it to the prince in half a month?"
The wise king nodded and said, "Okay, then it's settled!"
Then he looked at Xiao Ye and said, "I am a little tired. Go and give Xu Qing a favor."
Although the porcelain bottle is not big, it is 70% strong alcohol! The wise king is just a little tired after drinking it? And he can still talk to himself for such a long time?!
This drink is okay!
Xiao Ye looked at Xu Qing and said: "Brother Xiao, don't be offended. My father is always addicted to alcohol. The taste of your wine is too strong, so my father can't help it..."
Xu Qing expressed his understanding. If he didn't love wine to the extreme, a noble prince would definitely not have as low an emotional intelligence as a three-year-old child.
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The resistance of martial arts practitioners is sometimes not comparable to that of ordinary people. According to Xu Qing's method, within three days, Xiao Ruxue returned to her usual lively self.
Everywhere is filled with girlish vitality.
She was originally a very active girl, but after being bored in the palace for three days due to illness, she had long since become impatient.
Feng Han just couldn't wait to rush to the street.
He went alone and pulled Xu Qing out of the bookstore.
walking on the street
Xu Qing said: "Actually, you can ask Brother Xiao to accompany you out."
Xiao Ruxue turned her head arrogantly: "I don't! Xiao Ye is so boring! You are much more interesting than him!"
Soon, Xiao Ruxue's eyes caught sight of a stall, which was a stall selling candy figures.
Xiao Ruxue pulled Xu Qing's sleeve and looked at the stall and said: "Xu Qing! Xu Qing! I want to eat that!"
Xu Qing looked at Xiao Ruxue and said, "If you want to eat, just buy it."
Xiao Ruxue blinked her big watery eyes and looked at Xu Qing and said: "I...I didn't bring any money..."
In desperation, Xu Qing had to spend money to buy two candy figures and handed them to Xiao Ruxue. Xiao Ruxue had one on her left hand and one on her right hand, and enjoyed eating them.
The dignified daughter of the most powerful prince of Chu, she goes shopping like a country girl... She has never seen the world at all...
It doesn’t matter if you haven’t seen the world, you can actually make money by going out and shopping!
The same goes for the candy buyer. He didn't even issue an invoice, and he didn't even have any basis for it. It would be a problem to get reimbursement from Prince Xian's Mansion in the future...
After eating the candy, he wiped his hands with a handkerchief, pulled Xu Qing's sleeve and ran forward again.
Finally, we stopped in front of a stall.
This is not actually a stall, it is just an open space. Standing on the open space is a middle-aged man. Next to him are several girls in shabby clothes. Several girls have a piece of grass stuck in their hair.
Xiao Ruxue pulled Xu Qing and asked, "Xu Qing, Xu Qing, why do they all have a piece of grass stuck in their heads?"
Xu Qing said: "They are meant to be sold."
Xiao Ruxue asked doubtfully: "What does it mean to be sold?"
This is when the middle-aged man saw that Xu Qing and Xiao Ruxue had extraordinary temperaments and well-dressed clothes, especially Xiao Ruxue. He knew at a glance that they were rich people!
The middle-aged man looked at Xu Qing and said, "You two gentlemen, do you want to buy maids? Look at these few. They all come from honest families, can endure hardships, and can work! They are also quite pretty."
Xiao Ruxue was young, and she was born as a princess, so she naturally didn't know about the ancient business of casual human trafficking.
Xiao Ruxue looked at the middle-aged man and shouted softly: "How can you sell women at will?! They are not commodities! Aren't you afraid that the government will arrest you?!"
Xu Qing quickly grabbed Xiao Ruxue. It was illegal to sell stolen children last time, but this was not the case. The police couldn't catch her.
The middle-aged man said: "Girl, you must speak with your conscience. When I bought them, their family was in trouble. If their parents hadn't sold them to villains, their family would have starved to death."
The villain doesn't do anything illegal, and the contract of prostitution is still with the villain!"
Xiao Ruxue raised her head and looked at Xu Qing in disbelief: "Is he...really not breaking the law?"
Xu Qing nodded: "The contract is clear, he really did not break the law. If there is a famine, there is no harvest and no food, there is enough to eat by exchanging sons, let alone selling sons and daughters."
Xiao Ruxue was silent for a while. He was from a wealthy family. Her father, queen, mother and concubine all loved her. She couldn't imagine what it would be like to change his son and eat.
It turned out that Dachu was not as beautiful as she had seen in the past.
Those women were all skinny and their clothes were shabby. Xiao Ruxue was only two or three years younger than them, but their lives were completely different.
Xiao Ruxue raised her head and looked at Xu Qing and said: "Xu Qing, Xu Qing, they are so pitiful. How about we buy them out."
When Xiao Ruxue said this, the eyes of those maids brightened a bit. If they could be sold to a wealthy family as maids, it would be the best destination for them.
When Xiao Ruxue saw that Xu Qing was silent, she couldn't help but grab his sleeve and shake it: "Buy it, buy it. In the worst case, it will be deducted from my profit."
Xu Qing lowered his head and looked at Xiao Ruxue and said, "But you have to know that there are so many suffering people in the world, and your money can't save them."
After all, Xiao Ruxue is still too young, has a girlish mentality, and cannot see the suffering in the world.
She pulled Xu Qing and said, "Then I want to buy it too. Look, they look like they haven't had a full meal in a long time. They are really, really pitiful..."
Xu Qing knew that he could not persuade Xiao Ruxue. Moreover, this little girl had indeed saved a lot of money during this period, and it was more than enough to buy these girls.