Chapter 477: What Are Your Plans?
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Old Madam Wang ignored Magistrate Wei and ordered some snacks to eat.
“How can the food in the shop outside be delicious? I’ll set up a table at the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion. Aunt Ran, can you go and try it? There’s a chef there who used to be an imperial chef and knows how to make your favorite 91 soup,” Magistrate Wei said ingratiatingly.
The so-called 91 soup was brewed from 18 different ingredients. The 18 ingredients in each jar were different. All of them were top-notch and were priceless.
After spending 10 hours boiling the nine jars of soup, they would be poured and mixed into a bowl of soup and sprinkled with other precious ingredients. Then, they continued to boil it for a further 20 hours.
The final product was the 91 soup.
Back then, Princess Yong Chang’s favorite 91 Soup had brought up many large shops in Wanning City. As long as they could get Princess Yong Chang to say that it tasted good, this shop would earn a lot.
The remaining ingredients would not be wasted. Some people would pay for them.
Those poor families who could not afford precious medicinal herbs would stay in the restaurant and wait for the other party to finish brewing the 91 soup before selling the soup dregs at a cheap price. Although the medicinal effect was a little inferior, it was still there.
When she suddenly heard the name of the 91 soup, Old Madam Wang’s expression changed for a moment.
In the blink of an eye, more than 30 years had passed.
“Wei Guo’er, don’t think that I don’t know what you’re thinking. It’s useless.” Old Madam Wang’s eyes were calm, as if what Magistrate Wei said had nothing to do with her. “There’s no need to probe anymore.”
Only then did Magistrate Wei sigh.
He could already tell that things had changed.
Not to mention Aunt Ran, even most of the people in Wanning City now were not people he had once known.
When people grew up, they would also change.
Especially Great Chang. After more than 10 years of chaos, the hearts of many loyal officials and generals had turned cold.
Before Princess Yong Chang disappeared, Great Chang still seemed to be thriving. Later on, when Princess Yong Chang disappeared, Wanning City became worse year by year.
Someone in the Imperial Astronomer branch had even said that Princess Yong Chang was the lucky star of Wanning City. With her around, the entire Great Chang could be stabilized.
If she left, the Great Chang would fall apart.
What happened later seemed to confirm this prophecy. There was internal strife in Great Chang, and the Princes rebelled. The garrison outside was in chaos, and the farmers who could not survive also rebelled.
Fortunately, Duke An and Duke Yong saved the quiet Crown Prince at that time. They slowly supported him along the way and finally stabilized the country.
The Great Chang Dynasty did not fall apart, but the serious illness left in the dynasty was still there.
“Now, the higher-ups seem to be looking for news about you. They’ve already found a place called Nanhe Town. I’ve taken a look and the place where Brother Chuheng was recommended seems to be Nanhe Town’s Qingmu Academy.” Magistrate Wei looked at Old Madam Wang and asked her in a low voice, “What are your plans in the future? Do you want me to help cover it up?”
Old Madam Wang: “Don’t worry, it won’t be traced to me.”
Not to mention the subordinates who had been called over, even if Duke Yong and Madam were to stand in front of her, they might not be able to recognize her.
All these years, it was not that Old Madam Wang had never bumped into someone from her past, but the only person who really recognized her was this silly kid in front of her.
“Then in the future, will 1 have to take care of Brother Chuheng? I’ve been untalented all these years and only became a magistrate. But not to mention anything else, 1 can still let Brother Chuheng go to school here in peace.” Magistrate Wei recalled Wang Chuangui’s encounter during this period of time and hurriedly added, “Something like this will never happen again.”
Old Madam Wang had nothing to say about this. “Do as you see fit.”
Originally, she had already thought of a few countermeasures. She would deal with them after coming here.
She did not expect to meet this kid.
This saved her some trouble..