"Wei!"
Zhao Gao was delighted and turned around to wave his hand.
Outside, there were already palace maids waiting. Once they received Zhao Gao's order, they filed in.
Exquisite food boxes were opened one by one, emitting steam, filling the air with a sweet fragrance.
"Your Majesty, these are all new dishes that I and the imperial chef racked their brains to think of. Look-"
Zhao Gao said eagerly as if he was presenting a treasure,
"This dish is a brown sugar fat sheep stew. It combines the sweetness of brown sugar and the freshness of fat sheep!”
"This dish is the sweet soup of the pickled vegetables. The bitterness of the pickled vegetables is neutralized with brown sugar. It can be said to be a perfect match!”
"And this one…"
He pointed at the dishes as if he was counting his family's treasures, and his expression was a little proud.
He was probably the only one who could come up with such a genius idea to cater to the King of Qin!
The combination of the pickled vegetables and brown sugar was even more regarded as a masterpiece by him!
These two items were the favorite items of the King of Qin!
However, while he was feeling proud of himself, he did not notice that Ying Zheng was frowning.
"What are these?"
Ying Zheng said unhappily,
"Zhao Gao, did you do this?"
"Yes, sir! Your Majesty, let me serve you some food." Zhao Gao lowered his head and put on a humble appearance. He said respectfully," Let the king eat as comfortably as possible. This is what a subject should do.”
"Come, let Your Majesty taste this brown sugar fat sheep stew and this sweet soup with wild vegetables.”
He put it into Ying Zheng's bowl.
Ying Zheng looked at the mutton in front of him suspiciously and hesitated.
But in the end, he was still moved by Zhao Gao's words. He tried to pick up a piece and put it into his mouth.
He chewed on it!
"Bah!"
Ying Zheng's face changed, and he immediately vomited!
"What's this strange smell? It tasted terrible! It was greasy and sweet! It was simply unpalatable! Do you think my stomach is very healthy?”
"If I eat it, I'm afraid my stomach will hurt for three days!”
Zhao Gao was speechless.
" This... this shouldn't be..." Zhao Gao didn't expect Ying Zheng to have such a big reaction. He immediately panicked, knelt on the ground and said," Your... Your Majesty, that should be an accident! You…you try this sweet soup with wild herbs. It's definitely good!”
Ying Zheng glanced at him impatiently, then casually took a sip of the sweet soup.
"Puff!"
He spat it out again!
"What the hell! It was neither sweet nor bitter, neither fish nor fish, and it was extremely disgusting!”
Ying Zheng smashed the bowl of sweet soup on the ground and said angrily,
"Zhao Gao, are you teasing me?”
"Try it yourself. Is this something that can be eaten by me?!”
Zhao Gao was speechless.
F * ck!
Something's not right!
This wasn't how the script was written!
Shouldn't the king of Qin praise him after eating the delicacies and be moved by his words, and then dote on him even more?
How could it be like this! What went wrong?
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty! Please forgive me, Your Majesty! I…I…"
Zhao Gao knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously. He said in a trembling voice,
"It's my fault!"
"Please calm down, Your Majesty!"
Looking at Zhao Gao, who was kowtowing non-stop, as well as the group of palace maids prostrating on the ground, Ying Zheng flicked his sleeve and said angrily,"
"Zhongche Prefecture Magistrate, don't think you're so smart!”
"Brown sugar is a good thing, and I do like it very much. The pickled vegetables are also good things, but when the two are added together, it might not be good!”
"The same goes for mutton! If you don't know how to cook, don't interfere with the imperial food. That's not for my sake, but to harm me!”
Dong dong dong!
Ying Zheng walked up to Zhao Gao with big strides, looked at him coldly with his tiger-like eyes, and said coldly,"
"There's more! Since when did you, Zhao Gao, have the right to interfere with my meals? How could you order the kitchen of the imperial kitchen around?”
"Then can I understand it as…you, Zhao Gao, can control my food and drink? You can also control my life and death?"
Zhao Gao was speechless.
This sentence made all the hair on his body stand on end. For a moment, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar!
As a result, Zhao Gao was no longer as sharp-tongued as he used to be. Instead, he was stunned on the spot, his entire body trembling violently!
After a long time, he finally knelt down with tears streaming down his face,"
"This subject…shall die ten thousand times!"
Ying Zheng looked down at this man who had no bird and was so frightened, and his expression softened a little.
"Forget it, seeing that you're thinking for me wholeheartedly, I'll let it go this time, but there will definitely not be a next time!”
Ying Zheng said calmly,
"No one can interfere with my food!”
"Whoever wants to get involved, I don't mind…feeding them to the dogs!”
" Do you understand?!"
Other than Qin Feng, he silently added in his heart because the food that kid made was too delicious!
Even he, Ying Zheng, couldn't escape the Law of Fragrance!
"Understood, understood!"
Zhao Gao slammed his head on the ground and said hurriedly,
"Thank you for your forgiveness, thank you for your forgiveness!”
At this moment, a report came from outside."
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Commandant Zhang Han has arrived and said that he has made the latest progress!”
Ying Zheng's heart trembled.
There was progress?
"Alright, let him wait for me! I'll go now!"
At this moment, he could not be bothered to teach Zhao Gao a lesson. He quickly put on his shoes and turned around to leave.
Silence returned to the hall.
Only Zhao Gao was still kneeling on the ground, gritting his teeth and closing his eyes tightly.
His heart was filled with endless regret and regret!
Why did he mess things up again! How many times had this happened recently?
Was it a coincidence, or was he unable to figure out Qin Wang's intentions?
The former was fine, but if it was the latter, it would definitely be a disaster for him!
Zhao Gao slowly got up. His ears twitched as if he heard the laughter of the palace maids behind him, as if they were mocking him for making a fool of himself.
He clenched his fists tightly.
"Remedy, I must remedy it!"
Zhao Gao clenched his fists and made up his mind.
"Since I can't do it well, I'll let someone who can do it well do it!”
"Doesn't His Majesty like the brown sugar ginger tea and the brown sugar glutinous rice cake? I'll go get that person and let him do it!”
"I don't believe that the king will not be satisfied!”
He had made up his mind to take back Jun Xin at all costs!
……
Black Ice Platform, Secret Palace.
"Zhang Han, have you really made progress?!”
As soon as Ying Zheng came in, he immediately asked the question, seeming a little impatient.
"Your Majesty, please calm down and listen to me.”
Zhang Han cupped his hands and said,
"This general has indeed obtained the latest progress. The king's son should still be alive!”
"At the very least, Miss Afang did not commit suicide with Young Master!”
Ying Zheng was speechless.
He had just sat down when he heard the news. He stood up again!
"He really didn't die! Are you sure?"
Ying Zheng quickly walked up to Zhang Han and said excitedly,
"Then where is he now? What kind of business are you doing?"
"Is it in Xianyang?"
"I want to see him!"
Chapter 22
Under Zhang Han's comforting words, Ying Zheng finally managed to calm down and sat down again.
However, the excitement and hope in his tiger eyes could not be hidden.
He was too eager for his guess to be verified!
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I investigated in secret and found a few people who knew about the matter back then. After following the clues, I roughly figured out the context.”
Zhang Han said respectfully,
"Before Miss Afang committed suicide, she also thought of taking Young Master away.”
"But in the end, she did not harden her heart. Just as the king said, she did not want the king's children to die with her.”
"But at the same time, she was afraid that the Little Lord would be discovered and killed by a vicious person!”
"Therefore, she entrusted the child to her father, Xia Wuqie.”
Ying Zheng's body trembled, and his expression changed.
Xia Wuqi was the Imperial Physician of the State of Qin. He was also the only one who threw out the medicine bag to save him when Jing Ke tried to assassinate him!
It could be said that she was one of the people he trusted the most!
Xia Wuqi was Fang's biological father! However, Fang was the daughter of a concubine. In the eyes of outsiders, Xia Wuhe had never paid much attention to this daughter. Even if he had committed suicide in the end, he had remained indifferent.
However, Ying Zheng knew that he had been childhood sweethearts with Ah Fang, and Xia Wuqie regarded her as the apple of his eye!
As for why she had shown such a disrespectful attitude towards her daughter in front of outsiders…Under the tense and dangerous situation at that time, it was probably to protect herself or to hide something.
After Afang committed suicide, Ying Zheng buried this sorrow deep in his heart and rarely talked about Afang with Xia Wuqie. Xia Wuqi had never mentioned a word about her, as if she never had a daughter.
But he didn't expect Xia Wuqi to be hiding such a big secret!
He actually brought his grandson along? His own son!
"You mean…Xia Wuqi is secretly supporting Young Master behind everyone's back?”
Ying Zheng said darkly.
If that was the case, he even had the intention to kill Xia Wuqi!
How dare you lie to me and raise my eldest son? Who do you think you are? This was definitely the crime of deceiving the sovereign! His crime was unforgivable!
"No, I don't think Xia Wuqi secretly raised Young Master.”
Zhang Han said,
"At that time, the situation was turbulent. Imperial Physician Xia might have felt that bringing Young Master along would attract the attention of people with ill intentions and eventually lead to a fatal disaster.”
"Therefore, Imperial Physician Xia entrusted Young Master to a wandering warrior.”
"After that, Young Master was taken away from the State of Qin by that ranger. Perhaps he went to the State of Yan? Qi Country? Or perhaps they were hidden among the people of other countries and were nowhere to be found.”
Seeing that Qin Wang's expression wasn't right, Zhang Han hurriedly bowed and said,"
"This general is incompetent and is temporarily unable to find Young Master's exact whereabouts. Please punish me, Your Majesty!”
Even so, he did not eat or sleep for the past few days. In order to complete the mission of the King of Qin, he had been investigating and collecting information almost all night. He did not let go of any clues!
This was the most detailed conclusion he could come up with in such a short time!
"It's not your fault. You've already done very well.”
Ying Zheng waved his hand weakly and murmured,
"Left the State of Qin…the State of Qi? Yan Country? The people…"
"Not in the State of Qin…"
He felt disappointed for no reason.
That hope seemed to have been dashed…
Wasn't that kid his son?!
All the coincidences were shattered by Zhang Han's conclusion. Ying Zheng was a little irritated, but he didn't know where to vent his anger!
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. As long as I have enough time to activate the full power of the Black Ice Platform, I will definitely be able to obtain Young Master's exact location!”
Zhang Han knelt down on one knee and said seriously,
"These few years, the Qin Country has defeated three countries in a row, and half of the world belongs to the Qin Country! Perhaps…Young Master had returned to the State of Qin! After all…so many years had passed!”
Your Majesty, perhaps you can ask Imperial Physician Xia…You know, I can't ask Imperial Physician Xia like I would ask an ordinary person…"
In order to force out more useful information, his questioning was actually more like an interrogation!
He naturally did not dare to use that method on the Imperial Physician.
"Yes." Ying Zheng nodded slightly, then waved his hand.”
A person appeared in the darkness.
"Go, invite the Imperial Physician Ling to the side hall of Zhangtai Palace.”
Ying Zheng said with an indifferent expression,
"Just say that I recalled the past and sighed endlessly, wanting to talk to him.”
"Wei!"
That person received the order and turned to leave.
"Your Majesty, asking the Iron Eagle Swordsman to call Imperial Physician Xia…would he be frightened?”
Zhang Han said carefully.
Generally speaking, when the King of Qin summoned people, he would use eunuchs and temple people.
Once the Iron Eagle Swordsman of the Black Ice Platform appeared, it was basically an arrest!
"Frightened? Isn't he very bold?!"
Ying Zheng sneered and said,
"You hid such a big matter from me so ruthlessly!”
Zhang Han instantly shut his mouth and stopped talking.
"Zhang Han, I still have something for you to do.”
Ying Zheng said again with a serious expression.
"As Your Majesty commands!" Zhang Han's expression turned cold.
"It's not a big deal. I want you to investigate a person's background.”
Ying Zheng said calmly,
"Recently, a Qin Feng Candy Store opened in Xianyang City. They sell the new brown sugar and their business is very prosperous.”
Zhang Han nodded repeatedly.
"I've also tasted it. That brown sugar is indeed an exquisite dessert. It tastes incomparably sweet!”
He smiled and said,
"My family tasted it and was obsessed! Unfortunately, this brown sugar was already priceless. He couldn't buy it even if he wanted to!”
"I heard that the shop owner is going to close for half a month to deal with the orders on the first day of its opening!”
"Now, in the Xianyang underground market, a brown sugar brick has been sold for 3,000 yuan! Even so, there were still people who were fighting for it, and the price continued to rise!”
Hearing this, Ying Zheng was stunned.
"It's so explosive?"
He said in surprise,
"Although it's a good item, it shouldn't be sold at six times the price!”
He really didn't expect that the brown sugar could spread like wildfire and become popular in Xianyang!
I'm a "salty" Yang person, why do I like sweet things so much?
"Heh, the rarer something is, the more valuable it is!"
Zhang Han said,
"Firstly, the quality of the brown sugar is indeed good. Those who have tasted it are full of praise. This is a reputation that has spread from one to ten. Naturally, it quickly became popular.”
"Secondly, that shop owner will indeed cause trouble! There was an event and a lottery, which aroused everyone's desire to buy.”
"Furthermore, I think that the most extreme thing about this shop is that it only opens for one day and then closes for half a month!”
"He said that he's handling orders, but... is his production really unable to keep up?”
If Qin Feng was here and heard Zhang Han's argument, he would definitely exclaim that he was smart!
He had indeed used the ultimate weapon of marketing-hunger marketing!
On the basis of the quality of the things, he was taking advantage of the feeling that the commoners could not get what they wanted and felt as if a cat was scratching their hearts!
At that time, the whole of Xianyang was discussing brown sugar.
Those who bought it boasted and showed off, while those who did not manage to buy it sighed and wished they could go to the black market to buy it!
Wouldn't this popularity continue to rise?
After mastering hunger marketing, he could maximize the brand's popularity and get the greatest enthusiasm for buying!!
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