Imperial Treasure

Chapter 1197 - 700: Spring Fragrance Pavilion (Part 2)

Woman No. 1: I’m hungry, damn it, can I eat!

Woman No. 2: The person above, that stack of meat was just what you ate!

Uh... not sure whose stomach grumbling broke the silence, Sui Yi put down his cup and smiled slightly, "Hungry?"

No, no, the two shook their heads quickly.

"If you’re hungry, just eat."

Sui Yi gently pushed a plate of dishes in front of the two with his impossibly elegant fingers and said with a warm and gentle smile, "The two of us are here today not for pleasure. You can eat and drink freely, and of course, I will pay for these dishes."

Oh dear, that face...

"No need, no need, we’ll pay, we’ll pay."

Shi Feixuan: "....."

Strangely felt as if someone was being solicited instead.

Not bad, she thought. Next, it’s time for them to subtly inquire about Shong Ming’s whereabouts...

"Have you seen two people who look like this enter this Spring Fragrance Pavilion?"

Sui Yi snapped his fingers, and two extremely lifelike, almost identical modern portraits appeared in front of the three of them.

Woman No. 1: Although I had already thought these two handsome men came to gather information, but being so direct, makes me embarrassed!

Woman No. 2: Oh my, this paper is clearly from our Spring Fragrance Pavilion, when was this drawn?

But these gentlemen are so graceful and gentle, mainly with a face to die for, and those hands....

Shi Feixuan watched as these two women almost subconsciously wanted to use their low-cut tops to clasp Sui Yi’s hands, and couldn’t help but cough slightly.

Alright, snapping back to reality in a second, Woman No. 1 carefully examined the portraits and said, "Ah, we recognize this person, they came two shichen ago... and brought this old man too."

"But that old man seemed to like anise, so he was arranged in another private room, and this person went with others into the Spring Breeze Pavilion... and called for the best performers of our Spring Fragrance Pavilion, also ordered quite a lot of dishes."

Evidently, Shong Ming and the old man left a significant impression on these two women, otherwise with the numerous customers at the Spring Fragrance Pavilion daily, they might not have remembered them.

"Just by looking, you can tell they’re foreigners, the clothes they wear aren’t much different from ours, but their accessories have a distinct Foreign Lands style, and they speak a language we don’t understand...."

"But not entirely incomprehensible, our Spring Fragrance Pavilion has its own hosts who understand languages like Persian, Turkic, Goryeo, and others from the Outer Regions. They always accompany to entertain Outer Region guests. According to them, this group should be using Dongming language, so they are Dongming People..."

Sui Yi poured a cup of tea for Shi Feixuan, sipped some tea himself, and heard Shi Feixuan ask, "So, roughly how many people were the dishes they ordered for?"

"A lot... they probably came with four or five people, but ordered food for twenty or thirty, we thought Dongming People had particularly big appetites~~"

The two women were a bit surprised to suddenly hear Shi Feixuan speak, they had thought this cool, aloof gentleman didn’t like talking to them.

"Where is the Spring Breeze Pavilion?"

Shi Feixuan asked a few questions piece by piece, then fell silent. Sui Yi put down the teacup, the two ladies, being clever, quickly came up with a reason to excuse themselves.

Only Shi Feixuan and Sui Yi were left in the room, with the fragrant smell of tea lingering.

"Shong Ming must be meeting someone," Shi Feixuan looked at Sui Yi, "Who do you think that might be?"

Sui Yi shook his head, "I don’t know, let’s go see."

Is it Li Yuanji, or someone from Dongying, or subordinates from the Dongming faction...

Who knows.

Sui Yi opened the window, looking at the lights outside, "Let’s go."

Their figures quickly flew out, traveling along the eaves, swiftly reaching the rooftop, and leaping from one rooftop to another until they arrived at the Spring Breeze Pavilion, two buildings away.

The Spring Breeze Pavilion is the guest house of the Spring Fragrance Pavilion, receiving important guests, like those from the Outer Region who can come to the Central Plains are not ordinary people, so it’s no surprise that Shong Ming, as the Young Marshal, can book two private rooms.

Sui Yi and Shi Feixuan did not intend to go together, but to find Shong Ming and Lie Xun separately. As soon as Sui Yi reached Spring Breeze Building, she heard music coming from the adjacent room. Her figure flickered to the side of a column under the eaves, crossed her arms, leaning against the column, turning her gaze to the white gauze window lit by a lamp inside, where music and dance were in full swing.

Magnetic Sensation slipped in.... Sui Yi first saw a dozen lithe, graceful dancers, and then saw a scholarly host sitting at the corner, opposite him sat three Dongming masters, and next to them was a crescent curtain, inside was a table, with people sitting...

Only two people actually.

One was Li Yuanji, the other Shong Ming.

Li Yuanji looked very displeased, angrily drank a cup of wine, then slammed the cup heavily on the table, "I really didn’t expect, this Sui Yi would actually ruin my great plan! Now that Lie Xun is not dead, and that old fellow Wang Tong is hesitant to help me... if Lie Xun goes to Changan with Ye Lingyou to save Li Shimin, then everything will be ruined."

Li Yuanji’s words were full of anger, yet Shong Ming, sitting opposite, didn’t even furrow his brows, just smiled slightly, saying: "Prince Qi, no need to be angry. Although the plan failed this time and we couldn’t kill Lie Xun, it was because an unidentified master suddenly appeared.... In my view, that master just intervened by chance, not wholeheartedly, otherwise they should have been protecting Lie Xun all along... Yet they haven’t acted against Lie Xun or us, have they?" (to be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian.com for recommendation votes, monthly votes, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)