Adorable Food Goddess

Chapter 31: Take the wrong and make the best of it

Translator: Kats  Editor: Perriemix

Ye Jiayao was ready to leave after cooking. She didn’t want to stay for too long. If Jinrong knew that Jiayao was alive and in her space, she would definitely kill her.

She came out from the alley at the back door. A group of people lifted a palanquin and walked past her, nearly knocking her off her feet. Ye Jiayao flattened her back against the wall hurriedly.

Wow! Trips for governors are so high-class.

The street didn’t resume its hustle and bustle until the squad had passed. Ye Jiayao quickly blended in with the crowd and vanished.

The palanquin stopped in front of the prefecture of Wei. The guards came up to their master and said, “Lord, we’re at the prefecture of Wei.”

Xia Chunyu opened the curtain and got off the palanquin. He lifted his head and saw a golden horizontal inscribed board with a black background, the words ‘The prefecture of Wei’ sparkling under the sunlight.

Initially, he was going to go back to the capital after he finished his business in Hei Feng Gang. However, he felt that he just had to come to the prefecture of Wei at once.

Li Tie, who was the follower of second-in-charge, Sheng Wu, confessed that someone paid 3000 silvers for the Hei Feng Gang to kidnap Yaoyao. It was easy to guess who that was. Who else could gain profit from this monkey business? All he wanted was proof. If he couldn’t find the truth in Wei’s family, then he will search in Yang Zhou. Xia Chunyu felt that it was the only thing he could do now that Yaoyao was gone.

The prefecture of Wei got the news of Xia Chunyu’s arrival and hurriedly sent people out to greet him.

“Please, forgive us. We didn’t know that the Yu Hui ambassador would be arriving. This welcome was beneath you. ”

Xia Chunyu smiled calmly. “I was just passing by and thought that I’d come visit here. I’m sorry for troubling you.”

“It is not a trouble at all. My humble house is honored by Yun Hui ambassador’s arrival.” Wei prefecture laughed.

The two of them made small talk as they walked inside the house.

After Xia Chunyu took a seat, Wei prefecture requested the servants to prepare some drinks and food. “Let the first lady decide what drinks and food we get. Yun Hui ambassador is from Jin Ling.”

Xia Chunyu suspected that the first lady should’ve been Yaoyao. Before he arrived, he expected Wei’s family to use two strategies to react to the kidnapping of the bride. One was to maintain their composure and find a substitute to complete the wedding, and the other was to pretend that the Ye family never sent anyone here.

However, it was difficult to use the second strategy. Normally, it only took two days for the bride to arrive at Ji Nan district. Since it was a big event, they must’ve already sent the wedding invitations ages ago. If they had canceled the wedding abruptly, people would’ve suspected. So, it was more likely that they found a substitute for Yaoyao.

Although, Xia Chunyu never expected that the substitute would be a southerner. Why else would the prefecture of Wei let the young first lady decide their meal?

The prefecture Wei dismissed the servants and turned around to ask, “Master Crown Prince, is it government business that brought you to Ji Nan?”

Of course, it is government business!  I stayed in Black Wind Ridge for more than half a year!  It had been a classified secret, though, so he kept his mouth shut. Even his family didn’t know that he went to Shang Dong. Now that he had succeeded, they would be informed as he didn’t need to cover his tracks anymore. “I am coming from the Black Wind Ridge.”