Chapter 1373: Aetheria Empire Part 20
A few minutes later, Xu Feng and Evelyn were drinking their tea when the employee returned with a mature woman dressed in a cheongsam.
Just one glance and you might be srized by her appearance.
Xu Feng’s resistance was high enough, so he wasn’t chard by their mature aura. As for Evelyn, she wasn’t interested in won, so she was also unaffected.
And precisely because of these two nonchalant reactions. They indirectly caused the shop owner to question her charm.
"Is it because of the ongoing war, or am I no longer charming?" The woman turned to her employee and asked.
The employee sweated profusely. "Of course, not! Madam Ying is charming and beautiful. Every patron who ca here was for you."
The shop owner, Madam Ying, simply rolled her eyes at her employee’s flattery.
Although the employee was sincere, she had gotten bored with it by now.
Nobody would want to be flattered by their employee or the sa person repeatedly. The only exception was if the other party was their lover, but even then, there was a limit.
"Okay, you can leave. Don’t let anyone disturb us." Madam Ying waved her hand dismissively. She glanced at Xu Feng and Evelyn, who seed more interested in savoring her tea.
"I didn’t expect my charm would be lost to a Fragrance Tea." She cleared her throat and approached the two.
"It’s more like the Fragrance Tea brewed by Madam Ying is too delicious to be missed." Xu Feng placed his teacup down and chuckled. He turned to her and smiled amiably.
"Madam Ying’s charm is ethereal, and I dare not glance for long, lest my heart would flutter uncontrollably."
"Oh, so you’re a sugar tongue person." A bit astonished by the sudden flattery, Madam Ying couldn’t help but beco pleased. It appeared that she didn’t lose her charm, and the man in front of her was simply worried about losing control.
"Sugar tongue only to those worthy." He mused and poured a cup of tea for her.
In the anti, Evelyn nearly felt creeped out by his quick change of behavior.
’Sugar tongue? What kind of deceiving words were those?’ Despite feeling like vomiting, she chose to keep silent and watch the play go on.
"So what does Viscount Lin Feng want from my place?" Madam Ying smiled and got to the topic. "It can’t be that you just want my Fragrance Tea, right?"
Xu Feng smiled lightly and signaled with his eyes to move to a more discreet place.
Madam Ying naturally received the signal and gestured for him to follow after her.
As for Evelyn, she was promptly stopped by the nearby employee with plates of food arriving.
"The Madam said to let you try our new signature dish." The employee said warmly, flashing a big, friendly smile.
The saying that you should never slap a friendly smile on their face remained true!
Evelyn pursed her lips and could only reluctantly accept the fact that she had been dumped here on the spot.
’Forget it, I wonder if these foods have buffs.’ She thought to herself and sat back down.
anwhile, Xu Feng and Madam Ying had arrived at the top floor, enclosed with many formations and preventive asures against spies.
’As expected of Madam Ying of the Aetheria Empire.’ He smiled softly at this kind of arrangent.
Others might not know, but Madam Ying was the leader of a large intelligence network.
Nothing would be able to escape her eyes. Alas, it was just a pity that the recent war had caused so of her major branches to suffer nurous losses.
And now businesses were also hit hard because nobody had the ti or mood to dine outside.
One could say that Madam Ying had gone from soone with a lot of wealth to soone who was on the verge of bankruptcy.
After all, even her preparation to maintain the Fragrance Tea supply chain was left in shambles because the Colossuses seed to have known about it and purposely destroyed the cultivation farm lands.
To summarize, Madam Ying’s organization had a traitor who had jumped to the Colossuses’ side, effectively selling out her key points that would assist the Aetheria Empire Army.
He took a seat and smiled warmly at Madam Ying. "I know you have trouble securing the tea leaves because of the current situation. I can promise you that my army can deliver them to you safely and help improve the intelligence network you have ford."
Alerted and alard, Madam Ying’s eyes narrowed. She assud an offensive stance, seemingly ready to fight him.
But to her surprise, Xu Feng remained aloof, almost as if what he just said was sothing trivial.
Soon, Madam Ying cald down because if he wanted to target her, then he wouldn’t have told her this directly to her face.
She took a deep breath and sat opposite him.
"How did you know about the intelligence network?" She asked cautiously. The traitor who sold out her intel to the Colossuses has long been dealt with, alongside their companions, friends, and families. She had made sure to eliminate all possible suspects who held such secrets.
Of course, the thoughts of trying to eliminate Xu Feng had crossed her mind.
That was until she recognized him as Immortal.
An Immortal was basically unkillable, and added to the fact that Xu Feng was also a Viscount, she had to think twice before having a fallout with him.
"You can relax, Madam Ying." Xu Feng calmly said and explained, "I have no ill intention. If I did, then we wouldn’t be discussing here, but the Empire’s Prison."
A few minutes later, Madam Ying ca to learn what Xu Feng wanted.
He wants her connection to invite the influential and wealthy nobles to attend an auction. In return, Xu Feng would help cultivate tea leaves for her, as well as provide vast protection in neutral or hostile lands.
"I didn’t expect an Immortal would be granted the Army Camp rights." Madam Ying must admit she was impressed with Xu Feng’s ans.
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