People in the capital city love beauty, not just won, even n have the habit of applying powder to their faces. But such n are in the minority, so when Lin Yuan saw the obvious layer of powder on Bai Jing’s face, she almost vomited the al from the day before.
However, Bai Jing himself was completely unaware that he had disgusted others, as he sat there with his legs crossed, looking amused as he drank tea.
His table was full of dishes, looking like they had not been touched much, but at the mont, the cups and plates were scattered ssily.
The four other people seated at the table were vehently criticizing the food, while dumping the dishes onto the table.
"What is this? Can this even be considered your Dong Tian’s signature dish? Four Joys Fortune Bag? Ha, such an unsightly thing can be called a fortune bag? I think you must be blind!"
A young fellow disgustedly picked up the delicately crafted Four Joys Fortune Bag with his chopsticks and threw it aside. Still feeling discontent, he swept the remaining ones from the plate onto the table.
The clean and beautiful tablecloth was imdiately stained by the juices from the plate, looking dirty and unsightly.
This wasn’t their first ti coming to Dong Tian, after a few consecutive days of visits, Shopkeeper Liu felt sothing was amiss and secretly investigated their identities. Quietly, he whispered to Lin Yuan: "The young man is Bai Jing’s disciple, nad Liang Liqin. It is said his na signifies diligence, but he is reputed for laziness, particularly in the Imperial kitchen."
The Imperial kitchen is a place in the royal palace; for such a lazy person to survive there, it shows how much Bai Jing values him.
Not only that, Lin Yuan vaguely saw the backing behind Bai Jing, surely it was substantial.
"Ha!"
A soft snort, as another person flung a few strands of sticky noodles from his chopsticks onto the floor, saying: "What is this sticky stuff, like snot! Is this even edible? It’s really strange that Dong Tian sells such dirty things for people to eat, are the people blind?"
The person speaking was a slightly older man, with a sowhat lewd appearance, cursing while using his fingers to pick his nose.
Shopkeeper Liu’s voice ca to her ear: "That man is nad Qian Hai, a little henchman of Bai Jing’s, entered the Imperial kitchen two years before him. Though his cooking is decent, he, umm, is not one for small matters."
Lin Yuan couldn’t help but coldly laugh; not one for small matters? Shopkeeper Liu was being polite, putting it nicely, it ans not particular, but bluntly it’s just ssy and dirty. Seeing how skillfully he picks his nose, who knows if he does the sa when cooking in the Imperial kitchen.
Qian Hai flung the vermicelli from his chopsticks onto a neighboring guest, who disgustedly frowned, paid their bill, and left, not interested in the spectacle, wishing to quickly get away from the dirty fellow.
Lin Yuan pressed her lips, forcing herself not to think about the dishes from the two palace banquets, otherwise, she’d imagine Qian Hai cooking while picking his nose and not washing his hands before continuing to cook.
Ugh!
Lin Yuan covered her mouth, almost vomiting.
"Are they all blind? What’s so great about Dong Tian’s food that so many people co? See, didn’t a custor just leave before finishing their al? Must feel the food here is just as we said, unworthy of consumption!"
The person speaking had an extrely loud and coarse voice, if Lin Yuan didn’t know he was from the Imperial kitchen, she’d suspect he was soone from the street selling pork.
"This is also Bai Jing’s little henchman nad Zeng Daqi, not much of a cook, responsible for slaughtering tasks in the Imperial kitchen."
Shopkeeper Liu obviously did his howork, even found out that Zeng Daqi didn’t handle cooking.
Lin Yuan nodded, she too felt Zeng Daqi, this rough man, didn’t seem like soone who could cook.
The custor Zeng Daqi pointed out as leaving early was the sa one whom Qian Hai hit with the vermicelli earlier.
That guest was not timid, turned back with a cold laugh, seemingly unintentionally saying, "I’m not bothered by Dong Tian, not by the food but by the ambiance. Alas, can’t even eat in peace, always have to be wary of flies buzzing everywhere, really unpleasant!"
"Aha, look, this gentleman is absolutely right, not only is Dong Tian’s food bad, but there’re also flies and mosquitoes flying around! Haha."
Zeng Daqi laughed heartily, not catching the sharp undertone in the gentleman’s words.
The young gentleman smiled knowingly, shaking his head and leaving without turning back.
While Zeng Daqi didn’t catch on, it didn’t an others didn’t. Bai Jing’s disciple Liang Liqin imdiately slapped Zeng Daqi’s pig-headed skull, swearing: "What flies? Where do flies co from in this cold winter? He’s calling us flies! Bastard!"
Only then did the group realize, but when they tried to go out and find him, the gentleman had already left.
Lin Yuan found it amusing, feeling a bit of admiration towards the gentleman. He seed like an outsider, and knowing he wouldn’t be retaliated against by Bai Jing’s group, she no longer thought about it.
At Bai Jing’s table, aside from his disciple and two henchn, there was also an elderly man sitting timidly, with his head lowered the whole ti.
While the others were criticizing the food, he alone sat there silently, not even picking up his chopsticks to eat sothing.
Lin Yuan wondered, how did soone like that catch Bai Jing’s eye?
Shopkeeper Liu sighed with so sympathy saying: "Miss is looking at the old man, right? He is nad Qin Shi, said to have wielded the cooking spoon when he was young, but now with his age, he can only do chores like chopping firewood and washing dishes in the Imperial kitchen. Because he is so honest, people in the palace call him Qin Shizai. This ti he was called by Bai Jing to, cough, actually pay the bill."
Eventually, even Shopkeeper Liu seed a bit reluctant to speak.
At such an old age, it’s not easy to scrape by in the Imperial kitchen, yet because he’s too earnest and honest he’s bullied by Bai Jing into paying his ager salary for their expenses, truly pitiful.
Bullying soone to such an extent, Bai Jing truly fails his nasake!
Lin Yuan squinted her eyes, loathing Bai Jing to the extre.
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