HLnovel Chapter 41: Kyoto Restaurant Enters Shangshu Mansion, Dirty Things in Huguang Mansion
Chapter 41: Kyoto Restaurant Enters Shangshu Mansion, Dirty Things in Huguang Mansion
On the other hand, Li Qing was already wondering what kind of food would be sent to her, but she couldn't think of anything no matter how hard she tried. She would be satisfied if she could get some cakes and pastries.
So when her family called her to eat, she still sat at the table. Halfway through the meal, Jinli brought the food to her. Li Qing opened it in front of everyone, and immediately the aroma filled the air, and the whole house was filled with a sweet smell.
The old lady couldn't help but ask, "What is this? It smells so good."
Li Qing generously shared it with everyone. The old lady also liked sweets. It was the first time she had such delicious candied sweet potatoes, and she couldn't help but praise them. The cooks at home also knew how to make it before, but they only poured some syrup on it. This bowl was different. It felt coated with sugar, and the soft and glutinous sweet potatoes made her even more appetizing.
There is also sweet and sour pork tenderloin below. The tenderloin here is sour and sweet, and is coated with a layer of flour. It is fragrant and glutinous. It is much more delicious than ordinary tenderloin. It can even be used to mix with rice, which is even better.
The old lady's appetite, which she usually had, returned today.
The fried lotus root won unanimous praise from the ladies and masters of the Shangshu Mansion. This dish is not sticky and is a little easy to clean. The taste of lotus root, combined with minced meat and glutinous rice, adds a lot of flavor. What's more, the outside is crispy, but the inside has the calm feeling of lotus, which is really rich in taste.
Finally, there was ice jelly. Li Qing wanted to be cool, but the adults in the family didn't eat ice, so she drank the whole bowl of ice jelly without thinking. The others saw that there was not much ice in the ice jelly, so they let her have it.
But only Li Qing knew that the cool feeling of this bowl of ice jelly was no worse than those sugar waters with ice cubes, and it was even better.
The family hardly touched the food on the table, but they ate everything that was served.
"Qing'er, where did you buy this?" asked Li Qing's mother, Mrs. Li.
"Mother, today Lotus and Lotus Leaf and I went out..." Before she finished speaking, everyone in the hall took a deep breath and Mrs. Li started to curse, "Li Qing, it's fine if you don't learn your lesson, but you also don't have a brain, right? You're going out again, be careful you get kidnapped by bad guys again!!!"
Li Qing shrank her neck. "No, I didn't walk around randomly. I helped this young lady. She said her restaurant was delicious, but Lotus and Lotus Leaf didn't dare to let me go, so they asked me to come back. It was this young lady who said she could send it to me to thank me for my help today."
Madam Li wanted to scold again, but Shangshu Lord Li said, "Alright, you are not allowed to go out anymore. I have heard of the Kyoto restaurant written on the food box. Lord Shaoqing often goes there, and the two marquises who are close to him also like to go there. Even Lady Princess goes there to buy food. This is nothing. Don't belittle this restaurant. I think one day, this restaurant will stand above all the restaurants in Kyoto Prefecture. Besides, don't we all like to eat here? If you like it later, you can ask the servants to buy it for you."
Mrs. Li shut up because of Mr. Li's interruption. Just eat, hum, what's the big deal. Besides, she didn't talk about the restaurant. It was obviously the girl who was naughty.
Seeing that she was saved by her father, Li Qing smiled slyly and mouthed, "Thank you, father."
Lord Li laughed and shook his head helplessly.
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Two days later, some of the victims had regained consciousness and were able to swallow food on their own and make some babbling sounds.
But most people were just dumbfounded. If they were not touched or fed, they would just stare blankly at a certain place. All of them were found to have broken hands or feet, the earliest of which dated back seven years.
The girl who is now sitting by the window and has regained consciousness is the earliest victim. She is looking out the window, the soft wind keeps blowing on her cheeks. If you don't look at the pair of legs hidden under the blanket, probably everyone who sees her will say, "May the years be peaceful."
Gu Qingyun stood on one side, writing something, just like the scene in the novel. Talented man and pretty woman, a perfect match.
The girl spoke in a weak, intermittent voice.
"Yes...I started working at Huguang Residence seven years ago, no, eight years ago."
"Hmm? Are you talking about Huguang Mansion? It's the mansion you brought us out of. It has a name, called Huguang Mansion."
"Eight years ago, I was just a little maid, serving the young lady there... Later I became a young lady..."
"Miss, the ladies who lived in the mansion before sold their art but not their bodies, and they were very popular. At that time, the place was called Jinhuan Tower, which should be very famous. You can find out if you look it up."
"Later... there were many cases and many people involved. The Golden Ring Building was gone, and the owner changed it to Lake View Residence, which was no longer open to the general public."
"Why did I stay in there for so many years? Oh, our boss used to be very good, but he changed because of the failure of the Golden Ring Building. He was not like that in the beginning."
"Boss? Our boss is a very good person..."
Afterwards, the girl pretended to be crazy, as if she couldn't hear Gu Qingyun's voice at all, and shouted hoarsely, "The boss is really good, he is not a bad person, I won't tell you about the boss, you are the bad people, you hurt the boss, the boss is in a bad mood, he is not a bad person! No!!!"
Gu Qingyun had no choice, and the doctor also signaled to Gu Qingyun that he could not ask any further.
Gu Qingyun could only follow the doctor out of the room, "What's going on? Wasn't she fine just now?"
"Perhaps after being tortured for a long time, she is in an unstable mood and state, and your words may anger her. Or maybe, she is deeply in love and will always protect the so-called boss." The doctor shook his head and sighed regretfully, "Seven years, if the inhuman treatment continues for seven years, no one can stand it."
Because the people rescued here were mentally unstable, they couldn't sign their names, and the words they said were crazy. And, perhaps because of the previous training, every time the sun sets, they will wake up and their state will be slightly normal, but if they are woken up during the day, it is obviously a normal time, but they are numb, as if they were drugged.
The Dali Temple and the Jingzhao Yamen were in a lot of trouble. There were endless traps and hidden weapons in the house, but they had never found the secret door or secret passage. So far, there was no solution to the case.
The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple has already said bluntly that it would be a good thing if this case could be solved, but if it cannot be solved, they will not be constantly urged to solve the case like they were in the previous case, so they should not be under too much pressure.
Furthermore, this case had a huge impact on the entire Kyoto Prefecture. Many ordinary people would talk about it after dinner, and even restaurants had made up many versions of the story.
However, despite such a huge momentum, no one reported the case to the Dali Temple or the Jingzhao government. It can be seen that everyone felt that this case might involve royal relatives, or dukes or earls, so they did not dare to act rashly. They even stopped talking and pretended not to know, trying to evade the issue.