The Prince’s Beloved is Aiming for Someone Else - Chapter 32

Chapter 32: Which Courtyard

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Li Baojia shook her head and said, “No, I haven’t eaten anything yet.”

“I am serious.”

She showed her bags and said, “I just bought some things to eat, and I’m going to the new restaurant.”

Li Baojia then said to herself, “What did he come out for today?”

“I don’t want to meet him here!”

Zhao Yi then said, “Alright, let’s go.”

“What?”

Zhao Yi turned his head and looked at Li Baojia. “Aren’t you going to the new restaurant? Follow me.”

Li Baojia nodded and followed him obediently.

It took a while for Li Baojia to feel something was wrong.

She thought to herself, “What’s going on here? I just said I am going to the new restaurant. I didn’t say that I was going with him, right?”

Although she didn’t want to, she still followed Zhao Yi.

He was the crown prince. Therefore, Li Baojia did not want to offend him.

After entering the new restaurant, Li Baojia found that the new restaurant was so big.

The first floor was full of people, and dozens of tables were almost all taken.

The tables and chairs were all made of good materials. There were all kinds of decorations, which told people that this was a new restaurant.

A staircase on the left side could hold about three people. The blanket was made of Persian cashmere, and the handrails were made of expensive pear trees.

The furnishings in this room were too stunning.

There was a moment of silence around them as soon as they came in. After a while, those people began to talk again.

Those people knew both were rich or noble at first sight, especially the handsome young man walking in front. Although he did not seem to be wearing some expensive clothes, the experts in clothing could still tell that this material was the brocade from Jiangnan, which was specially provided for the royal family every year.

Some people knew that this young man must be a royal.

And the people who realized this kept silent, and they couldn’t help but look up at the restaurant owner.

The manager was an intelligent person. Seeing the two of them coming in, he immediately welcomed them and said, “There are many people below. How about going to the private room on the second floor?”

Huang Gao casually threw a bag of silver to the manager and asked him to lead the way.

The manager called two servers to take care of the first floor and then led Li Baojia, Zhao Yi, and Huang Gao up in person.

Li Baojia was surprised by what she saw. It was true that money could make things much easier. She didn’t get such a privilege when she went to those restaurants.

After entering the private room, the manager first served them a pot of fine spring tea, then asked Zhao Yi, “What kind of dishes do you want? We have all the dishes you want from all over the world.”

Zhao Yi drank his tea quietly and smiled. He put on his elegant look and said, “Ask this lady.”

Li Baojia couldn’t help shivering when she saw Zhao Yi laughing. She felt some cold in the back of her neck.

The bad guy was laughing again.

Zhao Yi stopped smiling and took a sip of tea to hide his expression change from Li Baojia.

Did he not know when he had made Li Baojia angry?

Why did he always feel that Li Baojia hated him very much when listening to her thoughts?

Zhao Yi thought about it carefully and thought she might be angry because the marriage had not been decided.

But in his opinion, Li Baojia was the crown princess.

Anyway, someone had to be the crown princess. Why didn’t Zhao Yi find someone more interesting?

The emperor also repeatedly urged Zhao Yi to decide on the candidates as soon as possible, but Zhao Yi still did not make a statement.

It seemed that it was time to confirm the marriage.

It could also make the Li family stop worrying.

The manager bowed toward Li Baojia and said, “Madam, you are so lucky to be this young master’s wife. So what do you want?”

Li Baojia blushed.

She was angry.

What was the manager talking about?

Zhao Yi looked calm as if he had not heard the manager’s words.

Li Baojia immediately said, “No, I am not his wife! I haven’t got married yet.”

The manager said to himself after he heard Li Baojia’s words, “If you haven’t gotten married to him, why are you here eating with him? How shameless!”

But the manager looked frightened and said, “I am sorry. It was my fault. Please don’t blame me.”

Li Baojia then said, “Well, I want… What kind of dishes do you have here?”

Since Li Baojia was already here, she absolutely wanted some special dishes.

However, since she had lived in the capital for a long time, she did not know what dishes the traditional restaurant would have.

The manager asked the waiter to give her a copy of the menu.

Li Baojia took a look.

Then she was kind of shocked.

There were four pages full of dishes.

She bit her lips and thought for a while. Then she ordered three dishes, which were Sixi meatballs, shredded chicken with soy sauce, and braised goose.

Then she politely asked Zhao Yi, “Do you want something else?”

Zhao Yi said, “Are three dishes enough?”

Then he ordered some other dishes. “Shredded shrimp, mutton with beeswax, fried quail eggs, and pakchoi.”

Li Baojia said, “Enough! There are only two of us. It’s too wasteful to order so many dishes.”

Zhao Yi said, “You like sweet food, right? These are the dishes of the Northwest Desert. They are sweeter than those in the capital. You can taste them to see if you like them.”

Li Baojia said curiously, “You know about northwest dishes?”

“I was the leader stationed in the Northwest Desert for two years.”

Li Baojia remembered in a trance that a few years ago, there was a time when the Yelu tribe in the Northwest Desert came to invade, and they were fully prepared.

The emperor at that time could no longer fight in person due to physical reasons. Zhao Yi, a 14-year-old man, led the troops in the Northwest Desert and returned after two years of war.

At the age of 14, most of the children in the capital city were still learning Confucianism. Some of them were spoiled by many elders at home. This man was already fighting on the battlefield.

Zhao Yi hid himself behind this gentle and polite mask for too long, and those people almost forgot how warlike and iron-blooded the crown prince was.

After a while, the dishes were all severed.

When Li Baojia was with Zhao Yi, she was no longer tense. Anyway, he would get married to some girl, and then she would not get to see him often. Therefore, she did not care too much about Zhao Yi’s feelings now.

Today, she had a good appetite. After eating many other things, she was again hungry when she saw all the dishes on the table.

The mutton with beeswax deserved its reputation. The whole mutton was wrapped with a thick layer of beeswax, which was enticing.

Li Baojia took a bite. The layer was fresh and sweet, with a strong soy sauce flavor. The mutton inside was still juicy, and there was no taste of mutton odor. The mutton seemed to melt in her mouth.

It was so so delicious.

She immediately smiled and ate happily.

Zhao Yi ate quietly beside her, still acting like a nobleman. He was not Li Baojia at all. She was still putting food into her mouth when there were many things inside her mouth.

Taotao looked at Li Baojia and sighed. Li Baojia just refused to have dinner with Mr. Ji’nan. She said it was not good for her to have dinner with a man who was not a family member. But now she seemed to be very happy.

Zhao Yi smiled, picked a piece of mutton into Li Baojia’s bowl, and got a bowl of soup for her.

Huang Gao looked at Li Baojia with a smile and said to himself, “There is a saying that girls who eat a lot are easy to have a child. Miss Baojia seems to have a good appetite.

Now that he had made up his mind to reassure the Li family, Zhao Yi thought for a moment and asked, “Which courtyard in the Eastern Palace do you think is better?”

Although the crown prince would usually designate the courtyard for the crown princess, Zhao Yi still wanted to know her opinion.

Li Baojia looked up.

Why did he ask her which courtyard she liked?

Did it matter?