Chapter 237: Sealing

Mo Junheng let out a cold laugh.

"Like it, it's good to like!"

"Your Highness, what shall we do next?"

"Since the Southern First Young Master's medical skill is so superb, I happen to be unwell lately; summon her to the Crown Prince's Residence to treat me!"

"But… but we don't know where the Southern First Young Master is now!"

"She is the physician personally selected by the Father Emperor for Prince Li; where do you think she could hide? How long could she stay hidden?"

"Your Highness is wise; I will handle it at once."

Mo Junheng's eyes flashed with calculation; what charm does this person called Southern First have that can occupy both Mo Junheng and Qin Yue xi's thoughts?

If we can control her, it would be all benefit and no harm to us.

At that moment, Gao Feng hurried in: "Your Highness."

"What's wrong?" Seeing his hurried expression, Mo Junheng frowned: "What has happened?"

"Your Highness, the envoy from Yuqin Guo requests a private audience with you."

"Them again." Mo Junheng snorted coldly: "I originally thought Yuqin Guo could be used by me, but now it seems they're just a bunch of useless people."

Gao Feng lowered his head without speaking; Mo Junheng thought for a moment, then said lightly: "Let them wait; I am not someone they can meet whenever they wish."

"Yes."

Mou Hanqin, upon receiving the news, turned a very grim, and slammed the teacup heavily onto the table.

"Is he deliberately ignoring me, the official?"

"I suppose so, but after all, he's the Crown Prince; what can we do about it?"

Mou Hanqin shouted angrily: "We've been in Daqi for some time, and the marriage alliance still has no conclusion; is this Daqi's hospitality?" He said resentfully: "When our Yuqin iron cavalry tramples Jingcheng, they will all be our defeated foes."

Chi Nan Yi, after receiving Mo Junheng's summons, almost laughed out loud.

"That Mo Junheng really thinks of himself as a dish; he wants to see me, yet doesn't consider what he is."

Qingmei stepped forward, smiling: "Miss, the Zhou family asked me to inquire when the beauty shop will open; now everything seems ready."

"Indeed, Miss." Yulan replied: "Over the past, nearly a hundred ladies have inquired about the Jade Face Cream; I suppose it's because they've seen Miss Li's transformation."

After speaking, she touched her face: "Miss, this Jade Face Cream is truly wonderful; my face has become dozens of times better than before."

"And ours too." Cuizhu and Qiu Ju eagerly joined: "Miss, when we went shopping the other day, someone even praised us for looking fresh and lively!"

The four Qingmei sisters, all of the same mother, though differing in age, look strikingly similar; nourished by the Jade Face Cream, they become even more like blossoming jade, a dazzling scenery just by standing there.

Moreover, the Zhou family's change in appearance is evident to all around.

These can all be called living advertisements.

"Three days from now is an auspicious day, suitable for opening; let's set it for that day!"

"Yes."

For two consecutive days, Mo Junheng waited for news of the Southern First Young Master, but each day the guards reported no sign of him.

"Damn it." Mo Junheng narrowed his eyes slightly, saying coldly: "If that's the case, don't blame me for being impolite."

That afternoon, the World's First Inn had a death.

Two people took a few bites of the medicinal dish and then collapsed, dead within two seconds.

The toxicity was too strong, leaving no chance for treatment.

"Dead! Dead! The World's First Inn has killed people!"

The officials arrived, without waiting for innkeeper Hao to explain, they took the bodies away and promptly sealed the World's First Inn.

"The matter hasn't been fully investigated; on what grounds do you arrest people?" Qing Shan said coldly, looking at the officials attempting to seize them, his voice deep: "We don't even know whether we were the ones who poisoned!"

"Ha, the people died in your shop, so you must be responsible; is there any problem with me taking you back for investigation?" the leading official waved his hand, and a few men came forward toward Qing Shan.

Qing Shan saw this and furrowed his brows.

When they arrived, they even had the sealing tape ready, clearly premeditated.

Qing Shan didn't want to sit and wait for ruin, but if he fled now, it would further confirm that the food in their shop was poisonous, leaving him in a dilemma.

He looked up at the terrified crowd, recalled Chi Nan Yi's shrewdness when she was sorting the accounts, gritted his teeth, did not dodge, and let the officials bind him.

She loves silver so much; if she knew this shop was ruined by her own hands, wouldn't that brat chase after her to cut her down?

Thinking of that scene, Qing Shan became somewhat anxious.

"Tie him quickly."

The official tying the rope was startled.

It's still the first time hearing such a request.

"Tie quickly…"

"This…"

"Is this correct?"

Faced with the incident at the World's First Inn, the diners who had previously eaten there began to chatter.

"Heavens! This time the World's First Inn truly served a death."

"Yes! This… I used to eat there often; could something happen to me too?"

"No way! In my opinion, this is clearly a frame‑up; our whole family ate at the World's First Inn, and we're healthier than before."

"I feel the same; clearly it was a medicinal dish meant to heal, how could it be poisonous?"

"It must be a frame‑up! Someone couldn't stand the World's First Inn's booming business and deliberately caused this."

"Deliberate? That seems unlikely! Who would really risk a life for this?"

…

"Alas, I never imagined that this World's First Inn, personally sealed by the imperial brush, would now be sealed by the yamen."

Upon hearing the elder's words, the officials who had been handling things roughly exchanged glances, and simultaneously eased their force, even their tone softened a bit.

"Come walk with us!"

They were not wrong, after all it was a plaque personally bestowed by the emperor; the World's Number One Manor was probably not as simple as it seemed, and now they had received orders, but they could not act without leaving room.

A patron's death to the shop's closure happened in the blink of an eye.

When Chi Nan Yi received the news, Qing Shan and the others had already all been escorted to the yamen.

"Miss, what shall we do now?" Cui Zhu said anxiously, "Surely someone is deliberately framing us."

"It's just a trick to force me to appear," Chi Nan Yi sneered, "Since they are in such a hurry, I will grant their wish."

"Miss, you mean…"

"Now the shop is in trouble; how could I, as the owner, not show up?" Chi Nan Yi lifted a mask and placed it on his face, a cold glint flashing in his eyes: "Let me see for myself their ability!"

Mo Junheng leisurely sat in the Crown Prince's Residence awaiting news; upon hearing that the World's Number One Manor had been sealed, he nodded with satisfaction, "Any word on the Southern First Young Master?"

"Not yet…"

"Your Highness!" Gao Feng hurried in, "The Southern First Young Master has appeared."