Fierce Consort

Chapter 55

No one knew whether that bailiff really asked his superior.

In the end, "come back if good" continued to operate grandiosely throughout the city.

The outer city was mostly composed of commoners, merchants, scholars or workers who didn't have the qualifications to live in the inner city. These people all had limited experience, and were very accepting of snacks.

It wasn't expensive so it was fine to buy a few for the flavor. Adults and children alike enjoyed it.

Some stands were set up near restaurants. Some people who were drinking alcohol inside bought some skewers to go along with their drinks for the novelty. They didn't realize it before, but after trying it they realized this thing went along extremely well with alcohol. They ate and drank and ate and drank. Not only did they drink more alcohol than usual, they also ate quite a few skewers.

Therefore, those who love alcohol, from elegant scholars to working servants, all liked to accompany a couple of glasses with a few skewers.

The assumption was that those lords with noble statuses wouldn't enjoy eating such crude food which made their appearance look vulgar when eating. Unexpectedly, they were selling pretty well in the inner city also!

Often times many servants would come and buy dozens of skewers before hurriedly rushing off. Some even complained that they didn't sell any at night. Their lords (young masters) often felt like eating it late at night, but they weren't sold anywhere. This made the servants lose out on rewards.

The peddlers actually wanted to sell them overnight, but the city had a curfew!

All this won't be mentioned for now.

These days, Shen Qi's movements in and out of the estate have been rather suspicious.

The Zhenguo Duke was strict towards the younger generation, but never stopped them from going outside.

According to the Zhenguo Duke, boys shouldn't be babied into never going out! Although Shen Qi was still young, he was accompanied by servants whenever he went out. There were also people protecting him secretly. Therefore, he was allowed to go wherever he pleased.

On this day, Shen Qi snuck back into the estate after being gone for half the day.

He had thought himself subtle but didn't realize his movements had long since been observed. The Zhenguo Duke happened to be idle today and ordered for him to be brought over.

As previously mentioned, little second Shen, this brat, wasn't afraid of anything. He wasn't even afraid of his dad, who often gave him a beating. The only one he feared was....

His grandfather, the Zhenguo Duke.

Let's clear things up a bit. The Zhenguo Duke has never sorted out this brat Shen Qi before. He would merely use his mouth. The sorting out would be left to Shen Ding.

But the brat didn't understand when he was younger. All he knew was that whenever his "grandfather" spoke a few words, his dad would let him eat bamboo shoot with minced meat back home. As time passed, he learned to be afraid. He knew he should never anger his grandfather. Otherwise, no one could save him.

Therefore, when he was brought over, the brat felt he had definitely done something wrong.

But after racking his brains, he felt he hadn't done anything recently. He didn't climb onto the roof and lift the tiles, he didn't prank the maids, and he didn't get into any fights outside. The only thing out of the ordinary....

But his grandfather wouldn't call him over without reason.

This brat was also honest. The moment he entered the room, he found a place to kneel and cried out: "Grandfather, Qi'er knows he was wrong."