Second update: I, Han Hao Niao, really couldn't keep going and had to skip this one. I'll make up the rest tomorrow morning.
As half the host, Sun Shaozong naturally arrived at Wangjiang Restaurant early.
However, for security reasons, he did not tell Jiang Yuhan and the others in advance that the Crown Prince would be coming to Wangjiang Restaurant that evening to watch the opera. Instead, he first sought out Xing Zhong and told him to clear out all the best private rooms and hold them in reserve.
Xing Zhong was in a terrible bind when he first heard this.
Wangjiang Restaurant was so popular that wealthy nobles and merchants had already booked private rooms all the way through the first month of next year. He might barely have managed to rearrange things and free up one or two rooms on short notice, but clearing out so many at once would inevitably offend people.
And among the distinguished guests at the front of the queue, how many were people Xing Zhong could afford to offend?
Yet Sun Shaozong's request was equally impossible to refuse. Without his support behind the scenes, how could Xing Zhong maintain his footing at Wangjiang Restaurant?
Just as he was caught in a dilemma, Sun Shaozong added distractedly, "Uncle, there's no need to explain anything. Just notify those families that their private rooms have been taken. When the honored guests arrive, they naturally won't dare say much."
Though Xing Zhong was still uneasy, seeing Sun Shaozong's confident air, he found it difficult to say anything more. He agreed, then hurried off to make the arrangements.
It would be best if they could notify them in advance. If those customers came to the restaurant only to be turned away at the door, the grudge they would