Gongsun Qing buried her head on the table again. Yu Lian strongly suspected that if Fulei's voice hadn't been so quiet that probably only people at their table could hear her, Gongsun Qing would have buried her head in the steaming hot soup of the boiled cabbage...
Wait, boiled cabbage? Was this the legendary boiled cabbage?
Yu Lian thought of that and hurriedly scooped some up with a spoon to try. He immediately lamented that he really shouldn't have let himself get his hopes up. The so-called "boiled cabbage" was literally just boiled cabbage!
On the bright side, the cabbage stalks had been cooked to just the right tenderness and carried a faint sweetness, so at least they helped cut through the grease. And the clear, bland broth helped temper the extravagant splendor of this plate of "Golden Waves Bearing a Silver Island."
So Yu Lian took another big sip of the cabbage broth before saying, "Fulei, you're pretty well-informed. Did your mother tell you?"
"Brother, I've always been proud of my mother. She's a dedicated diplomat, not some petty person who can't separate public from private matters," Fulei replied crossly.
Hmm, she'd gone from calling him "big brother" to "brother." It somehow felt as if the change meant something different. Sure enough, Gongsun Qing had lifted her head by now, and the look she gave Yu Lian was rather peculiar. There was a hint of someone looking at something disgusting.
So you're not burying your head in the table anymore? You're finally willing to let your naturally mean-spirited side show?
"Though I'm just a small fry compared to the real Princess Rainbow Rose, I have my own intelligence channels," Fulei said, wearing a self-satisfied smile again.
That was perfectly reasonable, actually.
The Welbart family, which controlled the Purple Letter