Chu Minghao smiled at the eunuch. "Please wait outside for a while. We haven't finished eating yet."
The eunuch paused slightly, then obediently shut the private room's door.
Looking at the table full of food, Chu Minghao smiled at the three of them. "After talking for so long, I haven't even had a bite."
With that, Chu Minghao picked up his bowl and began wolfing down rice and dishes. Though he was not as crude as Yamadai, neither was he putting on airs. He gave off the feeling of someone utterly genuine.
Wu Pifu's favorable impression of Chu Minghao grew stronger, and Yamadai clearly felt the same. He picked up a jar of wine, broke the clay seal, and poured himself a huge bowl. Then he poured equally large bowls for Wu Pifu and Chu Minghao before gulping his own down.
Wu Pifu also began eating heartily, with quite the appetite. Chu Minghao was no less impressive. Spotting the bowls of wine, the two each picked one up and drained it in a few gulps. They exchanged smiles, then went back to eating.
Meanwhile, outside the private room, several eunuchs wore anxious expressions, while the tall, armored men accompanying them remained stone-faced.
The lead strongman quietly asked the chief eunuch, "Chief Eunuch, isn't His Majesty in a hurry? Is it really appropriate for us to be doing this...?"
The chief eunuch glanced at him. The two seemed to be on fairly good terms, so he replied in a thin voice, "Precisely because of that, we cannot show the slightest discourtesy. That person is an immortal!"
The lead strongman neither agreed nor disagreed with the words "immortal," but he said nothing further and simply stood behind the chief eunuch like an iron tower.
Inside the private room, the three men ate