Fantasy: My Wife is the Empress, and Our Cute Kids Wreak Havoc in the Nine Provinces – Chapter 174

Chapter 174: The Oath Talisman is Useless? A Barbecue Banquet with Everyone Harboring Their Own Thoughts

After the servant left, Mother Long looked up at Long Shaoyu and asked, “Shaoyu, those two brats suddenly want to hold a barbecue banquet. Could they be suspicious of you?”

They said it was to thank Long Shaoyu for guiding them, but there was no need to invite the entire mansion. Mother Long couldn’t help but be suspicious.

“No!”

Long Shaoyu was extremely confident, and then he smiled faintly, “Those two brats secretly placed a Peak Saint-Level Oath Talisman on me. They think I don’t know. Little do they know that I have a restriction placed by First Master. Truth Talismans and Oath Talismans are useless against me unless they reach the Upper-Grade Emperor Level. They even used a Truth Talisman on me before. To put them at ease, I pretended to be affected. Right now, they should trust me completely and have no suspicions.”

Hearing this, Mother Long’s face revealed a satisfied smile, and she praised, “As expected of my son, well done.”

In her opinion, while talent was important, it was far less important than having a strategic mind.

To go further and stand higher, one must have an exceptional mind.

And Long Shaoyu, in both talent and strategy, met her requirements. She had very high expectations for Long Shaoyu.

“Mother, that brat’s barbecue is delicious. Would you like to try it too?” Long Shaoyu asked.

Hearing about the Divine Pool Water and Stone Milk soup, Mother Long was also tempted. After all, she was also a cultivator and naturally craved these heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

She nodded, and before leaving, she said to the corner of the hall, “Long Fei, you and your men lie in ambush outside the training grounds.”

“Yes, Madam.”

A cold voice came from the corner.

“Let’s go.”

Only then did Mother Long turn to Long Shaoyu.

“Alright!”

Long Shaoyu led Mother Long out of the main hall and towards the training grounds.

When they arrived at the training grounds, almost the entire population of the Cangzhou Provincial Governor’s Mansion had gathered. Everyone was sitting in circles around the perimeter, leaving a large open space in the middle.

Chu Chen was floating in front of the grill, drinking beast milk while flipping the barbecue. Next to him was a steaming cauldron, and a miniature version of the Two-Headed Fire Xi was lying beside it, its two pig heads stretched out, staring longingly at the barbecue.

The aroma of barbecue mixed with the fragrance of the soup wafted through the air, making people involuntarily take deep breaths, their faces filled with intoxication. Long Shaoyu could even hear the sound of people swallowing their saliva.

He looked at everyone sitting cross-legged on the ground, staring longingly at the still-cooking barbecue, not moving a muscle, and couldn’t help but mutter, “These guys, they’ve never been this focused during training.”

“Greetings, Madam, Young Master.”

Seeing Mother Long and Long Shaoyu, everyone stood up to pay their respects.

Hearing the sound, Chu Chen, who was grilling the meat, turned his head and said in a childish voice, “Big Brother, you’re here. Just wait a moment, it’ll be ready soon.”

“Alright!”

Long Shaoyu nodded, a gentle smile on his face, and sat down cross-legged in front of the grill with Mother Long.

Mother Long sized up Chu Chen, who was focused on grilling, and couldn’t help but secretly admire, “Such a delicate little doll. It’s a pity to turn him into a puppet. But, to become a stepping stone for my son’s ascent to the peak, your life won’t be in vain.”

Long Shaoyu looked around and asked doubtfully, “Ai Kaorou, where is your sister, Ai Chirou?”

Chu Chen smiled, “Big Brother, my sister is in her room in closed-door cultivation.”

“Closed-door cultivation?”

A trace of doubt flashed in Long Shaoyu’s eyes. Since he had known these two brats, he had never seen them go into closed-door cultivation.

Moreover, that brat Ai Chirou was a complete foodie. It was too strange for her to be in closed-door cultivation while Ai Kaorou was grilling meat.

He thought for a moment, then beckoned someone over and whispered, “Go to their courtyard and take a look. Don’t go in, just investigate from the outside.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

The man glanced at the still-flipping barbecue, got up, and quietly left. He returned shortly after and whispered, “Young Master, that girl’s aura is still in the room. She hasn’t left.”

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“Hmm, I understand.”

Long Shaoyu nodded, letting the man return to his position. He then narrowed his eyes slightly, lost in thought, “Could she really be in closed-door cultivation?”

“The meat is ready. Big Brother, you try it first.”

Just then, Chu Chen picked up a piece of grilled meat and walked over, speaking in a childish voice.

“Alright!”

Long Shaoyu was startled awake and didn’t think about it any further. Anyway, he just needed to stall for time. Once Second Master came out of seclusion, they could capture these two brats and implement the next step of the plan. Before that, as long as these two brats didn’t leave the Provincial Governor’s Mansion, it was fine.

He took the barbecue, turned to Mother Long, and smiled, “Mother, you try it first. Ai Kaorou’s barbecue is definitely the best in the Nine Provinces.”

“Is that so? Let me try.”

Mother Long smiled faintly, not paying much attention. She took the barbecue and took a bite. Her eyes immediately lit up.

This is too delicious!

As the Provincial Governor’s wife, she had tasted all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas. But at this moment, she realized that those delicacies were simply incomparable to this piece of barbecue.

“Mother, how is it?”

Long Shaoyu asked with a smile.

Mother Long, after all, was the Provincial Governor’s wife, elegant and poised. Even though it was incredibly delicious, she had to maintain her composure. She nodded slightly and smiled, “It’s indeed not bad.”

With that, she continued to eat elegantly.

Long Shaoyu just smiled and didn’t say anything.

“Big Brother, you eat too.”

Seeing that Long Shaoyu had given the barbecue to that beautiful auntie, Chu Chen brought another piece of barbecue.

“Alright, thank you.”

Long Shaoyu took the barbecue and started eating heartily.

Chu Chen returned to the grill. After giving the Two-Headed Fire Xi two pieces of barbecue, he waved his chubby little hand, and saber qi crisscrossed, slicing all the cooked meat into pieces and accurately delivering them to everyone. Then he filled bowls with soup and used saber qi to deliver them to everyone, saying in a childish voice, “Take a bite of barbecue and a sip of soup, it’s even more delicious.”

“Wow! So delicious.”

On the training grounds, exclamations of praise rose and fell, one after another.

Originally, they had only come to attend this little doll’s barbecue banquet out of obedience to Long Shaoyu’s orders, without much expectation.

Since they arrived, the aroma of the barbecue had already conquered their sense of smell.

Now that they had actually tasted the barbecue and the soup, they found it far more delicious than they had imagined.

In the Provincial Governor’s Mansion, they had tasted all kinds of delicacies, but none could compare with the barbecue in front of them. The taste was simply amazing.

“I wonder if he can still grill such delicious barbecue after being turned into a puppet.”

Long Shaoyu ate the barbecue and drank the soup, his eyes still fixed on Chu Chen, thinking to himself.

Seeing Long Shaoyu staring at him, Chu Chen also grinned, revealing two rows of neat white teeth, thinking to himself, “Big Brother, I’m sorry, but we’re doing this to save Mother. Consider this barbecue and soup as compensation for deceiving you.”

“Slash!”

Suddenly, a tender shout echoed through the Provincial Governor’s Mansion, and an incomparably terrifying sword intent swept over.