Fantasy: My Wife is the Empress, and Our Cute Kids Wreak Havoc in the Nine Provinces – Chapter 24

Chapter 24: Dad Says to Test for Poison Before Accepting a Banquet from Strangers

“Big Sister, that Uncle looks like a bad guy.”

Chu Chen looked at the Provincial Governor and whispered.

Although his voice was not loud, everyone present was not an ordinary person and could naturally hear him clearly.

Long Yufei and the others almost burst out laughing.

The Provincial Governor’s eyelids twitched slightly. He glanced at Chu Chen but didn’t say anything, pretending not to have heard.

“Smack!”

Chu Xin raised her fair little hand and gently patted Chu Chen’s little head. Imitating Chu Feng’s usual tone, she said earnestly, “Little Brother, how many times has Dad told us that you can’t judge a person by their appearance, but by their heart? Why can’t you remember?”

“Oh!”

Chu Chen rubbed his little head, pouted, and nodded.

The Provincial Governor’s expression relaxed, and he showed an expression that seemed to say, “This little girl is sensible. I might consider sparing her life later.”

Chu Xin folded her hands behind her back, stared at the Provincial Governor’s chest for a while, and said seriously, “In my opinion, his heart looks even worse than his appearance.”

“Pfft!”

Several female guards couldn’t hold back their laughter. They quickly covered their mouths, realizing it wasn’t appropriate.

Even some of the officials behind the Provincial Governor almost laughed, their faces turning red from holding it in.

The Provincial Governor’s mouth twitched, and his eyes turned cold.

Neither of these two brats could be allowed to live.

“Children’s words are innocent, I hope the Provincial Governor will not take offense.”

A smile appeared on Long Yufei’s face, but she quickly suppressed it.

“No matter! Provincial Governor Long’s two children are quite cute,” the Provincial Governor said with a slight smile.

Long Yufei did not explain, but simply rubbed the two cute kids’ heads and looked at the Provincial Governor, saying, “Thank you for your trouble, Provincial Governor. Please proceed.”

The Provincial Governor was a position second only to the Provincial Governor’s Wife. When the Provincial Governor’s Wife was not present, he was in charge of managing the province’s affairs.

The main suspect for sending people to intercept and prevent her from reaching the provincial capital was this Provincial Governor.

Therefore, even though she knew this was a trap, she had to go.

She held Chu Xin and Chu Chen’s hands, one on each side, and walked on air.

The Provincial Governor, who was leading the way, looked at Chu Xin and Chu Chen again. Apart from thinking that these two brats had sharp tongues, he didn’t pay them much attention.

Now that Xue Lang was busy searching for his pet beast and Qin Feng was seriously injured and in seclusion, no one had reported back about Chu Xin and Chu Chen.

However, they had informants near the provincial city. When the flying boat entered the area within a hundred miles of the provincial city, they already knew that the mission had failed, but they didn’t know how it had failed.

The old woman followed closely behind Long Yufei, providing personal protection, while the female guards flanked them.

The Provincial Governor narrowed his fox-like eyes slightly, but he didn’t say anything. Instead, when Long Yufei and the others weren’t looking, he subtly glanced at the steward beside him before leading the provincial officials to follow.

In the Provincial Governor’s mansion, at a long rectangular table, Long Yufei sat at the head, with Chu Xin and Chu Chen sitting on either side of her. The old woman stood behind Long Yufei, and the female guards lined up on both sides, hands on their sword hilts, vigilant of their surroundings.

The Provincial Governor and his officials sat on either side of the long table. The Provincial Governor, sitting on the lower left, raised his cup and respectfully saluted Long Yufei, saying, “Three years ago, a mysterious expert forced the previous Provincial Governor to forcibly activate the secret realm formation. After that mysterious expert emerged from the secret realm, he killed the previous Provincial Governor. For the past three years, we have been investigating the culprit’s information, but apart from knowing his appearance, we know nothing else. Instead, over the past three years, there have been continuous disappearances of ordinary people and cultivators, causing panic throughout Lánzhōu. I hope that after the new Provincial Governor takes office, she can lead us to find the true culprit and bring him to justice. On behalf of the previous Provincial Governor and the people of Lánzhōu, I offer a toast to the new Provincial Governor.”

“This official came precisely for this matter.”

Long Yufei nodded, picked up the wine glass, and examined it carefully, but showed no intention of drinking.

The Provincial Governor smiled and said, “Is the Provincial Governor afraid that I have poisoned the wine? Allow me to drink first as a gesture of respect.”

With that, the Provincial Governor drained the wine in his cup.

Only then did Long Yufei relax and prepare to drink.

“Auntie Long, wait.”

Chu Chen suddenly stopped Long Yufei.

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“What is it?”

Long Yufei asked doubtfully.

Chu Chen held a silver needle in his chubby little hand, which he had produced from somewhere. He poked it into Long Yufei’s wine and said seriously, “Dad says that when strangers offer you a banquet, you must always test for poison first. This is a silver needle refined by my dad. If there’s any poison, it will change color.”

“Children’s words are innocent, I hope the Provincial Governor will not take offense.”

Long Yufei suppressed her laughter and looked at the Provincial Governor, whose expression was fluctuating.

“No matter!”

The Provincial Governor waved his hand, pretending not to care.

At this moment, Chu Chen took out the silver needle and looked at it. With a look of surprise and disappointment on his chubby little face, he said, “Huh, there’s actually no poison.”

After saying that, he turned to look at the Provincial Governor and muttered, “That’s not right. This guy looks like he has a bad heart. How can there be no poison?”

The female guards struggled to suppress their laughter, their faces turning red.

Long Yufei smiled and said, “Provincial Governor, please don’t mind. Children’s words are innocent.”

Children’s words are innocent again?

The Provincial Governor’s eyelids twitched, but he still pretended to be magnanimous and waved his hand, “No matter!”

Only then did Long Yufei drink the wine in her cup and praised, “Lánzhōu’s Heart Wine, indeed, only in Lánzhōu can you drink the authentic one.”

“The Provincial Governor is a connoisseur of wine. You should know that fine wine should be paired with delicacies. The unique delicacies of our Lánzhōu, paired with our unique Heart Wine, that is the true flavor of Lánzhōu.”

The Provincial Governor was all smiles and made a gesture of invitation.

“Good!”

Long Yufei picked up her chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat.

In her opinion, even if the Provincial Governor wanted to deal with her, he wouldn’t choose to do it in his own mansion. Even if he killed her, he wouldn’t be able to escape death.

Therefore, she wasn’t worried that the Provincial Governor would openly make a move at this banquet.

According to her guess, there might be assassins later. After the assassins killed her, the Provincial Governor would kill the assassins.

Lánzhōu was adjacent to Cangzhou. If he could invite Cangzhou barbarians to assassinate her and push everything onto the barbarians, that would be even more perfect.

“Auntie Long, wait.”

Chu Chen stopped Long Yufei again. He poked the silver needle into the piece of meat she had picked up. After a moment, he took it out and looked at the unchanged silver needle, muttering disappointedly, “That’s not right. Why is there still no poison?”

“Pfft!”

Someone couldn’t hold back their laughter. This little kid was just too funny.

Just as Long Yufei was about to speak, the Provincial Governor chuckled dryly and said, “Children’s words are innocent, this official understands.”

He was secretly cursing in his heart. Where did this brat come from with so many problems? If it weren’t for fear of affecting the bigger picture, he would have had someone throw this brat out.

“The Provincial Governor is magnanimous.”

Long Yufei praised him and prepared to taste the unique delicacies of Lánzhōu.

“Auntie Long, wait.”

At this moment, Chu Xin stopped Long Yufei. She reached out her fair little hand, picked up the wine jug, poured a cup of wine for Long Yufei, and then put the piece of meat Long Yufei had picked up into the wine. Only then did she say to Chu Chen, “Little Brother, try it now.”

The Provincial Governor’s expression changed instantly.