Chapter 13: Chapter 111: Summoning the Manager (Please Add to Collection)

Chapter 111: Summoning the Manager (Please add to collection)

After finishing the orchid mushrooms, Feng Yixuan felt he was full and simply put down his chopsticks. Mu Tong looked up, his mouth twitching twice. Master, it turns out you only ate one dish today? Is it that you can't eat anything else at all? Master, just how much do you love orchid mushrooms! Yes, orchid mushrooms were delicious and very fresh, but compared to the exquisite dishes within the Imperial Palace, they were fresh at best.

Mu Tong blinked. After all these years, did his Master still love such things this much? However, his Master was now the Emperor; no matter how much he liked them, there had to be a limit. One had to know that if an Emperor became too obsessed with a certain food, that food would most likely be banned from being eaten further.

Feng Yixuan looked at the empty plate on the table before him and the other untouched dishes, realizing how inappropriate his previous actions had been. However, since he had already done it, he would find a way to make up for it; he couldn't let it be that he would never be able to eat orchid mushrooms or anything else again.

"Mu Tong, go and summon the procurement officer from the Imperial Kitchen."

Mu Tong nodded, turned around, and went out to instruct the person at the door. Naturally, he wouldn't go perform such an errand himself.

Before long, a man dressed in the attire of a palace eunuch walked in and knelt directly. "The Imperial Kitchen procurement manager, Hu Shan, greets the Emperor."

If one observed closely, both Feng Yixuan and Mu Tong could see that Hu Shan's face was deathly pale without a trace of color, and his legs were trembling slightly. Clearly, Hu Shan had been scared to death when summoned. Having been in the inner palace for many years, he already knew that this summons was undoubtedly because of the orchid mushrooms.

Thus, he had been terrified on his way here. He had taken it upon himself to purchase the orchid mushrooms, thinking the Emperor would enjoy such a delicacy; he hadn't expected that instead of receiving a reward, he would be personally summoned by the Emperor. It seemed the Emperor was very displeased this time, otherwise, he wouldn't have personally summoned a mere procurement manager like him.

"Your name is Hu Shan?"

Feng Yixuan looked at the kneeling man and asked in a calm tone. Others might not know, but Mu Tong, who had always been by his side, knew that his Master's mood seemed to be very good right now, as it could be seen in the brightness of his eyes.

"Replying to the Emperor, this servant is named Hu Shan."

"What is the matter with these orchid mushrooms?"

At the mention of this, Hu Shan immediately began kowtowing, crying out, "Your Majesty, spare my life! This servant acted on his own initiative, please spare my life!!"

At this moment, Hu Shan completely ignored why the Emperor knew that the newly procured dish was called orchid mushrooms; he was simply gripped by nervousness, incessantly kowtowing to admit his fault.

Feng Yixuan's handsome eyebrows furrowed deeply. What was going on? Why was he so terrified when he was just asking a question? Did he look that scary?

"Shut up!"

Not wanting to hear Hu Shan's pleas for atonement, Feng Yixuan spoke up directly.

Hu Shan immediately stopped kowtowing, and his desperate cries for mercy ceased abruptly. However, he still did not dare to lift his head, remaining kneeling there with his head bowed.

"Hu Shan, where did you buy these orchid mushrooms?"

Seeing Hu Shan's reaction, Feng Yixuan changed his phrasing to ask.

Hu Shan's brain had ceased to function; he could only pour out everything he knew. "Replying to the Emperor, this servant discovered a newly opened shop in the capital these past few days, and the items sold there are extremely rare. This servant had tasted these orchid mushrooms before and they were indeed very delicious, so I took it upon myself to buy them. Everything was this servant's own decision, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"