Chapter 42: The Slave Trader
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Qingzhou
The winter snow had been falling intermittently for twenty days. It wasn’t until this morning that a crystal-like blue finally peeked through the gray clouds.
Golden sunlight broke free from the clouds, casting a dazzling golden hue over the white snow.
“Your Highness, it’s been over twenty days since Li San left. Do you think the perfume and Drunken Qingzhou have impressed the Empress and the Emperor?” Lü Luo stretched out her small hands, warming them over the coal stove while supervising the servants distilling rice wine in the courtyard.
“Counting the days, he should be back soon,” Xiao Ming said, wrapped in a thick felt blanket. As winter deepened, the cold northern weather became increasingly unbearable.
Especially when sitting still, the cold felt like invisible hands creeping all over his body.
“Hmph, I hope he didn’t forget the things we asked him to buy,” Lü Luo muttered, still thinking about her malt sugar.
Xiao Ming tapped Lü Luo’s head. “You, always thinking about food.”
Lü Luo giggled, her eyes narrowing into crescents as she seemed to drool in anticipation of Li San’s return.
Xiao Ming tightened the felt blanket around him and looked in the direction of Chang’an, the political and economic center of the Great Yu Empire. Even a fool could guess that few people living in Chang’an were kind-hearted.
He just hoped Li San would bring good news and avoid causing too much trouble.