Ministers Begging Me to Ascend the Throne

Chapter 719: Chapter 353: Tenth Prince is the God of Wealth

The Jinling River is bustling tonight, with many large and small boats. Among these, there is one particularly luxurious boat with many guards wielding knives or swords.

No other boats dare to come near this one. In all of Jinling City, no one dares to approach this boat.

This boat is different from the others nearby. Nearby boats are lively, with sounds of drums, laughter, and singing... But this boat is very quiet, slightly out of place.

Suddenly, a small boat approaches this one.

Zhao Yao disembarks from the small boat and swaggeringly boards the large boat.

The guards on the large boat stop Zhao Yao and his entourage, saying they need to check for weapons. Tong Xi, unable to contain his anger, is about to argue with them, but Zhao Yao raises his hand to stop him.

Seeing that Zhao Yao and his entourage are unarmed, the guards finally let them pass. One of the guards leads them onto the deck.

Li Jue, upon seeing Zhao Yao, does not stand up to greet him.

Tong Xi is very angry at Li Jue’s disrespectful treatment of Zhao Yao and is about to reprimand him, but Zhao Yao stops him with a glance.

Li Jue glances at Zhao Yao and casually points across, saying to him, "Tenth Prince, please have a seat."

Zhao Yao walks over and sits down across from Li Jue. In front of him is a low table with some food, including snacks, cooked food, appetizers, and several bottles of wine.

Li Jue points to the bottles of wine in front of Zhao Yao and says, "This is the famous Drunk Immortal from Jinling, Your Highness can have a taste."

Zhao Yao opens a bottle, lowers his head and takes a sniff, the rich aroma of the wine wafts into his nose. He sincerely praises, "Just from the aroma, I can tell it’s good wine, but I don’t drink, so I have to decline your kind offer, Brother Jiao."

Li Jue raises an eyebrow slightly, smilingly looking at Zhao Yao, "Tenth Prince, are you afraid I’ve poisoned the wine?"

Zhao Yao waves his hand with a smile and says, "Not at all, I just genuinely don’t like drinking."

Li Jue looks Zhao Yao up and down, his tone teasing, "The Tenth Prince is still a fledgling, it’s normal not to like alcohol."

Being called a fledgling, Zhao Yao isn’t angry at all because what Li Jue said is quite true, he’s not yet of age, so indeed, he’s still a fledgling.

Li Jue continues, "If the Tenth Prince doesn’t feel at ease, I can take a sip of your wine first."

"Even if you poisoned the wine, Brother Jiao, I wouldn’t be afraid." Zhao Yao truly isn’t afraid of poison, he really just doesn’t like alcohol. "Even if you put deadly poison in the wine, drinking it wouldn’t kill me, that’s why I managed to escape right under your nose back then." He uttered the last line on purpose to provoke Li Jue.

Although Li Jue’s expression remains unchanged, he still feels a bit displeased inside.

"Is the Tenth Prince immune to all poisons?"

"More or less." Zhao Yao replies with a mischievous smile, "Since I don’t like alcohol, could I have some tea instead?"

Li Jue glances at the guard standing to the side, and the guard immediately understands. Soon, the guard brings over a cup of tea.

Zhao Yao bows his head, takes a sip or two, then asks, "This is this year’s Pre-rain Longjing, right?"

Li Jue didn’t expect Zhao Yao to taste the Pre-rain Longjing, which somewhat surprises him. In his view, the Tenth Prince doesn’t seem like someone who understands tea.

"The Tenth Prince has a keen tongue."

Standing beside Zhao Yao, Tong Xi lets out a derisive laugh. With eyes full of mockery, he looks at Li Jue and says sarcastically, "No one in this world knows Pre-rain Longjing better than my prince. This Longjing tea was made by someone at my prince’s behest. He said Pre-rain Longjing is the best, and that’s why we have Pre-rain Longjing."

Speaking of Pre-rain Longjing, one can’t help but mention Zhao Yao’s contribution to tea in the Great Zhou.

Drinking brewed tea was something Zhao Yao started. In the past, people drank powdered tea or tea soup. Zhao Yao couldn’t handle powdered tea and thus introduced tea from the world in Zhao Yao’s dream.

Over the years, thanks to his advocacy, many good teas have emerged all over. This Pre-rain Longjing was made by Zhao Yao’s specific request, then it "made a name overnight."

Li Jue had never heard of such things, showing a slight hint of surprise on his face. Then he hears Tong Xi smugly saying, "Not just Longjing tea, but also Jiangnan’s Biluochun, Qimen black tea, Liu’an Guapian, and Huangshan Maofeng were all made at my prince’s behest. Of course, there’s also Tieguanyin and Puer tea from other places."

Tong Xi continues proudly, "Brewed tea drinking is a new method created by my prince, so do you think he could discern Pre-rain Longjing?" This Li Jue is truly annoying. He thinks he knows tea, yet has no idea the tea he’s drinking was all introduced by my prince. Talking to him about new tea is simply showing off in front of an expert.