Chapter 2043 - 2045: Isn’t This Just the Opportunity?

Chapter 2043: Chapter 2045: Isn’t This Just the Opportunity?

Xiaoxiao also realized this and said, "Honey, let’s circle around here and have a look first."

If we can’t enter through the front gate, we’ll try the side gate. Perhaps there might be a chance to find out when the Prime Minister’s wife goes out or frequently visits certain places.

For such a large mansion, it can’t possibly have only a front gate. There should be side gates and back gates specifically for the servants.

The two could only try their luck.

Anyway, just think of it as a stroll.

Since the Prime Minister Residence was so large, the two of them spent a while just walking.

Finally, they found the side gate, but it was still tightly shut.

Xiaoxiao was speechless; this was too illogical. She had thought that such a side gate, meant for servants, would have at least a few people coming and going daily for errands, but there was no one.

Xiaoxiao could only comfort herself, thinking maybe they had come at the wrong time.

Do they have to stake out here?

If it were anywhere else, staking out would be fine, but this was the Prime Minister Residence. It’s almost like angering high authority.

Who would dare? They might end up getting caught.

"Honey, don’t worry. Let’s go back first and have the brothers investigate further."

Xiaoxiao nodded, feeling defeated like a frostbitten eggplant. It seemed they would return empty-handed today.

Just as the two were about to turn and leave, the tightly shut side gate suddenly opened.

A few men came out.

One of the men said, "Chef Wang, I really apologize for bothering you again. Do you know any other chefs who are good at cooking fish?"

The man known as Chef Wang replied, "Steward Qian, I apologize instead. The fish I cooked couldn’t satisfy the Eldest Young Master, it’s my lack of skill. Speaking of chefs, there’s only Li, the head chef from Yuelai Restaurant. But he’s not currently in Beijing; even if he could come, it would take a few days. It’s definitely too far for immediate help."

"Alas." Steward Qian sighed, thinking to himself that if necessary, he’d have to invite Li, the head chef from Yuelai Restaurant.

He beckoned a nearby house servant, instructing, "Wang Wu, see Chef Wang off."

The two exchanged a few polite words at the door, after which Chef Wang left.

Once Chef Wang had departed, Steward Qian sighed again and called another house servant, "Hurry up, find someone who cooks fish well in the city. If not, search the countryside. As long as they cook fish well, it will do. If it pleases the Eldest Young Master, there’s a reward of a hundred silver taels!"

Standing aside, Xiaoxiao understood clearly: the Eldest Young Master of this residence wants to eat fish. Even the chefs from Yuelai Restaurant were invited, but none could satisfy the Eldest Young Master.

To allow the Eldest Young Master to eat satisfactory fish, they even decided to search for chefs in the community, and offered a hundred silver taels as a reward.

These wealthy young masters really know how to spoil themselves — so particular about eating fish, they’re such spendthrifts.

But isn’t this an opportunity?

Though she wasn’t a master chef, she could cook fish.

She and Li Fugui had studied grilled fish for so long, not in vain.

If Li Fugui’s culinary skills were impeccable, then she was practically a direct disciple of his.

She took a few steps forward and called out to Steward Qian, "Steward Qian, please wait!"

Steward Qian was about to turn back but was stopped when called upon. He turned around and saw Xiaoxiao and Yang Ming, sizing them up before asking, "Who are you two? Why are you here?"

Steward Qian found them a bit odd, especially as this was the side gate of the Prime Minister Residence. Seeing their clothes patched, could they be here looking for work?