I really became a king.

Chapter 597 Chapter 595 Absent with the money?
Jiang Yi walked into the restaurant, wow... it was really lively.

The first floor was packed with people, shouting and yelling, and the aroma of food wafted through the air; business was booming.

His entry did not cause much waves. Although he was the master of the entire Western Frontier Royal City, he seldom showed up in public, so few people really knew him.

Even many officials in the Western Frontier Royal Palace had never actually seen him.

So after Jiang Yi came in, the people in the restaurant just drank and talked, without even looking at him.

"I'm sorry, the first floor is full. Would you like to share a table with others?"

A waiter came over with a towel draped over his shoulder. He seemed to feel that Jiang Yi's attire did not seem like that of a wealthy man, so he had no intention of leading him to the private room upstairs.

"Go ahead and do your work. I'll take this person upstairs."

Before Jiang Yi could speak, a soft voice was heard. It was the proprietress of this restaurant, Qin, who had opened a tea stall on the roadside back then.

Jiang Yi took a look at her. She was wearing a neat light pink gown that did not reach her knees, revealing a pair of loose white trousers. Her toes were faintly visible under her trousers.

Compared to the time when the tea stall was set up on the roadside, it now looks more wealthy, but more dazzling and looks more tasteful.

"Master, there is still room on the second floor." Although Qin tried her best to conceal it, her tightly twisted fingers revealed her inner nervousness.

Jiang Yi nodded and said with a smile, "It looks like business is good." Then he walked to the second floor.

Qin replied carefully, "It's all thanks to me." She felt something was wrong as soon as she said it, but when she saw that Jiang Yi didn't look unhappy, she breathed a sigh of relief and followed him.

The waiter and some diners found Qin's reserved behavior a little strange.

You have to know that this restaurant has a powerful background. No matter how noble and prominent your status is, everyone who comes in to eat is polite, and no one dares to be rude here.

"Who is this young man? Even Qin has to serve him carefully." A diner asked in a low voice to his companion.

"How would I know...but I think his identity is not ordinary." The companion replied, full of confusion.

The Western Frontier King City is the seat of Prince Yi's Palace, and it is home to many talented people, and naturally there are also many dissolute young men.

But since the first day this restaurant opened, no one has ever dared to act wildly here.

Let’s not talk about others, just talk about the masters in Prince Yi’s Mansion, that is, Prince Yi’s brothers, who are definitely the top-level officials in this Western Xinjiang region.

Although he has not done anything evil, he is a troublemaker.

Take the theater next to the restaurant for example, the brothers had been there many times to bully others, but they had never set foot in this restaurant.

This also makes Qin's restaurant more mysterious and, of course, more shocking.

No matter whether you are coming from the south or the north, no matter how high your position and power are, you must behave properly when you come here, especially when facing the Qin family, you dare not make any dirty jokes, let alone take advantage of her.

But when Jiang Yi went up to the second floor, he found that there was enough space for dozens of square tables, but there were only a dozen of them, and they were all separated into semi-open boxes by wooden screens.

However, the seats were basically full, so Qin carefully led Jiang Yi to a private room by the window, opposite which was Kongtong Inn.

The moment Jiang Yi came up, the originally noisy second floor suddenly became much quieter. Most of the people who could sit on the second floor were well-known people, and naturally some of them recognized Jiang Yi. Among them was An Jucai, the nephew of An Daohui, the chief steward of Prince Yi's palace, and the young man who had sexual intentions towards Qin at the roadside tea stall.

An Jucai can be said to have reformed himself. In the past two years, he has been following his uncle An Daohui, behaving himself and working diligently. He has completely changed.

When she saw that her own prince had actually come to the restaurant, she was shocked, but on the surface she pretended not to know him and just drank.

But in my heart I was lucky: Fortunately I didn't come here to drink while on duty, otherwise if my uncle heard about it, I would be skinned alive.

He was not in a hurry here, but several people stood up hurriedly, put down a silver ingot, and went downstairs without even bothering to get the change.

These people were all guards in Kongtong Posthouse. They had just finished their shift and came here to drink and relieve their fatigue. However, after seeing Jiang Yi again, they felt inexplicably guilty and did not dare to stay any longer.

An Jucai and several other stewards of Prince Yi's Mansion did not move. Especially those stewards, they were secretly excited and wondering whether they should find a chance to show their faces in front of their own prince.

However, when the sweet laughter of the proprietress Qin was heard in the private room, several people quickly lowered their heads, with an attitude of not wanting to listen inappropriately.

An Jucai smiled bitterly and shook his head. His own prince had this hobby... He secretly wondered in his heart whether he should get rid of it. After all, if this were to be spread out in broad daylight, it would damage his own prince's reputation.

But it was just a thought. It was obvious that the prince had come out incognito to have fun. If they really cleared the place, they might anger the prince. But they were wrong. Jiang Yi and Qin had only met once, so how could they really flirt with each other here?

But it was hard to change one's nature. Seeing Qin's charming appearance, he couldn't help but make a few jokes. After entering the private room, Qin also relaxed a little and laughed a few times.

Just then, a burst of hurried footsteps came from the stairs.

An Jucai frowned, wondering which blind person came to mess up his prince's business. Several other managers of the palace also frowned and looked towards the stairs.

After seeing who was coming, An Jucai and his companions did not step forward to stop them.

The visitor was an elderly man with a long beard, the owner of this restaurant. It seemed that he had something urgent to discuss with the owner, Qin.

"Boss... Boss, something bad has happened!" The shopkeeper shouted breathlessly. When he saw Qin coming out of the box, he hurried forward to meet her.

"Manager Li, what happened that makes you so panicked?"

Perhaps because she was afraid of disturbing Jiang Yi's peace, Qin hurried over and wanted to take Manager Li downstairs.

But Manager Li really had something urgent to do, so he didn't dare to wait and said directly: "Boss, I just went to the 'Four Hengs' to do some work, and I ran into their manager, who was asking us to pay back the loan."

"What loan? Wasn't it repaid a month ago?" Qin asked puzzledly.

When she first opened this restaurant, all the capital was borrowed, but the business was very good after it opened. In early January, she specifically asked her husband to repay the loan from the Big Four Heng first. Why are they asking for it again?

Shopkeeper Li was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and stamped his feet, saying, "They said that the boss didn't go to pay back the money at all. He just went to say hello and said that the repayment would be postponed for a month." This boss was Qin's husband.

Qin Shi hadn't reacted yet, she just said: "I gave him all the money, there is no way he didn't return it."

"Boss, we were all kept in the dark. When I came back, I heard that the boss had absconded with the money and... he also took the widow next door with him!"

"Impossible!" Qin was unwilling to believe it. How could her husband abscond with the money? How could he live the comfortable life he has now?

(End of this chapter)