TPITWOHEF

Chapter 171

You want to eat fried dough sticks, but can't get them.

You can only come queue up the next day, but who's really here just for fried dough sticks? What people are devouring is the frying of corrupt officials, the sizzling of dirty bureaucrats, the crackling of injustice throughout the land!

Those who got to eat and those who didn't all planned to come queue up early the next morning.

"Why didn't you prepare more?"

"The milk tea shop next door is still open... why is breakfast sold out?"

"This doesn't make sense. Are you open for lunch?"

"You're in the capital city, why not set up outside the city? You prepared way too little!"

"I'm coming tomorrow, those of you who ate today better not fight me for it."

"What do you mean? Who says we can't eat again tomorrow if we ate today?"

In an instant, the breakfast shop was on the verge of a brawl.

In just this short time, seeing the commotion inside the shop getting intense, Xiao Yunzhou quickly retreated outside, holding the Little Princess.

If the Little Princess got hurt, he wouldn't even know where to cry.

"Your Majesty, this servant never expected the breakfast to be so popular. The prices aren't low, so I thought not many would buy," pleaded Manager Liao from the Imperial Kitchen, who had hurriedly followed them out to explain to the emperor on the carriage.

The emperor had come specially with the Little Princess to eat and show support, but there wasn't even a place for them to stand!

They couldn't even get a single coin's worth of food!

Manager Liao was so frightened he wanted to kowtow. "Your Majesty, shall we return to the palace? This servant will prepare the food for you there."

Xiao Yunzhou was indeed displeased. He had originally wanted to give the Little Princess a surprise, letting her taste some tofu pudding, saying it was commoner food.

Who would have thought that the Imperial Kitchen staff, in their first attempt at running a business, lacked experience and prepared too little stock.

Now look what happened – he was left craving... no, the Little Princess was left craving...

Xiao Yunzhou looked down at Xiao Chuchu in her swaddling clothes, also looking disappointed at not getting to taste anything. He felt the Little Princess shared his feelings – craving, no, slightly unhappy.

His face showed a hint of dissatisfaction as he said, "We arrived just a bit late, and not even half a fried dough stick was left..."

"Who would have thought, miss, we came just a little late and everything was gone..."

Halfway through his sentence, Xiao Yunzhou heard what seemed to be the maid of the Chu State beauties speaking by the roadside.

He abruptly stopped talking, his ears reddening slightly.

He, the supreme ruler, unable to get food, was actually complaining almost the same as a little girl.

Ahem.

Xiao Yunzhou immediately changed his tone, looking at Manager Liao in front of him, "If We wanted to eat, of course We could have it made in the palace."

"But this shop now is meant for the common people to enjoy. You should be thinking of the citizens, not of Us."

"How many disappointed citizens left empty-handed today, Liao Xing? Doesn't your conscience hurt?"