CHAPTER XXXI

He had been gone all night, and had not returned by noon the next day.

The jade slave is no longer in his heart, and he has no good expression, and he still has to do what he should do.

She was still making breakfast.

The eldest princess has a noble status, and she doesn't dare to expect her to come out to help her. It was Dou Ahuai, and she didn't have much confidence to ask her. As for Dou Xiu, who has seen a few sides and looks like Lord Dou, in order to avoid suspicion, he avoids it every time he sees him, let alone let him help him, there is no possibility at all.

She is not unbalanced in her heart, feeling that she is being called by a girl, and she has been insulted and trampled. It's that she doesn't go into the stove room much on weekdays, and she may still have some shallow experience in making soup and snacks, but if she is cooking, she will be unfamiliar and dull, not sharp enough.

When I was in the general's mansion before, there was always a girl beside me to help her, but now this pot and stove have to be watched by one person, she is not skilled enough, and she is in the stove room for a while, busy for a long time, until a thin layer of sweat oozes from her forehead, and she can only light this stove fire.

I wiped my sweat with my sleeve and stood up, and when I was about to wash the rice and put it in the pot, I heard a footstep in my ears. Curious, she wiped her hands with a silk and turned to look at the door.

When she saw who it was, she first paused, and then bowed to the other party: "Mei Gongzi." ”

"It's all your own people, so you don't have to see the outside like this." Mei Yanfeng stepped in, first ordered her to get up, and then said in such a dissatisfied tone.

Yunu straightened his knees, smiled politely when he heard this, and changed the topic: "Why is Mei Gongzi here?" But what's the matter? There is a lot of smoke in the stove, so it's best not to stay too long. ”

Mei Yanfeng also smiled: "It's always boring to sit in the house, and it's idle to be idle, so I think about coming to the stove room to have a look and see when I can have lunch." After a pause, he glanced at her slightly wolfish little face, and then glanced at her reddened little hands, and then smiled, "I thought you must be too busy to do it alone, so I thought about coming over and sharing some tasks for you." ”

The jade slave made him blush, and asked him, "Mei Gongzi is hungry?" The jade slave has a dull hand, I'm afraid that I will have to wronged you and wait. ”

Now it's time to eat, but she doesn't have a fire in her hand for a long time before it is lit, and even the rice has not been put into the pot at this time, not to mention that she has to choose vegetables, wash vegetables, cut vegetables and even stir-fry vegetables later, I am afraid that it will take half an hour to eat.

Thinking of this, her face became more and more red, and a trace of embarrassment appeared between her eyebrows.

Mei Yanfeng said with relief: "Compared to just sitting and eating ready-made, you are not bad." After speaking, he raised his long eyebrows and said gently, "While I'm not hungry now, let's move quickly." ”

What he meant by this, Yunu knew it, so he put away his embarrassment and smiled gratefully at him: "Then there will be Prince Lao Mei." ”

Mei Yanfeng nodded, he first walked to the stove to look at the fire and added two sticks of firewood, and then began to wash the vegetables.

Poultry and fish have been slaughtered and gutted before they are bought, and now they can be set aside for later use as long as the parts of the corner that are not suitable for eating are carefully removed and washed with water. However, fresh vegetables are a little troublesome, and they need to be washed more carefully to avoid mud and insects on the leaves or stems.

When Yunu washed the rice and put it in the pot, he washed and put the dried meat vegetables in place, and waited for the knife.

She first glanced at him, then at the bare and lifeless old hen on the cutting board, and when she mustered up the courage to use the knife, her warm and clear voice came from her ears: "Put it aside for now, and I'll come later." ”

The jade slave hurriedly retracted his hand and took two steps back. Then he raised his eyes to look at him, and saw some sweat oozing from his white forehead, lowered his eyes and met his slightly red hands, paused, and inevitably said, "Let's let Yu Nu." ”

Mei Yanfeng washed the vegetables carefully and didn't raise his head: "This kind of rough work that hurts your hands and body is not suitable for you to do." After a pause, he added, "You should be cared for......

The jade slave was stunned for a moment, and the next moment her face burned involuntarily, followed by her abnormal heart, which was secretly fluttering and jumping.

……

In the main room, Ji Rong was reclining on the beauty couch, and there was a light of tea on the coffee table at hand, and the tea surface was still rippling slightly. After hearing the report, her face couldn't help but become strange: "Mr. Mei really gave her a hand in the stove room?" ”

Dou Ahuai replied truthfully: "It's more appropriate to call it cooking together." ”

After thinking for a while, Ji Rong finally asked, "Is the lunch ready?" ”

Dou Ahuai shook his head: "Madame is hungry?" Ah Huai went to urge again. ”

Ji Rong raised his hand to stop her, frowning: "That's it, just be patient and patient, in front of outsiders, it's always good to be rude." ”

Dou Ahuai paused and obediently stood back in his place.

About half an hour later, the meals were put on the table one after another.

Looking at the delicious food in front of him, before moving the chopsticks, Ji Rong suddenly said: "Go and invite Mr. Mei, I want to have lunch with him." Dou Ahuai was about to do it, but Ji Rong called her again, "I also called the jade slave, and there were more people." ”

Dou Ahuai frowned and walked out silently.

After a while, Mei Yanfeng arrived, and saluted: "Mei Mou greets Mrs. ”

Ji Rong sat still, her attitude was slightly gentler than usual, and she said, "Mr. Mei doesn't need to be polite, please get up quickly." Then he turned his head and instructed Dou Ahuai, "Show Mr. Mei a seat." ”

Glancing at the delicacies on the table, Mei Yanfeng did not refuse, and sat down after saying thank you. Then he took the tableware handed by Dou Ahuai, picked up the chopsticks, and there was a sound of small footsteps in his ears.

When Yu Nu bumped into his gentle and handsome eyebrows, she couldn't help but be taken aback in her heart, she didn't expect Mei Gongzi to be here. It's not the time for her to be cranky, she looked away, crossed the threshold, and after taking two steps forward, she was busy curtsied: "Yunu has seen Madame, and Mei Gongzi." ”

Without waiting for Ji Rong to speak, Dou Ahuai had already opened his mouth first: "It's just a few steps away, why did you walk for so long?" Or are you deliberately keeping your lady waiting? ”

Yu Nu was so frightened that her knees weakened, and she knelt down in front of her master and servant, and hurriedly explained: "Miss Dou, don't misunderstand, Yu Nu just came out of the stove room, and the smell of oil smoke all over her body, lest the smell of that smell hit Madame, so she had to change and wash in the room." That's it, this is the time to delay. ”

Dou Ahuai's face was expressionless, and his tone was not good: "Then you should also come back and bow, how can you be so disrespectful." ”

Yu Nu's little face couldn't help but turn white slowly, she knelt on the ground, lowered her head, rested her hands on her skirt, clenched tightly, and her lips were pursed and white: "Miss Dou taught her lesson that Yu Nu knows her mistakes and will never dare to do it again in the future." ”

Dou Ahuai still seems to be unwilling to give up. Ji Rong first glanced at Mei Yanfeng, who was sitting opposite, looking flat, and then frowned and scolded: "Ah Huai, don't be rude." ”

Dou Ahuai pursed his lips and had to take two steps back and remain silent.

She also knew that she was a little impulsive, but as long as it was against Yin Shu and the woman on the ground, she couldn't bear it, and she couldn't wait to teach the two of them a hard lesson for His Royal Highness. When Yin Shu was there, all her spearheads were pointed at Yin Shu without hesitation, ignoring the person on the ground for a while. Now that Yin Shu left, the spearhead naturally fell back on her.

The person who can make the master of the horse snub Yin Shu for her sake will be an innocent person? She never believed, so the instinctive disgust in her heart turned against her.

Until she was called "up" by the eldest princess, Yunu's little face was still a little pale, she knew that Dou Ahuai hated herself, it was nothing more than because of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and the concubine. The relationship here is too complicated, it is not something that can be sorted out if you want to be sorted out, nor is it a clean thing that can be cut off if you want to cut it off, what way and strength can she have to break away from a person with a low status like an ant?

She couldn't find any other way but resignation and compromise. Today, she even recognizes being a plaything of the powerful, let alone this? Therefore, she didn't pay much attention to this little episode, and soon forgot about it.

It was only when she heard that the eldest princess asked her to sit down, she was nervous again and stood uneasy.

Seeing her standing still, Ji Rong inevitably repeated: "If you are ordered to sit down, you will sit down, and don't let me say it a third time." ”

Hearing this, Yu Nu had to walk towards the last stool, and when he was about to sit down, he didn't want Ji Rong to suddenly say, "The empty stool next to Mr. Mei is very good, so you can sit down there." ”

Yu Nu pursed her lips, knowing that she was a person who could not tolerate disobedience, so she walked to Mei Gongzi's side with her head down, and sat down nervously, not daring to sit down, only slightly on the edge.

After Ji Rong carefully looked at the handsome man and beautiful woman in front of him, he said, "Let's eat." ”

Mei Yanfeng thanked him again, and then moved his chopsticks. Even if there is a beauty sitting next to him who is inextricably linked to him, his demeanor is still always gentle and casual, not embarrassed at all, let alone nervous.

The jade slave held the bowl and only cared about the rice with his head down, and rarely touched the delicacies on the table.

Ji Rong poured two glasses of wine with his own hands and pushed them in front of Mei Yanfeng: "Mr. Mei, please." ”

Mei Yanfeng was a little surprised, and after drinking it all in one gulp, he smiled and said, "Madam is so interested." ”

Ji Rong tugged at the corners of his mouth, and after filling himself and the other party, he took a sip alone, looking at him and smiling: "No matter how good the interest is, can it be better than Mr. Mei?" ”

She had something to say, Mei Yanfeng actually guessed the reason, paused slightly, and still smiled: "Madame said that Mei was just idle and panicked, passing the time everywhere, not being in good spirits, just looking for something to do." ”

Chapter Seventy-One

After a moment of silence, Ji Rong let out a faint "um".

She raised her phoenix eyes and looked at the jade slave who had been immersed in cooking since she got on the table, and didn't even dare to pick up vegetables, and narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly: "Yu slave, I won't eat you again, why don't you even dare to pick up vegetables?" Suddenly being named, Yunu was so frightened that she almost bit her tongue, and after forcibly swallowing the rice, she was about to say "no", but she said, "Speaking of which, this table of food is still from your hands, and you are the most qualified person to enjoy it, so you don't have to be polite, and you don't need to be afraid." ”

Although the jade slave couldn't figure out what she was going to do, she still replied respectfully: "This is what the jade slave should do." ”

Ji Rong didn't continue the topic, and instead said: "Yunu is very timid and afraid, Mr. Mei is close to her, if it is convenient, you might as well take care of her." ”

Yu Nu chuckled in his heart, and was a little flustered: "Don't work for Mei Gongzi, Yu Nu ...... by himself" Before the words were finished, the bowl sank, and he had already brought in the dishes for her. Yu Nu glanced at the contents of the bowl, his face was a little unnatural, "Thank you...... Mei Gongzi, the jade slave is from his own. ”

Mei Yanfeng's tone was gentle and plain: "What Madame said is very true, the meals are all made by you, and you are the most qualified person to enjoy them, so you don't need to be polite." ”

The jade slave lowered his eyes, and his heart was very confused.

Judging by his calm tone and demeanor, there was no difference in color, and Ji Rong was speechless. I originally wanted to eat quietly, but when I saw the man who suddenly appeared in the courtyard and was striding towards the main room, he changed his mind. looked at the person who was slowly approaching him, and began to say, "This soup is boiling well today, why don't you help Mr. Mei scoop it and taste it." ”

Yunu didn't think too much about it for a while, put down the dishes and chopsticks, stood up and went to scoop the soup, and only when the soup was halfway full did he deliver the soup bowl to him.

As soon as Mei Yanfeng took it, he keenly heard the movement behind him, paused slightly, and after glancing at Ji Rong's place, he picked up the spoon casually and drank the soup.

By the time Yunu found out, it was already too late, Wei Guangyu had already entered the room, and she could see her demeanor clearly.

His eyes swept coldly over her face, and after greeting Mei Yanfeng, Wei Guangyu sat down at the table.

Yu Nu reacted at this time, she left from Mei Gongzi's side, walked to his side and saluted: "Master." ”

Wei Guangyu ignored her.

Yunu was embarrassed for a while, then straightened her knees, and after she walked aside and mixed some water, she walked back with a copper basin and a towchief.

After Wei Guangyu finished wiping his hands, he threw it away, and the towel fell into the water, splashing a few drops of water on her body slightly, splashing her dress.

In front of him, the jade slave didn't say a word, and after putting the copper basin back on the basin rack, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the water stains on her clothes, with a trace of grievance on her face.

For the rest of the day, she didn't go back to her seat and sit down, but stood beside him to help him make vegetables, and by the way, she listened to the rights and wrongs of her ears.

It's strange that she had to see Yin Shu's master and servant and Lord Xiao, it turned out that the two of them had really decided to go back to Beijing, and the reason why they couldn't see Lord Xiao now was because they escorted Yin Shu's master and servant back to Beijing.

The most surprising thing for her was the person next to her, she thought that he would personally escort Yin Shu back to Beijing, but she didn't want to be no.

When the three of them had finished eating, Yunu began to clean up the table, and when she came to the stove, she heated the meal again, and then used half a bowl of rice.

When I came out of the stove room again, it was already half an hour later. Yunu's face was slightly sweaty, and when he returned to the room, he immediately began to wash his hands and face, and after drying it, he sat in front of the mirror and wiped the alabaster.

Tsai carefully wiped the alabaster, she looked at her slightly red and sore hands, and suddenly thought of what Mei Gongzi said when she was in the stove room at noon.

You deserve to be cared for......

Her eyes couldn't help but turn red, no one cared for her, at least not yet.

After being stunned for a long time, she came back to her senses, and when she raised her eyes and wanted to look at her face in the mirror, she suddenly screamed. She jumped up from the stool, her little face white, and her heart palpitated: "Master, master is back." ”

"You didn't see the master just now?" Wei Guangyu frowned and asked. Seeing her look like a ghost in the daytime, it was inevitable that she was a little annoyed for a while, "What are you thinking?" It's so fascinating. ”

Yunu hurriedly explained: "No, I didn't think about it, I was just looking at my own hands." ”

Wei Guangyu made a straight face: "What's wrong with your hands?" ”

Yunu raised his hands high, raised them in front of him, pursed his lips and whispered: "Some pain, some soreness, and some itching......"

Wei Guangyu glanced at her little hand: "Don't cook anymore in the future, leave it to Dou Xiu to do." ”

"Is he okay?" Yunu was a little worried.

Wei Guangyu's tone was not good: "It's nothing, no matter what, and his sister, you won't be hungry." As he spoke, he warned her again, "The master's woman is only responsible for serving the master, when will she become a cook lady?" If you really want to toss your own house into a woman with a yellow face and rough hands and a smell of oily smoke, you can toss it again, but don't complain about the snubbing of you at that time. ”

Yu Nu felt inexplicably aggrieved, she looked up at him: "Master only loves Yu Nu's face and body, and he has no sincerity at all." ”

Wei Guangyu grabbed her slender waist and touched her long hair: "So you have to protect this face and this body, don't always toss yourself, don't understand?" ”

The years are in a hurry, the red face is fleeting, no matter how well she is protected, she can't escape the day of old age and decay, what will be the ending waiting for her on that day? When will such a day be the end? She was suddenly a little sad, and she was also a little worried and uneasy about the future.

As if aware of her feelings, Wei Guangyu actually felt a little distressed, was silent, and couldn't help but say: "It's not that the master doesn't have a trace of sincerity for you, you don't have to think nonsense." ”

Yunu didn't answer, leaned into his arms and slowly closed his eyes.

The more she was like this, the more Wei Guangyu couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in her heart, and after thinking about it, she had to say again: "After returning to Beijing, my lord will give you a name, how about making you the lord's concubine?" ”

Yunu opened his eyes in surprise and looked at him in disbelief: "Master ......"

Wei Guangyu didn't say anything more, lowered his head and kissed her soft cherry lips directly.

……

On the second day after Yin Shu's master and servant left, Ji Rong, who was originally very leisurely, suddenly changed, she seemed to remember something, and her previous comfortable and leisurely expression was gone, replaced by a cold complexion. Without waiting for Wei Guangyu to return to the house that day, she asked Dou Ahuai and Mei Yanfeng to explain a few sentences, and Dou Xiu was a total of three people, and immediately packed up her baggage and rushed back to Beijing.

For a while, only Yunu and Mei Yanfeng were left in the house.

Yu Nu couldn't figure it out, was stunned for a while, reacted and asked him, "Madam, what's wrong?" Can Mei Gongzi know? ”

Mei Yanfeng frowned, lowered his eyes to her puzzled little face, and said lightly: "Maybe there is an urgent matter, we don't have to worry about it if we don't do our business." ”

Hearing him say "let", Yunu's little face was a little unnatural, and she changed the topic and said, "It's almost time for lunch, so Yunu will go down to cook first." Now that Dou Xiu is gone, this cooking thing has turned around and turned to her head, fortunately, it is much simpler and easier to cook for only two people.

Mei Yanfeng said: "Save trouble, just blanch two bowls of noodles for lunch, and I'll make a fire." As he spoke, he opened his long legs and walked towards the stove.

Yunu had to let out a low "um" and follow him in.

Time flew by, and in an instant the sun had set in the west, and the sky was gradually getting dark.

Dinner was also made by the two of them, and at this moment, because Wei Guangyu had not come back, the meal had been simmered on the stove and had never been served.

It was almost midnight, and he still did not return. Yu Nu stood by the door of the hall and waited for a long time, but he didn't see the figure of the man coming back, and his heart couldn't help but become more and more worried, his two thin eyebrows frowned deeply, and his face gradually became bad.

Seeing this, although Mei Yanfeng was also a little worried, he still tried his best to be relieved: "Maybe it's a delay on the road, it's not early, you might as well wait while eating." ”

Yunu approached him and said apologetically: "It's Yunu's negligence, Mei Gongzi waits, and then I'll go and serve the food." ”

Mei Yanfeng did not refuse, and she served the meal.

Yunu brought the food over, and as soon as he put the food on the table one by one, there was a banging sound behind him, and the movement was very loud, which was particularly terrifying in the middle of the night. With a shake of her hand, she almost dropped the plate, and looked at Mei Yanfeng in horror.

Mei Yanfeng's face changed slightly, he stood up and hesitated for a moment, took her hand and ran to the back door.

Not long after the two ran out, the main door of the house rumbled, and someone knocked them to the ground, stirring up a burst of white ash, and then a group of officials poured in, all of them with evil faces and menacing.