Chapter 79: An Unexpected Surprise
I thought that Xiao Chen would be a little interested, but I didn't want him to say without thinking: "Don't fight!" ”
“……”
The corners of Nan Jinyu's mouth twitched, and she had a lot of whispers in her heart, but in the end she was silent.
Forget it, she is also a birthday star today, so she should be a dignified and well-behaved pet.
The carriage went all the way south along Xuanwu Avenue and went straight into the backyard of the Qin Palace.
"What do you want to eat at night?"
Xiao Chen and Nan Jinyu walked side by side, a gust of wind blew, and the yellowish leaves fluttered non-stop.
"What do you want to eat? What a ...... that?"
Nan Jinyu looked at the surrounding scenery, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a cluster of purple on the dense branches not far away, and looked at it when she saw that it was a person!
"Night Charm."
Xiao Chen raised his eyelids, and the shadows sleeping on the treetops floated faintly, and only when they got close did they reveal their entire faces.
"The subordinates are here!"
The face of the night phantom demon did not look like a man, whether it was his voice or demeanor, but his body and skeleton were a few sizes larger, and he floated in front of Xiao Chen and Nan Jinyu, and saluted respectfully.
"Jinyu, this is the Night Ghost, the deputy leader of the Shadow Guard."
Xiao Chen said lightly, without the slightest intention of telling his subordinates.
After all, there is already a lesson from the past, and there is no need for him to say more about what to do.
"Hmm......"
Nan Jinyu was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, when she saw the other party running at her with a greasy smile.
"My subordinates have seen the county lord, and it is better to see it than to hear it, and the county lord is really beautiful."
The night charm smiled enchantingly, and the words of praise were as natural as drinking boiled water.
"Uh......"
Nan Jinyu was speechless, suddenly remembered something, and fixed her mind: "What about the night shadow?" Why haven't I seen him lately? ”
"The county lord asked Nightshade? He made a mistake and entered the torture hall, and I'm afraid I won't see him recently! ”
Night Charm looked a little disgusted, that guy just had an elm head, and the master's soul was all hooked by this Tianqing County Lord, but unfortunately he couldn't see it!
"Huh?"
Nan Jinyu glanced at Xiao Chen, then looked at Yebai who was squatting in the distance, seemed to understand a little, and thought for a while: "Maybe he is not afraid, it is better to release people to save me from hating me." ”
"He didn't dare."
Xiao Chen glanced at the night charm and said lightly.
"He's because you naturally don't dare, not because I don't dare, you don't have to treat him like this."
Nan Jinyu felt that Xiao Chen had listened to her words, and then her words changed, and her eyes fell on Ye Mei, "Am I right?" ”
"Yes! The subordinates also felt that what the county lord said was reasonable......"
Night Charm was stunned for a moment, and cold sweat instantly poured out of her back.
The person in front of her was only twenty-eight years old, but her mind was so deep, in just a few words, she not only guessed the reason for Nightshade's punishment, but also deduced his relationship with Nightshade!
"Then let him go, let him get away, the main hall doesn't want to see him lately."
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows slightly and agreed directly.
This girl seems to spend more time on anyone than on herself, and I really want to tie her to her side, lest she divide her attention to people who don't matter!
"Yes! The subordinates will do it, thank you to the county lord! ”
Night Charm's face was happy, and when she turned around, she disappeared without a trace, for fear that Xiao Chen would change her mind if she stayed for a while.
Yebai and Tsing Yi, who were squatting on the treetops, glanced at each other, and they were silent.
Haven't the chief and the deputy leader always been incompatible? Why is it so good at this time?
"These two ......"
Nan Jinyu pursed her lips and stopped talking.
"How?"
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows and pulled Nan Jinyu into the study.
"Nightshade and Nightshade, who has better kung fu?"
Nan Jinyu leaned on the couch leisurely, pestled her chin and asked as if she was ready to gossip and eat melons.
"What do you think?"
Xiao Chen smiled, this girl is inevitably too sensitive, Night Shadow and Night Charm grew up together, and it is natural for the relationship to be better.
"It's the Night Charm."
Nan Jinyu winked at him and smiled like a fox stealing a chicken.
"Once every three years, he has never won."
Xiao Chen poured a cup of tea and handed it to her.
This girl's idea can sometimes make people's jaws drop, but when you think about it, it seems to be very reasonable......
"Just because he hasn't won doesn't mean he can't win, right?"
Nan Jinyu took the teacup and drank it naturally, with a strong sense of gossip in her tone.
"Night Charm is good at poison, if you really want to make a move, Night Shadow really can't beat him."
Xiao Chen nodded, and his evaluation was extremely pertinent.
Just like the kid in Yebai, he was sixteen three years ago, and now he is definitely not sixteen anymore, and he may become the youngest branch leader.
"No, no, no, even if he doesn't have to be poisonous."
Nan Jinyu waved her hand and said, there is definitely something wrong with these two people, it seems that they don't like each other, but in fact, they care more than anyone else, and when they heard her ask Night Shadow, Night Charm's whole eyes were shining.
"Really? Then the next time I compete, I'll take a closer look. ”
Xiao Chen shook her head, this girl is as careful as a hair, and she can even see the entanglements between people so clearly, I don't know whether it is joy or worry.
"Perfunctory!"
Nan Jinyu glanced at him, feeling that it was very boring, and he was also his subordinate, why did he act so indifferent?
"I pay too much attention to them, and they feel pressured."
Xiao Chen seemed to understand what she was thinking, and explained it to her.
"Is that so?"
Nan Jinyu's eyes widened in surprise, thinking of today's events in Hanyuan Palace, she suddenly changed the topic, "Why did Bai Dutong suddenly turn against him?" ”
"His Majesty wants him to defect, and he naturally doesn't dare to disobey."
Xiao Chen saw that she finally remembered something serious, and said with a smile.
This girl's thinking is always jumping like this, one moment she was still gossiping about other people's emotional world, and the next moment she turned back.
"Isn't the Shen family still holding heavy troops? Your Majesty is not afraid that the Shen family will be dominant? ”
Nan Jinyu was puzzled, she had never talked about this with Xiao Chen before, after all, the two had not talked openly and honestly, but now it seems to be different.
Their destinies are tied together, both nominally and in reality.
"The Shen family...... It's no longer the Shen family it used to be. Xiao Chen raised his eyelids and handed the letterhead on the desk to her, "Take a look." ”
Nan Jinyu opened the letterhead, and the familiar smell came to her face, and there were many dried cherry blossom petals scattered on the yellow straw paper, like a beautiful corpse, fresh but weird.
"Princess Sakura really has a heart."
"Why do I listen to you sourly?"
Xiao Chen smiled, seeing that although she said this, her eyes quickly read the letter.
In the end, she put the letter back untouched, looking like she wasn't angry at all, which really made people want to laugh.
"Am I sour? No! I just want to kill someone. ”
Nan Jinyu showed a mouthful of white teeth at him, and smiled a little hideously.
"What she wants, naturally, can't be exchanged for those useless antidotes before, this information is just the news she provided."
Xiao Chen rubbed his eyebrows, and the tone of explanation seemed to be three hundred taels of silver here.
"I hope this white lotus flower won't turn into white moonlight."
Nan Jinyu smiled and said with a smile, if he dared to treat her as the white moonlight in his heart, then she had to let him live with his white moonlight for the rest of his life.
"She is the white moonlight of the prince of Yongning, and she has nothing to do with the main hall."
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows, probably understanding what she meant.
The wild fox gradually showed her fangs, which was quite interesting to look at, much more pleasing to the eye than the gentle little white flower before.
"Back to business, why did the king of Jiangyang County not deal with the prince? Isn't he crazy? ”
Nan Jinyu asked the doubts that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time, the queen prince Shen family and the king of Jiangyang County, aren't their interests one?
"If you have seen Jiang Yang's face, you will know why, in short, most of the power of the Shen family is now in the hands of Jiang Yang, and the crown prince and queen are almost hollowed out."
Xiao Chen said meaningfully, he didn't want to involve her in these things, but it didn't seem realistic.
The northwest frontier is not as good as Yanjing, she needs to know more about the inside situation, and she will not know how to deal with it when she encounters trouble in the future.
"His face? I really don't want to see ......."
Nan Jinyu's mind flashed the face of the heavy fat powder, and she couldn't help but feel a little cold, she still didn't think it was okay, no matter how beautiful she looked, she was a demon!
"Poof! In this case, you should stay away from him, the prince will not sit still, the real competition has just begun, and it is not a bad thing for us to stay away. ”
Xiao Chen saw her showing a look of disgust, and suddenly felt a little happy in her heart, this girl's joy, anger, sorrow and happiness are all in shape, and it doesn't seem to be a bad thing!
"Your Highness seems to know a little bit more......"
Nan Jinyu said suspiciously, her thoughts drifting farther away.
In the sci-fi world she always watched in her previous life, there were not only parallel worlds, but also machines shuttling out of control, just as Xiao Chen's ability to control space and time, in addition to the short-term control of time and space, can it also distort time and space?
"This hall looks like you're thinking too much!"
Yubai's fingertips put on her wrist, skillfully probed her pulse, and only after feeling the strong internal force did she let go slightly.
Sure enough, she was a girl who cherished her life, and she just casually scared her a few words, so he concentrated on practicing so much, and he knew that she was so easy to deceive, so he said something else......
"Yes, yes, yes, it's all because I think too much, so may I ask His Royal Highness the Venerable King Qin, what do you want to eat for dinner?"
Nan Jinyu tilted her head to look at him, feeling that it was comfortable to get along with a smart person, and besides, this smart person also had a face that brought disaster to the country and the people, even if he only tasted his appearance, it was enough to live!
"Did you do it?"
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows and said nonchalantly.
"That's nature."
Nan Jinyu bowed her head, very serious.
"Then eat noodles."
Xiao Chen saw that it was still early, and he couldn't bear that she was busy in the kitchen for too long, so he said casually.
"Eat noodles? Isn't it so picky? ”
Nan Jinyu sighed, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and she thought of a good thing.
"Well, eat noodles."
Xiao Chen thought that he said this, Nan Jinyu could at least rest for a while, so he nodded and walked out without wanting her, and rushed into the small kitchen.
From the past three o'clock to the hour, Nan Jinyu went in and out of the small kitchen many times, and was very busy.
Xiao Chen was blocked by her every time she walked outside the door, and even Yebai and Tsing Yi helped her, and she didn't stop until sunset.
"Master, Miss Nan said that dinner was ready."
Yebai was as excited as a child, standing by the door with a smile on his face, and his face was still stained with some white flour.
"Is it here?"
Xiao Chen knocked on the messy desk, not knowing what the hell they were doing mysteriously.
"In the main hall."
Yebai made a gesture of please, opened the door with a smile, and went to the main room with Xiao Chen.
It's time for Nightshadow's blind eye to see how clever the southern girl is, and how she can make such a tempting meal.
As soon as the silver figure walked to the door of the main hall, he heard the sound of rustling from inside, and when he listened carefully, only the footsteps of Nan Jinyu and Tsing Yi stopped.
"What are you doing, girl?"
With a wave of her hand, Nan Jinyu blocked half of the screen in front of Tsing Yi, and covered it with the prepared surprise, "Oh! Come in......"
Xiao Chen approached with a suspicious face, there was only one round table left in the hall of Nuoda, the delicate silver velvet cloth was spread on the tabletop, and even the ebony chair was tied with something strangely shaped, which looked good.
"Didn't you mean to eat noodles?"
"Yes! Eat noodles. ”
Nan Jinyu blinked, snapped her hand twice, and immediately a mermaid rushed in.
The large and small trays are covered with delicate covers, and after they are arranged in order from large to small, the covers are lifted layer by layer, and the delicate dishes are placed on the table, and the meat and vegetable combinations are very attractive, and the largest bowl is indeed filled with noodles.
"What kind of noodles is this?"
Although Xiao Chen knew that she must have done something different, she didn't expect it to be so special.
"Jajanjangmyeon."
Nan Jinyu smiled, uncovered the bowl in front of him, and Shi Shiran sat down.
It's true that the ancients liked to eat noodles in their lives, but it was too miserable to make noodles alone, so she made some tricks, at least it didn't look so monotonous.
“……”
Xiao Chen glanced at her, then at the person standing still behind the screen, bowed his head and was silent. It's been three years, and he only eats one bowl of noodles on his birthday every year, but this year is the same, but it's different.
"It's a birthday, and it's too miserable to just eat noodles."
Nan Jinyu smiled like a child, put her favorite seasonings into the noodle bowl, and changed the position of the mixed noodles with the bowl in front of him, and then slowly mixed her own noodles.
"So you've got some surprises in store?"
Xiao Chen bent the corners of his lower lip and ate noodles quietly.
"How do you know?"
Nan Jinyu blinked, understanding that he probably heard Tsing Yi's breathing, and was relieved again.
"Guess."
Xiao Chen's expression was faint, the memory he once thought was heavy now seemed to have blurred to the point that only an outline remained, and he no longer seemed to remember those quiet days, because of the new hope he had now.
"It's not a surprise......
Nan Jinyu is serious, it's really not good to be too smart, she has been busy for hours, if people don't like it, wouldn't she be embarrassed?
Although dinner was just a meal of jajangmyeon, both of them ate well, and the atmosphere was so harmonious that they didn't even notice it when it was dark.
"Master, do you want to hold the lamp?"
Yebai almost burst into tears when he saw it outside the window, and after three years, he finally saw his master smiling again on his birthday.
"Okay."
"Not necessarily!"
Xiao Chen bowed his head, and before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Nan Jinyu.
"Why?"
In the dim light, Nan Jinyu didn't answer his words, just walked to the corner of the room and slowly pushed the screen away.
"It's a secret."
Nan Jinyu smiled brightly, pushing the wooden dining cart slowly in the dark, if it weren't for the Tsing Yi behind her, Xiao Chen almost thought that she was going to do something earth-shattering.
"What's in there?"
Xiao Chen looked at the things on the dining car curiously, the coolness of the ice cubes still retained outside the cover, and he was a little curious about what was inside.
"Open it and take a look."
Nan Jinyu smiled and took the tray in Tsing Yi's hand, the small digital candles and fire folds were ready, and she saw that Xiao Chen had already taken off the cover.
"What is this?"
Xiao Chen was a little stunned, watching Nan Jinyu insert the strangely shaped candle in his hand on it and light it, only then did he see clearly that the thing in front of him turned out to be something like a cake.
"Birthday cake!"
Nan Jinyu is still very satisfied with the appearance of this cake, if it weren't for the lack of time, she could have made it more detailed and beautiful.
"It's a chic name."
Xiao Chen nodded, circled around the cake for half a circle, and said to Yebai: "Take it to the ice cellar and put it away." ”
"Yes!"
"Oops...... What are you doing! ”
Ye Bai was about to step forward when he answered, but was stopped by Nan Jinyu, "This thing will be broken if it is put in Ming'er!" ”
"What then?"
Xiao Chen seemed a little disappointed, looking at the delicate pattern on it, unwilling to destroy its beauty.
"First of all, Your Highness silently made three wishes in your heart, and then blew out the candles, and your wish will come true when you are one year old."
Nan Jinyu smiled and pushed Yebai to Tsing Yi, no matter what expressions the two of them had, waiting for Xiao Chen to make a wish with an expectant expression.
"Good...... bar. ”
Xiao Chen glanced at her suspiciously, and then blew out the candle.
"Palm Lamp!"
Nan Jinyu clapped her hands at Tsing Yi, and when all the lights in the room were turned on, she handed over the knife on the plate and said to Xiao Chennunu, "Cut the cake." ”
"Why don't I come?"
Yebai looked surprised, and took two steps forward and was dragged by Tsing Yi again.
"Go ahead! Whoever has a birthday cuts. ”
Nan Jinyu glanced at him with disgust, she never thought that Xiao Chen had probably never done such a thing.
"Hmm, how do you cut it? Cut a tic-tac-toe? ”
Xiao Chen glanced at the round cake and didn't seem to have any objections to her arrangement.
"Will you cut a watermelon? Cut it like that. ”
Nan Jinyu tilted her head and said, looking like you are hungry quickly, it really makes people a little embarrassed.
Xiao Chen nodded, and before Nan Jinyu could react, the cake had already been cut, and the round cake was cut into eight perfectly symmetrical pieces, revealing the different layers of fillings inside.
"Alright."
"I'll divide it."
Nan Jinyu divided the cake on the plate, because he cut it too neatly, so he put two pieces on his plate.
"And then?"
Xiao Chen glanced at her four plates, and suddenly felt a little unhappy, wasn't this made for him?
"Eat it!"
Nan Jinyu smiled and distributed the cake to Yebai and Tsing Yi, and gave the most to Xiao Chen, and went to eat beautifully.