Chapter 30: The Prince's Visit
"Jealous? What is jealousy? Is vinegar delicious? Shen Nanfeng was arrogant, but his face was still flushed unconsciously.
"You see your face is red, if you are jealous, you will be jealous, and I will not laugh at you."
Shen Nanfeng scolded in his heart, aren't you just joking?
Yu Xizhou looked at Shen Nanfeng, who didn't speak, suppressed his smile, followed his previous appearance, put his hand to his mouth and cleared his throat, pretending to be angry.
"What this king says is what it is, what kind of identity do you dare to talk to this king like this! Hahaha! Finally, Xizhou couldn't help laughing.
Shen Nanfeng didn't speak, at this time, someone knocked on the door, it was the little guy in the medicine kitchen who came to deliver the medicine.
"I don't eat it!" Shen Nanfeng roared angrily, the little guy's body trembled, and he forcibly held back the panic in his heart and said that he was told by the doctor to drink it, and it was not only today, but it would be drunk for more than a month.
Shen Nanfeng felt that the little guy was troublesome and wanted to drive him away, but was stopped by Yu Xizhou.
"If you don't eat, I won't cook in the future!" After speaking, he took the bowl in the little girl's hand, and it was dark inside, but it was not very viscous.
Shen Nanfeng was forced to drink the bowl of bitter medicine that could no longer be bitter, and after drinking it, he asked Yu Xizhou to pour himself a glass of water, and after soaking it a few times, he still felt bitter in his mouth, and couldn't help frowning.
Yu Xizhou looked at him, it turned out that he refused to take medicine because he was afraid of bitterness, but this time Yu Xizhou didn't laugh at him, because Yu Xizhou was also afraid of bitterness.
In the palace.
"You said it was Shen Nanfeng in the garden that night?" There was a roar of surprise from the prince's study, and there was a hint of panic in his voice.
"The old man is just guessing." Shen Yunchen sat on the side, without the slightest fluster, and leisurely drank the tea sent by the maidservant.
Shen Huang stood aside, his eyes full of fear. Shen Yunchen looked at him like this, showed a strange smile, put down the teacup in his hand, and then stood up.
"Yes or no, the prince will find out if he goes to check it out."
Shen Huang glanced at the old man in front of him, and the disgust for Shen Nanfeng deepened in his heart, if it was really him, then he could only blame himself.
In order to test whether it was Shen Nanfeng that night, the two decided to visit another day.
"What? The prince is coming? β
As soon as Yu Xizhou arrived at the door of the study, he heard the conversation between the little guy and Shen Nanfeng, and suddenly couldn't control himself and kicked in again.
Seeing the two of them looking at themselves in surprise, Yu Xizhou scratched his head in embarrassment.
Shen Nanfeng looked at Yu Xizhou teasingly, and the hand on the table supported his head. looked at the embarrassed beauty in front of him, and said something as if he was saying it to the little girl.
"Did you find the blacksmith you were looking for last time? If the iron gate is not sent over, I am afraid that the wooden door will not be able to support it. β
The little guy snickered and said that it would be delivered soon after, and then he was called back by Shen Nanfeng.
After the little guy left, Yu Xizhou didn't mind what Shen Nanfeng said just now, but paid more attention to their previous topic.
"What should you do when the prince comes? Your injuries are not healed yet, can you refuse? Just said that things are busy, and I am afraid that I will not have time to entertain him. β
"He's going to see you!"
Shen Nanfeng's words made Yu Xizhou a little surprised, she and the prince had no grievances in the past, why did she come all the way to see herself.
looked at Shen Nanfeng next to him with a puzzled look that had nothing to do with himself, Shen Nanfeng looked at her like this, and felt very cute.
"If you really say that you come to see me, I will naturally have a reason to refuse, but when it comes to coming to see you, and in the name of worshiping your cooking skills, then I can't refuse, who will let us make the princess of King Qin show off at the Qixi banquet."
Shen Nanfeng deliberately bit the words of being in the limelight very hard, and looked at Yu Xizhou teasingly.
"But your injury ......" Yu Xizhou knew that she couldn't refuse, but what she was afraid of now was the injury on Shen Nanfeng's arm, once they were discovered, they would be over, now Shen Huang is still the prince, and his status is still above Shen Nanfeng.
"My injuries are no longer serious, I'm afraid you will show your feet."
Yu Xizhou heard that Shen Nanfeng was still worried about herself, and her heart was moved, but as long as he was fine, she would naturally be able to deal with it, and the two negotiated for a while and went back to prepare.
When it was almost noon, Shen Huang came over, but Shen Yunchen was not with him, probably to avoid the gossip of the world.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come in person, and I ask for forgiveness." Shen Nanfeng greeted him at the door, and said ancient clichΓ©s in his mouth.
The two politely exchanged words for a while, and then returned to the topic.
"I wanted to go to the Qixi banquet held by my father, I wanted to participate in it and join in the fun, but I was a few steps late when I was unwell, but I heard that King Qin had already left first, did something happen?"
Knowing that Shen Huang was testing himself, Shen Nanfeng smiled, did not speak, and motioned to the little man in the house to serve tea.
Seeing that Shen Nanfeng didn't take care of himself, Shen Huang held back the unhappiness in his heart, and then asked: "Someone told me that he saw King Qin going with the princess, and then left for a while, and then left directly......
"Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so gossip now?" Shen Nanfeng interrupted Shen Huang's next words and said with a mocking expression.
"Isn't this thinking, if King Qin has something, he can help some meager help? Since King Qin doesn't want to say it, that's it. β
The two skipped the Qixi banquet and talked about some foreign and tribute.
Yu Xizhou looked at the huge kitchen and was a little helpless, not knowing what to do to entertain the prince.
Looking at Yu Xizhou's distressed appearance, Yun Xi stepped forward and asked, "When King Yuxian visited last time, weren't the dishes prepared by the princess very good?" β
Hearing Yun Xi's words, Yu Xizhou looked in the direction of the study in the distance, and hated in his heart.
This kind of person who kills his brother and father is not worthy.
Yu Xizhou thought and mocked; "Those things that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually eat, you have to be more attentive to make up for that broken heart!"
But it's almost time to eat, even if you don't cook food for the prince, you can't starve Shen Nanfeng.
Yu Xizhou's eyes rolled, and he thought of what to cook, and immediately asked Xiao You to prepare the ingredients.
"Nanfeng, since the death of your mother, your father has been extremely strict with you, don't blame your father, he just feels sorry for you, after all, you lost your mother when you were young......"
Hearing the concubine, Shen Nanfeng's hand tightened with tea, and his eyes were extraordinary. It was dark, but it didn't speak.
Seeing the anger in Shen Nanfeng's eyes, Shen Huang realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, and stopped what he was about to say in time.
"I heard that the princess not only makes a good dish, but also is as beautiful as a fairy, I wonder if the imperial brother I have the honor to see the beauty?" Shen Huang suddenly changed the topic and thought of Shen Nanfeng's newly welcomed concubine.
"She's cooking."
Shen Nanfeng didn't mean to appreciate it, his voice was lukewarm, and he didn't look up at him, but took a sip of the tea in his hand.
Seeing Shen Nanfeng's appearance, the anger in Shen Huang's heart surged out again, but his goal had not been achieved, so he endured it.
"Lord Wang, it's time to eat."
Just as Shen Huang was about to sit down, he heard the voice behind him, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Nanfeng beckoned Shen Huang to sit down, while Yu Xizhou was busy serving food.
"The princess is really as rumored, not only ingenious, but also as beautiful as a fairy." Shen Huang looked at Yu Xizhou, who was serving, and praised.
Shen Nanfeng grabbed Yu Xizhou's hand that was about to stand up and serve the food, thanked Shen Huang, and then turned to the people around him to say thank you, but his eyes were extremely gentle.
"Prince, try it casually, you came a little suddenly, and I don't have time to prepare, please don't mind if it tastes bad." After Yu Xizhou finished speaking, he introduced the dishes on the table one by one.
Shen Huang was surprised that there were still people who could make such a dish with such color and flavor, and every dish gave him a great surprise.
"The princess's cooking skills are really impressive, unlike the rice buckets in my house. I wonder if the princess has time to go to my house to teach them? β
Yu Xizhou stopped the action of picking vegetables, looked at Shen Huang who was sneering beside him, and Shen Nanfeng with a gloomy face, and put down his chopsticks in some embarrassment.
His eyes motioned for Yun Xi to bring things up, and then put them in front of Shen Nanfeng, and said affectionately: "This is taro osmanthus porridge, which the concubine specially boiled for you." β
Then he turned to Shen Huang, and said apologetically: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really embarrassed, my prince is picky, he doesn't eat anything except what I make, if the prince doesn't dislike it, you can let the chefs in your house come to the palace, I will do my best to teach them well!" β
Shen Huang was stunned, he didn't expect Yu Xizhou to be so ignorant, and the fire that had just been suppressed surged up in an instant, but because Shen Nanfeng was still not attacking.
The two have been showing affection at the table, making the food on the table a little tasteless.
"King Qin, I'm really embarrassed, I just remembered that there was still this matter in the house that had not been dealt with, so I left first."
Without waiting for Shen Nanfeng to speak, Shen Huang threw up his sleeves and left, looking at Shen Huang who was leaving angrily, Yu Xizhou snickered.
"Then I'm not far away!"
After Shen Huang left, Shen Nanfeng did not continue to eat, but returned to the study alone in a dull manner.
Seeing Shen Nanfeng's preoccupied look, Yu Xizhou was a little worried, and wanted to say something but endured it.
"The people take food as the sky, Shen Fox, are you going to become an immortal?" Yu Xizhou walked into Shen Nanfeng's study very gently, and this time she didn't kick in the door.
Putting the things in his hand on the desk, looking at the few books on the table, and they had all been opened, presumably Shen Nanfeng did not calm down because of something after entering the study.
"Why are you here so late?" Shen Nanfeng withdrew his gaze from the moonlight outside the window, his gaze was a little dull, and he didn't pay attention to Yu Xizhou, who walked in, but sat on the stool and picked up the book on the table.
Yu Xizhou watched Shen Nanfeng sit down, holding the book and looking like he was reading it seriously, and he smiled a little dumbly.
"Shen Fox, I didn't expect you to be so powerful, you have all your backs like a stream!"
When Shen Nanfeng heard Yu Xizhou's words, his dull eyes brightened slightly, and he gently put down the book in his hand and looked at someone who was snickering.