Chapter 28: Dinner in a Quiet Courtyard
Later, Weak Water lived alone in the yard left by the eagle keeper.
But this quiet life did not make Xiaoshui forget her hatred, and she visited many places to inquire about the news about Mu Xingyu. But she never thought that she would see her dead warrior in the cliff city near the Bone Cliff on the border of the Tianji Country.
Praruo has not been with Princess Wushuang for the longest, but her feelings for the princess are the deepest. She couldn't accept that Princess Wushuang was dead like this, and she had been quietly inquiring about Princess Wushuang near the Bone Cliff.
In this way, Pranya followed Princess Musou back to this secluded courtyard. Over the years, she has also been taking care of Princess Wushuang, cooperating with the princess to inquire about Mu Xingyu's news.
Weak water looked at the rice in the clay pot and couldn't help but think of Prajna. A few days ago, Praruo once said that the dead man who met the emperor's brother Rong Yunxiao in Yacheng was ruthless, and ruthlessly tried to follow him, but fortunately was thrown off by Pranya.
Although he has been away from the palace for three years, Weak Water is also well aware of the undercurrents surging in the palace. Her treason charges have not yet been cleared, and everyone thinks that she has fallen into the bone cliff and died.
If the news that she is not dead at this time is exposed, and her imperial brother Rong Yunxiao has always insisted on looking for her and tying her together, it will be very unfavorable to him.
Now, the four princes have reached adulthood, and each of them is divided into kings, but the matter of the prince has not been decided. If she and Rong Yunxiao recognize each other, once the news leaks, this matter will be made a big fuss by people with intentions, and it will be a fatal blow to His Royal Highness the Dust King.
For this reason, Weak Water asked Praruo to go out on errands two days ago, firstly to avoid encountering His Royal Highness the Dust King, and secondly, to quietly return to Tianji Kingdom to inquire about the recent news of the Imperial City. She didn't want to see her brother murdered again.
If she wasn't there, Xiaoshui naturally wouldn't cook by herself, so she would either eat outside when she went out to inquire about Mu Xingyu, or eat the fruit that the eagle brought her in the yard.
Mu Qiannian heard the weak water say that she wouldn't, and thought to herself, this woman with unparalleled appearance, even if she has injuries on her body and messy hair, she still has an indescribable grace and luxury.
This noble temperament is revealed from the bones, and it will never be fake.
"Weak water should be the lady of a big family who has changed. Mu Qiannian thought silently, but he never thought that this so-called big family was so big that it turned out to be the royal family of Tianji Kingdom.
"I'll do it, I'll make dinner, you can eat some pears first." Mu Qiannian said, handing the bamboo basket containing the autumn pear to the weak water.
Mu Qiannian's sudden voice interrupted the already distant thoughts of the weak water. Hearing this, she was surprised again, and while taking the bamboo basket, she said curiously: "Will you do it?"
Isn't the smiling man in front of him the second young master of Wanbao Pavilion? Shouldn't he be pampered? Although Wanbao Pavilion is not as good as the imperial palace, it doesn't always need to cook by himself.
Mu Qiannian took off his robe with wide sleeves, and said while fetching water to clean the kitchen utensils that had fallen into dust: "People always have a skill, although I have no talent in martial arts, but I have a lot of experience in cooking." ”
"In Wanbao Pavilion, there was a master who cooked particularly delicious food, and when he saw that I had a unique insight when he tasted the dishes, he said that I was extremely talented, and he was happy to teach me his skills. ”
"Just because of this, he was almost beaten out of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion by my brother's order. Fortunately, Uncle Zhou begged for a few days before this matter was settled. However, I was not able to learn the art openly, so I could only learn secretly. ”
Mu Qiannian did his work neatly, but his mouth was not idle. This kind of thing may be ridiculous for the young masters of individual big families, but when it comes out of Mu Qiannian's mouth, it is plain with a hint of helplessness.
Weak Water stood quietly outside the door, watching Mu Qiannian in the kitchen skillfully boil water, make a fire to cook, and keep muttering some trivial things in the past. He kept a smile on his lips, didn't mind the ash that fell on his white undershirt, and seemed to enjoy being busy in the open-fire kitchen.
If it weren't for the fact that he and Mu Xingyu looked very similar, it would be really difficult for Weak Water to associate the smiling and enthusiastic man in front of him with Mu Xingyu.
But why are you Mu Xingyu's younger brother, the younger brother of Mu Xingyu who makes me want to cramp and peel my skin?!!
The light of the fire in the kitchen silently illuminated the face of the weak water standing outside the door without saying a word, and the face with a stunning face, after several changes in expression, finally regained its calm.
In Mu Qiannian's busyness and weak water in a daze, time passed quickly. When the aroma of rice escaped, Mu Qiannian also prepared the dish.
There were stone tables and stone benches in the courtyard, and Mu Qiannian didn't dare to bother with the weak water, so he brought out all the meals one by one. The ingredients in the bamboo basket were limited, so Mu Qiannian made a stir-fried lotus root slices, a vegetarian fried shredded carrot, and a cabbage soup.
Although the clear soup was watery, the two people who were already hungry ate it with relish, and there was not even a single leaf left.
After dinner, Mu Qiannian came out after cleaning the dishes and cleaning up the kitchen, but there was no weak water, her room was still dark, and the lights were not lit.
Mu Qiannian thought that the weak water had fallen asleep, so he walked around the courtyard alone, and the silence in the mountains was different from the bustle in the city, so that he even listened to the sound of insects in the dark.
When a shadow suddenly appeared beside him in the moonlight, Mu Qiannian turned around and found that the weak water was standing behind him. Weak Water was still dressed in a black robe, and her long hair hung down to her waist like black satin.
The weak water after bathing washes away the dust on the body, and it is even more beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it.
Weak Water didn't seem to notice that Mu Qiannian was staring at her and couldn't take her eyes off, or maybe she was already used to seeing such a gaze and didn't care at all.
"There is a river behind the mountain, and after you leave the small courtyard for bathing, go straight and turn right and then turn left. After saying lightly, he turned around and went back to his room.
Mu Qiannian's gaze followed the back of the weak water, until the room of the weak water was lit by candlelight, and the door closed again, and the door panel blocked his unconsciously burning gaze. Only then did he realize that he had been rude and withdrew his gaze.
According to the direction pointed by the weak water, Mu Qiannian went to bathe in the river behind the mountain, and when he came back, he also entered his house and closed the door.
The house had fallen a thick layer of dust, and it had been uninhabited for a long time, and Mu Qiannian cleaned it for a while before he put out the candle and fell asleep.
Who this courtyard originally belonged to, and the weak water did not know. All she knew was that the man who raised the eagle was supposed to live here, but he never returned.
Of these houses, one is inhabited by weak water, and one is inhabited by Prajna. The rest was left uninhabited, and therefore no one would clean it, leaving it covered in a thick layer of dust.
The passage of time will not only leave traces on people's bodies, but also everything is no exception. For example, this uninhabited house, those thickening dust, is the best testimony of time.