Chapter 182: Old Matters Revisited

Chen Shuyao was led by the people around her to walk up the small hill. Seeing that she was walking slowly, Xiao Mo did not rush her and waited for her when she reached the front.

In this way, although the two were not very synchronized, they still reached the top of the mountain in a short while.

The other party seemed to like the pavilion very much and sat on the stone bench as soon as he arrived.

After he sat down, he took out a white porcelain teacup from below. I thought he was going to make tea again, but the man pointed at the cup and said, "Try it!"

Chen Shuyao tentatively opened the lid, and a familiar smell rushed into her nose.

She exclaimed in surprise: "Sour plum soup!"

Xiao Mo smiled and nodded, then extended his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Shen Shuyao took a sip and found it sour and sweet, and quite delicious.

"It tastes good!" she praised with a smile.

"How does it compare to what you did that day at Songhe Hall?"

A man's voice came from the other side. Shen Shuyao's fingers were grasping the wall of the cup, but each finger was turning white.

"Same." She said lightly.

It was an extremely embarrassing and awkward day, and Chen Shuyao didn't want to mention it again.

She lowered her head, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Xiao Mo came to hold her hand, then stretched out his arms to embrace her, "You told mother that day that I went to the kitchen to learn how to make sour plum soup, do you remember?"

Chen Shuyao closed her eyes, and then she heard him say, "Look! I remember everything you said. After that, I lived in the Jingji camp for a month, and I really cooked this thing properly."

"It's just an excuse I made up. You don't have to take it seriously." Chen Shuyao glanced at the other person and replied quickly.

Xiao Mo lowered his head to look into her eyes. The girl's eyes were full of water. "Little fool!" He sighed, "I've never seen you push anyone away like this." Then he pinched her nose again.

Instead, he slowly moved his head closer and kissed the corner of Shen Shuyao's lips.

There was still the taste of sour plum soup on their lips and tongues, which tasted sour and astringent, like those unspeakable emotions.

Chen Shuyao was kissed so hard that she was dizzy and couldn't breathe, so she bit him with her white, thin teeth.

"Hmm!" Xiao Mo finally let go of the person in his arms, and then laughed softly.

"It's really not a loss!" he said.

He saw her looking at him and pointing into the distance.

Chen Shuyao looked up and saw that the afterglow of the setting sun had dyed the sky red, like a whole piece of fire clouds.

The first time she followed Xiao Mo up the mountain, she knew the sunset here was beautiful.

But at that time, there was no way for him to calm down and appreciate it properly. He only knew that his cousin's status was awkward, and that he was high above him, and they shouldn't be standing together to enjoy the view.

She also knew that she was A-di's only support, so she had to be careful with her words and actions and use her weak strength to protect him.

Therefore, she cannot make any mistakes, and she cannot let people think that she is trying to climb up the social ladder.

It took a long time for Xiao Mo to look away.

He looked down at her and said softly, "After you went down the mountain in anger that day, I sat here alone for a long time."

Having said that, he pointed to the stone bench to her, and Shen Shuyao glanced at it.

The man smiled and said, "Go down!"

As the sun sets, the light in the forest gradually dims.

He reached out and held her hand, and the two of them walked slowly down the mountain, and as they walked, they changed their route.

Chen Shuyao couldn't help but remind her: "Wrong."

The man patted her head and said, "That's right, we're staying at Mingzhe Hall today."

Not only Chen Shuyao looked stunned, but also the maid behind her.

Xiao Mo didn't care. Seeing that a few people were still standing at the back, he said to them, "Come here and serve the Crown Prince's wife."

Chen Shuyao felt a little uncomfortable, she had just gotten used to sleeping in Yan Yu Hall!

I had never been to Mingzhe Hall before, so I had no idea what it was like inside.

Chen Shuyao glanced at him and said, "Why do you want to change places? Do you think my Yan Yu Hall is not good enough?"

Xiao Mo smiled and said, "You'll know when you get in."

The couple walked in one after the other, and the four officials inside hurried forward to greet the prince when they saw him.

But when he saw the Crown Prince's wife behind him, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Xiao Mo waved his hand and let him go.

Mingzhe Hall is very large. Walking in from the main hall, there is a study on the left and a bedroom on the right.

Chen Shuyao followed Xiao Mo to the back of the bedroom and saw a spacious room with a bathtub inside.

Xiao Mo lit the glass lamp, then reached out to open the pipe on the wall, and then streams of steaming water flowed into the pool.

After a while, the pool was more than half full of water.

Seeing her standing there with her eyes wide open, the man said in a deep voice, "Come here!"

When Chen Shuyao walked over, he reached out and started to undress her.

From the outside to the inside, like peeling an onion, when only the small clothes were left, the person in front of him turned his head and dived into the pool.

Xiao Mo looked at her and smiled, then took off his clothes.

The water in the pool is of suitable temperature.

But bathing with a man like this still made Chen Shuyao feel weird and awkward.

But the prince liked her very much, and finally forced her to the edge of the pool and had sex with her.

Zhichun was in the corridor, holding a handkerchief between her fingers, listening to the noise inside, and her face gradually began to turn red.

She looked up and saw Zhixia walking towards her from a distance, and she quickly suppressed her strange feelings.

But when he saw that the other party was about to go in, he stopped him and said, "What are you doing? Are you trying to kill yourself?"

Zhixia glanced at her sideways, but said disapprovingly: "Didn't you see that the Crown Prince's wife was indifferent when she saw me holding an umbrella for the Crown Prince? Why haven't you learned your lesson yet?"

As the head maid, Zhichun naturally knew the rules of the prince. Without the master's orders, they could not act on their own.

Knowing that Xia was courting death in front of the Crown Prince's wife, she was happy to watch the fun.

It's just very strange that the prince actually allowed Zhixia to stand beside him and hold an umbrella, and even the prince's wife did not interfere.

The head maid Zhichun thought about what happened a few days ago, and looked at Zhixia's smug look, and she was suddenly shocked.

Could it be that... this couple is fighting in a ring?

When Wang assigned these maids to her eldest son, she intended to let him know about human affairs, so apart from being pretty, she did not examine them in other aspects.

But over time, Xiao Mo's indifference made them lose confidence.

But now that a legitimate wife has entered the mansion, these people can't help but become active.

Zhichun seemed to have discovered a huge secret. She no longer cared about Zhixia, but her mind was working rapidly.

What should I do to get what she wants before we really open up to each other?

She stood in the corridor, frowning for a while, then relaxing, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Zhixia looked at him and sneered.

Qiao Wei, who was allowed to come to Mingzhe Hall, also secretly observed the two maids' every move. She watched for a while and then turned her head away.