Chapter 41 As long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed!

For the sake of beauty, I reluctantly tied a bow at the end.

Because the fabric is too soft, the bow cannot stand up, and in the end it just looks like a lump.

"Princess, the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, Lord Lu requests an audience."

Su Yunyao: ...

Su Yunyao paused, thinking about how she vomited all over him last night.

"not see."

Xu Mubai, who was about to get up:?

Zhenzhu paused, "Princess, Lord Lu said he wants to see you regarding something important."

“No, no, no!”

Su Yunyao spoke with some excitement, and tightened the straps on Xu Mubai's head with both hands.

Xu Mubai suddenly gasped in pain, "Ouch!"

Su Yunyao: ...

She quickly let go of his hand, "Are you okay?"

"No... nothing." Xu Mubai's rosy cheeks turned pale. "The princess has something else to do, so I'll go back first."

“Is the store busy?”

Xu Mubai was stunned by her nonsensical question and asked, "There is a waiter in the store."

"Since you are not busy and the wound on your head has been re-dressed, please have lunch with me before returning."

Lunch...lunch?

Xu Mubai's eyes were obviously startled, thinking he had heard it wrong.

Although he had known the eldest princess for many years, he only helped her manage the business of Jinjinglou.

Occasionally, when he came to deliver the account book, he would say a few words, and they were all related to the store.

Sometimes, when beautiful jewelry arrived at the store, he would keep it and send it to the princess's mansion.

The eldest princess seemed to have never worn it.

What is the eldest princess doing today...?

It seems that it’s not just... today.

Just when Xu Mubai was confused.

Pearl came in again and said, "Princess, Lord Lu insisted on seeing you. It seems that he has something important to tell you."

Su Yunyao: ...

Lu Mingfeng is really persistent.

She found that the emperor's important ministers were more stubborn than each other.

I just vomited all over him, not in his mouth.

He came to me on his own initiative...

As long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed!

After preparing herself mentally, Su Yunyao said, "Let him in."

Xu Mubai stood up upon hearing this and said, "Princess, you have something to say to Lord Lu, so I will step aside for now."

"What are you avoiding?" Su Yunyao pushed him back again.

With someone around, she can be less socially frustrated.

If Xu Mubai left at this time, she and Lu Mingfeng would stare at each other, which would be extremely embarrassing.

Su Yunyao sat down and took a piece of crab cake from the table and handed it to Xu Mubai. "Here, eat."

Xu Mubai paused, then took it and said, "Thank you, Princess."

He is not usually interested in pastries, but this one was a reward from the eldest princess.

Xu Mubai put it to his mouth and took a bite.

I wonder if it’s because all the pastries in the princess’s mansion come from the imperial kitchen.

This piece of crab roe pastry was indeed more fresh and delicious than any other pastry he had eaten before.

At this time, Lu Mingfeng walked in with Zhenzhu.

His eyes fell on Xu Mubai at first sight, and he paused slightly.

The eldest princess actually has guests here.

Looking at the two of them sitting together, one of them holding a piece of cake and eating it, they seemed very familiar, and his eyebrows twitched.

Hasn’t the princess always liked the cabinet minister Shen Qiu Nian?

This man...

Looking more closely, isn't this the man who was beaten in Jinjinglou?

Look at the bandage wrapped around his head, and the ointment and gauze on the table.

With his keen sense gained from handling cases in Dali Temple for many years.

He could almost conclude that the bandage on Xu Mubai's head was the masterpiece of the eldest princess.

He and the eldest princess... ?

Lu Mingfeng paused, "Meet the Princess."

"What do you want from me?" Su Yunyao's eyes were evasive, and she didn't dare to look him in the eye.

"Your humble servant..." Lu Mingfeng said, looking at Xu Mubai again, "May I have a word with the princess alone?"

A row of question marks slowly appeared above Su Yunyao's head.

alone?

Wasn’t what happened last night enough to cause social disarray?

Is there something shameful that needs to be said in private?

"Lord Lu, is this because I accidentally stained your clothes last night while drunk? I'll have someone make a new one and send it to your house."

Did you get your clothes dirty because of drunkenness?

Upon hearing this, Xu Mubai paused with his hand holding the crab roe pastry.

Just now she smelled alcohol on the eldest princess.

But I don't want to.

She actually drank with Lord Lu last night?

Looking at the Dali Temple Shaoqing in front of him again, this person looks...

It’s okay.

In terms of knowledge, this person was young, but he also sat in the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Naturally, he has his own abilities and methods.

Xu Mubai didn't know what was wrong, but he felt a strange feeling in his heart that he had never experienced before, which made him very uncomfortable for a moment.

"Princess, you misunderstood. This is not because of this matter. It is related to the case that the emperor asked me to investigate."

"What case did the royal brother ask you to investigate?"

Lu Mingfeng didn't say anything, but just looked at Xu Mubai with indifferent eyes.

Upon hearing this, Xu Mubai stood up tactfully.

"Princess, I have something else to do in the inn. I will take my leave now. I will come back another day to have dinner with you."

"Okay." Su Yunyao didn't try to persuade him to stay again.

After Xu Mubai left, Su Yunyao picked up another piece of cake. She looked down at the cake in her hand, as if she was deliberately hiding something. "What did Lord Lu do? You have to clear the place before you can tell me."

Clear the area?

Lu Mingfeng didn't care that he didn't understand what was said very well and continued speaking.

"Princess, last night you showed me that hairpin, but it was too dark, so I couldn't see it clearly. Could you let me take another look at it today?"

Su Yunyao blinked, looking confused: "Buyao? What kind of Buyao?"

Lu Mingfeng: ...

The expression on his face was hard to describe, "Princess..."

Pearl walked in from outside, "Princess, lunch is ready."

Su Yunyao stood up when she heard that. She walked to Lu Mingfeng, bent down, and hooked her hand around his collar.

"Master Lu scared away the person who was dining with me. So, Master Lu will dine with me."

Lu Mingfeng was stunned and looked at Su Yunyao in surprise.

He retreated a little defensively, intending to create some distance between him and Su Yunyao, but she gently hooked him back.

Su Yunyao raised her lips in a cunning arc, loosened her fingertips, and stood up straight. "I'll give it to you after you have lunch with me."

Lu Mingfeng's heart twitched. He knelt on the ground for a while, then turned around and followed Su Yunyao.

The plate was filled with a whole table of dishes.

Su Yunyao is usually very picky about food. Every dish is not only exquisite, but also the presentation is particularly particular.

A plate of stir-fried vegetables, garnished with two rose petals.

Osmanthus flowers are used as a seasoning on the papaya soup.

Even a few black sesame seeds were sprinkled on the rice.

I’m afraid the emperor’s daily meals wouldn’t be this exquisite.