Chapter 28 The Crown Prince doesn't eat people, but he kills them!
Evening, the Crown Prince's residence.
Shen Ruoli was busy in the small kitchen.
Runyue entered first, then winked at her, "Your Highness, Prince Zhou has arrived."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a slightly hesitant voice sounded from the doorway, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince hasn't returned yet, has he? Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to invite me here?"
"Did you hire just me, or are there other brothers with you?"
Shen Ruoli turned around and saw Zhou Wang Xie Xuanyu standing at the door of the small kitchen, craning his neck to look inside.
When the two met, Xie Xuanyu smiled somewhat embarrassedly, "Sorry! I shouldn't have come to the backyard. I was just attracted by the aroma. I didn't expect it to be the Crown Princess cooking herself."
"The Crown Princess can actually cook?"
Xie Xuanyin was somewhat taken aback.
It's no wonder he was so surprised.
It's simply because nobody expected this!
Because she grew up under the care of Empress Dowager Shen, she was very familiar with the young princes and princesses in the palace, and Xie Xuanyu was one of them.
In his mind, Shen Ruoli had been pampered and spoiled since childhood.
She was a spoiled and willful little girl when she was young, and she became even more arrogant and disdainful of others as she grew up.
This applies even to princes and princesses like them!
In her heart and eyes, there was only Xie Xuansong!
Therefore, in his impression, Shen Ruoli was someone who never lifted a finger!
Seeing her busy in the small kitchen, her movements so practiced as if she had done it a thousand times... Xie Xuanyu opened his mouth slowly in surprise and stood at the door, dumbfounded.
"Second brother, are you surprised?"
Shen Ruoli smiled and walked to the door.
The word "Second Brother" almost made Xie Xuanyu's jaw drop!
"Second brother? Second brother?"
He stared at Shen Ruoli in disbelief, his eyes wide like saucers!
He stared in disbelief and said, "What...what did you call me?"
Good heavens!
As a child, Shen Ruoli was rosy-cheeked and looked like a finely crafted doll.
He adored her!
Whenever he got something good, he would rush to Shen Ruoli and give it to her to play with immediately.
Besides studying, he followed Shen Ruoli around every day, just to coax her into calling him "Second Brother".
When they were little, Shen Ruoli called him a few times.
But as he grew up, let alone calling him "Second Brother," it was harder than climbing to heaven for Shen Ruoli to even look at him!
How could she so naturally call him "Second Brother" right now?
"What are you doing standing at the door, Second Brother? Come in."
Shen Ruoli explained with a smile, "My prince likes salt-baked chicken. But I've been unable to make this dish successfully several times. It's either too salty or too bland. In short, it's never satisfactory."
"My second brother is quite accomplished in the culinary arts, so I specially invited him over to ask him for some advice!"
"You actually knew that the Crown Prince likes salt-baked chicken?"
Xie Xuanyu was startled again.
He's always been carefree.
The shock in his heart led him to blurt out without thinking, "Aren't you only concerned about my elder brother? Besides, very few people probably know about the Crown Prince's tastes, yet you actually..."
As he was speaking, Xie Xuanyu belatedly covered his mouth.
"I just... I didn't mean it."
He chuckled sheepishly and scratched his head. "Just pretend I was talking nonsense! By the way, didn't you want to ask how to make salt-baked chicken? Come on, I'll teach you."
Xie Xuanyu immediately changed the subject.
He went up to check the ingredients that Shen Ruoli had prepared.
Shen Ruoli stood at the door, but remained silent for a long time.
She knew all too well that although Xie Xuanyin was the crown prince and the emperor's son, he had lived a life of constant fear since childhood.
In my memory, Xie Xuanyin suffered from food poisoning at least three times!
From then on, he completely disguised himself.
He would only eat a bite or two of any dish, never daring to eat more than a bite, for fear of being discovered and then poisoned through food.
Back then, he was just a little boy!
It was from that time onward that Xie Xuanyin's temperament became increasingly eccentric and indifferent.
Of his dozens of siblings, he only spoke a few words to Xie Xuanyu.
For no other reason than that Xie Xuanyu is a person who "loves food more than power".
Being with Xie Xuanyu made me feel a little more relaxed.
Shen Ruoli knew his favorite dishes because she had spent every day with him in her previous life and had secretly kept an eye on them.
"You've prepared a very complete set of ingredients."
While inspecting the quality of the chicken, Xie Xuanyu said, "Judging by the time, the Crown Prince should be back soon! I'll get everything ready for you, and then I have to hurry back!"
Xie Xuanyin was not close to his brothers and did not like anyone coming to the Crown Prince's residence.
Even Xie Xuanyu.
It's clear that Xie Xuanyu and his group are very afraid of Xie Xuanyin.
Shen Ruoli stepped forward to assist, "Second Brother, there's no need to be nervous! Please stay for dinner tonight."
"That won't do! The Crown Prince..."
I'll kill him!
Xie Xuanyu kept shaking his head, "I already ate before I came! I, I won't eat anymore."
"I didn't just invite my second brother, but also my seventh sister."
Shen Ruoli further explained, "So Second Brother doesn't need to hide from the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince doesn't eat people."
"The crown prince doesn't eat people, but he will kill them."
Xie Xuanyu spoke those last four words in a low, muffled voice.
He didn't know what had happened to Xie Xuanyin during this period.
He suddenly killed several people in the imperial court, and then left his elder brother in Fuzhou, preventing him from returning to the capital. Even when he saw them, he was more indifferent than usual, as if he had become a different person.
Xie Xuanyu didn't dare to speak to him anymore!
"What?"
Shen Ruoli didn't hear clearly.
"nothing!"
Xie Xuanyu quickly asked, "You also invited Jiaojiao?"
Shen Ruoli nodded, her expression somewhat troubled. "Yes. But I estimate that Jiaojiao most likely won't come."
Although Xie Jiaojiao was Xie Xuanyin's younger sister from the same mother, she was not favored by Empress Sun from a young age.
Therefore, he was not very close to his older brother Xie Xuanyin.
In her previous life, she argued with Xie Xuanyin because of Xie Xuansong, and was eventually forced into a marriage alliance with a foreign ruler.
In the end, Shen Ruoli never saw her return to the capital.
She must have hated Xie Xuanyin to the core, right?
Even though their sibling relationship was so cold, Shen Ruoli knew better than anyone that Xie Xuanyin cared about his younger sister, Xie Jiaojiao.
He was angry at her for her lack of ambition and felt that she had betrayed him, her own brother.
In fact, Xie Xuanyin was very good to Xie Jiaojiao, but his poor communication skills caused the sibling relationship to continue to deteriorate.
Despite all that Shen Ruoli had done, Xie Xuanyin still regarded her as Xie Xuansong's spy, and still suspected and hated her.
So she decided to change her approach!
Perhaps starting with Xie Jiaojiao would be a great opportunity!
Unfortunately, Xie Jiaojiao was unwilling to set foot in the Crown Prince's residence.
Shen Ruoli sighed, "Look, I even made Jiaojiao's favorite sweet and sour pork ribs!"
"During the leap month, you should deliver this to Jiaojiao."
"Yes, Crown Princess."
Leap Month packed the prepared ribs into a food box and withdrew.
Only Shen Ruoli and Xie Xuanyu remained in the small kitchen.
Soon, Shen Ruoli clearly noticed that two more palace servants had appeared outside the small kitchen...
She knew the answer in her heart, a smile flashing across her lips, and asked casually, "Second brother is not young anymore, yet he has not married. Is there someone in his heart?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Xuanyu's body stiffened slightly!
Why did she suddenly ask about this?
Could it be... that she knows something?
Just as Xie Xuanyu was nervously wondering how to answer, news that Shen Ruoli and Xie Xuanyu were alone and discussing marriage had already reached Xie Xuanyin's ears!
Upon hearing the guard's reply, the man who was intently reading the memorial immediately turned grim!
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