The fragrance drifted and drifted, eventually reaching the noses of the guards crouching in the trees or climbing on the eaves.
The guards sniffed, swallowed, and peered down at the large pot propped up below.
The hot soup bubbled and boiled, occasionally bringing out a piece of meat and occasionally curling up a piece of vegetable.
With so much meat and so many vegetables, can the three of them finish it all?
The guards looked at each other and touched their bellies.
I went on a mission with the young master in the afternoon, and only ate a few cold steamed buns for lunch. It's not lunchtime yet, and I'm starving.
The worst part was that the aroma of the meat below seeped into their noses relentlessly.
Glug, I don’t know whose stomach rebelled first.
Zhu Yu raised an eyebrow and glanced at the tree and the roof. He knew best that because of their special status, the secret guards often didn't even get a hot meal. Most of the time, they would just eat steamed buns or meat buns with a glass of cold water.
"Wow, that's a loud noise." Li Feng looked up and saw a guard perched in a tree, his drool practically dripping down his face.
Li Feng picked up a slice of mutton, dipped it in the bowl of dipping sauce, and handed it over with his chopsticks: "It's really super delicious, do you want some?"
The guard couldn't help but nod.
He was just about to open his mouth to take it when he saw Li Feng squinting and stuffing the meat into her own mouth.
The guard perched in the tree: "...Gulp."
"Come on, come on, get down here quickly." Li Feng continued to stuff meat into his mouth.
Zhu Yu sat in the chair, leaned back, and rubbed his stomach: "Oh dear, I can't eat anymore, it's too much."
Qi Yu glanced at him, then mimicked him by rubbing her stomach: "Yes, there's too much, I can't eat anymore. There's still so much left, what should we do?"
She looked up at the guards who had poked their heads out, as if asking her mistress, "Isn't it a waste to throw them away?"
The guards nodded in unison.
Zhu Yu stood up and walked into the house: "I'm not eating anymore, I'm going back to my room to rest for a while."
Qi Yu and Li Feng followed closely behind into the house, saying, "We can't eat anymore either."
Then they saw that the young lady and her two servants had closed the door.
The guards clinging to the tree couldn't take it anymore and slid down the trunk. The pot was right above their noses, and the irresistible aroma of meat assaulted their nostrils. Who could resist that?
He picked up a piece of meat with the chopsticks next to him, and imitating Li Feng, dipped it in the bowl of dipping sauce and stuffed it into his mouth.
His eyes immediately lit up.
The other guards, still hesitant, swallowed hard and asked him, "How is it? How is it? Is it really that delicious?"
"It's so delicious! I've never eaten such delicious meat before."
And so, one, two, three.
Li Feng, who was leaning against the window, counted and whispered to Zhu Yu, "Miss, Miss, all ten guards are eating."
"Hmm." Zhu Yu didn't take it seriously. Even he, who was used to eating delicacies, almost ate his tongue when he ate this hot pot dish made by Lu Xiaoyun and her brother for the first time.
Not to mention the bodyguards who eat cold steamed buns all year round.
Half an hour later, night fell. The ten guards, who were burping from their meal, saw the young lady and her servant Li Feng change into casual clothes with narrow sleeves. The young lady grabbed Li Feng's hand and nimbly climbed over the wall.
The guards looked at each other.
"Boss, should we report this to the young master?"
The bodyguard who was called "leader" slapped the man who spoke on the head: "What did you say?"
He pointed to the wall where only a single leaf had drifted down from the silvery moonlight: "There, over there?"
The leader looked at the others: "Did you see anything?"
The group of people shook their heads like rattles.
The guard who had spoken scratched his head. Could it be that he had really seen wrong? He looked at the pot that had been completely emptied, with not even a drop of soup left. Had the young lady put a hallucinogenic drug in the pot?
Then those people swiftly climbed onto the rooftops or up the trees.
He grabbed the last person and asked, "You really didn't see it?"
The man patted him on the shoulder helplessly: "He who takes a bribe is bound to be obligated to serve it." With that, he scurried up the tree as well.
He glanced at the pot, then looked up at his comrades, understood, and with a whoosh, he climbed onto the roof.
This meat dish is so warming.
Besides, the young master's orders were not to allow anyone to climb over the wall into the young lady's courtyard, but he didn't say that the young lady and her family were not allowed to climb over the wall to go out.
Yes, that makes sense. They are still good bodyguards who do their duty.
What he didn't know was that this afternoon, their boss was summoned by the young lady, and no one knew what they talked about, but anyway, this whole thing happened.
Zhu Yu and Li Feng secretly scaled the wall and entered the Prince An's mansion.
Its feathers possess martial arts skills and are used to ward off evil spirits in the courtyard.
Anyone who tries to cause trouble in his yard will be thrown out without a word from Qi Yu.
Since Qi Yu arrived, Fang Shi and her daughter's furtive servants no longer dared to wander around outside his courtyard.
The guards of Prince An's mansion were somewhat confused as to what the princess meant by entering the mansion like this.
When he stood in Lu Xiaoyun's room, looking at the person he hadn't seen for several days, he grinned, revealing eight fine white teeth: "Lu Xiaoyun."
Lu Xiaoyun looked at him, then at the outside, and smiled.
What brings you here?
"I missed you, so I came. I've been learning martial arts from Qi Yu, and my skills have recovered to about 70-80%. When I climbed over the wall just now, the guards didn't even notice me."
Sigh, if it weren't for my brother keeping a close eye on him, he would have come long ago.
He still kept that agreement in his pocket—the one that stipulated exchanging a ledger for a day of sexual favors.
His eyes crinkled into a smile: "Lu Xiaoyun, am I amazing? Give me ten more days, and I'll definitely recover all my martial arts skills. Then I can protect you."
Zhu Yu was quite proud, looking at Lu Xiaoyun with shining eyes, as if begging for a performance.
Lu Xiaoyun sighed and rubbed her forehead, then relaxed, leaning back in her chair and looking at him with her arms crossed.
"Prince An, should I remind you? The guards of Prince An's mansion were all personally trained by you. You also brought Li Feng, who doesn't know martial arts. How could they not notice you two climbing over the wall like that? Or do you have some misunderstanding about Feng Yan's martial arts?"
Ah Yan had examined Feng Yan's pulse, so Feng Yan had fully recovered.
Zhu Yu paused in his steps toward Lu Xiaoyun, then turned to look at the towering wall outside the house.
"So, Your Highness, why did you climb over the wall instead of using the main gate?"
Zhu Yu: "..." Oh right, why?
There's no brother here to block him from seeing Lu Xiaoyun.
You're stupid.
"Hey, that's not important. What's important is that I have good news to tell you." Zhu Yu pulled up a chair and sat down in front of Lu Xiaoyun.
Lu Xiaoyun looked at him, wondering when it had started. She seemed very relaxed when she was with Zhu Yu. But when she was with Zhu Dan, her whole body tensed up, and she didn't even know how to speak.
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