Chapter 96 I didn't mean to disgust you
Braised pork belly, Mapo tofu, Maoxuewang (a spicy Sichuan dish)...
A bright red color came into view.
The memories of the Ministry of Justice that Yu Nian had just suppressed instantly resurfaced and attacked her frantically.
Yu Nian remembered that Chunyu Han had specifically told Hai Yan that she liked spicy food; so that's what he was waiting for her here.
That bastard, he's not only ruthless, he's also cunning!
"Eat."
Chunyu Han glanced at Yu Nian's slightly tense profile and said something.
Yu Nian's face stiffened. Could a normal person eat in a situation like this?
Not only could she not eat it, but the more Yu Nian looked at these reddish things, the more unpalatable they became.
But Yu Nian couldn't refuse to eat anything, since Chunyu Han had specially prepared it for her.
Yu Nian, stay calm. It's just eating something, what's so difficult about that!
Yu Nian mentally cheered herself up and picked up a relatively bland piece of tofu.
"My lord, I..."
Yu Nian pursed her lips and put down her chopsticks. She usually liked these dishes, but today she really didn't have an appetite. Just as she was about to make an excuse, she suddenly couldn't help but have a spasm in her stomach. Yu Nian wanted to cover her mouth, but it was too late.
"vomit……"
He spat a mouthful of filth onto Chunyu Han's exquisitely crafted, expensive-fabricated, wrinkle-free hem.
Crack...
That was the sound of Chunyu Han's chopsticks being snapped in half.
Yu Nian felt a chill on her neck, as if Chunyu Han wanted to break her neck more than anything else.
"Cough cough."
Yu Nian rinsed her mouth with the teacup, looked at Chunyu Han's dark, impenetrable face, and hesitated to speak.
She wanted to say that she really didn't mean to disgust Chunyu Han, but would he believe her?
Chunyu Han didn't make a move. Yu Nian thought that even someone as calm as Chunyu Han would be surprised by something like this.
"Haiyan, escort Miss Yu back to her residence."
Yu Nian looked troubled. She couldn't go back to the manor now; she hadn't completed her mission to extend her life yet.
"My lord, actually..."
Yu Nian tried to struggle a bit more, but Chunyu Han had no intention of listening and simply turned and left.
Yu Nianxin's expression suddenly darkened; even from his back, it was clear that Chunyu Han was angry.
Oh no, we really messed up at the last minute.
What to do? Yu Nian had a whole bunch of plans, but they all died before they could even be implemented.
"Miss Yu, please."
Hai Yan's eyes flickered slightly, a hint of mockery flashing across them.
He only used a little trick to make Yu Nian offend Chunyu Han. It seems that this prime minister's legitimate daughter is nothing special.
Chunyu Han's special treatment of Yu Nian must be due to her background, nothing more.
Yu Nian: "..."
Why did she feel that Haiyan seemed quite pleased to see her make a fool of herself?
Once outside the East Depot, only Yu Nian and Hai Yan remained in the carriage. Yu Nian frankly lifted the curtain a crack.
"Laugh if you want to, don't hold it in and make yourself sick."
Yu Nian's voice was loud enough for Hai Yan to hear clearly.
"This humble servant does not wish to laugh."
Haiyan gave Yu Nian a perfunctory reply, but inwardly thought that Yu Nian did have some discernment.
"Saying one thing and meaning another."
Yu Nian's intuition told her that her sudden vomiting was related to Hai Yan, but since there was no evidence, Yu Nian couldn't say anything.
"Haiyan, do you think I'm not good enough for your father? If you're a man, tell the truth."
Haiyan was somewhat surprised; why would Yu Nian say this?
"yes."
Hai Yan gave a resounding reply, the same answer he would have given if Chunyu Han had asked him.
In his eyes, Yu Nian was just a pretty face with a good family background; without her prime minister father, she would be nothing.
Yu Nian silently pursed her lips behind Hai Yan.
For a eunuch, your standards for choosing a spouse are quite high.
Yu Nian was neither angry nor annoyed by Hai Yan's answer; she simply rolled her eyes and asked another question.
"Then who do you think is good enough for your husband?"
"Anyone worthy of my master should at least be from the West... Are you trying to trick me?!"
Fortunately, Haiyan reacted in time, otherwise she would have let something slip.
Hey! Yu Nian just cast a net randomly, but unexpectedly, she actually got a great harvest. It's just that Hai Yan is too perceptive. Otherwise, even though Yu Nian messed things up, she would still have gotten a big piece of gossip.
"I didn't put a condom on you. You have a mouth, and I didn't force you to say it."
Haiyan was speechless after being rebuked, and could only put on a sullen face. Such a sharp-tongued girl was indeed not suitable for his master. She was probably a spy planted by the Crown Prince next to his master.
After seeing Yu Nian off, Hai Yan returned to the Eastern Depot to report. He brushed past Cang Hai and looked at him with great sympathy. Fortunately, Hai Yan was mainly in charge of the Eastern Depot's affairs; otherwise, seeing Yu Nian every day would have suffocated him.
Canghai couldn't quite understand Haiyan's look, and glanced at Haiyan with a similarly complicated expression.
"Haiyan, the master wants to see you in the inner courtyard."
The inner courtyard of the Eastern Depot was Chunyu Han's private residence, where he lived when he was busy with official duties.
Haiyan nodded, assuming that Chunyu Han had come to him with an important mission, so he didn't think much of it.
Chunyu Han sat upright in the grand chair, his cold eyes as deep and unfathomable as a frozen pool.
"Go to the Ministry of Justice to receive your punishment: twenty lashes."
Chunyu Han spoke indifferently, as if the affectionate eunuch who strolled with his beloved in the Eastern Depot that afternoon had never existed.
"I accept the punishment, but I have no regrets."
Haiyan clasped his hands in a fist and knelt on one knee, looking firmly at Chunyu Han.
"A clear conscience... You've been tampering with things right under my nose, have you really forgotten where all your skills came from?"
Chunyu Han's purple sandalwood prayer beads twitched in his hand. He had always despised people who acted on their own initiative. Hai Yan had been with him for so long, and he shouldn't have made such a basic mistake.
Hai Yan didn't expect Chunyu Han to find out so quickly. He only put emetic rauwort in Yu Nian's food. This stuff wasn't poisonous; it was just meant to embarrass Yu Nian.
"This humble servant is filled with trepidation."
Haiyan felt aggrieved, but he dared not refute Chunyu Han's words. However, he was a man who couldn't keep his mouth shut; if he was dissatisfied with something, he would definitely say it.
"My lord, forgive my bluntness, but you have been far too lenient with the prime minister's daughter."
Hai Yan's words only made things worse, instantly plunging the entire inner court into the eye of an invisible storm.
Chunyu Han's handsome face was covered in frost. He had some doubts about whether the kindness he showed to those who were being paralyzed was actually deceiving even his own people.
"Thirty lashes. If you know you're going to talk too much, you shouldn't have said it."
Haiyan was afraid of angering Chunyu Han, so he could only shut his mouth and go to receive his punishment.
Chunyu Han closed his eyelids and squeezed the prayer beads in his hand.
Yu Nian is his person, so it is reasonable for him to indulge her and punish her. No one else has the right to interfere or make any comments.
...
Yu Nian, who had just returned to the Prime Minister's residence, was sullen and unhappy. She had a profound understanding of what it meant to lose both her wife and her army.
Yu Nian shook her head and sighed, intending to return to her room to discuss the matter further.
Before she even stepped into the South Garden, she suddenly felt something white float down in front of her.
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