Chapter 57: Outing in Progress
Shen Shixu looked at Xiao Lie and Baili Xi in a daze for a moment, then raised his hand to salute, but was rejected by Xiao Lie, "No need to be so polite, you and Jin Yi are good friends, in front of me, just like my own juniors, there is no need to observe these false formalities."
Shen Shixu straightened up again after he heard this, "Since your Highness has said so, I will not be polite."
The four of them got on the carriage. Shen Shixu sat next to Xiao Jinyi, and opposite them sat Xiao Lie and Baili Xi.
Xiao Jinyi reached out and touched the side. With a snap, a thick wooden board popped out and appeared between the four people.
Xiao Jinyi opened another secret compartment and took out a food box. There were branches of red plum blossoms painted on the black food box, adding a bit of interest to the monotonous food box.
After taking out three snacks from the food box, Xiao Jinyi directly placed a plate of snacks wrapped in peanuts in front of Shen Shixu.
Seeing this, Xiao Lie couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and deliberately teased: "I haven't seen you for a while. You have grown a lot and now know how to take care of others. But aren't you taking care of me a little too much? It feels like you are taking care of your wife."
Shen Shixu was about to take a piece of peanut crisps to eat, but when he heard what he said, he retracted his outstretched hand, the tips of his ears turned red, and he looked at the blue-green curtain beside him, staring at the pattern on it intently.
Xiao Jinyi looked at Xiao Lie with dissatisfaction. Xiao Lie avoided his gaze and pulled the two plates of snacks left on the table in front of Baili Xi.
Baili Xi likes sweets. Looking at the two plates of exquisite snacks in front of him, he really wants to pick them up and eat them. However, the atmosphere in the carriage is so quiet that it is scary. He is afraid that he will suffer from indigestion after eating.
Baili Xi could only watch but not eat. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes at Xiao Lie. It was all this guy's fault. If he hadn't teased Shen Shixu and made him feel embarrassed, the atmosphere wouldn't have become so awkward.
Xiao Lie received Baili Xi's rolling eyes and touched his nose awkwardly, "Hey, I was just joking just now, don't take it seriously."
After Xiao Lie said this, he looked at Xiao Jinyi and told him to go and coax her. Xiao Jinyi directly brought the plate of peanut crisps and placed it in front of Shen Shixu.
When he looked over, he said directly: "Don't be angry about what happened just now, my uncle is just like that, he likes to tease people the most.
Please try the snacks I brought. They are the most famous snacks made by my chef. I specially asked him to make them for you to try. ”
Shen Shixu stared at the car curtain for a while and realized that his reaction was too big, but he was embarrassed to turn back, so he had to continue staring at the car curtain, praying in his heart that they would reach Mengshan soon.
Just when he thought that time was passing really slowly, Xiao Jinyi gave him a way out. Shen Shixu was very grateful for this. He turned around and took a piece of peanut crisp from his hand.
The peanut crisps were indeed the specialty of the chef in the palace. They were crispy and fragrant, and most importantly, they didn't fall apart. Shen Shixu liked them very much.
He took a bite of the peanut crisps and looked up at Xiao Jinyi, his beautiful eyes twinkling with stars, "Thank you, Your Highness, for thinking of me."
Xiao Jinyi looked at his sparkling eyes, too shy to look at him, and just stuffed the plate of peanut crisps into Shen Shixu's arms.
Mount Mengshan was just twenty miles outside the capital city. They arrived there quickly by carriage. When the four of them got off the carriage, they were greeted by the spring breeze.
The first thing Shen Shixu did after getting off the carriage was to look around to see if Princess Huimin and the Li family had arrived. As a result, there were quite a lot of people, but no one he recognized.
There were a few good friends gathering together to chat, there were also women wearing veil hats out for an outing with their sisters, there were some teachers bringing their students out for an outing, and there were also families of three out to play together.
The child rides on his father's shoulders with his mother beside him, it is warm and happy.
Today is indeed a good day for an outing. The weather is sunny and the temperature is pleasant. The bare mountains are covered with a layer of fresh green. The tender grass dances with the breeze, doing a lovely swing dance, which is very lively and vivid.
Shen Shixu opened his arms and stretched, and this action seemed to dispel the laziness of the entire winter.
Xiao Jinyi lagged behind him a few steps and took out a kite from the carriage. Of course, one had to fly a kite when going on an outing.
Shen Shixu looked at the eagle-shaped kite in his hand, "Your Highness, would you mind flying a kite with me?"
Shen Shixu miscalculated. He forgot to buy himself a kite when he went out for an outing. There were stalls selling kites around, but the kites there were far inferior to the one in Xiao Jinyi's hand.
Although both kites are in the shape of an eagle, the one in Xiao Jinyi's hand was made by the Imperial Household Department and the materials used are of the highest quality, which cannot be compared with those outside.
Xiao Jinyi specifically asked Mo Yu to go to the palace to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs for a kite just for Chen Shixu to play with. Now that he asked, he naturally would not refuse.
So the two of them found an open space and started flying kites. As for Xiao Lie and his wife who came with them, they had disappeared after getting off the carriage.
Chen Shixu held the spool in his hand to control the direction of the kite, while Xiao Jinyi ran with the kite. The kite swayed in the wind and flew into the sky. Chen Shixu pulled the string in his hand to adjust the distance.
After Xiao Jinyi flew the kite, he also came to Chen Shixu. Chen Shixu stepped back while looking up at the kite in the sky. When he saw that his kite flew higher than others, he showed a happy and proud smile.
Maybe he was too complacent and didn't notice the changes around him, and he bumped into someone's arms.
The man had broad shoulders and muscular body. When Shen Shixu bumped into him, he felt like he was bounced by his muscles.
When I turned around, it was indeed Xiao Jinyi. I didn't expect that Xiao Jinyi looked so well-proportioned and had such a good figure.
This reminded Shen Shixu of a saying that was circulated on the Internet in his previous life: when dressed, you look thin, but when undressed, you have muscles. This saying should be referring to Xiao Jinyi.
Shen Shixu's mind was full of random thoughts, and he didn't realize how blushing and heart-pounding their actions were.
If Chen Shixu was taken out alone, he would also be a man with a slender figure like a bamboo, but at this moment he was completely embedded in Xiao Jinyi's arms, making him look much smaller.
Xiao Jinyi felt Shen Shixu in his arms, and his ears turned red. He knew he should step away at this time, but his feet would not listen to him and he stood there stupidly.
Shen Shixu was thinking about all sorts of things in his head. Sometimes he thought that Xiao Jinyi had a great figure, and sometimes he wondered when he could have a figure like that.
Until a voice. Pulled him out of his crazy thoughts.
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