The man was also carefully observing everyone, and finally smiled faintly, "My brother is injured this time, and I'm grateful for your protection and care."
Grandma Li and Dongmei quickly got off the ground and said with a smile, "You're too kind, sir. Young Master Ye is the savior of our whole village. It's only right that we lend a hand since he's injured."
After saying that, she tugged at her son, "We won't disturb the nobleman and the young master's conversation any longer."
She was about to hug her granddaughter when Jiayin ran to the kang (a heated brick bed), which made her glare at her angrily.
Young Master Ye smiled and said, "Auntie, don't worry about it. Fu Niu is very well-behaved. I'll watch over her. You go and rest."
“Okay,” the old lady could only agree. Just as she was about to leave, the nobleman said, “I heard that your family’s chicken noodle soup is very delicious. Could you cook me a bowl?”
Grandma Li immediately smiled and said, "Alright, if you don't mind, I'll have my daughter-in-law prepare it and bring it over."
Ye Shan and Dong Mei also left, leaving only Young Master Ye, the nobleman, and a little girl who was blinking her big eyes and pretending to be cute, but was actually screaming with excitement inside!
The visitor was addressed as "Brother Ye," and exuded an air of nobility. Coming to visit in the dead of night, there was no other candidate but him!
These are the thickest and most precious thighs in the world!
If you don't latch onto a powerful figure now, when will you ever get another chance?
She scurried to the end of the kang (a heated brick bed), and under the cover of a box, took out two melons that had been seeded. Then she ran back to Young Master Ye's side and presented one of the melons to the distinguished guest with a smile.
The distinguished guest paused for a moment, then reached out and took it.
Jiayin gave him a small spoon, and then she threw away the fruit and scooped out a melon for Young Master Ye.
The flesh of the cantaloupe is soft and easy to scoop out, but the cantaloupe is also much sweeter than fruit.
Jiayin took four or five bites before finally feeding one to Young Master Ye, swallowing the rest herself. It was just too delicious; her little hands were more resourceful than her brain—she simply couldn't resist!
Young Master Ye had drunk too much medicinal soup, and his mouth was terribly bitter. He also liked the smell of melon, but unfortunately, he could only watch helplessly as the melon flesh went into the little girl's mouth...
The important person saw this and couldn't help but burst into laughter, feeling that the melon in his hand was even sweeter!
Hearing the laughter, Jiayin looked up at the golden thigh, then at Young Master Ye, and finally understood.
Her face turned bright red, she threw down the spoon, and climbed into the nobleman's arms to hide.
The nobleman laughed even louder, "This chubby girl is so cute, no wonder you dote on her like your own daughter. You finally have some free time, so you have to come here and stay for a few days."
Young Master Ye replied helplessly, "I originally intended to adopt her as my goddaughter, but upon seeing her now, I fear she is an unfilial daughter!"
Jiayin peeked out, the golden bell on her high ponytail swaying, and protested angrily, "Fu Niu is filial, Fu Niu is the most filial."
The noblewoman couldn't resist fiddling with the pair of small golden bells and then wiped her mouth.
Jiayin tilted her little face up, beaming with pride.
Seeing her cheerful smile, the nobleman felt even more pleased. He took off the jade pendant from his waist and let her play with it before saying, "Cousin, this time was too dangerous. You must not do this again."
Young Master Ye nodded. "It was supposed to be foolproof, all handled by our own people. I didn't expect the dagger to be coated with medicine. Have you managed to get any information out of them these past few days? What exactly happened?"
“No,” the nobleman shook his head. “These four have been recruited into the secret guards for many years and have never made a mistake, which is why they were chosen to impersonate assassins this time. Someone must have taken advantage of the situation and tampered with their daggers. They were unaware of this and did not betray us.”
"Have all the Empress Dowager's people in the army been identified? But those two I've suspected so far?"
"That's right. We'll send Zhang Wenzhuo to the docks this time and deal with them when we go into battle. You just focus on recovering from your injuries. It'll only be two or three months, and the situation in Jiangbei won't deteriorate much."
“Those old foxes in the court are always good at playing both sides. This time, taking advantage of my assassination attempt, I’ll get rid of a few of them to make an example of them. They’ll behave themselves for a while.”
The two talked slowly, and Jiayin played obediently with the jade pendant without causing any trouble.
After a while, Old Lady Li knocked on the door and brought chicken soup noodles, which made Young Master Ye and the nobleman stop talking.
Jiayin rolled her eyes and stuffed the jade pendant into her mouth, her cheeks puffing up like a little hamster.
Dongmei set up a small table, and Grandma Li helped serve the soup noodles and side dishes. When she saw her granddaughter doing this, the old lady was startled and quickly grabbed her granddaughter, trying to snatch the food out of her mouth.
Jiayin shook her head and hid behind the nobleman, refusing to give it to him.
The nobleman couldn't help but laugh, "It's just a little thing, give it to the little girl to play with."
Grandma Li couldn't see what was stuffed in her granddaughter's mouth. Seeing that the important person said so, and Young Master Ye also nodded, she let it go and scolded her granddaughter from a distance, pointing at her forehead.
"This girl, did she starve to death in her past life? She stuffs everything into her mouth. She's already fatter than anyone else, yet she's still so greedy. I'm afraid I'll kill her like a pig during the New Year."
Jiayin grinned, trying to laugh, but saliva dripped down her chin, making everyone laugh.
The distinguished guest sat cross-legged on the kang (heated brick bed) eating noodles with a few savory side dishes, and even drank the noodle soup.
Finally, he praised, "No wonder my brother was willing to stay here for a while; the food here is so delicious."
Grandma Li said warmly, "Then you should come often. We are just an ordinary family, we don't have anything fancy, just home-cooked meals. My daughter-in-law's ancestors were imperial chefs, so her cooking skills are quite good."
"That's truly surpassing the master! The skill is indeed far superior to that of the imperial chefs!"
The nobleman praised her again, then patted Jiayin's head, got off the ground to straighten his clothes, and said, "Brother, take good care of your injuries. I'll head back now."
Young Master Ye straightened up and instructed, "Be careful on the road, and don't come out again, it's not safe."
Jiayin pulled the jade pendant out of her mouth, stepped forward and hugged the nobleman's neck, then swung the pendant at her grandmother, "Grandma, let's exchange for fruit, let's exchange for fruit!"
Old Mrs. Li glared angrily, "You greedy girl, you actually stole the nobleman's jade pendant!"
Young Master Ye couldn't help but laugh, "Auntie, listen to Fu Niu, get some fruit for my little brother. His family has plenty, but none of it tastes as good as ours."
"Okay, I'll go get some right away," Grandma Li agreed and went next door.
Originally, Doctor Zhang said that Young Master Ye could eat a few bites of fruit, so Jiayin took out two baskets from her spatial storage.
My family ate a few over the past two days, but there's still quite a bit left.
Grandma Li was worried that it would be difficult to carry on the road, so she found a clean cloth bag and put a dozen or so pears and a dozen or so apples in it.
When handing it to the important person, he added, "Next year when the mountain yields more fruit, please come again, and we'll go to the orchard to pick and eat it fresh."
The nobleman smiled and agreed, handing the bag to Ye Shan.
The old woman led them out of the house, and just as they reached the gate of the courtyard, the village chief happened to hear the commotion and came over to investigate.
The lanterns hung high, swaying in the wind.
The nobleman mounted his horse, and the lamplight shone directly on his face, allowing the village chief to see him clearly.
The nobleman nodded to him, then led his men away on horseback.
Old Mrs. Li smoothed her stray hairs, turned around and saw the village chief, and smiled, "Village chief, you're here. Don't worry, this is Young Master Ye's younger brother, he's here to visit you in your illness, he's not a bad person."
However, the village chief remained silent for a long time.
The old woman was puzzled, so she stepped forward and patted the village chief's arm. Unexpectedly, the village chief sat down on the ground with a thud and exclaimed.
"My God!"
This is the fourth update today, making up for the chapter I missed last Sunday for Mother's Day!
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