Chapter 549 A Thoughtful Touch from Wanchun
Du Wanchun took the jade pendant from Zhou Ruiyuan's hand and gently stroked the two figures carved on it. "It seems we are truly destined for each other. Perhaps we were husband and wife in our past lives."
Zhou Ruiyuan's face was full of joy. "After my mother had it carved and gave to me, I treasured it and hung it in my room. Before I was demoted, I secretly came here and buried it here. I never expected that the person on it would be you and me."
Du Wanchun held the sandalwood pendant to her waist and smiled, saying, "Then you can give this to me in the future."
"Okay, I'll hang it up for you." Zhou Ruiyuan gently took the jade pendant from her hand, his fair and slender fingers carefully hanging it up for Du Wanchun by winding around the cord.
After hanging it up, Du Wanchun walked around it once. The jade pendant was just right under her clothes, not only beautiful but also very practical.
"My lord, this is really beautiful."
Du Wanchun looked up at him with a smile, her gentle smile and small dimples making her look like a hermit living in the forest under the lush green trees.
Zhou Ruiyuan was immediately captivated.
A similar scene to what was happening before my eyes vaguely flashed through my mind.
In that scene, Du Wanchun was wearing a light green dress with a shimmering silver robe draped over her shoulders.
She leaped among the fruit-bearing trees, as if her body were hidden among the white clouds.
The same smiling face, the same dimples, only now more genuine, with a carefree air emanating from her dress.
Zhou Ruiyuan wanted to see more clearly, but was suddenly awakened, and the image of the flower in his mind dissipated like mist.
"My lord," Du Wanchun called softly, "what's wrong?"
Zhou Ruiyuan snapped out of his reverie, reached out and took her hand, asking, "What would you like to eat?"
That question came out of the blue.
Du Wanchun thought for a moment, then smiled and replied, "I want to eat the things you used to like to eat."
Zhou Ruiyuan was taken aback. "Why?"
Du Wanchun said earnestly, "I just want to eat your favorite food in the place where you used to live, so that I can feel that we have never been apart all these years."
Zhou Ruiyuan only half understood what she meant, but he didn't delve into it. He pulled her into his arms and gently kissed her forehead. "Alright, I'll have the palace maids bring it over right away."
Du Wanchun's clear eyes curved slightly, like the crescent moon reflected on a still pond in the quiet night.
With a gentle breeze, the water rippled, revealing her joy like that of a fawn.
As dusk approached, before Zhou Ruiyuan could even go to serve the meal, the emperor sent someone to deliver a large table of dishes.
These are all foods that Zhou Ruiyuan used to love to eat.
Du Wanchun and the children enjoyed their meal immensely.
Zhou Ruiyuan ate in a very subdued mood. The dishes were all his favorites, but they tasted different from before.
In the past, when he was in the Eastern Palace, he had his own small kitchen, and the cooks in the small kitchen were all people who had served him since childhood.
Since his incident, all the servants in his palace have long been executed.
There were probably more than a hundred palace maids and eunuchs and more than thirty kitchen staff members. The body was found lying in front of his bedroom.
It cast an indelible shadow on his young life.
Du Wanchun noticed his unusual behavior. "What's wrong? Don't you want to eat?"
Zhou Ruiyuan put down his chopsticks, which was taken as tacit agreement.
Du Wanchun smiled and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go to the kitchen and make it for you."
As she spoke, she got up to leave.
Zhou Ruiyuan quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her back, "No need. In the past, we were so hungry in Changliu Village that we ate rats. This food is already a delicacy."
Du Wanchun slowly sat down beside him and asked, "Who is on your mind, my lord?"
Zhou Ruiyuan looked up, his eyes brightening noticeably.
Seeing this, Du Wanchun knew she had guessed correctly. She turned her head and looked at the dishes on the table and immediately had an idea.
"If you don't like these dishes, then don't eat them. Here you go."
She pulled Zhou Ruiyuan to his feet.
Little Mianmian and Yi'er and Yu'er immediately called out together, "Daddy, Mommy, where are you going?"
Du Wanchun turned back to them and whispered, "Your parents have to go to the small kitchen. You two eat your food first."
The three children nodded obediently.
Little Feifei, who was being held by her wet nurse, also opened her eyes wide and grabbed her little hands.
Du Wanchun pulled Zhou Ruiyuan toward the small kitchen.
Looking at the familiar corridor in front of him, at the dark red corridor where he used to play, Zhou Ruiyuan recalled the past vividly, as if the beautiful and nightmares of the past were just yesterday.
Du Wanchun pulled him to the door of the small kitchen, which had already been cleaned.
Zhou Ruiyuan quickly replied, "There's no need to cook anything else, I've already eaten."
Du Wanchun laughed, "Don't worry, I don't cook. Compared to the chefs in the palace, my cooking skills are nothing."
Zhou Ruiyuan looked puzzled. "We came here?"
Du Wanchun called softly from inside, "Come out."
At this moment, a trembling man with a hunched back slowly walked into the kitchen.
The man was emaciated, like an old man who had fled a famine.
Zhou Ruiyuan was shocked, "Who is this?"
The man slowly raised his head, revealing his slightly aged face. "Your Highness, it is this servant."
Zhou Ruiyuan's eyes widened noticeably when he heard his voice. "Are you Eunuch Ye?"
The man knelt down with a thud, weeping bitterly: "Your Highness, you are really alive! That's wonderful, Your Highness."
Zhou Ruiyuan was filled with doubt. He asked Eunuch Ye, "Weren't you already...?"
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