Yes, I can smell it, the aroma of roasted venison.

It seems that the food in the Duke of Huguo’s Mansion is good.

Thinking of old man Su who had no food to eat in the countryside, a cold light flashed across Su Xiaoxiao's eyes.

There were patrolling guards walking by outside the courtyard wall. Su Xiaoxiao didn't want her presence to be detected, so she walked unnoticed towards the noisy and busy kitchen.

She hid behind a nearby rockery.

At this time, most people had gone to bed long ago, but the big kitchen in the Duke of Huguo's Mansion was still busy.

A housekeeper led two maids to the kitchen in a hurry, and reminded them as they walked: "Have you written down everything I told you to do? The young master doesn't eat any fatty food, so remember to skim off the fat on the ginseng soup."

"Also, don't stew the bird's nest you bought last month for the young master. Use the new one you bought a few days ago."

"Mammy, should we use blood swallows or——"

"Of course it's the blood bird's nest! How noble is the young master? Who are you insulting by giving him ordinary bird's nest?"

"I understand, Ma'am." The little maid lowered her head and followed the housekeeper Ma'am into the kitchen obediently.

Su Ergou had not been able to eat meat for a long time in the countryside. For him, drinking soup made with lard and eating rice mixed with lard were the best delicacies in the world.

What is bird's nest? Su Ergou has never seen it before.

Su Xiaoxiao stayed behind the rockery for a while, and only came out after making sure that the guards had gone far away.

Coincidentally, the midnight snack in the big kitchen was also ready.

One portion of bird's nest and ginseng soup was for Qin Yun, and the other was for Qin Che.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't hesitate and followed the maid who was bringing midnight snack to Qin Che.

The two maids were unaware that they were being followed and were discussing matters at the mansion in low voices.

"Alas, the young master got into trouble again. Fortunately, the Duke suppressed it and did not let it reach the old master's ears."

"If the old master finds out, he will punish the young master. The young master's body cannot withstand the old master's whip."

"The old master's whip can't hit the young master, because the Duke of Guo stopped him every time. The Duke of Guo said, I didn't teach my son well, so if you want to whip me, whip me - the Duke of Guo suffered a lot in the folks, and his body was damaged, so how could the old master have the heart to do it?"

"Fortunately, our eldest daughter is sensible. With her help in the future, the young master will not suffer any loss."

Speak of the devil; he will appear.

Qin Yanran came towards them with her maid.

The two maids were startled and quickly bowed and saluted: "Miss!"

Qin Yanran glanced at the two of them and asked, "Is this for my father?"

"Yes." said a maid.

Qin Yanran said: "Give it to me, I'll deliver it."

The two maids handed the food boxes in their hands to Qin Yanran's maid.

After Qin Yanran left, the two began to discuss in a low voice.

"Did you see the pearls on the young lady's head just now?"

"What pearls? They're called shark pearls, from the South China Sea! I heard they cost a hundred taels of silver each! Our Duke bought a whole string for the young lady without a second thought!"

"The Duke really loves the young lady. Our young lady is so lucky."

"Born as a daughter of a rich family, how can her fate be bad? Not all daughters of rich families have this good fortune."

"Yes, the Protectorate Palace is really rich."

"You are new here, so you don't know much. This is not something that can be bought with money... The Duke of the Guardian is powerful and influential, and no other family can compare to it. Of course, such a precious mermaid pearl is only worthy of our eldest daughter. If any other daughter wears it, she will be imitating others!"

The two maids talked about this and that, praising Qin Yanran as the best in the world.

Su Xiaoxiao actually has no feelings for Qin Yanran, but she is impatient to hear this and she wants to investigate Qin Che.

However, there was only a small path here, and the two maids blocked her way, making it impossible for her to move.

Finally someone from the kitchen came to urge her, but Qin Yanran had already left.

So which yard is Qin Che's? I can only look around while walking.

As she walked, she suddenly heard the sound of several men talking in front of her.

"You guys, step up your security tonight, and send more people to the side door and the back door!"

"Brother Feng, why do we suddenly have to step up our alert tonight? Is something big going to happen in the capital?"

"Is this something you can ask?"

"I know I was wrong!"

"Hurry up!"

"yes!"

Su Xiaoxiao frowned suspiciously.

Strengthen the guard and send more people? What's going on? Has he been exposed? No, if he was really exposed, he should search the mansion carefully.

Four guards were walking in this direction. Su Xiaoxiao had no suitable place to hide, so she had to turn around, climb up with one hand, and enter a quiet courtyard nearby.

As soon as she entered, Qin Yanran came over.

Su Xiaoxiao frowned and slipped into a room.

"Is my grandfather here?"

Qin Yanran's voice came from outside the door.

The servant replied, "To answer the eldest lady's question, the old master has gone to bed."

"So early?" Qin Yanran asked, "Is my grandfather feeling unwell? He usually still practices martial arts at this time."

The servant said, "I don't know either."

The old master would never explain to the servants what he did.

The servant didn't dare to stop her and stepped aside to make way for her.

"Grandfather, I'm Yanran, I'm coming in." Qin Yanran said, waited at the door for a moment, and gently pushed the door open.

Su Xiaoxiao's eyebrows jumped and she crawled under the bed.

Oh, it's stuck.

Su Xiaoxiao twisted her chubby body and crawled out again, hiding in the closet nearby.

The cabinet is also narrow...the door can barely be closed.

Never admit that you are fat!

She closed the door with both hands.

Qin Yanran walked around the screen and came to the bed.

Qin Canglan fell into a deep sleep under the effect of the medicine.

Qin Yanran came to the bedside.

"Grandfather, Grandfather."

She called him softly twice, and seeing that Qin Canglan was probably just asleep, she felt relieved.

She touched her grandfather's forehead with the back of her hand; it wasn't hot.

"call."

She breathed a sigh of relief again.

Su Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth in the closet: Is it time to leave? I can’t hold the closet door anymore——

Qin Yanran sat down on the stool beside the bed.

Su Xiaoxiao: “……!!”

This posture was very strenuous, and the cabinet was stuffy, so no one understood the fat boy's pain.

Qin Yanran finally left.

Su Xiaoxiao hurried out of the closet, tore off the mask, and gasped for breath.

"I'm dying of suffocation..."

etc.

Qin Yanran is Qin Che's daughter, and she calls the man on the bed grandpa.

Is this person the old Duke of Protector of the Country?! Interesting, I accidentally entered the old Duke of Protector of the Country's room.

Was he responsible for the accident that year?

It is rumored that the old Duke Protector of the Country and his first wife were deeply in love, but rumors are just rumors after all. Marriage is like drinking water, only the person who drinks it knows whether it is hot or cold.

After the Su family's daughter passed away, Qin Canglan's mother married another wife for him.

Qin Canglan and his second wife had no children, and their relationship was also cold and lonely.

Later, Qin Canglan's mother and second wife died of illness one after another, and Qin Canglan never remarried.

The cold moonlight shines through.

Su Xiaoxiao drew aside the curtain and looked at the frowning man lying on the bed.

Judging from his face, he looks very fierce.

She tilted her head.

Hmm, did you take medicine? This breath, for a military commander, was obviously not right.

Suddenly, Qin Canglan seemed to sense something and suddenly opened his eyes.

Su Xiaoxiao never expected that he would wake up so suddenly——

A hundred ways to kill him flashed through Su Xiaoxiao's mind -

"Huayin..." Qin Canglan spoke in a daze.

Qin Canglan's consciousness was in a fuzzy mess, and the effect of the painkiller made him dizzy.

What happened to him tonight? He dreamed of Huayin again and again? Su Xiaoxiao blinked.

Qin Canglan raised his head with difficulty: "Huayin...is it really you?"

Su Huayin is the name of the daughter of the Su family.

Qin Canglan's old eyes flickered with tears: "Huayin... are you here to pick me up?"

What do you want to do? Are you going to play mahjong in Lihua Lane?

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes rolled around, and she decisively used Wei Ting's trick: "You are dreaming."

After saying that, she raised her little fist and punched down!

wrong!

Su Xiaoxiao's fist stopped just half an inch away from his forehead.

Qin Canglan didn't dodge at all.

Even in a half-asleep state, a general will not lose his crisis instinct to protect himself.

Then there is only one explanation, if Su Huayin wanted to kill him, he would lie down and let Su Huayin kill him.

"Don't go to sleep yet!"

Su Xiaoxiao held his hand and said very seriously: "I told you a dream, your son is fake!"

A little cutie asked, can I add more chapters now that the number of words has exceeded 100? 　　The number of words in the updates over the next few days will increase, and they may not be released in chapters.

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