Chapter 211 Wow, a big ant is moving
Xiao Yu took a deep breath, reached out his hand with a fearless attitude, picked up a small piece and put it in his mouth.
An indescribable salty taste, mixed with a hint of sweetness and a bit of astringency, instantly exploded on his taste buds!
The smell was overbearing and fierce, striking the soul directly.
Even Xiao Yu, the regent who could remain calm even in the face of a catastrophe, had an expression that became unusually interesting at this moment.
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Jiu kept asking without knowing the consequences, with little stars in his eyes sparkling with the hope of praise.
Xiao Yu swallowed the food in his mouth with great difficulty.
He glanced expressionlessly at Chu Xuanyi, who was still coughing bitterly, then silently poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp.
Putting down the teacup, he looked at Ah Jiu and asked:
"Ajiu, are you planning to pickle me with this osmanthus cake?"
Jiu: "Ah?"
She was stunned, not understanding what this meant at all.
Looking at Xiao Yu's serious expression and Chu Xuanyi's expression of "I'm alive" next to him, she didn't believe it and pinched a piece and put it in her mouth.
Next second.
"Pah, pah, pah, so salty, how can it be so salty!"
Jiu's little face wrinkled into a ball, and he quickly rushed to the door and vomited everything in his mouth.
Plan 2 once again failed in an extremely tragic way.
Two consecutive major failures dealt a heavy blow to the usually energetic Ajiu.
She slumped over the table dejectedly, muttering softly, "How could this happen? The book clearly doesn't say that..."
She felt that she might not be cut out to be a good wife. If she couldn't tidy up the study or cook, what else could she do?
That night, Ajiu was in a very low mood.
It was late at night and the palace was silent.
Xiao Yu was still in the study dealing with the memorials that had been messed up by Ajiu and then reorganized by the housekeeper and his men.
When Xiao Yu thought of the plate of bitter-salty osmanthus cake he had eaten during the day, and the aggrieved look on the little girl's face as she instantly collapsed and burst into tears after he asked her, "Do you want to pickle me?", he couldn't help but press his eyebrows.
Did he speak too harshly?
But that thing is really... hard to describe.
Just as I was thinking about it, the door of the study was gently pushed open a crack.
A small head poked in and looked inside furtively.
Xiao Yu said nothing, just put down the red pen in his hand and looked at her quietly.
Seeing that he didn't chase him away, Jiu tiptoed in with a bowl of lotus seed soup.
She had specially asked Aunt Li to make this lotus seed soup, so she was responsible for serving it and ensuring that nothing went wrong.
She carefully placed the bowl of soup next to Xiao Yu and whispered, "Brother Xiongxiong, drink it first."
After saying this, she did not leave immediately as usual.
She moved a small stool from the corner and sat down not too far from the desk, supporting her cheeks with both hands, quietly looking at the man who was carefully reviewing memorials under the lamp.
The candlelight was warm and bright, softly outlining his perfect profile. His tall nose cast a deep shadow across his face, and his long, thick eyelashes drooped slightly, covering his usually eagle-like eyes, softening his entire aura.
His expression was focused and charming.
Ajiu's heart began to beat wildly again.
It seems... even if I do nothing and just look at him quietly, it would be nice.
Her unconcealed gaze, full of admiration and obsession, was so striking.
Even Xiao Yu, who was immersed in complicated official duties, noticed it keenly.
That gaze was focused and burning, with the purity and passion unique to a girl, which made his fingers holding the pen tighten slightly.
Then without warning, he raised his head.
Those deep eyes accurately captured that infatuated gaze.
Their eyes met.
Ajiu's brain exploded into fireworks with a "boom".
Discovered!
I was caught peeking!
She jumped up from the stool in an instant, her eyes were extremely panicked, and she didn't know where to put her hands and feet.
What should I do? What should I do? Will he think she is a shameless bad girl? Will he be angry? Will he punish her?
In a flash, she quickly turned her head to look at the window next to her and said loudly:
"Wow, ants! Brother Xiong Xiong, look! There are really big ants moving on the windowsill! They are moving so fast, they are working so hard, they are really big!"
Xiao Yu: “…”
He followed Ajiu's gaze and looked expressionlessly at the windowsill that was so clean that there was not a single hair on it.
Then he turned back and looked at the little girl whose face was flushed red and whose eyes were evasive and vague, and it was almost as if the eight big words "I'm lying, I feel guilty as hell" were carved on her face.
He suddenly felt that the fatigue from handling government affairs in recent days and the depression caused by the plate of osmanthus cake had all disappeared at this moment.
He wanted to laugh.
A barely audible chuckle escaped his throat, but he suppressed it. A prince must be dignified.
He wanted to put on a stern face and give her a lecture, telling her that girls should be reserved and not stay up late at night to run to the study and stare at men.
But when his gaze met her eyes, which were crystal clear yet filled with admiration and panic that could not be concealed, all the harsh words were stuck in his throat and he could not utter a single word.
In the end, all the emotions of laughter and tears turned into a very light sigh.
Like a spring breeze, it blows away the fatigue between the brows.
A strange warmth quietly flowed into the iron-hardened heart that had long been tempered by power and calculation.
It was like frozen soil that had been frozen for thousands of years, and finally a small, warm crack was created by the stupid, rampant sunlight.
Xiao Yu's light sigh was like a feather scratching Ajiu's tense nerves.
It’s over, it’s over, he is really angry.
Sighs represent disappointment and impatience. That's what the book says.
Ajiu's face turned even paler, and he froze in place, like a prisoner who had done something wrong and was awaiting trial.
The study fell into an eerie silence, with only the occasional crackling of the candlelight as the only sound.
Just when Jiu thought he was going to be punished to pour out the night incense, Xiao Yu's deep voice rang out.
"Oh? Then I'd like to see what kind of strange ant it is that could make Ah Jiu so surprised."
As he spoke, he actually stood up from behind the desk, stretched out his long legs and pretended to walk towards the windowsill.
Ajiu's brain buzzed and completely froze.
I really have to go and see it!
There wasn't even an ant's leg on the windowsill, let alone an ant. If she were to be caught red-handed, her entire reputation would be ruined!
She rushed forward and stood in front of Xiao Yu with her arms open.
"No...don't look!" She was so anxious that her voice changed.
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