Chapter 277: Comparison
“I’ve already encountered it.”
After a struggle between his conscience and his desires, Shangguan Mu spoke in a hoarse voice, looking at Pei Minru steadily.
Pei Minru was stunned.
She previously regarded "Mr. Muyun" as an elder and never had any fantasies about him.
She had just run into him on the second floor, and he had fled in panic. She had only thought that he had done so because his identity had suddenly been exposed and he was at a loss as to what to do.
She never expected that he had other thoughts about her.
Thinking about his outstanding family background, appearance, talent and character, but still not married, a ripple appeared in her heart, but then it calmed down.
"Maybe your parents want you to find a girl who is good at managing the household and gentle and virtuous."
She lowered her eyelashes, stroked the teacup in her hand, and spoke gently.
After finally breaking free from the shackles of her family and finding her life ambition, she didn't want to return to the backyard and trap herself in the square courtyard.
Shangguan Mu knew her ambitions and knew what she was thinking as soon as he heard her.
"As long as I am willing to get married, my mother will be happy."
He laughed.
"Shangguan Mu is me, and I am also Muyun Jushi. You can rest assured."
The implication was that "Mr. Muyun" supported "Kongqing" in opening a college, and she didn't have to worry that he would restrain her.
Pei Minru was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "There's a lot of time to go. My Lord, why don't you travel a few more miles before deciding where to return?"
Shangguan Mu felt a little disappointed.
But she also understood that it was impossible for her to agree to his feelings immediately after she suddenly learned of them.
Then he said, "If you haven't tried tea before, you really have to taste it carefully to know whether it suits your taste."
He picked up the teacup in his hand and drank it all in one gulp.
"Please savor the rest of your life."
Pei Minru chuckled: "Okay."
After more contact, perhaps he will find that she is just so-so, completely different from the beautiful person he imagined, and he may give up on her.
Shangguan Mu didn't know what she was thinking. Seeing that she didn't reject him outright, he felt as sweet as if he had drunk honey.
As soon as the court was dismissed the next day, he began to think about how to narrow the distance between himself and Pei Minru.
But Pei Minru was in Qingquan Town for classes on weekdays, so he couldn't even see her. He didn't know what to do if he went to look for her on his day off, and the more he thought about it, the more headache he got.
Just as he was about to return to the Imperial Household Department, he suddenly saw Ji Changqing carrying a food box and walking towards the Epidemic Prevention Department.
He followed.
"Are you going to deliver lunch to Feng Sicheng?"
Ji Changqing replied indifferently, "Yeah."
Shangguan Mu sniffed, smelling the rich aroma of mutton soup, and exclaimed in surprise, "The royal chef's skills seem to have improved a lot."
Ji Changqing rolled his eyes at him.
"I stewed this before I went to court."
Shangguan Mu couldn't believe it: "You stewed it?"
Then he remembered that Ji Changqing had studied cooking and said in a lost voice, "You didn't learn to cook just for Feng Sicheng, did you?"
Ji Changqing shook his head: "No. But - cooking for her is indeed a pleasure."
After saying that, he left him and walked into the Epidemic Prevention Department.
Shangguan Mu paused for a moment, as if realizing something.
When he returned home in the evening, he walked into his large kitchen and said to the cook and the kitchen helper, "You all go out, I want to cook a few dishes."
The cook was surprised: "What would you like to eat, my lord? Let us make it for you."
Shangguan Mu waved his hand.
"No, I want to do it myself."
Then he rolled up his sleeves and went to get the ingredients.
He has memorized the recipe by heart and should be able to make the dish he wants.
Half an hour later, the cook looked at the smoke-filled kitchen with fear and was hesitating whether to rush in when she saw Shangguan Mu rushing out with a plate of food.
“Ahem!”
He coughed constantly.
"Put out the fire!"
The cook and the kitchen helpers quickly scooped water to put out the fire.
The servant Shuangxi handed his master a wet towel, then glanced at the plate filled with several pieces of pitch-black meat of unknown origin and asked, "Master, what did you cook?"
Shangguan Mu replied, "Spicy chicken. Do you want to try it?"
Shuangxi shuddered.
No, he didn't want to die yet.
After wiping his face, Shangguan Mu stared at the spicy chicken he made for a long time, but didn't dare to pick up his chopsticks.
"The first time is new, the second time is familiar," he gritted his teeth, "I'll learn it if I do it a few more times."
After saying that, he walked into the kitchen again.
The cook put down the ladle in her hand and pleaded, "Prince, can you wait until we finish cooking dinner before trying it? Otherwise, so many people in the mansion will go hungry tonight."
Shangguan Mu had no choice but to turn around and go to the main courtyard.
"Mom, please lend me your small kitchen."
A quarter of an hour later, Princess Minghui rushed into the small kitchen and demanded sharply, "What are you doing? The whole yard is filled with the smell of spicy and burnt food."
Shangguan Mu looked at the charcoal-like substance in the pot and said weakly, "Spicy chicken..."
Princess Minghui immediately chased him away like a fly.
"Stop disturbing my meal."
Shangguan Mu was still unwilling to give up, so he found a small restaurant outside, rented their kitchen and tried more than ten times.
Finally learned how to make spicy chicken.
only--
The taste is never right.
After court was dismissed the next day, he asked Ji Changqing, "The first time you cooked, how many times did it take you to successfully make a dish?"
Ji Changqing said without hesitation: "It worked the first time."
Shangguan Mu: “?!”
"How is that possible!"
"Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't." Ji Changqing glanced at the burnt hair on his temples, "I can make all the dishes once and improve them the second time."
Shangguan Mu: “…”
Comparing yourself with others is really frustrating.
He couldn't rely on his cooking skills to please his sweetheart, so what should he do?
"Let's take the main road."
Half a month later, after a follow-up visit to a patient in the suburbs who had pox all over his body after being vaccinated with cowpox, Feng Qingsui instructed Wuhua.
There are two roads leading back to Beijing from this village. One is a small road through the mountains that can only accommodate one carriage and takes half an hour to reach the South Gate.
One is a main road that requires a big detour and takes a quarter of an hour longer than the small road.
The sun was setting, and it might be too late to get back to the city by taking the main road. But for safety's sake, Feng Qingsui chose to take the main road.
Wuhua said "OK" and shouted as he galloped forward.
After a rest in the afternoon, Daben was full of energy and kept running "thump thump thump".
Feng Qingsui felt that they should be able to enter the city before the gates closed.
Unexpectedly, before the donkey cart drove out of the village road, several black figures jumped out from the woods on both sides.
Wuhua immediately drew his sword to fight.
Zhuying and others who had been following secretly also showed up and joined the battle.
Feng Qingsui watched them fighting through the car window and was surprised to find that the attacker's skills were exactly the same as Wuhua's, as if they were trained in the same place.
"Could it be Hua Lin's people?"
She thought to herself.
He then denied this possibility.
If Hua Lin wanted to take action, he would have had many opportunities before and would not have had to wait until now.
These people were a little too strong and ended up in a draw with Wuhua and Zhuying. Fortunately, Wuhua and his men brought a lot of hidden weapons, and they fought and fired them at the same time. After a quarter of an hour, they won the battle.
Before she could be happy, she saw Wuhua fall down.
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