Seeing that the princess really liked him, Yuan Bohua held Zhou Qiongyue's hand with one hand and ate with the other. The two of them deliberately talked about some things that they didn't know about each other during this period, and the unfamiliar atmosphere between them disappeared completely in an instant.
Only the feeling of happiness remained between them.
Originally, Zhou Qiongyue thought that Yuan Bohua could have a good sleep in the mansion after finishing his meal, but after he finished his meal, he hurried into the palace with his men.
Zhou Qiongyue could only sigh that rights and responsibilities are always one and the same.
Fortunately, the emperor also knew that Yuan Bohua was tired after returning from his business trip, so he didn't say too much. He only asked about the key issues, then gave Yuan Bohua a bunch of rewards and let him leave the palace.
Moreover, Yuan Bohua performed this task very well, which satisfied the emperor greatly. What satisfied the emperor most was the boy's obedience.
He asked Yuan Bohua to buy so much food. The boy didn't ask any questions during the whole process and just did his job honestly.
The only thing the emperor hadn't expected was that this boy was actually a romantic. He thought about the contents of the memorial handed over by the secret guard. This boy had disdained all the beauties in those prosperous places in the south. His chastity was really touching.
According to the secret guards, Yuan Bohua would carve on a piece of wood whenever he had some free time. The emperor knew without a second thought who the boy was carving for.
After Yuan Bohua returned home, he fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the princess sitting by the window reading a book. The sun was shining brightly outside. Yuan Bohua was stunned for a moment, and even changed his posture, putting his hands under his head and looking at Zhou Qiongyue with a smile.
Zhou Qiongyue didn't feel that someone was staring at her. It was just that after reading for a while, she habitually looked up to see if Yuan Bohua on the bed was awake, and saw Yuan Bohua staring at her from the bed.
She was quite surprised. "The prince is awake! If the palace doctor hadn't reassured me that the prince was just tired and fell asleep, I would have sent someone to the palace to call the imperial physician."
"I scared the princess." Yuan Bohua said this, his face full of happiness. This was the day he had been looking forward to, waking up to see his beloved watching over him.
Zhou Qiongyue was also quite happy to see Yuan Bohua in a good mood to chatter. "Get up when you wake up! The food is still warming in the kitchen! I've already eaten."
As Zhou Qiongyue spoke, she walked over and prepared to help Yuan Bohua up. Yuan Bohua did not make trouble for Zhou Qiongyue and cooperated with her and let Zhou Qiongyue pull him up.
But Yuan Bohua kept holding Zhou Qiongyue's hand, even holding her hand when eating. Zhou Qiongyue really wanted to emphasize that she had already eaten.
As for the servants who served them, after the meal was served, they left tactfully.
Zhou Qiongyue could only watch Yuan Bohua eat boredly. When people are bored, they want to talk.
Zhou Qiongyue thought about it and decided to scare Yuan Bohua. "I think I guessed what you were going to do on this mission?"
"Puff..." The food in Yuan Bohua's mouth spurted out. He didn't care about the embarrassment anymore and looked at Zhou Qiongyue with an incredible look.
Yuan Bohua's brain was working frantically at this time, and he was wondering where he had let the cat out of the bag.
Zhou Qiongyue had only one thought at this time. Fortunately, she had lunch in advance, so she didn't have to eat the meal.
Yuan Bohua was waiting for the next words, but Zhou Qiongyue, who had mentioned this matter, fell silent.
"How did you guess that?" Yuan Bohua believed Zhou Qiongyue to a certain extent. The princess said she guessed it. Yuan Bohua felt that she had guessed it.
He was extremely curious about this at this moment, "What did you guess?"
Zhou Qiongyue actually just had an idea, but seeing Yuan Bohua's nervous look, she felt that she guessed right.
Zhou Qiongyue dipped her hand in the tea beside her and wrote two words on the table, "Raise grain."
She only guessed that it was related to food, but she couldn't accurately guess the means.
But even if he only guessed to this extent, Yuan Bohua opened his eyes wide in surprise.
"Tell me how you guessed it? It couldn't be me who revealed it to you!" At this time, Yuan Bohua picked up his chopsticks and continued eating. The princess had guessed it, so it was useless for him to cover it up.
"It has nothing to do with the prince! It's just that I should know a big secret that the prince doesn't know, and the prince is going to the prosperous south this time, so I made this guess."
Zhou Qiongyue looked at Yuan Bohua's expression as she spoke, and saw that his hand was picking up the food slower and slower, and finally he put his chopsticks down directly.
Zhou Qiongyue smiled triumphantly. She had been planning to tell Yuan Bohua about this news, otherwise she wouldn't have mentioned it. Now, she and Yuan Bohua shared the same glory.
"It seems that if I don't listen to the princess talk about this big secret today, I won't be able to eat this meal. Will the princess be responsible?" After saying this, Yuan Bohua looked at Zhou Qiongyue sadly.
Zhou Qiongyue didn't see any resentment in Yuan Bohua's eyes, but only saw three words: "I want to know."
Zhou Qiongyue straightened her voice, then leaned close to Yuan Bohua's ear and whispered what Xie Zixin had said in the restaurant before about the severe drought in Yuan'an.
Not only did she speak very softly, she also covered her mouth, so outsiders couldn't see her mouth shape at all.
After hearing this, Yuan Bohua took a deep breath and looked at the princess in disbelief, "Do you think it's true?"
Zhou Qiongyue wasn't crazy, so she dared to say it must be true. "It doesn't matter what I think. What matters is what the emperor thinks."
Yuan Bohua thought about what the emperor asked him to do this time. It was very good. He understood that the emperor really believed it.
Yuan Bohua's hands tapped unconsciously on the table. This was a small habit he had when thinking about problems. "Who else knows about this?"
"Oh, I know. Apart from the Emperor and Xie Zixin, it's just me, my fifth brother, my father, my mother, my grandfather, my second cousin, and Princess Yongchun. I don't know if the others know."
Every time Zhou Qiongyue counted a person, Yuan Bohua's face became uglier, but he didn't mean anything else. He was just worried that so many people knew about it, and they were all related to the princess. He was afraid that these people would do something big that would implicate the princess.
But even though he was worried, he didn't say anything to reprimand her. Instead, he patted Zhou Qiongyue's head and sighed helplessly, "Silly girl!"
Yuan Bohua asked worriedly, "Then you haven't sold any of the grain in your farm in the past two years?"
He was genuinely worried. He had grown up in the palace, and he knew the Emperor's temperament to some extent. He really didn't want his princess to be targeted by the Emperor.
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