"Hmm? Your Highness?" Perhaps it was because Yinzhen's gaze was too intense, Yin Qingyi woke up in a daze. Upon opening her eyes and seeing Yinzhen, Yin Qingyi honestly felt that she was still dreaming, only the gold and silver in her dream had been replaced by Yinzhen.
"Hmm, get up and have your meal since you're awake." Yinzhen's throat tightened at the sound of Yin Qingyi's soft, slightly husky voice as she woke up. To avoid being noticed, Yinzhen withdrew his arms from her embrace and walked out. He thought to himself, "These past few days, Yin Qingyi seems even more beautiful. Her skin is whiter, her lips redder, her eyes darker, her voice softer, and her waist—slimmer..."
Yin Qingyi's somewhat dazed mind instantly cleared, and she immediately got out of bed. Her hair and clothes were a mess. She didn't know how to fix it. She thought about calling Qiu Ju, but this lady was here.
"Princess." Thinking this, Qiuju walked in.
"Quickly, quickly, tidy yourself up." Yin Qingyi knew it must be Yinzhen's order when she saw Qiuju, so she didn't care about being embarrassed and decided to tidy herself up first.
Qiuju understood and immediately started tidying up for Yin Qingyi. Fortunately, Qiuju was skillful and finished tidying up in no time.
"Why didn't you come in and tell me when the master arrived?" Yin Qingyi asked, somewhat puzzled.
"It's all my fault. I thought the Prince wouldn't come for lunch, but who would have thought... Please forgive me, Princess." Qiuju was also very annoyed, not only annoyed that she and Chunlan hadn't reported in time, but also annoyed with Xiao Jinzi! That boy was always scheming and rarely at Luoxue Pavilion. If he had been guarding the entrance of Luoxue Pavilion and reminded them earlier, none of this would have happened! She wondered if the Prince would be angry with the Princess.
"Never mind, it's not your fault. Are you all ready?" Yin Qingyi knew that no one was to blame. She hadn't expected Yinzhen to come at such a high time of day. It was the hottest time of summer. Who would choose to go out at this time except for servants who were their masters?
"Alright." Qiuju nodded.
Yin Qingyi took a deep breath before going out, and as soon as she went out, she saw Yinzhen drinking tea with a look of disgust on his face... If you dislike this tea, then don't drink it. As a poor princess, she is already very fortunate to have tea leaves, let alone good tea.
"This humble servant greets Your Highness. Just now... this humble servant was just a little tired and fell asleep. This... this humble servant doesn't know why I was holding Your Highness's hand. Please forgive me." Yin Qingyi remembered that she was holding Yinzhen's arm when she woke up, although she was really puzzled as to why she was holding Yinzhen's hand in her arms...
"Ahem, get up. You're not well. Did you eat the bird's nest that I sent?" Yinzhen felt a little uncomfortable and changed the subject.
"I haven't had a chance to eat yet." Yin Qingyi went along with him when she saw that Yinzhen was changing the subject. This was a good thing, proving that Yinzhen was not angry with her.
"Well, Su Peisheng, set out the meal." Yinzhen wasn't good at conversation, so he could only have someone set out the meal.
After the meal was laid out, Yin Qingyi stood to the side and felt that what she had eaten before was really garbage compared to this! She secretly swallowed and then secretly glanced at Yinzhen. When she saw that he was not looking in her direction, she quickly lowered her head. Little did she know that a smile flashed in Yinzhen's eyes after she turned her head away.
"Sit down, you don't need to serve me." Yinzhen pointed to the chair next to him.
"This...isn't that inappropriate?" Yin Qingyi knew a thing or two. Concubines and mistresses had to stand and serve. If the Fujin (principal wife) was present, they would have to serve her as well. It was really humiliating. Being a concubine was bad enough, but they had to stand and serve her during meals until the two mistresses had finished eating before they could eat!
"Sit down when I tell you to," Yinzhen said in a commanding tone. This Lady Yin is in poor health and likes to be stubborn; what if she gets sick from hunger while serving him meals?
"Yes." Yin Qingyi didn't want to stand while serving anyway. In any case, she had already tried to persuade him, and it was this man who insisted that she sit down. She couldn't be punished for this later.
After sitting down, Yin Qingyi waited for Yinzhen to take his first bite before she started eating. After a bite of fried tripe, Yin Qingyi happily squinted her eyes, cautiously glancing at Yinzhen. Seeing him eating attentively, she picked up another bite. Although her meals had been good these past few days, they had been too bland, and her mouth was feeling unbearably tasteless. Today, with this man present, she could finally enjoy a proper meal. Moreover, as a princess, she could only eat these dishes when this man was around, and she felt it would be a waste not to eat more.
"You've just recovered, don't eat too much greasy food. Su Peisheng, take this away." Yinzhen spoke up after Yin Qingyi had eaten fried tripe four or five times. Although seeing Yin Shi eating so happily had improved his appetite as well—his appetite always worsened in the summer—he hadn't forgotten that Yin Shi had just recovered.
Yin Qingyi watched longingly as the plate of fried tripe was taken away.
“…” Yinzhen ignored Yin Qingyi’s pitiful look and continued eating.
Seeing this, Yin Qingyi could only wilted, but she recovered quickly because the other dishes on the table were also delicious. By the end, if she hadn't been thinking about not embarrassing herself in front of Yinzhen, she probably would have eaten until she was stuffed.
"Your Highness, why don't you go to the inner room and change your clothes? You're all sweaty, and your clothes must be sticky and uncomfortable, right?" Yin Qingyi only noticed that Yinzhen was covered in sweat after the servants had cleared the table. He was a man who valued rules, and even in this hot weather, he was wearing three layers of clothes. She felt hot just looking at him.
"You have my clothes here?" Yinzhen's eyes narrowed slightly; this was a dangerous signal.
"No." Yin Qingyi shook her head blankly, as if she hadn't noticed anything.
"...Then let me change my clothes here?" Yinzhen had already decided to give Lady Yin the cold shoulder for a while, but she actually said no?
"This...didn't Eunuch Su prepare any clothes for the master?" Yin Qingyi asked in confusion, looking at Su Peisheng. This shouldn't be the case, right? This Su Peisheng has been with Yinzhen since he was a child, how could he not know that this master is afraid of the heat? He didn't even prepare any clothes for him to change into?
"My lord, this servant has made preparations." Seeing that he had been implicated, Su Peisheng had no choice but to speak up.
"Well then, come in and serve me." Seeing this, Yinzhen realized he might be overthinking things, so he got up and went inside, with Su Peisheng following closely behind.
A short while later, Yinzhen came out after changing his clothes, but he wasn't wearing his usual clothes; he was in casual clothes. Was he going to take a nap here?
"Master, are you going to rest?" Yin Qingyi asked.
"Hmm." Yinzhen glanced at Yin Qingyi and nodded. He didn't really want to rest so soon. He wanted to read a book after eating, but Yin Shi obviously didn't have any books for him to read, so he could only rest. He couldn't just sit here and chat with Yin Shi, could he?
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