Chapter 155 Xie Yunsheng, you've really grown bold, daring to tease your brother now?
Li Manyan smiled and nodded: "Of course, the princess can call you whatever she wants."
"hey-hey."
Sheng Sheng chuckled and jumped next to Li Manyan, sticking out his tongue at Xie Yunchuan from her side.
Hmph, she's not leaving yet; she hasn't finished eating the melon.
Xie Yunchuan felt somewhat helpless.
"Sheng'er, come here."
"No, no, Sheng Sheng hasn't chatted with the pretty lady yet." Sheng Sheng refused and hugged Li Manyan's leg tightly. "Brother, if you're hungry, go back and eat something. When Sheng Sheng came over, she saw Chef Huang and the others cooking!"
The chef Huang that Sheng Sheng mentioned was the cook in the small kitchen of Yuqing Palace. Because he was worried that Xiao Tuanzi wouldn't be used to the food outside, Xie Yunchuan specially brought Chef Huang out of the palace with him, leaving only Chef Huang in the palace.
Chef Huang also brought along a ceramic jar for heating milk, which Zijuan had just used to heat up her milk.
Xie Yunchuan sighed, somewhat bewildered: "Since there were people cooking along the way, what kind of nose is so sensitive that it just happened to bring you here?"
Li Manyan also looked down at the little dumpling.
The little dumpling put its hands on its hips, extremely proud: "Dog nose, of course I learned it from Yan Hu."
Li Manyan couldn't help but chuckle, covering her mouth and letting out a soft laugh, her eyes sparkling with a subtle light.
Xie Yunchuan was taken aback, looked away, and was both angry and amused by the answer: "How can you talk about yourself like that?"
"What's wrong? If it weren't for Sheng Sheng's keen sense of smell, how could she have seen it..."
The little dumpling paused deliberately, its eyes scanning back and forth between the two.
Xie Yunchuan glanced at Li Manyan without showing any emotion. Li Manyan, however, was completely oblivious to the teasing in Xie Yunchuan's words and said with a smile, "Your Highness just came out for some fresh air and happened to run into me cooking here."
With a blink, Li Manyan showed no shyness whatsoever, her eyes filled with a subtle smile, as if she was charmed by her cuteness, and she even reached out to gently touch the top of her head.
The little voice in Sheng Sheng's heart was extremely puzzled. It seemed that Sister Yan Yan really just thought Xie Yun Chuan was just passing by.
Xie Yunchuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Sheng Sheng was a little confused, but she didn't intend to continue the topic. Appropriate teasing is fine, but pressing for details would be impolite.
Following Li Manyan's words, she asked, "Sister Yan Yan, didn't you bring a cook with you?"
"Of course I brought it." Knowing Sheng Sheng's doubts, Li Manyan smiled and said, "Auntie is in the palace and can't see her family often. I've been loved by Auntie since I was little, so I naturally want to spend more time with her since I have this opportunity to come out with her. Auntie doesn't lack anything, and I happen to enjoy researching food in my spare time, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to cook for Auntie myself. It's a token of my affection as her niece."
"So that's how it is!"
Sheng Sheng nodded knowingly and praised, "Sister Yan Yan's cooking is really delicious! I'm so glad I got to eat Sister Yan Yan's chicken stew with mushrooms, thanks to Consort Jing."
Who doesn't love to hear praise, especially when it comes from such an adorable little dumpling? It's completely sincere and genuine.
Li Manyan smiled and said, "Thank you for your praise, Your Highness. If there is a chance next time, I will make some snacks that children like for Your Highness to try."
"Okay, okay."
Sheng Sheng gladly accepted the invitation from the beautiful older sister.
As soon as she finished speaking, Yuhe, the palace maid beside Consort Jing, walked over. She seemed startled when she saw Xie Yunchuan and Shengsheng were both there.
"This servant greets the Second Prince and the Second Princess."
Perhaps because of the previous misunderstanding, the people in Consort Jing's palace were somewhat intimidated by them, looking rather frightened.
Yuhe seemed surprised that Li Manyan was with them, and she glanced at the group several times.
"What's wrong?"
Yuhe snapped out of her reverie and replied, "Miss, Her Majesty has invited you to have lunch together."
"I understand. You go ahead and tell your aunt I'll be right there."
Yuhe responded with a "yes," glanced at Xie Yunchuan again, and hurriedly left.
Sheng Sheng scratched her head: "Brother, why does she seem so afraid of us?"
"Perhaps it's because of what happened before." Li Manyan wasn't embarrassed at all. It was just a misunderstanding, and no one was at fault. It would be fine if they talked it out.
Since the matter involving Consort Jing had caused such a stir, Li Manyan, as a member of the Li family, naturally knew about it.
Minister Li was not implicated at the time; he was only nominally fined a small amount of his salary. Li Manyan had already guessed that there was more to the story.
In fact, Li Manyan got to know Xie Yunchuan thanks to this incident.
Li Manyan lowered her head and whispered to Shengsheng, "If it weren't for the fact that the Second Prince wanted to contact Consort Jing through me, I really wouldn't have known that the Second Prince was actually quite gentle in private."
Sheng Sheng's eyes lit up, sensing the juicy gossip: "Oh!? So Sister Yan Yan and Brother haven't known each other for very long?"
"Yes." Li Manyan nodded gracefully and patted her head. "I'll tell you next time, okay? I'm going to go have dinner with my aunt now."
"Okay, okay, you must tell Sheng Sheng!" The little dumpling's eyes widened, her face saying, "You can't lie to a child."
Li Manyan was amused by her adorable expression, and couldn't help but smile, saying, "Mmm."
After saying this, Li Manyan gave a slight curtsy and said to Xie Yunchuan, "Your Highness, I shall take my leave now."
"Um."
Li Manyan left, and Sheng Sheng finally looked at Xie Yunchuan with a smile, teasing him: "Brother, did you take Sister Yan Yan's advice when you gave Sheng Sheng that carriage? Did Sister Yan Yan tell you that girls should like pink?"
The little girl winked at him, but Xie Yunchuan just glanced at her and said nothing.
Only after the two watched Li Manyan walk away did Xie Yunchuan pick up the little dumpling and put her on his shoulder, turning her head backward, and slap her on the bottom.
"Xie Yunsheng, you've really grown bold, daring to tease your brother like that now?"
The slap wasn't forceful, and the little girl was wearing thick clothes, so she didn't feel anything at all.
However, the little dumpling, having been reprimanded, did not realize its mistake and began kicking and struggling, wriggling incessantly on Xie Yunchuan's shoulder.
"Aaaaah, they're bullying a child!"
Xie Yunchuan held her down: "Don't move, you'll be in big pain if you fall."
Little dumpling: "Waaah! My brother is going to throw me to the ground! The Second Prince is bullying me! Help! Help! This person is so imposing! He's going to hurt me to death!"
Xie Yunchuan: "...?"
Zijuan was worried and anxious, and kept mouthing words to the little girl, urging her to soften her stance.
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