Chapter 19 Brother Bamboo, remember everything!
"How could I possibly dislike it!" The little dumpling, afraid he would misunderstand, ate several bites in a row, her cheeks bulging out. "Brother Afu's cooking is so good, so delicious!"
Ah Fu gets shy when praised: "Hehehe, really?"
"Brother Afu, let's eat together."
Seeing that Afu was standing behind Pei Ji, Sheng Sheng patted the stool next to her, picked up two green vegetables, jumped off the stool, and fed Yan Hu.
Afu hesitated before asking Pei Ji, "Young Master, may I sit here?"
"Please sit down."
Ah Fu then sat down.
"Yan Hu, eat, these greens are so tender."
Yan Hu swallowed two green vegetables in one gulp: "I was just about to say something, why are you eating like this? We don't have much time left."
"Oh, so fast? Then hurry up with each sound."
Sheng Sheng hurriedly ran back to continue eating, but the stool was too high, unlike the low stool in Yuqing Palace, and her short legs couldn't reach it!
Sheng Sheng stared at the stool in silence, seemingly pondering how to get up.
Pei Ji chuckled, scooped her up and placed her on a stool, his voice laced with amusement: "I'm sorry, Princess, these are all the stools I have here."
"No, no, it's just that Sheng Sheng is too short."
A gentle smile played on her lips.
Pei Ji seemed to be deep in thought.
Pei Ji ate leisurely and happily throughout the meal, while A Fu remained very reserved the entire time.
After the meal, Sheng Sheng was pondering how to say goodbye, but Pei Ji seemed to read her mind: "Is the princess going back?"
Sheng Sheng nodded: "Yes! If I don't go back soon, Sister Huang Ying will be worried when she comes back and doesn't see me. Brother Zhu Zi, Sheng Sheng will come to play with you again next time!"
"good."
Pei Ji smiled and nodded.
Sheng Sheng skipped out on her short legs and took Yan Hu with her.
When she reached the outside of the courtyard, Sheng Sheng looked up at the plaque.
Pei Ji was still standing at the doorway watching her go, turning back again and again to ask, "Brother Zhu, what are those words on it?"
"Jingyue Pavilion".
"Jingyuexuan..." Shengsheng murmured once, "Brother Bamboo, Shengsheng remembers it."
After saying that, the little dumpling skipped and hopped out of the bamboo forest.
As the little girl walked through the bamboo forest, a series of birdsongs followed her.
After everyone disappeared into the bamboo forest, the birdsong stopped.
Pei Ji stood at the door for a while. After Afu finished clearing away the dishes, he asked, "Young master, is she really a princess? She doesn't look like one at all."
Pei Ji didn't reply, and Afu shook his head again: "She does seem like it. Her appearance and temperament are indeed unique, but her behavior is really not like it."
Pei Ji chuckled and walked back into the house: "Who knows?"
He didn't know if she was a princess.
Just like he didn't understand why she would come looking for him again.
He thought that so many days had passed, and even if she didn't know his identity back then, someone should have told her after that day.
Or did she know who he was, but still want to find him?
After observing him for a moment, he seems to be just a simple and cute little child.
He deliberately brought up the Emperor of Yu, but she did not react at all.
Then what does her title of princess mean? The palace maid who was with her that day was indeed someone from the Second Prince's side...
The dimples at the corners of the little dumpling's mouth reappeared before my eyes, and the book in my hand seemed to have become boring.
...
Sheng Sheng didn't expect to run into Pei Ji having dinner at Jingyue Pavilion. Pei Ji served her rice, and she felt embarrassed not to eat it, so she had no choice but to eat less when she got back.
Because they had eaten a meal, which delayed them a bit, the two little ones hurried as fast as they could and managed to sneak back before Huang Ying returned to Yuqing Palace.
There were few palace servants in Yuqing Palace to begin with, and Sheng Sheng was not used to being served by others all the time. Apart from Huang Ying, who took care of her, other palace servants generally did not enter the side hall to disturb her.
Therefore, no one noticed that they had disappeared silently for most of the hour.
"Go and burn some incense next to the incense burner, you smell strongly of mushrooms on you!"
Yan Hu sniffed at the little dumpling for a long time. To its sensitive nose, the mushroom scent on the little dumpling was as strong as if a mushroom had been placed in front of it.
"good."
The little girl ran to the incense burner, tugged at the hem of her skirt and twirled around, letting the fragrance of the incense mask the smell of food off her clothes.
After a while, the little dumpling's scent had turned into a strong aromatherapy smell, but the oriole still hadn't returned.
An hour had long passed, and even if Huang Ying was slow, she shouldn't have been out of Yuqing Palace by now, especially since Huang Ying knew that Sheng Sheng was still waiting for her in the palace.
"Princess."
A palace maid came in and asked, "Princess, it's getting late, and Sister Huang Ying hasn't returned yet. Shall I serve you your meal first?"
Where did Sister Oriole go?
The palace maid shook her head: "It seems they were delayed at the Brocade Palace."
Sheng Sheng said "Oh," and then said, "I want to wait for Sister Huang Ying a little longer."
"Yes, Princess."
The palace servants withdrew.
After the palace servants left, Sheng Sheng sat on her small stool and waited for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. By then, it was already getting dark. Fortunately, she had eaten something at Jingyue Pavilion, otherwise her stomach would have started rumbling long ago.
Yan Hu ran around the vicinity of Yuqing Palace twice and came back: "I walked along the road for a while, but I didn't smell the scent of orioles."
"Ah, Sister Huangying hasn't returned yet. Did that beautiful aunt keep her here on some business?"
Sheng Sheng remembered that in the afternoon, Huang Ying followed that beautiful woman.
“That shouldn’t be the case. Huang Ying is always alert. She knew you were waiting in Yuqing Palace. Even if Consort Rong kept her here, she would have found a way to come back. It wouldn’t have taken this long.”
Hearing Yan Hu say this, Sheng Sheng also felt it made a lot of sense. The little dumpling immediately became anxious: "That's right, Sister Huang Ying said she would definitely come back to have dinner with Sheng Sheng. Sister Huang Ying won't break her promise. Could it be that... could it be that something happened to Sister Huang Ying!"
Huang Ying was Sheng Sheng's closest person in Yuqing Palace besides Xie Yunchuan. She was very worried that something might have happened to Huang Ying.
The palace servants didn't know why Huang Ying hadn't returned yet. In any case, even if Jinxiu Palace had kept her there, Huang Ying would at least have sent someone to let them know.
After much thought, there's only one possibility left.
That means the oriole has no way to inform anyone.
Jinxiu Palace and Yuqing Palace are originally one family, so there's no reason to make things difficult for Huang Ying.
Yan Hu, the little dog, was quick-witted. Since the little dumpling didn't understand these things, it patiently explained to her, "The person you saw this afternoon was His Highness's mother, so it's impossible for Huang Ying to have had an accident in Jinxiu Palace."
"Brother's mother?" Sheng Sheng was somewhat surprised, but at that moment she didn't have time to think about such things; her mind was filled with the possibility that Huang Ying might be in trouble.
"Sister Huangying wouldn't have gotten into trouble with Auntie Pretty, so... is it possible that... something happened to her on her way back?"
For example, birds in flight sometimes encounter eagles hunting them.
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