Chapter 23: Please

Seeing that they didn't believe her, Shen Chuwei stopped talking and lowered her head to continue staring at the pigeon.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Chunxi brought tea, placed it in front of them and then stepped aside.

Tao Chenghui saw Shen Chuwei's pale face and thought of the Luozidai he brought with him. He smiled ingratiatingly, "Sister Shen, I saw you with too plain makeup last time, so I brought you something nice this time."

Shen Chu subconsciously thought it was delicious, and looked at Tao Chenghui's hand with anticipation.

Tao Chenghui took a small box from Dingxiang's hand and placed it in front of himself.

The box is exquisite and small, with dark patterns on the deep red surface, and you can tell at a glance that it is not for eating.

It’s beautiful, but it’s not edible, what a pity.

Shen Chuwei lowered his head in disappointment, and saw Pigeon start to look forward to it again.

Tao Chenghui didn't notice Shen Chuwei's disappointed look, and smiled as he introduced: "Sister Shen, this is the Luozidai that my mother's family sent in a few days ago. Although it's not as precious as the one used by the Empress, it's also a rare treasure."

Tao Chenghui's father was a famous wealthy businessman. He traveled far and wide and had seen many treasures. There were also many rare treasures in the palace, such as this rare Luozidai.

Even Tao Chenghui's entry into the palace was a backdoor obtained by her wealthy businessman father at a great cost.

Shen Chuwei goes out without makeup every day because she can have breakfast directly after getting up in the morning and washing up. Putting on makeup takes too much time and affects her breakfast.

"Thank you, Sister Tao, for your kindness."

Tao Chenghui didn't care about Shen Chuwei's lukewarm tone. The most important thing was to meet His Highness.

Shen Chuwei's attitude made Xu Chenghui more certain that His Highness was in Xiyun Pavilion. The reason why he said he was not there was definitely because he was afraid that they would come and snatch His Highness away.

Fortunately, she had prepared a gift, but she didn't expect Tao Chenghui to get it first. She didn't want to be left behind, so she took a piece of cloth from Taohua and put it on the table.

"Sister Shen, this is Jiangnan Shu brocade. It can be made into clothes. It is very suitable for you to wear."

This piece of Sichuan brocade was given to her by Chang Liangdi. Because the color was too plain, she didn't like it, so she borrowed the flower offering to give it to Shen Fengyi.

Shen Chuwei glanced at the Shujin on the table and was not very interested. "Thank you for the gift, Sister Xu."

Xu Chenghui was unhappy with Shen Chuwei's indifference, and it showed on his face. He looked towards the door from time to time, wishing he could go in and take a look.

Tao Chenghui's attention was also inside the house. Thinking of His Highness coming out, she raised her hand to adjust her temples and check the position of the embroidery so that His Highness would see her the first thing he saw when he came out.

But she waited and waited but the prince didn't come out of the inner room, which made her feel strange. She looked at Shen Chuwei and saw her roasting pigeons with her head down. The aroma wafted over and she couldn't help licking her lips. It smelled so good.

Shen Chuwei looked at the pigeon's golden appearance and the oil oozing out of it and knew it was ready, so she took the pigeon off and put it on a plate.

Xuetuan couldn't wait to jump onto the table, bent down, and stared at the pigeon, his pink nose twitching.

Shen Chuwei saw it and reminded: "You can't eat it now, it's very hot."

Xu Chenghui couldn't sit still anymore. She looked back and saw Xuetuan staring at the pigeon on the table. She glanced at Shen Chuwei with disdain. She really went to great lengths to win favor, roasting a pigeon herself to please Xuetuan?

She suddenly had an idea and said politely, "Xuetuan, let me help you separate the pigeons. This way it will be easier to eat."

If His Highness came out and saw how carefully she treated Xuetuan, he would definitely look at her with admiration.

As Xu Chenghui stretched out his hand, Shen Chuwei quickly protected the roasted pigeon in front of him with both hands, "Don't touch my roasted pigeon."

Xu Chenghui's hand froze in the air awkwardly, and she took it back awkwardly, "Sister, you misunderstood. I saw that you must be tired after baking for such a long time. I just helped you share some of the burden."

Shen Chu smiled politely: "Thank you, I'm not tired."

Xu Chenghui raised his handkerchief to hide his embarrassment. Wasn't he afraid that I would take all the credit? Really, who cares?

Chunxi held back her laughter as she cleaned up the stove.

Tao Chenghui guessed Xu Chenghui's purpose and smiled secretly while raising his handkerchief.

Shen Chuwei waited until the pigeon had cooled down a bit, then she put on her gloves, picked up the pigeon, and broke off the whole part from the neck to the legs, and placed it in front of Xuetuan, smiling, "Xuetuan, you can eat it now."

"Look." Xuetuan didn't give up and lowered his head to start eating.

Xu Chenghui couldn't bear it any longer, "Sister Shen, why are you feeding Xuetuan pigeon heads and feet? There's not even any meat in them."

Shen Chuwei was just about to start eating, but when she heard this, she remembered that the pigeon was caught by Xuetuan, and it seemed a bit unfair to only give it the pigeon's head and feet.

"Sister Xu has some truth in what she said."

She smiled, broke off the two wings and placed them in front of the snowball, then put the whole pigeon to her mouth and took a bite. It was crispy and tender, and delicious.

Xu Chenghui looked at the two wings in front of Xuetuan, and then looked at Shen Chuwei eating with relish, and was dumbfounded. She actually gave the leftovers to His Highness's pet?

Tao Chenghui looked at Shen Chuwei eating so happily and licked his lips subconsciously. The food seemed to taste better than what was cooked in the kitchen.

After Shen Chuwei finished eating the roasted pigeon, she took off her gloves. Chunxi handed her a wet towel. She wiped her mouth with the wet towel with satisfaction.

Xu and Tao looked at the bones on the table, then looked at Xuetuan, and found that it had just finished cleaning its mouth and jumped off the table and left.

The two looked at each other and finally realized a problem, that is, His Highness might not really be here.

Xu Chenghui thought that His Highness was not here, so there was no reason for him to stay any longer.

"Sister Shen, I have something else to do so I will go back first. Remember to come to Yilan Pavilion and sit down when you have time."

Shen Chuwei was just wanting to take a nap, but when she heard Xu Chenghui was leaving, she nodded happily and decided to decide later whether to go to Yilan Pavilion or not.

After Xu Chenghui left with his handkerchief waved, Tao Chenghui drank his tea and showed no intention of leaving.

Shen Chuwei took out some brown sugar melon seeds and was about to eat them. When she saw Tao Chenghui, she politely asked, "Sister Tao, do you want to eat some melon seeds?"

Tao Chenghui was just worrying about having no topics to talk about with He Shenchuwei to get closer to her, and when he heard her eating melon seeds, he agreed without thinking.

"OK."

Shen Chuwei brought some melon seeds to Tao Chenghui.

Tao Chenghui was originally just eating some melon seeds out of boredom to cover up his embarrassment, but he found that the seeds were quite delicious and he couldn't stop eating them.

Xu Chenghui left Xiyun Pavilion and turned back to find that Tao Chenghui did not follow her out. She raised a sneer at the corner of her lips. Did she really think that she could see His Highness by staying here with a smug look on her face? It was just a waste of time.

She withdrew her gaze, twisted her slender waist and returned to Yilan Pavilion.

As soon as Xu Chenghui left, Eunuch Liu followed him and came to Xiyun Pavilion with his men.

Chunxi saw Eunuch Liu from a distance and hurried over to him, "Eunuch Liu, what brings you here at this time?"

"It's important." Eunuch Liu walked up to Shen Chuwei with a smile, "Miss Shen, His Highness will come over for dinner tonight. If you want any ingredients, just go to the kitchen and get them."

The implication is to make something delicious for His Highness.