"Zhihua, go to the private vault and withdraw 100 taels of gold. No check required." Ye Han instructed Zhihua after placing all the orders.
"Yes." Zhihua answered after a moment of surprise, but didn't ask anything.
After Ye Han finished giving instructions, he immersed himself in the unfinished work.
Yue Chengyu in the study received the news of this situation almost at the same time.
"One hundred taels of gold?" Yue Chengyu frowned and looked at the secret guard who was responsible for supervising the princess.
"Yes, after dinner the princess closed her eyes and rested for a while, then she sent for one hundred taels of gold."
"Are there any other unusual behaviors?"
"No, I spent half the morning looking at the account books. However, the princess seemed unhappy while waiting for lunch at noon." The secret guard reported truthfully.
"Okay, got it. Continue to supervise."
"yes."
Yue Chengyu watched the secret guards retreat, leaned back in his chair, and pinched his eyebrows with both hands.
"Greetings, Your Highness." Zhihua was changing the tea for Ye Han, and when she looked up, she saw Yue Chengyu coming in.
Yue Chengyu nodded and walked over to sit down. Ye Han heard the voice, looked up, and said casually, "Your Highness, are you done so early?"
"It's getting late. It's almost noon." Yue Chengyu looked at Ye Han and answered.
"Oh? Really? I didn't notice it. Time flies so fast." Ye Han met Yue Chengyu's gaze directly.
The two of them just looked at each other, neither of them looking away first. There was crackling in the air, but in reality, the two of them were calm.
"Well, it's time for dinner. What would you like to eat, Princess?"
"I'm new here, and I just found out that the fish in your mansion is good. I'd like to trouble Your Highness to recommend other specialties." Ye Han smiled and said slowly.
After listening to this, Yue Chengyu looked at Zhihua and instructed her, "Ask the kitchen to serve all the signature dishes."
Zhihua glanced at Ye Han, who nodded. "Yes," she said, and then she left. Ye Han had asked everyone except Zhihua to wait outside, so after Zhihua left, only Ye Han and Yue Chengyu were left in the room.
"The princess is one of the few people who dares to look me in the eye." Yue Chengyu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea with a faint expression, as if this sentence was an unintentional sigh.
"Huh? It's really my honor!" Ye Han said in an "innocent" tone, and her expression was also excited about being praised.
Yue Chengyu paused the teacup in his hand and looked at Ye Han. "As expected, she is General Ye's daughter."
"So does Your Highness like it or not?" Ye Han seemed tired after sitting for a whole day. He held his chin with one hand, stared into Yue Chengyu's eyes, and asked casually.
"Why, if I say I don't like the princess, can I change it?"
"Well, generally speaking, no. Of course, it's possible under certain circumstances."
"Hmm? Like what?"
"What do you think, Your Majesty?"
"I don't think I have that ability."
"Your Highness, Princess, dinner is here." Zhihua's voice interrupted the exchange between the two. Servants began to place the dishes on the table.
"Eat." Yue Chengyu was the first to pick up his chopsticks. Ye Han followed closely behind. Both of them were starving and ate very quickly. They only slowed down when they were almost half full.
"Hmm, as expected of a former imperial chef, this dish is delicious. I haven't had such delicious food in over a decade." After Ye Han's cover was almost completely exposed, he stopped hiding it completely. In private, he let himself go a bit. At the very least, his dignified persona was completely shattered.
"The princess has eaten a lot of delicious food. At least the hot pot we had last night had a lot of ingredients that I have never eaten before. Not to mention, most of them were quite delicious. I don't know where the princess bought it. I will ask the butler to buy some later." Yue Chengyu teased unintentionally.
Ye Han paused while picking up the food, then said in a joking tone, "Believe it or not, if I say all of these were made by me." After saying that, he made a mysterious expression.
"Oh? It was transformed? Does the princess have this ability?" Yue Chengyu raised his eyebrows.
"Then I am very capable. Maybe one day I can lead our palace to live a fairy-like life."
"Then it seems that there are still many things about the princess that I don't know." After saying this, his eyes changed and stared into Ye Han's eyes. "I just don't know if there are any risks!"
Ye Han put down her chopsticks, looked directly into Yue Chengyu's eyes, and curled her lips. "Then there must be no risk. After all, I am only 17 years old. I am in my prime and haven't lived enough. How can I put myself in danger? Don't you think so, Your Highness?"
Ye Han understood the subtext of Yue Chengyu's question, and similarly, Yue Chengyu also understood Ye Han's answer.
"That's good." Yue Chengyu had no intention of pursuing the matter further. He had already tested what needed to be tested. If he was really a spy from the enemy country, he would be exposed sooner or later.
Yue Chengyu didn't bring it up again, but Ye Han didn't want to give up such a good opportunity. After all, the topic had come to this point, and it would be a shame to waste the opportunity!
Ye Han leaned forward and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, to be honest, the way to eat hot pot comes from a dream I had when I was a child. I dreamed that I was in a bizarre world where people could fly in the sky, carriages could run without horses, and the speed was very fast, disappearing with a whoosh. The houses were dozens of feet high and had many floors. The supplies were very rich, and the indoor temperature was not cold in winter and not hot in summer... There were many novel ways to eat it, and hot pot was one of them. Later, when I woke up, I asked someone to try to make it, and it tasted really good, right?" Ye Han raised his eyebrows and said it half-truthfully in a storytelling tone.
Yue Chengyu looked at Ye Han with interest after hearing this. "So, Princess, you want to tell me where you bought all those ingredients?"
"As expected of a prince, you can even guess this?"
"Haha, since the princess is so good at making up stories, why don't you consider publishing a book? It should be very popular with everyone." Yue Chengyu said lightly.
Looking at Yue Chengyu's expression, Ye Han knew that he didn't believe it, so he waved his hands indifferently and said, "Hey, these days, why doesn't anyone believe the truth?!" "But Your Highness, don't you suspect that this is a ghost or something?" Ye Han asked doubtfully.
"So, Princess, do you think I should burn you to death?"
"Will you?"
"If the princess wishes, I can help her."
"...boring, tired after a day, wash up and take a rest."
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