And Shen Fu was kneading dough at the small table. She looked particularly lovable with her eyes lowered.
Xiao Yu didn't know how long he watched before he approached quietly.
Perhaps because she heard footsteps, Shen Fu turned her head. She saw His Majesty walking towards her.
"Your Highness?"
Chen Fu was almost frightened by the person who came. After seeing who the person in front of her was, she felt relieved: "Your Majesty, why are you here?"
Xiao Yu looked at the noodles in her hand and glanced down: "Are you cooking?"
Zi Su said she was making soup, but Xiao Yu looked at the flour in her hand. Although he had never cooked before, it didn't look like she was making soup at all.
Chen Fu was holding the dough in her hands, and her hands were covered with flour. Seeing the look in His Majesty's eyes, she subconsciously hid her hands behind her back.
"I want to try making dumplings."
Xiao Yu lowered his head and looked at the flour on Chen Fu's hands. Her clean hands were stained with flour and no longer as radiant as before.
It's like a bright pearl covered with dust, appearing dull and irrelevant.
"Let the servants do the work, why do you have to dirty your hands?"
As soon as His Majesty finished speaking, the maids beside him were so frightened that they immediately knelt on the ground.
"I want to do it for His Majesty myself." Chen Fu felt that there was something wrong with His Majesty's tone today, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.
"Let me do the rough work from now on." Xiao Yu lowered his head and looked at Shen Fu's palm.
The sticky stuff between her fingers made Xiao Yu frown subconsciously.
Xiao Yu took out his sleeves and wiped Shen Fu's hands carefully. Her hands were very sticky due to the flour. Xiao Yu lowered his head and wiped them very carefully.
Xiao Yu didn't let go of the hand until it was wiped clean.
"I just need to be well, I don't need you to do this."
"But, I have only done half of it..."
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Shen Fu just wants to make dumplings by herself.
There was a struggle in her eyes, but Xiao Yu just shook his head at her.
Chen Fu bit her lips lightly, but still lowered her eyes and said calmly:
"Then I will obey your Majesty."
Xiao Yu held Chen Fu's hand and walked out, but before leaving, he couldn't help but look back.
There were a few small dumplings on the table. It's ugly, but you can tell it was made with care.
After returning to the Hehuan Palace, Xiao Yu's expression was still fixed on the table.
Even towards Chen Fu, the anger in her heart was suppressed a little.
"Why is His Majesty here today?" Chen Fu noticed that something was wrong with His Majesty's expression.
Although she didn't know whether it was for Shen, Shen Fu always felt a little uneasy.
"Your Majesty, you didn't even come to say hello before you came."
There was a hint of coquettishness in Chen Fu's tone. Xiao Yu, who was standing beside her, took the teacup from Chen Fu's hand, lowered his head and took a sip.
Xiao Yu looked at Shen Fu beside him tentatively.
Her expression remained the same as always.
Her eyes were shallow, and the look in them when she looked at herself was full of tenderness.
Xiao Yu was a little confused. Did Chen Fu know about it or not?
Or in other words, is she sincere to him?
There was a searching look in His Majesty's eyes. When Shen Fu met his gaze, she was startled: "Why would His Majesty look at me like this?"
She spoke in a low voice, with a hint of timidity in her tone.
But only those eyes showed a bit of panic.
Just now, Shen Fu was still wondering whether she had seen the Emperor's look wrong or she was just imagining things.
But after meeting this gaze, Shen Fu instantly understood.
It wasn't that she saw it wrong, but that His Majesty really had something on his mind?
What aspects does that concern?
Chen Fu couldn't help it and racked her brains to recall.
She has just been promoted to Imperial Noble Consort, and His Majesty should be most pleased with her at this moment.
The look he gave me was as if I had done something seriously wrong.
But what is it?
Shen Fu couldn't help but recall that it was His Majesty who arrested Shen Changshan and what Shen Changshan said.
Or maybe it was because of the last incident that Xiao Baozi was asked to remind His Majesty.
His Majesty has begun to suspect me?
Shen Fu thought about it over and over again, but couldn't figure it out.
Beside him, Xiao Yu's teacup fell back onto the table, and a soft voice came: "Chen Fu, I have something to ask you."
Your Highness’s voice was low and sharp.
Chen Fu couldn't help but shudder in her heart. When she came to her senses, she raised her head with a smile on her face: "Your Majesty, what happened?"
She stood up, took the teacup beside her and drank it, then turned around and said, "Your Majesty, you can ask whatever you want to ask. Why don't you even call A-Fu? Shen Fu, Shen Fu, I feel uneasy when I hear this."
"It's as if I have done something to offend Your Majesty."
Isn't it just doing something wrong to yourself?
Xiao Yu took the teacup handed to him by Chen Fu with an expressionless face.
She had a fiancée hidden from her.
Such a big thing, isn’t it big enough?
Xiao Yu frowned and subconsciously wanted to get angry at Chen Fu.
But he gritted his teeth and covered it up in the end: "I just want to ask you one thing, you answer it well."
Shen Fu's heart beat rapidly.
But he didn't dare to reveal it in front of His Majesty.
"Your Majesty, please ask."
"Do you know what child marriage means?" Shen Fu waited anxiously for a long time before the Emperor said these nonsensical words.
She almost thought she had heard it wrong.
He raised his head in confusion and saw His Majesty exclaimed in surprise: "Ah."
His Majesty asked what the question was.
"I just want to ask you whether you know about child betrothal." Xiao Yu was sitting on the soft couch, and seeing Chen Fu's puzzled look, he deliberately frowned.
The tips of his slender fingers fell on the table, and he tapped his palms rapidly a few times.
"You just need to answer me whether you know or not."
Your Majesty’s eyes are really too sharp.
Shen Fu didn't dare to look anymore.
She nodded hurriedly: "I understand."
Aren't the three words "child marriage" very easy to understand as the name suggests?
"The engagement was arranged from the time we were in the womb, so we were engaged as children."
Chen Fu was still puzzled and looked at His Majesty: "Why are you asking this, Your Majesty?"
Xiao Yu sat on the chair, looking into Chen Fu's innocent eyes.
The dark and distinct eyes looked over, and the clarity was like being washed by water.
Those eyes were full of self.
Is Shen Fu really unaware?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Xiao Yu's anger subconsciously subsided by a large amount.
It's one thing to conceal the truth, but what if she really knew nothing?
That's another matter.
Xiao Yu even thought that if she really knew nothing, he could just pretend that nothing had happened.
"Don't you know? Why am I asking you this?"
Xiao Yu frowned and spoke deliberately.
"How would I know?" Chen Fu replied subconsciously.
But then he thought of something and swallowed it back silently.
"Should I know?"
What on earth is your question?
Chen Fu really couldn't help it. What did a child marriage have to do with her?
Judging from Shen Fu's eyes, there was really no sign of guilt at all.
Xiao Yu then silently withdrew his gaze: "You shouldn't know."
Judging from Shen Fu's reaction, she was unaware of it.
Just don't know...
His restless heart finally calmed down.
"Is your Majesty hiding something from me?"
Chen Fu felt that the question His Majesty asked was really problematic and couldn't help but test it.
"No." Xiao Yu took the teacup and avoided Chen Fu's gaze.
He raised the teacup and took a sip.
"I saw that the fifth prince was still young, so I was thinking about arranging a marriage for him."
Xiao Yu's eyes were gloomy.
But it was Chen Fu who fooled her: "Your Majesty, is Tuan'er too young?"
Chen Fu didn't know what His Majesty was planning.
I don’t know whether the supreme position will belong to Tuaner in the future.
But Chen Fu still hopes that Tuan'er can find a woman he loves.
"It's still early for the future." Chen Fu coughed softly: "Tuan'er is still so young, isn't it too early to arrange a baby marriage now?"
"You also think Tuan'er is small?" Chen Fu sat in front of him, and Xiao Yu leaned over and lowered his head.
It can easily lift up a woman's chin.
He caressed it with his fingertips, unable to suppress the bitterness in his heart, and deliberately looked into Shen Fu's eyes and asked, "What do you think the meaning of arranging a baby marriage so early is?"
Xiao Yu gritted his teeth and silently swallowed the pain in his throat.
It’s just a pity that Shen Fu didn’t hear it.
Seeing His Majesty's question, Shen Fu was kind enough to think for a moment before saying, "Can a baby marriage be arranged? That must have been carefully considered."
"Generally, those who can arrange a marriage for their children must have a good understanding of their elders."
"It's just that the character of adults cannot represent that of children." Shen Fu was a little afraid that His Majesty really wanted to arrange a marriage for Tuan'er.
I racked my brains to advise him: "Your Majesty, think about it, although the elders are all talented and knowledgeable, how can they guarantee the children?"
"Tuan'er is still young, and we love him dearly. But if we really arrange a marriage for him, he will have to marry her when he is old enough."
"We don't know what the other person looks like or what kind of person he is. The most important thing is that the two people have never met each other, but they have been determined since childhood."
"When we grow up, we will naturally become husband and wife. To say it's good is to get married, to say it's bad is not..."
Before he finished his words, Xiao Yu pinched Shen Fu's chin with one hand.
She pinched her lips tightly with her slender fingertips, and clenched her back teeth: "Happy marriage?"
Xiao Yu's back teeth also exerted force.
Does she know how irritating her words are?
Did you know that you almost got married to someone else?
Xiao Yu gritted his teeth and clenched his teeth tightly, wishing he could vent all the anger in his heart on her.
But after thinking about it, he finally stopped talking: "So, you think that child marriage is not good at all?"
The hand that was pinching her chin tightened so hard that Shen Fu felt a pain in her jaw.
She nodded.
Puzzled eyes fell on His Majesty's face: "I...I have always said that child marriage is not good."
Where on earth did Your Majesty hear me say that child marriage is good?
Shen Fu only felt that the hand pinching her chin used all its strength, and it hurt so much that she wanted to cry but had no tears.
"Child marriage is not good at all."
Xiao Yu looked at Shen Fu's face carefully for a long time, and after making sure that what she said was true, he slowly let go of his hand.
"You know it in your heart."
What kind of child marriage is this? It was just a joke played by Shen Fu's family back then.
Chen Fu said, "That's right, that person is just a name with nothing."
He doesn't envy the childhood engagement that was arranged since childhood!
I will not be jealous of the man whose name I don't know.
After all these years, will he always remember in his heart that he has had a fiancée since he was a child?
Will you think over and over in your dreams at midnight what your future wife's life was like?
What's the temper, character, and whether or not the person is easy to get along with.
Or maybe, he would fantasize about getting engaged to her when he grows up.
After marriage, what will the two do?
Should we drink tea and write poetry together, or appreciate the snow and paint together?
After all these years, has he always had this thought in his mind?
Are you looking forward to growing up every day?
And now, Chen Fu is so old, is he also at the age of marriage?
Where is he at this time? Is he still thinking about his wife Chen Fu?
Thin, thin waves of sorrow flowed through Xiao Yu's body like running water.
It squeezed his bones and made him feel as if he was soaked in a jar of vinegar.
Xiao Yu's hands tightened until he saw pain on Shen Fu's face, and then he let go.
"You're right. This is feudal dregs. They don't care whether their children like it when they grow up."
Shen Fu is his mother.
She likes others and herself.
As for the man whose name I don't know.
Shen Fu was probably unaware of her existence, so how could she pose any threat to him?
He is not worried.
Your Majesty, use your palm to exert force:
"Pass the order down, abolish this practice, and no more child marriages will be allowed in the entire capital from now on."
"Cancel the childhood engagement too." Xiao Yu put force into his palms, pinching with his fingertips to make snapping sounds.
Xiao Baozi nodded at the side: "I will go down and give the order right away."
But before leaving, Xiao Baozi couldn't help but sigh.
How jealous is His Majesty?
Is Your Majesty crazy?
Seeing Xiao Baozi leaving, Shen Fu didn't dare to step forward for a moment.
For no reason, he said some incomprehensible words.
"Your Majesty, what has happened to you that has offended you?" Chen Fu had endured it for so long, and now she didn't want to endure it any longer.
"Pingyi came to me for no reason and said so much. Are you trying to get angry with me on purpose?"
She opened her eyes, and her dark eyes were full of grievance.
Look, Xiao Yu just felt upset.
She even dared to get angry at herself.
Does she know what she has done?
Xiao Yu took a deep breath, and then he remembered.
Shen Fu didn't know.
She didn't understand why I took my temper out on her.
It's like talking to a cow!
Comfort it.
I just can't get over the hurdle in my heart.
She was engaged to someone else, and she hadn't lost her temper yet, so she needed to be coaxed by herself.
But no coaxing.
When Xiao Yu saw Chen Fu's red eyes, he felt a headache.
“Do you know where Shen Changshan is being held?”
Xiao Yu rubbed his eyebrows and deliberately changed the subject to ask her.
Shen Changshan was imprisoned in Tianlao.
The person was brought back to the palace and then imprisoned in Tianlao.
It is said that after Shen Changshan was taken to Tianlao, he kept talking about going back every day.
Every word he said was about how he had an injured wife at home who needed him to take care of her.
Of course, Shen Fu shouldn't have known this.
She should have known nothing about the words that Shen Changshan cursed at her in the prison.
"Chen Changshan is imprisoned in the dungeon." Xiao Yu gently stroked the back of Shen Fu's head with the palm of his hand.
When the news came, in addition to the news about the Gu family, there was also news about the Shen family.
We have discovered some things that were previously unknown.
Xiao Yu thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out whether he should let Chen Fu know.
But there are some things that Shen Fu should decide for herself.
"Go to the prison to meet him."
Chen Fu subconsciously wanted to ask why, but when she raised her head and saw the emperor's expression, she swallowed it whole.
She leaned down and snuggled gently in His Majesty's arms.
"I will go when the time comes."
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