Sanhezi was about to test for poison with a silver needle when Qin Jue stopped him.
No need
"Your Majesty, moderation is essential."
Sanhezi's words angered Qin Jue, who threw his chopsticks on the ground and glared angrily at Sanhezi.
Sanhezi knelt down the moment Qin Jue threw down his chopsticks.
"Are you saying that my princess will poison me?"
"Your Majesty, that's not what I meant."
"Oh? Then tell me what you mean?"
Sanhezi knelt on the ground, not daring to speak, his head lowered and his eyes fixed on the ground.
"Why did you stop talking? Weren't you very talkative?"
"Your Majesty, please atone."
Upon hearing Qin Jue's voice, Sanhezi dared not speak again.
"Alright, Yansheng, he's just afraid the cook might have poisoned the food."
"Moreover, even the emperor's meals were tested with poisoned needles and tasted by humans."
Yu Ying glanced at Sanhezi kneeling on the ground, then at the dishes on the table, and sat down on the stool, picking up her chopsticks and starting to eat.
"Hmm! Yansheng, this food tastes pretty good."
"Try it, this doesn't seem like a very delicious meal."
Qin Jue glanced at Yu Ying, who was eating, and then at Sanhezi.
Sanhezi immediately got up and went to get more chopsticks.
After all, the chopsticks Yu Ying just used were originally the serving chopsticks that Sanhezi used to serve food to Qin Jue.
While Sanhezi went to get chopsticks, Yuying had already eaten all the food on the table.
When Sanhezi returned with the chopsticks, he saw that Yuying had tasted every dish, and realized that Yuying was essentially testing the poison on Qin Jue herself.
Qin Jue took the chopsticks Sanhezi handed him and began to eat.
"So, Derivative, it's not a whole box of food, is it?"
After seeing Qin Jue eat, Yu Ying used a questioning tone, but her expression was one of certainty.
"Um"
"I heard that a restaurant called Taoxixuan opened in Jingcheng these past few days."
"If I'm not mistaken, the little girl probably went there to eat with her friends."
"Let them protect the princess."
As Qin Jue ate his food, he thought of Xiao Xi'er, glanced sideways at Yu Ying, and said leisurely...
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Qin Jue was having lunch in the palace, while Xiao Xi'er and the others went to a watermelon patch.
"Youluo, is that the watermelon patch you mentioned?"
Xiao Xi'er stood at the doorway, tiptoeing to look inside, but after looking for a long time, she still couldn't see anything.
He gave up, then turned to look at Jun Qingzhi and pointed towards the watermelon patch.
"Yes"
Fang Zixu looked at the gate in front of him, confirming that he didn't know where he was, and then looked at Jun Qingzhi.
"I've lived in the capital for so long, how come I didn't know there was such a watermelon garden outside the capital?"
"Fang Zixu, don't tell me you don't know, even I, the young master, don't know."
Xiao Xi'er turned to look at Fang Zixu and Qi Sinan after hearing their words, and blinked.
Then he looked at Bai Tangyan and Bai Tangzhi.
"Xiao Zhi, have you heard Father mention that there's a watermelon patch here?"
"Yan'er, I haven't heard Father mention this. If he knew there was a watermelon patch here, he would definitely have told me."
"I think so too, after all, both your parents know you like watermelon."
Qi Sinan glanced at Bai Tangzhi after hearing what Bai Tangyan and Bai Tangzhi were saying.
Unconsciously, I repeated to myself, 'So you like watermelon.'
"I'm talking about you..."
At this moment, Fang Zixu was about to pick a fight with Jun Qingzhi, but before he could finish speaking, he heard Qin Jingke's words.
"Sister~, nobody knows there's a watermelon patch here, let's go back."
"What if he's a bad person and wants to hurt my sister?"
"No, Youluo is a very nice person."
"Sister~, look, nobody knows about this place. What if he tries to hurt you?"
Qin Jingke walked to Xiao Xi'er's side, tugged at her arm, and spoke weakly, while glaring at Jun Qingzhi as he spoke.
Seeing Qin Jingke's two-faced nature, Jun Qingzhi raised an eyebrow, then turned Xiao Xi'er around so she was facing her.
Then he squatted down in front of Xiaoxi'er.
"Does Xiaoxi'er also think I would hurt you?"
"Sigh, maybe I haven't seen Xi'er enough times, so she doesn't believe me."
"In that case, let's not go."
"Yu He, there's no need to stop the carriage. Let's drive back to the city now."
"Sigh, in the end, it's my own fault for not thinking things through."
"Xi'er, please don't blame me for my mistake this time? It's just a suggestion."
"It's just a pity that Xi'er can't taste the watermelon."
Although Jun Qingzhi's face didn't show obvious sadness or disappointment, his tone was full of sorrow and dejection.
Upon hearing his master's words and seeing Jun Qingzhi's dramatic performance, Yu He obediently stopped the carriage where it was, instead of moving it to the side.
When Xiao Xi heard Jun Qingzhi's words, especially the phrase "can't even taste the watermelon," she immediately grabbed Jun Qingzhi, who had stood up and was about to leave.
"Youluo, I believe you're not a bad person."
"And we've met before, um..."
Little Xi stretched out one hand, about to start counting, but after counting on her fingers for a while without success, she gave up.
Not only did they put their little hands down, which were used for counting, but they also hid them behind their backs.
"Well... anyway, I've met Youluo-gege many times and eaten with him many times."
"Youluo Guoguo won't hurt the nest."
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