withered prosperity

Now is the busiest time for the kitchen, but there is still a small half of the seats for the prince's distinguished guests.

"My lord, what are we doing?" Han'er leaned beside him and asked with interest.

"I don't know any complicated dishes." Yan Hai glanced at the bustling chefs over there, and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Xiao's taste is light, so I'll just make a fish soup and fry a dish. "

"Aren't you going to be a cat today?" Han'er covered her mouth and said with a smile: "The cat you made that night was really interesting! I think Mr. Xiao likes it very much."

"Really?" Han'er didn't say that he had forgotten, that night he purposely pinched a kitten out of dough, which could be regarded as teasing Yun Ji secretly.

"How could you eat it if you don't like it!" Han'er laughed even harder.

She collected the dishes afterwards, and she guessed that the pretty cat had been eaten.

"Ah?" Yan Hai was taken aback for a moment.

"I see that you are so skillful, and the cat you made is so cute." Han'er said to him, "I saw it the other day, and even though I knew it was tasteless, I still wanted to take a bite!"

Yan Hai's cheeks suddenly flushed, and he turned around quickly, pretending to look for materials.

"Since everyone likes it, I'll make some!" He looked for it and said, "I'll put some pastry with sugar and pastry, and then dip some honey, it should be edible."

Fish soup and vegetarian dishes are easy, and the dough has already been made, but it took a lot of time to knead a plate of cats.

Han'er has been watching from the side, and kneads the dough as well, but it is made into strange shapes. In the end, Yan Hai pinches two rabbits for her and puts them in the cage together.

The number of people coming in and out of the kitchen gradually increased, most of them were dressed as servants. They all recognized Han'er as the servant girl next to the prince, and quickly asked each other. When they heard that it was the prince's guest who was cooking by himself, they were all very surprised , and did not dare to shout and drink like usual, it seemed that the whole kitchen was extraordinarily quiet.

"Does your lord have any heirs?"

"The concubine's fortune is poor. She hasn't left the mansion for three years, and the prince has never accepted a side concubine. However, there is a Mrs. Zhao who followed the prince before the concubine entered the mansion. She gave birth to a pair of twin sons and daughters. Miss, this year is also four years old."

"It's a blessing to have both sons and daughters." Yan Hai nodded.

Soon the plate of cats in various poses was cooked.

"My lord, have you ever raised a cat?" Han'er looked at it carefully, and felt more and more vivid: "Otherwise, how could it be so similar!"

"I raised them when I was young." Yan Hai put those cats on a plate, then packed the rest of the rabbits and handed them to Han'er.

"I can't bear to eat it, I'll put it here first, and I can take it back to show off to my sisters later!" Han'er helped him put the vegetables and snacks into the food box. "I will have to thank Mr. Xiao very much later, if it weren't for him, how would I have such a blessing."

Yan Hai quickly lowered his head, pretending to straighten his sleeves.

"Third Master." The servant came over and told him, "Here comes the man, that's him."

He walked to the window and saw Han'er and the young man. The two of them took the food box and walked towards the small building along the edge of Ningshuang Lake.

Although it was a distance away, he had good eyesight and could see the outlines in all directions.

He grabbed the window frame so suddenly that he almost fell out of the window.

"Third Master?" The servant was startled by him, and hurried over to help him.

"I'm fine!" He waved away the other party.

Until that figure disappeared from sight, he suddenly lost his foot and almost fell to the ground.

"What's the matter?" She wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled him into her arms. "Where is it uncomfortable?"

"I'm fine." When he turned around, the expression on his face had returned to normal.

"What are you doing here?" Standing behind him was the owner of the palace, Prince Cheng Yin Yutang.

"I just want to see how beautiful is the beauty who is said to be hidden in the small building by the prince in the mansion."

"See?" Yin Yutang smiled: "What do you think?"

"I didn't expect the lord's eyes to become more and more strange." He raised the corners of his eyes and cast a sideways glance. For a man like him, such an ordinary action can actually be full of charm, which makes people's hearts sway. "But that's good. If I don't have anything to do, I can go back to Shaohuafang earlier. There are a lot of things to do there."

"Are you jealous?"

"What are you talking about, my lord! A humble person like me..."

"Try again if you dare to say it!" Yin Yutang leaned close to his ear and told him. "Did you forget how you agreed to me last night..."

When he thought of last night, there was another soreness in his waist, and he couldn't help cursing bitterly in his heart.

"Are you scolding me in your heart?" Yin Yutang saw that his face finally changed, and smiled more heartily: "Qiu Lanyu, you are so brave, if this king doesn't punish you properly, what is your majesty?"

When Yan Hai stepped into the room, Yun Ji was sitting at the table waiting for him.

Yan Hai was stunned for a moment.

Not because of the changed face, but because of this scene, this person's expression and posture, as if it happened at any time and place.

Even though he knew it was just an illusion, he still felt sorry for it.

Yun Ji stood up and walked in front of him, taking the food box in his hand.

"What's wrong?" He looked at Yan Hai's stupid look, and couldn't help laughing: "Aren't you used to it?"

Yan Hai hurriedly nodded his head in a panic.

Yun Ji saw that his face was flushed, so he reached out to touch it, wanting to see if there would be a difference in the temperature of his cheeks.

Startled by him, Yan Hai jumped back unconsciously, almost bumping into Han'er who just stepped in.

"Hey!" Han'er who had just walked in took a step back, looked up and saw Yun Ji's face, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"That..." Yan Hai said uncomfortably, "Just put the things on the table."

"It's getting dark, I'll light up the room and leave." Han'er put the food box on the table, and ran to light the lamp obediently, as if she hadn't seen anything just now.

Immediately the room brightened up.

Yan Hai had already put the fish soup and food on the table, but he didn't open another food box immediately.

Han'er, who had already walked to the door, saw his hesitation, and burst into a "puchi" laugh.

The two at the table looked at her together.

"Then I'll go down first." She saluted: "If you need anything, Young Master and Mister, just call someone."

When she went out, she closed the door intimately.

"What's that?" Yun Ji asked him, looking at the box in his hand.

"It's just a snack after dinner." Yan Hai cleared his throat, feeling a little hot on his face.

"Oh!" Yun Ji nodded, as if he didn't care too much, and then reached out to open the food box the moment his hand left.

A plate of steaming cats appeared in front of them, sitting, lying or puffing, each of which was no more than the size of a finger, with different and lifelike expressions. Even without coloring, they looked exquisite and cute.

"This...you seem to like it very much..." Yan Hai stammered, wishing he could hit himself.

He clearly didn't think so just now.

He was thinking just now that if he opened the food box in front of Yun Ji, and then teased and laughed at him, it would be interesting to make Yun Ji angry.

He didn't know why he always wanted to annoy Yun Ji.

Maybe only Yun Ji at that time was more like the one he knew before...

"Oh?" Yun Ji picked up one with his fingers, and the cat arched its back and looked angry, just because the dough became round after steaming, and it looked naive. "It's interesting, but it's tasteless."

Then he bit off one of his paws slowly, his eyes lit up.

"Not bad." He commented, "It's much sweeter than the one last night."

"No." After he finished speaking, he corrected himself: "It's not the one from last night, it's the one from the night before yesterday."

He obviously didn't say anything strange, but Yan Hai felt that his whole body might be on fire.