Soft and crispy waist

Chapter 111: Does she mean to leave when she says leave?

"Miss, you really aren't going back?" Yueya, who was following Gu Yingxin, asked with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Why should I go back? It's not my full-moon party, you won't hold me, and I have to eat those tasteless dishes. That's torture. I don't want to go back." Gu Yingxin complained with a pout, kicking the stones on the ground.

"Her Royal Highness is doing this for your own good. You're not married yet, so it's not good to hold a child."

"What do you mean by this is for my own good? Other people can hug their daughters, but not me. I just don't want to ruin the reputation she has prepared for me. My brother and I are just pawns in her hands."

Yueya was so frightened that she quickly reached out to cover Gu Yingxin's mouth. "Miss, don't say anything nonsense. Her Highness is your mother."

"Look how scared you are. There's no one here." Gu Yingxin rolled her eyes, but she became more and more angry.

Even if I want to complain, I have to avoid people.

Theirs was not a home at all. Her father had gone to the frontier and had not returned for several years. Her brother was burdened with the Duke's Mansion and was forced to embark on a journey he did not want to take. As for her, she had been sent to the palace early to be the princess's tutor.

Everything fell apart, all because of their mother, the eldest princess, who was doing good for them.

If possible, she would like her mother to be a man so that she can realize her ambitions and not give birth to them to be paving stones in this world.

As I was thinking, suddenly a fragrance came into my nose.

Gu Yingxin immediately stopped and sniffed carefully. It seemed to be the aroma of mutton, but not smelly. There was also some indescribable but particularly fragrant smell.

The smell makes one's mouth water.

Looking up, I saw the words "Yinlin Courtyard" engraved on the door.

But there was no one in the yard. It was cold and deserted, but also clean and tidy, and it didn't look like no one lived there.

I walked in and smelled carefully. The fragrance came from the house.

Today is Ruanruan's full moon banquet. Not only will the guests have a feast to eat, but the servants in the mansion will also celebrate and receive wedding money. From the top to the bottom, everyone should go to the front yard.

Could it be that the little maid who couldn't go secretly cooked and ate in the master's room?

What a courage!

She wants to see who that greedy girl is!

"How dare you! How dare you..." He rushed in, shook off his hand and was about to give a righteous lecture, but before he could say half of his words, Gu Yingxin was shocked by the scene in front of her and was speechless.

Xia Zheng and Shuang Xue were sitting at opposite sides of the round table, sweating profusely, each holding a piece of meat on their chopsticks.

The meat was covered in red spicy juice, and it was obviously just taken out from the bowl of mixed sauce in front of the two men.

There was a large copper pot on the table between them, with white soup boiling in it and white smoke rising as a lot of meat and vegetables were cooked. There were also many more on the plates around it.

It looks delicious.

Xia Zheng didn't expect Gu Yingxin to barge in. She was stunned for a moment before she reacted and put down her chopsticks and stood up: "Why is the Second Miss here?"

"I... I left the table to get some fresh air and noticed white smoke coming from your place. I thought it was a maid hiding here and eating secretly, so I came to stop her." Although she said that, Gu Yingxin's eyes never left the pot.

"This is my courtyard. I'm still in confinement and can't go out, so I made a pot to eat." Seeing Gu Yingxin's mouth watering, she gestured to Shuangxue to put out the extra bowls and chopsticks she had just taken. "Since the Second Miss is here, why don't you sit down and eat with us?"

Looking at the two pieces of mutton cooked to perfection in the hot pot, Gu Yingxin swallowed her saliva, forced her eyes away and said, "I'm leaving the feast to eat and staying here with you to eat this broken pot. Do you think I've never eaten before? No... There's nothing delicious. I'm leaving."

He said he was leaving, but his feet didn't move at all.

Yueya took two steps before realizing her young lady hadn't moved. She turned around and asked, "Young lady, didn't you say you were leaving?"

"You..." Gu Yingxin was angry that Yueya was so stupid. Did she really mean to leave when she said leave?

What's so delicious about that shabby table?

Seeing through Gu Yingxin's awkward thoughts, Xia Zheng stepped forward to persuade her, "The banquet in the front yard will take a long time. Miss, you can eat a little before going in time. This pot of rice has just been cooked and it is delicious. Let's eat some."

"They are all so unpresentable. I don't want to..."

Before she finished speaking, Xia Zheng picked up the mutton that was just the right temperature from the bowl and stuffed it into Gu Yingxin's mouth.

Immediately, the spicy and stimulating taste wrapped in the aroma of spices and the milky aroma of mutton bloomed between the lips and teeth. Gu Yingxin's eyes widened immediately and she swallowed it without chewing.

Oops! I swallowed it too fast and didn't get any taste!

"It tastes okay. Second Miss, please treat it as a favor to me and sit down and have a little. Just a little."

"Since you said so, I can't turn you away. I'll just have a few bites." Gu Yingxin sat down reluctantly, picked up the chopsticks and put the two pieces of mutton that she had set her eyes on into her bowl.

He said he would just take a few bites, but actually he ate one bite after another without stopping.

Yueya wanted to ask when they would go back, but seeing that Yingxin was eating as if she hadn't had a full meal in more than ten years, she also knew that her young lady couldn't eat the light meals in the palace. She was hungry all year round and it was rare for her to have a meal she liked, so she kept her mouth shut.

Seeing that she was anxious, Xia Zheng advised her to slow down and put the cooked meat and vegetables on a plate to cool so that she wouldn't get burned if she ate too quickly.

"This dish is delicious! It's even better than meat! How did you make it?" Gu Yingxin asked while eating. After all, she couldn't eat it without it.

"I'll write a list later, and when the Second Miss returns to the palace, just tell someone to follow it. It's very simple."

Gu Yingxin shook her head. "No, the imperial chefs in the palace can't make these. They say strong flavors are not elegant and that raw materials are precious. They are just bland soups. Even if you give them the order, they won't make them."

Speaking of this, Gu Yingxin became angry again.

If she hadn't been sent to the palace, she wouldn't have to endure all this.

She was also angry that she didn't meet Xia Zheng earlier. If she had known that she could cook when she was still a maid, she would have been allowed to enter the palace. Now that she has given birth to a child, there is no chance.

The palace maid named Xia Jin was also not Xia Zheng's sister.

"By the way, do you have a sister?"

Xia Zheng paused for a moment while picking up the food with her chopsticks, wondering if Gu Yingxin knew about Tuan'er?

But there was no change in her eyes. After thinking for a moment, she shook her head and said, "I have no sister, no parents, I am an orphan."

The Xia Zheng of the past is dead, and Tuan'er has changed her name, so it is better not to let outsiders know about their relationship.

Gu Yingxin lowered her eyes in disappointment. "I also met a little maid named Xia in the palace. She gave something to my brother. I thought she was your sister, but she wasn't. She said she gave my brother some private property. I was so angry that I scolded her."

Hearing this, Xia Zheng clenched her hands a little tighter.

"But later I checked and found out that she lied to me. She is such a bad girl at such a young age. But she is capable. She left the clothes she sent to Concubine De yesterday. Concubine De is a well-known good person. Following Concubine De can make her live a good life."

Concubine De, Xia Zheng heard Zhou say when she was wandering in her previous life, that she was indeed a good person. She was an old woman who followed the old emperor from the Qiandi Palace into the palace. Because her daughter died early in marriage, she was very kind to the servants, especially the palace maids.

She felt more at ease knowing that Tuan'er could go to Concubine De.

"Auntie, the tea is cold. I'm here to change it." Just as I was feeling thankful, a little maid came in carrying a tray with teacups.

She lowered her head so low that her face could not be seen.