Chapter 409: He's approaching her and she's backing away
At dusk, Yan Ruocheng bought candied haws and returned to Huang Fengmo's mansion.
Normally, Xiaoling would come out to greet her happily, but today was an exception.
When I entered the hall, there was no one there. I thought they were preparing dinner in the side hall, but there was still no one. When I returned to the side room, there was still no one. Where had the people gone?
She came out to ask a servant, who said that a distinguished guest had come today and was having a meal at the Emperor's house.
Yan Ruocheng thought to himself: Xiaoling is probably with the Supreme Emperor. I wonder if he has been rude?
The Supreme Emperor doesn't like to see her, so now he can only sneak over and take a look.
So, she quietly went over, bypassed the patrol area of the guards, came to the back window of Huangshenhuang's wing, hid in a bush, and observed the situation here.
I heard a few of them busy inside and started to eat.
From his tone, it sounded like he was politely picking up vegetables and meat for others first. Yan Ruocheng nodded silently. Fortunately, he was taught to serve others first and then eat slowly, so that he would not be rude to others.
"Uncle Mo, eat cauliflower. It's light and refreshing!"
"Aunt Yin, eat sausage. It's very suitable for you who have strong teeth and like to drink."
"Uncle Chen, eat bitter melon. Mother said you like to eat it."
Huh? Uncle Chen? Huang Chenling is here?
Yan Ruocheng was surprised and happy, and then became unhappy again.
She touched the black scar under the veil and thought to herself: "My current appearance will scare him, so I'd better not let him see me."
So, she went to the kitchen, took some steamed buns to satisfy her hunger, and quietly returned to her room.
"Xiao Ling, don't worry about giving it to us. You should also eat more meat and grow taller." Huang Chenling put a lot of chicken into his bowl. He was very obviously doting on Xiao Ling and showing himself
of fatherly love.
"I'll do it myself, thank you Uncle Chen."
"So good."
Huang Fengmo ate slowly by himself in silence. Without Yan Ruocheng by his side, he felt uncomfortable eating. Listening to the interaction between Huang Chenling and Xiaoling, he felt uncomfortable and embarrassed.
"Ahem, I won't say anything when I eat or sleep." Huang Shenhuang was worried about Huang Fengmo and reminded Huang Chenling.
Huang Chenling looked at Huang Fengmo and ate slowly and quietly. The food was also tasteless. He originally wanted to come to Yan Ruocheng, but he told her to go to Xianjian's place. As a result, he waited until he was ready.
Meal time.
Yinying only took a few mouthfuls of rice before he couldn't help but say: "Oh, I'm full. You guys eat slowly. I'm almost suffocated. It's better to go out to drink and admire the moon."
After Yinying left, Huang Fengmo also put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Father, Chen Ling, you eat slowly. I'll go back to my room to rest first."
He let the guards come in and pushed him back.
Xiao Ling watched the two people leave without any reason, then looked at Huang Shenhuang and Huang Chenling each, and ate slowly without daring to make a sound. She picked up the rice too quickly with her chopsticks, and dropped a piece of rice on the ground.
"Xiao Ling, the rice fell on the ground." Huang Shenhuang said.
"Yes." Xiaoling picked it up and wanted to stuff it into her mouth.
Huang Chenling quickly held down his hand and said to stop him: "It's dirty, how can you pick it up and eat it when it falls on the ground?"
"Mom said you are not allowed to waste food. If you eat it in your stomach, you will only make a fuss and run to the toilet. It's nothing." Xiao Ling shook her head and said.
"Hehe, it seems his mother taught him well." Huang Shenhuang chuckled lightly and said.
"That's not good. Children who eat uncleanly will have diarrhea. It's not a waste of food. That's not how it's done." After Huang Chenling finished speaking, she then said to Xiaoling: "How come your mother teaches half of the children and doesn't teach the other half?"
.If it is too dirty, it should be fertilized so that it is not wasted."
"Uncle Chen, you also dropped seven or eight grains of rice on the ground. Pick it up quickly and fertilize it later." Xiao Ling taught him in turn.
"Okay, Confucians can teach you." Huang Chenling was speechless.
After the three of them had dinner together, Huang Chenling was responsible for sending Xiao Ling back to her room. He deliberately slowed down and looked at Xiao Ling from behind.
The way the little one walks is somewhat similar to him.
"Xiao Ling, do you want to play riding high?" Huang Chenling asked excitedly.
"Think about it!" Xiaoling saw that he was so tall and would be very fun to ride.
"Okay. Come on!" Huang Chenling easily picked up Xiaoling and let him ride on her shoulders.
Xiaoling said happily: "Wow, it's so tall!"
"Hey, you are too light. Remember to eat more in the future." Huang Chenling felt that Xiaoling was a little underweight.
"My mother said that children should not be too full, only eighty percent full is enough," Xiaoling said.
"Don't keep asking your mother how she can sleep if she's not full." Huang Chenling said.
"If I'm not full, I just have room for a midnight snack, hahaha. I guess my mother bought me some candied haws when she came back," Xiao Ling said happily.
"Gluttonous." Huang Chenling said vomitingly.
Yan Ruocheng heard that they were about to come in, so he hid under the bed with a bun.
Huang Chenling opened the door and came in. Someone seemed to have been in the room.
"Oh, mother hasn't come back yet. It's a bit late today."
Huang Chenling put Xiaoling down and touched the tea cup on the table. The tea was still warm. She asked, "When does your mother usually come back?"
"I usually come back in the afternoon." Xiao Ling said calmly.
"Well, then it's really late today. Can I sit down and wait for her?" Huang Chenling said pretentiously.
Xiaoling nodded and agreed.
"Uncle Chen, do you read? I have a picture book here, which my mother drew for me. You can use it to pass the time when you are bored."
"Picture book? Are her paintings understandable?" Huang Chenling asked in surprise.
Yan Ruozhen was hiding under the bed, and when she heard him uttering such nonsense, her eyes narrowed into a thin line.
Xiaoling said innocently and honestly: "I never understand it, but just because I can't understand it, I use it to kill time and guess what she drew."
He showed the drawing book to Huang Chenling to take a look, and Huang Chenling burst into laughter when she saw it: "Pfft! What are you drawing? There are still a lot of ghostly drawings. There is no progress at all."
Yan Ruocheng listened and hummed. Suddenly there was a small thing behind her. It moved closer to her and slowly found a place beside her clothes to get in.
She smelled the smell of a mouse, coming from her back. She was a little scared and turned her head to look. There was really a little mouse smelling behind her.
I'm really in trouble now!
She lay flat and asked the little mouse to crawl over. However, the little mouse not only failed to crawl over, but instead came to her thigh. She changed her position again to drive it away.
It made some strange noises under the bed, and the little mouse also made a squeaking sound.
"There is a big mouse under your bed. Call a guard to come in and catch it." Huang Chenling held her cheek and said pretentiously.
"Let it alone. It won't offend anyone unless it's attacked. It's just looking for food so that it can survive." Xiao Ling shook her head and said.
"Then use candied haws to lure it?" Huang Chenling walked to the cabinet and reached out casually to get the candied haws hidden on the top of the cabinet. He discovered it when he came in.
"Eh? Why is there a candied haws of water hidden on top?" Xiao Ling was confused.
"Isn't the answer just under the bed? How long will it take before it comes out?" Huang Chenling stared at the bottom of the bed and said.
"Wow! There's a mouse!" Yan Ruocheng couldn't bear it anymore. He was so frightened by the mouse that he crawled out in panic and jumped on the table.
When she came back to her senses, her face was facing Huang Chenling, who was holding her cheek.
Too close, very close, even through the veil, he could still see the worsening wounds on her face.
She jumped down from the table even more panicked. She kept her distance from him and said, "Why don't you help me get rid of a little mouse?"
"Mom, why are you hiding under the bed?" Xiaoling went over and asked.
"I was just looking for something. The clothes were stuck under the bed, so they didn't come out." She explained forcefully.
"Wow, that's such a far-fetched explanation? You're amazing." Huang Chenling teased and said.
"Hold your head. If you don't say anything, no one will say you are mute." Yan Ruocheng said helplessly.
Huang Chenling said with a smile: "Xiao Ling, you go to bed first. Your mother and I have something to say. Let's talk outside."
Xiaoling nodded, took off her shoes obediently, and climbed into bed.
"Don't get off the bed, the mouse won't know if it's crawling back in?" Yan Ruocheng added.
"I know." Xiaoling nodded again.
The two of them came out of the room and walked to the pavilion on the other side of the corridor.
"Let me see your face." Huang Chenling said directly, and without waiting for her consent, she reached out to lift her veil.
"Don't look at it, it's much uglier than before." Yan Ruocheng slapped his big hand away, took a few steps back, and said with a frown.
"Don't back away, I'm worried about you." Huang Chenling said worriedly.
"I don't know how much time we have left, if the antidote hasn't been found yet. He came back after being seriously injured, and he hasn't woken up yet. Yunxi is missing again," Yan Ruocheng said.
"Actually, I don't know whether I should tell you or not?" Huang Chenling said hesitantly.
"What do you want to tell me? Bad news?" Yan Ruocheng saw from his expression that what he was about to say was something bad.
"That's not true. The Second Emperor's uncle was assassinated and his current whereabouts are unknown. Yunxi is probably with him. If everything is safe, Yunxi will come back to find you." Huang Chenling said.
It's really good news. Yan Ruozhen smiled bitterly at the cold moon in the sky and said, "God, you really want to joke with me. The second emperor was assassinated for no reason, so I guess the antidote is terrible."
It’s impossible.”
Huang Chenling went over and wanted to hug her, but she dodged him again.
"Farewell, I'm afraid that I won't be able to hold on and run back to you. In more than ten days, it will be the wedding day, and I'm afraid that I will regret it."
"You can regret it. It was an agreed upon plan. You pretended to get married. There is no need to put so much pressure on yourself. Brother Huang will not blame you. I will bear all the mistakes. You don't have to
Like this." Huang Chenling approached her again.
Yan Ruocheng still stubbornly avoided it, took a few steps back again, and shook his head.