The cook looked at Qin Rushuang, then at Xie Xun in the distance...
"Don't be afraid, the prince will not blame you. I just want to cook two dishes for the prince and brother."
The cook nodded: "Okay, I will wash and cut the vegetables later, and the princess only needs to put them in the pot and stir-fry them twice."
After making an agreement with the cook, Qin Rushuang wandered over to Xie Xun again.
"Today the cook told me to eat stewed rice, and it looks delicious to me."
"As long as you like it." Xie Xun said.
"How about I cook something for you two later?" Qin Rushuang pretended to mention it casually, with a hint of asking for credit in her tone.
Xie Xun was a little flattered, then confused.
He knew that Qin Rushuang knew a lot of things, she was very good at wielding swords and guns, etc. Poems, lyrics and poems... I heard they were pretty good, but making soup...
"can you cook?"
"Ahem, what's the problem? I'll make something for the prince and brother to try later."
"Why don't you do it..." Shen Xiaoyang said at the side.
"You don't want to eat the food I cooked?!" Qin Ru looked fierce.
Shen Xiaoyang touched his nose and said, "That's not true. Don't I feel sorry for you? Why don't you just stop doing it? I think the cook is pretty good..."
"If you don't eat it, people will eat it! Will I, the stir-fry prince, eat it later?"
How could Xie Xun refuse? He was secretly happy and wished that Shen Xiaoyang would not compete with him.
"I will eat whatever you do."
After saying that, he looked at Shen Xiaoyang like a warning, "Master Shen, please keep your promise later."
"Of course! I will never compete with the prince!" Shen Xiaoyang immediately promised.
Seeing Shen Xiaoyang agreeing so readily, Xie Xun had some doubts.
Why is Shen Xiaoyang so easy to talk to today, and why is his eyes so weird...?
At this time, Xie Xun didn't know that the emotion shown in Shen Xiaoyang's eyes was called sympathy.
It wasn't until a while later that the food was served. Xie Xun looked at the dark mass of food on the plate that had no trace of what it was, and finally realized why Shen Xiaoyang had agreed so readily just now.
Qin Rushuang didn't seem to realize there was anything wrong with that plate of food, and invited Xie Xun very enthusiastically: "Your Majesty, please try it!"
The excitement in his tone and the sincerity in his eyes made Xie Xun almost think that Qin Rushuang was teasing him if he hadn't confirmed it again.
Xie Xun turned his gaze to the anxious cook aside.
The cook looked embarrassed and didn't know how to explain it to the prince.
He has been a cook for so many years, and today is really an eye-opener.
It's obviously the same oil, the same pot, and there's no problem with the chopped vegetables, so why can they be fried like this?!
Seeing the princess bringing the dishes with great interest, he did not dare to stop her. He could only hope that the prince would take the dishes away later.
If he eats this, if something goes wrong with the prince, he will definitely be punished!
Xie Xun ignored the cook's plea for help and did not comment on the dish.
Shen Xiaoyang, who was on the side, gloated and leaned into Xie Xun's ear, whispering: "Your Majesty, don't blame me for not reminding you just now. That's what you have to agree to. Your Majesty, please wish yourself well!"
Xie Xun fell silent.
Then he tentatively picked up a small piece with chopsticks.
Qin Rushuang has always been reliable in her work. Maybe it just doesn’t look good, but it’s actually delicious?
Xie Xun took a chopstick and put it in his mouth, then fell silent again.
He just thought too much.
It looks ugly and tastes even worse.
"How is it?" Qin Rushuang looked at Xie Xun expectantly.
"Very... delicious."
"Really?" Qin Rushuang looked at Xie Xun happily, then turned to Shen Xiaoyang, and said angrily: "Look, I just said that I am very talented in cooking, but you are the only one who said that my cooking tastes bad. !”
"I'm proficient in playing chess, calligraphy and painting, arranging troops, wielding swords and guns, I'm proficient in everything! How could I be stumped by the food? In the past, it was you who had no discernment, but the prince just said it was delicious!"
She clapped her hands: "I haven't tasted it yet, I want to try it too!"
As he spoke, he stretched his chopsticks towards the plate.
"Snapped--"
Xie Xun blocked it with his chopsticks.
"I think it's delicious, very delicious. And the quantity is not large. Isn't it meant to be made for me? Leave this whole plate for me."
Hearing that the food Xie Xun cooked was delicious and that he was so protective of his food, Qin Rushuang happily pushed the whole plate of food in front of Xie Xun.
"Your Majesty still has a good idea. Eat it. No one will dare to snatch it from you."
After saying that, he glared at Shen Xiaoyang fiercely, "No robbing, you understand?"
"Don't grab it! Don't grab it!" Shen Xiaoyang waved his hands quickly, thinking that I was crazy to grab the food on this plate.
Xie Xun didn't say a word during the entire meal that followed.
I ate all the dishes on the plate one bite after another without showing any signs of being unpalatable.
If Shen Xiaoyang had previously suspected that Xie Xun's kindness to Qin Rushuang had ulterior motives, now he really believed Xie Xun's sincerity.
After all, if you can finish everything on this plate without changing your expression, what else is there besides love?
After finishing dinner, Xie Xun stood up and said, "I will go over for a walk to eat."
"I'm with the prince!" Qin Rushuang said quickly.
Xie Xun was the first person to appreciate her cooking, and now she has a better impression of Xie Xun.
Xie Xun froze, "It's dark and dangerous. Go and rest in the carriage for a while. I will be back soon."
"Oh, that's okay. Your Majesty will leave early and come back early. He will have to rush to the next inn later. I will cook this dish for Your Majesty if I have a chance."
Qin Rushuang was so eager to give it a try that she didn't notice at all that Xie Xun's brows were throbbing with veins after hearing this.
He thought he had a tough life, but he didn't know how many dishes Qin Rushuang could survive in this life.
Xie Xun walked to a remote place.
After walking for a while, Shen Xiaoyang followed.
"Brother, thank you for your hard work." Shen Xiaoyang's face was filled with sympathy.
"You and I are brothers?" Xie Xun raised his eyebrows.
Shen Xiaoyang was no longer afraid of Xie Xun now, and said with a smile: "Then the prince also calls the border soldiers brothers. We are all officials of Daqi, the same, the same."
Xie Xun did not deny his statement. He put one hand behind his back and covered his stomach with the other.
Shen Xiaoyang had never seen the majestic Qi War God in such a miserable state.
Unexpectedly, King Huai Xie Xun was not repelled by the fierce foreign enemies at the border, but was defeated by Qin Rushuang's plate of food.
Thinking of this, Shen Xiaoyang's sympathy became somewhat genuine.
"Don't worry, my lord, after today, if Shuang'er still gets angry with you, tell me! As an elder brother, educate her well! Just don't say that the food she cooks is unpalatable, she will be sad and even get into trouble with you. .”
Shen Xiaoyang has the best say in this matter.
In the past, because he didn't want to eat the food cooked by Qin Rushuang, he said it was unpalatable after eating and accidentally knocked over the plate.
Later, Qin Rushuang had a bad temper with him for a long time. She firmly believed that what she cooked was delicious food, but it was just because Shen Xiaoyang knocked over the food that she didn't taste it.
And I always felt that Shen Xiaoyang was jealous of her cooking skills, so he said her cooking was too unpalatable.
Shen Xiaoyang told Xie Xun about this matter with lingering fear, "Let's just keep this beautiful misunderstanding in our stomachs."
Xie Xun nodded.
Qin Rushuang cannot be allowed to taste the food she cooked.
Otherwise, the baby in the belly would be too pitiful.
Fortunately, although the food made by Qin Rushuang was unpalatable, it was not extremely poisonous. Xie Xun began to feel a little uncomfortable in his stomach. After walking for a while, he recovered, so he prepared to return to the carriage and set off for the inn.
In the carriage, Qin Rushuang had fallen asleep leaning on the soft cushion.
Xie Xun gently moved the cushion away, let her lean on his shoulder, and whispered to the groom: "Let's go."
