Everyone in the kitchen is busy with their own business. Bone soup is simmering in the high pot, steamed buns are steaming on the boiler, and the sound of the cook chopping vegetables and meat is very rhythmic.
Xiao Yunheng's sudden arrival obviously caught them by surprise. Everyone in the kitchen, from the chef to the helpers, turned to look at him with a bit of suspicion and displeasure in their eyes.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Who are you? Who allowed you to come in, the important place in the kitchen?"
"Get out, get out!"
Although Xiao Yunheng is the legitimate son of the Xiao family and comes from a powerful family, he was injured when he entered the princess's mansion. After being locked up in the princess's mansion for so long, his face is pale and haggard, his beard is scruffy, and he does not have the handsome and heroic demeanor of the past.
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In addition, no one in the kitchen had seen him before, so they naturally didn't know that he was the legitimate son of the Xiao family, so their tone of voice was a bit unpleasant.
Xiao Yunheng's expression darkened, and he looked at these servants coldly. He didn't expect that even these servants would dare to yell at him now, but he had no time to argue with them now, so he only asked displeasedly: "Li Xue didn't come here?"
Li Xue?
Everyone looked at each other.
A cook asked hesitantly: "The wife of the Xiao family you are talking about?"
Xiao Yunheng nodded coldly, who else could it be?
"Oh, it turns out that I'm looking for Mrs. Xiao from the Xiao family. Are you Young Master Xiao?" Another cook coughed lightly, her tone meaningful, "Mrs. Side may be a little busy these two days, but Mr. Xiao, don't worry, in one day
We will cook three meals for you and will never wrong you."
When the others heard these words, their expressions were a little strange. Some sneered, some were disdainful, some were contemptuous. Even the eyes looking at Xiao Yunheng showed an inexplicable strangeness.
Xiao Yunheng's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly became angry.
He didn't know what Li Xue did behind his back, but the expressions and eyes of these people were definitely not kind.
He coldly rolled up his sleeves and walked out of the kitchen, and happened to see Li Xue walking towards him. He stopped in his tracks, and Xiao Yunheng looked at her expressionlessly: "Where were you just now?"
"Heng, Brother Heng?" Li Xue's expression changed, "Why are you here?"
"I asked you where you were just now?"
"I...I went to wash your clothes." Li Xue stretched out her hands, which were still wet with water stains. "I just finished drying the clothes, and then I came to get the food."
Xiao Yunheng looked at her silently, with obvious inquiry in his eyes. Li Xue looked a little nervous, a little uneasy, and even kept avoiding his eyes.
An unknown fire arose spontaneously, and Xiao Yunheng couldn't tell where his anger came from. He said coldly: "Hurry up and get the food back."
Saying that, he lifted his feet and walked away.
Li Xue walked into the kitchen facing everyone's mocking and contemptuous eyes. Her face was burning. The cook had already prepared their meals and put them in the food box. Li Xue couldn't stay for a moment, so she left with the food box.
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"That man just now was the young master of the Xiao family? Didn't he say before that he was handsome, brave and talented?"
"You can't always believe rumors, have you ever heard this saying?"
"That's right."
"The Young Master of the Xiao family comes from a powerful family. He is usually looked after by everyone, so he naturally has a radiant face. During these days, he has not been well taken care of in the princess's mansion, and it is natural for him to be haggard. Who could have told him that he was ignorant and mistook a prostitute for a prostitute?
Where is Bao?"
"Hey, tell me, if he knew that he had been cuckolded, would he be so angry that he would kill Li Xue directly?"
"Ahem." Suddenly a light cough sounded, "What are you talking about? Hurry up and get to work. Are your highness's meals ready?"
As soon as the steward spoke, everyone fell silent instantly.
Li Xue walked back to Qingchen Residence carrying the food box and saw Xiao Yunheng sitting on the edge of the bed with a gloomy and unhappy expression. She pursed her lips uneasily: "Brother Heng, come over and eat."
Xiao Yunheng looked at her coldly: "Don't you have any questions to ask me?"
Li Xue froze for a moment: "Yun Zishu was kind enough to untie your shackles today?"
Xiao Yunheng said nothing, and his expression became increasingly cold and frightening.
"Brother Heng." Li Xue walked over, lowered his head, and looked like he was about to cry, "I really didn't mean it. I have accumulated a lot of dirty clothes in the past two days. Brother Heng knows that I have never done this before.
Because of these tasks, it took a long time to wash the clothes, and several pieces of clothes were damaged."
As she said that, she stretched out her two hands, "Today I went to the laundry department and asked the laundry maid at the Princess Mansion for advice. I found out that washing clothes requires beating with a stick. Brother Heng, look at my hands..."
Xiao Yunheng's eyes fell on her palms. He hadn't looked carefully in the kitchen just now, but now he realized that there were indeed blisters on her palms, which was a bit shocking.
Xiao Yunheng frowned, his anger slowly disappearing.
Li Xue shed tears, her eyes were red, and her voice was full of grievance: "I know that I have not been considerate enough to serve Brother Heng in the past two days, and I have been wronged by Brother Heng, but I am only one person, and I don't have three heads and six arms."
"In the past, when we were in the Xiao family, there were maids who made tea, maids who swept, and maids who did laundry... Even if her status was not high, Xueer still had a few people around her who would take care of the food and daily life. But now,
Xueer has to wait for Brother Heng to wash up and clean up the house. In addition to three meals a day, she also has to wash clothes for Brother Heng and herself..."
"Okay." Xiao Yunheng wiped her tears, "Why are you crying? Let's eat."
Li Xue wiped her tears.
"My confinement has been lifted. I can help you share some of the burden in the future, so you don't have to work too hard." Xiao Yunheng stood up and walked to the table to sit down. "In addition, those clothes can be sent to the laundry room for washing."
Li Xue smiled bitterly: "They are not willing to help us wash our clothes at all."
Xiao Yunheng's expression turned gloomy.
"I said before that Yun Zishu was deliberately making things difficult for us. Brother Heng didn't believe it, but I should believe it now." Li Xue was dissatisfied, "Which woman would treat her husband like this? Yun Zishu has no intention of rekindling the old relationship with Brother Heng.
He won’t go back to Xiao’s house with us either.”
Xiao Yunheng frowned: "Okay, let's eat."
He doesn't know what's going on, but he doesn't want to hear Li Xue complaining about Yun Zishu at all now. It's not for Yun Zishu's sake, but he just doesn't want Li Xue to become a petty person who can only complain. He is completely different from the considerate person he used to be.
Li Xue nodded weakly. At this moment, she had no intention of feeling sad, and instead breathed a sigh of relief silently.
At least Brother Heng didn't suspect anything else.
only……
Li Xue looked down at the rice in her bowl, secretly thinking that they should leave the princess's house earlier, otherwise Brother Heng would find out sooner or later if the night was long and the dream was too much.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little angry.
She originally thought that Brother Heng would be trapped for who knows how long and live a hopeless life every day, so she wanted to find a supporter in the house. Anyway, no one came to Qingchen Residence, and Brother Heng could not get out if he stayed in the house.
Won't find out.
Who knew that Yun Zishu would suddenly be so kind and let Brother Heng go without any warning?
Li Xue took a mouthful of rice and said in a low voice: "Brother Heng, do we want to continue to live in the Princess Mansion?"
Xiao Yunheng was eating and said without raising his head when he heard this: "Of course."
Li Xue bit her lip: "I don't want to stay here any longer."
Xiao Yunheng raised his head and looked at her with a heavy gaze: "Should I take you back to the Xiao family first?"
"Can't we go back together?" Li Xue was full of hope, "I want to be with you."
If she goes back to the Xiao family and Xiao Yunheng stays at the princess's residence, what if she falls in love with Yun Zishu?
No, no.
She couldn't take the chance.
Xiao Yunheng said nothing more. As he lowered his head to eat, he couldn't help but think. Maybe it was a mistake to let Li Xue enter the princess's mansion in the first place.
If he wants to win back Yun Zishu, he must treat her wholeheartedly. Yun Zishu already hates Li Xue. He originally kept Li Xue by his side to stimulate Yun Zishu and arouse her jealousy, but now it seems that it has the opposite effect.
, Yun Zishu didn't bother to be jealous at all, and didn't even add insult to injury.
During this period of time, she wouldn't come if she could. Xiao Yunheng couldn't see her even if he wanted to, but when he was alone, he also put himself in another position and thought about it. Yun Zishu seemed to be in the same situation when he was in the Xiao family before.
He stayed outside all day, and mostly stayed with Li Xue after returning home. Was there a time when Yun Zishu wanted to see him but couldn't?