Hong Lian returned to her residence in a daze. In the small room, Duan Murong was squatting in front of the desk and busy with something. She seemed to be very involved. The sound of Hong Lian walking into the room did not attract Duan Murong's attention.
Honglian glanced at Duanmu Rong who was busy, and a look of envy flashed in her eyes. She was so carefree back then, but unlike now, her mood always fluctuates due to one person.
Those damn worries. Hong Lian thought about it and punched the desk behind Duan Murong's butt. The sound caused Duan Murong to stumble and squat on the ground.
"Sister Honglian is back?" Duanmu Rong rubbed the aching soft flesh behind her and said to Honglian.
"What are you busy with? I have never seen you so busy these days." Honglian glanced at the bamboo slips piled on the desk. She had only seen such piles of bamboo slips on Ying Zheng's desk. As for herself,
?She has never been an obedient child.
"My master is coming back soon. I have to make up for a lot of things quickly, otherwise, I will be punished again." Duan Murong said with a sad face.
The days away from the master are undoubtedly days of freedom and good days. In the past few months, while Nian Duan was running around outside, Duan Murong really let himself go.
But, is it the price? The price is that she needs to make up for all the homework she has missed.
"You seem to have been lazy for three months. Are you sure you can make up for the missed lessons?" Honglian looked at the busy Duanmu Rong and felt a sense of confidence from the bottom of her heart.
"It seems impossible." Duan Murong said with a bitter face.
"Then you are destined to be punished, so why bother making up for your homework? It's not worth it to make yourself so tired and to be punished." Honglian said maliciously.
"It seems to make sense." Duan Murong said hesitantly.
She was still young and obviously not a match for Honglian. For a moment, her train of thought was completely distorted.
"I have experienced what you are facing now before. I wanted to make up for my schoolwork quickly, but in fact I couldn't do it. Not only did I tire myself to death, but I also had to be punished in the end. If I had known that would be the result, I would have
I just gave up, and I can still play happily for a few more days." Honglian gave an example.
"Is this? What Sister Honglian said makes sense. If you make up for it, you will be punished. If you don't, you will be punished. Anyway, you will be punished. I might as well play for a few more days." Duanmu Rong suddenly said, feeling enlightened.
The dark clouds that had hung over my heart a few days ago were completely gone.
She couldn't help being in a good mood, and the first thing Duan Murong felt when she was in a good mood was that she was hungry again.
"Sister Honglian, where's tonight's dinner?" Duan Murong looked at the empty dining table with a bad premonition in her heart.
"Dinner?" Honglian's face froze when she heard this. She seemed to have forgotten this matter.
"You haven't forgotten, have you?" Duan Murong had a bad feeling in her heart.
"That, that..." Honglian didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
When she left Xianyang Palace, her head was still dizzy, and because she was not hungry, she forgot about it for a while.
"Did you eat it secretly?" Duanmu Rong approached Honglian and asked suspiciously.
"I·····"
Eating secretly? As soon as she heard these two words, Honglian's face became even more unnatural, because she really ate it. Although what she ate and what Duanmu Rong said were not the same thing at all, who told Honglian
Feeling guilty.
"Did you really eat it secretly?" Duanmu Rong's expression changed. She rested her whole body on Hong Lian's shoulder and sniffed with her small nose.
"You think you ate it secretly, but I can smell it." Duan Murong said with a worried expression.
"What did you smell?" Hong Lian staggered and almost fell down. That incident was really embarrassing. If Duan Murong knew about it, she would have no choice but to go around Duan Murong in the future.
"I'm not afraid to tell you that I have been exposed to various medicinal herbs under the guidance of my master since I was a child. Smell is an extremely important means of identifying medicinal herbs. Therefore, even the tiniest trace of breath cannot escape my sense of smell.
, you have a strange smell." Duan Murong said and sniffed her nose, as if this could increase the persuasiveness of her words.
"You..." At this moment, Honglian felt even more guilty.
"No, it's not a strange taste, it's two strange tastes." Duanmu Rong analyzed.
"You?" At this moment, Honglian wanted to run away, but her legs were still a little weak.
"There is a taste that is the strongest in your mouth." Duanmu Rong said, grabbing Hong Lian's shoulders, standing on tiptoes, and bringing her little nose to Hong Lian's mouth.
"Yes, you must have eaten something secretly." Duan Murong became more and more sure of her judgment at this time.
"It has a faint fishy smell, but it's definitely not fish soup, so what could it be?" Duan Murong asked confused.
"Moreover, if the other smell is not here, where would it be?" Duanmu Rong touched her nose and traced her eyes down Honglian's face.
It seemed that the smell below was stronger. Suspicious, Duanmu Rong sniffed down Honglian's body.
Just when Duanmu Rong's nose had reached Hong Lian's belly, Hong Lian finally gathered some strength and lifted the curious Duan Mu Rong up.
"What are you doing? I've almost found it. I've almost found the source of that inexplicable and unfamiliar fragrance." Duan Murong said dissatisfied.
"You'd better make up for your homework as soon as possible. If you make up a little more, you will be punished a little lighter." Honglian wanted to slap herself at this moment. Why not show off your wits when there is nothing wrong? Isn't it good to let Duanmu Rong worry about her homework?
Of course Honglian knew what the two strange smells Duan Murong mentioned were, but it was precisely because of her knowledge that she absolutely could not let Duan Murong know the truth. If she was known, she would really be embarrassed.
Duan Murong, it’s really embarrassing.
"That's not what you said before." Sure enough, Duan Murong's expression changed. She couldn't care less about finding the truth at this time.
"Young Envoy Honglian, are you there?" At this moment, a palace maid's voice came to her mind from outside the door.
"I'm going to see who it is." Honglian took the opportunity to escape.
"Schoolwork, schoolwork..." Duan Murong could only mutter at this time.
"You?" Honglian saw the person coming and recognized that she was a maid on duty in the outer hall of Xianyang Palace.
"The envoy forgot to bring the food for tonight. Your Majesty sent me to deliver these things." The princess said and handed over a food box.
"His Majesty?" Honglian looked at the food box in front of her, her thoughts swirling for a moment, and a warm current flowed in her heart.
Hong Lian, who returned to the room with the food box, placed the food box on the dining table and confidently said to Duan Murong: "Let me just say that I didn't eat it secretly. Look what this is, I just forgot."
But at this moment, Duan Murong obviously had no intention of playing around with Hong Lian.