The Weiruixuan had a small kitchen that was rarely used but well-equipped.
After Ye Luan finished cooking, she and Xiao Chizhan ate directly in the kitchen.
Under the dim lamplight, the beautiful woman was as clear and picturesque as a painting. When he looked over, she instantly smiled at him, revealing a row of pearly white teeth, as tender as a flower.
Xiao Chizhan couldn't help but pull her closer and kiss her.
"Does it taste good?"
"It's quite delicious." After speaking, Xiao Chizhan glanced at her bowl and frowned, "Why didn't you put an egg in yours?"
A flicker of cunning flashed in Ye Luan's downcast eyes. "There's only one egg left. You eat it."
She had plenty, she just didn't want to eat too much in the evening.
Xiao Chizhan directly picked up the egg with his chopsticks and placed it in her bowl. "As a grown man, I don't need to be so particular."
Looking at the egg in her bowl, Ye Luan's hand, which held the chopsticks, tightened.
She really didn't want to eat it.
"I'm on a diet. I can't eat too much in the evening."
Xiao Chizhan reached out and pinched her waist. "You're so thin, and you can never get enough every time, crying out nonstop. You should eat more and gain some weight."
Ye Luan: "---"
Could he not speak so ambiguously all the time?
"Why is your face red?" kanshu5.xi
He suddenly leaned closer, smiling smugly.
Ye Luan shot him a coquettish glance, said nothing, and started eating.
She dared not make too many movements. After all, her temper had been so stubborn before. If she suddenly changed towards him, given his suspicion, he would surely doubt her.
After dinner, Ye Luan wanted to wash the pots.
Xiao Chizhan walked over directly, pushed her aside, and said, "I'll wash them."
"You know how?"
She was quite surprised that a prince would do such things.
"I did a lot of it when I was young, so I naturally know."
Ye Luan's hand paused, and she glanced away.
In the silent kitchen, the candlelight crackled and sizzled.
She waited, bored, and couldn't help but stare at him.
"Staring at this king like that, have you fallen for me?"
He suddenly smiled at her.
However, Ye Luan's mind flashed back to scenes from the past.
"Staring at this king like that, do you want this king to gouge out your eyes?"
Her palm tightened. A smile bloomed on her charming face. She circled behind him and hugged his waist. "A little bit."
Xiao Chizhan's back stiffened. He pretended to be indifferent and asked, "Are you lying to this king again?"
"Believe it or not."
Upon hearing this, he quickly washed the pots, wiped his hands, turned around, and lifted her chin.
Her alluring phoenix eyes held the usual coldness.
He suddenly smiled. His cold hand caressed her cheek. His eerily red lips kissed her skin, moving inch by inch downwards.
Ye Luan responded even more proactively, her voice exceedingly soft.
"Brother Chizhan, I want to send Madam Fang and the others back to the capital. I don't want them to follow me through hardship anymore."
Xiao Chizhan, aroused by her touch, had deep crimson eyes full of desire and didn't hear what she was saying at all.
"I want to leave Youzhou with you. They're strangers here. Can we?"
Her body pressed tightly against him, rubbing against him.
Xiao Chizhan's voice was hoarse. "If you dare to think of running away, this king will dig three feet into the ground to find them and torture them to death. Even after death, their corpses will be whipped."
Ye Luan glared at him charmingly. "Can you not be so gruesome? Besides, isn't your grandmother's family in the capital? They can't run away. Why are you always suspecting me?"
As long as Xiao Chizhan personally saw her dead, everything would be over.
"Fine, fine, fine. Whatever you say."
Hearing his eventual concession, Ye Luan breathed a sigh of relief and served him even more diligently.
these few days, Xiao Chizhan was busy with the affairs of Youzhou, and he was rarely seen during the day.
After Ye Luan sent Madam Fang and the other woman away, she stayed in her room, holding Xueqiu and reading a geography book.
This was a book she had secretly found in Xiao Chizhan's study. It recorded a vast range of areas and content, with many countries listed.
She stared at Mo Bei for a long time. It wasn't far from Zhongzhou. If she could find an opportunity during this trip, she planned to leave Daliang and go to Mo Bei.
The scenery outside the Great Wall was picturesque, and the people were simple and honest.
She wanted to see glaciers and snow-capped mountains, deserts and beaches, and start her life anew, far from everything that was happening now. kanδん
"Miss Ye?"
Ye Luan quickly put away the geography book and hid it in the desk drawer.
"What is it?"
"Miss Su Li has arrived at the manor. The Prince is not here. She said she wishes to pay you a visit."
Su Li?
She had almost forgotten about this person.
"Just say that I am feeling unwell and unable to receive guests."
"Yes."
After the person left, she took out the geography book and continued to read. After lunch, Lan Mianrou and the other two came to see her.
"Aren't you bored staying in the manor every day?"
The few of them sat in the pavilion in the courtyard, chatting idly.
Ye Luan wanted to go out, but without Xiao Chizhan's permission, she couldn't leave the manor.
"It's alright."
Lan Mianrou looked at Xueqiu in Ye Luan's arms and smiled. "Is this a Persian cat presented as tribute from a vassal state? It's so beautiful."
She didn't know where Xiao Chizhan had gotten it from.
Ye Luan smiled and grabbed Xueqiu's little paws, waving them at the two of them. "It's so round. It's getting fatter and fatter from eating."
Wei Qingge couldn't sit still, as if there were needles under her bottom, constantly fidgeting.
"So boring."
She rested her chin on her hands and slumped on the table, her fair jade-like hands fiddling with the teacup on the stone table, a look of distress on her face.
Seeing her like this, the two of them exchanged a look and burst into laughter.
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something. She stood up abruptly, her round, almond-shaped eyes shining as she looked at the two of them.
"I'll dance with my sword, and you two play music. Let's find something fun to do."
Wei Qingge loved to wield weapons, and having not done so for a long time outside the barracks, she was becoming rusty.
Lan Mianrou had often played like this with her before, but she didn't know if Ye Luan was willing.
"A'Luan, do you want to play?"
"Sure."
The courtyard was spacious. Ye Luan had someone bring a Jiaowei zither and sat under the plum blossom tree, playing the zither as the two of them danced.
Lan Mianrou's movements were very graceful, full of charm. The sharp sound of lightning-like swordplay struck down plum blossoms, scattering them upon her elegant dance as they drifted in the wind.
The two of them seemed to be performing a beautiful sword dance, accompanied by ethereal zither music. The melody slowly drifted outside Weiruixuan, attracting many maids and governesses to watch the spectacle.
After an unknown amount of time, the dance ended. A sharp scream suddenly echoed from the front courtyard of Weiruixuan, startling the group and making them stop their actions.
"What happened? What's going on?"
Seeing that there was something exciting to see, Wei Qingge immediately tied her saber to her waist, smiled, and pulled the two of them along.
"Let's go, let's go, let's go and see the excitement."
They went around the corridor and as soon as they entered the front courtyard, they saw a chaotic scene in the study.
Xiao Chizhan, wearing only a long robe, walked out with a face like frost.
Behind him, Xue Ren was carrying a naked, blood-covered woman. It was unclear how many swords she had sustained, and her shrill screams were extremely piercing.
"Cut out her tongue. She's screaming so awfully."
The man's ruthless and sinister voice terrified everyone present, making them dare not speak and fall to their knees.