To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 220 Take a break

  The princess is Miss Luo.

  Every word is like a thunderbolt, exploding in Chaohua's heart.

  The explosion made her heart tremble. Even though every word was so simple, she couldn't understand it together.

  The princess is Miss Luo, what does this mean?

   "Xiuyue, what are you talking about?"

  The sour smell gradually became stronger in the boiling soup pot, and the rising smoke engulfed Xiuyue's expression.

   "The princess is Miss Luo." She repeated in a low voice.

   Chaohua shook her head subconsciously: "Xiuyue, are you joking? Why can't I understand you?"

  Xiuyue held the wooden spoon and looked at her fixedly: "You know I never talk nonsense."

   "Then... what does it mean that the princess is Miss Luo?"

  Xiuyue glanced at the door, and her voice couldn't be lowered: "The princess woke up and found that she had become Miss Luo."

   Why is this so? Even the princess doesn't understand, so how could she understand?

   "Borrowing a dead body?" Chao Hua murmured.

   Such absurd speculation made her completely unbelievable.

   Zhao Hua shrank her eyes, and said in a low voice: "Xiuyue, have you been deceived—"

  Xiuyue calmly put the fish fillets into the pot.

   "Xiuyue!" Chao Hua couldn't help but grab her sleeve.

  Xiuyue glanced at her and said in a flat tone, "Although I'm not smart, the master will not admit my mistake."

   Chao Hua's heart was shocked, and he let go in a daze.

  She only thought about Xiuyue's simplicity, and was afraid of being coaxed away, but she forgot that it was because of her solid eyes that Xiuyue would not easily admit her master.

  But, how could Miss Luo be the princess?

  In this world...is there really such a thing as resurrecting a dead body?

   Chaohua only felt that her cognition over the years had been impacted like a tide.

  She likes to read books, and has always regarded these as stories. How could it really happen?

   Taking a look at the calm Xiuyue, Chaohua quickly made up her mind: she wants to meet Miss Luo in person.

   "The fish brain in sour soup is ready, have you learned it yet?"

  Xiuyue's voice brought back Chaohua's reason.

  She gently pressed the sore corners of her eyes, and smiled shyly: "It's still a little difficult for me to learn all at once."

  Xiuyue fished out the fish brain and poured it into the blue and white bowl that she had prepared earlier, with a respectful expression: "The woman has a chance to teach the nobleman again."

   "Excuse me." Chaohua collected her mood, took a deep look at Xiuyue, and walked out with a tray with blue and white bowls on it.

  As soon as Chaohua came out, Dou Ren immediately went up to meet him: "Choice servant, Your Highness just asked where you have been."

   Chao Hua nodded slightly, did not look back at Xiuyue, but walked calmly towards the bedroom.

  Xiuyue stood quietly in the courtyard, letting the evening wind blow away the smell of oily smoke from her body.

   Chaohua carried the tray into the inner room.

  Wei Qiang changed into a snow-white jacket, and was reclining on the couch reading a book. He smelled the fragrance and looked over.

   "Why did you bring it yourself?"

   Chaohua put the tray on the table and said with a smile: "I want to make it for Your Highness after I learn it."

   "Really?" Wei Qiang came over, took a look at the fish brains in sour soup, and his smile deepened, "Is this made by Yu Niang herself?"

  The corners of Chao Hua's mouth twitched slightly: "Miss Luo's cook made it, and I haven't learned it yet."

   Wei Qiang came to a sudden: "No wonder."

   He doesn't look like Yuniang did it.

   "Your Highness, I want to learn this dish from Miss Luo's cook, is it appropriate?"

Wei Qiang couldn't help laughing: "There's nothing wrong with this. The rules here are no more strict than the rules in the capital. You want to learn how to cook from Miss Luo's cook, and it just so happens that Miss Luo also agrees, sending the palace staff to invite the cook every day. Or you can go and take a look at it during the day when the tent is out for air."

   Zhao Hua's eyes lit up: "Can I really go there?"

   It was rare for Wei Qiang to see Chaohua showing such joy, and his tone became more gentle: "Go if you want, as long as you bring more people to follow."

  In my impression, Yu Niang has always been calm and indifferent, and seems to have no interest in anything.

   Seeing her like this, he naturally felt happy.

   "Thank you, Your Highness." Chao Hua was moved and snuggled up to her softly.

  Leaving the palace, Xiuyue walked forward silently facing the evening wind, and the servant held a lantern to clearly illuminate the road ahead.

  Looking up, the sky is full of stars.

  Xiuyue looked at the sky and couldn't help being lost in thought: The sky in Beihe is really high, it looks a bit like what I saw in Nanyang City.

  Here, they found Sister Chaohua.

  Xiuyue jumped over the waiter who stopped and waited for her with a lantern, and walked forward quickly.

  The servant who was left behind secretly shook his head.

   Was the cook intimidated by the magnificence of the palace, why did she look a little dazed?

  The other courtyard for the accompanying princes and ministers and their families is at the foot of the mountain.

  Luo Sheng, who had already bathed and changed clothes, lay on the couch quietly reading a book for a while, then asked Hongdou casually, "Has Aunt Xiu come back yet?"

  Hongdou curled her mouth: "No, maybe I have been appreciated by the nobles, so let's stay for dinner."

  Xiu Gu has no conscience, but Miss Kui is still worried about her.

   Stay in the palace if you have the ability, she can serve a good girl by herself!

  Luo Sheng was almost amused by Hongdou.

  The little maid gave eye drops so straightforwardly.

   "Go and have a look. If Gu Xiu comes back, let her come to see me."

   "Yes." Despite some dissatisfaction, Hongdou went out obediently.

  Luo Sheng read the book for a while, Hongdou led Xiuyue in.

   In front of Hongdou, Xiuyue didn't say much, but just bowed her knees to salute Luo Sheng.

   "Hongdou, you go outside and watch, don't let people disturb our conversation."

   Hongdou cast a sideways glance at Xiuyue, turned around and went out.

  Hmph, she's the girl's confidant, and she's the one to keep watch.

   There was a moment of silence in the room, and the red candle exploded.

  Luo Sheng spoke slowly: "How is it?"

  Xiuyue nodded excitedly: "Chaohua wants to give the bracelet to the maidservant!"

  A smile appeared in Luo Sheng's eyes.

   "Understood, go back to sleep earlier."

  Xiuyue slightly bent her knees and backed out.

   Hong Dou who was guarding the door widened his eyes.

  She just came out to guard the gate, why did Xiu Gu leave?

  It seems that the girl doesn't have much to say to Xiu Gu.

  The little maid happily entered the room.

   Nothing to say all night.

  The next day, it was still a good autumn weather.

  Sheng Saburo was very puzzled: "Cousin, are you not going hunting today?"

   "Not going, take a rest."

   "But hunting is not tiring." Sheng Sanlang thought of the scenes he glimpsed every time he hunted, and became more and more puzzled.

  Every time Kaiyang King rode a big white horse, he would pester his cousin's claret horse, leaving the owner aside.

  The master doesn't have to gallop on horseback, so why be tired?

   "Cousin, take Luo Chen and the others to go, and make pots of braised venison to eat when you come back."

  When Sheng Sanlang heard this, he didn't bother to ask Luo Sheng to go with him, and greeted Luo Chen and the others with a loud voice: "Let's go, today I will hunt a deer, my cousin will make canned venison!"

   Pot of braised venison?

   Those who heard the shout pricked up their ears.

   Alright, today's hunting has a goal.

  The people who participated in the hunting rode their horses to the vast grassland.

   Concubine Xiao Gui walked out of the golden tent, just as she met Chao Hua coming out of the next door.

  (end of this chapter)