His body almost trembled, and the frown that had been frowned upon seeing the memorials against the imperial examination gradually relaxed. She leaned into his ear and whispered:

"Thank you for your hard work during this time!"

He was silent for a while, flipping through the memorial and making comments with a red pen. When he was almost finished, he reached out and pulled her onto his lap and sat down, "Why are you so good today?"

Mu Qingwan bit her lower lip lightly, her eyes a little red, "Hey, please withdraw the troops, please?"

His heart sank, and the expression on his face instantly faded. Mu Qingwan noticed his change, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. He frowned and finally said:

"You can withdraw your troops, but you must agree to three conditions!"

Mu Qingwan raised her eyes in surprise: "I agree to any conditions!"

He played with her long hair that hung down to her chest and looked into her eyes:

"First, you must trust me, and you must not accuse me randomly in the future; second, no matter what happens in the future, you must be the first to think of me, and you are not allowed to ask other men for help; third, my daily meals will be provided by

You do it."

Without even thinking about it, she nodded immediately: "I promise you everything."

Seeing how busy she was, Xia Houlie sneered: "You promised so quickly, what if you can't do it?"

"Penalize as you please." Anyway, as long as she can save her father, the Queen and her mother, she doesn't care about anything else.

"That's what you said." There was joy in his brows and eyes. He let go of her hair, found a book among the piles of memorials on the desk, and handed it to her, "See for yourself."

Mu Qingwan looked at him doubtfully and opened the memorial. She almost lost her temper when she saw it. It turned out that he had asked the Poyang County Sheriff to withdraw his troops ten days ago, and he had been deliberately playing tricks on her just now.

If she had known that she should have asked Showa first, she wouldn't have had to agree to these conditions. The first two were nothing, but the third one clearly meant that he regarded her as his personal cook.

Although he was angry in his heart, he did not dare to show it on his face, otherwise he would offend this uncertain man and no one could predict how crazy he would go.

From that day on, Xia Houxie came to Changxin Palace almost every night, sometimes when she was awake, sometimes after she fell asleep, but no matter whether she was awake or asleep, he always tormented her to the point every time.

I have no strength all over my body,

It was as if he was deliberately trying to prevent her from getting up the next day. After the morning, when she forced herself to get up to make breakfast for him, he would stand aside and look at her quietly, saying that "a gentleman is far away from the cook".

It all seemed like nonsense to him.

Often throughout the whole day, they were almost inseparable, and in the eyes of others, they thought they were in love.

His unabashed love frightened Mu Qingwan, but she did not dare to say anything about asking him to go to other concubines. She remembered that once she just mentioned it, and he was severely "punished" by him that night.

I couldn't get out of bed all day.

But what is very strange is that there is no movement from Queen Mother Yun and Concubine Yun. Changxin Palace seems to have become a paradise isolated from the world, and the only visitor is Xia Houlie.

Mu Qingwan did not dare to expect extra favors from him, she only hoped that he could stay away from her and give her a pure life.

"I heard that Showa has been coming to you every day lately. Why are you talking so happily?"

She raised her eyes to look at him, but unexpectedly found that his face was calm. She felt a little uneasy and hurriedly explained:

"Last time I saw him at Phoenix Tower, he brought the pickles and birthday cakes I made to the restaurant and made them signature dishes. I heard from him that the response seemed to be pretty good, so I made some new dishes for him... You

Don’t worry, we only talked about the management of the restaurant. I just gave him advice and nothing else..."

"I didn't say anything, why are you anxious?" He put a piece of meat into her bowl and said with a smile, "Besides, I can trust Showa."

Mu Qingwan's heart calmed down a little, and she breathed a sigh of relief, but then she heard him say again: "But you are so worried about my misunderstanding, it seems that there is no three hundred taels of silver in this place."

Hearing this, she almost fainted. She felt indignant in her heart, but she had to say: "He is my sworn brother, of course I am worried about him."

"Sworn brother? Oh, I remembered, he told me." He paused and then said, "Was the purple jade flute in your cabinet a gift from him?"

Mu Qingwan was not sure of his true intention, so she could only answer truthfully: "It was the gift of friendship he gave me on the first day we met."

Xia Houlie's face was still expressionless, but there was already a big stir in his heart. The purple jade flute was left by Princess Jin, and it was something that never left her body in Zhaohe. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the first time they met.

Giving it to Mu Qingwan, what does it mean?

Seeing that he didn't speak, Mu Qingwan became more and more uneasy. His appearance was a precursor to anger.

She glanced at him, countless thoughts flashed through her mind, and finally said: "You...don't misunderstand...I really only regard him as my eldest brother."

Hearing the fear in her voice, Xia Houlie smiled suddenly and gave her another chopstick to eat: "I know. Let's eat. Eat more. You are too thin. Pick me up and touch your hands."

The corner of Mu Qingwan's mouth twitched. She didn't expect his thoughts to jump so fast. After a moment, she realized the meaning of his words. She raised her eyes and glared at him angrily. If she hugged her and rubbed her hands, why bother pestering her every night?

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But she didn't have the guts to say this in front of him, otherwise with his level of perversion, he would definitely put down the dishes and chopsticks immediately and put her on the bed to toss her around, absolutely!

Seeing that he was no longer entangled in Showa's affairs, I felt much lighter.

After eating quietly for a while, Mu Qingwan discovered a problem. Today she specially cooked a table of home-cooked food, and the man also ate happily. He took a bite of fish-flavored eggplant, a chopstick of steamed pork ribs with flour, and another sip of tomato egg.

It was a flowery soup, but gradually he began to taste it, and his chopsticks began to spin around on the plate of braised pork.

Although braised pork is delicious, it is greasy if eaten too much, not to mention he has stomach problems.

"Eat more other dishes and you won't be afraid of the taste!" Mu Qingwan reminded him as he took a chopstick of green vegetables.

"Don't be afraid, this dish is very authentic. Let's continue tomorrow." As he said that, he picked up another chopstick and ate with gusto without caring about his image. He seemed to be a refugee who escaped from somewhere, and he didn't look like an aloof emperor at all.

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She put down her chopsticks and bared her teeth and said, "Xia Houlie, do you really think of me as the cook in the imperial kitchen?"

This man really treats her as his exclusive slave. She waits on his stomach in the kitchen during the day and waits on him in bed at night. Does she still have any freedom?

"Who told you to spoil my stomach? The things in the imperial dining room are disgusting to me now." He smacked his lips and stuffed another piece of meat, "But I have always been puzzled. You are a princess and you don't touch your fingers."

Damn it, where did you learn this cooking skill?"

"This..." She hesitated. How could she say that she had a modern mother whose cooking skills were comparable to those of a chef in a five-star hotel. Of course, she knew the ingredients and methods of many dishes under the influence of her ears and eyes, but to say

If she really wanted to cook by herself, she would have started after traveling here and meeting Heng. After thinking about it, she could only say:

"I learned it from an old royal chef when I was in Xichu."

Perhaps because he was particularly satisfied with his meal, Xia Houzie was actually interested in chatting today: "Why would you want to learn this?"

As a princess of a country, you should be used to reaching out for clothes and opening your mouth when food comes, right?

Her heart skipped a beat, and she looked at his face with gleaming eyes, not knowing how to answer.

How could such a shrewd person as Xia Houlie not notice her sudden change? His eyes suddenly became sharp, like a leopard in the dark night, making her almost invisible.

Mu Qingwan thought about it for a while and felt that there was nothing to hide. She never thought there was anything wrong with a woman liking someone else before getting married. Besides, she and Xia Houlie were just a contractual couple.

"Ahem..." She cleared her throat and then said: "When I was with Hengzhi...Helian Hengzhi, he said he liked to eat the food I cooked..."

As soon as Mu Qingwan finished speaking, Xia Houlie's face turned black. He threw his chopsticks on the table with a "pop" and stared at her fiercely, as if he wanted to tear her into pieces.

Seeing him like this, Mu Qingwan's heart began to tremble and she regretted. Why were you so honest just now?

But if she could go back in time, would she lie to him? She didn't know, she only knew that she subconsciously didn't want to lie to him just now.

"You're still thinking about him, aren't you?"

"Ah? What?" She was regretting secretly and didn't hear what he said clearly.

Seeing that he was still staring at her coldly, Mu Qingwan felt a little uneasy, so she simply blinked her big eyes and looked at him innocently, "What's wrong with you? You've eaten well, why are you so angry?"

Xia Houlie felt that the blood all over his body was churning, and his chest felt extremely tight. He was not feeling very happy just now because of the incident in Showa. How could he bear it now?

Eyes like ice picks were directed at Mu Qingwan, and her eyes were so red that they seemed to burst into flames. Reason was thrown out of the window, and she blurted out the words without thinking:

"Mu Qingwan, it turns out that you have been thinking about him. You have been so kind to me these days, maybe you think I am him? No wonder you were so proactive that night. Do you think I am him? No wonder you are so wanton..."

He was talking incoherently, as if there was a thorn in his throat, which was extremely uncomfortable. The anger in his chest rushed to his forehead uncontrollably, making him completely unable to control his emotions.

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