Shen Danqing cast aside the unrealistic thoughts in his mind, while inside the restaurant, Shen Yunfeng was nearly scared to death.
As soon as he reached the private room on the second floor, he didn't even dare to sit down. He insisted on standing behind the door and asked the guards to check what was going on outside the window.
Xiang Yunrou didn't understand what was happening, but she still indulged him.
It wasn't until the guard told Shen Yunfeng that the two people eating sesame cakes downstairs had left that Shen Yunfeng heaved a sigh of relief.
After sending the guard away, Shen Yunfeng pulled Xiang Yunrou and urged again, "When will you surrender?"
Seeing Xiang Yunrou's confusion, Shen Yunfeng explained, "I just saw Shen Danqing. If he discovers our relationship, then the Shen family..."
"What do you mean? Am I so embarrassing? You brute!" Xiang Yunrou was extremely angry. She pounced on Shen Yunfeng and bit and scratched him.
Shen Yunfeng quickly hugged her tightly and patiently explained, "How could that be? It's just that the Kingdom of Xiangyun and the Great Yong are still at war. You're the princess of the Kingdom of Xiangyun, and my elder brother is an official in the court. I'm just afraid it will implicate the family and affect their impression of you."
"You're the one I love the most. I wish everyone in the world knew that I like you and that my wife is Xiang Yunrou..."
Shen Yunfeng had plenty of sweet words, and he successfully coaxed Xiang Yunrou into beaming with joy.
The two hugged each other, and suddenly Xiang Yunrou realized something. "Shen Danqing? Isn't he your second son born of a concubine? I remember you promised me that you would adopt him under my name."
"Of course, but there have been some problems with the plan." Shen Yunfeng helped Xiang Yunrou tidy the hair in front of her forehead. His movements were gentle, and his amorous phoenix eyes only reflected Xiang Yunrou's figure.
Shen Yunfeng coaxed her, "After the Kingdom of Xiangyun surrenders and we're together openly, we'll figure it out."
...
The Princess Mansion.
Shen Baozhu quietly returned to the main courtyard from the Qianqing Palace. She was extremely cautious, afraid of running into Baizhi and Qingdai.
"Baozhu? What are you doing?" Xu Yutang's voice came from behind, scaring Shen Baozhu so much that she closed her eyes, trying to fool herself.
Dragon King: [Little cutie is so timid! Be brave!]
Shen Baozhu slightly opened her eyes and saw this caption, then quickly closed them again.
It was impossible for her to be brave. If her mother found out that she often sneaked into the Qianqing Palace, she wouldn't even get the pastries next month!
Since Xu Yutang didn't get a response from Shen Baozhu, she walked up to her. Seeing that she had her eyes closed and looked nervous, she reached out and propped open her eyelids. "Baozhu, why aren't you answering me?"
Shen Baozhu, forced to open her eyes, stared blankly at Xu Yutang. It took her a long time to come to her senses. "I... I... What does Sister Yutang want to do?"
Shen Baozhu's way of changing the subject was rather clumsy, but it worked on Xu Yutang.
Xu Yutang said cheerfully, " Yan Mingli thought I was in the way and gave me five taels of silver to go out and play. I want to ask Aunt Baizhi to take me out of the mansion because I want to invite Young Master Yuan to dinner."
When saying the last sentence, Xu Yutang's tone was very gentle. She was afraid that Baozhu would think she was immoral, still entangled with Yuan Qingxi even though she was engaged.
But Xu Yutang just wanted to invite Yuan Qingxi to dinner to repay him for taking her out. The days with Yuan Qingxi were the happiest time for Xu Yutang.
She could walk freely without calculating the size of her steps, jump around as she pleased without worrying about her demeanor, and try many dishes without fear of being beaten...
Moreover, this was five taels of silver!
Xu Yutang never had to worry about food and clothing, but she rarely left the attic, let alone having money in her own hands. This was the first time ever.
Under Xu Yutang's nervous gaze, Shen Baozhu nodded in agreement. "Great! Then Sister Yutang should quickly go and find Aunt Baizhi. Maybe you can still catch today's dinner."
Xu Yutang looked at Shen Baozhu and tentatively asked, "Does Baozhu have any ideas?"
"Ideas? Let me think... Oh, I know! Sister Yutang, wait for me here. I'll be back soon." Shen Baozhu turned around and ran into the house.
She lifted her small pillow, and under it were two thumb - sized gold nuggets.
They were toys that the Dragon King gave to Shen Baozhu to amuse herself a few days ago. Because they were too small, Shen Baozhu didn't let her mother put them away but kept them under the pillow.
Shen Baozhu gave the gold nuggets to Xu Yutang and seriously instructed her, "The Zuiyin Tower is very expensive. Sister Yutang must order a lot of dishes, more and more expensive than last time. You can take the leftovers back if you can't finish them."
"Big brother said that casually accepting things from others is like accepting their favor, and it's not worth it for just some money."
"Now Baozhu will protect Sister Yutang. Baozhu has money, and Sister Yutang can spend it as she likes!"
These words were rather strange, but Xu Yutang somehow understood. Shen Baozhu meant that Yuan Qingxi had spent all his money treating her to dinner at the Zuiyin Tower. Now she was giving her gold so that she could invite him back and not owe Yuan Qingxi any favors.
Xu Yutang tightly held the gold nuggets in her hand. Her heart was in a flutter, and she felt rather panicked. She had only been in the princess mansion for four days. Why was Shen Baozhu being so nice to her?
Dragon King: [Is the gold too small? I'll give a bigger one!]
Lin Yu: [Is this a matter of the size of the gold?]
Because of Qiuqiu's nightmare, Lin Yu had made up for a lot of psychological knowledge. Now he could tell that there were some psychological problems with Xu Yutang. Just as he was about to tell Shen Baozhu, the Dragon King got ahead of him.
Dragon King: [Isn't it?]
Looking at this caption, Shen Baozhu suddenly realized that it was because the gold was too small.
So she rummaged out another palm - sized gold nugget. "Is it not enough? Here's this for Sister Yutang too!"
Xu Yutang subconsciously caught the gold. "Ah?"
"Still not enough? Then I'll rummage again!" Shen Baozhu was very quick. She rummaged out three thumb - sized gold nuggets from the corner and put them into Xu Yutang's arms.
Xu Yutang held the heavy gold and stared at Shen Baozhu in surprise. "Baozhu is so rich."
Shen Baozhu said proudly, "Of course! The Dragon King is very rich. He gave all this to me."
Dragon King: [That's right! I gave it!]
"Sister Yutang, is it enough?" Shen Baozhu looked at Xu Yutang sincerely and had already decided that if it still wasn't enough, she would go to the treasury to get more gold.
Her mother had said that when going out, money was confidence. So before her elder brother went out, her mother had scraped together a lot of money for him.
After getting along for these few days, in Shen Baozhu's heart, Xu Yutang was just a poor girl who had been bullied, unable to go out and play or eat delicious food.
Rarely did Xu Yutang want to go out, so Shen Baozhu naturally wanted to do her best to help her.
Shen Baozhu imitated the way the Princess Jingning instructed people and told Xu Yutang, "Sister Yutang, you must pay attention to safety when you go out. Don't run around, don't eat things from strangers, and don't eat too much at once and stuff yourself..."
Dragon King: [Hahaha, the little cutie looks so serious saying this. It's so cute!]
Lin Yu was also amused. [Baozhu, Yutang probably won't run around, eat things from strangers, or stuff herself.]
The Princess Jingning's instructions were all aimed at Shen Baozhu's bad habits. Now that Shen Baozhu used them on Xu Yutang, it was rather funny.