"The Mid - Autumn Lantern Festival?"
Helan Yanting nodded. "I may not know what your life was like in your past life, but I imagine that the daily life of an immortal cultivator is rather dull. Judging from your personality, you don't seem like the type who can sit still and cultivate immortality."
"Your Highness, so this is how you see me?" Feng Yunshu pouted discontentedly. "Oh, so I'm just a lazy, good - for - nothing slacker who can't even cultivate immortality, right?"
Helan Yanting raised an eyebrow and smirked playfully. "Aren't you?"
Feng Yunshu was momentarily speechless. She could only shrug and say, "Fine, you guessed right..."
"Then are you going to the lantern festival or not?"
Although Feng Yunshu really wanted to refuse stubbornly to prove that she wasn't a useless slacker, while she was hesitating, Helan Yanting calmly spoke up.
"There will be many street food vendors from all over the world at the Mid - Autumn Lantern Festival. There'll be three - cup chicken, grilled lamb skewers, Chinese crepes, sausage - wrapped rice sausage, Dingbian Congee, oyster omelette, A Zong's Noodles, tempura, ginger duck..."
As he was talking, Helan Yanting heard a distinct sound of someone swallowing saliva.
"Stop it! I'll go! I'll go, okay!" Feng Yunshu glared angrily at Helan Yanting. "Your Highness, you're really going too far!"
Sure enough, he was such a sly old fox! He'd discovered her weakness so quickly?
"Hehe, I know you're happy, my lady, but you don't have to be so excited."
As he said this, Helan Yanting lifted his sleeve to wipe the corner of Feng Yunshu's mouth. "My lady, you should control yourself a bit. Your saliva is drooling out..."
Feng Yunshu blushed. She quickly reached out to touch the corner of her mouth, only to find there was no saliva at all!
"Helan Yanting, you!"
"Haha..."
Meanwhile, outside the room.
Ziyuan woke up and immediately threw off the quilt and got out of bed. She was anxious to find Feng Yunshu, worried about whether something had happened to her.
When she walked to the main hall and heard from afar the woman's angry roar and the man's extremely cheerful laughter, Ziyuan quickened her pace. But she was stopped by the cold - faced Yan Qi.
"Brother Yan Qi, I just want to go in and see if our young lady is okay."
Yan Qi glanced into the main hall and then looked back at Ziyuan. "Miss Ziyuan, the princess is fine."
Ziyuan nodded but still wanted to go in. "I just want to say a few words to the young lady..."
But Yan Qi didn't move aside. Ziyuan looked at him in confusion. "Brother Yan Qi, why do you keep stopping me?"
Yan Qi's forehead twitched. He looked at the innocent Ziyuan helplessly. "The prince and the princess are having breakfast. Miss Ziyuan, it won't be too late for you to go in later."
"It's okay that they're having breakfast. I just want to say a few words. I won't disturb them for long." Ziyuan blinked her eyes in confusion.
Yan Qi almost blurted out, 'Are you really that naive or just pretending? Do you really have to go in and interrupt their sweet talk?'
"Miss Ziyuan, the weather is nice today. You've just woken up, and it's good for you to exercise more. How about practicing boxing with me?"
Ziyuan looked at Yan Qi as if he were a fool. "Brother Yan Qi, are you serious?"
...
When Feng Yunshu saw that Ziyuan and Xiaoling had woken up, she carefully examined their physical conditions. Only after confirming that they were safe and sound did she breathe a sigh of relief.
Remembering the agreement she'd made with Kong Ze before, Feng Yunshu told Helan Yanting that she still had some unfinished business and needed to return to the prime minister's mansion.
Helan Yanting nodded. "Everyone in the prime minister's mansion has their own ulterior motives. You must be extra careful when you go back. Don't be careless."
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Yes, I know."
"If the first lady withholds your monthly allowance, just tell me. Later, go to the accounting room and ask the steward for ten thousand taels of silver to use. You can't treat yourself badly when it comes to food, clothing, and daily necessities. If it's not enough, just go and get more."
After hearing this, Feng Yunshu was almost moved to tears. In her two lifetimes, she didn't have many hobbies, but she was particularly fond of food and silver. Coincidentally, this man in front of her had directly hit her two soft spots!
Could it be that her master, seeing that his only female disciple had never fallen in love for a thousand years, had gone to the God of Matchmaking to find her such a perfect partner?
"Your Highness, aren't you afraid that I'll spend all your silver?"
Helan Yanting couldn't help laughing. He reached out and gently poked her forehead. "I've said before that my property is neither too much nor too little. It's more than enough to support you, my lady. You can spend it as you like. There's no need to have any concerns."
Feng Yunshu's eyes welled up with tears as she smiled. It wasn't for anything else but because it felt so unreal. In the past, when she read romantic novels, there were many heartless and fickle men, and those affectionate women all ended up dying young.
But now that she'd truly experienced it, she found that love wasn't entirely false. Helan Yanting was sincere enough to her.
"Your Highness, you're so good to me."
Feng Yunshu sniffed. She couldn't help but skip a few steps in front of Helan Yanting. She stood on tiptoe, opened her arms, and hugged his neck tightly. She buried her face in his neck and took a deep sniff.
Helan Yanting's heart fluttered at her actions. His hand unconsciously went to her head and gently ruffled her hair. "What are you sniffing for, my lady?"
"Hehe, I'm sniffing the scent on Your Highness."
"Oh? What scent is on me?"
"Um... it's just a really nice scent!"
After "starting the fire", Feng Yunshu let go of Helan Yanting before he could take the initiative. She jumped a few steps away. "Your Highness, I'll go to the prime minister's mansion first. Don't miss me too much!"
Helan Yanting watched Feng Yunshu's retreating figure. A smile always hung on his lips, and his eyes were filled with light.
Yan Qi, who was guarding outside the door, silently glanced at his prince. He couldn't help sighing. The power of love was really terrifying. Even the ice - cold prince could turn out like this...
...
This time, when Feng Yunshu returned to the prime minister's mansion with Xiaoling and Ziyuan, she didn't enter through the back yard but swaggered in through the main gate of the prime minister's mansion.
After what happened in the main hall, Feng Yunshu felt that there was no need to maintain the superficial relationship with the first lady and Feng Manshu anymore. People all over the city probably knew about their conflict.
The news that Feng Yunshu had returned to the prime minister's mansion quickly reached the first lady's ears. When she learned that Feng Yunshu was back, the first lady sneered with a gloomy face.
"Keep laughing. That little bitch won't be able to laugh soon."
At this time, Feng Yunshu also started her plan to find the antidote!
At night, Feng Yunshu changed into a night - suit. This time, she didn't take Ziyuan and Xiaoling with her.
Xiaoling pouted aggrievedly. "Why don't you take me with you, master? Do you think I'm useless? After getting the little spirit cat, do you think I'm not cute enough?"
As she said this, Xiaoling shook the tips of her ears and wagged her tail. She looked at Feng Yunshu pleadingly and then—
"Meow meow..."
"Master, look. I can actually turn into a little spirit cat too! Aren't I cute?"
"Pfft, hahahaha..." Feng Yunshu burst out laughing. The whole room seemed to shake. "I said, Ling'er, if you ever meet other immortal cultivators in the future, don't say I'm your master. I'm afraid they'll think that the disciple is like the master and take me for a big fool too."
"Master!" Obviously, Feng Yunshu's words were not very hurtful but extremely insulting. Xiaoling stood up on her two legs angrily, put her hands on her hips, and glared at Feng Yunshu.
"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. You've just recovered from your injury. Have a good rest."