"Little smarty pants?" Feng Yunshu pouted discontentedly. "I'm clearly a big smarty pants, okay?"
"Hehe, right. Whether you're a big smarty pants or a little one, you're always mine anyway," said Helan Yanting.
Feng Yunshu was almost drowned in the tenderness in his eyes. Her old face blushed a bit as she pouted. "Who said I'm yours? I never said that..."
The dishes were quickly served. The table was full. Helan Yanting glanced at the various dishes on the table and then silently looked at Feng Yunshu beside him. "Madam ordered so many dishes. You surely have a good appetite."
Feng Yunshu twitched the corner of her forehead. "Your Highness, what kind of look is that? Why do I feel like you're looking at a glutton?"
At this moment, Xiaoling piped up smartly. "Master, you can just remove the 'feel like' in this sentence. You should be more confident in yourself!"
"Xiaoling!" Feng Yunshu turned her head and glared at Xiaoling, then snorted a few times. "Even you say I'm a glutton. Fine, no drumsticks for you today! Anyway, you're not a glutton..."
"Oops, don't, don't, Master! Xiaoling didn't say I'm not. If Master is a big glutton, then Xiaoling is a little glutton! So, can I have the drumstick?"
"Hey, little glutton, can you have a bit more backbone? Just for a drumstick..."
Of course, Feng Yunshu didn't order all these dishes just for herself. Since it was a rare occasion to go out and it was a festival, Ziyuan and Yan Qi were also around. Feng Yunshu happily invited them to sit down.
"Today is the Mid - Autumn Festival. We can have a reunion dinner together. Sit down."
With Helan Yanting here, Yan Qi and Ziyuan certainly didn't have the courage to sit at the same table as the prince and the princess.
"Thank you for your kindness, Princess, but there are differences between the master and the servant. It's not appropriate."
Feng Yunshu looked at Helan Yanting. "Your Highness, what do you think?"
"Hmm?"
"Your Highness, if you don't say something, Yan Qi and Ziyuan definitely won't dare to sit down and eat. Today is a special day after all. Your Highness, please let them sit down and have lunch with us."
Helan Yanting nodded with a smile. "Since Madam has said so, I naturally have no objections."
Saying so, Helan Yanting glanced at Yan Qi and Ziyuan. "Since the princess is so kind, you may sit down and have lunch with us."
Yan Qi and Ziyuan subconsciously glanced at each other. They both saw the surprised and flattered look in each other's eyes. They had no choice but to obey, nod, and step forward to sit down.
Feng Yunshu had a particularly happy meal. Helan Yanting beside her occasionally picked up dishes for her. Xiaoling was obediently squatting on the low table beside, munching on a drumstick happily. Opposite them, Ziyuan and Yan Qi gradually relaxed and were not so restrained.
After the meal, Feng Yunshu proposed to go to a nearby teahouse to drink tea and listen to the storytelling. Helan Yanting nodded in agreement very cooperatively and led her towards the teahouse.
Before going to the teahouse, Feng Yunshu remembered that she hadn't picked up the sugar figurines made by that old man. So she told Yan Qi and Ziyuan.
"Ziyuan, you go with Yan Qi to pick up the sugar figurines from that stall. After you get them, come directly to the teahouse not far from here to meet us."
At this point, Feng Yunshu gave Yan Qi and Ziyuan a meaningful look and then added with a smile, "Today the long street is so lively. If there's anything you're interested in and want to buy or eat, Ziyuan, you can just stroll around. Take this purse. Buy whatever you want. Anyway, I'm with the prince and I don't need silver."
The implication was that she had an "automatic teller machine" by her side and didn't have to worry about money.
Ziyuan's first reaction was to refuse. As the saying goes, one should not accept benefits without merit. Although Feng Yunshu always regarded her as a younger sister, Ziyuan felt that she couldn't just spend the young lady's silver casually.
"Miss, you'd better take this purse. Ziyuan still has some silver on me."
Saying so, Ziyuan was about to untie the purse and give it to Feng Yunshu. Feng Yunshu was just thinking about what else to say to persuade her when Yan Qi beside her blurted out unexpectedly—
"Princess, I still have some silver here. If Miss Ziyuan needs to buy something, the silver I have is enough."
Ziyuan was stunned for a moment when she heard this and turned to look at Yan Qi.
After Yan Qi said that, he was also stunned. Then his face turned red and he tried to explain what he had just said. "Miss Ziyuan, don't misunderstand. I mean..."
Feng Yunshu looked at Ziyuan and then at Yan Qi, and then interrupted them with a smile. "Alright, since Yan Qi has silver, that's fine. Hurry up. The prince and I have to go in quickly, or we'll miss the storytelling."
After saying that, Feng Yunshu pulled Helan Yanting, who was still standing there, and strode inside. After walking a few steps, she stopped and turned to look at Ziyuan and Yan Qi. "Yan Qi, there are many people on the long street today. Please take good care of Ziyuan."
After saying that, Feng Yunshu pulled Helan Yanting and walked into the teahouse without looking back.
"Hey, Miss..."
Ziyuan called out. She didn't stop until the backs of Feng Yunshu and Helan Yanting disappeared from sight.
With only her and Yan Qi left standing there, Ziyuan's thin face blushed furiously. She still had to pretend to be calm and quickly glanced at Yan Qi. "Then... Brother Yan Qi, I'll have to trouble you. Let's go."
Yan Qi watched the slender back of the woman walking quickly. He touched his blushing ears and chased after her with a slight smile on his lips.
...
Feng Yunshu initially found it very boring here. Once, when she passed by a teahouse and heard the storytelling inside, she immediately became interested. After that, she directly got a VIP private room in the teahouse.
So after leading Helan Yanting in, she directly walked towards the private room on the upper floor.
"Your Highness, isn't this a great location?"
After they sat down, Feng Yunshu asked the waiter to serve tea and snacks. She looked up at Helan Yanting. "Your Highness, what kind of tea would you like?"
"Longjing before the Rain."
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Okay, I'll remember, hehe."
After ordering the tea and snacks, they sat on the second floor and watched the storytelling downstairs. This location was really good. It was the best viewing angle, completely avoiding the crowded people below and clearly hearing the storytelling on the stage.
"I wonder what story will be told today..."
Feng Yunshu propped her chin up, waiting curiously for the storyteller to start. But unexpectedly, as soon as the storyteller opened his mouth, he said, "There are really many royal secrets in the Yuan Kingdom!
"It is rumored that Helan Yanting, the second prince of the Yuan Kingdom, is not the blood of the Yuan Kingdom's emperor, but the son of his mother concubine and a great general of the Yuan Kingdom! Speaking of this great general, his story is even more legendary. This general once fought against a hundred people alone and never lost a battle in his life..."
"Because the second prince was suspected not to be the emperor's son, although the blood - relation was verified by the blood - dropping test later, the Yuan Kingdom's emperor still felt very uncomfortable. After all, wearing a cuckold is an uncomfortable thing for anyone..."
"So, Helan Yanting, the second prince of the Yuan Kingdom, was sent to our country by the emperor on some pretext. It was said to be for the friendly relationship between the Yuan Kingdom and the Dan Kingdom, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that a prince sent like this is equivalent to a pawn. Once something goes wrong between the two countries, this pawn will immediately become a discarded piece..."
Feng Yunshu never expected to hear such things. She was still holding a preserved fruit in her hand, about to take a bite but didn't have time. She was immediately petrified.
"Your Highness, don't listen to their nonsense! Most of the content in these storytelling is fabricated! They're really bold enough to slander the royal family!"