After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

Yan Yu fell asleep quickly, but Xiao Chengji couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

On the one hand, he was full of energy, and on the other hand, he was thinking about what Yan Yu had just asked.

She was already fast asleep, and under the dim yellow light, the outline of her face looked as if it were carefully drawn in a meticulous painting. Her eyebrows and eyes became more and more beautiful, like a trembling flower bud that had just opened a few petals.

Maybe she will look better in a few years. Yan Yu hasn't fully grown up yet, and a girl of seventeen or eighteen can never compare to the relaxed appearance of a woman in her twenties.

It’s a pity that sometimes being too beautiful can be a burden. People like Yan Yu will be coveted by men wherever they go, and they probably won’t be able to leave the mansion in this life.

Maybe she had thought about a lot of things, and maybe she didn't like walking from one deep courtyard to another.

Xiao Chengji thought that if Yan Yu was a little duller, his mind wasn't so sharp, and he could eat and drink fine food every day, and maybe he would be happier.

But she is a person with a lot of emotions, and he also likes her exquisiteness.

The team had to be reorganized and leave before dawn the next day. Xiao Chengji went to the emperor early. Yan Yu was helped by a maid to wipe his face, wash and change clothes. He was so sleepy that he dozed off when getting on the carriage and was drowsy all morning.

When she finally woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.

Yan Yu took a sip of tea. After the first sip, her expression changed slightly: "What kind of tea is this? Why isn't it Bailu tea?"

Ning Xia said: "This is what His Highness ordered. You must drink this on a daily basis."

Yan Yu took another sip. It tasted like medicine diluted with water, slightly bitter and astringent. Fortunately, it smelled faintly of Ganoderma lucidum, so he was able to drink it.

After drinking two sips of tea, Yan Yu took some cakes to eat.

After taking a bite, she broke it open to see the filling inside. It was all ground reddish-brown liquid. She couldn't tell what it was. It tasted like medicine and was slightly bitter.

Yan Yu didn't want to eat this, she wanted to eat something else, preferably something made of sweet glutinous rice, so she asked the maid for it.

Ning Xia said: "Princess, these are all we have for the journey. If you don't want to eat cakes, there are also some milk cakes and various types of dried meat."

Yan Yu didn't want to eat milk cakes and dried meat, thinking they were too hard. He was so hungry that he had to eat a few pieces of these cakes to fill his stomach. After eating two pieces, he found that the taste was not that bad and was quite fragrant.

Wanli saw that the princess was being picky and there wasn't much food to eat on the road, so she thought for a moment and said, "I'll go catch a rabbit, kill it, roast it until it's juicy and fragrant, and bring it back for two legs for each of us."

Yan Yu said: "I don't want to eat roasted rabbit."

Wanli: “Uh.”

Yesterday, Wanli was still thinking that if an ordinary man married a wife as beautiful as the princess, he would be happy when he opened his eyes and looked at this face, even if he had to starve to death every day.

Now that I think about it, a beauty who is so stunning that she could make fishes sink to the bottom of their bodies, geese fall, and the moon hide in shame on flowers, is something that not everyone can afford to support. She is so picky about food, not to mention clothes and jewelry.

It is said that the pearls hanging on the princess' shoes today were confiscated by the King of Qin when he conquered the Zahun Kingdom when he was young. This pair of pearls was once inlaid on the Khan's crown and would glow at night.

Wanli: "...I have two pieces of pine nut candy here. I'm sure the princess won't eat them either. Then you'll have to starve."

This time Yan Yu asked for the two candies and ate them.

Some more food was delivered at noon, and this time it was finally delicious. There was a layer of sour and sweet filling sandwiched between the milky white and soft glutinous rice cake flour. The filling was made of longan honey, hawthorn, yam, rose and some fragrant wild fruit jams. It tasted very delicious, and it was even more delicious against the unpalatable food in the morning. Yan Yu ate a lot without realizing it.

Perhaps it was because hawthorn was too appetizing. Not long after, Yan Yu felt hungry again. Even on the bumpy carriage, she still wanted to eat.

By the afternoon, everyone hurried to the Yiju Palace, and dinner was soon delivered from the kitchen.

Before dinner, the King of Qin finally returned.

Wanli could vaguely tell from these maids and nannies that the King of Qin did not like them to be too close to the princess.

The King of Qin was handsome, tall and mighty. There was almost no man in the capital who was more handsome than him. Logically, there should be many maids and palace ladies who were attracted to him.

But most women like men who are elegant, gentle and easy to approach, such as the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince. Some also like men like the Sixth Prince who are humorous and free and easy. No matter how they get close to them, at least their lives will not be in danger.

The King of Qin gave people a very strong aggressive feeling, like a long sword that had been unsheathed, flashing with cold light and full of deterrence. Only a few people had the courage to gamble their lives for his favor.

Whenever his sharp and cold eyes swept over, almost no one dared to look at him, and naturally no one dared to have any other thoughts.

No matter how stupid Wanli was, she would never talk to the princess like a sister in front of the King of Qin. The princess was usually gentle with everyone she met, but the King of Qin looked like a man who was very particular about hierarchy.

Only when he was not around did she dare to speak boldly in front of the princess.

Now that she was here, except for Ningxia and Ruidong who were serving the masters meals, everyone else had left.

The wind and sand here are a little stronger than in the capital, and the weather is also drier. Bichun and Jinqiu were talking in whispers.

"My face is dry." Jin Qiu sighed, "It's too dry here. You got burned last time. Let me use the Jade Face Rejuvenating Cream that the princess gave you."

Bichun said, "You don't have chapped skin, so why would you need something so good? You're just too lazy and go to bed without washing your face. Wash it before you go to bed at night, and rub it thickly with jasmine wax and goose fat, and it will be all healed the next morning."

Wanli touched her face and looked at the two pretty maids wrapped in silk and satin, and she felt a little inferior.

She is not even as particular as the maidservant serving the princess. She usually doesn't wipe anything... The maidservants serving the emperor must be more particular. I wonder what kind of people those guards see on a daily basis.

There is a big lake in Yizhu Palace. Although it is not frozen yet, the lakeside is cold and there is no one. The sun has set, and the sky and the earth are dark except for a patch of rosy clouds in the west. Wanli sees a few muntjacs eating grass by the lake.

She picked up a stone and threw it over. The deer was startled and ran away instantly.

"You are here. I have been looking for you for a long time." A voice came from behind. "I just went to the place where Prince Rui lives, but I didn't see you."

Wanli turned around and saw Xiao Qiru walking towards her with a smile.

Wanli asked: "Why are you looking for me?"

Xiao Qirui smiled and said: "Are you hungry? I stole some snacks from the emperor for you to try."

Wanli ate two pieces of milk skin puff pastry and felt that it was not as delicious as the one the princess had.

Xiao Qirui asked: "How is it?"

"It's just so-so." Wanli said, "I've had better ones, made by a master chef from Yuhu."

Xiao Qirui raised his eyebrows.

Wanli said: "The emperor's things are just like this."

Xiao Qirui laughed: "Yes, he is also a human being, not much better than us."