Tangled

Chapter 71
It took too long to recuperate from this illness, and the imperial doctor said that the medicine could be stopped after Chongwu.

The trip to Ningzhou was delayed for too long. As soon as she got well, the prince couldn't wait to come to the door.

When Shen Qiqi arrived at Changfeng Pavilion, she happened to hear the prince roaring in the study.

Everyone in the eleventh class was guarding the door. She looked at the food box in her hand and wondered whether she should go in or not.

"Report to Lord Hou, the girl is here."

While she was hesitating, Eleven had already gone to report.

Shen Qiqi lowered her head and pursed her lips, waiting for the person inside to reply, before she stepped forward with her skirt in one hand.

"Girl, please come in."

Eleven helped to open the door, and then carefully closed it again after she entered.

Standing at the door, Shen Qiqi looked up at Gu Tingshu who was sitting behind the desk, and turned to look at Mu Chengze who was standing by the window.

The two were at war with each other, and the atmosphere was condensed, neither of them was willing to speak softly first.

Shen Qiqi bowed to Mu Chengze first, and then went to Gu Tingshu with the food box.

"Nurse Lin has learned how to make cakes, and I thought they were delicious, so I wanted to bring them to my cousin for a try."

While talking, she went out to get pastries, and after she finished speaking, she paused for a while, then turned her head and asked, "Do you want to use some, Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

Although Mu Chengze was still on fire in his heart, he was concerned about her presence, so he could only hold back his words. Now, when he heard her question, he could respond dispensably.

"My cousin speaks so highly of this pastry, so this pastry must be extremely delicious, so you can use some alone."

As he spoke, he walked over, saw Shen Qiqi took a piece to Gu Tingshu, rolled his eyes, and brought the plate over.

"Ashu doesn't like to eat these, so Gu will help him to eat."

He was not polite at all, Shen Qiqi was still holding the piece of pastry in her hand, and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Gu Tingshu.

The pastry, the size of two fingers, melts in the mouth, full of fragrance, fresh and not greasy, no wonder she wants to send it over.

After eating the pastry, Gu Tingshu took another sip of tea before asking Shen Qiqi to sit down.

"You are not in good health, don't stand for a long time, go sit."

"Does my cousin still want to eat? I still have some at my place."

Mammy didn't cook much because she didn't like it, and she didn't know the prince was here when she came, so she just brought a small dish.

Originally, I wanted to say that I could pad my stomach, but I never thought that all of them would be taken by the prince.

"No need, just sit down."

She was still out of breath when she entered the door, and if she was asked to walk back and forth, she might collapse from exhaustion.

With Shen Qiqi around, Mu Chengze couldn't say anything, so he clapped his hands to leave after eating the pastry.

"Ashu has something to do today, that Gu Minger will come again."

This person is also strange, if he had to run into such a thing before, he would have rushed to solve it, but now he keeps procrastinating.

Sure enough, this matter between men and women is the most hindering thing.

Fortunately, he didn't listen to his mother's advice to find a girl, otherwise he might be held back now.

"Congratulations, Your Highness."

Gu Tingshu answered simply, regardless of whether Mu Chengze would be angry or not, he just asked Shi Shi to give it away.

After he left, Shen Qiqi turned her head to look at Gu Tingshu, "What did cousin say to the prince just now? I heard his voice as soon as I entered the courtyard."

Gu Tingshu was not in a hurry to answer, as if his eyes were on her face, his fingertips rubbed the jade pendant around his waist from time to time.

Although she said that she was almost better, her complexion was not as good as before, and her fiery lips also turned a faint red.

The whole person was even thinner, as if any gust of wind could blow her away.

"It's nothing, just asking when to go to Ningzhou."

The trip to Ningzhou had already been said to be going two months ago, and now that it has been so long since the trip, I can't blame the prince for being in a hurry.

"I'm all right now. If my cousin is fine, I should give His Royal Highness a reply, so that he doesn't have to be reminded every day."

Gu Tingshu responded, but didn't say whether to go or not, just reached out to get her a travel journal.

"The people below have just found it, you can watch it to pass the time."

Wen Hua took it and turned it over a few times, and thanked her with a smile.

"Cousin, go get busy if you have something to do, it's getting late, and it's time for Qiqi to go back."

When it was almost lunch time, she tried to hide again.

Gu Tingshu's eyes flickered when he remembered that she had acted uncharacteristically after waking up and used various excuses to refuse to eat with him.

"Eleventh, take the girl back." Seeing that Shen Qiqi didn't notice, he whispered again: "Ask Mother He, what does the girl eat after she wakes up, and how her appetite is different from before."

Eleven took the order and went away, and when he came back, he took back the notebook that Nanny He used to record.

"Nurse He said that although the girl eats less these days, it's still normal."

"It's just that, among the dishes on the table, the girls don't eat any meat, and they don't even eat the boiled meatballs they used to love."

"The former mother secretly put some shredded chicken into the porridge, and the girl vomited as soon as she ate it."

Gu Tingshu flipped through the book that recorded the amount and type of food she ate, and took a long time to put it down.

"Go and tell the girl, I will go to Qingzhu Xiaozhu for lunch."

It's fine if she doesn't use it once or twice, but now her body is so weak, if she doesn't eat more meat, how long will it take to make up for it.

"By the way, go to the East Palace and take out the milk cake that the prince said."

"Yes."

After Eleven retreated, Gu Tingshu picked up the little book again, read it carefully for a long time, and didn't stop until lunch time.

Most of the meat was placed on the table, it smelled very fragrant, but Shen Qiqi felt like vomiting when she smelled it.

She clutched her chest, her eyes were slightly red, and she looked at Nanny He pitifully through a mist.

"When Master Eleven came, why didn't Mammy refuse?"

She really doesn't want to eat meat now, so she can eat whatever she wants, but if she eats with her cousin, then she has to eat whatever he puts in.

Her look of bitterness and hatred amused Nanny He, helped her to tie her hair, and then said with a smile: "Why doesn't the girl refuse herself?"

"The status of this old slave is low, so how dare you refuse Master Hou? Even if this old slave has the guts to say no, Master Hou can still listen to this old slave?"

"What the girl dare not do, the old slave is even more afraid."

After she finished speaking, she let out a long sigh, and Shen Qiqi also sighed after listening.

That's right, the cousin who didn't even give His Royal Highness the face, even if they had the guts to refuse, what else could he say?
"Then will the nanny wait in the house later?"

He Nanny shook her head, "Girl, don't be joking, Mr. Hou knows how to pick up chopsticks. When he grows up, he doesn't allow his servants to stay in the house."

"If the old slave stays in the house and doesn't go out, I'm afraid he will be punished."

"If this old slave is as young as Jinbao and Yinbao, he will suffer this punishment, but this old slave is now old, if he is punished, his old life will probably be gone."

After she said this, Shen Qiqi really had nothing to say, so she could only nod along with her words.

"Yes, yes, what Mammy said is very true, then Mammy should go to rest for a while, Jinbao and Yinbao are still outside, it would be nice to have them take care of them."

(End of this chapter)