Fallen Imperial Consort from Heaven - C1028 1027 Xie's i thoughts
Seeing that Little Xie was thinking about something, her ears started to turn red, and then she placed the tray in her hands in front of Liu Ruo Qing and said: “It’s like this, ever since Big Sis took charge of the Duke’s Mansion, I’ve been afraid that I wouldn’t be able to make the old wangfei happy, especially during these days where Prince Jing and Crown Princess Jing have been visiting the Duke’s Mansion. I’ve often heard Big Sis mention that they might have neglected Prince and Wangfei, so today I’ve decided to cook fruit soup for them personally.
Liu Ruo Qing pretended not to know what the Little Xie Clan was planning, and looked at the fruit soup in front of him as she pursed her lips and smiled, “This looks like it’s going to be extremely tasty.”
She kept ‘Your Highness’ inside her mouth, afraid that she wouldn’t know that she was actually here to look for the prince and that she, the wangfei, was just taking the opportunity.
Even if the Crown Princess did not know any business, she knew that the identity of the King Jing was not simple. If she was afraid of being neglectful, how would she let a guest stay at the Prince’s Mansion to entertain them.
“As long as wangfei likes it.”
Hearing Liu Ruo Qing’s praise, Little Xie’s eyes lit up, yet she did not plan to leave.
Liu Ruo Qing did not chase her away in a hurry. She had been brought here to cook delicious food for her and she had to repay her, didn’t she?
Liu Ruo Qing pursed her lips and laughed as she ate the fruit soup.
She had personally made fruit soup for him, not to treat him as a guest for her elder sister. It was clear that she did not take the words of the Xie Clan that day to heart, telling her not to offend the King Jing couple as she pleased.
“From what Miss Xie said just now, Crown Princess has already begun to control the estate at such a young age?”
“That’s right, the prince and his wife often aren’t in the palace. From the moment my elder sister married into the palace, the wangfei had already given her sister a gift from the palace.”
When Little Xie Shi said this, she couldn’t help but feel proud.
After all, although the King Carefree was not part of the imperial court, he was still the king of a city.
Outsiders naturally would think of the other girls from the Xie Clan when they saw how the Crown Princess handled matters.
Liu Ruo Qing lowered her eyes and laughed, “Crown Princess is truly capable. If it were me, I wouldn’t care about the entire King Jing Palace.”
However, when Little Xie heard this, she became excited. She thought Liu Ruo Qing wanted to find her to chat, and thus asked out of curiosity:
“Esteemed wangfei, you don’t care about the princes’ gifts, could it be that the prince is also in charge?”
Also?
Liu Ruo Qing keenly noticed the word “also”, a look of surprise flashed past her eyes, but she did not reveal it on the surface, and said: “En, I am too lazy to give you feedback, and I do not have that kind of method to do so, so I said Crown Princess is capable.”
“When my elder sister was still unmarried, she had always been helping mother manage the rewards in the family, so she was very good at helping the Duke Mansion. But since it’s the Duke Mansion after all, the Prince isn’t confident and doesn’t want to tire the Princess to death. The Prince will personally look over the account books that the steward of the Duke Mansion delivers every month.”
Although Little Xie didn’t explicitly complain about the King Carefree, her words contained a silent complaint.
In the end, he still had to personally look through the monthly accounts. It was normal for him to mind it, or else he wouldn’t let her handle it. If she wanted to control it, she would have to let go.
However, as Liu Ruo Qing was thinking about this, an idea suddenly flashed through her mind. She was about to try her best to capture him, when she was interrupted by a voice that suddenly sounded from the entrance of the courtyard, “Qing Er.”
Liu Ruo Qing frowned, the idea that flashed through her mind just now was too fast to catch, she had completely forgotten about it the moment the voice interrupted her.
Looking up, Yan Yuan’s eyes contained a smile as he walked towards her quickly, completely ignoring the existence of the person beside his.
“Why did you wake up so quickly? Have you slept enough?”
His voice was warm and completely different from the cold and detached appearance he had when he was in front of outsiders.
It was that day at the banquet, although Yan Yuan treated Liu Ruo Qing with great gentleness and detail, because of the presence of an outsider, when he was talking to King Carefree and the others, although he did not speak coldly, he did not show too much enthusiasm.
It was the first time she heard Yan Yuan speak to him in such a close proximity. That day, she was too far away so she naturally couldn’t hear his gentle voice. Her heart involuntarily jumped, her gaze paused on Yan Yuan’s gentle face, unable to shift away.
She had heard countless of stories about the King Jing in the current era as a devoted man, but he had still only existed in her imagination. She had only felt that the rumors were too exaggerated, but now, she had personally witnessed them.
It was impossible to fake the kind of affection that flowed from the depths of his eyes.
Little Xie looked at the way Yan Yuan looked at Liu Ruo Qing, and the gentleness of his smile towards her. In her heart, she was a little envious, and also a little jealous.
Seeing that Yan Yuan had not looked at his from beginning to end, Xiao Xie was a little unwilling, she admitted that amongst so many women in Yizhou, his beauty was top-notch. Although he was not so beautiful that he could topple nations, he was still not enough to be ignored by others.
Unresigned in her heart, she bent down slightly and bowed towards Yan Yuan, “Xiao’er greets Prince Jing.”
“Get up.”
Even though Yan Yuan was telling her this, his gaze was still fixed on Liu Ruo Qing’s face, unable to move away.
Little Xie looked at Yan Yuan unwillingly, hoping that he would turn his gaze towards her. However, she never noticed that Yan Yuan was looking at her.
She stomped her feet in anger, but didn’t dare to show it on her face. She wasn’t willing to just leave like that.
Just as he was feeling angry at himself, he heard Liu Ruo Qing say: “I fell asleep for a while and decided to come to the courtyard to take a seat. Coincidentally, Miss Xie gave us two bowls of fruit soup, it’s not bad, try it.”
With that, Liu Ruo Qing brought the fruit soup over and placed it in front of Yan Yuan.
Little Xie felt that she finally had a chance to let King Jing take a look. She looked at Yan Yuan with her clear eyes, and even stealthily lifted the strands of hair at her temples.
“Please don’t mind me doing too badly, Your Highness.”
Her voice was low and soft, carrying the coquettishness and shyness of a young girl. Her words were humble, but her heart was filled with confidence. Even though she was a direct daughter of the Xie Clan and didn’t cook very well, her culinary skills were generally recognized as excellent.
Thus, the words that he had said just now, on one hand, wanted to attract Yan Yuan’s attention, and on the other hand, naturally wanted to hear Yan Yuan praise her.