142 Please
In the study, Xiao Juan was listening to Yan Nanguan’s report.
Yan Nanguan was ordered to keep an eye on Prince Min. This evening, the Eagle Guards discovered that Prince Min had secretly sent someone out of the residence.
The Eagle Guards followed that person out of the city and had yet to return.
Yan Nanguan had come to inform Duke Lang of this matter. After Xiao Juan finished listening, he said calmly, “Don’t alert the enemy. Continue to watch. Report to me immediately if there’s any news.”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
At this moment, there was a knock on the door. Yu Niaoniao’s voice came through the door.
“Baby, quickly try my new hawthorn cake.”
What she said caught the two men in the room off guard.
Yan Nanguan was afraid that he would delay the relationship between Duke Lang and the future Princess Consort, so he hurriedly said.
“I’ll take my leave first.”
Xiao Qing nodded slightly. “Yes.”
Yan Nanguan opened the door and saw Yu Niaoniao standing outside. He immediately bowed to her. “Miss Yu.”
“So you’re here too.” Yu Niaoniao handed the tray in her hand to him. “You came at the right time. Try this hawthorn cake.”
When Yan Nanguan saw the heart on the hawthorn cake, he felt a chill from the public display of affection.
He answered quickly. “Thank you. I’m full.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “You haven’t eaten yet. How are you full? Besides, it’s just a piece of hawthorn cake. It’s not filling. Try it.”
Yan Nanguan could not refuse. Moreover, the hawthorn cake in front of him looked really delicious.
Unable to resist the temptation, he slowly reached out with his right hand, picked up a piece of hawthorn cake, and placed it in his mouth.
It was sour and sweet. It was indeed delicious.
He was about to savor it when he heard Duke Lang cough behind him.
He immediately came back to his senses and did not dare to delay any longer. He quickly got lost.
Yu Niaoniao walked into the study with a tray.
When she placed the hawthorn cake in front of Xiao Juan, he saw the heart arranged with petals.
But because a piece of hawthorn cake was taken away, the heart was also missing a small hole.
His thin lips pursed slightly.
His love was no longer complete.
Yu Niaoniao picked up a piece of hawthorn cake with her chopsticks and handed it to the man. “Try it.”
Xiao Juan opened his mouth and bit the hawthorn cake.
It was sour, and sweet. Apart from the subtle taste, he could smell the fragrance of lotus roots.
Yu Niaoniao asked expectantly, “Is it delicious?”
Xiao Juan swallowed the cake and gave a fair evaluation. “Delicious.”
Yu Niaoniao leaned over and looked at him eagerly.
“Since you think it’s delicious, can you return the two hundred taels to me?”
Xiao Juan looked at her expressionlessly.
It turned out that she had taken the trouble to prepare pastries for him just to get back the two hundred taels of silver.
Seeing that he was silent, Yu Niaoniao leaned closer and grabbed his sleeve. Her voice was as soft and sweet as honey.
“Baby, please. Just return them to me, okay?”
Xiao Juan asked in a low voice, “If not for those two hundred taels, would you not have prepared this pastry for me?”
Yu Niaoniao looked at him in surprise. “Why would you think that? My heart aches for your body. I’m dreaming about how to make you delicious food. What has it got to do with those two hundred taels?”
Xiao Juan said, “In that case, it should be fine if I don’t give you the two hundred taels.”
Yu Niaoniao’s heart skipped a beat.
Damn it! She had gotten herself trapped.
Yu Niaoniao said aggrievedly.
“I’m not like you. You have a noble status and can have anything you want, but I was chased out by my family. I’m penniless and very poor. Those two hundred taels may not be much to you, but it’s a very important sum to me. Please, just return them to me… ”
As she spoke, her voice broke, as if she would immediately cry if the man refused.