She was born in the Qinghe Cui family and was an official in the imperial court, but she was so hungry that she cried like this. Xie Wangzhi was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and looked at Li Qishen: "Then... can I borrow your kitchen?"
This lie was so bad that anyone with a discerning eye could tell it was just an excuse made in a hurry. Who knew Xie Wangzhi was so ruthless that he actually planned to roll up his sleeves and cook. Li Qishen was still standing by, so Cui Shi didn't dare to eat the food Xie Wangzhi cooked, and immediately wanted to refuse: "This is..."
"Go ahead. There should be everything in the kitchen. If it's not enough, tell the cook. There's still time to buy more." Li Qishen was a little unhappy, but there was nothing he could do. He glanced at Cui Shi coldly, then turned to Xie Wang and smiled faintly, "I'm hungry too. Can I have a bite?"
"Okay, I'll make one more." Xie Wangzhi nodded, asked for the direction of the kitchen, and hurried over there.
As soon as she left, Cui Shi wiped his face and looked at Li Qishen awkwardly: "This..."
"Aren't you hungry? Eat." Li Qishen said coldly, "How else are you going to explain?"
Cui Shi thought about it and thought that it was true. Instead of making up another excuse or pushing the issue of whether to eat or not with Xie Wangzhi and letting her see the clues, it would be better to just agree and get a free meal. He wanted to say something, but after thinking it over, he didn't say anything. He slowly lowered his head and fixed his eyes on the stone table.
They were both silent for about a quarter of an hour. Xie Wangzhi came out with a tray and placed it steadily on the table. "I haven't cooked much since I got home. Most of the time it's snacks. But I don't have enough time to make snacks. I'm afraid my husband will be very hungry, so I made some soup rice. I don't know if it will taste good."
Cui Shi didn't really want to eat. Seeing that Xie Wangzhi was carrying the tray by himself, he paid attention to other things: "Why are you carrying it by yourself? Why don't you ask someone to help?"
"There's no one here, it's not like your home." Li Qishen spoke the truth. He was used to doing everything by himself in Fengzhou. He could do his own sewing and mending, and he didn't need maids or servants at all. The only cooks and a few servants in the mansion were hired by Li Taoqi out of courtesy.
He glanced at Cui Shi with a half-smile, "Why, my dear, are you not used to it?"
Cui Shi got goose bumps all over his body when he called him "My dear". He rubbed his arms and picked up the chopsticks: "Then I won't be polite."
Xie Wangzhi responded, pushed another bowl in front of Li Qishen, and didn't watch them eat. He sat down on the bed next to him and started to play with Meiqiu. Meiqiu hadn't seen Xie Wangzhi for a while, and was quite surprised. He didn't even want the freshly cut fish sashimi, and jumped onto Xie Wangzhi's lap in a few seconds, found a warm place, rolled into a cat ball, wagging his tail, and making a series of comfortable purring sounds from his throat.
While they were playing over there, we were eating here. We cut up the fish sashimi today. In addition to the selected fish, there were also a few newly killed ones. The freshly stewed fish soup was milky white, and at first glance, I thought it was boiling milk.
Xie Wangzhi directly mixed the cooked rice into the fish soup, and took a piece of fish belly, fried it roughly until both sides were slightly yellow, and then added crushed tofu and fresh green leafy vegetables to cook together. The cooked fish soup porridge was served with the fried fish belly on top, and there were a few refreshing side dishes. Cui Shi didn't want to eat it at first, but after taking a bite, he really got a little greedy. The hot porridge went into his stomach, and it dispelled a lot of the depression that had been pressing in his heart.
He was eating happily, but Li Qishen was eating only occasionally, his eyes fixed on the girl at the table.
The afternoon sun was bright, Xie Wangzhi sat sideways on the Hu bed, her skirt slightly covering her embroidered shoes, and the shawl wrapped around her arm was folded on her knees. Meiqiu liked silk ribbons or embroidered balls, and she would wrap her whole head in the shawl and scratch it with her claws. Xie Wangzhi was not annoyed, and let Meiqiu do whatever she wanted, occasionally touching the black cat's chin, and then rubbing its furry belly.
She always dressed plainly, and her whole body was pitch black. When the sun shone on her, she did not stand out. Instead, it was as if a thin gold edge was plated on the person and the cat, like a fine brushwork painting with light colors, which conveyed a sense of peace and tranquility.
The world is so big, Chang'an has experienced ups and downs, but after all, the peace hidden deep in our hearts is right here.
Li Qishen looked at Xie Wangzhi's delicate silhouette and smiled lightly.
Cui Shi saw this smile. He looked at Li Qishen and then at Xie Wangzhi, and suddenly felt that he was superfluous. He swallowed the last mouthful of fish soup and asked softly, "Prince?"
"Are you full?" Li Qishen looked back, still with a faint smile on his face. Unfortunately, when he looked at Xie Wang, that smile was so shallow that there was a faint light in his pupils. When he looked at Cui Shi, there was an indescribable taste in it, as if it was a mockery.
Cui Shi understood that this was a euphemism for him to get out, so he nodded politely, and without even saying goodbye to Xie Wangzhi, he stood up and left.
He didn't know how to fight, and didn't know how to stop his footsteps. He made noises after taking a few steps. Xie Wang was startled, and only had time to see his back. But he couldn't chase him and ask, so he could only look at Li Qishen with a little surprise: "What's wrong?"
"I have something to do, so I'll go back first." Li Qishen said casually.
"I see." It was normal for something to happen, so Xie Wangzhi didn't ask any further questions. Seeing that there was still half a bowl left in Li Qishen's bowl, he thought he had to continue eating, so he turned around and continued playing with the coal balls.
After teasing Meiqiu with the shawl for a while, Xie Wangzhi felt something was wrong. He turned his head and met Li Qishen's gaze.
The 19-year-old man was somewhere between a boy and a man. His figure had grown up, and the childishness between his eyebrows and eyes had disappeared. But his eyes were still clear, with a light amber color mixed with gold. One look at them would make people suspect that they would drown in them. But Li Qishen looked completely unaware, as if he had no idea how attractive his appearance was. He asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
"You're still asking me." Xie Wangzhi's heart trembled at that look, and he couldn't tell what he felt. He simply lowered his head, grabbed one of Meiqiu's front paws, and squeezed it again and again. "I haven't asked yet, why are you looking at me? There's still so much porridge left, can you be full just by looking at me?"
The first poem that popped into Li Qishen's mind was "How smooth her skin is, how beautiful her face is, it's like a feast for the eyes", but it was too frivolous, so he couldn't say it out loud, and he was afraid of making Xie Wangzhi angry. He thought about it, put down the spoon spinning between his fingers, walked to Xie Wangzhi, lifted his skirt, squatted down, and pinched the other claw of the coal ball.
"Look at you," he said. "I'm not hungry."
In one sentence, two questions were answered. In just seven words, Xie Wangzhi blushed and was silent for a moment. He no longer wanted the black cat in his arms and threw it directly onto Li Qishen. He pretended to smooth out the wrinkles on her skirt, but his hands unconsciously grabbed the side of the skirt, leaving many creases.
Li Qishen knew she was shy, so he didn't force her. He held the coal briquettes in one hand, sat back at the stone table, and said casually, "Mid-Autumn Festival is coming in a few days."
"Yes... Today is the seventh day of the first lunar month." Xie Wangzhi continued, "What's wrong?"
"We have a night off during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Do you want to go out and play?"
There is nothing wrong with being a noble lady from an aristocratic family, except that it is boring. The noble ladies often go out or hold banquets, but there are turbulent situations underneath, and in the end, it becomes a place for gangs to compete with each other. Xie Wangzhi was so annoyed that he had never been close to anyone until today. Hearing what Li Qishen said, he immediately became excited.
She wanted to go out and play, but after thinking about it, she could only shake her head and said apologetically: "I'm afraid not. I have to stay at home for the Mid-Autumn Festival this year. Grandpa and brother specifically told us to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together."
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion. After she said that, Li Qishen couldn't force her to come out, but he wasn't in a hurry and changed the subject naturally: "Speaking of your family, I remember hearing a few words about them before, but now I don't remember much. How are they now?"
"It's still the same, nothing special." At the age of seventeen, he understood everything he should understand and accepted the fate he should accept. Xie Wangzhi did not ask for anything but the safety of his family. As for other feelings, they were ultimately separated by blood ties, so how could they be forced
She smiled and raised her hand to smooth the hair beside her ear. "Madam and Aye have a good relationship, and the younger brothers and sisters are also obedient. I don't think he will grow up to be a bad person. My brother was promoted in the Ministry of Personnel. Although I don't understand, I think he didn't encounter any big troubles."
She described it well, but the words she used sounded unfamiliar. Li Qishen didn't know what to say. He was silent for a moment and said in a light tone, "That's not bad. Sit for a while. I'll get you a pot of tea."
He did what he said and stood up and walked towards the kitchen. Xie Wangzhi had no time to stop him, so he could only sit there and look at the coal ball that was thrown away.
After watching for a while, Xie Wangzhi suddenly sighed softly, hugged Meiqiu into his arms again, gently pulled its ears, and whispered: "What do you think the prince means?"
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That day, Xie Wangzhi stayed at the Prince's Mansion until curfew. Li Qishen was good at chatting and always kept up the topic. He occasionally talked about things on the grassland. His tone was clearly casual, but he spoke with a sense of legend. Xie Wangzhi listened to it as a story at first, but he was really fascinated by it. He felt that he had not finished staying at home for a few days.
Unfortunately, before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Xie family was busy with moon worship and other things, and had no free time. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xie Wangzhi got up early, took the time to make a few plates of fresh meat mooncakes, and had someone send them to Li Qishen. Then he went back to the room to wash up and followed Xie Yunzhi out.
The moon worship was at night. When Xie Yunzhi called her, he said he would take her to a restaurant to try the crab feast that was only available during the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, as soon as they got on the carriage and left the Xie Mansion, Xie Yunzhi stared at his sister beside him. His face changed several times, as if he wanted to say something, but what came out of his mouth in the end was a sigh.
Xie Wangzhi was puzzled: "Brother, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with me?"
"No, it's fine." Xie Yunzhi was unable to speak, and after a while he said, "It's just that what happens later may not be appropriate."
"What?" Xie Wangzhi had a feeling that something was wrong, "Tell the truth."
Her tone unconsciously hardened a little, and Xie Yunzhi felt it was even more piercing. He never thought that he would fall to this point, but at that time, his father was so angry that he almost turned the word "filial piety" into a heavy word and smashed it on him to death.
It would be better if he could be crushed to death, and he wouldn't have to do such a wicked thing. Xie Yunzhi frowned and spoke carefully: "Wangzhi, the crab feast later is indeed a crab feast, but I can't join you. According to Aye's meaning, you have to meet someone."
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