Ji Lingxue and Mo Xiang simultaneously looked at the owner of the hand along the mouth of the cloth bag. Ruge suddenly appeared and grabbed the popcorn and stuffed it into her mouth, tasting it very seriously: "It smells really good. I've seen this stuff before, but I didn't expect it to taste so good."
Mo Xiang was speechless about Ruge's foodie nature. She would show up whenever there was something delicious. Was she born in the Year of the Dog? Besides, that was something the master bought. How could he, a servant, eat with the master? He didn't understand the etiquette of respect and inferiority.
Just when Mo Xiang was extremely disgusted with Ruge's rude behavior, Ji Lingxue said, "Since you like it, this bag is for you. Boss, give me another two kilograms."
It was rare for the old man to meet such a straightforward person, so he immediately weighed two kilograms and handed it to Mo Xiang. Mo Xiang paid the money and followed Ji Lingxue with a big bag of popcorn, while Ruge walked on the left of Ji Lingxue and encouraged Ji Lingxue to shop.
Mo Xiang stared at Ruge's back and pouted, "Ruge, if you want to buy something, just go buy it yourself. Why are you dragging the master along?"
Ruge turned around and stuck out her tongue at Mo Xiang, "Because I didn't bring any silver."
Mo Xiang rolled his eyes to the sky and felt like vomiting blood.
Ji Lingxue said: "Mo Xiang, if you want to buy anything, I will pay for it today."
Mo Xiang's face flushed with anger, and she no longer envied Ruge. "How can I be so embarrassed..."
Ji Lingxue looked Mo Xiang up and down and said, "I'll buy you some rouge and powder later. A girl should dress up well to live up to her youth..." I'll find a good husband for you in the future.
Seeing that Mo Xiang looked shy, Ji Lingxue didn't say the second half of the sentence. Seeing that there was a needlework shop nearby, she pulled Mo Xiang in.
On the other side, Xiao Yichen saw that they had arrived at the West City Gate, so he asked the driver to stop the carriage, got off the carriage and came to the next carriage, "Xue'er, we've arrived at the West City Gate, where is the restaurant you mentioned?"
The carriage was completely silent. After a moment, Ji Yuqing lifted the carriage curtain and smiled apologetically at Xiao Yichen, "Your Highness, the princess sister is not in the carriage. Not long after we set off, the princess said she had a stomachache and then got off the carriage with Mo Xiang. She is probably in the palace now."
Ji Yuqing was afraid that Xiao Yichen would not believe what she said, so she asked the coachman and Zi Ye to come out and testify.
Ji Lingxue did say that she had a stomachache and got off the carriage, but they didn't know whether she returned to the palace or not.
Xiao Yichen's face turned grim upon hearing this. Ji Yuqing pulled Xiao Yichen's arm and said, "I've also been to the restaurant that the prince mentioned. I took the prince there myself. The restaurant is just a little off the beaten track, but the food is really delicious."
Xiao Yichen nodded, a little angry. Ji Lingxue stood him up again. The last time he accompanied Ji Lingxue shopping, the woman vomited all over him and left him in the clothing store before disappearing. This time she was using the same old trick again. What was she up to
This time it was really Xiao Yichen who misunderstood Ji Lingxue. Ji Lingxue wanted to get off the carriage to buy some popcorn and continue on her way, but Ji Yuqing left without waiting for her. She only had two legs and could not catch up with a four-legged horse.
Xiao Yichen stood in front of the door of Qingfeng Yashe and frowned at the large characters on the door plaque. "Qingfeng Yashe" looked so familiar. He seemed to have seen it somewhere...
Bai Mo said: "This restaurant is really unusual, and the name is very elegant. I wonder if the dishes here are as delicious as you say. I want to eat them today."
Ji Yuqing quickly interrupted and said, "Of course. My sister and I happened to pass by here when we went to the Marriage Temple. This restaurant had just opened that day, and the waiter said that if Ruge could write a poem, he would give us a 20% discount."
Without Ji Lingxue around to steal her limelight, Ji Yuqing felt very comfortable all over. She held Xiao Yichen's arm and leaned her head on his shoulder, looking like a little bird.
Hearing the noise outside the house, Xiao Si and his group came out, warmly invited them into the best private room, and presented them with a complete menu.
Admiring the environment inside the house and looking at the signature dishes on the menu, Bai Mo said, "Bring up all the signature dishes in your restaurant."
Xiao Si nodded and prepared to leave with the menu. Xiao Yichen suddenly stopped him and asked, "Waiter, who is the boss of your shop? Can you introduce him to me?"
Xiao Si scratched his head awkwardly. Ji Lingxue said that they couldn't tell anyone that she was the boss behind the restaurant, so he said, "Excuse me, sir. I'm just a handyman and I haven't met the boss of our restaurant yet."
Bai Mo raised his eyebrows and suddenly became interested, "Oh, this boss is quite mysterious. Your store is doing so well, but the boss never shows up."
No matter how Bai Mo and Xiao Yichen tried to get at him, Xiao Si kept pretending to be ignorant. Seeing that he couldn't get the truth out of him, Xiao Yichen had to give up.
Bai Mo said: "Yi Chen, why are you suddenly interested in the owner of this store?"
Xiao Yichen smiled but said nothing.
He was not interested in the owner of this shop, he was only interested in the large gold-plated characters on the door plaque. Those were written by the emperor, and perhaps he knew the owner of this shop.
The food came up quickly, and Xiao Yichen's mind drifted a little while he ate the familiar dishes. He remembered that when he was a child, Ji Lingxue always handed him delicious food, "Brother Yichen, this is the cake I made by myself, try it, how does it taste?"
Bai Mo praised the food highly: "The dishes in this restaurant are really good. What do you think, Yichen?"
Xiao Yichen hummed. The taste was the same as what he had eaten in the palace. Could it be that this was opened by a retired imperial chef
Suddenly, Ji Yuqing screamed, "Ah, hair."
Xiao Yichen came back to his senses and saw Ji Yuqing pulling out a long strand of hair from the rice in front of her and looking at it, as if trying to see a flower.
Ji Yuqing said: "Your Majesty, look, there are hairs in this rice, it's really dirty."
Xiao Yichen frowned and called Xiao Si to question him. Xiao Si said innocently, "My two masters, in order to ensure the hygiene of the food, our cooks have to wear hats and masks. It is impossible for their hair to fall into the food. There may be a misunderstanding."
Ji Yuqing became anxious. Did this mean that she deliberately stuffed her hair into the rice to frame him
"Concubine." Zi Ye said, pointing at Ji Yuqing's head, "Your hair..."
Ji Yuqing raised her hand and wiped her head in confusion. The next moment she screamed and found four or five strands of hair in her hand.
Ji Yuqing stared at the hair on her fingers with wide eyes, a look of disbelief. She... why did she lose her hair
The misunderstanding made Xiao Yichen lose all interest in eating. In addition, Ji Lingxue left without saying goodbye, Xiao Yi was furious. After paying the bill, he rode away on a fast horse, leaving Ji Yuqing and Bai Mo looking at each other in the restaurant.
On the other side, Ji Lingxue and Ruge Moxiang walked from the beginning of the street to the end, and they had packages of different sizes in their hands.
Ruge was holding his favorite snacks and a newly bought sword, Moxiang was holding a pair of exquisite embroidered shoes and some new cloth. Ji Lingxue had nothing in her hands, nothing she liked.
Mo Xiang walked until her legs and feet became weak, and she struggled to catch up with Ji Lingxue holding the cloth, "Master, how are we going to get back after buying so many things?"
If she walked through the palace, her legs would be crippled. At this time, she began to envy Ji Lingxue's energy for shopping. Ruge was a martial artist, so walking this way was a piece of cake for him.
Ji Lingxue touched her stomach and said, "I'm a little hungry. Let's eat first and then go back to the palace."
When Ji Lingxue and Mo Xiang rented a carriage and returned to the palace, they were met by Xiao Yichen, who was sitting in the living room waiting for her with an angry look on his face.
After Ji Lingxue told Mo Xiang to take the things back to the room, she sat on the stool opposite Xiao Yichen, raised her hand to pour a cup of tea and drank it, "My Lord, did you enjoy playing with my sister today?"
Xiao Yichen's eyes were filled with anger, "I am not as enthusiastic as you, my beloved concubine, to go shopping alone." She knew that Ji Lingxue could not be shopping alone, and there was that mysterious master. He had investigated the identity of that person, but could not find out.
Ji Lingxue shrugged innocently, "Your Highness, you've wronged me. The reason why I went shopping was all thanks to my good sister." If Ji Yuqing hadn't told the coachman to go first, she would not have gone shopping alone. She thought Xiao Yichen would notice that she was missing halfway, but it turned out that she overestimated it.
Xiao Yichen stood up and walked to Ji Lingxue, suddenly pulled her up, stared into her eyes and said: "Ji Lingxue..." He tried to please her time and time again, why did this woman always avoid him.
Ji Lingxue raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Yichen, not understanding why there was such gloom in the other's eyes.
Xiao Yichen lowered his head, his nose almost touching Ji Lingxue's. After a long while, he said, "Ji Lingxue, do you hate me so much?"
"Ah?" Ji Lingxue looked confused.
At this moment, a man hurried to the door and shouted, "My Lord, something bad has happened!"
Ji Lingxue and Xiao Yichen turned their heads at the same time and saw Zi Ye kneeling on the ground, gasping for breath, his face a little pale. It seemed that something big had happened.
Xiao Yichen asked: "What's the matter?"
Zi Ye looked up at Xiao Yichen's expression and said quickly, "It's Concubine Qing..." She hesitated, not knowing how to say it in that situation.
A gleam of light flashed in Ji Lingxue's eyes, and she said to Xiao Yichen: "Prince, it seems that something has happened to my sister. You should go and take a look." Maybe she still needs your comfort.
Xiao Yichen grabbed Ji Lingxue's hand to prevent her from running away, "Let's go and take a look together."
Ji Lingxue rolled her eyes towards the sky. She really didn't want to look at Ji Yuqing at all.
Zi Ye saw Xiao Yichen and Ji Lingxue leave first, so she stood up and hurriedly followed them.
A heart-wrenching cry came from Ji Yuqing's room, "How could this happen... Why did it happen... How did I become like this..."
When Xiao Yichen arrived with Ji Lingxue, Ji Yuqing was holding her head with a look of pain on her face, her long hair was disheveled, and her pearl hairpins were broken all over the ground.
Ji Yuqing was holding a bronze mirror and throwing it to the ground. When she heard footsteps, she looked up. When she saw Xiao Yichen, her face was full of joy, but then it turned into a panic. She danced with her hands and feet, looking for something, "Prince... you... you didn't come here... you can't see me like this..."
Only then did Xiao Yichen see clearly that Ji Yuqing had a bald spot on the top of his head, which looked ugly and funny.
(End of this chapter)