During Guo Shao's expedition to Northern Han, he usually rode horses under the scorching sun. His skin became rough due to the wind and sun. The delicate and white dishes formed a sharp contrast in his mouth.
Jingniang was very silent. She sat opposite and said nothing. Perhaps she didn't want to say anything about Madam Huarui. After all, Madam Huarui had a good relationship with her.
At this time, Guo Shao said: I remember a game, take an earthworm and put it at the intersection of two passages, one side is the food that the earthworm likes to eat, and the other side is hot charcoal. Let it crawl twice, and then the earthworm will choose the path with food without hesitation.
Who is so boring to do such a thing? Jing Niang frowned.
Guo Shaodao: It was an experiment. All living things will seek benefits and avoid harm. They will not help but choose whatever makes them feel good. That’s why I never treat people as saints.
Just as the taste of this unknown dish made of yam is very layered, Guo Shao tasted different flavors without eating a piece. He could guess that Madam Huarui did make it specifically for him, which was also a hint.
Guo Shao didn't look down on her because of this. He thought everything was normal, because it was human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm, and women were no exception. This was also one of the driving forces for men to constantly fight and make progress. Too much moral misleading concealed the nature of the human world where the weak are the prey of the strong.
But Guo Shao thought that, according to the rules, Lady Huarui's fate should be to be plundered as a conqueror's spoils of war; but now the opposite happened, no one touched her, which put her in an embarrassing situation.
At this moment, Jingniang suddenly said unhappily: Your Majesty, why are you talking about right and wrong? I think that in the eyes of men, as long as a woman is beautiful, there is nothing wrong.
In the Qin State Mansion, the sun had already disappeared from the roof, leaving only a patch of orange and yellow light in the sky. The sky and the earth seemed to be filled with houses, with an occasional pagoda standing in the distance. Behind the sunset, there was only a lonely black shadow.
As soon as Madam Huarui arrived home, Meng Chang hurried over to see her. He seemed impatient, as if he had been waiting for Madam Huarui to come back the whole afternoon. Meng Chang's fair, plump face was now flushed with a sickly red. He looked at Madam Huarui and asked directly: "Did you see Guo Shao?"
Madam Huarui shook her head.
Meng Chang took two quick steps and said: You lied to me that staying in the palace alone would lead to good things. Besides, you and Jing Niang had so much to say that you stayed for such a long time and came back only when it was almost dark. What did you do
Only at this time, would a ripple appear in Madam Huarui's life, which was as quiet as the surface of a lake. She looked at Meng Chang's excited face and suddenly blurted out: I cooked a few dishes in the afternoon.
Meng Chang felt ashamed and angry after hearing this, and was so angry that he almost jumped up. In the end, he didn't do anything, but just said sarcastically: You haven't been willing to cook for me for a long time, but you went to cook for that person to please him.
He became more and more angry, his voice choked with sobs, and he said: I lost everything, I can't even keep my own woman's heart
Madam Huarui felt sad and irritated. She suddenly regretted talking about cooking. Why did she blurt it out? It was probably because Meng Chang could no longer control her. He even wanted to rely on Madam Huarui to maintain his friendship with Jingniang or the royal family because he was worried about his survival.
When Lady Huarui thought about it, she recalled everything Meng Chang had given her, and felt that it was a bit too much. She said in a friendly way: Jingniang protects us, we can't give her any benefits, I cook for her to express my gratitude, that's all. Jingniang lives alone, and it's not her turn to sleep with him often, so Alang shouldn't think too much.
Really, Meng Chang looked at her with complicated eyes.
Madam Huarui nodded immediately and responded with a smile: Yes.
Meng Chang was very depressed after staying in Tokyo for a while, but he still couldn't let go of his face. The man seemed to really care about such things, probably because of a deep-rooted self-esteem in his heart.
Madam Huarui no longer mentioned what happened in the palace, and went back to her bedroom after dinner.
The Duke of Qin's mansion was very quiet, with no business and no visitors. Meng Chang's current situation was not worthy of anyone's friendship. Madam Huarui was not allowed to go out casually, and stayed in the bedroom in this courtyard day after day.
Of course, Lady Huarui felt very bored and her life was stagnant, but she was still able to live a good life. She was still well-dressed and well-fed, and even occasionally went to the palace to attend the most distinguished banquets. This was better than most people in the world.
Occasionally, she remembered that at today's celebration party, Guo Shaolian didn't even look at her, maybe he really forgot about her; she also wanted to move on like this and stop thinking about it.
Madam Huarui paced slowly in front of the window, feeling the light outside gradually dimming, as if time was disappearing inch by inch.
In such a peaceful time, a certain piercing and focused look, a big hand with taut tendons, and a man's solid figure and demeanor flashed through her mind. Lady Huarui felt a sense of hunger in her heart, like a desire for food when hungry. But Meng Chang could not calm her down.
Madam Huarui felt her face getting hot and she felt ashamed of such emotions.
She seemed to hear the gentle words of comfort from the man who was well-known all over the world. His loving tone and eyes made her unable to control herself, and her emotions went from calm to extreme.
Madam Huarui walked back and forth impatiently, feeling like she couldn't find a way out. She walked to the dressing table and sat down, looking up at the beautiful face in the mirror. The fair skin in the bronze mirror was slightly yellowish in the bronze light. She put her hands on her face, straightened her chest, and looked at the reflection carefully. The slender neck and round and swollen chest were beautiful and charming.
She looked at herself very seriously. Such a delicate and exquisite beauty would also grow old and pass away in time, but she was wasting it here. Lady Huarui was very unwilling.
Her eyes were blurred, and she asked in an almost inaudible voice to the mirror: Am I wrong? I am a shameless woman.
At this time, a servant holding a lantern walked under the eaves outside the window. The light of the lantern shone in through the window, and the beautiful face in the mirror was bright at first, but soon the light was blocked by the wall and the light returned to dim. Between light and dark, it seemed that Madam Huarui's mood was uncertain.
Sometimes she denied her own character, and sometimes she thought angrily, since I have such a good-looking face, why don't I fight for what I want? Why should I just accept my fate
No matter how her mood fluctuated, the surroundings remained quiet. When night fell, insects were already buzzing in the grass in the yard.