Chapter 38: Meal together

Ye Huaiyang is no stranger to the name Meng Chen, and it often appears in secret reports sent back from people she sent to the North.
The ancestors of the Meng family were the generals guarding the Northland in the earliest days. They have followed this mission for decades and are extremely loved by the people. With the growth of the clansmen, the Meng family has gradually become the largest prominent family in the Northland. Meng Qi is the head of this generation, and he has had a deep relationship with the concubine Chen since he was a child. After the accident, he hurt Chu Jinglan into his bones, better than his own son.
Meng Qi has only two daughters. The eldest daughter is already married. The younger daughter met Chu Jinglan when the flowering season was in full bloom, and then she couldn’t let it go anymore. It’s a pity that Chu Jinglan put all his thoughts on seizing the throne, and Meng Qi also vowed. To avenge my sister, this girl's sentiment was not brought up on the stage.
When Chu Jinglan first arrived in Northland, he was in a coma due to serious injuries for a month. After waking up, he was unable to walk for a while. Meng Chen took good care of him every day, and never used his hands to make soup and dressing, and accompanied Chu Jinglan through the entire recovery period. .
Ye Huaiyang only learned about these things later. She was only twelve years old when the situation suddenly changed. She was still ignorant of love affairs. After she figured out her own mind, she couldn’t go to Chu Jinglan for various reasons. Using the power in the hands of the Patriarch to secretly inquire about his current situation, in the past two years, how long she has been paying attention to Chu Jinglan, and how long Meng Chen has been in her field of vision.
To some extent she should come forward and say: "Miss Meng, she has been famous for a long time, it's rare to see her."
But Ye Huaiyang didn't make a sound. He just looked at Meng Chen with a smile. His expression was flat and his manners were well thought-out, and he couldn't make any mistakes.
She hadn't forgotten that the jade pendant she had given to Chu Jinglan smashed on the first day she came. It was by no means a coincidence. Since the other party was prepared, how could she fight an unprepared battle?
She had fallen under the wind in the previous six years, and now she has come to her turf, it is time for her to take charge.
Seeing that they were all standing still, Meng Chen picked up the skirt and walked down the steps to the middle of the two, saying, "You should all be hungry? I specially asked the chef to cook northern dishes. Would you like to try it?"
Chu Jinglan hadn't said anything, Ye Huaiyang had already spoken faintly: "Okay, I have always wanted to taste authentic northern cuisine."
Meng Chen seemed to heaved a sigh of relief in secret, "That's great, I'm afraid my cousin doesn't like it, then I will let them serve food first."
After finishing speaking, she turned around and gave her alms, walking briskly and gracefully. As the autumn wind blew, she rolled up layers of silk skirts, looking from a distance like a pink rose blooming in the wind, soft and graceful. Tim looks pretty.
Chu Jinglan turned her head to look at Ye Huaiyang, her eyes were as thin as water, and her shadow was reflected lightly, "Aren't you not spicy? Northern dishes are sweet."
Hearing these words, Ye Huaiyang finally smiled, and he immediately raised his fingers and walked into the mansion. As he walked, he said: "Occasionally, it is good to change the taste."
Chu Jinglan didn't say a word.
The main hall of the palace.
Chu Jinglan usually settles three meals a day in the study, and occasionally eats in the attic when Huaiyang arrives at night, but this austere dining room has been idle for a long time, and now Meng Chen has been cleaned out and added. With some decorations, the eight-treasure-wrapped lotus-patterned vase, the hollow white marble tea set, all smashed into Ye Huaiyang's eyes, as if he had his arms, teeth and claws, showing off his power.
Yueya cursed inwardly: "She really regards herself as the mistress of this palace!"
Ye Huaiyang didn’t react much to this behavior of surpassing her on behalf of her. He took the corner of the skirt and sat at the octagonal table. The table was already full of twelve delicacies, and he squinted at it casually. There were plum meat roasted wild deer, Hot dishes such as Songyu Mandarin Duck, Stuffed Crab Orange, Shanhai Geng, as well as appetizers such as pickled peach blossoms, Guanghan cake, and even a pot of lychee wine, which is aromatic and sweet, and it is as clear as a spring. You can smell it from afar fragrance.
"It's rich." Chu Jinglan's lips raised slightly, and he took a chopsticks and crab meat into his mouth to taste, "Yes, it's the taste."
Meng Chen groaned: "With so many dishes, you just picked the cold crab to eat, forget your stomach is not good?"
"You let the cook do it without letting me eat it. What's the reason?" Chu Jinglan raised his eyebrows, and there was a slight joy in his eyes. Although it was short-lived, it was as charming as jade.
"I made it for my cousin."
Meng Chen quarreled with Chu Jinglan not too big or too small. Crescent Moon felt like flirting and cursing in his ears. It was really unbearable, so he raised his head and glanced at them, clinker Chu Jinglan actually turned here. At the same time, the chopsticks were poked directly into Ye Huaiyang's bowl, with a piece of white and tender crab meat on it.
"While so, you also try this dish."
Meng Chen's face instantly stiffened.
Ye Huaiyang also turned the corner, and his heart missed a beat, but the face was calm and unwavering. After tasting it, he calmly said: "The meat is tender and sweet, which is not bad."
"Then... cousin eat more." Meng Chen smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes. Ye Huaiyang saw it clearly, but only hooked his lips, and immediately immersed himself in the meal and stopped talking.
If Meng Chen deliberately acted this way to her, she would have miscalculated. Now that she knew her and Chu Jinglan's past, she wouldn't care about it. On the contrary, it was the poor stomach that caught her attention. No wonder the maid said Chu Jinglan didn't eat much, probably for this reason, she had to ask Lu Heng when she turned around to see what was going on.
I was thinking about it, no matter how delicious the food was, I lost my appetite, Ye Huaiyang picked up his chopsticks a few times at random and didn't bother to move anymore. Chu Jinglan didn't eat much, and every dish was ordered until the end, and soon he put it down. Meng Chen has been paying close attention to them. Seeing this situation, his eyelashes were slightly lowered. After a while, he took out a box from his sleeve and placed it on the table. The vermilion lacquer painted gold was particularly conspicuous.
"Cousin, I thought you were busy a few days ago, so I didn't tell you. I took this piece of jade to the jade shop and said that there is no way to fix it. Sorry, cousin, it's all my fault."
She slowly opened the lid of the box, revealing two petals of crystal jade, the green lotus leaves and the trailing green carp are lifelike, but they are cut off from it, which is quite regrettable.
Chu Jinglan's eyes stopped slightly.
Ye Huaiyang took a sip of lychee wine, his mood was not ups and downs, and he didn't even look at the jade pendant. He was like an outsider, but he tilted his head towards the crescent inadvertently, and a sharp light overflowed from the corner of his eyes.
Meng Chen saw that Chu Jinglan was silent and took out the jade pendant she had brought last time, and whispered softly: "Fortunately, there is this one. You wear it first. I will go back to the street to pick a good material and find someone. Would it be nice to carve them exactly the same?"
Chu Jinglan stared at the thing in her hand, but Ye Huaiyang said: "Miss Meng, I always love jade, can I appreciate your jade pendant?"
"Of course it can." Meng Chen smiled slightly, his eyes flashed with different colors, but he offered it with kindness.
Ye Huaiyang took it and rubbed it lightly for a while, then turned around and looked at it. The snow-white catkins and the verdant jade pendant reflected each other, and they all showed radiant brilliance. She gave a few words of compliment, and then she was about to return Yu Pei to Meng Chen, but somehow, Yu Pei slipped out suddenly by rubbing her hands. Meng Chen sat on the opposite side of the water and couldn’t save the nearby fire. Looking at it, he was anxious for a while.
"you--"
She looked surprised, half of her body was leaning toward this side, and suddenly stopped moving.
Yu Pei did not land.
It turned out that at the moment when the jade pendant fell, the crescent moon, which had been standing still for a long time, swiftly stretched out his hands to catch it, hanging in the air, the tassels were still swaying, but after a while, it was gathered in the palm of the palm, and then handed to it again. Ye Huaiyang.
"It's really dangerous." Ye Huaiyang said so, but there was no panic on her face. She pressed the jade pendant and pushed it slightly on the edge of the table, and the thing returned to Meng Chen. She secretly relieved and immediately raised her head. Looking at Ye Huaiyang, her gentle face almost didn't stretch.
How dare she tease herself like this!
The atmosphere suddenly stagnated, Ye Huaiyang seemed to be unaware of it, wiped his mouth slowly and then stood up and said: "Husband, I will leave first, you and Ms. Meng take your time."
After speaking, she left the main hall, her long skirt flicked on the floor, and a lake-blue tail was drawn. She slid like a flexible snake and turned around the corner and disappeared. Chu Jinglan immediately retracted his gaze and called Tang Qingfeng. At his signal, Tang Qingfeng carefully put the jade pendant in his arms. Meng Chen stared at this scene and took a deep breath, then smiled like a okay person. Likely to greet Chu Jinglan to continue eating.
On the way back to Fuyuxuan, Crescent Yah asked angrily: "Miss, you let me follow the thing, why didn't you just break it?"
Ye Huaiyang looked at her coolly and said, "If a dog bites you, why would you still bite it?"
Crescent was choked, thinking it was such a rationale, so she said nothing.
The two of them will walk to the door of Yuedong, and they happen to collide with Ci Yuan. It seems that he has just returned from the outside, and he was in a hurry. There must be something to report, but they didn't speak in a hurry, and followed Ye Huaiyang into the house. : "Miss, Aunt Qu just sent a letter saying that the noble Bai is dead."
"Dead?" Ye Huai raised his head suddenly, his expression full of shock, "When did it happen? Who killed it?"
"Just last night, it seems that the emperor's hands were personally..."
Last night? Did Tang Qingfeng knock on the door for this?
Ye Huaiyang closed his eyes and combed his thoughts while suppressing the surprise in his heart. Now it doesn't matter whether Chu Jinglan knew it or not. The important thing is that they only saw the empress dowager and the queen an hour ago, and they did not see their behavior at all. Seeing any clues, it seems that they have made up their minds to stay secret.
But what was the purpose of the emperor doing this? In terms of his brutal character, once it is determined that the Bai family has betrayed him, he will definitely kill the Bai family...
She thought quietly, and she understood it in no time.
Although the emperor wanted to get rid of the Bai family quickly, he still had to worry about the public opinion in the DPRK. One could not kill in front of Chu Jinglan when he got married. Otherwise, the green hat in the rumor would be taken down. It would chill the courtiers, and he needed to find a fair reason to take the Bai family in one pot, to prevent them from jumping the wall and publicizing the things that year. When everything subsided, I would find a way to kill the helpless Chu Jinglan, so that the courtiers would not waver.
Therefore, he is now waiting for the opportunity.
Ye Changmeng had many dreams, and Ye Huaiyang certainly wanted the Bai family to be resolved quickly, but she didn't have any good ideas for a while. After thinking about it, she decided to discuss with Chu Jinglan, so as to save her from acting privately and offending him.
Married a husband, she remembers.
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