The hour had now arrived at You Ti, the traditional alti, and Xiao Ruiyuan commanded his servants to bring over three dishes and a soup from the kitchen, along with a portion of rice, and had them carry in two large basins of raw at as well.
Mo Yan didn’t stand on ceremony, after allocating the food to the five beasts, she picked up her bowl and began to eat.
The food tasted quite good, and since she was exceedingly hungry, she ate much faster than usual. Her dining etiquette, a carryover from her past life, did not make her seem rude.
Xiao Ruiyuan had little appetite, his own bowl of rice untouched. Watching the woman across from him eating with relish, he picked up his chopsticks and awkwardly began to serve her so dishes; it was clearly his first attempt at doing so.
Mo Yan quickly polished off a bowl of rice and was about to serve herself another when a large hand reached over and took the bowl from her.
As she watched the man serve the rice, she was montarily dumbstruck, and a blush slowly crept up her cheeks, her heart fluttering with an unusual sweet sensation.
Xiao Ruiyuan served her a half-bowl of rice and, as though he were worried she’d misconstrue his actions, he explained in a low voice, "You have been starving all day, and it is not good for your stomach to eat too much at night."
Mo Yan bowed her head to hide the unusual color on her face, and silently picked up her bowl to slowly finish eating.
Xiao Ruiyuan, observing the blush on the woman’s cheeks, simply assud she was ward from eating the al and did not suspect that her blush was out of joy.
By this ti, the sun had already set, and the splendid twilight painted the clouds at the horizon a fiery red, bathing the entire camp in a blaze of color.
The two stepped out of the tent and watched the twilight sky for a long while without speaking, both feeling an unexpected sense of calm.
As they were about to visit the temporary palace to check on the situation, a little eunuch hurried over, bowed deeply, and said, "Sir Xiao, Miss Mo, The Emperor summons you!"
At these words, they exchanged glances, each seeing concern in the other’s eyes.
Seeing their reaction, the little eunuch quickly added, "When the servant left, I happened to run into the Crown Prince. His Highness asked to convey a ssage, saying that the matter has been resolved, and you both can be at ease."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ruiyuan’s tense expression visibly relaxed. The two people he cared about were safe!
Mo Yan also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the "beast attack" incident wasn’t blad on her, her and her family’s na would be secure.
Without further discussion, they followed the little eunuch to the temporary palace.
At the entrance to the temporary palace, there was no sign of Yan Junyu; he must have gone to the side hall with Chu Heng. Upon their arrival at the temporary palace, they were announced by the guarding guards and were quickly led inside by another little eunuch.
Emperor Huian had yet to dine, and he looked significantly better than before. Seeing the two enter, he waved off their bows and got straight to the point with Mo Yan, "I shall not pursue the matter of your unauthorized entry into the hunting ground. You have saved my son, and thus you have done a service to the Imperial Family. I shall bestow a reward upon you. Tell , what would you like as a reward?"
Caught off guard by his words, Mo Yan was montarily stunned. She had thought herself fortunate to have simply escaped punishnt; she hadn’t expected Emperor Huian to shift attitudes so quickly, offering not only absolution but also a reward. It felt like sothing fell from the sky – she thought it was a stone, but it turned out to be a pie hitting her.
Her intrusion into the hunting grounds was to save the man she loved, and saving the Princes had been a re coincidence. As for a reward, she really had not given it much thought.
However, such a sentint clearly could not be voiced outright. Since the sovereign of a nation had made a promise, to refuse would be to dismiss his goodwill entirely!
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