The teacher said, she is my apprentice, my...
Su Zixiao saw Xie Yun so calm, he deliberately shook the food box: "So, Xie Jingqi, it’s you who said you wouldn’t eat it, not that I’m not giving it to you."
Xie Yun snorted coldly: "Do you think I’m like Rong Heng who would sell his soul for a bite of food? I never eat charity food."
Su Zixiao’s mouth twitched and just as he was about to open the food box, his vision suddenly blurred.
When he looked again, the food box in his hand had disappeared without a trace!
"Who stole my chicken!"
Su Zixiao looked around with bloodshot eyes.
The next mont, he roared: "Rong Heng, you beast—"
In the courtyard of the Xie Family’s ancestral ho, Rong Heng, who loved eating charity food, had already placed the acquired food box on the table and gently lifted the lid.
A rich, spicy aroma wafted out. He wore gloves and coldly tore off a chicken leg, but his voice was very gentle: "Lanlan, this is for you."
Hearing Su Zixiao’s roar, he calmly raised his head and politely mouthed two words: "Thank you."
Gu Lan accepted the crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, golden, fragrant chicken leg, took a deep breath, pulled out chili powder from her pocket and sprinkled it on, exclaiming with shining eyes: "Su Zixiao, you really managed to create fried chicken!"
She had ntioned the concept of fried chicken to Su Zixiao a while back, and didn’t expect he would make it so quickly.
Indeed, he should just be caught and made the male lead’s cook.
Su Zixiao: "You two beasts!"
He worked painstakingly on the golden crispy whole fried chicken with several processes to make it, and just like that, it lost a leg!
Rong Heng said blandly: "Anyway, your idea of making chicken was inspired by Lanlan, don’t forget the one who dug the well."
Su Zixiao gritted his teeth and growled: "Nonsense, she only ntioned frying, I cooked, stead, and then battered the chicken... do you know how long and hard I worked to make it?"
Hearing their dreadful conversation, Xie Yun’s eye twitched, and he couldn’t help but speak: "Can you guys talk like normal people, I have kids here."
Gu Lan looked up confused, and noticing the number of people in Xie Yun’s room seed excessive, raised an eyebrow:
"Minister Xie has such good connections, so many people visit you when you’re injured, and soone made chicken specifically for you, but fried foods aren’t good for wound recovery, let us help you with it."
Su Zixiao froze for two seconds at her words.
Fried chicken is greasy, it indeed might not be suitable for Xie Yun, so maybe next ti he should make sothing lighter... wait, why is he even thinking like that! The chicken was not made for Xie Yun!
Xie Yun, depressed, stared at Gu Lan holding the chicken leg, swallowing hard, which caught Geng Tao’s attention.
Xie Yun composed himself, turned around, and ordered: "Geng Tao, brew the Emperor’s reward."
After all, these beasts ca to visit him, he must act as a good host.
"Yes." Geng Tao gave him a deep look, nodded, and withdrew.
A mont later, Geng Tao ca back in carrying a tray, atop which was a set of teaware.
She placed the tray on the table and poured tea for Gu Lan and others: "Young Master, Teacher, please have tea."
From a distance, Gu Lan already noticed a unique aroma, took the cup, sipped, finding it slightly bitter yet with a special fragrance.
Gu Lan rembered: "Is this... the Heavenly Snow Lotus Duoji gave to his daughter iduo?"
Xie Yun replied: "It was a gift from the Emperor to ."
Gu Lan said: "Duoji ntioned in a letter that he picked a rare Snow Lotus from the Snowfield for iduo’s ninth birthday, stored in a crystal box. I intended to deliver it personally, but since Qiangrong people reside in the Imperial Palace, my status makes it complicated to enter, so I asked Miaoyan to hand it over."
iduo is Duoji’s youngest daughter, only nine this year, and currently living with Qiangrong’s forr Chanyu Gongbu and several other Qiangrong nobles, in the West Hall of the Imperial Palace.
Gu Lan had promised Duoji to look after iduo, so periodically, she’d visit the little girl in the palace.
It seems when Miaoyan handed over the Snow Lotus, sothing went awry, causing Rong Jing to believe the Snow Lotus was a gift from Marquis Zhongcheng to Dayan, and it was given to Xie Yun.
Xie Yun’s mouth twitched: "So the Emperor snatched a little girl’s thing to gift to ?"
Gu Lan: "... seems like it."
"Half of it is still left, you can return it to iduo next ti you enter the palace." Xie Yun said awkwardly.
After finishing Su Zixiao’s fried chicken, the group stood up and bid farewell to Xie Yun.
Su Zixiao, carrying the now empty food box, stord out of the Xie Family, and before leaving didn’t forget to make a fierce remark: "Xie Jingqi, if I co to see you again tomorrow, I’m your grandson!"
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