Exposing one's true nature/character
Several ministers retreated in a flurry, and Zhang Gonggong walked in from the waiting gate, kneeling down to pay his respects: "Long live Your Majesty."
"Has the young master returned?" Yun Chenjing asked after closing her fan.
"The young master is resting in his room." Zhang Gonggong replied.
Yun Chen Jing heard this and stood up, wanting to head towards the Crown Prince's palace. Zhang Gonggong saw his back and wanted to say something, but the words hesitated on his lips and couldn't be spoken.
Li Zimo noticed Zhang Gonggong's expression and stopped looking at the letter.
Director Zhang also walked out and followed behind the two of them, treading carefully.
In the Guangyang Hall of the Crown Prince's Palace, Huamu Rong looked at the pastries presented by the small eunuchs, a total of three white porcelain plates. The dishes from the Imperial Kitchen were exquisite and delicate, and they knew that Li Dongyuan didn't like to eat too much, so each plate only had less than three pieces of pastry. They were respectively: auspicious rice cakes, plum blossom fragrant biscuits, and winter melon crystal dumplings. Finally, a bowl of extremely light green bean porridge was presented.
This little thing is not enough for a big eater who can swallow twenty or thirty bowls of noodles at once.
"Are you trying to starve me to death?"
The little eunuchs were shocked and knelt down in unison, shouting: "Your humble servant dares not."
Her eyes swept over the various ornaments on the ancient wooden shelves, and her small brow furrowed in concern: Is that kid suffering from masochism or something? His family is ridiculously wealthy, yet he has an appetite like a beggar.
Never mind, that kid is self-destructive and can't represent him. He came here just to swindle food and drink.
"I want five bowls of dumplings." To avoid startling these little eunuchs, Huamu Rong raised five fingers.
But this had already frightened the little eunuchs enough. Zhang Gonggong ordered them to listen to the young master first. They had no choice but to grit their teeth and order the imperial kitchen to prepare five bowls of dumplings.
Yun Chenjing tapped the fan handle in his palm, with a slanted brow and a good mood. He was not yet married and had no children, but he was most interested in young children. Along the way, he chatted with Li Zimo and said: "Xiao Yu, don't be too strict with him, at this age, kids should be allowed to have fun."
"I didn't restrain him." Lei Zimo said calmly.
An attitude of not caring, people who don't know the situation might think that this father doesn't love his child at all.
Two people arrived at the Crown Prince's bedroom and saw several small eunuchs guarding the door, their foreheads dripping with hot sweat, looking anxious.
Yun Chen Jing took a step forward and asked, "Is the young master inside?"
Several small eunuchs heard the sound, raised their heads, saw them two, hastily knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, Cloud Sect Master, Young Master is inside."
Yun Chen Jing was just about to ask Li Dong Yun what he was doing inside when he suddenly heard the sound of teeth chomping, bowls and chopsticks clinking against porcelain coming from inside the door. The sound was quite loud, like someone who had been starving for a long time was devouring food with abandon.
Li Zimo had already stopped beside him and was also listening to the sound coming from inside the door, slightly startled.
Looking through the gap between the partition and the window frame, it seems that there is only a small figure inside.
"Is there only Young Master inside?" Yun Chenjing asked.
"Yes." Several small eunuchs realized at this time that they should inform the young master inside, and one of them stretched out his hand to push open the door and go in to report.
Yun Chen Jing raised her fan and pointed at the little eunuch: "No need, we'll go in ourselves."
Here, it must be mentioned that the little egret who was supposed to help Xiaomu keep watch couldn't bear Xiaomu's eating manners like a starving ghost and flew into the bird's nest set up by Lǐ Dōngyùn inside, preparing to take a comfortable nap.
Enchanted by the delicious food in the imperial kitchen, the little foodie was completely absorbed in eating and didn't hear any movement outside.
As the door opened, a man walked in, wearing a dignified and elegant blue robe, with a handsome face, smiling eyebrows and lips, and a pair of gemstone-like blue eyes that were deeper than the sea.
Huā Mù Róng held up a small bowl with both hands, gulping down his fifth bowl of dumpling soup. He raised an eyebrow and shifted his gaze upwards to reveal the giant bowl's mouth outside, so he could clearly see who was coming to disturb him while he ate, drank and had fun.
After the little eyes had taken in Cloud Dust Scene's features, his brain first recalled that day in the woods when a certain detestable rascal had shouted at him and his mother: "Cloud Dust Scene, you can't change your surname or your name, just wait for your mother to come and seduce me."
Go die! Dare to bother his mother!
The emotions of that time reappeared on the little heart, and the little demon's face turned white. The two hands holding the rice bowl clattered and fell onto the dinner table, rolling around.
How come?
At that time, he and his mother hijacked the wrong car. Did they come here to catch him and his mother?
My heart is racing, pounding rapidly, with a guilty conscience, beating ten million times faster. My brain only has one thought: escape, hide.
"Xiao Yu." Yundian Jing, who had just entered the door, was also surprised. There were at least five or six empty bowls and plates on the table. Who ate this much? It's known that Li Dongyu has a small appetite, and this is an adult portion, which is usually not finishable.
A small cry from Xiao Yu stimulated Hua Mu Rong's nerves. In an instant, like a cat, he quickly slid down from the chair, his small body hiding under the table, two small hands holding his head. Every time in the past when he did something too wrong, he would use this trick to deal with his mother, afraid of being taught by his mother's fists.
Everyone present was shocked by his action.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, be careful—" Zhang Gonggong's face changed with anxiety as he called for the small eunuchs to come and lift the table, worried that the precious body of the prince might accidentally bump his head.
As several small eunuchs worked together to lift the high table and move it aside, Huamu Rong cursed inwardly at being forced out of hiding, her small body quickly following the tabletop as it was moved.
The eunuchs lifted up the table and carried it around the house in a circle, with Hua Mulan following underneath.
Zhang Gong's face turned white, and he knelt down, shouting: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, please come out quickly! If Your Highness is injured, I won't be able to keep my life! The Emperor is here!"
Emperor? Isn't Emperor the father of that little brat?
Her small eyes gazed out from between the table legs, and landed on Li Zimo's face, which was as beautiful and refined as jade. Li Zimo's high-and-mighty gaze was no different from when he had faced her and her mother in the mountains - it was faint, to the point of being devoid of warmth or emotion.
"No, I won't go out!" He'd rather die than go out. This man had once said that he would take him and his mother into custody and throw them in jail.
Those two long, slender eyebrows tightened up at her son's words.
Yun Chen Jing waved his hand, letting the several small eunuchs who were lifting the table hurry and stop. He swept up his blue robe, knelt on one knee, and landed beside the table. With a smiling face, he bent down to speak to Hua Mu Rong, who was hiding under the table like a kitten: "Xiao Yu, do you want to play hide-and-seek with Uncle Yun?"
Xiao Mu Mu is going crazy. If he had known earlier, he would not have agreed to let Li Dongyuan play the trick of hiding the dragon and phoenix.
