bookcurios Chapter 708 Recognized
Chapter 708 Recognized
After staring at the man for a while, Yu Nianwu turned and walked towards the altar, her eyes suddenly lighting up.
They were all her favorite snacks. This was the imperial palace, and this man seemed to be the emperor of this world. The pastries in the palace should taste good, right?
Swallowing her saliva, she whispered to comfort herself: "I'll just try one."
Yu Nianwu glanced back and forth among the plates of dim sum, and finally chose to take her favorite chestnut cake. She took a bite and it was filled with sweet fragrance. It tasted much better than the one she made.
After eating one piece, I couldn’t help but take another piece. Although I still wanted to eat more, I finally held back.
She walked to the window and looked out. Standing on that high place, she could overlook the entire palace. She had been living in the apocalypse for these years, where the sky was always gray and most of the plants on the ground had died. She had not seen such a blue sky for many years.
It's not bad to stay in this world for a while, find a chance to sneak out and take a look around, and if you can stay for a few months, you can also experience the local customs and culture.
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When Jiang Ci woke up, it was already early the next morning.
Ying Si stood at the door: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to court."
Jiang Ci often spends the night in Zhaixing Pavilion, and the shadow guards have long been accustomed to it.
He sat up and rubbed his swollen brows. He drank too much yesterday and still had a severe headache after a good night's sleep.
"Jiaojiao, I'm going to court. I'll come see you in the evening."
After saying that, Jiang Ci stood up from the bed, walked to the altar, then suddenly stopped and looked straight at the altar.
He had personally put the snacks in yesterday's dish. He had always been very sensitive to numbers and noticed that there were two pieces of snacks missing from the plate of chestnut cakes.
Jiang Ci narrowed his sharp eyes slightly and walked out as if nothing had happened.
In the following days, Jiang Ci brought food in different ways every night, and there would be less food on the altar every morning, but no one would notice if no one paid attention.
On this day, Jiang Ci felt inexplicably excited and even reviewed the memorials faster.
Finally, it was time for dinner and the imperial kitchen brought in two food boxes.
"Your Majesty, the food you ordered is ready."
"let it go."
"promise!"
The two young eunuchs placed the food boxes on the table and then retreated respectfully.
Jiang Ci put down the memorial in his hand, and the eunuch serving beside him immediately brought him water for him to wash his hands.
After washing his hands, Jiang Ci walked to the table, picked up two food boxes and walked out of the hall. Outside the door, Ying Si came forward.
"Your Majesty, I have already sent more people to the Zhaixing Pavilion as per your instructions. If there are any thieves who have really sneaked into the Zhaixing Pavilion, they will be captured today."
Jiang Ci responded and walked towards Zhaixing Pavilion carrying the food box.
Arriving at the third floor of Zhaixing Pavilion, Jiang Ci placed tonight's meals, snacks and fruits on the altar as usual.
"The imperial kitchen has changed some new dishes today. Jiaojiao, please try them and see if they suit your taste. By the way, the peach blossom wine brewed last March is ready. I brought a pot here. Please drink a few cups with me today."
Jiang Ci sat at the table and talked to himself. There were two sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table.
He picked up the wine pot and poured two cups of peach wine, and placed the other cup in the empty space.
"The peach blossom wine is made according to the recipe you made before, but it doesn't taste as good as yours."
At this time, Ying Si's voice came from outside.
"Your Majesty, Commander Su requests to see you."
"understood."
Jiang Ci put down his wine glass and said to the air: "I still have some government affairs to attend to, so I can't accompany you tonight."
After saying this, he stood up and walked out of the room.
After Jiang Ci left, a figure appeared out of nowhere, walked to the table and sat down.
She glanced at the food on the table, then curiously picked up the wine glass and sniffed it, raising her eyebrows happily.
“It tastes pretty good.”
She picked up the wine glass and took a few sips, and found that the peach blossom wine seemed to be stronger than the one she brewed, but the taste was very good. She picked up the chopsticks and ate and drank at the same time. After a while, the whole pot of wine was finished and a lot of food was eaten as well.
Before, she only dared to eat a little secretly for fear of being discovered, but tonight she was getting ready to leave, so there was no need to be so cautious.
Yu Nianwu touched her bulging belly, took out a bottle of pills from the space and placed it on the table, then walked to the desk and wrote a sentence.
"I, Wu Chuang, have been here for many days. I could not resist the temptation of delicious food and secretly ate a little bit of the offerings. Seeing your hair full of silver hair, I think it must be due to grief. Take one pill of this medicine every day, and you will be cured in a month. Just consider it as your food money for the next few days."
After leaving the note, Yu Nianwu decided to leave the palace at night.
She put the note and the bottle of medicine on the table, and just as she was about to get up, she felt dizzy.
The aftereffect of this peach blossom wine seemed to be quite strong. She couldn't hold her liquor well to begin with, and she didn't expect that she could get drunk just by drinking some peach blossom wine.
"boom!"
There was a loud bang from the door and several dark shadows suddenly broke in.
Yu Nianwu secretly cried out inwardly that something was wrong and turned around to try to escape, but a shining sword was placed on her neck faster than she was.
"See Your Majesty!"
Jiang Ci walked into the house and looked at the figure with his back to him with his cold eyes.
"caught you!"
Yu Nianwu's heart tightened, and she turned around cautiously and chuckled twice.
"Um... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have stolen the tribute you prepared for your deceased wife..."
"Dangdang!"
The sword on Yu Nianwu's neck fell to the ground, and everyone in the room stared at the woman in front of them with a look of astonishment.
"Empress...Empress?"
Jiang Ci was stunned to the spot, his cold phoenix eyes fixed on the woman in front of him.
She had a face extremely similar to Yan Shu's, even her smiles and frowns when she spoke were very similar. Jiang Ci's heartbeat quickened, fearing that the person in front of him would disappear in the blink of an eye. He quickly walked up to Yu Nianwu, reached out and gently stroked her face, a burst of moisture and heat welling up in his eyes.
"Jiaojiao, you are finally back."
He hugged the woman in front of him into his arms, his body trembling slightly with emotion.
Yu Nianwu was caught off guard and hugged by the other party, and she froze in place.
He must have mistaken me for his deceased wife, right? This is embarrassing...
"Um... calm down first. If you have something to say... let's talk it over. I'm almost... I'm almost suffocating because of you."
Jiang Ci was too afraid that the woman in front of him was an illusion, so he used all his strength to hug her.
"You all stand down!"
"Yes!"
The shadow guards left the room and closed the door. Jiang Ci kept his hands around her waist and refused to let go, but he tactfully loosened his grip a little.
He lowered his eyes and looked carefully at the woman in front of him.
"Since Jiaojiao is back, why hasn't she shown up yet? These past few days I thought some thief came here to cause trouble."
Yu Nianwu struggled for a few times, but the other person's arm was as motionless as cast iron. She could only maintain this ambiguous posture and talk to him.
"Although my nickname is Jiaojiao, I am not your deceased wife. She is still lying on the bed over there. Look for yourself."
Yu Nianwu gestured to Jiang Ci to look towards the gauze curtain. Jiang Ci then looked over and saw that Yan Shu was indeed still lying on the bed.
He turned around and stared silently at the woman in front of him.
"Have you lost your memory?"
He almost concluded at first sight that she was his little fox, but the look she gave him was completely unfamiliar.
"I didn't lose my memory. I'm not your wife at all. I came here by mistake. I was planning to leave today, but I didn't expect to be caught by you."
It was all her fault for drinking too much. The peach blossom wine was too strong and she still feels dizzy.
"Can you let me go first? I feel dizzy and want to vomit."
Jiang Ci smelled alcohol on her body and knew that she must have drunk a lot of peach blossom wine. He laughed in his heart. The little fox had a terrible alcohol tolerance but especially liked to drink fruit wine and flower wine. At first, he suspected that the person who appeared in the Zhaixing Pavilion was an elusive master, but after observing for the past few days, he found that this person had never done anything except stealing some offerings. In fact, the food this person liked to eat was very similar to Yan Shu. So tonight he deliberately took out a pot of peach blossom wine to test it, and he really caught the person.
"I can't hold my alcohol tolerance, but I still like to drink."
Although he complained, Jiang Ci gently picked the person up and walked back to the table and sat down.
He sat next to Yu Nianwu, his eyes glued to her, staring at her passionately.
Yu Nianwu suddenly felt a little envious of the woman in bed. This man was the king of a country, but he was so deeply in love with her. This kind of love was truly precious.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Yu Nianwu. I am just a stranger who accidentally strayed into this place. I couldn't resist the temptation these few days and stole your offerings, but I am willing to make up for it. This bottle of medicine was developed by me personally. I see that you have a head full of white hair at such a young age. It must be because you miss your deceased wife too much. As long as you take the medicine on time, I guarantee that your hair will be restored to its original state in a month. This reward will be regarded as the meal money for the past few days..."
Seeing that the man in front of her was staring at her with gentle and affectionate eyes, and it seemed that he had no intention of settling the score with her, she felt a little relieved.
"Yu Nianwu? Your father is Yu Xuanji?"
A hint of surprise flashed across Yu Nianwu's eyes.
"You know my father?"
Hearing this, Jiang Ci smiled.
"Master Yu Xuanji is a cultivator from Qingyun Mountain. More than three hundred years ago, he had attained enlightenment and became an immortal. But why did his daughter appear here?"
"I've never heard my father mention his past. To be honest, I don't know why I'm here, but I really don't have any bad intentions. I originally wanted to leave at night today. Here, I've left a note."
Jiang Ci glanced at the note Yu Nianwu handed over and asked, "Are you from another world?"
Someone who originally wanted to hide his origins was shocked by Jiang Ci's words.
How come he knows everything?
Jiang Ci smiled and said, "This is the imperial palace forbidden area with the most stringent security. Outside the Star Picking Pavilion, there are shadow guards everywhere. Even the world's top masters can't appear here so easily without being discovered, unless you appear out of thin air, and I guess you should have a magic weapon like space that allows you to become invisible freely."
Yu Nianwu's pupils dilated visibly, obviously Jiang Ci had guessed it right.
Jiang Ci had already concluded that his little fox had really returned, but seemed to have forgotten their past.
Although he felt a little lost, as long as she could be back with him and he could truly feel her presence, it was enough.