Novel Full Chapter 1161: Chapter 1157: Make Him Crave but Can't Eat
Chapter 1161: Chapter 1157: Make Him Crave but Can’t Eat
Leng Shuqing felt an icy chill throughout her body, and her heart ached unbearably, as if ants were gnawing at it. She had just turned around when she bumped into Su Yingxue, who was entering from outside.
Compared to her grand attire today, Su Yingxue wore a silk peach blossom dress, lightly applied makeup, and a single golden phoenix hairpin adorned her head, making her exceptionally ethereal and agile, like the peach blossoms blooming in early spring, exuding a fresh and striking beauty.
Especially when she smiled and winked at Leng Shuqing, “Imperial Consort, you must be tired from your journey, have you eaten?”
Leng Shuqing, haughty and aloof, was about to kneel down to greet her, “Your servant greets the empress!”
“Ah, there’s no need for such formalities outside!” Su Yingxue quickly helped her up; her strength was not small, but she realized that Leng Shuqing felt surprisingly light and seemed thinner.
She called out to someone outside, “Mo Qi, the Imperial Consort hasn’t eaten; prepare some dinner for her.”
Mo Qi responded from outside, “Yes, Your Majesty!”
Leng Shuqing subtly moved away from Su Yingxue’s supporting hand and said very dignifiedly, “Your Majesty, I wouldn’t dare trouble you. I am a bit unwell from the journey today, so I need not dine, but thank you for your kindness.”
After she finished speaking, she bowed again and then respectfully backed away.
Su Yingxue was still holding a candied hawthorn stick, half-eaten, and she bit the remaining half into her mouth, muttering, “Why do I feel that she’s acting strangely?”
As if she held a grudge against her?
She hadn’t offended Leng Shuqing!
Seeing her come in with the candied hawthorn, Chu Yihan had already stood up, and as soon as Leng Shuqing left, he eagerly embraced Su Yingxue, “Eating alone? Where’s mine?”
“None! What is the emperor doing eating candied hawthorn? Don’t fight with me for it!”
Fearing that Chu Yihan would take her candied hawthorn, Su Yingxue quickly ate two more pieces.
Chu Yihan normally didn’t like these sour-sweet snacks, but seeing Su Yingxue enjoying it so much, he leaned over and took a bite, “I want to eat it anyhow!”
“Chu Yihan, have you no shame! Stealing my candied hawthorn!” Su Yingxue angrily stomped his foot.
On Chu Yihan’s boot embroidered with a dragon pattern, Su Yingxue’s footprint was distinctly visible.
For someone like Leng Shuqing, such conduct would be an affront to imperial authority, and punishing her with solitary confinement would be minor, beheading her would not be excessive.
But to Su Yingxue, it was merely throwing a little tantrum, and Chu Yihan didn’t mind it at all. Instead, he coaxed her in a gentle voice, “I want to eat it too, will you accompany me to buy another stick?”
Su Yingxue pouted, “Now that I am your maidservant, should the emperor be telling me to run errands? Just give me more money!”
Chu Yihan playfully bit her nose, “I only like fresh ones, hurry and go with me to buy it, let’s make the little monster jealous.”
He couldn’t eat it now, but that wouldn’t stop them, as the parents, from eating it in front of him.
To make him both envious and unable to eat it.
Su Yingxue felt that after Chu Yihan became the father, he was mischievously bad, making their little monster pitifully bullied.
But thinking that the little monster was still young and his diet was limited, she couldn’t feel too sorry for her son, so she went with her husband to buy candied hawthorn instead.
Just as they stepped outside, the keen-eared Leng Shuqing, who hadn’t gone far, heard their affectionate exchange. Accompanied by her maid, she saw Chu Yihan holding Su Yingxue’s hand as they went out, laughing and talking about buying candied hawthorn. It felt as if her heart was being torn apart like the handkerchief in her hand.