Ch 9: Goji Berry Chicken Soup

Shen Yunheng’s gaze fell on Meng Tingyue’s delicate and pretty face, then moved to her raised finger, and he coldly uttered a few words.

“No.”

Shen Yunheng led Qiao Tingfeng and the attendant upstairs without mercy.

Meng Tingyue watched them leave with a sorrowful expression, then turned to Qingdian beside her and instructed, “Qingdian, follow them to see which room they enter, and then come back and tell me.”

“Yes.” Qingdian left.

Although Qinglan had seen the Crown Prince before, she was always intimidated by the Crown Prince’s daunting aura, and she couldn’t help but admire her own Miss for not being afraid.

Even though the Crown Prince had said so, her Miss kept trying again and again, throwing herself at him. Could it be that her Miss really liked this fierce and cold Crown Prince?

She felt sorry for her Miss in her heart.

Qingdian returned, “Miss, His Highness the Crown Prince entered Room Number One.”

Meng Tingyue nodded, beckoned Qingdian closer, whispered a few words in her ear, and Qingdian left again.

……

As soon as Qiao Tingfeng entered the room, he knelt down before Shen Yunheng.

He read out the confession he had written in his heart, “I was wrong, terribly wrong, a thunder-struck wrong. I shouldn’t have gone out today, shouldn’t have come to Jinwei Restaurant, shouldn’t have talked to my sister-in-law, shouldn’t have…”

Shen Yunheng’s expression was cold: “Get to the point.”

Qiao Tingfeng closed his eyes and hardened his heart, “I shouldn’t have harassed my sister-in-law.”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the other three people in the room, except Shen Yunheng, changed from watching the fun to shock.

“Wow, you’re really bold, daring to provoke your sister-in-law.”

“Who doesn’t know that Meng Shaoqing’s eldest daughter is His Majesty’s appointed Crown Princess? You’ve been in the military camp for two years, have you forgotten your own identity? You still dare to flirt around?”

“This kid hasn’t suffered enough in the military camp, he hasn’t learned his lesson, and he dares to cause trouble when he comes back. Your Highness, why don’t you send him back for a few more years of training?”

Shen Yunheng’s expression was unclear, and the few people around him chattered incessantly.

Shen Yunheng remained silent, Qiao Tingfeng became increasingly apprehensive, and the other three were even more unsure of the Crown Prince’s attitude towards the Meng family girl.

Qiao Tingfeng waited for a reply but received none, his heart grew more and more desperate, and he raised his hand to slap himself again.

He thought to himself: If there is a next time, if he is not sent back to the military camp, he will definitely reform himself, stop flirting around, and definitely obey his father’s words…

“You should not apologize to me.”

Qiao Tingfeng breathed a sigh of relief and quickly admitted his mistake, “I know, I know, I’ll go to Miss Meng, no, I’ll go to my sister-in-law to apologize right away.”

“Sweep the streets of Jingdu for the next month.”

“Ah~”

Shen Yunheng glanced at him indifferently.

Qiao Tingfeng immediately shut his mouth and forced out a smile uglier than crying, “Sweep, I’ll sweep.”

Shen Yunheng withdrew his gaze, “If there is a next time, go back to the military camp yourself.”

“Understood.” Qiao Tingfeng said with a mournful face.

With that, the matter came to a temporary end.

Shen Yunheng’s dark eyes swept across the people present, “The rampant bandits on the official road outside Jingdu…”

After a long while.

A knock came from outside the door.

“Your Highness, Miss Meng has sent a bowl of chicken soup.”

Ling Xiao’s voice sounded from outside the door.

Shen Yunheng’s gaze shifted from the bowl of chicken soup on the table to the waiter kneeling on the ground.

“The Miss downstairs claimed to be a Meng family girl, saying that she is Your Highness’s future wife, and ordered the kitchen to send a bowl of chicken soup,” the waiter reported truthfully, “Miss Meng also said that this chicken soup is specially for Your Highness to nourish your body.”

Shen Yunheng just lifted the ceramic lid to look inside.

Light-colored chicken soup with floating red goji berries, the faint aroma whetted one’s appetite.

“Did she tell you to add the goji berries?”

The waiter replied, “Yes, Miss Meng specifically instructed to add more…”

The waiter dared not raise his head, bowing his head and trembling.

Qiao Tingfeng and the others all had expressions of shock, they looked at each other, silently communicating their shock with their lips.

Although the three besides Qiao Tingfeng had not met the Meng family girl, their impression of her became: frail, but bold.

“Crown Prince, this chicken soup…” Ling Xiao probed.

Shen Yunheng’s expression was calm: “Leave it there, go and invite my future Crown Princess up.”

After a cup of tea, Meng Tingyue came up with Ling Xiao.

Qinglan and Qingdian were left below to deal with the dishes they had ordered earlier.

Oh, there are quite a few people.

Seeing the scene in the room, Meng Tingyue calmly raised her lips, her gaze fixed on Shen Yunheng.

“Tingyue greets Crown Prince Brother, greets Young Master Qiao, and greets the gentlemen.”

Xia Zifan, the General of Zhongwu, Mu Changge, the Minister of Rites, and another man in blue clothes she didn’t recognize.

“Miss Meng.”

Several people introduced their identities one by one, and Meng Tingyue also learned the name of the man in blue clothes, Wei Li.

Meng Tingyue suddenly had some impression.

There was such a person in her past life, but he died during the bandit suppression some time later.

Meng Tingyue smiled at Shen Yunheng, “Crown Prince Brother, you go ahead. I’ll go play for a while.”

As she spoke, Meng Tingyue entered the inner room.

Shen Yunheng’s gaze followed her, seeing the hazy figure behind the screen become more and more solid, a head poked out from behind the screen.

“Crown Prince Brother, remember to drink the chicken soup.”

The head beside the screen retracted, and the figure behind the screen also ran away, seemingly to the window.

Shen Yunheng withdrew his gaze, catching the amused and suppressed smiles of his friends.

Shen Yunheng’s gaze swept lightly across them, and several people nervously looked away.

Meng Tingyue covered her ears and leaned against the window, admiring the street below.

After covering her ears for a while, she realized it was futile, and she could still hear what she should have heard.

She simply lowered her hand. The Crown Prince was willing to let her come up, which meant that it didn’t matter if she heard what they were talking about.

They seemed to be discussing a plan to suppress bandits.

She remembered that Wei Li seemed to be the one in charge of suppressing bandits in her past life.

The bandits rampant around Jingdu this time were all desperadoes, and could be described as vicious and ruthless.

The bandit suppression in her past life was successful, but the losses were heavy, and the Court lost many soldiers.

It was because the bandits’ base camp was in a village.

The people were innocent, and the Court did not want to harm the innocent people, but unexpectedly, some of these people turned their knives against the soldiers suppressing the bandits.

Wei Li was caught off guard and directly injured in a vital area, and even the physician was powerless to save him.

Xia Zifan and Mu Changge achieved great things in their past lives, and because of the Crown Prince’s care and trust in the Fifth Prince, they worked diligently to help the Fifth Prince ascend the throne after the Crown Prince’s death.

Based on her understanding of the Fifth Prince, as soon as he ascended the throne, he would try to eliminate the Crown Prince’s trusted aides.

As long as the Crown Prince didn’t die in this life, Xia Zifan and Mu Changge would not help the Fifth Prince.

As for Wei Li, she could do nothing about the bandit suppression. Her current position meant that even if she offered suggestions, the Crown Prince would not believe her, and it would only arouse his suspicion. For her, the disadvantages outweighed the advantages.

Their discussion lasted for a stick of incense and then ended.

The Crown Prince did not drink the chicken soup.

“Come out.”

After a moment, Shen Yunheng failed to wait for Meng Tingyue to come out, so he walked inside, only to see the delicate girl fainted by the window.