In front of Madam Wei, Yang Ruo did not dare to look closely at the fourth young lady. She said a few auspicious words and hurried back to the palace to report.
The dishes and soup were served on jade plates on the table. They looked and smelled delicious. Both dishes were Wei Pingxi's favorites, but she had never tried the fermented rice, papaya, milk, and lotus root starch soup before.
"My aunt treats her nephew so well."
She sat at the table, holding her chopsticks, unsure where to begin.
The vegetables were blatantly delivered to Liulan Courtyard. Madam Wei looked at the vegetables, then at her daughter's expression of cherishing, reluctance, joy, and emotion, and suddenly smiled and said, "Didn't you already eat? Can you still eat?"
“I can eat it.” Wei Pingxi pointed to the soup and said, “This soup helps with digestion; Auntie has thought of everything.”
Madam Wei fell silent.
"Mother, you eat too."
"I won't eat it." Yan Qing started fiddling with her prayer beads again: "It's strange, but my sister treats you, her nephew, like her own daughter."
The speaker meant something, but the listener pretended not to understand.
Wei Pingxi tasted the braised fish and exclaimed, "Mother, Aunt's cooking is truly excellent!"
While she was enjoying her meal, Madam Wei simply closed her eyes. After thinking for a moment, fearing that she might overeat, she served her a small bowl of some kind of soup and said quietly, "She treats you so well. Anyone who didn't know better would think that Your Highness was trying to take your daughter away from me."
“Mother is overthinking it.” Wei Pingxi scooped up a spoonful of the soup.
The refreshing taste of papaya and the sweet aroma of milk blend together in the lotus root starch, pleasing the taste buds.
She said softly, "The bond between mother and daughter cannot be taken away."
"Reporting to Madam, Fourth Miss, Aunt Yu has arrived."
Wei Pingxi quickly said, "Please invite her in."
Before the New Year's bell rang, Yu Zhi woke up and went to Liulan Courtyard to pay her respects to Madam Wei. After the ceremony, she sat obediently next to the Fourth Miss.
"Zhizhi, you've come at the right time. Why don't you try this sweet soup?"
...
Firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, and the new year has arrived.
Wei Pingxi and Yu Zhi stayed up with Madam Wei at Liulan Courtyard to celebrate the New Year. Perhaps because she had eaten a lot and drunk wine, she became tired in the middle of the night and fell into a deep sleep with her head on Yu Zhi's shoulder.
Lady Wei liked to see her sleeping. After glancing at her a few times, she remembered the dishes the Empress had given her that night and felt a lump in her throat: "Let's take her back to her room, so she won't get cold."
With her permission, Yu Zhi and Jin Shi helped the Fourth Miss back to Jingzhe Courtyard, one on each side.
Even though Liu Lan Courtyard no longer had the daughter who had caused Yan Qing so much worry, the aroma of the food lingered for a long time. When she returned to her inner room, she raised her hand and smashed the teacup on the table.
The celadon porcelain was broken, leaving a puddle of water on the ground, reflecting the woman's ferocious face.
"Yan Xiu!"
...
"It's been sent?"
"Your Majesty, it has been sent. The Fourth Miss said she likes it very much."
Where is Madam Wei?
"Your Majesty, Lady Wei appears... to be perfectly normal."
Ji Ying hummed in agreement, and the head eunuch politely withdrew.
Having done what she had always wanted to do, Yan Xiu's brows relaxed, but the next moment she became worried: "Aying, won't this really put her in danger?"
She was a smart woman, but her concern clouded her judgment.
Ji Ying embraced her: "The capital is not like Lingnan. It's right under our noses. With me here, she will be safe. Besides, whoever has a guilty conscience will definitely slip up after tonight. Let's just wait patiently."
"After waiting for eighteen years, will we still be able to wait?"
The resilient empress reveals her vulnerability to her beloved.
Ji Ying kissed her forehead: "We'll see. Whether it's true or false, we'll eventually put it to the test. Who's stirring up trouble and trying to cover things up? It'll be soon."
...
In the Jingzhe Courtyard, the four maids left, and Yuzhi wrung out a towel to wipe the fourth young lady's face.
Wei Pingxi opened his eyes without a word, grasped her wrist, and Yu Zhi was startled, whispering, "Why are you awake?"
"I can't sleep." She patted the empty space beside her. "Lie down and let's chat for a while."
Yu Zhi insisted on wiping her face and neck, and Wei Pingxi let her do as she pleased, like a big cat without temper.
This is their first New Year.
Yu Zhi hopes there will be a second, a third, a thirtieth, and a fortieth.
She took off her clothes and lay down to sleep on the left side of the fourth young lady. As she lay down, she kissed her forehead with tenderness.
Her coquettish manner was rather adorable, and Wei Pingxi chuckled as he poked her cheek with his finger: "You kissed me again."
Yu Zhi looked at her shyly: "We kissed."
"Alright then." Miss Wei put her arm around her waist: "My aunt gave me some food tonight..."
She paused for a long time, then softly and slowly murmured, "It's delicious."
Chapter 57 A Sleepless Night
The braised fish was delicious, and the Imperial Concubine Chicken was also delicious. I guess it was because she was thin that both dishes were meat-based.
She also liked that soup; it was sweet, sweet to the core.
Yu Zhi held her close, enjoying the pleasure of whispering sweet nothings in her ear: "The Empress treats you very well indeed."
"Yes, why do you think she treats me so well?" Didn't I say before that I would never see her again?
"What other reason could there be for treating someone well?" Yu Zhi put herself in others' shoes and laughed, "She only treats you well because she likes you. Her Majesty probably really treats you like her own daughter."
Wei Pingxi was taken aback by the words "my own daughter," and remained silent, only holding Yu Zhi even tighter.
The two were so close that Yu Zhi inhaled the scent of agarwood emanating from her, her heart fluttering, and her voice was as soft as water: "Xi Xi..."
"Um?"
Candlelight illuminated the room. Miss Wei, emerging from her mysterious past, tilted her head and saw a beautiful woman with eyes like autumn water begging for her hand in pleasure. Her interest was immediately aroused.
"I don't want to move, can't you do it yourself? I'll serve you after you're done."
Yu Zhi looked embarrassed.
"Don't pull me, there's no room for negotiation. I said there's no room for negotiation, and that means there's no room for negotiation. Even if you tear my clothes, there's still no room for negotiation." She closed her eyes, ignoring the beauty's coquettish pleading.
Having exhausted all other options, Yu Zhi lay sprawled on top of her like a salted fish: "I don't want to move..."
"Then go to sleep."
Someone, oblivious to romance, said...
How can one possibly fall asleep during such a long night?
Yu Zhi was unwilling to accept this.
Starting yesterday, she had a wild ambition—she wanted to make Xi Xi unable to live without her, unable to sleep or eat without her.
To win her over, the first step is to get Xi Xi used to her presence.
Once a habit becomes an addiction, it's impossible to break.
She secretly cheered herself up.
Just as Wei Pingxi was about to embrace her and take the initiative, the delicate beauty seemed to be possessed by a fairy and suddenly stood up from her body.
The lazy bum who didn't want to work hard suddenly transformed into a shameless mermaid, her face flushed. Wei Pingxi raised an eyebrow: "Wait and see?"
Provoked by her, Yu Zhi trembled as she parted her legs and pressed her lips to the man's.
It was a sleepless night. The Great Yan Dynasty did not impose a curfew, and many people were out having fun. The sound of firecrackers brought the proper festivities to the New Year.
It's lively outside the wall, and it's lively inside the wall too.
The fourth young lady has excellent physical attributes. As a martial artist, her fingers are slender, unlike the fierceness of a heroic man. She is gentle like a gentleman and elegant like a lady, giving people a wonderful experience in matters of love and pleasure.
I still remember that on their wedding night, Yu Zhi did the same thing, gently kissing her fair fingertips.
At that time, she remembered Wei Pingxi's kindness to her, and now, her sincere reaction best shows her passionate heart for the Fourth Miss.
She dawdled as slowly as an old ox, and Wei Pingxi smiled, grabbing her slender waist with one hand and pressing her down unexpectedly.
The force of the falling branches was too great for Yuzhi to resist, and just then fireworks exploded in the sky—it was the Third Young Master Wei of the mansion, unable to resist the call of the New Year, enjoying himself in his own courtyard.
The sudden burst of sound blocked out another delicate voice.
The instigator savored the beauty's distraught state, his tone utterly irritating: "You're spineless."
Yu Zhi was still in shock and couldn't hear what she was saying, but she saw her smiling maliciously and knew that the Fourth Miss was making fun of someone again.
She was secretly annoyed that this person was acting unpredictably and using his muddled brain to think, but then she suddenly realized that there was no such thing as common sense in this matter.
Her back was stiff, and the fourth young lady's fingers were damp.
The finger was very long, and Yuzhi subconsciously greeted 'her'.
Being sensible and considerate—these were the rules she learned in the courtyard. But at this moment, she forgot those rules and instinctively tried to please her beloved, the moon in the sky.
So cute.
She looks so cute when she blushes.
Even though they were being bullied, they acted as if they were doing it willingly.
Wei Pingxi thought inappropriately: Where exactly is her bottom line? How can she tolerate her being teased and indulged time and time again?
People say she has a wicked and eccentric nature, that she shamelessly associates with women, and that she ignores the teachings of the sages and only learns things that are not respectable.
How long can Zhizhi tolerate her?
She was playing a trick on her like that.
Why would she still be willing to be with her?