Quick Wear: My love-brained childhood sweetheart always asks me for a kiss

Qin Che, who was guarding outside the door, couldn't help but twitch his mouth after hearing Song Shiyan's voice.

It's different after marrying a young wife...

Chi Tingwan kept her eyes closed and her teeth clenched the whole time. She tried hard not to scream when the cut was made, but her eyes still turned red.

She didn't dare open her eyes until the poison was removed and the wounds were bandaged.

Song Shiyan had someone bring in a clean handkerchief, and then handed it to Chi Tingwan to wipe her tears.

"You must have known that you were poisoned by a Gu a long time ago." Song Shiyan said in a firm tone.

Chi Tingwan paused while wiping her tears and said, "I don't know what you are talking about."

"You have been acting very abnormal since last night. You were actually forced to marry me. With your personality, it was impossible for you not to make a fuss. But you cooperated surprisingly well." Song Shiyan poured her a cup of tea. "You have always been very close to Queen Mother Li. You must know that you have to go to the palace to express your gratitude today, but you dragged your feet and refused to get up."

Chi Tingwan did not take the cup of tea. Song Shiyan put it back on the table without paying any attention. "You even accepted the dragon-patterned jade pendant that I gave you, and only bowed to her."

"I am here today to meet the king as the regent princess. You are standing while I am kneeling. How can others see me like that? It is telling others that I am inferior to you. I, Chi Tingwan, am not someone who would kowtow to my husband and beg for mercy."

"I will believe you for now. But the Queen Mother asked you to stay in Ci'an Palace, and you could have agreed. Why did you refuse?"

"I am now the regent princess. How can I live in the palace?"

Song Shiyan smiled deeply, "It seems that you are unwilling to tell the truth to me no matter what."

"The world has really changed these days. No one believes the truth. If you don't believe it, get out."

Song Shiyan raised his eyebrows and said, "Princess, please make it clear that this is my bedroom. Even if you want to go out, it shouldn't be me who goes out."

"You!" Chi Tingwan stood up angrily, "You talk as if I really value your house!"

Watching her quickly leaving, Song Shiyan's lips inexplicably curved. When Qin Che entered the room, he saw the strange scene of Song Shiyan sitting at the table with a teacup in his hand and smiling.

"Your Highness. Did something good happen just now?" He heard it clearly outside the door. The conversation between the prince and Miss Chi was not very pleasant, and Miss Chi just left in a huff.

Song Shiyan immediately returned to his original expressionless look, "Maybe I was wrong before. There must have been a rift between her and the Queen Mother and the Emperor."

"Your Highness, are you saying that Miss Chi knew that she had been poisoned and that she had named the Queen Mother as the suspect?"

Song Shiyan glanced at him unhappily, "What did you call her?"

Qin Che was stunned for a moment, and quickly changed his words, "Perhaps the princess has already given up on the emperor, and is now thinking about how to take revenge on the queen mother. The princess can't do it on her own, she must form an alliance with the prince."

"This possibility cannot be ruled out. Since she likes to poison people so much, let her try the feeling of being poisoned. The old servant beside her should be well versed in this."

Qin Che immediately understood what Song Shiyan meant, "I understand, I'll do it right away."

When Empress Dowager Li woke up from her nap, she subconsciously wanted to call Nanny Sun to her side, but the person who came in was Xiyuan, the palace maid that Nanny Sun favored the most.

After Empress Dowager Li repeatedly questioned, Xi Yuan knelt on the ground with red eyes, "Empress Dowager, please make the decision for Madam!"

"What on earth happened?" Empress Dowager Li was very uneasy.

"Mammy...Mammy was murdered!"

Empress Dowager Li felt a blackness before her eyes. Nanny Sun had been with her for many years and was her most trusted confidant...

Even without checking, she knew that it must have been done by Song Shiyan.

He really treasures his princess so much that he can't wait to take action.

Empress Dowager Li rushed to check on Nanny Sun's body.

"Before Mammy died, all her tendons in her hands and feet were cut, and her tongue was cut..." Xi Yuan cried miserably.

Empress Dowager Li's heart immediately sank. He knew that the person she valued most was Nanny Sun, but he actually did such a cruel thing...

The news soon reached Song Xuanchu's ears.

He didn't react much, "Well, bury him properly."

He knew that this must have been done by Song Shiyan. No one else could dare to do it so blatantly in the palace except him.

However, Song Xuanchu was not too angry this time. He knew very well that Nanny Sun often instigated the empress dowager and many of the bad ideas were from her.

The Gu in Wanwan's body was also planted by her.

Even if Song Shiyan didn't take action, he would kill that old slave sooner or later.

Death in the palace was not a big deal, but the key point was that the person who died this time was Madam Sun, whom the Queen Mother trusted the most. And the death was extremely tragic.

Everyone in the palace is discussing this matter now.

Many people thought that Nanny Sun had made some unforgivable mistake, so she was punished by the Queen Mother. The reason why she pretended to be sad now was just because she didn't want to disappoint other servants.

But some people also felt that Nanny Sun's death was too sudden. After all, she had been with the Queen Mother for so long, and no matter how wrong she had done, she should not have ended up like this.

She got into trouble after the Regent and Princess Regent left the palace. Everyone knows that in this palace, the Emperor is only the nominal master, and the Regent still has the final say.

So it must be that Nanny Sun angered the Regent or the Regent's Consort. That's why this happened.

By the evening, the news that the Regent Princess had been poisoned was somehow made public.

Everyone in the palace knew that Nanny Sun had some connection with Miaojiang, so they were all sure that her death was related to the Regent.

The princess has been cursed, it would be strange if she wasn't killed.

Relying on the Queen Mother's favor, Nanny Sun dares to do anything, even provokes the Regent.

Everyone knows the Regent's vicious methods. This time he is really courting death.

Chi Tingwan had already learned from Fan Tong about Song Shiyan's action, but she waited until now to find Song Shiyan.

Song Shiyan didn't even raise his head when he heard the footsteps. "Got it?"

"Yeah, I just heard about it. Did you do it?"

"What else? If not this king, then the emperor?" Song Shiyan was annotating the memorial in a flamboyant manner.

"Are you here to avenge me? I didn't realize you're such a nice person."

Song Shiyan fell silent.

He couldn't help but pressed his brows, "So?"

"I've actually been annoyed with that old witch for a long time. She used to rely on the Queen Mother's support and bully me. I wanted to slap her to death so many times! It's fine that she just turned her face away, but she even cast a spell on me. She's really too bold..."

"Admit it?" Song Shiyan then looked up at her.

Chi Tingwan looked away unnaturally, "After all, it's revenge for me, I'm not someone who doesn't know how to repay a favor."

Song Shiyan suddenly became interested, "Oh? How are you going to repay me?"

"It's almost time for dinner, I'll cook for you a thank you dinner myself!"

"You? Cooking? Are you sure?" Chi Tingwan had helped him when she entered the palace when she was young. Out of gratitude, he had always had people keep an eye on the Prime Minister's Mansion and had helped her solve many problems.

She was indeed proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her needlework was also one of the best among the noble ladies in Kyoto.

But there is no requirement for this lady to know how to cook.

As far as he knew, Chi Tingwan had never been to the kitchen. Whenever he wanted to eat something, he would just ask the servants in the mansion to let him know.

Although Chi Mingyu treated her differently after the death of the eldest princess, she was still his most outstanding daughter after all, and he would never let her do something like cooking.

"Why? You don't dare to eat?"

Knowing that Chi Tingwan was trying to provoke him, he said, "It's not that I don't dare, but cooking is not an easy task. I'm afraid that you will think it's too easy and regret it after you go in."

"Who are you looking down on? I, Chi Tingwan, wrote poems at the age of three and painted at the age of five. Later, even the great scholar Su Dishi praised me for my intelligence. There is nothing I cannot learn over the years. Can cooking be difficult for me?"

Song Shiyan immediately smiled, "Princess, you are very ambitious. If that's the case, then go and give it a try."

When the people in the palace heard that the princess would cook for them herself tonight, they all showed surprised expressions. Especially Aunt Zhao in the kitchen, her expression could be described as horrified.

This rich girl has never cooked before. I’ll burn down her kitchen then!

Aunt Zhao approached Chi Tingwan with a smile and said, "Princess, are you well? How can I trouble you with such a trivial matter? I know that you want the prince to see your feelings. I understand." She had served other princes and kings before.

The nobles in the backyard often said they wanted to cook by themselves, but in the end they couldn't stand the hard work and usually just stood by and directed the servants to do the cooking.

Aunt Zhao knew clearly that this time would probably be the same as before.

"Princess, just tell us what you want to do for the prince."

"That won't do. I said I would do it myself, so I would do it myself. What's the point of ordering you to do it? Isn't that just cheating?"

Aunt Zhao wiped the sweat from her forehead. It's better to cheat than to make something inedible, right? It's better than blowing up the kitchen, right?

But Chi Tingwan was extremely persistent and wanted to do everything himself except making the fire.

Everyone had no choice but to teach her how to cut vegetables and stir-fry.

Chi Tingwan was afraid of cutting his fingers, so he chopped them with one hand, and ended up chopping them into a mess, leaving everyone silent.

When the food was put into the pot, she was so scared that she hid aside. Her body was far away from the stove, leaving only one arm to stir the pot. After making sure it was safe, she carefully moved closer.

After listening to Qin Che's report, Song Shiyan couldn't help but laugh, "Let her do it."

Chi Tingwan worked in the kitchen for nearly two hours, but the food he produced was still horrible.

Her face and the front of her clothes were stained with dust, and her sleeves and hands were unsightly.

Seeing her in such a mess, Song Shiyan couldn't help but feel helpless. He pulled Chi Tingwan back to the room, and he had asked someone to prepare hot water in advance.

"You guessed it a long time ago?"

Song Shiyan didn't comment, "Take a shower and change clothes first."

He had indeed expected this result. Not only did he ask Chi Tingwan's room to prepare hot water for her, he also ordered Su Yun Restaurant to deliver the best food.

He had been in the cold palace and had eaten all kinds of leftovers. He could tolerate the taste of her food no matter how bad it tasted. But he was afraid that Chi Tingwan herself could not accept it.

Chi Tingwan bathed very slowly, and Song Shiyan waited patiently.

After she came out, she decisively used the serving chopsticks to pick up every dish for Song Shiyan.

Qin Che, who was standing by, couldn't help but mourn for his own prince in his heart.

Although these things didn't look terrible, it was the princess' first time cooking, so she knew they wouldn't taste very good.

Even though he had prepared himself mentally, Song Shiyan's expression could not help but change again and again when he tasted the food.

This sweet and sour crucian carp tastes only sour and has a strong fishy smell, with some residual fish scales on the surface.

Dongpo pork is extremely greasy, sour and spicy.

The crispy chicken was not cooked at all. The braised lion's head was a bit overcooked, the lion's head couldn't hold it and turned into mud.

The other vegetarian dishes were even harder to describe. The pieces that Chi Tingwan cut were too big, the color of the cooked ones was wrong, and the taste was mushy. The uncooked ones looked acceptable, but they were really hard to swallow.

However, Song Shiyan was still considerate enough to eat everything she picked up.

Chi Tingwan also took a few bites tentatively. She resisted the urge to spit it out and forced herself to swallow it all. She began to try to save face, "I think it's pretty good. After all, it's my first time cooking. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Song Shiyan suppressed a smile and said, "What the princess said is very true."

"Oh, I'm too tired today. I just took a shower and I'm really sleepy." Chi Tingwan yawned with his hands covering his lips, "I can't do it anymore. This table of food was prepared by me for His Majesty. Please enjoy it slowly, My Lord. I'll go back and rest first. I'm too sleepy..."

"How can this be possible? Princess, you have been busy for two hours and now you can finally sit down and enjoy the fruits of your labor. How can you leave me alone? My appetite is not that big. In order not to waste food, I really need your cooperation. Accompany me to finish this meal."

"But I'm really tired. My eyelids won't obey me anymore."

"If you are really that sleepy, then go back and rest."

Chi Tingwan knew that he would most likely ask the kitchen to make new food after he left, or ask someone to order food from a restaurant outside.

She didn't think it was a big deal. After all, her original intention was not to make trouble for him. Everything was just to fit the character.

After Chi Tingwan left, Qin Che hurried forward and said, "I will order someone to tear these down right away."

"Why withdraw? We can't waste so much food. Why don't you sit down and eat with me?"

Qin Che's face was stiff. "This is a gift from the princess to the prince. How can a subordinate get involved?"

"Then don't disturb me while I'm eating."

Qin Che was speechless. Why did the prince seem to be enjoying the meal? Was it because the princess made it?

The prince clearly didn't like her before. He cared about her only to repay his kindness.

Moreover, he actually only paid attention to it during the first two years of his reign. He didn't care much after that.

Maybe he feels that he has almost repaid the favor.

In most cases, he is asked to keep an eye on things, and there is no need to report to him unless life is in danger.

If the emperor had not issued that decree this time, perhaps the prince would never have had any new contact with her in his entire life.

But it's only been two nights since she got married, how come her attitude changed so quickly?

Could it be that because she occupied the position of princess in the palace, the prince felt responsible for her?

Well... that should be it.