After crossing, I was forced to hold on to my thighs and build a kingdom

When the brocade box was opened again, it was already dusk.

The young man carefully hung the white dragon and phoenix pendant around his waist, which made ringing sounds as he moved.

"A gentleman wears jade, and his virtue shines forth."

Su Chengan raised his eyebrows and looked at Jinchu, complaining in his voice, but his face was bright, "Ajin, you are disgusted with my vulgarity and urging me to learn from gentlemen!"

Jin Chu rarely said anything. She thought of the ugly sachet she made by herself. Should she give it as a gift or not?

While thinking, her eyes turned to the inner layer of the dressing table.

Su Cheng'an, who received no response, keenly noticed the girl's strangeness. Following her gaze, the young man smiled knowingly.

"It seems that Jin still has a gift for me?"

"no!"

Jin Chu flatly denied it, but her overly decisive answer and evasive eyes once again fully demonstrated what it means to be trying to cover up one's own faults.

Su Cheng'an tilted his head slightly, and asked with a long smile, "Is what Ah Jin said true?"

"That is--"

Before she could utter the word "naturally", the young man took advantage of her absent-mindedness and quickly opened the makeup box that she had just focused her attention on.

At the innermost part of the makeup box, an ultramarine sachet lay quietly there.

Jin Chu hurriedly reached out to grab it, but was blocked by the young man faster.

Su Cheng'an held the sachet in his hand and smiled contentedly: "It turns out that Ah Jin made a sachet for me himself!"

Jin Chu hurriedly defended herself, "I made it for fun, give it back to me! Besides," she lowered her voice with a hint of annoyance and regret, "this thing is so ugly, even if I give it to you, you won't be able to wear it outside."

"Who said they're ugly? I think they're pretty good! I can even tell that Jinxiu's two wild ducks are one male and one female!"

As the young man finished speaking, the girl, who had been a little shy at first, suddenly raised her eyebrows, glared at him, pointed at the sachet in his hand, and growled angrily, "I said it was ugly, but you insisted on saying it was good. If it was good, how come you can't tell the difference between a mandarin duck and a duck?"

"Uh……"

"I'm short-sighted, I'm short-sighted! Ah Jin, don't be angry! It's all my husband's fault!"

The young man apologized humbly, his voice full of flattery.

Even so, it was drowned out by another even angrier female voice: "Su Cheng'an, get out!"

With a "clang", the door was pushed open, and the disheveled and embarrassed young master came out.

When the maids in the corridor saw this, they looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

It seems that the prince must have mistaken the mandarin duck for a wild duck and was driven out by the angry and embarrassed princess!

Seeing the maids around him, Su Cheng'an cleared his throat and pretended to be calm and told them: "The Crown Prince's Consort is hungry, go down and prepare the meal!"

A few of them nodded in agreement and left, suppressing their laughter.

As soon as the maid left, Su Cheng'an quickly came to the window and whispered to Jinchu inside the room, "Ah Jin, don't starve yourself. I just asked someone to go downstairs to set up the dinner!" He paused and pleaded in a low voice, "Please open the door and let me put on some clothes!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the door opened. Jin Chu stood in the room with a stern face. She glanced at the man outside and said hatefully, "Come in quickly!"

After all, Su Cheng'an is the prince of the palace. It was inappropriate for me to drive him out in anger just now. If I don't call him back quickly, if outsiders see it, this boudoir pleasure between the two of us will be considered inappropriate!

"Will you really let me in?" Su Cheng'an looked at the girl's face with a little hesitation.

"How about I go out and treat you?" Jin Chu rolled his eyes, pronouncing the word "you" with a deeper meaning.

Su Chengan quickly apologized with a smile, went into the house and closed the door, saying repeatedly: "That's not necessary, Ajin is much more valuable than me!"

After all, it was just a small episode in the conversation, and Jin Chu would not keep arguing with him. Occasionally, she would just regard it as adding interest to the relationship between husband and wife by showing a little temper once or twice.

It was already very commendable that Su Cheng'an was willing to coax her like this, and Jin Chu would not take advantage of him or push her too far.

Then she spoke to him in a gentler tone, "Su Cheng'an, since you've discovered it today, I won't hide it from you anymore. This sachet was indeed embroidered by me as a birthday gift for you."

"Unfortunately, I overestimated my own clumsiness and underestimated the difficulty of this embroidery. After spending several days on it, I could only produce this weird looking thing."

She took the sachet and gave a wry smile, "I've tried my best, but even so, it still doesn't work."

"Who said I can't present it? This is a birthday gift that Ajin embroidered for me. Not to mention that the mandarin ducks don't look like mandarin ducks, even if it turned out to be a mess, I still can't let it go."

Seeing that Jinchu seemed to want to regret it, Su Chengan took the sachet back and promised earnestly: "This is the first gift that Jinchu made for me personally. It means a lot, so I will definitely keep it well. If Jinchu is worried about being seen and laughed at, then I won't wear it in public, okay?"

"Anyway, I'm not good at needlework. At best, I'm only at this level. There's no need to hide it. If you don't mind being embarrassed, wear it as you please!"

He has considered every aspect, so how can she stop him?

Anyway, I am not a perfect person, I am not that greedy for fame and fortune, and I am not afraid of the collapse of my personality, so I might as well just give up!

After realizing this, Jin Chu quickly let the matter go.

It was not until the two Yus brought the food that Jin Chu remembered that because of all the trouble in the afternoon, she had forgotten to make a bowl of longevity noodles for Su Cheng'an.

She patted her head, feeling rather ashamed: "Su Cheng'an, although I'm not as good a cook as Mother, I actually wanted to make you a bowl of longevity noodles, but after all this commotion this afternoon, I actually forgot about it."

She pointed at the food and asked, "The food is already on the table. Do you still want to have that bowl of longevity noodles?"

There was some imperceptible expectation in the girl's eyes. The young man's eyes flashed and he smiled and put down the chopsticks he had just picked up.

"If Ah Jin is willing, I would naturally like to eat the bowl of longevity noodles you made. But it's getting late now, and I'm sure Ah Jin must be hungry. It's better to fill your stomach first and then think about other things."

Su Cheng'an was a little hesitant. He didn't want Ajin to go hungry, but he also wanted to eat the longevity noodles that Ajin cooked for him on this special day.

Jin Chu noticed his hesitation and said with a smile, "If you're not too hungry right now, why don't you wait for me to cook you some noodles?"

"Aren't you hungry, Jin?"

"I'm fine, I'm not too hungry." Jin Chu smiled and said, "Besides, when they cook the noodles later, I can eat with you!"

Su Chengan no longer hesitated, and pulled Jinchu to urge her: "In that case, I will go with Ajin."

"Do you want to go to the kitchen with me?" Jin Chu blinked and asked slowly.

In this era, many aristocratic families still believed in the concept of "a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen", so Jin Chu was quite surprised that Su Cheng'an said so casually that he wanted to go to the kitchen with her.

"Yes, I'll go with you, and I can also help you." Su Cheng'an didn't care, "Have you forgotten that when we first met, I was lighting the fire for you under the stove."

After he said that, Jin Chu stopped asking: "Okay, then come and help me light the fire today!"

The two smiled at each other, then walked out arm in arm.

The small kitchen had already prepared the ingredients that Jinchu would use. When they saw the prince and the princess coming together, both of them in the room showed a look of surprise.

"You've worked hard today, so please go down! The prince and I can stay here."

The two of them obeyed and left.

Su Cheng'an sat down at the stove with ease, lighting the dry wood while Jinchu prepared the ingredients and put them into the pot to cook noodles. The two of them worked in perfect harmony, and soon they had cooked two bowls of piping hot, delicious longevity noodles.

Jin Chu served Su Cheng'an a large bowl of noodles, cut a plate of beef from the kitchen, and paired it with two large, soft and tender steamed buns. Finally, he served himself a small bowl of noodles.

The two of them sat opposite each other at a simple small table next to the kitchen stove and had a simple yet delicious dinner.

This scene reminded both of them of the love-hate relationship they had experienced on Qingshi Mountain outside Lincheng three years ago. They couldn't help but sigh again at the indescribable wonder of fate.

Since they were going to leave Su Cheng'an early the next morning, that night was naturally another time of affection and romance between the couple.