The delicate little cabbage was pushed by the old emperor

Not long after, the servants came in with a sumptuous dinner.

Shen Leyan smelled the aroma of food and suddenly opened her eyes to look at him in front of her.

Emperor Yong'an felt his heart melt into a pool of water when he saw her innocent and pitiful eyes.

He picked her up and carried her to the table to eat.

She hadn't eaten since breakfast today, so her stomach was already empty. She was also feverish and sweating, and after drinking the bowl of medicine, her mouth felt bitter and unbearable.

Looking at the table full of delicacies, my appetite has been whetted.

I thought: The emperor's treatment is indeed good. Although the food they have eaten in the tent these days is not hard to swallow, it is just a simple three meat dishes and two vegetable dishes.

She has always been picky about food, but the wild is different from the capital, so there are naturally many inconveniences, so she can only endure it.

After the waiter served all the dishes, she did not rush to pick up her chopsticks even though she was almost dizzy with hunger.

Although she had never dined with the emperor, she remembered that at the last banquet, the palace dining rules required the attendants to serve the emperor food first.

But Emperor Yong'an simply waved his hand to let everyone leave, and said with a gentle smile: "Aren't you hungry? Come and eat."

As he said this, he placed a bowl of hot porridge in front of Shen Leyan.

Looking at the somewhat reserved Shen Leyan, he said, "This is not the imperial palace, there's no need to be so polite. You haven't recovered yet, so have a bowl of porridge to nourish your stomach first."

She relaxed a little, nodded in thanks, and began to drink the porridge in small sips. After half a bowl, she felt much stronger.

She began to enjoy other delicacies. She had long been coveting the glutinous rice chicken, sweet and sour cherry pork, and the freshly roasted lamb legs at the banquet.

Seeing that she was enjoying her meal, Emperor Yong'an put down his chopsticks and helped her cut the meat from the lamb leg with a knife and put it in her bowl for her to enjoy.

Shen Leyan looked at the emperor who was helping her cut meat in a daze. She knew that he was always served by others, so why was he so nice to her?

She felt more and more embarrassed, and the frequency with which she picked up food became slower and slower.

In fact, his kindness to her was more than just this one thing. It was a favor that any concubine in the harem longed for but could not ask for, but she was not and could not become a member of his harem.

Emperor Yong'an also noticed her movements and thought she was full, so he stopped.

"If you can't eat, then don't eat. Eating too much at night will make digestion difficult and you might get a stomachache."

Shen Leyan nodded, put down her bowl and chopsticks, and followed him to the desk.

After the servants had cleared away the dishes and chopsticks, she hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, I want to go back and rest."

Emperor Yong'an looked up at the woman's innocent eyes and knew that she would want to go back as soon as she woke up, but he was still reluctant to let her go.

"Baoshun and your maid haven't returned from fetching medicine yet. Please accompany me to finish reading these memorials first. I will send you back later."

Shen Leyan had no choice but to stay and wait. She was also wondering why her maid Zhiyue was not there, and that eunuch Baoshun had also disappeared. It turned out that he had gone to get medicine.

Emperor Yong'an originally wanted her to stay first, so that if she felt sleepy later, she wouldn't have to leave.

But what he didn't expect was that Shen Leyan actually sat with him and read the memorial. To express her gratitude to him, she even started grinding ink for him.

Emperor Yong'an pretended to be concentrating on reading the memorials, but in fact his peripheral vision was always following her. Observing her skillful technique of grinding ink, he knew that she must have been grinding ink frequently for writing.

This was indeed the case, except that Shen Leyan still often went to the study to help Lord Shen grind ink. Emperor Yong'an was furious for a long time after he found out. Shen Leyan coaxed him for a long time before Shen Leyan finally agreed to go to the imperial study to grind ink for him every day. But that's all for later.

At the moment, he was very satisfied with this treatment. Emperor Yong'an was worried that her fever had just subsided and her cold had not yet healed, so he wanted her to lie down and rest first.

However, Shen Leyan was not sleepy at all after sleeping all day. She thought that helping him grind the ink was a way to repay him for taking care of her today. Anyway, she often helped her father grind the ink at home.

At this moment, the lights are on, and there is a sense of peace and tranquility.

However, this atmosphere did not last long, and Baoshun finally brought Zhiyue back to find medicine.

Zhiyue looked at the young lady in front of her with tears in her eyes: "The young lady has been in a coma all day and finally woke up."

Shen Leyan comforted him, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I just finished my meal and I feel no different from usual."

Shen Leyan was just about to ask them why it took them so long to get the medicine when she saw Emperor Yong'an put down the last memorial in his hand and stood up. She didn't ask any more questions and told Zhiyue to pack up and prepare to return to her tent.

Along the way, Shen Leyan followed Emperor Yong'an, while Baoshun and Zhiyue followed far behind. Although it was already late, Emperor Yong'an still chose to take a small path to send her back.

First, I wanted to follow her wishes, and second, taking the small path would allow me to spend more time with her.

When they were almost at the tent, Shen Leyan's heart finally calmed down. After thanking him, she wanted to go in, but the man next to her did not let her do so.

Staring at the big hand with distinct joints on his wrist, Shen Leyan looked up at him with a questioning look on her face, as if to say: Do you have anything else to say?

Emperor Yong'an looked at the confused little woman in front of him and said helplessly, "My kindness to Yan'er is only rewarded with lip service?"

"Of course, this subject will remember this in my heart and am extremely grateful to Your Majesty. I will definitely repay Your Majesty's kindness in the future."

"Oh? How does Yan'er want to repay you?"

Shen Leyan did not hear the sarcasm in Emperor Yongle's tone. Instead, she thought seriously for a long time, as if she did not have any treasures to give him at the moment.

He thought about it for a while, and finally asked seriously, "How would your Majesty like to express your gratitude?"

Emperor Yong'an looked at her like this and chuckled a few times: "Can Yan'er give me everything I want?"

Shen Leyan felt inexplicably hot on her face when she heard him calling her, as if her whole body was starting to "fever" again, but not like the previous fever.

Touching her slightly hot little face, the words that had been held back for a long time almost came out of his mouth.

What he wanted, of course, was for her to be willing to give herself to him, but now was not the right time.

In order to make her willingly give herself to him, he had to act quickly... He wanted to marry her openly and honestly as soon as possible to make her his wife, and only wife...

Emperor Yong'an quickly put away the images that appeared in his mind and said with a smile: "I don't know at the moment. I'll tell you when I think of it later."

"It's late, go in and get some rest. You haven't recovered from your cold yet, so don't be exposed to the wind. If you feel unwell, come to me immediately."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will remember this. Your Majesty, please go back and rest early."

Emperor Yong'an watched her go in before turning and leaving.