Regent, please maintain your aloof image.

At this moment, Lin Yulin walked in and said, "Cousin, our distinguished guest has arrived."

"Okay, I'll go right away... You guys enjoy your meal, I'll have to excuse myself now."

"Go quickly, don't keep Princess Chang Le and Prince Ying waiting," Su Mingxuan said.

"Hmm... Shanshan, please take good care of Miss Li and Xinyue for me."

"Okay, no problem, go ahead."

"Miss Li, please excuse me. Please enjoy your meal."

"Ok".

Then, Su Qianrou went out.

Next, she went to the next private room and was surprised to see Mu Zexuan there. She then walked over and said, "This humble woman greets Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Before she could finish speaking, Mu Zexuan helped her up. "Sister Su, there's no need for such formalities. His Majesty is not here today, only Xiao Xuan."

"Yes," she said, then looked at Mu Jinchen, Chang Le, and Xiao Yan, and said, "Greetings, Your Highness, Princess Chang Le, and Prince Consort."

"Qianrou, there's no need for formalities. Just do as you please."

"Yes".

Xiao Yaxuan ran to her side, hugged her leg, and said in a childish voice, "Sister Qianrou, Xuan'er missed you."

Su Qianrou patted her little head and said, "I missed you too."

"Really?" Xiao Yaxuan looked up at her, her big, bright eyes were very cute.

"Of course, otherwise why would I have specifically asked the princess to bring you along?"

Xiao Yaxuan thought about it and it seemed to make sense, so she was very happy.

Mu Zexuan silently returned to Mu Jinchen's side and sat down, looking sullen.

Su Qianrou noticed the change in his mood and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly unhappy?"

Mu Zexuan lowered his head and remained silent.

The others looked at him with confusion, but Mu Jinchen did not. He continued drinking his tea, then slowly put down his teacup and said, "Because you didn't invite him."

Su Qianrou instantly realized her mistake. "It was my fault. I thought it was unsafe for Your Majesty to leave the palace, so I didn't invite you. But I forgot that this was my kind intention. Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I won't do it again next time."

"real".

"Really, by the way, I'm planning to go on a picnic in a few days. If it's convenient for Your Majesty, why don't we go together?"

Mu Zexuan did not agree immediately, but looked at Mu Jinchen instead.

Seeing this, Su Qianrou also looked at him.

"We'll see when the time comes," Mu Jinchen said calmly.

Seeing that he did not refuse directly, Mu Zexuan knew that there was a chance, and was therefore very happy.

“I want to go too,” Xiao Yaxuan said.

"Then you'll have to ask Her Highness the Princess."

So, Xiao Yaxuan ran to Chang Le's side and said in a coquettish tone, "Mother, I also want to go on a picnic. Can you take me with you?"

"not good".

"Mother, you are the best. Please take me with you, Mother."

“It’s not impossible to take you there. If you can recite the poem I taught you yesterday, I will take you there.”

"real".

"Ok".

"Okay, it's a deal," he said, making a pinky promise so she wouldn't change her mind.

Su Qianrou looked at her and couldn't help but smile, thinking that it would be nice to have such a lovely daughter in the future.

Afterwards, they sat down to eat.

Su Qianrou first helped them prepare the sauce, and then taught them how to eat it. It took quite a while before they finally got to eat a hot meal. However, because she had to take care of Mu Zexuan and Xiao Yaxuan, she didn't eat much.

At that moment, she was grilling meat when suddenly, a piece of meat appeared in her bowl. She looked up and saw that it was Mu Jinchen who had put it in her bowl. She was stunned and stared at him blankly.

Mu Xinchen and Xiao Yan were even more shocked, looking at him in disbelief.

Chang Le, on the other hand, had a teasing look on her face, unable to suppress the corners of her mouth.

Mu Jinchen, however, remained completely unperturbed, calm and composed. If one hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes, who would believe that it was his doing?

"Fifth Brother, did you put it in the wrong place? That's Princess Ping Le's bowl."

Chang Le secretly kicked it from below.

Why did you kick me?

"Are you stupid? How could the Emperor not know that it was Qian Rou's bowl?"

"Then he still..."

Chang Le glared at him, signaling him to shut up.

Mu Xinchen then stopped talking.

Mu Jinchen knew that she wouldn't eat it unless he explained it clearly, so he said, "It's just a matter of reciprocity, don't take it to heart."

Upon hearing this, Su Qianrou naturally assumed that he felt a little guilty because she had been taking care of Mu Zexuan, which was why he put a piece on her plate as well. So she said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Mu Jinchen didn't say anything more and continued eating.

Mu Xinchen looked at him and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. In front of the delicious hot pot and barbecue, he had no time to think about it and quickly started eating heartily again.

An hour later, the meal was finally finished.

Mu Zexuan said reluctantly, "I don't know when I'll be able to eat it again."

"It's okay, I'll have Fifth Brother take you out to eat next month."

Mu Zexuan looked at Mu Jinchen with expectant eyes.

Mu Jinchen remained silent.

Mu Zexuan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Su Qianrou replied, "Not next month."

"Why?" Mu Xinchen asked.

Mu Zexuan looked at her, equally puzzled.

"This hot pot and barbecue are only available for seven days."

"Seven days, you mean that after seven days, we will no longer be able to eat it?"

"No, we'll still be able to eat it in October."

"Wouldn't that be six months from now?"

"Yes, hot pot and barbecue are only suitable for eating in winter, otherwise it's too hot."

That's true. If you eat it in the summer, you'll definitely sweat a lot. Mu Xinchen thought to himself, "Then it seems I have to come more often in the next few days, otherwise I'll have to wait half a year."

“Uncle Xinchen, remember to take me with you,” Xiao Yaxuan said.

"No, if I bring you here, your father will definitely not let me off the hook."

Why?

Mu Xinchen naturally couldn't say that, because those who came with him were all a bunch of scoundrels. "You can ask your dad to bring you."

Xiao Yaxuan thought to herself, "That makes sense," and then looked at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan patted her little head, "I'll bring you here again in a couple of days."

“Daddy is the best,” Xiao Yaxuan climbed onto him and hugged him.

Xiao Yan smiled with a look of doting affection.

Looking at them, Mu Jinchen couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if he had a daughter in the future, and whether she would share the same deep father-daughter bond as they did.

Meanwhile, in the next private room, everyone had already finished eating, but instead of leaving, they were chatting and waiting for Su Qianrou.

"Miss Liu, may I ask you a question?"

"Miss Yang, you can just call me Xinyue."

"Okay, then don't call me Miss Yang anymore, just call me Shanshan."

"Ok".

"I've always been curious about how you and my cousin met."

"Sister Rou came to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to find my brother, and that's how we met."

When Li Peiyi heard about the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, a strange emotion flashed in his eyes, but no one noticed.

"So, just like what's being said, my cousin has taken a liking to your brother."

"No, Sister Rou has other business with my brother."

"What's up".

"I can't say, at least not now."

"Okay," Yang Shanshan said without asking any further questions.

At this moment, Su Qianrou walked in. "Sorry to keep you waiting."

"Princess Chang Le and the others have gone back," Yang Shanshan asked.

"Okay, let's go too."

"it is good".

Then, the group went outside.