The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

Jin Chenyuan did not answer Yue Li's question, but instead asked, "Are you full?"

"No, but it's fine. After all, it's good enough to be half full while traveling," Yue Li replied.

Upon hearing Yue Li's words, Jin Chenyuan's eyes flashed with disapproval. How could a woman be the same as a man?

Women need to be carefully cared for; he had wanted to stop Yue Li from eating the Luo Bing earlier.

However, since he couldn't reveal Yue Li's true identity as a woman yet, he swallowed his words of dissuasion. He then got up, went to the fire he had set up, and used the limited resources he had brought to stew bird's nest for Yue Li.

Before leaving the inn, he specially found a jar to soak the bird's nest and asked Haoyun to take it with him. Now it's perfect to stew it for Yue Li to eat.

Hearing Yue Li say she wasn't full, Jin Chenyuan, while keeping an eye on the cooking time, said to Yue Li, "I stewed bird's nest for you. You can have a bowl later. You're at the age where you're growing, how can you not eat your fill?"

Upon hearing Jin Chenyuan's words, Yue Li pointed to herself with her slender white fingers and asked in surprise, "You made this for me? You made this for me?"

"Yes, I stewed it for you. Weren't you still hungry? You can have a bowl of bird's nest soup." Jin Chenyuan didn't want to say too much, so he just brushed it off.

This time, Yue Li heard Jin Chenyuan's words clearly, and she looked him up and down.

With Jin Chenyuan's handsome appearance and the imposing aura that he always exudes unintentionally, he doesn't seem like someone who can cook at all.

But thinking back to when she was in Qingshan Village, the men there were truly capable both in public and in the kitchen.

Thinking about all this, Yue Li wasn't so surprised anymore.

She simply hadn't expected that Jin Chenyuan, who seemed to be of such high status, would also be learning to cook.

Hi!

It seems that in this world, cooking is an essential skill for men!

They need to rely on their skills to get married!

Think about women in modern times who have to go to work and take care of their children when they get home.

Think back to the world of cultivation, where women, just like men, worked tirelessly to cultivate and compete for resources.

Thinking about all this, Yue Li once again felt envious of the women living in this world.

Jin Chenyuan stood by the fire, feeling uncomfortable under Yue Li's scrutiny. The tips of his ears turned slightly red. He coughed twice and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect that Brother Chenyuan could cook." Yue Li said truthfully.

Upon hearing Yue Li's words, Jin Chenyuan gave her a deep look and said meaningfully, "My cooking skills were specially taught by a master chef. You'll find out later."

Aren't the imperial chefs in the palace specially hired?

He learned his culinary skills from the imperial chef, but so far he hasn't found a woman with whom he wants to showcase his skills.

However, looking at Yue Li standing not far away, Jin Chenyuan thought that he had now found a woman for whom he wanted to cook and clean.

Yue Li didn't understand the meaning behind Jin Chenyuan's words. She only thought that Jin Chenyuan meant that he would cook for her personally after returning to the capital.

So Yue Li nodded and agreed, "Okay, then. From now on, Brother Chenyuan, you can cook for me. Once I'm settled in Kyoto, I'll cook for you myself."

Seeing that Yue Li didn't understand his meaning, Jin Chenyuan didn't explain, but simply nodded and agreed to Yue Li's suggestion to treat him to a meal.

However, he still had doubts about whether Yue Li could cook.

After all, in this day and age, women are pampered by their families from a young age and never lift a finger to do housework.

So let alone cooking, even dressing was something she was waited on from childhood.

However, Jin Chenyuan did not point it out, because he noticed that Yue Li seemed to be quite ignorant about many common-sense things that everyone knew.

Moreover, if you want to get closer to someone, you need to create time for the two of you to spend together so that the relationship can develop further.

So even if Yue Li wants to cook for him, he doesn't plan to let her do it herself.

After all, cooking is something you do yourself, isn't it?

Jin Chenyuan ladled the stewed bird's nest from the pot into a white porcelain bowl and placed it aside, saying, "It's still a bit hot. Let it cool down a bit before you eat it."

"it is good."

Looking at the crystal-clear and sticky bird's nest stewed to the side, Yue Li was a little worried, because she didn't actually like eating bird's nest.

Although bird's nest is nourishing, if she wanted to improve her health, she had plenty of medicinal herbs in her space, and the spiritual spring water that could regulate the body was inexhaustible, so there was really no need for her to eat bird's nest.

However, since it was Jin Chenyuan who kindly cooked it for her, she couldn't refuse his kindness.

Seeing that Jin Chenyuan was so busy stewing bird's nest for himself that he hadn't eaten lunch yet, Yue Li asked with concern, "Brother Chenyuan, you haven't eaten anything yet? Why don't you drink this bowl of bird's nest?"

"No need, I'll just go eat the Zhangluo cakes. Also, the bird's nest soup should be drunk while it's hot; it won't be good if it gets cold," Jin Chenyuan instructed Yue Li as he headed towards where the Zhangluo cakes were placed.

"Oh." Yue Li carried the bird's nest soup and followed behind Jin Chenyuan.

When the two walked to the spot where they had been sitting, they saw Shao Qi sitting there, looking at them with a complicated expression.

Seeing Shao Qi's expression, Yue Li asked, "What's wrong?"

Shao Qi glanced at Jin Chenyuan, who was already sitting down eating Luo Bing and looked perfectly normal.

He never expected that in the short time they spent together, Prince Chen would develop such feelings for Yue Li.

In this era, men only cook for their wives or daughters.

He had clearly seen that Prince Chen had personally prepared the bird's nest for Yue Li, without having anyone else do it for him.

This is clearly a sign that he has developed feelings for Yue Li and is trying to win her over!

when did it happen?

Besides, doesn't Yue Li always dress as a man?

Since he came to Qingyuan Prefecture, he has been almost always with Prince Chen. How come he doesn't know what happened between the two of them?

But watching Yue Li eat the bird's nest soup that Prince Chen had prepared, her face showed no sign of anything amiss. Clearly, she had no idea what this bowl of bird's nest soup, personally prepared by Prince Chen, meant.

Seeing Yue Li take another sip of bird's nest soup and look at him with a questioning gaze, Shao Qi felt that since Prince Chen didn't want to clarify things, he couldn't take it upon himself to bring it up.

Shao Qi chuckled and said, "It's nothing, I'm just a little tired after riding horses all morning."

"Take a nap if you're tired. It's summer noon, a time when people like to feel sleepy. Besides, it's still early before we set off." Clearly, Yue Li truly believed Shao Qi's words.

Shao Qi glanced at Prince Chen, who was still eating his flatbread and meat as usual, and nodded in agreement, "Okay, I'll go and rest with Tian Dong and the others for a while."

As he spoke, Shao Qi actually stood up and went to Tian Dong's side.

Yue Li watched as Shao Qi walked over to Tian Dong. The two of them said something, and then Tian Dong took a blanket out of a cloth bag, spread it on the ground, and then Shao Qi lay down on it.