The princess relies on the cat to ascend the throne

When Le Ning was released, her breathing was obviously not smooth.

Lu Wanzhen's kiss this time was more aggressive than before, and the other party even stuck his tongue in, so that Le Ning had to stare at people with wide eyes.

However, the lethality of the eyes is not very strong, Lu Wanzhen caressed the back of her neck with one hand, pinched the numbness somewhere, and soon made her sore and weak, losing the strength to resist, the whole person seemed to be pinched by the back of the neck Like her cat, she can only be soft and let the other party handle it.

And in front of her eyes was covered by the opponent's other hand, her eyelashes fluttered up and down, as if this could disturb the itching of the opponent's palms and let go of the confinement——

But it didn't.

The result was nothing more than being pressed on the bed and the kiss deepened.

When Le Ning had to blend with her breath, she closed her eyes, and a vague guess appeared in her heart:

Lu Wanzhen...does he really like her?

After all, I once saved the other party when he was weakest and helpless, and the two have known each other for many years. Although this guess is a bit absurd, Le Ning really can't find another reason to explain Lu Wanzhen's statement If you don't agree, you want to get closer to your own reasons.

He even did not hesitate to exchange bodies frequently with Zhima to amuse himself.

The guesses were constantly magnified in his mind, and when Le Ning was released, she was the only one in the room panting.

Lu Wanzhen laid down on her body leisurely, propped his head with one hand, and took the weight of his upper body back so as not to crush her.

Leaning on Le Ning's shoulder, she laughed softly.

There was a bit of joy in that voice, but also a bit of complacency, as if mocking Le Ning for panting like this in such a short time.

Le Ning didn't know what kind of weird joke she was making, but she also knew that she was being laughed at, so she immediately raised her hand and patted Lu Wanzhen's shoulder, cursing in a low voice:

"Go down!"

Lu Wanzhen just hummed and didn't speak, and retorted: "That's not what you told me just now."

Just now, when Zhima's body was used to step on Le Ning majestically, the other party clearly looked like he wanted to hug Le Ning on his face and step on it casually.

Lu Wanzhen even doubted that even if he danced on her small flat chest with his cat's body, she would be able to let himself be ravaged happily.

After all, this person is a superficial guy who only cares about the skin!

Le Ning silently rolled his eyes.

Sensing that Lu Wanzhen was in a good mood, Le Ning's eyes wandered left and right a few times, and suddenly asked:

"Is Your Highness..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.

Le Ning's voice stopped reflexively.

Lu Wanzhen obviously enjoyed the time the two of them spent together, so when he heard the knock on the door, he frowned in displeasure, and changed his voice and said coldly:

"What's the matter?"

The maidservant outside whispered back: "Your Highness, the fourth lady in the courtyard is asking to see you."

Zhou Xiantong.

When Lu Wanzhen realized this, he had already restrained the previous look of being out of shape by relying on Le Ning, and even raised his hand subconsciously to straighten his clothes.

This is probably the unified reaction of people all over the world when they heard the mother-in-law coming.

Le Ning didn't notice anything, and didn't care that his words were interrupted, he just asked curiously: "Fourth madam?"

Which elder from the Lu family is this?

Lu Wanzhen's eyes showed a bit of complexity, and then he explained the confusion to her in a low voice. When talking about Zhou Xiantong and Lu Biheng, Le Ning suddenly said:

"It turned out to be Mrs. Zhou."

She was lucky enough to meet this lady before leaving Wang'an, her temperament has always made her unforgettable, approachable and very gentle, at that time Le Ning was thinking that if this lady had children, she would definitely teach her very gently.

Unfortunately, I heard that this lady gave birth to a daughter when she was young, but she and her daughter got separated by accident. There is no news yet.

It's strange, facing such a gentle woman, Le Ning couldn't help but want to lower his voice and talk to the other party, and even felt that just seeing that person gave him a feeling of warm wind blowing on his face.

She also adjusted her clothes, and went out to meet guests with Lu Wanzhen.

Lu Wanzhen did not stop him.

Soon, the two met the fourth wife of Duke Lu's mansion in the hall.

That person was still the same as the one Le Ning had seen before leaving Wang'an, gentle, generous, and soft-spoken, but the tiredness in his eyes became deeper.

Like an oil lamp that is struggling to burn, it insists on lighting the last part of itself, stubbornly and silently illuminating the world in front of it.

For some reason, Le Ning suddenly felt a little regretful.

Such a beauty, if her heart is in order, would have been like a quietly blooming water lily, elegant and fragrant.

But now it turned out to be just a flash in the pan——

When Le Ning secretly looked at Zhou Xiantong, she also looked at the two gentlemen in front of her with a smile:

"I heard the servants mentioned that there is a guest from Your Highness, and it is the young gentleman whom I met once in the restaurant. Thank you for your concern. I don't have anything to sell here, so I will give it to Your Highness." Mr. Xiao Lang took a little care."

As she said that, she asked the people around her to bring up two gadgets, one was fine iron wrist guards, and the other... was actually a set of tripods of different sizes.

Although Le Ning has her own self-made pots, most of the pots used for cooking still use more tripods. After all, building a set of kitchen utensils that belongs to her is very suitable for her style, but once she goes out, she can't Wherever a person goes, he carries the pot there, even a strong man does not do this.

Her favorability towards Mrs. Zhou rose gradually.

Zhou Xiantong smiled at her, and said politely, I don't know if these tripods are useful to her, I hope they won't be a burden to her, Le Ning quickly said that he was very happy, and thanked Zhou Xiantong for the gift.

Then Zhou Xiantong said to Lu Wanzhen: "I heard that you are good at riding and shooting in the palace. This pair of black iron wrist guards was ordered by Biheng before. A pair followed him to the battlefield. This pair is a little smaller. It should be fine for you now."

"Mrs. Xie." Lu Wanzhen also had a smile on her lips, and smiled back at Zhou Xiantong.

Zhou Xiantong only kept his things, sat for a while and left.

She didn't notice any difference in this courtyard, she just thought that the food that was sent earlier was because the juniors thought she liked it, so they missed her, and now she should come to return the gift.

Le Ning also didn't know what Zhou Xiantong's visit meant, so he just looked at the tripods happily, thinking that he might as well cook some delicious food and send them to Zhou Xiantong's courtyard at night, which could be regarded as giving back.

Lu Wanzhen was the only one present who knew what that meeting meant just now. She looked at Zhou Xiantong's emaciated appearance, and thought of her growing longing for her child. On the one hand, she was worried that Le Ning's appearance would make her overjoyed and affect her body. I can't help but feel that every time I push back, it's like holding a knife and slowly cutting the other person's heart, watching Zhou Xiantong's daily suffering.

Lu Wanzhen sighed in his heart.

She thought, no matter what, she should discuss this matter with Mrs. Zhou as soon as possible after discussing it with Aning.

Simultaneously.

outside the courtyard.

Lu Rong's youngest son, the one who ate and drank with his brothers and sisters in the courtyard before, and said he wanted to eat the spiciest food with the coldest jelly, was secretly pulling on the wall outside Lu Wanzhen's courtyard On the next day, he tried to get into the kitchen and get close to Le Ning, maybe he could still get some snacks in the afternoon.

The little fat man thought happily, but unfortunately, his height hindered his plan.

At this moment, his upper body was already propped against the wall, and he was trying to raise one foot to reach the top of the wall, but he couldn't touch it no matter what. The toes in the boots were stretched until they were about to cramp. Come on yourself:

"Hey...hey..."

Zhou Xiantong, who had just come out of Lu Wanzhen's courtyard, originally planned to go back to her own courtyard, but when she heard the movement on the wall, she paused first, thinking that according to the guard situation of Lu Guogong's mansion, it should be impossible for small thieves to sneak in.

So she smiled and looked towards the direction of the wall, wondering which family's bastard it was——

as predicted.

"Star."

Zhou Xiantong yelled helplessly.

The fat boy was really stunned, and he gave up lifting his feet after a long time, and dragged himself between the cracks of the wall, turned his head and called her with difficulty: "Auntie."

Zhou Xiantong asked him with a smile: "What is Xing'er going to do? If you are captured by His Highness's guards, you will be spanked."

When the little fat man heard this, his chrysanthemum tightened, and he could no longer do bad things openly in front of his elders. He just said with a sad face that he was just greedy for a while, and wanted to eat good things made by his sister, not to offend His Highness.

In the end, it was Zhou Xiantong's maid who helped him down from the wall.

Zhou Xiantong patted his head with a smile, and said, "I only know that there is a young man with good craftsmanship in your highness's courtyard, but I haven't heard that there is a maid who is good at cooking by your highness, who can make you so greedy." .”

Hearing what she said, the little fat man suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth.

It was his reaction every time he was caught lying, or said something he shouldn't have said inadvertently.

Seeing him covering his mouth, Zhou Xiantong's smile turned helpless: "What's the matter? Is there any secret that I can't tell my aunt?"

The little fat man looked very troubled.

What Brother Chen told them was that Sister Ning's status is inconvenient in the past, and it's not easy to show her in women's clothes, so she always wears men's clothes, but they want them to treat her like a sister and act like a baby to her.

only……

Brother Chen deliberately explained that they are not allowed to tell the elders about this matter for the time being.

The little fat man hesitated, not knowing how long this would be.

He thought that his aunt was nice to him on weekdays, so let's share this little secret with his aunt for now, so she probably won't tell it, right?

The little fat man didn't know that the most important person he wanted to hide was Zhou Xiantong. He remembered how his aunt had always cared for him. After a long while, he firmly nodded his head, and then whispered:

"Brother Chen doesn't allow me to tell about this matter, I will tell my aunt quietly, and my aunt will also keep it a secret for me."

"The handsome young gentleman in the prince's brother's house is actually a little lady."

"Brother Chen asked us to regard her as a sister in our hearts."

Zhou Xiantong was stunned.

What is Huang Xing going to do?

Although the fact that Mr. Le Xiaolang turned out to be a little lady surprised her a little, but considering the virtues of craftsmen accepting apprentices nowadays, Zhou Xiantong could indeed guess the reason why Le Ning was disguised as a man.

only--

What does this have to do with Duke Lu's Mansion?

What are Huang Xing and the others thinking, how can they make their brothers and sisters treat them like elder sisters?

Could it be...

Chen'er fell in love with him?

A strange feeling flashed across his mind, but it flashed so fast that Zhou Xiantong didn't have time to catch it, and in the end only this thought remained in his mind.

She shook her head, raised her hand to gently pinch the young fat man's cheek, and said with a smile: "Okay, Auntie will keep it a secret for you, but Xing'er will not do such a dangerous thing next time, if you let your mother Got it, take care of your little butt."

The little fat man nodded, and left stiffly with his butt stretched out, as if he had foreseen his miserable end when he secretly turned over the prince's brother's wall and was discovered by A Niang.

……

evening.

Le Ning deliberately packed a table of big meals, and sure enough, he saw Huang Xing coming over to eat and drink again, but this time there were no such half-sized boys around him.

He and Lu Wanzhen sent someone to Zhou Xiantong's courtyard as they did in the daytime, and then sat there waiting for Le Ning to make food.

Now it is the end of summer, the heat is still there, but it is a little weak at night, and it will be a good time to eat crabs in a few days.

Le Ning plans to get some sweet-scented osmanthus wine and drunk crabs, which should sell well. Today she just saw small crabs in the river in the small kitchen, so she decided to practice her skills with these small crabs first.

soon--

Dishes flowed from the kitchen like water.

The palm-sized crabs are divided into two or three sections, and they are fried to a ripe orange-red color. Each crab is lying on the plate with its teeth and claws open, with long sections of shallots and large slices of ginger, and the shell is still stained with bright red chili sauce.

Flipping it a few times with chopsticks, you can vaguely see some seasoned dried chili inside. Together with this chili sauce, it blends with multi-layered spiciness, which can well dispel the coldness on the crab.

Le Ning walked out with the maidservant, holding a towel to wipe her hands, and said to the maidservant next to Huang Xing who was holding a food box with vegetables:

"Don't add spicy crabs. I think Mrs. Zhou is not in good health. Although this dish has spicy taste to drive away the cold, the crabs are always raw and cold, so it's better not to eat them."

"I've been bored with the stewed pig's trotters with soybeans next to it all afternoon, but it's overcooked now, so I can take it to my wife to try."

Huang Xing moved the dishes in front of him with his chopsticks, and smiled at her:

"If you have a heart, Madam will appreciate it."

Le Ning also returned a smile, then sat down beside Lu Wanzhen naturally, and asked the two of them, "How does it taste?"

Lu Wanzhen struggled to find a piece of lean meat in the pig's trotter, and put it in his mouth. He tasted the long-simmered juice overflowing from the lean meat. The meat was not sticky or hard, but it was easily peeled off between the teeth, and he couldn't help squinting his eyes. :

"good."

she praised.

Le Ning can see how picky she is. People who eat too much meat are like this. Unless it is braised pork, Dongpo pork, etc., the fatty meat is boiled to the point of melting in the mouth, otherwise they will eat more meat on weekdays. Definitely lean.

This is not the case for people who eat less meat. Almost as soon as they see fatty meat, they can't wait to eat it.

In the dine-in food of Zou Gong's restaurant, the dishes that use fatty meat and fried oil sell very well.

Le Ning then looked at Huang Xing who was squishing the crab legs again, and raised his eyebrows.

Huang Xing has never eaten such a delicious crab. The crab meat is tender and smooth. As long as he can catch it from the gap, it will make people feel satisfied. The outer shell is not annoying, because the shell is covered with The spicy taste, just licking the shell, is so fragrant that people can't bear the deliciousness without chewing the shell and meat together.

He was busy eating crab legs and only nodded perfunctorily.

Seeing that he didn't have time to talk, Le Ning felt a little relieved.

As a result, when I turned around, I found that there were two pulled out whole crab legs in my bowl, and Lu Wanzhen next to him had written "small things", "not worth mentioning", and "deep merit and fame" all over his face.

Le Ning satisfied her, and focused on eating with his head down.

After a while, someone under the table gently touched her knee with a leg.

Le Ning raised his head and found that Lu Wanzhen slowed down his eating speed, and only ate the lean meat from the pig's trotters, while engraving a line of emotion on his face:

praise me!

I am so good to you, don't you feel moved? !

As if to make Le Ning's praise more justified, Lu Wanzhen obviously disliked the trouble of peeling crabs, but still took out the tender white crab meat from the crabs and piled them in Le Ning's bowl.

Le Ning held back a smile and replied:

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your hard work."

Satisfaction was written in Lu Wanzhen's eyes, but on the face he looked nonchalant, and said lightly: "It's all right."

Longman:"……"

But I'll make you laugh!

For some reason, once she discovered the connection between Lu Wanzhen and the cat she kept around her, she found that many of this person's habits were similar to cats.

The unpredictable, weird behavior and childish arrogance that I usually feel, once I associate her image with the cat, it becomes...

Very cute.

While eating, Le Ning secretly looked at Lu Wanzhen's face, thinking with some regret:

It's a pity, it would be great if I could always become a cat.

Sensing her gaze, Lu Wanzhen gradually swelled in his heart:

Why, only now did you realize that His Highness is beautiful?

……

late at night.

Lu Wanzhen used the same method as at noon, forcing Le Ning to rest beside him, and hugged him in his arms.

Le Ning resisted to no avail, and finally gave up: "Your Highness, it's hot today... Could it be because you're weak that you're hugging me like this?"

Lu Wanzhen: "..."

Her hands hovered on the edge of letting go and not letting go.

Sensing her persistence, Le Ning suddenly thought of the topic to be asked at noon today, so after deliberating for a while, he said:

"By the way, Your Highness, I have something I wanted to ask you this afternoon—"

"Is it related to Mrs. Zhou?" Lu Wanzhen put his hand on her waist and asked casually.

Le Ning blinked: "... Mrs. Zhou?"

What does this have to do with her?

Lu Wanzhen hesitated for a moment, and said to her: "I asked you last time, have you ever thought that you are not the child of the previous couple?"

Le Ning blinked blankly: "Huh?"

Lu Wanzhen opened his lips repeatedly, and then slowly said: "It's been a while since I found out about this matter, and I didn't know how to tell you before—"

Le Ning made a pause gesture to her: "Could it be that you want to tell me that I was bought back by my current parents, but I was originally the lost baby girl from Duke Lu's mansion, and it was also what Mrs. Zhou was looking for all along?" daughter?"

Lu Wanzhen asked in surprise, "You knew earlier?"

Longman:"……"

No, I just happen to have the reasoning ability of a normal person, and... the awesome aura of believing in time travelers.

She patted her thigh: "I'll just say it!"

How could it be possible to cross over and look like that bird!

It turned out that there was something hidden about my life experience!

Lu Wanzhen: "..."

It's strange that I can't keep up with her train of thought all of a sudden.

She was silent for a while, and finally spoke again: "So, if Duke Lu's government intends to recognize you back, are you willing?"

Le Ning was quiet for a while, then raised her hand and scratched her head. Thinking of Mrs. Zhou's haggard look after years of searching for her daughter, she hesitated: "Is this true?"

I don't mind what status I have, as long as my family doesn't force the marriage, I can continue to indulge in the kitchen, which is not bad.

The main reason is that Mrs. Zhou's hope will fail.

That's too cruel for a mother.

Lu Wanzhen nodded: "Really... this matter also involves your master."

She euphemistically mentioned the connection between Zou Dequan and Le Ning.

Le Ning was stunned when he heard that.

the other side.

Zhou Xiantong ate another extra meal from the courtyard of His Royal Highness, and when she was sleeping at night, for some reason, she suddenly sat up again.

Lu Biheng immediately opened his eyes and looked at her: "What's wrong? But you don't feel well?"

"No." Zhou Xiantong raised his hand in a gesture of waiting, with traces of thought in his brows: "The age of that little lady..."

It's the same as her child.

Besides, if it was the person Huang Xing fell in love with, why was he in the courtyard of His Highness the Prince?This is too strange.

Also, Huang Xing asked the children to regard Le Ning as a sister, not a sister-in-law.

Zhou Xiantong closed her eyes and began to recall Le Ning's face.

There must be no moles.

If there is, she will notice it immediately, after all, that is her last impression of the child.

She has a good memory, and she quickly remembered the look on Le Ning's eyebrows when she met him in the afternoon.

like……

Is there a very shallow mark at the end of the right eyebrow?

Is it... I think too much, or do I really have it?

At that moment, Zhou Xiantong suddenly became a little uncertain about his memory.

But she heard the sound of her heart beating abnormally and the blood flowing backwards.

Yes, is that her?

I have been looking for a child for so many years.

"Ma'am?" Lu Biheng stroked her long hair, put his hand on her shoulder, and called out softly.

Zhou Xiantong complied with him, and lay back following his strength. After a long time, he suddenly said:

"Tomorrow, I will go to His Highness's courtyard again."

"Biheng, you go with me."

Although Lu Biheng didn't know what happened to his wife, he still responded to her request: "Okay."

……

Simultaneously.

In Lu Wanzhen's courtyard.

The room was quiet for a while, Lu Wanzhen was worried that Le Ning would not be able to sleep thinking about it, so he changed the subject:

"You seem to be a little puzzled by what I said just now. Why, what you were going to say was not about Mrs. Zhou?"

Le Ning answered absent-mindedly: "Yes."

Lu Wanzhen: "Then you wanted to ask...?"

Le Ning let out an "oh", and while thinking about whether he would encounter any strange ancient rich family confession plot, he continued casually:

"I want to ask, do you like me?"

After hearing this, Lu Wanzhen froze.

It took her a while to find her own voice from her throat:

"What, what?"

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Le Ning turned his head and looked at her, but he still couldn't see clearly, so he only asked a more local question:

"I mean, does His Highness like me?"

The author has something to say: Le Zhiqiu Ning: Just tell me, do you like me?

The most upright heroine in history hehehehe!