Li Yuyu was staring at the lotus seedpod in Yan Xiu’s hand, sensing something unusual, she lifted her head.
...
Their lips touched, soft and cool.
Li Yuyu’s eyes widened.
Yan Xiu quickly pulled away from Li Yuyu’s lips, mimicking her earlier style, extended his tongue to lick his lips, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face, "Sweet."
Li Yuyu: !
Feng Yin and Shen Quan tactfully pointed at the lotus flowers and leaves on the lake and engaged in low, awkward chatter.
Song Sheng and Xing Na claimed they were rowing and saw nothing.
"Does Young Master Yu want to try it again?" Yan Xiu leaned toward Li Yuyu once more.
Li Yuyu covered her mouth and leaned back, her back against the boat’s board, her little face instantly blushed red.
"Hmm?" Yan Xiu curled his lips mischievously, his beautiful fingers pinched a peeled lotus seed and offered it to Li Yuyu’s hand: "Didn’t Young Master Yu say just now you wanted to taste if the lotus seeds were sweet? Why are you avoiding it?"
Li Yuyu: ...
!
She released her hand, took a deep breath, and just as she was about to speak, she caught the fragrance of the lotus seed as it wafted past her nose.
Her attention was immediately captured by the lotus seed in Yan Xiu’s hand, and, surprised, she took it: "Did you peel this?"
Yan Xiu raised an eyebrow, though he said nothing, his eyes clearly questioned: If not, then what?
Li Yuyu was especially surprised, after all, Yan Xiu is the Emperor, many emperors haven’t even seen what a lotus seedpod looks like, but looking at Yan Xiu, he not only has seen them but knows how to eat them.
Though she had never peeled a lotus seed before, she knew that its outer shell was quite hard.
She placed the lotus seed in her mouth to taste, her willow leaf eyes instantly becoming bright and glittery: "So sweet!"
"Want more?" Yan Xiu picked up a lotus leaf, on which there were several peeled lotus seeds.
These were the ones he had just peeled.
"Thank you, Mr. Xiu." Li Yuyu happily cradled the lotus seeds and began eating them one by one.
The lotus seeds of this season were just right, very fragrant and sweet, and Li Yuyu, being a foodie, nearly couldn’t stop herself from eating them, and she didn’t need to do it herself, because after she finished, Yan Xiu would peel many more for her.
Shen Quan was already used to it.
Feng Yin, after his initial shock, gradually managed his facial expressions, trying hard to fix his attention elsewhere.
It turned out the master and the Emperor had such a good relationship, their interactions resembled that of an ordinary couple’s household, with gestures and actions exuding sweet envy.
"No more eating."
When Yuyu finished another leaf of lotus seeds and reached out to Yan Xiu again, he gently patted her palm, clasping her little hand in his, and refused.
"Why?" Li Yuyu pouted.
She hadn’t had enough yet.
Eating lotus seeds for a while, she thought about sunflower seeds, she hadn’t eaten sunflower seeds since she came here, and now that she’s eating lotus seeds like sunflower seeds, she’s just found the feeling and hasn’t indulged enough, why won’t they let her eat?
"You cannot eat too much today. If you like them, the kitchen can make some lotus paste cake for you later."
"Okay!" Li Yuyu nodded her little head in agreement.
After being happy, Li Yuyu admired the scenery on the lake, looking at the blooming lotuses, and suddenly thought of the lotus flower pastry and lotus cake that the Empress Dowager "confiscated," she couldn’t help but sit up straight: "Lotus paste cake...the Empress Dowager doesn’t like it, right?"
Yan Xiu chuckled.
The little concubine is worried that the snacks will be taken by Mother, huh?
This protective little look is so unbearably cute, he almost wants to mimic Mother and compete with the little concubine.
Li Yuyu did not wait for Yan Xiu’s response, feeling a bit anxious, she leaned over to ask again, but the dragon boat was approaching the Lake Ring Pavilion area, Song Sheng’s oar hit a huge stone in the lake, the boat rocked violently, and Li Yuyu suddenly pitched forward onto Yan Xiu...
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