"Huh? Empty?" Hua Yin was dumbfounded.
Just now, she had clearly seen Zhang Chongyuan place the two dessert plates she held into this box, and then cover it with a lid.
The box had been in Ke Le’s arms the whole time, and there was no sign of her taking the desserts out.
"Where are the desserts?" Hua Yin asked Ke Le.
Ke Le feigned ignorance and said, matter-of-factly, "This servant does not know of any desserts. This box initially held the congratulatory gift my Lady Chongyuan gave to Lady Xiu Rong. Now the gift has been presented, so the box is empty."
"How could that be? Just now, this servant clearly saw Lady Chongyuan place two plates of desserts in the box. My mistress saw it too."
Hua Yin looked at Li Yuyu.
Li Yuyu was initially surprised, but then her gaze settled on Zhang Chongyuan’s unchanged face, raising her eyebrows.
What a remarkable person, so interesting.
"Did Lady Xiu Rong look carefully?" Zhang Chongyuan asked in a calm tone.
"No, not really." Li Yuyu said to Hua Yin, "Bring it over, let me take a closer look."
Zhang Chongyuan raised an eyebrow slightly, watching Li Yuyu.
Li Yuyu’s attention was focused on the box.
The situation just now reminded her of the magic trick "Great Transformation", probably the same principle, but she couldn’t find where the mechanism was.
Li Yuyu searched with a blank expression, suddenly realizing something was off.
She looked up at Zhang Chongyuan.
Zhang Chongyuan was also looking at her, pride flickering in her bright eyes.
Li Yuyu: ...
This annoying arrogant little look was inexplicably adorable!
She stared at Zhang Chongyuan with conflicted eyes for a long time, her cherry lips parted slightly as she tentatively spoke, "TiMi?"
Zhang Chongyuan: ?
Kick rice for what? If kicking, it should be kicking a shuttlecock or a sandbag.
Li Yuyu shook her head helplessly.
She was thinking too much, why would she think Zhang Jiao Jiao is like her, also a time traveler?
"Since this is something important to Zhang Chongyuan, how could I snatch what someone likes?" Li Yuyu returned the box to Zhang Chongyuan, "It’s getting late, would Zhang Chongyuan like to stay and dine with me?"
"I dare not trouble Lady Xiu Rong any longer, I shall take my leave." Zhang Chongyuan bowed respectfully and left Yao Hua Palace.
She recalled Li Yuyu’s words and actions just now, and how Li Yuyu was utterly unsurprised by the oddness of the box, nearly uncovering the hidden mechanism she had specially set up.
Indeed, a remarkable person.
Compared to Zhang Chongyuan’s ease, Ke Le seemed much more distressed.
"My lady, I know you love to eat, but you can’t openly snatch Li Xiurong’s desserts. It’s not like you don’t know, her desserts have been seized by the Empress Dowager many times. Today, on her joyous day, the Empress Dowager specifically ordered people to send these to make her happy, yet you deliberately did this."
Ke Le hugged the box in her arms, trailing beside Zhang Chongyuan, nagging continuously.
Zhang Chongyuan walked leisurely, saying words that were mischievous and coquettish, completely different from her demeanor in Yao Hua Palace, "Who told her to snatch mine when her rank was lower than mine?"
"Of course, I have to snatch back when my rank is lower than hers."
"My lady, you should refer to yourself as this palace." Ke Le hastened a few steps, lowering her voice to remind.
"Really annoying, sometimes this palace, sometimes this concubine, also with sister and brother. If it wasn’t for these two plates of desserts, this palace wouldn’t have bothered running under the blazing sun from Shuijing Hall to here."
Zhang Jiao Jiao felt hotter the more she talked, annoyed, she urged, "Hurry back to the palace, this palace is about to melt from the heat."
Ke Le: ...