Rumor Has It That I'm Pregnant with His Highness' Child

316 Harming Others Without Helping Oneself

Granny Xiu Yan hesitated.

“I’m a servant. It’s not appropriate for me to eat at the table. This is against the rules. Why don’t I take the bowl to the kitchen to eat?”

Yu Niaoniao pulled her to a seat at the table and pressed her shoulder to stop her from moving.

“This is not the Langjun Imperial Palace. There’s no need to follow so many rules.”

“You’re not a servant now. You’re our family. Since we are family, we have to sit together and eat. Your Highness, don’t you think so?”

Xiao Juan nodded. “Niaoniao is right. Granny, sit down.”

Granny Xiu Yan was very touched.

She had watched Duke Lang grow up and had always treated him as her child. Now that she saw him and the Princess Consort recognize that they were family, she felt that all the hard work over the years had been worth it.

Yu Niaoniao picked up the soup spoon and scooped a bowl of century egg lean meat porridge for each of them.

Other than Yu Niaoniao, this was the first time the other three people present had eaten century eggs. They were all very curious about this thing.

Xiao Juan did not like the appearance of the century egg. It looked dark and did not seem to taste good.

However, this was porridge personally cooked by Niaoniao. He had to try it no matter what. So he scooped up a small spoonful of porridge and put it in his mouth. He tasted it slightly and actually thought it was very good.

Although the century egg tasted a little strange, it worked perfectly with the porridge and lean meat. It was smooth, tender, and fragrant in the mouth. It was a little salty and had a faint lingering peppery fragrance.

Lo Pingsha and Granny Xiu Yan also felt that the porridge tasted good and ate it with relish.

Granny Xiu Yan sighed.

“I didn’t expect that duck eggs could be prepared like that. I’ve learned more from the County Princess.”

Yu Niaoniao picked up a piece of sausage. “This preserved food is also very delicious. Try it all.”

It was probably because he was also involved in making the sausages that Xiao Juan looked forward to these sausages.

He also picked up a piece of sausage and placed it in his mouth. When he bit down, the grease seeped out, and a unique fragrance bloomed between his tongue. The taste was salty and a little sweet. It was really excellent with century egg lean meat porridge.

The sausage was originally hard, but after being steamed, the texture became soft.

Because it had been steamed with cured meat, the fragrance of cured meat stood on the surface of the sausage, and the smell became even stronger.

Granny Xiu Yan and Lo Pingsha could not wait to taste the sausages.

Lo Pingsha could not help but ask.

“What’s this sausage made of? It tastes very curious.”

Granny Xiu Yan reminded him kindly, “You’d better ask after you’re done eating. Otherwise, I’m afraid you won’t be able to eat it.”

Lo Pingsha was puzzled. “Why?”

Seeing that he was so curious, Yu Niaoniao generously satisfied his curiosity.

“This sausage is made of pork and pig intestines.”

Lo Pingsha froze in his actions.

His eyes widened in disbelief. “Pork and what?”

Yu Niaoniao said, “Pig intestines are the intestines in a pig’s stomach. They’re long…”

Lo Pingsha quickly interrupted her description.

“Alright, stop talking. I know what pig intestines are.”

He did not expect such delicious sausage to be made of that dirty pig intestine.

It was fine if he didn’t know. Now that he knew that the sausage was made of pig intestines, Lo Pingsha didn’t dare to use his chopsticks on it again, but the sausage did taste good.

He hesitated with his chopsticks, very distressed.

How was he feeling now?

He felt very regretful!

He regretted not listening to Granny Xiu Yan’s dissuasion.

He shouldn’t have asked what the sausages were made of.

As long as he did not know what the ingredients were, he would not be as conflicted and frustrated as he was now.

Yu Niaoniao said as she ate.

“You don’t have to be so conflicted. The pig intestines have been cleaned very well. There’s no strange smell at all.”

“If you don’t believe me, you can ask Duke Lang. He made these sausages with me.”

Lo Pingsha was shocked.

Did Duke Lang actually personally cook?

This was even more unbelievable than red rain!

Granny Xiu Yan reminded him, “Are you really not eating? If you don’t, we’ll finish all these sausages.”

Lo Pingsha came back to his senses and realized that there was indeed not much sausage left in the bowl.

He knew that Duke Lang was slightly obsessed with cleanliness. If someone like Duke Lang could eat sausages, it meant that those pig intestines had really been cleaned up very well.

He steeled himself and reached out with his chopsticks to pick up the sausage and put it in his mouth.

He wouldn’t care anymore and would just eat first!

One bite of sausage and one bite of porridge. How wonderful!

Everyone had a good dinner.

...

The dishes and porridge on the table were swept clean.

Lo Pingsha said with regret, “I haven’t had such a delicious dinner in a long time.”

Yu Niaoniao suggested, “You can have dinner with us in the future, but in exchange, you have to be in charge of washing the dishes after dinner.”

Lo Pingsha’s eyes lit up. Was there actually such a good thing in the world?

As if he was afraid that the other party would go back on her word, he hurriedly agreed.

“Okay, okay, okay! I’ll wash the dishes!”

As long as he could eat the delicacies made by the Princess Consort every meal, he would even eat the bowl, let alone wash the dishes!

Lo Pingsha stayed behind to clean up the dishes while Yu Niaoniao and Xiao Juan sent Granny Xiu Yan out.

They escorted her to the main entrance of the Justice Department.

Granny Xiu Yan rode on Gray and waved at Yu Niaoniao and Xiao Juan.

“I’m leaving. You guys should go back quickly. The wind is strong at night. Don’t catch a cold.”

...

Yu Niaoniao touched Gray’s ear and said to Granny Xiu Yan.

“Be careful on the way.”

Granny Xiu Yan said, “I’ll get someone to send you supplements tomorrow. In the future, you have to eat them on time every day.”

Yu Niaoniao nodded in agreement.

After the lantern festival, curfew had been restored in the city.

Granny Xiu Yan had to go back quickly. Otherwise, she would run into the curfew.

After bidding farewell to Yu Niaoniao and Xiao Juan, she rode the donkey to the Langjun Imperial Palace.

Xiao Juan held the lantern in one hand and Yu Niaoniao’s hand in the other.

They walked back side by side.

Two shadows, one tall and one short, appeared especially intimate in the silent night.

Xiao Juan asked, “What’s with the supplements Granny Xiu Yan mentioned just now? Why do you suddenly need to eat supplements?”

Yu Niaoniao was too embarrassed to say that those supplements were to help her get pregnant as soon as possible.

She could only make up a random reason.

“I just want to have them. Why? Do you want them too?”

Xiao Juan looked at her deeply and did not ask further.

Yu Niaoniao quickly changed the topic.

“I didn’t expect even Granny Xiu Yan to know about your visit to the lantern festival last night. Who spread this news?”

Xiao Juan said, “I’ve already gotten someone to investigate. There should be a result soon.”

Yu Niaoniao asked, “Could it be Wei Liao?”

Xiao Juan did not speak.

His reaction was equivalent to tacitly agreeing to Yu Niaoniao’s guess.

In the first instance, he thought of the same thing as Yu Niaoniao. The only person who could do such a thing was Wei Liao.