Emperor's Red Makeup: The Duke is too black

Chapter 172 Birthday Gift ([-])

Xuan Luo was stunned, "Can you really guess it?"

He figured it out after only two bites, should he be so clever?
She had already dealt with the smell of moonlight grass very carefully, how could he still know?

"Okay, if you have the ability, let's guess the next one." Xuan Luo couldn't help changing the subject when he saw that Huangfu Yao's eyes were getting deeper and deeper.

Huangfu Yao, who is proficient in medical skills, knows where the moonlight grass grows and what its effects are.

He could probably guess what she had paid for Moonlight Grass.

In order to cover up this smell, she must have spent a lot of thought.He lowered his eyes and thought.

"First-grade official swallow, the best in the soup, I won't say what it is this time, you can guess for yourself." Xuan Luo pointed to a cup of soup in front of Huangfu Yao, and said.

Huangfu Yao picked up a spoon that was set aside and put a spoonful into his mouth. There seemed to be fish in the soup, and the tender and delicious taste directly invaded his teeth. He, who was always picky, couldn't help squinting his eyes this time. , sighed Xuan Luo's excellent cooking skills.

"It's made of fish. I won't say much about other ingredients. Let's just talk about the two rarest ones. You added baby ginseng and bixin lotus. These two things are tributes, and they are too hospitalized." Top-notch herbs."

"That's right, His Majesty gave it to me personally, saying it's for you to strengthen your body." Xuan Luo lowered his eyes, avoiding Huangfu Yao's probing eyes, looked at the dish next to the first-rank official Yan, and asked, "Is that the dish?" Zixiang Ganbai is made with thirteen kinds of ingredients, all of which are vegetables and tofu, I know you don’t like sweets, so I made it salty, try it.”

Huangfu Yao's eyes darkened a little, "Okay."

After eating, he no longer guessed what other things were added to these dishes, they were all precious medicinal materials that were useful to his body, and there were even some that were not available in the palace. I don't know where she got them, but they were all For myself.

She deliberately removed the smell of those medicinal materials, and even used other ingredients to cover up some of the stronger medicinal smells. This thought is more touching than these delicious delicacies.

"Here, this is the Wanzi coral white, this is the bright moon under the bridge, and this is the cuttlefish soup..." Xuan Luo introduced to Huangfu Yao one by one, and from time to time, he put some on the plate for him, motioning for him Eat quickly.

Huangfu Yao was not polite either, seeing how caring she was, he opened up his appetite and started tasting.

"This is lotus leaf chicken, one of Nalan's favorite dishes, you should try it too." Xuan Luo said, and specially cut a small piece of chicken for Huangfu Yao and put it on his plate.

"You mean, that kid Nalan Jing has eaten?" Huangfu Yao asked with a slight frown.

"Yeah, he's specially testing dishes for me, otherwise why do you think I grabbed him and disappeared." Xuan Luo rolled his eyes, "I really can't tell that he is a foodie on weekdays, he loves to eat everything, Everything is delicious, eighteen of the 23 dishes are my favourites, and I muttered that I didn’t have enough to eat, if I hadn’t asked Su Xiao to stop you, you would probably have been touched by him.”

Hearing Xuan Luo's conniving tone when he said about Nalan Jing, Huangfu Yao's brows frowned even deeper.

It is true that he knew she didn't mean that to Nalan Jing, but when he heard this, he just felt uncomfortable and wanted to beat someone up.

"What about him?"

"Huh?" Xuan Luo almost didn't react, "He is still eating in the kitchen, but I have already let Su Xiao watch, otherwise I really don't know what he will do to my small kitchen."

Xuan Luo said, unknowingly, she had revealed that she had a small kitchen in the Duke's mansion.

Hearing her natural tone, Huangfu Yao's gloomy mood became much more relaxed. He smiled at Xuan Luo, that smile was more beautiful and brilliant than the palace lanterns hanging around.

"What are you laughing at?" Xuan Luo asked without opening his eyes.

"Nalan Jing is indeed a—" He considered the description of what she said just now, and said, "Food!"

The little fox's words became more and more interesting, and made him more and more curious.

"Let's eat your food." Xuan Luo looked at him and whispered, "You are not a good person either."

Huangfu Yao pretended not to hear her muttering, and continued to enjoy the rare delicacy in a good mood. She knows how to cook, and she is willing to cook for herself, so what else is there to be unhappy about?
If he fulfilled that mission for her, would he be able to eat her delicious food every day?

Huangfu Yao began to calculate while eating.

"A bit tired, do you have any tea?" Huangfu Yao asked knowingly.

Xuan Luo didn't think much about it, and poured him a cup directly, "Here, this is Lushan Yunwu. Although it is not as expensive as Xueya, it is still a rare good tea."

"All of you are tributes, right?" Huangfu Yao raised his eyebrows and asked with a half-smile.

Xuan Luo's heart tightened, and then he acted casually, "So what? I have a very close relationship with His Majesty, and it's not a big deal to pay tribute by the way."

"The relationship is very close?" He smiled again, Xuan Luo felt that the smile was really dazzling, and this guy seemed to be smiling especially tonight.

"Ah."

"What kind of superficial method?"

"It's none of your business?" She glared at him. "Are you still eating or not? If not, I'll let Nalan come. He must really want to continue to enjoy it."

"Why should you give him the master's things?" Huangfu Yao raised his eyebrows, his eyes were slightly cold, as if he was very dissatisfied that Nalan Jing had enjoyed the little fox's craft before him.

But the little fox also said that the kid just tried to eat it, so he should be generous and pretend that he didn't know.

"Here is the most vulgar one, and I have to eat it." Seeing that Huangfu Yao seemed to be full, Xuan Luo lifted the lid of a porcelain bowl on the left.

"What is it?"

"Longevity noodles." She replied, not noticing the flash of pain in Huangfu Yao's eyes.

Longevity noodles, he hasn't eaten this for ten years.

He filled a small bowl for him and handed it to him. Xuan Luo slowed down his tone rarely, and said softly: "I've never made this thing. Although it doesn't look very good, Nalan Jing said it tastes good. , you just make do with it, you have to eat this for your birthday."

In fact, she is really nervous now. To be honest, she has never had a birthday in her two lifetimes. In her previous life, it was because she didn’t know when her birthday was, and she might die at the hands of others at any time. Naturally, she didn’t have a birthday. Feeling.

In this life, it is because I have been living in conspiracy and calculations, and I have no intention of celebrating my birthday at all, but...

This is the first time for her to celebrate a person's birthday, and it is also the first time to make longevity noodles for a person. How does this make her feel uneasy?

Huangfu Yao didn't speak, just quietly ate the longevity noodles she made for him, eating something he hadn't eaten in ten years. This food was once his best memory, and in the following ten years, it carried The eternal pain and hatred in his heart, now, in the hands of this careful but special woman, the scars that he dare not touch have disappeared.

(End of this chapter)