Ghostly Masked Prince Xiao: Pampering and Spoiling the Little Adorable Consort

(34) The Ghostly-Prince on The Side was Made a Fool Of

This sound successfully made Xiao Xu raise his eyebrows, cold eyes staring intently at Chu Qing-Yan, who wanted to dig a hole with a shovel and drill into it.

Chu Qing-Yan really wanted to cry but lacked the tears, she really didn't do it intentionally. Who told him to speak up so suddenly when she was already like a bird who would be startled by the mere twang of a bow? How could she have endured his fright?

It could be said like this, but even if she was to be given 100 times more courage, she wouldn't dare to pull the tiger's whisker right in front of the tiger itself.

"Sorry, my hands slipped." Chu Qing-Yan choked out a sentence.

Hands slipped?

Xiao Xu had deep doubts towards this explanation.

"Does it not suit your palate?" Xiao Xu put down his chopsticks and looked at her.

Huh? Chu Qing-Yan was stunned. She originally thought Prince Ying would punish her and didn't think that he would ask such an unrelated question.

"No, I really like it. Poof—— that's spicy as hell——" To prove that she really liked these dishes, Chu Qing-Yan randomly picked up a chopstick full and stuff it in her mouth. Who knew her random pick would turn out to be a red hot spicy pepper. She quickly spat it out but unfortunately that spicy pepper flew into a soup bowl not so far away, splashing soup everywhere, and then——

Chu Qing-Yan couldn't help but to cover her eyes, she really didn't do it deliberately!

Xiao Xu lowered his head to look at his sleeves that were dampened by the spilled soup. The corner of his eyes couldn't help but to twitch.

"I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose. I'll help wipe it clean for you right now!" Chu Qing-Yan immediately stood up and was able to react resourcefully in an emergency, wanting to use her own sleeves to help him clean it off.

A pity, the other party didn't seem appreciative of the offer and lifted his hand to signal her not to get closer. Then, he accepted a piece of cloth from the maid and proceeded to wipe the soup from his wrist and sleeves. In the end, with a somewhat disdainful manner, he stood up and turned around to walk into another room. He only left behind one sentence, "Eat by yourself."

Chu Qing-Yan watched that departing figure and couldn't help but feel somewhat defeated. It seemed that she had offended the bankroller. The first impression was already this bad, how could they get along in the future, ah? Chu Qing-Yan worriedly held her chin, her chopsticks moving back and forth, poking at the rice in her bowl.

Originally, she had wanted to show how well-behaved she was, then maybe Prince Ying would be happy and he'd let her live in the manor as a rice weevil (1). If she had a good relationship with the bankroller, at the very least, she'd have freedom.

Only, don't know why, seeing this Prince Ying for the first time, her heart would grow apprehensive. Not because she was afraid he would behead her if he was unhappy, rather, because facing a guy with such a strong existence giving off an aura of not allowing strangers to get near him, she still hadn't thought of what kind of attitude to treat him with.

Just when Chu Qing-Yan was thinking distressfully, she saw a yellow-clothed maid changing the soup she had just dirtied and suddenly recalled matters related to Prince Ying's side that she had gotten from Xi Ning.

There were seven senior maids serving by Prince Ying's side. They were named after the seven colors of the rainbow, Hong Yi, Cheng Yi, Huang Yi, Lu Yi, Qing Yi, Lan Yi and Zi Yi (2). Everyone had an area they were good at. For example.

Hong Yi was good at housekeeping. She was in charge of managing the inner courtyard, and arranging all the servants. She was known for her warm and gentle temperament. She was very much trusted by Prince Ying.