Chapter 272 - 272 Don't Eat Me!

272 Don’t Eat Me!

Xiao Juan let go of Yu Niaoniao and washed his hands.

“Go to sleep first. I’ll take a bath.”

Initially, he did not like to take a bath, but because he had been traveling for days, he was a little tired. He planned to take a bath to relax. Unexpectedly, he bumped into Yu Niaoniao.

By now, it was too late to take a bath. He washed his body with hot water and changed into a loose and comfortable sleeping suit.

When he returned to the bedroom, Yu Niaoniao was already asleep.

There were two pillows on the bed. She was originally sleeping on the pillow inside. After a few rolls, her head had already moved to the pillow outside, but her body still occupied the position inside.

This way, Xiao Juan could not sleep.

He stood by the window and stared at Yu Niaoniao for a long time. He hesitated. Should he wake her up? Or should he find another place to sleep?

In the end, Xiao Juan chose the third option.

He first picked up the pillow inside and pushed Yu Niaoniao in with the pillow she was sleeping on. Yu Niaoniao was sleeping soundly and did not notice that she was being moved at all.

After her body was straightened, Xiao Juan lifted the blanket and lay down.

The pillow he was using now was the one Yu Niaoniao usually used. It still had the faint fragrance of her body.

The fragrance entered his nose and lingered in his heart, messing up his emotions.

It made him unable to fall asleep.

At this moment, Yu Niaoniao suddenly turned around and rolled into Xiao Juan’s arms.

Her forehead was under his chin.

The strong smell of medicinal wine entered his nose and dispelled the faint fragrance.

Xiao Juan was helpless and moved his head back a little to avoid touching the wound on her forehead.

Amidst the strong smell of medicinal wine, Xiao Juan no longer had any messy thoughts and quickly fell asleep. It was probably because the smell of the medicinal wine was too intense.

That night, Yu Niaoniao dreamed that she was soaking in a medicinal wine barrel. What was even more terrifying was that Xiao Juan was standing beside the bathtub and staring at her with a strange gaze.

She covered her chest with her hands and asked warily, “What are you looking at?”

Xiao Juan said, “You look delicious.”

With that, he began to add firewood to the bottom of the bathtub, making the fire burn even more fiercely.

He actually really wanted to boil the medicinal wine, cook Yu Niaoniao, and eat her!

Yu Niaoniao felt extremely hot and struggled. She screamed crazily, “Don’t eat me, don’t eat me!”

Her eyes flew open and she found herself lying on the bed. There was no one beside her.

Granny Xiu Yan quickly walked to the bed and asked with concern.

“Princess Consort, what’s wrong? Did you have a nightmare?”

Yu Niaoniao recalled the scene in her dream and still felt a lingering fear.

“I dreamed that Duke Lang was going to eat me.”

Granny Xiu Yan pursed her lips and smiled, thinking that the two of them were really close. Even in her dreams, Princess Consort was thinking about Duke Lang.

“Princess Consort, don’t be afraid. His Highness wants to eat you because he likes you.”

Yu Niaoniao tried her best to explain, “I’m not talking about that type of eating. It’s really eating!”

Granny Xiu Yan’s smile became even more ambiguous. “I understand. You don’t have to say anything else.”

Yu Niaoniao was speechless. She suspected that Granny Xiu was involved in pornography.

Granny Xiu Yan ordered someone to bring hot water and help Yu Niaoniao wash up. Yu Niaoniao sat in front of the dressing mirror and let Granny Xiu Yan put a hairpin on her head.

“Where’s His Highness?”

“He went to the palace to meet the emperor early in the morning. He probably won’t be back until noon.”

The servants brought in breakfast and placed it on the table.

After Yu Niaoniao finished her breakfast happily, Granny Xiu Yan served hot tea and called over more than ten maidservants.

“Princess Consort, these are all the children of the residence. They’re about the same age as you. Do you think anyone looks pleasing to the eye?”

Yu Niaoniao glanced at them and realized that these maidservants were above average in terms of looks and figure. They were good-looking enough to be brought out but would not steal the limelight from their mistress.

Obviously, these maidservants had been carefully chosen by Granny Xiu Yan.

Yu Niaoniao did not want to let Granny Xiu Yan down.

She first asked these maids to introduce themselves one by one.

By the time they finished introducing, Yu Niaoniao had almost figured out their nature.

Yu Niaoniao first pointed at a round-faced maidservant, then at a thin and small maidservant in the corner.

“Just the two of you.”

The round-faced maidservant was pleasantly surprised and immediately knelt down to thank her.

“I thank the Princess Consort!”

The thin and small maid clearly did not expect to be chosen. She was stunned for a while before coming back to her senses and hurriedly knelt down to thank her.

“Greetings, County Princess.”

Granny Xiu Yan waved her hand and asked the other maidservants to leave. Although the maids were unwilling, they did not dare to disobey and retreated.

Granny Xiu Yan said respectfully, “Princess Consort, since you’ve chosen these two maidservants, why don’t you give them names? It’ll be more dignified when you bring them out in the future.”

Yu Niaoniao caught a glimpse of a calligraphy painting hanging on the wall.

There was a poem written on it: A cup of wine in the spring breeze and ten years of rain in the martial world.

Yu Niaoniao’s heart skipped a beat as she said to the round-faced maidservant.

“From now on, you’ll be called Chun Feng (Spring Breeze).”

Then, she said to the thin and small maidservant.

“Your name is Ye Yu (Night Rain).”

The two of them kowtowed in unison to thank her.

Yu Niaoniao stood up. “I’m going out for a while. Come with me.”

Chun Feng and Ye Yu agreed.

“Yes.”

Granny Xiu Yan quickly asked, “Where are you going?”

Yu Niaoniao said, “The Directorate.”

Granny Xiu Yan was very surprised. “Why are you going there?”

Yu Niaoniao took out a picture book and smiled.

“I want to print books and sell them, but books have to be reviewed by the Directorate, so I want to take this picture book to the Chancellor.”

Granny Xiu Yan reminded tactfully, “Our Duke and the civil officials don’t have a very harmonious relationship. They have many misunderstandings about His Highness. Do you want to bring more people to the directorate this time?”

With the directorate’s prejudice against Duke Lang, she was very afraid that the Princess Consort would not even be able to enter the Directorate.

Yu Niaoniao was very confident.

“Don’t worry, I can handle it myself.”

She left Langjun Imperial Palace with Chun Feng and Ye Yu and took a carriage to the Directorate.

The truth was indeed as Granny Xiu Yan had expected. Yu Niaoniao was stopped outside the Directorate.

The concierge of the Directorate said.

“Our Lord Chancellor is very busy now and doesn’t have time to see you for the time being. Please come another day.”

Yu Niaoniao ignored him and barged in with the two maidservants.

The concierge hurriedly reached out to stop them.

However, before his hand could touch them, he saw Yu Niaoniao suddenly fall to the ground. Then, he heard her call out loudly.

“How dare you push me? Everyone says that the Directorate is a holy land for scholars. I didn’t expect you to bully a weak woman like me!”

The concierge hurriedly explained, “I didn’t. Don’t talk nonsense!”

Yu Niaoniao said, “I know. A small concierge like you definitely won’t dare to do anything to me, so the Directorate must have instructed you to do this! It was the Directorate who asked you to bully me!”