I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 1208 Getting to Know Each Other, Becoming Acquainted, Falling in Love
A year ago, Su Chang'an had just been forced to accept being considered a palace maid.

At that time, Su Chang'an was starving when he was fleeing.

But when she arrived at the palace, she became a palace maid and was assigned to work in the imperial kitchen, but she still couldn't get enough to eat.

However, it's impossible for Su Chang'an to just sit around watching all the delicious food in the imperial kitchen all day without doing anything.

Stealing food from the imperial kitchen is a meticulous and technical task. From planning what to steal, where to eat, where to bury the bones, and establishing an alibi, everything requires careful planning.

After all, this is the imperial kitchen, a proper palace, so we can't be careless.

Today, the kitchen is making wontons, not for the Empress Dowager. You can't steal the Empress Dowager's things, and you can't steal His Majesty's either. There are more than a dozen people waiting there to serve the meal; stealing would easily cause trouble.

But Su Chang'an discovered that a royal chef would always secretly make extra food and leave it aside.

This is what I stole.

But I won't take it all; I'll take half.

For example, today I made wontons, and there was also a separate pot of flatbread and a few chickens that were simmered in soup. After all, it is said that the Empress Dowager only drinks the soup and does not eat the chicken, so whenever soup is made, a few chickens are always scooped out.

After stealing half of the total amount, Su Chang'an ran to an abandoned courtyard several palace courtyards away from the imperial kitchen.

They weren't so particular; they just sat cross-legged on the ground and started eating.

but
Plans can't keep up with changes.

While Su Chang'an was enjoying his meal today, he saw a man dressed in white, looking like a scholar.

Upon seeing this person, Su Chang'an was startled.

But upon closer inspection, it's Xia Baiwang!
The person who rescued me and brought me to the palace.

She was the one who arranged for herself to become a palace maid in the imperial kitchen.

The first person he saw when he woke up was holding a fan, tilting his head and looking at him with a strange expression.

Without thinking much, Su Chang'an put down the bowl in his hand, quickly ran over, pulled Xia Baiwang into the courtyard, looked around, and quickly closed the door.

Xia Baiwang looked at Su Chang'an with a strange expression, then at the food on the ground, puzzled, but did not ask any questions.

Su Chang'an looked at Xia Baiwang: "What are you doing here?"

I already expressed my gratitude when I woke up that day, so there's no need to repeat it. Besides, the most important thing right now is to resolve the matter since I've been caught stealing. Otherwise, according to the rules, Su Chang'an might get beaten to death.

He heard that the Empress Dowager, in particular, was very cruel and would kill palace servants at will.

Xia Baiwang said, "I was bored, so I came to find you."

Su Chang'an asked, "How did you know I was here?"

Xia Baiwang pointed to the food on the ground: "I saw you bringing those things over, so I followed you."

Su Chang'an squinted at Xia Baiwang: "Really?"

Xia Baiwang nodded, but then chuckled softly, "You stole food from the Imperial Kitchen, didn't you? And judging by the time, it was leftovers from the Empress Dowager's meal, wasn't it?"

Su Chang'an looked at Xia Baiwang, his heart skipped a beat, and he began to think about what to do. The main problem was that it was difficult to handle, after all, Xia Baiwang was his savior.

Xia Baiwang, however, asked with a smile, "Can you finish all of this? You've taken so much."

However, looking at Su Chang'an's expression, Xia Baiwang smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. I'm just curious how you managed to take so much without anyone knowing. And can you eat all of this by yourself?"

Su Chang'an looked at Xia Baiwang with suspicion.

Xia Baiwang chuckled: "I won't tell anyone else. You're right to believe me. Have you forgotten that I'm your savior? If I wanted to harm you, I wouldn't have saved you in the first place. Besides, it was just some food. Never mind, everyone else is stealing expensive ingredients to sell."

Su Chang'an thought about it and realized that what he said made sense. Given that this person could arrange for him to enter the imperial kitchen at will and could freely enter and leave the palace, and was at least a prince, it would be quite easy for him to kill him.

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Su Chang'an stared at Xia Baiwang's thin body, already beginning to consider the memory erasure technique. After all, killing her was definitely out of the question, but he couldn't let her tell others what she had done.

So without hesitation, he sat down again and started eating, looking at Xia Baiwang and asking, "Do you want some?"

Xia Baiwang squatted down next to Su Chang'an, propping his chin up with one hand and tilting his head to watch Su Chang'an, who was eating and drinking heartily with his mouth full of oil.

Who is this person? A girl who is so pretty eats like this?

Watching Su Chang'an eat like that, Xia Baiwang swallowed hard. You know what, he's good-looking, and he eats in a way that looks good too, and it even looks delicious.

Thinking this, Xia Baiwang saw Su Chang'an biting into a chicken leg and thought it was really vulgar!
Having lived in the palace since I was a child, I've never seen anyone eat like this before.

But seeing the other chicken leg being held up in front of him, Xia Baiwang immediately shook his head: "I won't eat it."

Curiosity is curiosity.

There was a bit of disgust, after all, his hands looked so greasy, and his mouth was covered in oil from eating.

Huh! !

Xia Baiwang pouted. "Is it really that delicious? You're eating like this. If the head cook of the imperial kitchen saw you like this, you'd definitely be punished. It's so disgraceful."

Su Chang'an didn't bother to look at Xia Baiwang's expression, simply said "Oh," and continued eating.

But he glanced at Xia Baiwang with disdain. How should I put it? He was so effeminate, squatting there with his hands supporting his chin, and his eyelashes were so long. Plus, he looked so effeminate.
dislike!

A man looking like this, oh dear, so pitiful!
But you can't dislike someone who saved your life.

Su Chang'an remained silent and quickly ate, otherwise, if the imperial kitchen came looking for him, things would get complicated.

Moreover, his alibi cannot be available for too long.

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At first, Su Chang'an didn't care about eating, but after only a few bites, he turned to look at Xia Baiwang, who was squatting next to him, staring intently at him with his hands supporting his chin. Moreover, the distance between them was getting closer and closer.

Su Chang'an blinked, moved to the side, and got a little further away from this person.

The main thing is that look in his eyes. I'm a grown man, I don't date men, so don't look at me.

But Su Chang'an moved, and Xia Baiwang also moved.

Su Chang'an continued to move.

Xia Baiwang continued to follow.

And the distance is even closer.

This person has no sense of distance.

Su Chang'an looked at Xia Baiwang: "My benefactor, what do you want to do?"

Xia Baiwang immediately said, "No need to call me benefactor. I just came to see you and wanted to ask you how you got such good looks."

Su Chang'an took a bite of chicken: "I don't know either, I was just born this good-looking. But..."

At this point, looking at Xia Baiwang, Su Chang'an became wary: "But I don't like men."

Hearing the latter sentence, Xia Baiwang was puzzled for a moment, but didn't think too much about it and said with a smile, "I don't like women either." Su Chang'an gasped. You don't like women, yet you look at me like that? I'm the woman you've labeled.

With looks like that, it's no wonder he has homosexual tendencies!
Thinking this, Su Chang'an moved again.

Seeing that Su Chang'an had moved further away from him again, Xia Baiwang frowned and said, "Su Chang'an, why do you always try to stay away from me?"

Su Chang'an said seriously, "Men and women should not touch each other, and you are a noble person. Many people may like you. I don't want to be bullied."

Upon hearing this, Xia Baiwang frowned: "Someone bullied you?"

Su Chang'an frankly admitted, "It's not like you're bullying me. It's only human nature. After all, I'm so good-looking, yet I'm still the lowest-ranking palace maid. It's just the way things are in the harem, so it's normal."

Seeing Su Chang'an's expression, Xia Baiwang said, "I can help you."

Su Chang'an shook his head: "We're all unfortunate people, and my roommate helped me, so it's alright. Besides, you saved my life, which is enough for me to be grateful to you. I won't bother you with such a small thing."

As he spoke, Su Chang'an lowered his head and stored some perfectly good chicken pieces separately.

Seeing that Su Chang'an was unwilling to say more, Xia Baiwang did not press him further, thinking that time would tell. However, noticing Su Chang'an's storage of food, he couldn't help but ask, "It's hot outside. Won't the food spoil if you leave it like this overnight?"

Su Chang'an looked down at the food: "This is for my roommate. That little girl is so skinny, she can't eat much. Besides, she does odd jobs with me, so she has to eat more."

Xia Baiwang laughed and said, "You've already filled your stomach by stealing food, yet you still worry about others? Besides, you know there's something wrong with the atmosphere in the harem, yet you still act like such a good-natured person. Who knows when you'll get harmed!"

Su Chang'an quickly finished eating what he had in his hand, then stuffed the things he had given to the cat into his arms. "There are plenty of bad things out there. Whether the atmosphere is good or bad, whether people are good or bad, what does it have to do with me? My roommate is good to me, so I'll be good to her."

After saying that, Su Chang'an looked at Xia Baiwang and said, "I can't talk to you any longer. I have to go back quickly, otherwise the imperial chefs and the female officials of the Imperial Kitchen will find out and they might find out it was me."

But after saying that, she thought it wouldn't be right to abandon her savior like this, so she looked at Xia Baiwang and said, "Well, my benefactor, do you often eat food from the imperial kitchen?"

Xia Baiwang nodded: "It's not something I eat often. So what? I don't need you to steal food for me. I can bring you delicious food, though."

Su Chang'an looked at Xia Baiwang and said, "Alright, bring a fish and a chicken later, and I'll cook you something delicious. But you have to come at night. During the day, the smoke from the fire can be seen all over the palace, but at night it's dark and you can't see it. There aren't many people here anyway."

Xia Baiwang couldn't help but smile: "You're dreaming, and you're quite the smooth talker."

Su Chang'an really couldn't say anything more, so he said goodbye and ran away quickly.

Xia Baiwang was left watching Su Chang'an's back. He smiled and then looked at the chicken bones scattered on the ground, which had been moved into the haystack and were not easily noticed. He smiled again.

But the next moment, he remembered how Su Chang'an had wiped himself with his hands and how he ate.

dislike!

I find it disgusting!
But.
Today, out of sheer interest, I remembered the girl I rescued, mainly because rescuing her was quite a fun experience.

Seeing her lying on the roadside, he thought he should quickly find the imperial physician, but unexpectedly she woke up on her own and said, "Give me something to eat."

As a result, there was no need to call the imperial physician.

Seeing that the girl was all alone, she simply took her to the palace to be a servant, which was better than her starving to death in the capital without a penny.

At the time, the girl simply said, "As long as I have enough to eat, that's fine."

This made King Xia Bai smile, and he remembered this foodie girl.

I suddenly remembered her today out of curiosity, so I came to check on her. I never expected that she would steal some food and come here to eat.

A tall woman suddenly appeared behind King Xia Bai. “Your Majesty, it’s time to go back. If you stay away for too long, Li Nishang might find out that you came to see this palace servant, which could be detrimental to her.”

Xia Baiwang frowned, but then his expression calmed down: "Aunt Yan, investigate the background of the palace maid who lives with her."

The tall woman nodded.

But the next moment, Xia Baiwang turned to look at the tall woman: "Auntie, have you ever seen a girl eat like that in the martial arts world?"

The tall woman shook her head: "Even if it's vulgar, I wouldn't eat like that."

Xia Baiwang nodded: "That's right, but even if you have someone cover for her stealing food, how can it not be discovered? So much food is gone, and those people in the imperial kitchen rely on it to make money."

As he spoke, Xia Baiwang looked at the pile of hidden bones, a look of disgust on his face.

I'll talk about her later!
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Now, inside the Lingqi Pavilion.

"Aww!" Xia Fengxiang ate a fried wonton in one bite, then picked up a rolled pancake and started eating, not caring about the sauce on his lips.

As my body has gotten heavier, I've been eating more. Before, two rolled pancakes or seven or eight wontons would have been enough to fill me up.

But now his appetite has increased several times over.

According to Zhang Wenjing and Mo Jingchun, it's a good thing that the fetus can eat, which means the fetus is healthy, and they absolutely must not stop eating.

So Xia Fengxiang ate freely.

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While wiping Xia Fengxiang's mouth, Su Chang'an said, "Slow down, no one's going to take it from you."

Oh my, look at how you eat!

Su Chang'an smiled wryly, but he knew that pregnant women eat a lot, and that eating a lot was a good thing, so he was actually quite happy.

Xia Fengxiang swallowed the food in his mouth and asked, "Are you disgusted with me?"

Su Chang'an pouted: "What are you talking about?"

Xia Fengxiang immediately said, "I didn't even complain about your wives, yet you still used that potion to pretend to cry!"

Su Chang'an immediately said, "It's over now. I miscalculated."

Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes: "You miscalculated again, just like Qing Ning!"

Su Chang'an sighed. What to do? He had mainly forgotten about the cat.

However, looking at Xia Fengxiang, Su Chang'an said, "If Qing Ning really comes to you, will you really issue a written order?"

As he spoke, he rolled up a pancake for his wife.

Xia Fengxiang said, "Just give it to them if they come looking for it, what's the big deal?"

Su Chang'an laughed and said, "I was just joking with her, and besides, she doesn't have the guts."

Xia Fengxiang shook his head: "Not necessarily. Anyway, it doesn't matter. If she calls me sister-in-law, what's wrong with issuing an imperial decree to Su Ziyu and his wife? If she calls me Your Majesty, I'll have her find you. You can decide what to do."

Su Chang'an looked at his wife and realized that she was very particular about these terms of address.

But despite her thoughts, she picked up a handkerchief and wiped Xia Fengxiang's mouth—what an unseemly way of eating!

Xia Fengxiang let Su Chang'an wipe his mouth for him. "There's something else I wanted to tell you. Zhao Wuxu will return to Dunhuang for the time being. Su Zifan will bring back the money he's acquired first, along with the kings of the Western Regions who have surrendered. Zhao Xin will also come back with them."

(End of this chapter)