The cooking color is delicious, general, don't bite me

Chapter 174 Drunk Mess

Xue's hands trembled in fright, and she hurriedly withdrew her hand, but was held by Meng Fuling, "Mother, don't be afraid!"

Meng Fuling gave Mrs. Xue a comforting smile, Fang turned her head and looked at the person standing outside the hall. The person who came was the nun she had met in Jingguo Temple before, who seemed to be surnamed Deng.

This person has a mean look, he must have been instructed by the Empress Dowager to scold Xue Shi.

Meng Fuling smiled bitterly, "Is that Madam Deng? You are the one who is presumptuous, right? A woman from the Marquis of Yueyang, you are also qualified to train me?"

She was going to talk about Yue Yanghou's wife, but she decided to give up after thinking about it, after all Xue and Yue Shaoqing were not married yet.

However, she was very strange, the Queen Mother knew Yue Shaoqing's situation well, could it be that she had planted eyeliner around Yue Shaoqing?It is not impossible that the empress dowager attaches great importance to Yue Shaoqing.

"Miss is serious, it is this lady who behaved improperly."

Mother Deng's sternness was only aimed at Xue Shi, and when she was talking to Meng Fuling, she changed her face, not daring to be disrespectful, just because Meng Fuling was Yue Shaoqing's biological daughter.

So he changed his name to call her Missy?Meng Fuling was annoyed by Mother Deng's differential treatment, she hated such snobbish people the most.

"Miss, the Empress Dowager has been waiting for a long time, please come with your servants." Madam Deng was also a high-ranking nanny in charge in the palace, but she was extremely respectful in front of Meng Fuling.

It was only now that Meng Fuling knew that the Queen Mother was not in the bedroom at all, and she was even more annoyed. The eunuch who was in charge just now took them directly, wouldn't it be fine?Don't ask them to wait here for a while.

Mother Deng led them out of the main hall, the scene in front of her suddenly changed, and Meng Fuling looked indifferent.

But Xue couldn't help taking a few glances, and secretly smacked her lips.

Seeing the exclamation in Xue's eyes, Aunt Deng slightly raised the corners of her lips, showing a hint of disdain in her eyes, and deliberately quickened her steps.

Maybe it was Mother Deng who did not hide it, even Mrs. Xue sensed the contempt in her eyes, and quickly withdrew her gaze from looking around, looking even more disturbed.

Meng Fuling's face darkened, but she didn't say much, she just looked down at the little wax gourd in her arms.

Xiao Donggua seemed to feel it, and raised her head to smile brightly at Meng Fuling, without saying a word, she pursed her lips and kissed her lips.

They followed Madam Deng around the imperial garden for a while, and suddenly saw a small lake in front of them, with a pavilion in the center of the lake.

From a distance, I saw many people in the pavilion, surrounded by one person like stars and the moon, and that person was naturally the Queen Mother.

Meng Fuling's eyesight was excellent, and she saw several women sitting under the queen mother.

She was too far away, and she couldn't see the Queen Mother's expression clearly. She only felt that she was dressed in a dazzling bright yellow.

"Xiao Donggua, what's the matter with you?" Meng Fuling felt that Xiao Donggua's body was slightly stiff, and she was a little worried.

But she lowered her head to follow Xiao Donggua's gaze, and found that he seemed to be looking for someone.

Xiaodonggua didn't respond even after calling a few times, Meng Fuling simply patted his face, and he came back to his senses, "Mother, what's wrong?"

"It's okay!" Meng Fuling's expression froze slightly, but he didn't say anything.

Madam Deng led them to the Huxin Pavilion in a hurry, and after stepping on the Jiuqu bridge, Madam Deng accidentally left them at the head of the bridge.

And Mrs. Xue didn't dare to look around anymore, and walked beside Meng Fuling with low eyebrows, approaching the Huxin Pavilion step by step.

Meng Fuling secretly scanned the people in the pavilion, there were many luxuriously dressed and well-dressed women, she instantly understood that these women must be the emperor's concubines.

They looked at her and Xue's eyes with disdain, and some even covered their mouths and smiled secretly.

Meng Fuling ignored them directly, and saluted the queen mother calmly. As for the other concubines, no one had told her their identities anyway, so she pretended not to see them.

It is even more impossible for Xiaodonggua to salute the emperor's concubine, he pretended to be innocent and impolite.

It's just that he was very disappointed that he didn't see the queen. He knew that with his current situation, it would not be easy to investigate anything in the palace.

What is needed is the help of the queen. The queen is his former mother. If she knows that he is the crown prince, she will definitely help him.

On the contrary, Mrs. Xue imitated Meng Fuling's way of saluting, because she was nervous, she stumbled and stuttered, which made the concubines burst into laughter.

How could these people dare to do this in front of the Queen Mother in the past?They are all human beings, and they all know that the Queen Mother intends to make things difficult for Xue Shi.

Xue's face was flushed with embarrassment, and she didn't dare to make a sound. Seeing Meng Fuling, she couldn't bear it, but also felt a feeling of hatred that iron can't be made into steel.

The Empress Dowager took a sip of her tea, frowned slightly, shifted her gaze to Mrs. Xue, and began to scrutinize Mrs. Xue carefully.

She has known for a long time that Yue Shaoqing has been thinking about a woman from the countryside for so many years. Now that she sees the real person, just seeing Xue's timid and weak appearance makes her angry. How can such a village woman be worthy? Get her outstanding brother?

"You are Xue Qinglian? Look up and let the Ai family take a look." The queen mother put down the teacup in her hand and said with a blank expression.

Xue raised her head obediently, but did not dare to look directly at the Queen Mother.

Meng Fuling was speechless. Originally, the Queen Mother looked down on Xue's status, and she must be even more displeased to see Xue's weakness.

To be honest, not to mention the queen mother, even Meng Fuling himself doesn't like Xue's temperament.

"Where do you think you are worthy of Shaoqing?" The queen mother said directly, with a stinging tone in her tone.

Seeing that Mrs. Xue was being made things difficult, Meng Fuling was about to ask to help her, but Mrs. Xue suddenly raised her eyes and looked directly at the queen mother, "Your Majesty, because Shaoqing loves women!"

Mrs. Xue mustered up great courage to say this, the Empress Dowager's face changed in vain.

A trace of surprise flashed across Meng Fuling's face, Xue Shi's reaction surprised her, and immediately, she smiled, wanting to applaud Xue Shi very much.

Isn't it?What is worthy or not?As long as Yue Shaoqing loves her, it is the greatest capital.

"What a big tone, does Marquis Yue want any stunning beauty? How could he fall in love with you, a village woman who has no looks and no talent?" A concubine laughed mockingly.

"I originally thought that the maids in the palace were very well-behaved. I didn't think so. There are even worse than me, a village girl. Even the queen mother doesn't pay attention to it." Meng Fuling glanced at the concubine, deliberately mistaking the concubine. As a palace lady.

"You—" The concubine was about to reprimand Meng Fuling, but the queen mother shouted: "Concubine Ning Gui, who gave you permission to speak? Did you take Aijia seriously?"

The other concubines were secretly gloating, they all knew what the Queen Mother was up to today, but no one dared to do it.

Concubine Ning Gui was so frightened that she confessed the crime. She still wanted to please the Queen Mother, but when she didn't want to, it was self-defeating.

The queen mother trained her a bit, and then asked her to go back and stop her feet to think about her mistakes.

"Fuling, don't worry about what happened last time. It's because Aijia misunderstood you." The queen mother's attitude towards Meng Fuling is much better, which is completely different from before.

Since she knew that Meng Fuling was Yue Shaoqing's biological daughter, she felt a little sorry for what happened at Jingguo Temple last time.

However, the queen mother also felt that it was a mistake to summon Meng Fuling into the palace together.

Now that she wants to make things difficult for Xue Shi, Meng Fuling will definitely stop her, and she can't teach Meng Fuling a lesson together.

"You are the empress dowager, women don't dare to take it to heart." Meng Fuling said neither humble nor overbearing.

The implication is that you are the Queen Mother, you can do whatever you want.

The Empress Dowager's face was a little stiff, but she didn't get angry. She deliberately misinterpreted Meng Fuling's words, "You didn't take it to heart, and the Ai family is also relieved."

As she said that, she turned her attention back to Mrs. Xue, her tone seemed to ease a lot, "Mrs. Xue, what you said makes sense, since Shaoqing likes you, it's not good for the Ai family to do evil things like beating mandarin ducks. "

Xue was a little unbelievable, the queen mother meant to fulfill her and Yue Shaoqing.

Meng Fuling didn't believe that the queen mother spent so much trouble, but in the end she easily let Xue Shi go.

She knew that the queen mother must be very entangled at this moment, she wanted to make things difficult for Mrs. Xue, and at the same time hoped to repair the relationship with her.

Sure enough, Meng Fuling's thoughts came together, and the queen mother said: "Xue Shi, Shaoqing likes to taste all kinds of fine wines. Since you want to marry him as your wife, you must also know how to taste wine, so that you can sing harmoniously."

After hearing this, Mrs. Xue's face turned completely pale. How did she expect the Empress Dowager to ask her to taste wine?Don't talk about wine tasting, she pours it right after a glass, what should I do?She looked anxiously at Meng Fuling.

Meng Fuling's face was as dark as ink, the queen mother was indeed the queen mother, she even taught people in an unusual way, she spoke beautifully in the scene, and people couldn't fault it, but Yue Shaoqing did have a hobby of tasting all kinds of fine wines.

She coldly glanced at those concubines, all of them were gloating, obviously, their function was to make fun of Mrs. Xue.

"It seems that you have no objection, and you should also know how to taste wine. That will open Aijia's eyes." After the queen mother finished speaking, she ordered people to serve wine.

Soon, the palace servants moved a long table, and placed a neat row of cups on the table.

Meng Fuling saw this posture, needless to say, knew that the queen mother had already prepared.

She is also a little anxious, she is very aware of Xue's drinking capacity, but when it comes to this, if Xue does not comply, the Queen Mother will definitely punish Xue for disobedience.

"The Ai family has prepared twelve kinds of fine wine, Mrs. Xue, you just need to tell them their names and years." The queen mother saw the changes in the expressions of Mrs. Xue and Meng Fuling, and she smiled even more.

"What if I'm wrong?" Meng Fuling asked, she didn't believe that nothing would happen if she said something wrong.

"If you miss more than three cups, it means that your mother and your father are not suitable." The queen mother looked at Meng Fuling with a smile in her eyes.

"Queen Mother, do you think their relationship can be discussed in terms of how many glasses of wine? You are too superficial in your view of Lord Yue Hou. If you really want to talk like this, then in the world, men who love to drink must marry the same man. A woman who can drink as a wife? Otherwise, they deserve to be dismantled?"

Meng Fuling finally got really angry. It was too preposterous for the old woman, the Queen Mother, to force Xue Shi to leave Yue Shaoqing in this way.

The Empress Dowager's face was also stained with resentment. She saw that Meng Fuling was her niece, so she tolerated Meng Fuling, but Meng Fuling didn't take her seriously.

She was so angry that her voice trembled a little, "If you don't, or if you don't dare, just say it, where are there so many rumors?"

Meng Fuling wanted to say something else, but unexpectedly, Mrs. Xue said loudly: "Dare women!"

sky!When Meng Fuling heard Xue's words, the corners of her mouth twitched, her heart felt cold.

She was still thinking about how to push it away, but Xue didn't know which muscle was wrong, and her courage and courage increased greatly, which didn't look like Xue's style at all.

"Good! Courage is commendable!" The Queen Mother looked at Mrs. Xue in surprise for a while before she uttered this false word of appreciation.

All the concubines and palace people looked at Mrs. Xue as if they were idiots.

In fact, Mrs. Xue's brain was also hot, and before she could think about it, the words had already come out, "Fuling, I, I—"

Meng Fuling was already unable to complain, and once again realized the meaning of the sentence that she is not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs.

"Queen Mother, I'll drink it for my mother." She took a deep breath before saying.

The queen mother wanted to say no, but seeing Meng Fuling's resolute face, she changed her mind, Meng Fuling grew up in a rural mountain village, how could she have the opportunity to drink good wine?Besides, knowing how to drink does not mean knowing how to taste wine. After thinking it over, the Queen Mother agreed.

Meng Fuling said to herself, but when she walked towards the long table, Xiao Donggua held her back, "Mother, I'll help you drink."

"Good boy! Don't make trouble, stay by your grandmother's side." Meng Fuling's heart warmed, and she gently patted the little winter melon's head.

"Mother, I'm not making trouble, I can really help you." Xiao Donggua anxiously said while holding Meng Fuling's hand.

How could Meng Fuling let Xiaodonggua drink for her? She broke Xiaodonggua's hand and walked to the long table.

She picked up the first glass of wine, sniffed it with the tip of her nose, and recalled that her modern father liked cooking with wine the most, and she once learned how to taste wine in order to make a series of wine-themed dishes.

Every time he learns something, he asks her to follow along regardless of whether she is willing or not.

Therefore, Meng Fuling also knows a thing or two about wine tasting, but rarely has the opportunity to practice it.

Moreover, except for the time when the restaurant first opened, she personally selected the wine to be purchased by the restaurant, and she hardly drank ancient wine, that's all!Can only fight.

Sighing quietly, Meng Fuling drank the wine in the glass, "20-year-old Lingzhou plum blossom wine."

Fortunately, her restaurant has this kind of wine, but the year is relatively short, but she knows how to judge the year by the taste of the wine.

Before everyone was surprised, she picked up the second cup, sniffed it, took a few sips, and said, "30-year-old Xuanzhou pear blossom brew."

"Is it all right?" The queen mother couldn't believe that Meng Fuling really knew how to taste wine, and asked the palace guards at the long table.

"Mrs. Meng answered all the questions of the Empress Dowager correctly." The palace servant replied respectfully and truthfully.

Now, no one dared to underestimate Meng Fuling, only Xiaodonggua was worried.

He knew how his mother's drinking capacity was, and he could tell that she didn't show any abnormalities on the surface, her eyes were already stained with mist, and she was clearly about to be drunk.

Meng Fuling's drinking capacity is still acceptable, because the wine has a long age and has a strong stamina.

She was afraid that she would get drunk before the wine was finished, so she didn't dare to delay any longer, and took the third glass of wine. "34-year-old Yunzhou Hundred Flowers Wine."

The fourth and fifth cups were all correct by her, but in fact, there was an element of conjecture.

By the sixth glass of wine, her mind began to feel dizzy, her vision was a little blurred, and her body swayed slightly.

She couldn't help hiccupping, and even took several sips, but didn't say what kind of wine it was. She felt a little anxious, but the more anxious, the more she couldn't tell.

Xue was so anxious that she broke out in a cold sweat, the queen mother secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that Meng Fuling was right.

"Fu Ling, it's very rare for you to be able to taste five glasses of wine. If you can't taste the sixth glass of wine—" the Queen Mother raised her lips and smiled, and was about to draw a final conclusion.

Suddenly, an immature child's voice said, "Wait a minute", interrupting the Queen Mother's words.

Everyone's attention was attracted by the little wax gourd, who broke free from Mrs. Xue's arms and ran to the table with short legs.

Next, his actions shocked everyone so much that their jaws almost dropped.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, watching Xiao Donggua hold the edge of the table with two fat and short hands, pressed hard, lifted the whole body up, and climbed up the table with short short legs.

Meng Fuling was too shocked to speak, and she was a little drunk, so she watched Xiaodonggua climb up the table higher than others.

Just when everyone was puzzled how his such a small body could explode with such astonishing strength and climb up the table without stepping on his feet.

Xiao Donggua made another amazing move, he took advantage of Meng Fuling's daze, snatched the wine glass from her hand, and drank it down in one gulp.

"No, spit it out for me quickly." When Meng Fuling came back to her senses, Xiaodonggua had already drank all the wine.

She was in a hurry, the little wax gourd was still so small, how could she drink alcohol?
Xiaodonggua showed a bright and innocent smile at Meng Fuling, and said in a milky voice: "This year's new wine, bamboo leaf green, the wine tastes sweet and slightly bitter, with a mellow aroma, no stimulation, and endless aftertaste. It uses Fenjiu as the base wine... ..."

Meng Fuling was dumbfounded when Xiao Donggua told not only the name of the wine, but also the ingredients and efficacy of the wine.

The son was born by herself, and she knows better than anyone whether he has ever drunk alcohol, but she doesn't know that Xiaodonggua, who has never drunk alcohol, can taste wine.

He was the one who tasted wine, not just telling the year and the name of the wine like she did.

Everyone looked at the little winter melon with the eyes of a monster, but the little winter melon tasted cup after cup, all accurately.

The most important thing is that he didn't feel drunk at all, which is really strange, strange!

"Little Winter Melon, don't drink, you'll get drunk." Seeing that a child as small as Little Winter Melon drank so much wine for her sake, she burst into tears, blaming herself.

Meng Fuling's alcohol was already on the rise, her movements were very slow, and she couldn't stop Xiaodonggua at all.

Because Xiaodonggua is Yue Shaoqing's grandson, the queen mother was also afraid that he would drink badly, so she had to give up.

"Come on—" she just said, before someone could stop Xiaodonggua, a person flew over from the other side of the small bridge, and this person was Qi Xuan.

Qi Xuanfei landed next to Meng Fuling, his handsome face was terrifyingly gloomy, without saying a word, he wrapped his arms around Meng Fuling's waist with one hand, pulled out the collar of Xiaodonggua with the other, and dragged Xiaodonggua off the table.

After doing all this, he suddenly lifted his foot and kicked the table over.

It was the first time that everyone saw the furious Qi Xuan, and everyone was terrified, especially the strong aggressive aura bursting out from his body, which made people dare not breathe.

"You, you are here, Xiaodonggua drank a lot of wine." Meng Fuling's vision was a little blurred, and Qi Xuan's tall figure swayed into two.

Qi Xuan looked down at her flushed delicate face, his heart throbbing fiercely, he raised his head and stared at the Queen Mother coldly.

Although the queen mother was inexplicably guilty by Qi Xuan's stare, she was still angry with his behavior, "General Qi, what do you mean?"

She thought that Qi Xuan didn't pay attention to her because of his high achievements and being favored by the emperor, which made her really angry.

"Queen Mother, what can you do to attack this general? If you attack this general's wife and children, then don't blame this general for his inappropriate actions." Qi Xuan said threateningly.

After he finished speaking, he ignored the Queen Mother and took Meng Fuling and her son to fly away from the Huxin Pavilion with lightness kung fu.

When passing the bridge, Qi Xuan ordered Wuxin to take Xue Shi away.

After getting Qi Xuan's order, Wu Wu didn't care that this was the imperial palace and the queen mother was still in the pavilion, so she went directly to take Xue Shi away.

The Empress Dowager was so angry that she didn't dare to do more to stop her, she really held back her anger.

But the emperor also came here, and was very dissatisfied with the Queen Mother's actions.

******
Qi Xuan brought Meng Fuling's mother and son back to the General's Mansion, handed Xiaodonggua to Feng Lin's care, and placed Meng Fuling in his room.

"Hulu, I'm hot and dizzy." Meng Fuling lay on the bed.

She felt that Qi Xuan was about to walk away, subconsciously put her feet on his waist, wrapped her hands around his neck, and exhaled like a rand.

That's all, she even rubbed against him with her body, which made him react suddenly.

Qi Xuan's deep eyes couldn't help but darken a bit. He knew she was drunk, but he couldn't help but scold her: "Didn't I tell you that if the queen mother wants to make things difficult for you, you should let me know? How can you drink so much wine? "

Facts have proved that there is no reason to talk to a drunkard. Meng Fuling only thought that he was too noisy, so she opened her mouth and bit his lip.

"Hiss!" Qi Xuan was suddenly bitten by Meng Fuling, she smacked so hard that he bit his lip.

Seeing that Qi Xuan was in pain, Meng Fuling giggled, she let go of his neck, and groped his body restlessly with both hands, "Gourd, you are so beautiful, I want to eat you."

"Fu Ling, you are lighting a fire." Any normal man would not be able to stand being so teased by a woman he loves, and Qi Xuan is no exception.

But he thinks the drunk Meng Fuling is very cute, very active and bold, and he likes her very much.

With a smile on his lips, he bullied himself and pressed down. Soon, the two met each other honestly, and the room was full of spring vibes...

******
When Meng Fuling woke up, it was already the second day, and her whole body seemed to be falling apart, with traces of love all over her.

Although she had a headache, all the memories of yesterday came back, and she remembered that she took the initiative to tease Qi Xuan through alcohol, and the battle was extremely fierce.

The image flooded into her mind, making her cheeks turn red unconsciously.

correct!Little Winter Melon drank a lot of wine, so he doesn't know what's going on now.

Thinking of the little wax gourd, Meng Fuling felt a strange feeling in his heart.

She always felt that the little wax gourd was getting weirder and weirder?May I ask which three-year-old child knows how to taste wine?
Maybe some people are born with a good capacity for alcohol, but wine tasting is not just a matter of knowing how to drink alcohol. Wine tasting is a science. If you don't really know how to identify or have experience, it is impossible to tell whether a wine is good or bad.

Regardless, Meng Fuling decided to ask Xiaodonggua, just as she was about to get up, Qi Xuan came in with the toiletries himself.

He looked at her with a smile, his brows and eyes full of tenderness, "I expected you to get up at this time."

Meng Fuling felt warm in her heart, but she didn't feel uncomfortable, "Where is Little Winter Melon? How is he?"

Mentioning the little winter melon, Qi Xuan's eyes flickered, "He's fine, he went to see Butler Lu after breakfast."

Meng Fuling thought for a while, but in the end she still expressed her worries about the little wax gourd.

"I also think the little wax gourd is unusual, but even if you ask him, he might not be able to tell." Qi Xuan said.

Because he had already asked Xiaodonggua, Xiaodonggua would only say that he didn't know, and then he was so naive that he couldn't ask anything at all.

"Gourd, little wax gourd, I'm so worried." As a mother, facing changes in her child without knowing the reason, anyone would feel panic and worry.

Meng Fuling even wondered if Little Winter Melon also came from time travel, just good at disguising?

If so, isn't her real little winter melon already?Therefore, she didn't dare to think about it.

"Don't worry, maybe the little wax gourd was born extraordinary." Qi Xuan comforted Meng Fuling while washing her.

Meng Fuling nodded, but she wanted to observe Xiaodonggua carefully in her heart, so she must know what was going on with him.

Then, Meng Fuling asked about Xue Shi and Yue Shaoqing.

"Master Yue will handle this matter properly." Qi Xuan smiled.

******
Sure enough, as Qi Xuan said, Yue Shaoqing went to the Empress Dowager, but he didn't know how to persuade her, and made her agree to his marriage with Xue Shi.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager also bestowed marriages on them, and even helped Meng Fuling and Qi Xuan to bestow marriages.

Meng Fuling was very surprised, she didn't think the Queen Mother would be so talkative.

Qi Xuan had already expected the same thing, not surprised at all.

On this day, Qi Xuan planned to go to Puhui Temple in person, but Qi Youming sent someone to invite him and Meng Fuling to Ding'an Palace instead.

The strange thing is that Qi Youming posted the invitation card in a serious manner, and it was written by him himself.

"What kind of medicine is this old guy selling in the gourd?" Meng Fuling saw the invitation and threw it on the ground.

If things go wrong, there must be a demon, she doesn't believe that Qi Youming will ask her and Qi Xuan to be kind, maybe there is some conspiracy brewing.

In short, there is no good banquet, and she was trying to persuade Qi Xuan not to go, but Qi Xuan said: "Go, just go!"

Meng Fuling was very puzzled by this, "Qi Youming doesn't know what tricks he wants to play, is he really going?"

Qi Xuan didn't answer and asked instead: "The Fang family's matter should be settled, and it will definitely implicate Ding'an Palace. At that time, Qi Youming will definitely ask me to lend a helping hand. Do you think I will help or not?"

Meng Fuling was taken aback, and after Qi Xuan said that, she thought of this question.

Even if the matter of Prince Ding'an's Mansion does not affect Qi Xuan, Qi Youming is Qi Xuan's biological father after all, and the world only knows that they are at odds, but few people know the details.

If Qi Youming really asks Qi Xuan for help, but he sits idly by, someone will cut his back and scold him for being unfilial and unrighteous.

After all, in ancient times, all kinds of goodness and filial piety were the first priority. No matter how wrong the biological parents were, they would not be able to do anything as children.

And what Qi Xuan meant was to completely break away from Prince Ding'an's Mansion. Before he severed ties with Prince Ding'an's Mansion, it was only in words, so this time?

Thinking of this, Meng Fuling looked at Qi Xuan in shock, and the latter nodded to confirm her thoughts.

"Since you are going to be a 'guest' at Prince Ding'an's Mansion, you can't leave empty-handed." The corners of Qi Xuan's lips raised slightly, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

Meng Fuling felt sorry for Qi Xuan, if Qi Youming hadn't been too unfeeling and ungrateful, he would not have made such a decision.

She suppressed her heartache and smiled, "Then what 'gift' do you want to prepare for him?"

(End of this chapter)