Soft and crispy waist

Chapter 140 Does she really love me?

Zhou Lin was brought back into the house, the yard was locked and sealed, and Zhao Liu was taken back to her residence by Nanny Chen for treatment. Everything was settled.

Gu Yizi came back temporarily and had to leave the house, so Xia Zheng accompanied him all the way to the hanging flower gate connected to the front yard and stopped to bow.

"I respectfully send you off, Your Highness."

She was a concubine and could not leave the backyard without Tao Yurong or for special reasons.

Gu Yizi also paused, looking at her obedient appearance with lowered eyebrows, and asked with a smile: "You are so heartless that you don't even want to see me out the door after using me?"

"This is what the prince promised me, and today is not the seventeenth day." Xia Zheng defended herself in a low voice, but she was secretly glad in her heart.

She originally thought that the matter would be exposed in three to five days at most, but she didn't expect it to be delayed until today.

Fortunately, it happened today. If it was tomorrow, she would not be able to go look for Gu Yizi. Without this trump card, it would be basically impossible to suppress Zhou Lin. After all, Tao Yurong would not help her.

Fortunately, I was lucky, it happened just right.

"You're sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, but I didn't know that I was good at this kind of thing, Su Rong." Gu Yizi's smile faded, and his expression darkened as he looked at Xia Zheng.

Feeling the change in the gaze above her head, Xia Zheng's neck felt cold and stiff. She didn't dare to move at all, let alone look at Gu Yizi's expression.

Even her life or death may depend on this moment.

Although Gu Yizi cooperated with her in what she did today, he just didn't expose her in person.

Gu Yi could see through her methods at a glance, and naturally knew what she was hiding from him.

How could she not arouse suspicion when a little maidservant was well versed in the methods of managing the inner house and even knew the secret methods that only the mistress knew better than Zhou Lin?

What's more, Gu Yizi has already checked her inside and out, and this ability that appeared out of nowhere is beyond his control.

"My mother fled from famine in other places to Kyoto over a decade ago, and later sold herself to the Marquis's mansion. While fleeing, she met a lady who gave her a cookbook. Since she couldn't read, she gave it to me as a picture book. After I learned to read, I found not only various recipes but also tips on managing a household and governing the country. I didn't understand it at first, but after entering the mansion, I began to understand a little bit and tried to make it. I never thought it would be so useful."

"Recipe? Was the one I gave to Qin Yang before also from that cookbook?" Gu Yizi had long felt that Xia Zheng's cooking skills were different. No one in the entire Great Zhou, or even in other countries, had ever seen her make instant noodles or cook in a pot. Madam Tian didn't know how to make it either, only she did.

"Yes, the latter part is a bit too profound, and I can't understand it yet." Xia Zheng took out the cookbook she always carried with her from her sleeve pocket.

She wasn't sure whether she would need Gu Yizi that day, but she knew that once she did, there was no way around it, so she had to be prepared and try to dispel Gu Yizi's suspicions as soon as possible.

Gu Yizi took the cookbook and looked through it. It was indeed as Xia Zheng said. There were many strange recipes written on the yellowed pages, but the handwriting was so amazing that it was even uglier than Xia Zheng's original writing and didn't look like human handwriting.

As time went on, the handwriting became more and more neat, and what was recorded was no longer a recipe, but the way of managing a household. However, it did not seem to be written by the writer herself. The preface and postscript were very messy, as if she had just written down a few words from others. Over time, she had written more than ten pages, and they were indeed all about the mistress's way of managing the household.

Later on, Gu Yizi's eyes narrowed as he watched.

This is the way to govern a country, and it is not a small country.

It is a lengthy twenty or thirty pages long document, which includes reforms, new policies, and even hidden between the lines are crackdowns on the powerful, taxation of people's livelihood, and a map.

The map looks like a ball, not very big, but if it is enlarged, it can be seen that it is comparable to the entire world.

Different blocks are marked with different names, but none of them match the current ones.

This recipe looks yellowed, and it's only about twenty years old at most. Even with the changing times, it's impossible for all countries to be destroyed and replaced by new ones. So where is this map from?

I continued to scroll down in doubt, but there was nothing there.

No, to be precise, there was a line of small words left.

This time it was a real scribble, not quite a picture, like a bunch of characters connected by one stroke. He had never seen such writing before.

Could it be some kind of spell?

"This is a rare opportunity, keep it well." Gu Yizi closed the cookbook and handed it back to Xia Zheng.

Seeing the recipe handed back to her, Xia Zheng was stunned for a moment.

She didn't expect Gu Yizi to return the recipe to her. After all, she didn't understand the things on it in the past, but now she knows that the things behind it are not that simple.

She couldn't quite understand it, but Gu Yizi was sure she could.

So she was prepared today for Gu Yizi to take the recipe away. Anyway, she had memorized the general idea of ​​it.

But I didn't expect Gu Yizi to come back like this.

When she raised her head and met his star-like eyes, Xia Zheng suddenly realized that she had been judging him by her own standards.

Gu Yizi came from a noble family. He had been reading books of sages since he was young and learning how to manage a family and govern a country. Even if this recipe was extraordinary, he would not take it away from her.

In his eyes, she and these things were nothing to be afraid of.

"Yes." After taking back the recipe, Xia Zheng lowered her head again.

Seeing her like this, Gu Yizi's eyes became fierce.

Just like that? You won't even let him stay for a moment?

Sometimes Gu Yizi didn't quite understand her. When she was passionate, her heart and eyes were full of him, as if she couldn't live without him, and everything depended on him; but when she was calm, she could inexplicably feel her alienation and even fear.

Just like before, he didn't ask a single question, but she felt like she was facing a great enemy. Even though she was trying to suppress her emotions, her body trembled slightly. She anxiously handed over the recipe, fearing that he would get angry.

They are clearly one person, yet they are inexplicably separated.

Does she really love me?

Gu Yizi wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to start.

Unable to help feeling depressed, he said unhappily: "I'm leaving, you should go back too."

After saying that, Gu Yizi turned around and strode away.

Hearing the displeasure in his tone, Xia Zheng immediately raised her head and looked at his quickly leaving back in confusion.

Angry?

Why?

Because she took back the recipe?

Didn’t he ask him to keep it well?

Xia Zheng felt that Gu Yizi was becoming more and more moody, but she couldn't chase him to ask.

Anyway, the matter has passed, so she doesn't think about things that are difficult to change. After all, there are still many things to deal with, and she can't waste such a good opportunity today.

But before she turned around and took a few steps, she saw Lin Rongrong standing timidly in the corridor. She shuddered with fear when she saw her looking at her and wanted to run, but seemed to have thought of something and finally only moved half a step.

Along the way, Xia Zheng felt that someone was following her, but Gu Yizi didn't say anything. She thought that the person was not a threat, so she didn't pay attention.

I never thought it was her.

"My concubine greets Concubine Lin." Xia Zheng walked up to the corridor and saluted Lin Rongrong.