NFBE Chapter 102: Serving People with Beauty
Chapter 102: Serving People with Beauty
Seeing his second brother leave, Jia Rong snorted coldly and angrily got up to go back to his tent.
Before leaving, she didn't forget to instruct her servants: "Bring in one of the roasted lamb legs for me! Send another one to my second brother, and the remaining two, once roasted, to Father and Mother!"
Eat! Eat!
If she can't eat well, then she shouldn't eat anything!
Called over for the banquet, Li Mingyu, who had only taken a few bites after sitting down, and Shen Yunxiang, who had followed eagerly, were both bewildered: "??"
Seeing that Jia Rong didn't even glance at him, he went straight back to his tent.
Looking at the few remaining pieces of roasted mutton on his plate, Li Mingyu suddenly felt like he was chewing wax.
What is this all about?
Jia Rong called him over, but he ignored him completely and left!
Is Jia Rong angry with him?
Why was he angry that he brought Yunxiang here?
Ke Jiarong is usually very generous; he wouldn't do that!
Frustrated, Li Mingyu put down her chopsticks, stood up, patted her wrinkled clothes, and left dejectedly.
The forgotten Shen Yunxiang was also dumbfounded. She hurriedly got up and followed Li Mingyu's steps: "Brother Mingyu! Wait for me!"
Li Mingyu was slightly taken aback, only then realizing that he had almost forgotten about Shen Yunxiang.
He stopped, his eyes filled with apology: "Sorry, I got distracted."
Shen Yunxiang lifted her skirt and ran forward in a few steps, shaking her head understandingly and smiling sweetly: "Brother Mingyu is always busy, I know!"
Li Mingyu's heart skipped a beat, and her gaze softened considerably.
Yunxiang is still the gentle and quiet girl, unlike Jiarong, who is always a crazy girl, sharp-tongued and aggressive, not at all like a lady from a respectable family!
Li Mingyu suppressed the gloom in his heart and gently curved his lips: "Let's go, I'll take you for a walk around the camp."
Seeing Zhao Yunzheng leave without a second glance, Su He, sitting in the main seat, was so angry that she trembled.
Damn!
That vixen Xu Jiaojiao deserves to die!
Yunzheng used to treat her very well!
There would never be a time when she would be left alone!
Su He clenched the handkerchief in her hand and glared angrily at the tent Xu Jiaojiao went into.
It's just using your looks to please people!
Who wouldn’t!
She refused to believe that even if she personally intervened, Brother Yunzheng would still not forget that woman!
Thinking of this, Su He also got up and left quickly.
What should have been a pleasant gathering of roasted mutton has now turned into a gathering of two unwelcome "outsiders."
The princess and Zhao Minghuai looked at each other in bewilderment.
Zhao Minghuai had no feelings for the princess.
He couldn't even be bothered to glance at such a dull and uninteresting woman.
"Tsk, boring..." he muttered to himself, then exhaled a breath of stale air, got up, stretched, and strolled away leisurely.
Everyone had left, but the princess remained seated.
Her deep gaze remained fixed on the leaping campfire before her, unmoving.
Granny Wang, worried, called out softly, "Your Highness? Your Highness?"
The princess's eyelashes fluttered, and she looked away: "It's getting late, let's go back to our tents."
……
Inside Jia Rong's account.
Xu Jiaojiao had barely sat down, not even had her bottom warmed up, when Jia Rong stormed in, fuming.
Xu Jiaojiao was slightly taken aback: "Why has Your Highness come in as well?"
Jia Rong kicked the stool with her toe, wrinkled her nose, and snorted, "I'm too angry to eat!"
The small stool was kicked over and rolled around on the white wool carpet without making a sound. The only sounds in the tent were Jia Rong's annoyed complaints and the crackling of the candles.
"If you ask me, we should have had someone beat Lao Wu really badly last time! Beat him so badly he couldn't even get up!"
"And that Su He! She has such a mean-looking face with a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks, and her way of speaking is really unpleasant! I really don't know how someone like her has the nerve to come out and cause trouble!"
Xu Jiaojiao's lips twitched: "..."
It's clear that Jia Rong is extremely angry.
Xu Jiaojiao felt both helpless and amused, and quickly handed Jia Rong a bowl of ice-cold tea to soothe him: "He deserves to be scolded! If it weren't for them, we would still be outside enjoying a lively meal of roasted mutton!"
Seeing Xu Jiaojiao speak to him, Jia Rong's anger instantly subsided by more than half.
She let out a soft moan, then hugged Xu Jiaojiao tightly, burying her face in the crook of her neck and gently nuzzling it with her soft hair: "Waaah, I knew Jiaojiao understood me best~"
Her neck tickled, and Xu Jiaojiao couldn't help but laugh out loud. She tilted her head and affectionately ruffled Jia Rong's hair: "Of course, I not only understand Your Highness's heart, but also Your Highness's stomach~"
Jia Rong looked up, took the tea from Xu Jiaojiao's hand, and smiled with her eyes crinkling: "Hehehe, Sister Jiaojiao is the best in the world!"
Outside the tent, hearing the sweet laughter coming from inside, Zhao Yunzheng's sharp features softened instantly.
Jia Rong really likes Xu Jiaojiao.
Aside from him and his mother, he had never seen Jia Rong be so close to anyone, nor had he ever seen Jia Rong smile so happily in front of others.
He thought to himself, almost as if he were deceiving himself: Jia Rong is rarely this happy, so for Jia Rong's sake, he'll give Xu Jiaojiao another chance...
Thinking of this, he lifted the curtain and entered the tent: "Why are you laughing so happily, saying what?"
The two people who were laughing and talking inside the tent were both taken aback.
Unlike Jia Rong, whose eyes lit up when she saw Zhao Yunzheng, Xu Jiaojiao's eyes quickly dimmed. She silently retreated to the side, lowered her head, and kept her eyes downcast.
Zhao Yunzheng saw her expression and felt a lump in his throat, a heavy and uncomfortable feeling.
Jia Rong's gaze swept over the two of them, carefully choosing his words: "What else can I say? I'm just saying bad things about Lao Wu."
As she spoke, she turned to the other maids in the room: "Xiao Jiao will serve in the tent. Everyone else, leave! No one may enter unless summoned!"
The maids all quickly withdrew.
The tent fell silent, and the atmosphere grew increasingly heavy.
Jia Rong's big eyes darted around: "Xiao Jiao, the wine bottle was broken just now, go and get another one."
Xu Jiaojiao responded and took another wine pot to fetch more wine.
After she turned around, Jia Rong grabbed Zhao Yunzheng's sleeve and frantically winked and made suggestive gestures.
Zhao Yunzheng, who was initially feeling a bit annoyed, couldn't help but laugh without saying a word.
He rolled his eyes at Jia Rong in an annoyed manner.
While the brother and sister were exchanging glances, Xu Jiaojiao had already fetched the wine.
"Cough cough!"
Jia Rong caught a glimpse of Xu Jiaojiao approaching and immediately coughed twice to remind Zhao Yunzheng.
She casually looked at Xu Jiaojiao and said, "Um, Second Brother, please take a seat. Xiao Jiao, pour wine for Prince Chen!"
Xu Jiaojiao and Zhao Yunzheng both smirked.
Jia Rong, you're such a fake!
I simply couldn’t see it!
If the three people in this account hadn't been pretending to be ignorant, Jia Rong's flawed acting skills would have been exposed eight hundred times over.
Although Xu Jiaojiao was somewhat unwilling to face Zhao Yunzheng at this moment, she still gritted her teeth and stepped forward.
As long as Zhao Yunzheng doesn't break the ice first, she'll play along with him to the end.
It will be in the next day or two at most.
Once she finds a suitable opportunity to leave, she and Prince Chen will go their separate ways!