Chu Changsheng held He Jingru's hand.
He said in a soft voice: "My brother is actually a little willful in his bones. He will never want things he doesn't like, and he will never stay with people he doesn't like. Even if it is to deal with courtiers, he will not act recklessly. Find someone to be the queen. My brother, he likes you, Sister He."
He Jingru's eyes widened: "How is it possible..."
"How is it impossible?" Chu Changsheng tilted his head and said, "What man wouldn't like a woman like Sister He?"
He Jingru then smiled bitterly.
A woman like her without a family background, an older woman, a woman with a bunch of younger brothers and sisters, would make any man shy away from her.
Will the emperor like her?
That's ridiculous.
She was about to speak when she suddenly heard a scream not far away.
"It's my brother's voice!"
Chu Changsheng stood up and ran in that direction, followed closely by He Jingru.
The busy reading companions in the west also gathered around when they heard the sound.
There is a big pit here, which should be a trap used by nearby hunters to catch prey. As a result, Chu Hongyu, who was digging wild vegetables, fell into it.
Chu Changsheng asked hurriedly: "Brother, how are you, are you okay?"
Chu Hongyu raised his head and saw many heads looking at him worriedly above the pit, including He Jingru.
He raised his hand to support his forehead: "It's embarrassing, it's so embarrassing."
Even if you dig up a wild vegetable, it will fall into a pit. There is no emperor more unlucky than him in the world, right?
"Your Majesty, let me save you!"
Lin Dongdong jumped in without saying a word, and then let Chu Hongyu ride on his head. The several companions above pulled Chu Hongyu up with all their hands and feet.
I saw that the emperor, who was dressed in splendor just now, was now dirty, covered in mud from head to toe, and his hair was messed up.
Chu Hongyu felt that she was too embarrassed to see anyone.
"Your Majesty, it's okay." Chen San hurriedly comforted, "A group of us have done more embarrassing things before, so don't take it to heart."
Lin Dongdong followed: "Once when I was a child, the emperor sneaked out of the palace to go to my house. During the firecrackers, he burned a hole in his pants. In the end, he returned to the palace naked. It was not shameful..."
"Lin Dongdong!!!"
Chu Hongyu couldn't hold himself any longer and stared at Lin Dongdong fiercely.
"It's okay, Your Majesty, we are all our own people." Chen San said, "My cousin is not a talkative person, right cousin."
Chu Hongyu: "..."
It’s really a matter of which pot should not be opened.
He Jingru suppressed a smile, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Chen San: "Please wipe the dirt from the emperor's face."
Chen San took the white handkerchief and was about to make a move when Chu Hongyu snatched the handkerchief away and said coldly: "You guys, come here with me."
The eight companions followed the emperor to the woods on the edge.
After a while, He Jingru saw that the emperor changed his clothes. The top was Chen San's and the pants were Lin Dongdong's... This outfit made her seem to see Yu Hong for a moment.
If she regarded the emperor as Yu Hong, she would be less cautious. A child about the same age as her cousin had nothing to fear.
A group of people returned to the river and began to roast sika deer, two small rabbits, and three fish.
Chu Hongyu picked the largest and fattest fish and planned to grill it for He Jingru to eat. He had to let her know what he meant.
He still has nine years left.
However, she was getting older and couldn't wait any longer.
"Your Majesty, let me help you grill the fish." Lin Dongdong came over and said.
Chu Hongyu waved her hand: "No, I will do it myself."
However, as an emperor, he has basically never done such a thing personally, and the fish was burnt.
When he was anxious, he tried to pull off the burnt piece of meat with his hands. As a result, his fingers were burned and he took a breath of cold air.
Chu Changsheng turned his head: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
Chu Hongyu blocked the burned finger and said calmly: "It's okay, bring me some seasoning."
Before Chu Changsheng could take action, Chen San handed the condiments on the side to Chu Hongyu's hand.
Immediately afterwards, Chen San continued to be attentive to Chu Changsheng: "Which piece of meat from the sika deer the princess likes to eat, I will roast it for the princess."
Chu Changsheng's head hurt.
After I met Chen San when I was a child, this guy always came close to her. I didn't understand why when I was a child. Will I still understand when I grow up?
She really had no idea about Chen San and wanted to run away when she saw him approaching.
But she couldn't leave He Jingru alone among the men, so she had to be patient and talk to Chen San: "No need, Lin Dongdong's roast is very good."
"Thank you for the compliment, Princess Eldest!" Lin Dongdong shook his head proudly, "Wait a minute, I'll show you my skills for Princess Eldest!"
Chen San glared at Lin Dongdong angrily, thinking to himself, Her Highness the Princess wouldn't like this idiot Lin Dongdong, would she?
At this moment, He Jingru on the side noticed Chu Hongyu's raised index finger, and a big blister was on the fingertip.
She frowned, picked up a kettle and walked over: "Your Majesty, stretch out your hand."
Chu Hongyu was usually a shrewd person, but seeing He Jingru at such a close distance, he couldn't react at all, and he stretched out his hand blankly.
"It's not this hand, it's that one." He Jingru sighed, and then poured the cold water from the kettle on the blister, "The emperor is injured, so don't get close to the fire. Let me grill this fish. I promise It must be baked."
The cold water was poured on the blisters, which made Chu Hongyu feel much better. When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but say, "Miss He knows a lot."
He was a little excited.
She could notice that he was injured, which meant that she was also paying attention to him.
Perhaps, this matter was not as difficult as he imagined.
"My younger brother was often injured when he was young, so he knows a little bit about it." He Jingru replied, "The emperor is about the same age as my eldest brother."
Chu Hongyu's heart suddenly went cold.
As expected, she only regards him as her younger brother...
He Jingru picked up the burnt fish, peeled off the burnt skin, then sprinkled it with seasonings and grilled it carefully.
A group of people were busy in various ways. When the sun set, the roast was finally finished. Everyone sat on the ground, pouring wine one by one and getting ready to eat.
In front of Chu Hongyu was the fish that He Jingru had grilled.
Originally, he was going to bake it for He Jingru.
Unexpectedly, He Jingru baked it for him in the end.
Hey, he really became a younger brother under her care.
He was about to start eating grilled fish when suddenly, a hand stretched out from his side.
"Brother and sister, you two actually eat meat and drink wine behind my back. That's too much!"
I saw that the twelve-year-old King Yan suddenly appeared out of nowhere, took away the fruit wine in front of Chu Changsheng, took away Chu Hongyu's grilled fish, and ate the fish belly with his mouth open.
I couldn't help but comment: "The grilled fish tastes really good, much better than the steamed fish in the imperial dining room."
"Chu Hongjue!!" Chu Hongyu was fuming with anger, "Give me back the grilled fish!!"
