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Helian Wei Wei looked at him and shook her head, smiling. "Nothing." He was still young, there was no point in asking him that. She would talk about it after she brought him back, as there was nothing more important than waking him up!
1 Only Love Jue has a similar pronunciation as Wei love Jue in Chinese.
Chapter 601 - The Little Highness’s Strategy
"If there's nothing else, quickly get up here after catching the fish. The water is so cold, aren't you affected?" The little boy glanced at her like she was an idiot. After finishing his sentence, the little boy took the food and left.
Helian Wei Wei followed him, feeling very disgruntled. Who exactly was she so cold for? She just wanted to let him eat something delicious. But instead, he had learned how to flirt around even though he was still a kid!
The more Helian Wei Wei thought about it, the rougher she cut the firewood, sulking throughout the process.
The little boy looked at her from the side. He did not understand what she was angry about.
The good thing about Helian Wei Wei was that her sulkiness disappeared fast. After being busy for a while, a smile returned to her face. She flipped over the fish and brushed it with oil. Then she found some fruits, crushed them and spread them on the fish. Immediately, an aroma wafted out.
It was not a big deal that someone could send food here.
She could cook!
As the saying goes, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
She could be considered a person with love experience. Since she could handle the a.d.u.l.t version of Baili Jia Jue, she could handle this smaller version of him as well!
Thinking about this, Helian Wei Wei smiled even more brilliantly, and even started to hum. When the fish was grilled just right, a fragrance permeated the air around them.
The little boy stood aside, adding a piece of firewood to the bonfire whenever she asked him to do so.
Helian Wei Wei found him very cute like this, especially since this child was so cold and elegant. He looked very sweet under the illumination of the fiery bonfire.
Helian Wei Wei could not endure it any more, and moved forward to kiss his forehead.
After she kissed him, she smiled at Baili Jia Jue.
Helian Wei Wei felt like a rich playboy who had just flirted with a girl. Delighted, she continued to grill the meat. She cut off a piece of meat and handed it to him. "Try it and tell me, how does it taste?"
The little boy glanced at her and said lightly, "Going to kiss me again when I'm eating?"
Helian Wei Wei's thoughts were exposed. Her fingers stopped and she asked with a smile, "Am I that kind of person?"
"Don't just randomly kiss people next time." The little boy educated her leisurely and bent down to eat a mouthful of grilled fish. The fish was very tender, and it left a lingering fragrance in his mouth. Thus, he could not help but eat another mouthful of fish.
Seeing that he enjoyed the food, Helian Wei Wei took the opportunity to brainwash him. "Next time when you choose a consort, you must find someone who can cook, especially someone who is good at grilling fish."
The little boy raised his eyebrow. "Just like you?"
"Kiddo, you're on the right track!" Helian Wei Wei said with a grin. "Yes, someone like me, who is an all-rounder. I can also help you fend off romance attempts from other people. You don't know yet, but you will have a lot of admirers when you grow up. Without me, you definitely can't escape them."
After listening to her speech, the little boy took another bite of the grilled fish and said slowly, "Isn't it good being loved by so many people? Why should I stop them?"
...What he said makes sense! Helian Wei Wei was rendered speechless.
"Kiddo, you come here. Let us discuss the virtue of loyalty and the benefits of monogamy!" Helian Wei Wei thought that she should educate the little boy from an early age. "Don't be like your father, the Emperor. Having so many concubines is not good because it increases the risk of having kidney deficiency. Do you know what kidney deficiency is?"
The little boy folded both arms across his c.h.e.s.t, and looked her up and down. "So the only person that has a crush on you in the future... is me?"
Helian Wei Wei felt a little guilty, and gave a half smile. "Of course."
"Liar." The little boy turned his face away and continued eating the grilled fish. Did this stupid woman think that he was as stupid as her? Being this good-looking, how could no one fall in love with her?
Helian Wei Wei had always known that His Highness was smart, but she did not expect him to be this smart. She probably did not give herself away. How did he know that she was lying?
However, Helian Wei Wei, who was an avid reader, knew that at this situation, the right thing to do was to confess.
Because that was what the dominant presidents in the books would do!
She must put it into practice!
Thus, Helian Wei Wei scooched closer to the little boy, and lowered her voice in an attempt to make her appear more affectionate. "If they love me, that is their business. You have always been the only one who has my heart."
Hearing this, the little boy paused.
Helian Wei Wei thought, He's touched, isn't he!
Hmph, she would not believe that she could not win the heart of an eight year old!
Unexpectedly, the little boy looked at her and sneered. "They? Seems like there is more than one. Woman, you are such a flirt. How did I fall for you?"
Helian Wei Wei's reaction: … (speechless)
No, something did not feel right. She was supposed to be educating His Highness. How did it become like this, where His Highness is educating her instead?
This made Helian Wei Wei depressed. Who said that young people were easy to fool? The one in front of her was really hard to deal with.
"However, I can promise to consider you when choosing a consort." The little boy spoke again, casually and indifferently. "But on one condition."
Helian Wei Wei originally thought that she had failed, but upon hearing his promise, her eyes lit up. "What condition?"
"You cannot let other men fall for you," the little boy coldly said. "Since you are good at fending off romance attempts, so you should fend off yours too."
Hearing that, Helian Wei Wei smiled readily. "No problem." So I should just deter other people from falling for me? This would be too easy. When the time came, she would make sure to put on a threatening facade, so that no one would dare to fall in love with her.
"You must be absolutely loyal to me." The little boy stood up, looking down upon Helian Wei Wei, who was squatting in front of him, with a faint trace of gold in his eyes.
Helian Wei Wei nodded. "Okay." Loyalty is a must between lovers.
"Very good." The contract was established, and the little boy smiled. Finally, she was in his hands.
Helian Wei Wei also thought that it was good, but she did not notice at all that she had just sold herself off. She lowered her head and happily dug into the grilled fish in her hands.
The little boy glanced at her again. "Don't eat too much fish."
"Why?" Helian Wei Wei thought in her heart, If he dared to say I'm fat, I would definitely drag him over and beat him up!
The little boy moved his fingers and threw all the things he had just picked up at her. "There are still these."
"I don't want to eat these." Helian Wei Wei had a backbone. Although the cake looked good, but as a mercenary tycoon with a backbone, she absolutely would not eat a love rival's food!
Chapter 602 - His Highness's Thoughts
The little boy's thick eyebrows furrowed as his voice turned cold, "You don't want to eat? If you're not eating it then why did you keep staring at these things just now? If I had known it earlier, I wouldn't have accepted them."
Does he mean that... he took those cakes because of me?
Instantly, Helian Wei Wei laughed and snatched the cakes back, "On my second thought, I think I should finish them since it's a shame to waste f
ood."
"It's up to you." The little boy sat beside the bonfire and did not bother to throw her another glance.
Helian Wei Wei lowered her head and ate a piece. For the ones that tasted good, she would pick them out for him.
The deserted palace finally gained some warmth because of the presence of an extra person, which made this winter less cold than usual.
As the little boy woke up the next day, he found someone in his bed. She was different from him. as her whole body was warm. She even gave him the quilt, as if she was afraid that he might freeze at night.
There was a small casserole pot on the wooden table, and it was still steaming hot. Everything looked so delectable.
For a moment, the little boy felt that everything was so surreal.
He had never experienced warmth, apart from the summer where the palace was uncomfortably hot.
Most of the time it was cold here, including the food as well.
However, once the Retired Emperor was gone, there was nothing left but mere cynicism.
Even when his hands were warmly clasped by someone just like now, he was not quite used to it too.
In fact, it would be more appropriate to say that he had yet to see through this woman in front of him.
What on earth was she approaching him for?
She even made up a story saying that the two of them would be together in the future…and blah, blah, blah.
The little boy moved his fingers and pressed the fringe on his forehead. His eyes slightly darkened.
The whole imperial palace knew that although he was a prince, but his presence was somehow insignificant.
This was why he could not understand her motives…
Helian Wei Wei noticed that he kept lying on the bed instead of getting up immediately after he woke up. Upon seeing his elegant lying posture and cute drowsy look, she went closer and kissed him.
Baili Jia Jue could not help but to press against his aching forehead once again.
"Come on, it's time to get up." Helian Wei Wei did not have any experience in taking care of children, but she had experienced her own childhood. Just by looking at His Highness's appearance, he must be going through a growth spurt now. A balanced diet was all he needed, "I've made a pot of fish soup with yesterday's leftover fish head. Your favorite dried mushrooms are in it as well. You woke up just in time, come and drink it while it's still warm."
Baili Jia Jue paused, "I like to eat dried mushrooms?"
"You've always been confused about what you like to eat. But never mind, you will soon find out once you eat it." Helian Wei Wei stood up as she spoke.
Glancing at the food on the wooden table, which included onion cakes and so on, the little boy asked lightly, "Where did you get all these?"
"The imperial kitchen." Helian Wei Wei grinned, "No one noticed me, don't worry! I'm very good at this." The imperial kitchen staff would check for poison, but they would not check the food inside the big pot. Nobody would even notice if she took some food from here and there. Her mercenary background made it quite possible for her to avoid the guards without much difficulties.
The little boy did not continue asking. He already knew it from that kick of hers yesterday. It was not just any simple kick.
It was rather rare to see someone who could fight that skillfully.
Even the imperial guards in the imperial palace could not do such a fast and accurate side kick.
"Try this. Does the soup taste fishy?" Helian Wei Wei ladled out a bowl of soup and handed it to him. His Highness liked to eat fish, but with a limited tolerance toward the fishy smell. Therefore, she added a lot of ingredients into the soup to eliminate the strong smell. Honey was to make the fish more tender where the ginger and white wine permeated it thoroughly. Some dried mushrooms were also added to enhance the taste, along with the casserole pot's special thermal insulating effect coupled with odor removal. Thus, he should be able to drink this fish soup.
Baii Jia Jue took the bowl and tasted it. A sudden change swept across his nonchalant face, a faint smile appearing on it. "Woman, looks like you're not entirely worthless at all."
Helian Wei Wei knew that he liked the soup. The way His Highness expressed his fondness was always different from others, so she was not going to argue with him.
Sitting on the wooden chair, Helian Wei Wei also served herself a bowl of fish soup. The soup was a little hot, but the hotter the soup, the better the taste.
The soup was boiled long enough until the fish bones had already dissolved. And with the combination of those tender dried mushrooms, both the texture and taste were just too good to be true!
Although the little boy did not say a word, but he drank three bowls in a row. With his little face turning rosy, his eyelashes appeared to be longer.
Helian Wei Wei held her chin while looking at him. "It's delicious, isn't? As long as you promise to go back with me, I'll make it for you every day."
The little boy raised his eyes and wiped the corner of his lips with the handkerchief beside him, "You can still make it for me if you stay here."
Helian Wei Wei, "…". Words shouldn't be said like this, okay?
"You cannot simply take things from the imperial kitchen. This casserole pot had been used once, so don't keep it anymore."
The two silhouettes were petite, and one of them was a girl in her palace maid outfit around the age of 10. Whereas the other one was in his guard outfit, and his knees were still bleeding.
Seeing the duo walking in, Helian Wei Wei raised her long and slender eyebrows.
The guard boy knelt on one knee and addressed Baili Jia Jue, "Your Highness."
"Your leg is still injured, get up."
For some reason, Helian Wei Wei felt that Baili Jia Jue's eyes darkened upon saying this, as if he had something hidden in his heart.
The palace maid also came over and said in a soft voice, "Your Highness, this is not Shadow's fault. Her Majesty the Empress had no choice but to give him a mild beating and punish me to recite the buddhist scriptures for a night. After all, the Eldest Prince had no mercy on this and we owed him an explanation. Don't you worry over this matter, Your Highness. We're fine."
"I understand." Baili Jia Jue's voice was very faint. All his emotions were concealed under his half-lowered eyes.
However, this was when Helian Wei Wei raised her head abruptly and glanced at the two kids. It turned out that the guard was Shadow.
If so, then isn't this palace maid…Biluo?
"Who is this lady?" Yun Biluo had also noticed the extra person in the palace. She tilted her head and cast her eyes on Helian Wei Wei, who was beside her.
Chapter 603 - Wei Wei's Wife Courting Tips
Helian Wei Wei looked at Yun Biluo's defensive eyes and smiled abruptly. Her eyebrows were exquisite and her voice was moderate, filling with viciousness. "Me? I am the future Princess Consort."
Puff!
Upon listening to this statement, Shadow who was drinking water directly spat out a mouthful of water. His first reaction was to catch a glimpse of his master's face!
What a pity! The others could not see any emotions on Baili Jia Jue's face as he always showed apathy.
However, Yun Biluo was dumbfounded and it took her a long time to regain her composure. "What are you talking about? Princess Consort?"
"Yes." Helian Wei Wei smiled as she reached out her hand to c.a.r.e.s.s Baili Jia Jue's head. Her action was very natural. "We have decided this long ago, but His Highness hasn't made up his mind of how to inform everyone about it. Since Shadow and you are people by his side, it's better to tell both of you ahead of time. Now that both of you are aware of it, then you should be mentally prepared for it. Withdraw thoughts that are not supposed to have to save His Highness the trouble. Am I right, Your Highness?"
Bali Jia Jue turned over his shoulder and fixed his gaze at her with a pair of bottomless eyes.
Helian Wei Wei was a little bit guilty at the sight of him. She bent down and whispered,
"Cooperate with me and I'll make ribs for you tonight."
Shadow, who was still young, did not know what they were saying, but His Highness never let anyone get close to him, unexpectedly... His Highness actually tolerated others touching his head!
Even the Retired Emperor does not dare to touch it!
How could this woman be so daring!
Isn't she afraid that His Highness will kill her!
Little Shadow was utterly baffled. His heart was pounding fast as he was fearful that Helian Wei Wei would be threatened to die at one point.
Yun Biluo's expression was also a bit unpredictable as her eyes fell on Helian Wei Wei's hands, thinking about His Highness' next move.
To their surprise, Baili Jia Jue was not exasperated but instead, he just pulled the woman's hand down. He then looked at Yun Biluo and Shadow as he said faintly, "Dismiss yourself first."
Upon seeing this, Yun Biluo clenched her fists under the long sleeves but did not reveal any sense of expression. Instead, she put on a sweet smile on her face. "Yes."
Shadow reacted to the situation and responded respectfully, "Yes, Your Highness."
The two little ones then disappeared in front of the door one after another.
When nobody was around, the little boy turned back and looked toward Helian Wei Wei's hand. "When did I say that I'm going to marry you?"
"You will marry me one day." Helian Wei Wei smiled and rubbed his head again. "Why do you care about these details?"
The little boy took a deep breath. "I will chop off your claws if you touch my head again!"
Helian Wei Wei felt that His Highness was too cute when she looked at his sneer. She felt the urge to take him home. She could not help but touch his head again!
The little boy did not respond.
Helian Wei Wei who was addicted, rubbed hard on his head, and sincerely said, "Why are you so obedient when you are a kid? It's hard to imagine."
"I also can't imagine you having any reason worthy of my liking." The little boy held her hand down and squinted his eyes. "Touch again. Believe it or not, I will not choose you next time."