Chapter 68.5 – Ji Liu Xia’s Engagement (5)
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When they came to pick the dishes, Xia Yuan and them also brought out some raw food and placed it by those
stoves.
“Xiao Li, what’s this? Inviting us to eat raw meat?” Ji Liu Feng looked to the thinly sliced meat and curiously asked.
“If I give you raw to eat, will you really eat?” Du Xiao Li asked.
“That’s nothing. In the past, when out with the army at war, I’ve even eaten tree roots before!” Ji Liu Feng said.
Du Xiao Li recalled Feng Ming’s situation a few years ago. At that time, they definitely must have suffered a lot of
hardships.
“You can eat, but princess and them can’t.” Du Xiao Li had the skewered meat placed onto the already heated
charcoal grill and said, “Tonight, aside from eating a buffet, we’re going to be eating barbecue.”
(T/N: So I previously mistranslated grill to oven, I realized after the fact but it’s fixed now, tho the word only
appears like twice, an to my defense, oven and grill is the same word in chinese. Also barbecue in chinese literally
means ‘roast meat’.)
“This is the barbecue you mentioned?” Ji Liu Xia squeezed over and asked, after seeing Du Xiao Li messing with
the rack.
“Yes.” Du Xiao Li turned the skewer from time to time, “The taste of grill meat is different from stir-fry, you’ll be
able to eat it in a bit.”
Very soon, the first batch of grill meat were done. Everyone impatiently began tasting, and soon, the first place of
grill meat was announced to have ran out.
However, fortunately, while Du Xiao Li was cooking them, Xia Yuan and Ying Ge also used the other two grills to
cook. The two of them, in regards to cooking, very much received Du Xiao Li’s personal teachings. Although they
“I think it’s probably because the banquet this time is also a celebratory banquet for the army, and you are Ding
Wang’s fiancee. That’s why, he would mention by name for us to go.” Du Xiu Heng guessed.
“Probably.”
When she returned to Jade Bamboo Courtyard, Xia Yuan and them had already returned. Learning that Fu Ya Lan
and them all safely arrived home, Du Xiao Li thus went to take a bath, preparing to retire for the night, but when she
returned to her own room after her bath, she detected a second person’s breathing again.
“Big brother Yi, why didn’t you go back?” Du Xiao Li came to the balcony. On the rocking chair placed there
currently sat Han Ming Yi, who originally should’ve gone back.
“I came to see you.” Han Ming Yi got up and came to Du Xiao Li’s side. Seeing her properly wearing sleeping
clothes today, he faintly spoke.
“Didn’t we just separate a while ago?” Du Xiao Li asked in puzzlement.
Han Ming Yi pulled Du Xiao Li to lie down on the chair, and them sat down on a stool next to her himself. He
pulled over her hand, lightly kneading, “I saw you running around all day today, and thought you must be very
tired.”
“Eh—”
Du Xiao Li looked to Han Ming Yi, feeling her own sore muscles, under his clever kneading, slowly relax, very
much comfortable, letting her unconsciously loosen up. All the way until she felt a warm stream of air enter her
body from her palm. The exhaustion disappearing from all the places it wondered through.
He was using his own inner energy to eliminate fatigue for her!
After a while, Han Ming Yi finally withdrew his hand and said, “Go rest rest soon. I’ll be heading back.”
“En, thank you big brother Yi.” Du Xiao Li stood up. Her body had already relaxed completely.
“Right, I didn’t even know that the cold-faced Ding Wang actually had such a gentle and considerate side to him.”
Qiao Zhu also began teasing.
Speaking of the one most familiar with the people and affairs of the capital, it was still Qiao Zhu. However, she
really has never seen Ding Wang as such before. Normally he was also cold around people. His body constantly
emitting a ‘don’t come near’ aura.
“That’s right, however, it’s for the best that the future guye is willing to be good to our miss!” Ying Ge said with a
smile.
(T/N: Guye – female family’s servants address to their miss’s husband.)
Du Xiao Li also never thought that Han Ming Yi would do this. She looked to Xia Yuan and the other’s teasing
looks and said, “Alright, you all must be tired, go and rest then. Xia Yuan, you all help Qiao Zhu ease her body.”
“We know miss.” Xia Yuan said with a nod.
“That’s right, Qiao Zhu, since school started, you’ve been studying how to read and write with Xia Yuan and them.
How’s you’re progress so far? Tomorrow, since I don’t have class, I’ll be quizzing you.” Du Xiao Li said.
“Hehe, miss, I know how to write my own name and you all’s name now!” Qiao Zhu said.
“No.” Du Yun Han shook his head and said, “Today, after morning court ended, his Majesty had me called over and
asked some things about you two.”
Du Yun Han’s words made both Du Ke Xin and Du Xiao Li startled inside.
T/N: Sorry I’ve been slow with updates on this, I’ve started spring cleaning around the house this weekend, so that’s
been taking up some of my time. Never knew how much trash I’ve accumulated until I started cleaning.
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