The seductive princess is no longer being pursued; the aloof prime minister is facing a crematorium.

Chapter 229 Lord Qianyao is very protective of his own~
Jiang Jinshuang blinked and looked at Si Ning: "What does this have to do with him?"

Si Ning smiled and said, "Your Highness is not worried. What will Lord Pei do once he learns of this?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jinshuang chuckled lightly: "What action? Could it be that he resents me so much that he refuses to let me get married and wants to ruin my marriage?"

Jiang Jinshuang didn't understand.

Si Ning knew, but Jiang Jinshuang didn't.

In fact, Si Ning understood Jiang Jinshuang's thoughts very well.

How to describe it?
Your Highness is too clever and too frank.

She was very perceptive of everyone's so-called "scheming," but she was unwilling, or rather too lazy, to explore the thoughts behind their scheming.

In her view, if she had treated Pei Du that way, she would definitely have felt resentment and hatred.

After that, once she has regained her strength and power, she will definitely use any means necessary to drag those who treated her that way down from their high positions and into the mire.

This is His Highness's thought.

—So she used this analogy to explain Pei Du's thoughts.

In her view, Pei Du had always harbored resentment and complaints towards her.

The reason why we haven't received his revenge for so long might be because he's planning something, or perhaps he's just being foolish and has decided not to bother with her.

His Highness's thoughts are so straightforward that he doesn't consider the complexities of love and hate, nor does he consider the idea that love can turn into hate.

Hate is hate, and love is love.

The two are opposites and should not be confused.

This is His Highness's idea.

This is the thought that His Highness accumulated over many years in the dark inner courtyard of the imperial palace, in that cold and harsh wilderness.

Therefore, compared to others, His Highness is much more rational and composed than anyone else.

For her, while human nature is complex, it is not so complex as to be contradictory.

But Si Ning knew that people's hearts were actually much more complicated than His Highness thought.

For example, the person in the mountain pavilion probably doesn't even know himself when he started to care about His Highness.

Is that considered resentment?
Or is it more jealousy than resentment?

Si Ning smiled helplessly.

He had no intention of telling His Highness these things.

Pei Du, that man, it would be best if he never opened his mouth in his entire life.

It's fine if Your Highness doesn't understand.

Hearing Jiang Jinshuang say this, Si Ning smiled and said, "Your Highness has a point."

Changing the subject, Jiang Jinshuang spoke again: "You really sent Lin Qingyan to kill fish? He's a top scholar in the imperial examinations, what if he gets injured?"

Upon hearing Lin Qingyan's name, Si Ning raised an eyebrow slightly, her lips twitching in displeasure: "Your Highness hasn't even married into the family yet, and you're already speaking up for him?"

Jiang Jinshuang pouted: "I'm just worried that I won't be able to eat grilled fish."

Upon hearing this, Si Ning smiled helplessly: "Your Highness always says he wants to eat grilled fish, but even when Qian Yao actually cooks it, Your Highness rarely eats more than a few bites."

Jiang Jinshuang didn't say anything more, looking down at the flower basket in her arms: "These flowers are quite pretty."

They deliberately avoided the topic.

Si Ning didn't say anything more, but followed up on her words and glanced at the bouquet in her arms: "The flowers in Jiangnan bloom the best."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jinshuang retorted, unconvinced, "The flowers in Baiyujing are the best."

...On the other side, Qian Yao led Lin Qingyan to the lower deck to process the live fish.

The ship was very large, and a separate kitchen was set up for cooking.

Qianyao picked up the kitchen knife from the cutting board and stunned the live fish with a single blow.

Lin Qingyan fastened his sleeves with the straps, took a few steps forward, and said with a smile, "Let me do it."

Qianyao didn't refuse. He stepped aside, took out the remaining crabs from the water cage, and began to cleanly and efficiently peel the shells and scrape off the crab roe and crab fat.

When talking to strangers, Qianyao is always very quiet.

In fact, Qian Yao was never a talkative person. He used to follow Young Master Si Ning, who was also not a talkative person, so he rarely spoke.

Later, His Highness came and would tease him from time to time. His Highness said that the young master was not in good health and should get more sun and chat with others to absorb some human warmth.

So Qianyao also learned from His Highness to talk more and communicate more with his young master.

However, Qianyao is quite quiet in front of others.

His movements were clean and efficient; in no time, he had cleaned up all seven or eight crabs in the water cage.

Your Highness loves crab roe, so you bought these seven or eight crabs, most of which are female crabs weighing about one pound each.

After finishing up here, Qian Yao looked up and saw that Lin Qingyan had almost finished processing the fish as well.

To be fair, although this top scholar looked frail, he handled these matters quite cleanly.

His finger bones were stained with some fish blood, but other than that, he was completely clean.

"Lord Qianyao, is this alright?"

Lin Qingyan smiled and took a few steps back, showing the prepared fish to Qian Yao.

After placing the scraped crab roe, crab paste, and crab meat on the plate, Qian Yao glanced at the processed fish and said indifferently, "It's alright. I'll just need to make a few more cuts."

As he spoke, Qianyao took the cleaver from the cutting board, found the right spot, and deftly removed the fish bones from the fish, leaving only the freshest and most succulent fish meat.

Lin Qingyan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Lord Qianyao's knife skills are truly excellent."

Qianyao didn't say anything, but simply placed the prepared fish meat in a container and sliced ​​it into translucent thin slices.

"Didn't Your Highness say you wanted to eat grilled fish? Isn't Lord Qianyao's way of preparing it a bit too meticulous?" Lin Qingyan asked softly.

As Qian Yao cut the fish, he explained, "Your Highness actually eats very little fish."

Lin Qingyan was stunned: "What?"

Qian Yao said calmly, "Although Your Highness always says you want to eat grilled fish, in reality, no matter how I prepare it, Your Highness eats very little."

Qianyao always felt that it was because his cooking skills were not good enough that His Highness did not like to eat.

However, Qianyao later discovered that even in those well-known restaurants and taverns, His Highness rarely touched his chopsticks to pick up fish.

In comparison, it seems that more people eat the fish he cooks.

So Qianyao tried dozens of different methods before finally discovering that His Highness would only eat a few more bites when the fish was sliced ​​into very thin slices, almost transparent and barely visible.

"Your Highness always says he loves to eat fish, but I think he just wants to smell the fish. He always likes to bother his subordinates."

When Qianyao said this, his tone was gentle and indulgent, without the slightest hint of impatience.

Lin Qingyan watched all this, then looked down at Qian Yao's superb knife skills before speaking again after a long while.

"I've heard that Lord Qianyao is highly skilled in martial arts, capable of taking the head of an enemy out of a hundred men. With such extraordinary skills, do you think it's a waste of your talents to just cook fish for His Highness?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Yao frowned slightly.

He finally put down the kitchen knife in his hand and stared at Lin Qingyan: "Lord Lin, you can't say that. My princess is a woman, a noble lady, a golden branch and jade leaf. According to my young master, even if she wanted the stars in the sky, she should build a tower to climb up and pluck them."