NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 113
Chapter 113
Yang Yi looked at Wu Mingyue with a strange expression.
“Shouldn’t Her Highness the Princess be jealous?”
Wu Mingyue snorted coldly. “Hmph, of course I wouldn’t get jealous.
“It’s just that this woman looks like a fox. Be careful not to be fooled. She might end up deceiving you completely.”
Yang Yi nodded in agreement. “Rest assured, Your Highness. I will not be deceived. I always adhere to a principle when it comes to women…”
Wu Mingyue was curious. “What principle?”
“Don’t disappoint good girls and don’t waste time on bad ones,” Yang Yi finished and left gracefully.
Wu Mingyue’s beautiful eyes widened and she gritted her teeth as she watched Yang Yi walk away. To think that she was worried about that scoundrel Yang Yi being deceived.
To think that this scoundrel would make such a playboy remark. A real lecher! Ugh! Wu Mingyue’s heart fumed with anger.
Technically speaking, his involvement with a woman had little to do with her. But for some reason, it left a sour taste in her heart, making her feel very uncomfortable.
Yang Yi quickly took Ying Yinman to his residence.
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An hour later, as night fell inside the mansion, Ying Yinman blinked her beautiful eyes and looked around at the glass windows in amazement. She could swear she had never seen so much glass in her life.
Although she knew that the Great Zhou could already produce glass on a large scale, seeing so many glass windows with her own eyes left her completely astonished.
She pursed her lips. “Brother Yang… how much did all these glasses cost?”
Yang Yi looked at the astonished Ying Yinman and smiled.
“Prime Minister Yang developed the glass-making technology. Glass is no longer valuable in Great Zhou. Nowadays, a sheet of glass one meter in size costs only twenty ounces of silver. If more glass workshops are established in the future, the price will continue to drop.”
Ying Yinman’s rosy lips parted in shock. “A one-meter sheet of glass costs only twenty ounces?”
She took a deep breath, her heart filled with waves of astonishment. Because of the Great Zhou, glass was no longer the exorbitant luxury it once was.
However, glass was still quite expensive in other regions. After all, transportation was inconvenient in this era, so glass didn’t depreciate as quickly.
But, whenever people arrived in Great Zhou, they were always truly amazed at the price of glass there.
Yang Yi ignored the shocked Ying Yinman and ordered the servants to serve the dishes. He smiled.
“You must be tired from your journey. Let me treat you to some delicious food…”
Ying Yinman nodded absent-mindedly. As a princess, she had seen all kinds of food. She wasn’t particularly excited about the food.
Moments later, a hot pot was placed in front of her. The fragrant aroma wafting from it invigorated her, and she sniffed and looked at the pot in surprise.
“What is this? It smells so good!” Ying Yinman licked her lips.
Yang Yi picked up some slices of meat with his chopsticks and put them into the pot.
“This is called hot pot. Once the meat is cooked, you can eat it.”
She perceived the aroma and felt a bit greedy. “When will it be ready?”
Yang Yi chuckled. “Just wait a moment.”
Ying Yinman nodded obediently, feeling expectant.
“You didn’t really run away, did you?” Yang Yi raised an eyebrow, asking casually.
Ying Yinman blinked, swallowed her saliva, and smiled cheekily.
“Yes, my father insisted on marrying me off to a man with a dark face. I didn’t want to, so I ran away.”
Yang Yi looked at her. “Aren’t you afraid that I might do something inappropriate now that you’re here?”
Ying Yinman blinked and suddenly puffed out her chest. “Are you?”
Yang Yi kept a righteous expression. “Rest assured, I am not a good person.”
She snorted softly. “Brother Yang, stop deceiving me. Everyone can see that you are a good person. And with such a great residence, you must be of high status. How could you do something improper?”
Yang Yi’s mouth twitched. After being a bad guy for so long, this was the first time someone had called him a good person.
He rolled his eyes. “Really? My colleagues all say I’m a living Yama…”
As he spoke, he picked up the slices of meat he had just put in and handed them to Ying Yinman.
Ying Yinman quickly ate a piece of meat, her almond eyes wide open. This is so delicious. The stew here is much better than anything she had in Qin! She almost swallowed her tongue.
After eating several slices, the spiciness made Ying Yinman’s lips turn red.
“Breathe, breathe, breathe…” Ying Yinman fanned her hand as she giggled.
“What living Yama? I think Brother Yang is a very good person. On the contrary, I’ve heard that you have a Prime Minister named Yang something, who is ruthless and cunning…”
His mouth twitched. Ying Yinman voraciously devoured all the slices of meat in the stew.
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A moment later, Yang Yi looked at the newly elegant and graceful Ying Yinman with some amusement.
“Let’s go, I’ll take you to eat some fruits…”
Ying Yinman licked her lips in surprise.
“It’s the beginning of winter. Where would you get fruits? Brother Yang wouldn’t fool me, would he?”
Yang Yi smiled. “Just follow me…”
With that, he led Ying Yinman to the greenhouse. The greenhouse was something he had set up earlier to grow a variety of out-of-season fruits.
A moment later, Yang Yi opened the greenhouse and entered. Ying Yinman followed him, feeling skeptical. As soon as she stepped inside, her eyes widened in amazement.
“This… this is… such big, thick… eggplants.”
“There are even oranges?”
Ying Yinman was stunned. She never expected to see these fruits in such cold weather.
Yang Yi smiled, picked up a cucumber, and scooped up some water to wash it
“Here, try this…”
Ying Yinman took the cucumber, looking astonished.
“Wow, it’s so big and hard. What is it? Why have I never seen this before?”
Yang Yi smiled. “This is called a cucumber. It’s quite tasty, both crunchy and sweet. After eating spicy food, a cucumber is perfect to refresh your palate…”
She looked at the cucumber curiously and then took a bite.
Crunch. The cucumber snapped.
Yang Yi’s mouth twitched. That girl bites so hard? I’ll have to teach her to bite more gently next time. It might come in handy later.