He put his hands behind his back and greeted with a faint smile: "Is it His Highness the Crown Prince? I have admired your name for a long time, but I didn't expect that we would meet so soon."

Liang Yuhuang walked in front of Xiao Tingyan. At this moment, Xiao Tingyan had changed his appearance.

He couldn't see this person's true face.

But even though his appearance in disguise is somewhat unremarkable, his demeanor and figure cannot be concealed by disguise.

This man is tall and majestic, with a pair of deep and introverted eyes. When he sweeps towards others, an unspeakable oppressive aura will hit his face.

Emperor Liang Yu wanted to seek help from Yun Luan and Xiao Tingyan, so he would naturally not offend the man in front of him.

He cupped his fists and bowed, saluting Xiao Tingyan with great respect.

"Give my regards to the prince."

Xiao Tingyan did not expect that Liang Yuhuang's attitude was quite respectful, although his face was still so ugly.

"Your Highness, you are welcome."

Liang Yuhuang glanced behind Xiao Tingyan: "I wonder where Yun Luan is?"

Xiao Tingyan couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled.

His eyes were shining with light: "She was too tired from the excessive exercise last night, so I just wanted to let her sleep a little longer."

Liang Yuhuang clenched his fists tightly and repeated through gritted teeth: "Excessive exercise? I don't know what kind of exercise she did last night?"

Xiao Tingyan could feel that Liang Yuhuang had been suppressing his inner emotions.

His question was more or less made knowingly while suppressing anger.

Xiao Tingyan chuckled and replied in a good-tempered manner: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, this is our husband and wife's private matter. Please forgive me for not being able to discuss it in detail."

A sentence about the couple's private matter made Liang Yuhuang speechless.

He secretly gritted his teeth and tugged at the corners of his stiff lips: "I'm sorry, I was so abrupt. I don't know what the prince is doing here in the kitchen?"

Xiao Tingyan's eyes were full of gentle smiles.

"I am thinking of cooking some rice porridge for her so that she can rest first and then rest."

Liang Yuhuang raised his eyebrows: "Are you going to do it yourself?"

After all, Xiao Tingyan was also the royal family of Nanchu. Cooking meals was never something a man should do, let alone the fact that he was the regent of a country.

No matter how difficult his life was, he would never cook the meals himself.

He didn't expect that Xiao Tingyan would actually cook rice porridge for Yun Luan.

From his point of view, Xiao Tingyan deliberately wanted to show his superiority in front of him and make him feel ashamed, right?

Xiao Tingyan nodded noncommittally: "Of course. Making rice porridge is not difficult. It is a very simple matter... I have studied it before."

He once worked in the palace's back kitchen and had the chef teach him.

He just thought that one day he could personally prepare meals for Yun Luan so that she could understand his sincerity towards her.

He had never had the chance before, but today, with the right time and place, he naturally showed his hand in front of Liang Yuhuang.

He wanted Liang Yuhuang to see that no one in this world could treat Yun Luan better than him except him.

He had the idea to let him retreat before the difficulties and stop trying to take advantage of Yun Luan.

Two people, one wanted to show off and give a warning; the other didn't believe it and wanted to break the mask of disguise.

Therefore, Liang Yuhuang followed Xiao Tingyan to the kitchen.

When the cooks in the kitchen and the women and servants preparing the dishes saw the prince suddenly coming, they all knelt down in fear to say hello.

Liang Yuhuang waved his hand and asked them all to exit.

The entire kitchen was suddenly empty.

Liang Yuhuang had no intention of leaving. He wanted to see if Xiao Tingyan could cook rice porridge.

Xiao Tingyan didn't panic at all.

He washed the rice in an orderly manner, rinsed the pot, then put the rice into a clean pot and added a lot of water. Then, he washed the red dates and peach kernels and poured them into the pot.

Liang Yuhuang looked at his series of skillful movements, his eyes full of disbelief.

"You really can?"

Xiao Tingyan pulled his lips and smiled: "I never like to lie. If I can, I will, and if I can't, I won't. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, need not be surprised."

"I wonder if His Highness can light a fire?"

Liang Yuhuang subconsciously did not want to lose too much to Xiao Tingyan.

He was unconvinced and immediately replied: "It's so simple to make a fire, how could Gu not know how to do it? Since we are making rice porridge for Yun Luan, then Gu Lai must make the fire."

When he was a child, he once lit a pile of firewood with the help of the palace servants.

He thought that making a fire shouldn't be that difficult.

So he tied up his large armbands, walked to the stove, picked up some firewood and stuffed it all under the pot.

Xiao Tingyan raised his eyebrows, squinted his eyes and smiled, seeing through it without saying anything, and just quietly watching Liang Yuhuang's movements.

Half an hour passed. Although the firewood was smoking, there were no sparks at all.

Thick smoke billowed out throughout the house.

Liang Yuhuang's fair face was stained with black charcoal at some point...

He was choked by the smoke and couldn't help coughing and crying.

However, he was still unwilling to admit defeat and did not want Xiao Tingyan to see the joke, so he continued to light the fire unremittingly.

Xiao Tingyan stood at the door, watching the sun rise again, in order to avoid making Yun Luan hungry.

He finally rushed into the thick smoke and walked in front of Liang Yuhuang.

"Get out of the way and let me come."

"His Royal Highness is a person who achieves great things. If you can't do these small things, it won't be embarrassing."

Emperor Liang Yu raised his head and looked at Xiao Tingyan.

He was still extremely stubborn: "If you give me some more time, I will be able to light this fire in half a quarter of an hour."

Xiao Tingyan was extremely helpless: "When the prince lights the fire, I'm afraid Aluan will starve and collapse."

Liang Yuhuang's body trembled, and he lowered his head in despair.

"Okay, then you do it."

He put down the flint, stood up slowly, and walked out the door without saying a word.

Xiao Tingyan was not in the mood to comfort him. He did it on purpose.

Liang Yuhuang is not his opponent yet.

He pursed his lips in a bad mood, and with skillful movements, the firewood started burning within a few breaths.

Liang Yuhuang stood at the door, looking at the flames that were gradually burning, and he felt very sour in his heart.

His eyes were red, and he didn't know if it was from the smoke or for some other reason.

He just looked at Xiao Tingyan blankly.

A dignified regent of a country, but he can wash his hands and make soup for a woman.

He would never have thought of such a thing.

After half an hour, the fragrant, soft and delicious red dates and peach kernel porridge was finally ready.

When Xiao Tingyan opened the lid of the pot, the fragrant smell of rice porridge kept reaching Liang Yuhuang's nose.

Xiao Tingyan served the rice porridge.

When he came out with rice porridge, he passed by Liang Yuhuang and suddenly heard him say in a hoarse voice: "Xiao Tingyan, you must love Yun Luan very much, right?"

It must be more love than he imagined.

Otherwise, he would not be humble enough to do these things for Yun Luan.

Based on his status, it's not necessary at all.

But this is what Xiao Tingyan did.
Chapter completed!