Chapter 90: Resentment
Finally, the yellow mud was successfully applied to the Beggar’s Chicken.
Unknowingly, a layer of fine sweat had broken out on Li Xuanyue’s back.
“It’s done.” She clapped her hands. “Next, we just need to control the heat.”
There was an indescribable pride in her tone.
This was her first time cooking, and she hadn’t expected the result to be so good.
It truly exceeded her expectations.
“Let this subject control the fire for the Princess.”
Jun He volunteered proactively.
The most critical step for Beggar’s Chicken was entering the fire.
If the charcoal fire wasn’t sufficient, it could easily end up half-raw.
She was indeed afraid she wouldn’t control this point well.
Therefore, Li Xuanyue didn’t refuse.
“Alright, then the task of roasting is left to you. This Princess will go arrange the pastries.”
Eating just chicken wouldn’t do; she needed to prepare other dishes and pastries.
The pastries she brought earlier hadn’t been plated yet, so this was the perfect time to arrange them.
While the two were busy, someone suddenly walked toward them.
This person was none other than Lin Yue.
Originally bored staying in Zhaohua Hall, today, at his attendant’s suggestion that the scenery in the Peach Garden was lovely, he had the thought to come for a stroll.
Unexpectedly, this stroll led him right before Li Xuanyue and Jun He.
Neither of them had expected to bump into Lin Yue here.
Especially Li Xuanyue.
She hadn’t seen Lin Yue for quite some time.
Seeing him now, he seemed to have lost a lot of weight and looked very haggard.
It made sense!
Ever since she kicked him out of Fenghe Hall and let Li Qinghe’s people take him away, she had paid no attention to anything concerning him.
Wasn’t the fact that he had become like this entirely his own doing?
“Lin Yue greets Princess Xuanyue!”
Lin Yue hadn’t expected to see Li Xuanyue in the Peach Garden either.
He was stunned at first.
After their gazes met for a moment, he was the first to snap back to reality. His eyes still held a hint of awkwardness as he raised his hand to bow to Li Xuanyue.
Li Xuanyue hooked her lips. “What a coincidence, Lin Yue, to see you here again.”
She had thought that in this lifetime, she wouldn’t meet him again.
Unexpectedly, Heaven didn’t grant her this wish.
It still let her cross paths with him.
“Did you also come here to look at the scenery?”
Seeing his absent-minded appearance, Li Xuanyue guessed he was here to distract himself.
Yet she deliberately asked this.
Lin Yue’s status in the Phoenix Clan now was effectively neither someone’s consort nor an attendant.
Caught in the middle, at best, he was just a guest.
Treating him with a master’s specifications would be contrary to protocol.
But treating him with a guest’s specifications made people feel it was a slight.
In short, he was unwelcome by everyone in the Phoenix Clan right now.
Naturally, his clothing, food, housing, and transportation were not as good as when he was by Li Xuanyue’s side.
Lin Yue naturally saw Jun He standing beside Li Xuanyue.
He knew that was the new consort Li Xuanyue had married.
Compared to him, the current Lin Yue had lost his former glory.
He was now wearing clothes similar to an attendant’s fabric. Although his hair was bound by a ribbon, the jade hairpin in his hair had been replaced by a wooden one.
One could imagine how miserable his life had been after leaving Li Xuanyue.
Lin Yue ignored Li Xuanyue’s question and proactively asked her, “Princess, may Lin Yue sit here for a while?”
He still held a shred of hope regarding Li Xuanyue in his heart.
He knew clearly how well Li Xuanyue had treated him in the past.
Even if she was angry with him, it had been so long.
Her anger should have dissipated.
How could she truly leave him alone?
Li Xuanyue hadn’t expected Lin Yue to suddenly bow his head to her.
In her past life, he had been very disdainful of her.
Even giving her an extra glance seemed like an insult to him.
Now, he actively requested to sit here.
Did he think she still had feelings for him?
The smile in Li Xuanyue’s eyes didn’t reach the bottom. “If you want to sit here, then sit.”
“This Peach Garden is so wide; as long as you are happy!”
Lin Yue’s face stiffened slightly.
“Princess, can we talk alone?”
He said in a low voice.
Even now, Lin Yue’s heart somewhat dared not believe the fact that Li Xuanyue had abandoned him.
He always felt there was a misunderstanding.
Or perhaps someone had said something in her ear back then, which was why she had uttered those harsh words to him.
He had to explain clearly to her.
Li Xuanyue’s bright, clear black eyes suddenly looked at Lin Yue.
It was impossible to tell what she was thinking.
And it was the first time Lin Yue had been stared at by Li Xuanyue with such clear eyes.
His heart involuntarily went thump-thump.
For a moment, he suddenly didn’t dare to meet her clear gaze, fearing she would see the panic flashing in the depths of his eyes.
“Talk about what?”
After a long while, Li Xuanyue suddenly asked him.
“Lin Yue, since you are currently not This Princess’s consort, nor do you have any connection with This Princess’s younger sister, This Princess feels there shouldn’t be anything to talk about between you and me.”
After all, it was all in the past.
Talk again? Could talking produce a flower?
“In the future, if there’s nothing important, you and This Princess shouldn’t meet, to avoid rumors spreading that would be bad for you.”
Li Xuanyue was indifferent; those rumors and slanders couldn’t attack her.
But given Lin Yue’s lowly status in the Phoenix Clan now, that might not be the case for him.
Lin Yue thought Li Xuanyue said this because she still had him in her heart and didn’t want him to be hurt.
Tears instantly welled up in his eyes.
“Since the Princess knew those rumors would be bad for me, why did you drive me away back then?”
Li Xuanyue: “…”
Lin Yue was beating around the bush only to drag the matter back to the past.
This made Li Xuanyue feel unhappy for a moment.
“Are you resenting This Princess?”
Her voice suddenly became low and cold.
The look she gave Lin Yue was no longer softened but contained a trace of dead stillness.
Those who knew Li Xuanyue knew she was angry.
And it was the kind of anger where she wanted to kill someone.
She had endured not acting against Lin Yue until now purely out of a shred of guilt in her conscience toward him.
Back then, if she hadn’t forcibly snatched him from the Rabbit Clan, he wouldn’t have hated her.
In the past life, he wouldn’t have been provoked by Li Qinghe to use her, running to Hua Shan to show off his might, ultimately causing Hua Shan to commit suicide to protect her.
But if he continued to be so ungrateful…
Then he couldn’t blame her.
Lin Yue was still immersed in his own sorrow and didn’t notice Li Xuanyue’s coldness toward him.
He shook his head. “This subject dares not!”
But in this tone, there was clearly added resentment toward Li Xuanyue.
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