An ancient secret recipe, not easily revealed (revised)

  A thud in her heart, all the blood drained from her face, she was screaming in her heart, could it be that he already knew? What to do now?

  The suspicious warning gaze stared at the four guards standing outside the shop door.

  The chief guard's neck shrunk and he quickly shook his head, indicating that he had said nothing.

  He looked at several other guards with a suspicious gaze, also shaking his head.

  Li Xiao discovered that Ru Jing's movement was swift and agile, turning around quickly. Several guards immediately stood up straight, their eyes fixed on the front.

  Li Xiu's eyes narrowed as he glanced back and forth between the guards and Ru Qing.

  Her heart racing with excitement, she forced a smile and said: "Your Highness, that's a secret recipe I saw in a medical book, not to be shared lightly. Please forgive me."

  Li Xixin had doubts in her heart and didn't believe it. Upon hearing this, she let out a cold snort, "You really won't say?"

  Her heart was racing like thunder, she shook her head, this could affect her reputation, she would rather die than say it.

  "Never mind, you can go." Li Xī stepped aside, clearing a path.

  Suddenly, Yu Rong's words left Li Xuan stunned on the spot, looking at him with a mixture of suspicion and vigilance, as if doubting that there was something wrong with his ears. Li Xuan hummed: "Still not willing to leave?"

  Not waiting for Ruqing's reaction, Linglong quickly pulled Ruqing out, but suddenly stopped halfway and found that Chenxiang was still standing in the same place. She secretly scolded "this useless person" and then rushed forward to pull Chenxiang along.

  The three of them got on the horse-drawn carriage and the coachman drove it hastily away.

  On the carriage, Linglong blamed Chen Xiang and said: "You useless thing, usually you are so clever and calm, why are you so useless at critical moments?"

  Chen Xiang's face turned red, she murmured to herself, she didn't dare say it out loud, she was focused on finding Li Xiao's "weakness", so she ignored what was happening around her.

  As soon as she saw her face turn red like blood, she mistakenly thought that she was intimidated by Li Xiao's power. She thought that Xiangxiang had a calm and gentle temperament, but was actually a timid person. I guess today's grandeur has already scared her silly...

  ……

  Back at the general's mansion, it was already late, and Zhiyi had finished work and was sitting at the dinner table with a gloomy face. He slowly walked forward, his eyes downcast, and called out in a low voice: "Brother... why are you back so early today?"

  He shot her a glance, his eyes scanning her from head to toe, and suddenly furrowed his brow. "Where did you go today? Why are you back so late?"

  "Originally I thought of making some clothes and hats for Brother Chun, so I went out to buy some fabric."

  "How long does it take to buy some fabric?"

  Later on, he went to buy pastries again.

  "What about pastries?"

  As they looked at Xiang, Xiang's heart skipped a beat and he helplessly looked towards Ling, who was stunned. Only then did the three of them realize that they were in trouble - earlier, they had been so busy escaping with their lives that they had accidentally left the pastries behind in the shop.

  Bang!

  The three of them were startled, their hearts racing as they stared at the plates and dishes that were shaking violently, with some round plates spinning around on the table. They also looked fearfully at Zhiyi's dark face, feeling like their hearts were about to jump out of their throats, while their buttocks began to ache secretly...

  "Still not giving me a honest answer, where did you go for the whole day today?" Zhi Yi said in a low voice.

  As if she had swallowed her saliva, she was thinking in her heart whether to reveal the encounter with Li Xiao truthfully. But Linglong hastily said: "Old master, please calm down. The young lady did go to buy pastries, but today's luck is really bad, and unexpectedly met King Jing in the shop. This King Jing is too much, actually blocking the young lady from leaving..."

  Zhī yì miàn sè fū biàn, wàng xiàng rú qíng, chén shēng dào: "cǐ huà dàng zhēn?"

  Translation:

  Zhi Yi's face suddenly changed, he looked at Ru Qing and said in a low voice: "Is this true?"

  With a wronged and innocent expression, her eyes turned red.

  Zhi Yi turned his head and sternly said to Ling Long: "Hurry up and tell me the whole story from start to finish."

  Ever since the last time, being known as a bit of a difference almost got him beaten to death, and later on he also received a full sixteen slaps, he was deeply afraid of being known in his heart, where did he dare to hide, add oil and vinegar, turn Li Xiao into an unforgivable super big bad egg.

  Zhīyì's face turned black, and he let out a low growl: "You dare to bully even my sister, Li Xiao?" He then ordered someone to fetch his sword and rushed straight to Li Xiao's mansion in Datong.

  As the situation really didn't want to know, for his own sake, he was about to confront Li Xue. After all, Li Xue was a majestic prince, and no matter how brilliant his brother's military achievements were, he was only a second-grade general. How could he dare to confront the majestic prince? At this moment, he rushed forward and grabbed Zhiyi's hand, hastily saying: "Brother, calm down, although Li Xue is detestable, he didn't even touch sister's finger. Brother doesn't need to bother with him."

  Zhī yì bō kāi rú qíng de shǒu, chén shēng dào: "zhè shì nǐ bù yòng guǎn. wǒ zì yǒu fēn cùn, hǎo hǎo qù wū zǐ lǐ dāi zhe."

  Translation:

  Zhī yì pushed away the hand like a feeling and said in a low voice: "You don't need to worry about this. I have my own measure, just stay well in the house."

  As if her life depended on it, she clutched at him and pleaded bitterly, "Brother, really nothing happened. This man just blocked my way and caused me some trouble, that's all. Really, I didn't even move a single finger. Brother is making such a big deal out of this, who knows if he'll be laughed at instead?"

  Zhī yì zhòu méi, sì yǒu bù jiě, "tā gàn mǎ yào wèi nán nǐ?"

  Translation:

  Zhiyi frowned, seemingly puzzled. "Why did he make things difficult for you?"

  "It's useless to say anything," he always disliked me anyway, of course he wouldn't speak well of me.

  Zhī yì bù xìn, rú qíng duò jiǎo dào: "āi yā, gē ge zěn me zhè me tǎo yàn, shuō le méi shì jiù méi shì ma. Nà jiā hóu yě guò shì zhuō zhù wǒ biǎn wèn wǒ dāng chū zài bái dēng hú pàn, shì rú hé jiù tā de. Wǒ bù kěn shuō ér yǐ."

  Zhī Yì furrowed his brow, "You didn't say it, and I almost forgot. How exactly did you manage to save him back then?"

  Her eyes sparkled, "There's no secret, just pinched his throat, squeezed his belly, and then slapped him a few times to wake him up." She didn't dare say she gave him CPR.

  Zhī yì shén sè gǔ guài, zhè ge jiù rén de fāng shì, què shí gòu tè bié de le. Bú guò, zhè bān mán zhe, dào yě qíng yǒu kě yuàn, zhè zhǒng jiù rén fāng shì, duì yú yī bān rén lái shuō, yě méi shén me de, kě duì gāo gāo zài shàng yòu shì táng táng wáng yé lái shuō, kě jiù shì jí wèi dà bù jìng le.

  Zhi Yi asked, "Even if Li Xiu didn't know your way of saving people, his guards must have seen it. If he interrogates his guards, this matter can't be hidden either. At that time..." Zhi Yi stopped talking and suddenly felt a headache coming on.

  As Ruqing had also thought of this, she was also worried, especially when those guards unexpectedly used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to save the Crown Prince of Lingguo. This made her cry and laugh at the same time, and she was always nervous, afraid that someone would not keep their mouth shut and reveal it, at which point her reputation would be ruined.

  However, after some thought, even if Li Xu really knew about it, he wouldn't do anything to her. After all, in a moment of urgency, she was willing to sacrifice her reputation to save him, so he should be grateful instead of spreading the news everywhere. Besides, although this person is quite despicable, overbearing, arrogant and even a bit villainous, but as a person, he's not too bad, I believe he won't take advantage of the situation and act shamelessly.

  ……