Chapter 406: Chapter 406: Glutinous Rice Cake Leads the Way

“Huh? Chasing after Miss Qiao?” As soon as Yang Ye’s words fell, Yang Wenxiao immediately caught onto the key point.

Yang Wang’s face turned hot in an instant.

The stupid thing he did that day was a dark spot in his life!

“He fell head over heels for Qiao Xiaomai at first sight, emptied the entire Zuixian Building and Nuerguan to win Miss Qiao’s favor.” Yang Ye slowly fanned himself as he succinctly explained to Yang Wenxiao.

“Fourth Brother, let’s not bring up the past.” Yang Wang said with a stern face.

“What’s wrong with bringing it up, isn’t it that now you are not infatuated with Miss Qiao?” Yang Ye raised a brow, “You owe Miss Qiao a life-saving grace, with a little more effort, maybe Miss Qiao would agree.”

Before this, he had submitted a memorial to Emperor Yongan detailing the entire series of events.

Although he didn’t explicitly say that the so-called heroic rescue involved Yang Wang, the clue was clear.

Yet Emperor Yongan only punished Cen Hong, without mentioning a word about Yang Wang.

This made him quite unhappy.

Even more unpleasant was the subsequent digging of the village for treasures, intending to uproot a large village inhabiting five thousand people at the drop of a hat.

Hmm.

Such a face, somewhat unsightly.

Just because the Grand Emperor arrived, why bother bringing up all the unpleasant stuff? Is it necessary?

Why not leave these matters for discussion tomorrow?

This was a banquet after all, of course only pleasant conversations were welcomed!

Hmph, since Yang Wang had annoyed him, naturally he should return the favor.

Yang Wang’s face instantly turned black as the bottom of a pot. Did Yang Ye still remember the heroic rescue?

“That’s right, Wang’er, what exactly are your intentions towards Miss Qiao? Tell me.” Yang Wenxiao spoke, seemingly quite interested.

Upon hearing this, Yang Wang perked up, did the Grand Emperor imply that he was going to make a stand for him?

With this thought, he immediately replied, “My feelings are indeed unchanged.”

“Yes, such a rare devotion, not being able to dig up Anping Village, you want to dig up Qiao Xiaomai’s home, such intentions, Qiao Xiaomai, a powerless and influenceless village girl, wouldn’t be able to handle.” Yang Ye couldn’t help but scoff.

“Fourth brother, if you have feelings for Miss Qiao, you can express them openly, why all this sarcasm and mockery?” Yang Wang said.

“Stop.” Yang Ye immediately waved his hand, “I only feel a kinship with Miss Qiao, no romantic feelings involved.”

“Kinship? Do you really think she is willingly cooking for you every day?” Yang Wang huffed.

Yang Ye tutted a few times, just about to speak, when Yang Wenxiao stood up, “Enough quarreling, it’s time for dinner.”

The maid had already carried the food box over, arranging a feast of exquisitely prepared dishes on the table, the aroma filled the room.

Yang Wenxiao raised an eyebrow and took a few steps towards the dining table.

Seeing this, Yang Ye quickly followed suit, “Grandpa Emperor, what do you think? Isn’t there a refreshing fragrance?”

Yang Wenxiao closed his eyes, tooka gentle sniff, then nodded, “Indeed, it’s quite unique.”

“Grandpa Emperor, I’ve had someone taste for poison, how about trying this fish head tofu soup first, it’s really tasty and a great appetiser.” Yang Ye started ladling the soup as he spoke.

Yang Wang, having endured Yang Ye’s cold shoulder and having eaten quite a few meals at Qiao Xiaomai’s home these days, was quite familiar with Qiao Xiaomai’s cooking. He quickly picked up a small dish from the side of the table, “Grandpa Emperor, try this glutinous rice cake, the taste is really good.”

To avoid the situation of overdoing the flattery, Qiao Xiaomai was very careful not to use Dami this time.

However, she did make a small dish of glutinous rice cakes, small, plum blossom-shaped, mixed with a thin layer of bean paste inside.

Dami, for Yang Wenxiao, was also a staple, Qiao Xiaomai didn’t know how long Yang Wenxiao was going to stay in Bailu Town, so she was likely to use Dami.

Yes, she’d use glutinous rice to test Yang Wenxiao’s reaction first.