Chapter 425: His Highness Duke of Qin has his little moods too (1/2)

Chapter 425: His Highness Duke of Qin has his little moods too

Since Baili Mingxiang dropped by in person, Han Yunxi lost one more excuse to leave the estate. She wasn’t even allowed to visit Seventh Madame and little Yi’er at the Han Estate. Despite being a single mother, Seventh Madame had taken the Han Clan firmly in hand. Besides the four medical clinics situated throughout the capital, she’d also opened a for-profit pharmacy. Everything was going very smoothly.

Of course, much of this was due to the Duke of Qin’s help from the shadows. Otherwise, a fallen house could never have recovered so quickly in the capital city. There were many things that Han Yunxi had no idea about at all.

Although she was fully recovered by now, she still had to live the days of an invalid at home. Long Feiye didn’t go out much these days either, but paid daily visits to Leisurely Cloud Pavilion. In the mornings he’d come to have tea, and in the evenings he’d drop by to see if she was sleeping. He was still as taciturn as ever. In the instances when he’d come after Han Yunxi had gone to bed, all he did was tuck her in before leaving again.

After today’s morning tea, Long Feiye was about to leave when Han Yunxi called him back with a murmur. “Your Highness, come to the study, I want to show you something.” She led the way and he followed without a word.

Su Xiaoyu and Zhao mama immediately swept forward in their wake to clean up the tea things.

“Zhao mama, will His Highness always come to drink tea here in the future?” Su Xiaoyu asked curiously.

Zhao mama was all aflutter. “Probably!”

“His Highness isn’t busy these days?” Su Xiaoyu asked next.

“Whether or not he’s busy, His Highness always has his morning tea,” Zhao mama was ignorant of Su Xiaoyu’s treacherous schemes, lost in the joy of seeing her master and mistress in love. There shouldn’t be many steps left before His Highness and esteemed wangfei now.

Su Xiaoyu didn’t speak, but glanced at the little stove by the tea table. She didn’t have much time left. Chu Qingge would arrive at the capital in a few more days, and her master perhaps earlier than that. What was she supposed to tell him then?! It had already been a year, but she’d failed to accomplish something so simple! Aye!

When Long Feiye entered the study, Han Yunxi immediately shut the doors behind him. Besides them, only Lil Thing was present in the room. Recently, it’d taken a liking to high ceiling rafters because it was the safest spot. Papa Long could overlook his entire existence from here. There was no chance that the man would toss him out the window, either.

Long Feiye took a seat at the head of the table like he owned the place and that Han Yunxi was his guest. Her gaze lingered on him for a while, enjoying his posture and air in the host’s seat. It was so much like an emperor,imposing and dignified!

“Perplexing Butterfly Illusion?” Long Feiye asked.

Han Yunxi nodded. “I’m planning to combine the two poisons today, so I invited Your Highness to see.”

Before this, Han Yunxi had spent extensive time studying the Beauty’s Blood by combining it with highly corrosive poisons. Nothing of note had happened then, so she didn’t know what to expect today, either. As Long Feiye sat watching, Han Yunxi stood on the side with the practice motions of an expert to unload her tools onto the table: glazed plates, spoons, bowls, etc.

There was no helping it. Thanks to the corrosive nature of Perplexing Butterfly Illusion, she could only use special glazed instruments to prevent the poison from eating it away. Her face turned serious and concentrated, even a little fierce, as she started her work. Those who didn’t know her would only keep their distance, a little cowed by the sight.

On the other hand, seeing her expression only made Long Feiye feel like interrupting her. He looked her in thought before he suddenly called out, “Han Yunxi.”

Because Han Yunxi was in the middle of taking samples from the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion, she didn’t hear him.

Long Feiye’s lips quirked into an amused smile as he called again, “Han Yunxi!”

Still, Han Yunxi didn’t hear him. She had already gotten a tiny spoonful of Perplexing Butterfly Illusion and was now grabbing some Beauty’s Blood, which was started to solidify. Unsatisfied with his efforts, Long Feiye got up and walked closer. Meanwhile, Han Yunxi carefully laid aside her two samples before using the detox system to check their quantities and note it on a piece of paper. Her specialized field of study had practices that she followed to the letter! She remained oblivious even as Long Feiye came to stand by her side.

Unconsciously, he reached out a hand. He didn’t know whether he wanted to brush back her hair or take her by the chin, but his fingers reached for her all the same. However, Han Yunxi chose that moment to finish up and look back at him. “Your Highness—”

Long Feiye froze in mid-movement, his hand hanging in the air. Han Yunxi gave a start and looked between him and his arm before blurting out, “What are you doing?”

Long Feiye’s hand snaked past Han Yunxi to take the bottle of Perplexing Butterfly Illusion from the table. In a cold voice, he said, “Just checking to see how much we have left.”