At noon, the study.

The table is fragrant and pleasant, and white smoke rises.

Sitting in front of the table, Xi An held several pages of letter paper with his fingers, flipping through them one by one, frowning slightly as he read them.

At this moment, the door of the palace was knocked lightly.

Xi An's hands paused, and his voice was cold and cold: "Who?"

A woman's soft voice came from outside the door: "Master Xi'an, it's me, Yinliu."

"...."

"Master, it's already noon, it's time to eat."

Xi An frowned, opened the lid of the incense burner, and put the letter paper into the burner.

The fire wire ignited on the letter paper, the dense white smoke trembled, and the letter paper turned to ashes and fell into the furnace.

Xi An closed the furnace lid, and then said, "Come in."

With a creak, the palace door was pushed open.

Holding a lunch box in her hand, Yin Liu walked in with a sweet smile.

She first bowed to Xi'an, then put the lunch box on the side of the table with ease, and spread out the food in the lunch box.

Red, green and green meals filled the entire table for a while.

"This is the chopped pepper fish head, rice noodles in sour soup, and spicy chicken diced that I made for the young master..."

Yin Liu cupped her sleeves with one hand, pointed at the meals on the table with her fingertips like green onions, and introduced them.

Xi An remained expressionless, and after Yinliu finished introducing the food, he said, "Thank you for your hard work."

It was this sentence that made Yin Liu's face blush.

She lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Xi An, she leaned over in front of Xi An with her mouth pursed, took out two sets of bowls and chopsticks from the lunch box, placed one in front of Xi An, and placed the other in front of Xi An.In the position opposite Xi'an.

She got very close, and the fragrance of makeup and powder that only belonged to women wafted from Yin Liu's body, like a lingering soft mist, lingering on the tip of Xi'an's nose.

Xi An raised his eyebrows, suddenly smiled, and asked, "Have you had lunch yet?"

"Master, I haven't used it."

Xi An said: "Then we will be together."

With Xi An's permission, the blush on Yin Liu's face deepened, she immediately moved to the opposite of Xi An, and said: "Master Xie."

After finishing speaking, Yinliu picked up her chopsticks and served Xi'an dishes one by one across the table.

Yinliu Bucai was absent-minded.

Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Xi An resting her head on one hand, looking at her with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Those eyes were deep and handsome, when he stared at her, there seemed to be deep affection like waves, which only made Yin Liu feel that half of his face was burning.

There was a crisp sound.

Yin Liu didn't hold the chopsticks firmly, and the piece of fish she picked up fell on the hem of Xi'an's thigh along the table, leaving a yellow oil stain.

Yin Liu hurriedly put down her chopsticks, hurriedly picked up the handkerchief, and wiped the stains on Xi An's thighs.

"Slaves deserve to die, slaves deserve to die."

"It's okay." Xi An's voice with a deep smile echoed in Yin Liu's ears, Yin Liu's ears felt hot when he heard it, and he wiped Xi An's thigh vigorously with his hands.

Yinliu moved closer and closer, at this moment the palace door was pushed open with a creak.

"What are you doing?" A cold voice came from behind.

Yin Liu only felt that Xi An's body froze for a moment, and then her wrist was grabbed by Xi An.

Xi An used such force that Yin Liu's eyes turned red instantly from the pain.

"Master..."

Xi An swung Yin Liu's wrist away, stood up immediately and called out: "Master."

Yin Liu turned around and was shocked when she saw Lin Qingbai.

It was noon, and the sun was dazzling.

Lin Qingbai was dressed in white, standing at the door against the light, looking at the two of them like a sword.

"My lord..." Yin Liu was extremely guilty, knelt on the ground, and bowed to Lin Qingbai.

Lin Qingbai stepped into the palace room without saying a word.

"Master, why are you here? I went to Dr. Liang to inquire about your condition in the morning, and Dr. Liang said that you are much better. I was going to see you in the afternoon.

you."

Xi An walked up to Lin Qingbai, took the lunch box from Lin Qingbai's hand, and said with a smile.

"It's just that I've been bored in the room for a long time, and I want to come out to get some air." Lin Qingbai walked to the table and asked again in a flat voice: "What were you doing just now?"

Xi An responded with a smile: "Yinliu brought me a meal, accidentally dropped it on the ground, she was wiping the floor."

Lin Qingbai glanced at Xi An, but didn't respond, his eyes scanned the meals on the table one by one, and said indifferently: "This lunch doesn't look like it was made by the cook in the house."

After speaking, Lin Qingbai turned around and looked down at Yinliu who was kneeling on the ground.

For some unknown reason, Lin Qingbai's words were calm and his expression was very indifferent, but when he stood in front of Yinliu and looked down at Yinliu, Yinliu's upper body seemed to be crushed by a big rock, the whole body was suppressed out of breath.

Her body trembled, and she responded with a sound like a mosquito: "Go back to the lord, I did it..."

Lin Qingbai just nodded, bypassed the table, sat in the main seat and said: "It's rare to see a maid cooking and preparing meals in person, you really care about it."

Yin Liu put her head on the ground, not daring to answer.

Lin Qingbai said again: "The food you cook suits An'er's taste very well, very good."

Hearing that Lin Qingbai didn't mean to blame, Yin Liu breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help being bolder, raising her eyes to look in Xi'an's direction.

Xi An was making tea for Lin Qingbai, without even looking at her.

The tea was just boiling and it was a little hot. Xi Ansheng was afraid that it would burn his master, so he put it near his mouth and blew it gently, and said in a warm voice: "Master, the tea is a little hot, warm your hands first before drinking."

Lin Qingbai took the tea and blew it gently.

"Has Master eaten lunch? Why don't you eat with me?" Xi An asked, sitting opposite Lin Qingbai.

"good."

Xi An turned his head sideways, and looked sharply at Yin Liu who was kneeling on the ground, without the smile just now.

Yin Liu felt cold all over, she got up quickly and said, "Your servant will leave."

Yin Liu quickly exited the study, and closed the hall door softly.

Only Xi An and Lin Qingbai were left in the study.

Xi An turned his head and raised his hand to get the lunch box brought by Lin Qingbai, and said with a smile: "What delicious food did Master bring me?"

"Some of your favorite pastries, wait until after the meal."

Unwillingly, Xi An withdrew his hand, turned his head down to look at the meals on the table, and shouted: "Come here."

Immediately someone came in from outside the door.

Xi An pointed to the meals on the table and said, "Pour out all of these and replace them with light dishes."

"Yes." The servant received the order and was about to turn around and leave.

Lin Qingbai stopped it: "There's no need to change it."

Xi An was puzzled: "What's wrong with Master?"

"Miss Yinliu's hard work, why waste it." Lin Qingbai said carelessly, picking up a chopsticks of fish head with chopped peppers.

The fish head was full of red peppers. Xi An grasped Lin Qingbai's wrist quickly and said, "Master, this dish is spicy, you can't eat it. I'll ask my servants to change it to something lighter."

Lin Qingbai said calmly: "Even the maids in the mansion know that you love spicy food. Today is my meal in your room, so you don't have to wrong yourself for me."

After speaking, Lin Qingbai stroked Xi An's hand away, and lowered his eyes as if he really wanted to eat these dishes.

But Xi An sensed something was wrong, he held Lin Qingbai's hand even harder, frowned and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you today?"

"..."

Lin Qingbai has a cold personality and doesn't care about anything, let alone being stubborn about these insignificant things.

If in the past, Xi An asked to change the dishes, he would not have said anything.

Today, however, Lin Qingbai is extremely stubborn, as if he must eat these meals.

Xi An said again: "I have never felt wronged."

"...."

"At the beginning, Master picked me up when I was about to die of starvation. If I hadn't

Because of Master, I would have starved to death at the gate of the temple long ago. Everything I have today is bestowed by Master... In the future, Master will not mention the word grievance anymore, I can't afford it."

Xi An's voice was not loud, but every word was extremely firm.

Lin Qingbai looked into Xi An's eyes, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Xi An's Adam's apple rolled, and he slowly released Lin Qingbai's wrist, and said in a low voice: "If Master doesn't want to change the dishes, then don't change them. I will cook the dishes for Master."

Xi An raised his hand to pick up the teapot on the table, poured out a bowl of steaming white water, and before Lin Qingbai could say anything, he picked up a chopstick of food and rinsed it in the hot water.

Lin Qingbai stared at the washed white fish in the bowl without saying a word for a long time, and finally picked it up and put it in his mouth.

The food washed in this way is not delicious, not only the spiciness is washed away by the water, but also the salty smell of the food itself is gone, just like chewing a piece of paper without any taste.

Lin Qingbai squeezed the chopsticks tightly, the knuckles of her fingers turned white.

Xi An is obedient and sensible, and puts him first in everything, just like Aunt Lian said, she has never seen any apprentice who can treat the master so well.

Lin Qingbai suddenly didn't understand what he was thinking just now?

He clearly missed his little apprentice, he wanted to have a meal with him and see him more.

It's not like it is now, because the atmosphere is deadlocked like this in one sentence.

It's just a little maid who gave Xi'an a meal, so what?Whose young master doesn't have a few good-looking maids around him.

Everyone else can do it, why can't it be Xi'an's turn?

Lin Qingbai, what are you annoyed about?

Inexplicable, do not know what to think.

Although Lin Qingbai was thinking this way, it was like a fishbone was stuck in his heart, and he couldn't spit it out or swallow it. What troubled him even more was that he had never experienced such emotions before, and he didn't know the reason for it.

The hall was very quiet, and Xi An, who used to love to talk around him, didn't say a word at this time.

Lin Qingbai swallowed the food bitterly, thought a lot, and finally said something in a low voice: "You are still young, and your heart is still undecided..."

Xi An stopped the movements in his hands, and raised his eyes to look at Lin Qingbai.

He saw Lin Qingbai biting his mouth, and said after a while: "A man has not yet established a career, so he shouldn't be distracted by the love of his children at this time."

After saying this, Lin Qingbai lowered his eyes and waited for a while, but he didn't wait for Xi An's response.

His eyelashes trembled, and he wondered if he had said too much, so he immediately added: "This is your private matter, as a teacher, you shouldn't say so much, just say it all."

Lin Qingbai couldn't bear this atmosphere, he put down the chopsticks in his hand, got up and wanted to leave, but his wrist was held down by Xi An.

Suddenly, Xi An's laughter rang in his ears.

Lin Qingbai raised his eyes and saw Xi An was looking at him with a smile on his face. He didn't know why this bad boy was so happy and what he was laughing at.

The eyebrows and eyes were crooked, shining like a little crescent moon, never seeing the silence and loss just now, and said with a smile: "It turns out that Master is caring about me."

He took Lin Qingbai's cold hand and put it in his palm to warm it up slowly. Gu Zuoyan asked with a smile: "Master, after you came, I deliberately turned up the fire, and I just finished eating hot food."Soup and rice, why are your hands still so cold?"

Lin Qingbai's hand struggled awkwardly in Xi'an's palm twice, but Xi'an held his hand too tightly, so he could only say stiffly: "I'm not cold."

Xi An smiled again, he lowered his head and rubbed Lin Qingbai's hands warmly, and said, "Master, I understand that you are doing this for my future, so don't worry, the border situation is still uncertain, and the court officialsPeople's hearts are unstable, many people are coveting the power and position in Master's hands, I have no interest in love between men and women, let alone others."

Lin Qingbai felt warmer on his hands after hearing what Xi An said.

"Master, am I obedient?"

Before he was serious for two seconds, Xi An approached Lin Qingbai to ask for praise.

Lin Qingbai looked down at Xi An's hand that was holding him tightly, and said two words lightly.

"generally."