My Aloof Lord Ex-Husband Begs for Remarriage
Chapter 188 - 189: Had a Change of Heart?

Chapter 188: Chapter 189: Had a Change of Heart?

The kitchen maid gazed at the sliced meat with longing, as if she was about to drool.

Chu Nanli couldn’t help stifling her laughter.

Thinking that eating hotpot alone was boring, Chu Nanli nodded.

"Let’s eat together."

The kitchen maid was instantly thrilled, having braced herself for rejection she didn’t expect Chu Nanli to agree.

The Princess Consort is truly beautiful and kind-hearted!

She excitedly moved a small stool over to sit beside Chu Nanli, imitating her as she swished a slice of beef in the broth.

The moment it touched her tongue, she felt as though her soul had ascended!

"It’s so delicious, wuwu, I’ve never eaten anything this tasty in my life!"

The kitchen maid Mengmeng was on the verge of tears from the emotion.

Despite her eight years of culinary expertise, she had never tasted such delicacies and had even doubted the Princess Consort in her mind at first.

If this wasn’t blinding oneself to the truth, what was it?

Luckily, the Princess Consort didn’t disdain her, allowing her to taste such heavenly delights.

With tears in her eyes, she ate another bowl.

The other kitchen maids watched with intense envy.

So fragrant!

They wanted to eat it too!

Among them, those who were bolder and could no longer contain their cravings also chimed in, "Princess Consort, may I also have a bite...?"

Chu Nanli: "..."

"The base of the pot is here, if you want to eat something you can cut it and cook it yourselves." Chu Nanli paused, then continued, "However, who was it that talked back to me just now? You are not allowed to eat."

Upon hearing this, the kitchen maids who had remained silent were overjoyed.

And the two maids who had talked back to Chu Nanli were now full of regret.

If only they hadn’t been so talkative earlier, they could have been eating now.

As for now, they could only watch others enjoy the feast while they swallowed their saliva.

The house steward didn’t go far after leaving.

He watched Chu Nanli’s actions from a distance.

When Chu Nanli made the hotpot that was as delicious in appearance and aroma as it was in taste, he felt a sting on his face.

He had thought he could snag a bite, too, but Chu Nanli had just said that those who had talked back to her weren’t allowed to eat!

"Humph, the Princess Consort is really petty, not nearly as generous as the Concubine!"

The house steward muttered under his breath, full of contempt.

Having been a steward at the Prince Residence for many years, and even the Concubine treated him with respect—this Princess Consort didn’t know to ingratiate herself with him. She really was naive.

The house steward grumbled to himself and was about to leave when he turned around and saw Ye Yunting, who had just returned to the Prince Residence.

His eyes darting about, he approached and said, "Prince, you’re back. The Princess Consort has been waiting for you."

Ye Yunting’s expression, previously indifferent, eased slightly, "Where is she?"

"In the kitchen," the house steward said.

"The kitchen?"

Ye Yunting remembered that when Chu Nanli had just married into the family, she used to cook for him.

He told her she was the Princess Consort and needn’t do such things.

Chu Nanli had said that she was merely doing what a wife should for her husband and insisted that he try her cooking.

But the result of her cooking efforts was, to put it nicely, indescribable...

It seemed like Chu Nanli hadn’t cooked for him in a long time nor called him ’husband’ anymore.

Ye Yunting took steps toward the kitchen.

The house steward watched Ye Yunting head to the kitchen, smirking to himself.

If the Prince saw Chu Nanli, the Princess Consort, mingling and eating with the maids, he would certainly scold her, and maybe he would even punish her!

The best case would be to have Chu Nanli locked back in the dungeon!

Thinking this, the house steward followed along.

Ye Yunting entered the kitchen and saw Chu Nanli and a few kitchen maids gathered around two iron pots, eating together.

Ye Yunting’s expression darkened.

Seeing Ye Yunting’s displeased face, the house steward began to gloat, thinking: The Princess Consort is in for it now!

"Chu Nanli, what are you doing!" Ye Yunting looked at the leftovers and scolded angrily.

Chu Nanli looked up and saw Ye Yunting’s handsome face, cold and full of displeasure.

She didn’t know where she had offended him again, only feeling that he was intentionally picking a quarrel.

However, Chu Nanli didn’t want to start a conflict with him, as she was pregnant, and losing her temper would only harm herself.

"Would you like some hotpot?" Chu Nanli elegantly wiped the corner of her mouth and responded to Ye Yunting.

Ye Yunting’s face darkened.

He was well aware that Chu Nanli was "eating" something.

Shouldn’t she have waited for him to arrive before eating, though?

Regardless, she shouldn’t have shared it with the servants.

As Ye Yunting’s face grew darker, Chu Nanli thought that he might have a fear of germs and didn’t want to share a pot with others.

"If you mind, then forget it," Chu Nanli waved her hand.

Truth be told, she had merely been making polite conversation and wasn’t really prepared for Ye Yunting to join.

Ye Yunting’s eyes turned colder, almost freezing over.

This woman was becoming more and more perfunctory!

Seeing that the Prince was angry, the servants didn’t dare to continue eating and quickly stood up, bowing their heads to the side.

Glancing at them, Ye Yunting said in a low, cold voice, "Serve me my meal."

Chu Nanli: "???"

She hadn’t misheard, had she? Ye Yunting wanted to eat their leftover hotpot?

"You don’t mind?"

"Hmm." Ye Yunting spoke indifferently, "Previously in the army, I shared a pot with the soldiers, eating and drinking together. There’s nothing particular about it."

Chu Nanli hadn’t expected him to be so down-to-earth.

"Hmm, please take a seat, Prince," said Chu Nanli.

The servants were also quick-witted, promptly cleaning up the space beside the pot, bringing new bowls and chopsticks, and setting out fresh ingredients as if everything was just starting.

Ye Yunting’s frown gradually eased.

"Prince, allow me to serve your meal," the head chef Mengmeng said, seeing the Prince seated and his demeanor becoming gentler, ready to come forward and wait on him.

However, Ye Yunting gave her a cold look.

"No need."

Then, his gaze shifted towards Chu Nanli.

Chu Nanli: "???"

Was this his way of suggesting she should attend to him?

So Ye Yunting had come solely to insult and boss her around?

Chu Nanli really wanted to say, "Eat it or leave it."

But she was under his roof.

Even if she hated Ye Yunting, she couldn’t afford to fall out with him.

She deliberately chose a dish with extra spice and heat, dumped the ingredients into the spicy pot, and once they were cooked, she served them to Ye Yunting.

A soft warmth flashed through Ye Yunting’s eyes that even he had not noticed.

But, as he put the ingredients in his mouth, his expression changed again.

"Chu Nanli!"

The spiciness was so intense that his throat felt as if it were on fire, leaving him in a predicament of whether to spit it out or not.

In the end, he had no choice but to swallow it with gritted teeth.

"Are you alright, Prince?" Chu Nanli quickly poured water for Ye Yunting, feigning concern, though her heart couldn’t have been more delighted.

Ye Yunting saw Chu Nanli’s face of "concern," and his mood softened considerably.

Perhaps Chu Nanli hadn’t done it deliberately, her cooking was always like this, and he shouldn’t have expected any different.

"It’s nothing," Ye Yunting said after a drink of water.

Chu Nanli didn’t expect Ye Yunting not to get angry at all.

Could it be that he had changed his ways?

Just as Chu Nanli was puzzled, Ye Yunting stood up, "I had a medicinal remedy prescribed for you; have someone come to pick it up tonight."

Even the Prince’s housekeeper had not anticipated such an outcome.

He had thought the Prince would scold the Princess Consort.

But not only did that not happen, the two of them had dinner together, and afterwards, the Prince even had a remedy prepared for the Princess Consort.

Could it be that the relationship between the Prince and the Princess Consort was improving and that the winds in the Prince Residence were about to change?

...

Meanwhile, Lin Fuying was so furious upon learning that Ye Yunting and Chu Nanli, that despicable woman, had dinner together that she bit her silver teeth to pieces.