After The Scumbag Alpha Consort Chose To Lie Flat, The Princess Rebelled - Chapter 3

“Impudent!”

Meng Qianyan’s expression changed the moment she heard Gu Xianyu’s words. A lackey of the Second Prince actually dared to flirt with her?

Gu Xianyu was startled by the sudden shout. As she stepped back, her footing slipped again. Seeing that she was about to fall to the ground, she instinctively reached out to grab whatever she could.

As it happened, she grabbed Meng Qianyan’s hand.

In that split second, Gu Xianyu fell to the ground—and conveniently dragged the princess down on top of herself.

“Mm—” Gu Xianyu felt a sharp stab of pain in her head. Then she smelled that rich, cool fragrance of green bamboo again.

After that, she felt the ability most familiar to her from her previous life flowing through her body. In her mind, something like a tiny young sprout appeared.

Gu Xianyu could no longer care about her terror over having direct contact with a living person. Her heart was full of shock.

So she had not come here in a body that only looked exactly like the original owner’s.

She had transmigrated here physically.

When Silan saw the consort fall, her heart jolted in alarm. Then she saw the consort drag Her Highness the Princess down with her.

Silan’s soul trembled along with her. She hurried over and helped the princess up, immediately about to kneel and plead guilty—only to remember that the consort was still lying on the ground.

“Let her lie there!” Meng Qianyan had never been as disheveled as she was today, yet the culprit was still lying on the ground laughing.

Meng Qianyan stared at her. “Consort, are you trying to drop dead?”

Hearing this, Gu Xianyu suddenly remembered why Meng Qianyan had chosen her in the first place. Was it not because she was sickly and easy to kill off?

Then she remembered that in the novel, not long after the Grand General returned, the consort suddenly died.

Gu Xianyu did not want to die yet. She had only just awakened her ability, and there were still so many interesting plants she had not studied.

“I don’t want to.” Gu Xianyu quickly stood up and patted the dust off her body. “Your Highness, I didn’t do it on purpose. You frightened me, so I fell. When a person falls, their instinctive reaction is to grab something, and you just happened to be standing in front of me.”

“So it is this palace’s fault instead?” Meng Qianyan was so angered by her words that she laughed. Then her face suddenly turned cold. “This palace heard from the servants of the consort’s estate that the consort is not good with words. Why are you so eloquent in front of me?”

Gu Xianyu froze at her words. She subconsciously raised her hand, wanting to touch her own mouth, then remembered that she had just fallen to the ground, and her hand had gotten dirty while patting off the dust. So she lowered it again.

How strange. Why was she not stuttering?

Gu Xianyu turned to look at Silan, wanting to test whether she could say something else.

But after looking at Silan for a long while, she could not squeeze out even half a word. Instead, she held it in until both her face and neck turned red.

Silan could not understand what the consort meant. After thinking for a moment, she said to Meng Qianyan, “Your Highness, it is getting late. The night is deep, and the dew is heavy. Your Highness should not remain outside for long. Why not first take a look at these red fruits?”

Meng Qianyan looked at Gu Xianyu, then looked at the strangely shaped red fruits.

“You said this thing can be eaten? That it wards off cold, warms the body, and generates heat?” Meng Qianyan had also been surprised when she heard it. Very quickly, she thought that if this could be planted in the northern border, where the cold was bitter, the common people there might have an easier time in winter once they obtained it. If sent into the army, this thing could be even more useful.

The moment Gu Xianyu heard her mention chili peppers, her interest immediately rose.

She crouched beside the potted plant, picked a chili pepper, and said, “Raw or cooked, both are fine.”

Meng Qianyan took it and looked it over in her hand. “The foreign envoys said this thing is poisonous and cannot be eaten. They also said it must not be touched by hand, or it will cause a burning pain.”

Meng Qianyan had only looked at it before and had never touched it. Now that she saw Gu Xianyu holding it, she took it as well and discovered that her body had no reaction.

“If you cut it open and touch the inside, it will be spicy and painful.” Gu Xianyu found that her tongue was still a little clumsy, but when discussing something she liked, her speech became much smoother.

Hearing this, Meng Qianyan prepared to cut it open and see whether it would truly cause that burning pain, just as she had said.

“Your Highness!” Silan hurriedly stopped her. “Your Highness has a body worth ten thousand gold. You absolutely must not test danger with your own body. Let this subordinate do it instead.”

Seeing the two of them act as though they were facing a great enemy, Gu Xianyu found it somewhat amusing. She picked another pepper from the chili plant.

“Kitchen. Cook it.”

Meng Qianyan went to the kitchen with her. Silan prepared to call a cook over to wait on them, but Gu Xianyu stopped her.

“I’ll cook.” Gu Xianyu turned to look at Meng Qianyan.

She knew that the person with the most power here was Meng Qianyan. Only Meng Qianyan’s words had weight, just like the base chief in her previous life.

The emperor was like the leader of an alliance between all the bases, able to manage and mobilize every base chief.

And after marriage, princesses would also have their own fiefs. Once a princess married, she could choose to remain in the capital or go to her fief.

Meng Qianyan had not yet been officially assigned a fief, so she could only remain in the capital for the time being.

But in the future, the consort would have to follow the princess to her fief. So her immediate superior would always be the base chief.

“Since the consort wants to cook, let the consort do it.” Meng Qianyan was not an Omega confined to the inner residence who believed Alphas ought to stay far away from the kitchen.

Seeing that both masters were in agreement, Silan no longer said anything. It was just that the consort did not know how to start a fire.

Meng Qianyan watched as she stuck her backside out and blew beneath the stove for a long time, making herself filthy with soot and ash. The front of her green formal robe had been dirtied earlier from rolling on the ground, and now the front was smeared with charcoal black from scraping against the stove.

“…”

Meng Qianyan remembered the records in that little booklet again. She let out a cold laugh and aimed a kick straight at that raised backside.

“Slovenly ghost. Move aside.” Meng Qianyan kicked her away and said to Silan, “Go help the consort start the fire.”

Gu Xianyu nearly fell to the ground. She turned to look at Meng Qianyan, confusion showing on her face. She did not understand why Meng Qianyan had suddenly kicked her.

The force had been very light, as though Meng Qianyan were teasing her.

When the base chief kicked her in her previous life, she would have to lie there for a very long time before she could crawl back up.

Thinking of this, Gu Xianyu smiled at Meng Qianyan.

Meng Qianyan fell silent for a moment, thinking that the rumors outside might be true. The Sixth Consort had an illness in the head.

The fire was lit.

Silan was also afraid the consort would be splashed by hot oil, so she served at the side with fear and trembling. In the end, she discovered that the consort simply did not know how to start a fire. She really did know how to cook.

The red fruits were chopped up on the cutting board.

Meng Qianyan walked over. The moment she raised her hand, Silan immediately handed over a pair of clean chopsticks.

“Can it be eaten raw?” Meng Qianyan asked Gu Xianyu.

Gu Xianyu discovered that Meng Qianyan also spoke rather concisely. She nodded. “Yes.”

In Meng Qianyan’s eyes, the consort’s one-word answer was clearly her putting on airs.

However, if she could truly verify the red fruit’s use, Meng Qianyan was willing to indulge her this once.

Meng Qianyan picked up a piece. “Consort, open your mouth.”

“I don’t like eating it raw.”

“If this palace rewards you, you ought to thank me for the reward.” Meng Qianyan reached out and held it closer in front of her.

Gu Xianyu frowned, but she did not resist too strongly. It was true that she did not like eating it raw, but it was also true that this was food.

She opened her mouth, preparing to eat it.

But Meng Qianyan withdrew her hand. “Forget it. Since the consort dislikes it, this palace will not force you. Go cook.”

Only then did Gu Xianyu realize she had been teased again.

She did not get angry.

In her previous life, she had seen mothers hold food up to their babies’ mouths to tease them. She had found it very warm.

She had no mother. She was a new human researched into existence by researchers. She was only the base’s human-shaped grain-production machine.

“Achoo.” Silan could not hold back. The moment the chili peppers entered the wok, she sneezed, then sneezed several more times in a row.

Gu Xianyu covered the wok with a lid and turned to look at Meng Qianyan, only to meet Meng Qianyan’s reddened eyes as she held herself back.

Oh.

So it was not that she was unafraid of being choked by the smell.

She was just able to endure it.

Gu Xianyu also felt her nose itch a little, but she was still all right. If she endured it, she could hold it back.

Silan, on the other hand, covered her face with her sleeve and sneezed nonstop, tears coming out.

The chili pepper stir-fried meat was done.

A steaming-hot plate of food was set before them, smelling strange yet strangely appetizing.

Silan took the initiative to suggest testing the food.

Before the master and servant could decide, Gu Xianyu took the chopsticks herself and started eating first.

“Mm.” Gu Xianyu’s face was full of satisfaction. “Spicy. So good!”

Heaven knew how hard it had been for her since coming here. Not only had she eaten bland food every day, she had also been forced to drink bitter medicine. The days had been unbearable.

Seeing her eat it, Meng Qianyan lowered her guard somewhat.

She also picked up a slice of meat and put it in her mouth. The taste was very strange. Her tongue felt a burning sensation, along with some pain, as though a fire had been lit in her mouth.

If someone said this was poison, she would not doubt it at all.

But when she saw the consort eating with such relish, she swallowed it too.

Very quickly, heat rose through her body, and she began to sweat.

“Good. This thing is excellent.” Joy appeared on Meng Qianyan’s face. “Silan, try it quickly.”

Silan ate a slice of chili pepper.

Very quickly, she started making hissing sounds. “Water!” Silan got up and searched everywhere for water. She lifted the lid off the water jar, scooped up a ladleful, and drank it in large gulps.

After waiting a little longer, Meng Qianyan felt no other abnormal effects. Instead, she somewhat wanted to taste another slice of meat. But there was only one piece left on the plate, and the consort had already delivered it into her mouth.

“Delicious!” Gu Xianyu comfortably rubbed her belly.

Meng Qianyan looked at the satisfied little expression on her face, then looked at her face, which was now as dirty as a tabby cat’s. So she tossed a handkerchief over.

Gu Xianyu looked at the handkerchief in her hand, then looked at Meng Qianyan in confusion. Seeing that Meng Qianyan had no reaction, she thought for a moment, then used the handkerchief to wipe the oil from her mouth.

“Thank you.” She rolled the handkerchief up and put it into the inner pocket at her chest. “I’ll wash it clean and return it to you.”

“No need.” Meng Qianyan looked at her barely rising and falling chest and said with considerable disdain, “This palace does not lack one handkerchief.”

“It’s for me?” Gu Xianyu was somewhat happy. She smiled until her eyes narrowed. She liked when other people gave her things. She liked anything at all. Because in her previous life, she had never received any gifts.

Meng Qianyan saw her smiling like a little cat and found it very interesting. She could not help laughing along. “If this palace were to give a gift, how could it be merely a handkerchief? Today, you identified the red fruit. I will record this as a great merit. Whatever reward you want, just ask.”

“Give me one pot of chili peppers. I’ll breed the seeds. Is that all right?”

Meng Qianyan was somewhat surprised. “You know how to breed seeds?”

“I do. I know how to farm. I like farming. The consort’s estate won’t let me farm. The mamas and eunuchs won’t let me, and Xiu’an won’t let me either. They say it is improper and undignified.” Gu Xianyu smiled at her. “You’re so good. You let me take care of the red fruits.”

Meng Qianyan did not speak. She picked up her teacup and took a sip.

Silan also looked up at the kitchen beams.

Oh my, they were so tall and broad.

Truly nice to look at.