The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 470

Chapter 470: 239 Baby (Second Update)

Chapter 470: 239 Baby (Second Update)

She couldn’t help but approach him and gently asked from behind him, “Baby, where are your family members?”

Baby?

The young monk, who had never been called this way before, trembled slightly at the sound. He turned around and looked at her dumbfounded, “Are you… calling me?”

There didn’t seem to be any other children around.

But, baby?

Oh my, how embarrassing!

He’s already four years old!

The young monk’s face suddenly turned red with embarrassment, making him even more adorable.

The royal princess’s heart melted, she squatted down to meet his gaze and asked, “Are you here alone? Where are your family members?”

The young monk tilted his head and answered, “My family members are busy.”

The royal princess was enthralled by his cuteness, “Are you… a member of the medical hall?”

The young monk hid his hands behind his back and nodded.

As the young monk was wearing the Guozijian’s uniform and a scholar’s hat, he looked like a mini official, despite his short hair.

Gurgle~

The young monk’s stomach grumbled.

He looked down at his tummy, a look of grievance on his face.

Why did it have to make a sound now? Didn’t it care about his dignity?

The royal princess chuckled, placed her food box on a rock and opened the lid. She then took out a small dish of crab yellow crisp for him, “Here.”

The crab yellow crisp had been bought from outside; it had gone cold from being left out for too long. She decided to let the kitchen staff warm it up.

She could have asked the eunuchs to do this task, but she had been cooped up inside the room the whole afternoon and wanted to go out for a walk.

Upon seeing the golden pastries, the young monk swallowed his saliva and regretfully said, “Thank you, but I can’t eat meat.”

He had seen Xu Zhouzhou and Chu Yu eat crab yellow crisp before and knew it had meat in it.

Even if there was no meat, pastries usually contained pork lard for a better taste.

This was something Gu Jiao had mentioned before, so the young monk never casually ate food from outside.

The royal princess was momentarily taken aback, “Why can’t you eat meat?”

The little lad was too shy to admit that he fainted at the sight of meat. After thinking for a while, he said, “Maybe it’s because I used to be a monk?”

This made the royal princess even more puzzled. This adorable little boy used to be a monk?

Was that the reason his hair was so short?

The royal princess looked at his head again and softly asked, “How old were you when you became a monk?”

Without hesitation, the young monk answered, “I was very young. My master said that I was born in the temple and grew up there, which is why I became a monk.”

The royal princess continued to ask, “Then why didn’t your parents bring you down the mountain?”

The young monk shook his head, “I don’t have any parents. Wait, I do now. Jiaojiao’s parents are my parents!”

When he said these words, there was no hint of complaint or sadness in his eyes. He was a little sunshine top to bottom.

But the royal princess’s heart clenched, as if she felt a pang of pain. She looked at the young monk and hesitantly asked, “How old are you this year?”

The young monk held up four fingers, “Four years old.”

A wave of sorrow swept over the royal princess. If her child hadn’t passed away, he would have been four years old too…

After waking up Minmin, the royal princess took Minmin back to the royal garden.

On the way, the eunuchs felt that the princess’s mood was unusually low.

Meanwhile, at the imperial palace…

The emissaries from Liang Country led by the royal prince were quarreling heatedly with the ministers of Zhan Country in the Qilin Palace.

Liang Country dared to attempt exchanging their lime mortar technology for Zhan Country’s latest bellows technology and newly developed sticky rice mortar technology.

Frankly speaking, this lime mortar was their latest technology, even more advanced than the basic water drainage technology that Liang Country had once given to Zhan Country.

However, Zhan Country didn’t need this technology since they already had a better sticky rice mortar!

Apart from that, weren’t they overly shameless for attempting to exchange two technologies?

The court was grateful they had controlled the technology of the bellows in time; otherwise, Liang Country might have learned the technology from small counties and then accused Zhan Country of stealing their technology!

What was even more infuriating was that Liang Country intended to initiate an unequal trade between the two countries — exchanging their inferior handicrafts for Zhan Country’s superior silk and tea leaves.

It was said that the prime minister of Yuan, an influential official, fainted on the spot due to anger.