Chapter 22: Menu

His gaze was cold and stern.

Yun Dai couldn’t help but shiver slightly looking at his gaze.

In any case, she had already put her clothes back on properly, and she was going to quickly leave this dangerous place. Mo Chun and the other ladies would be coming in soon, so if they saw her…

Yun Dai didn’t even dare to imagine what would happen…

“I have to go now, you…you’d better leave quickly too.” Yun Dai couldn’t help but try to also hurry him out of the kitchen.

She quickly turned to run out.

But someone pulled her arm back.

She felt shocked and turned her head.

The man was standing there looking at her, and his fingers seemed to be made of steel. His grip was so tight that she felt as if her wrist was going to break.

“Let go of me,” hissed Yun Dai quietly, feeling completely anxious.

“You’re from the kitchen staff?” The man violently pulled her over to stand right in front of him and looked down at her face with a cold, fierce expression on his face. “How dare you! How dare you drug Your Highness! Do you not know how to spell the word death?”

Your Highness?

Besides the three consorts who had positions in the royal palace, only the crown prince could use this title on himself.

In that split second, Yun Dai had already guessed who this man in front of her was.

The crown prince!

This man was Zhao Yuanjing!

So this man was the crown prince. The shameless jerk who had assaulted her in the Chen family kitchen that day!

She now had sufficient reason to suspect that this man must have taken advantage of her the night before.

Yun Dai began to feel furious inside.

She could hear the voices of people talking coming from outside the kitchen.

The sky had begun to brighten, so Mo Chun and the other ladies would be making their way over to start cooking for the day.

Yun Dai couldn’t help but start feeling antsy.

It was more important than ever to leave this place right now.

“Your Highness, it’s very hard to explain things right now. The kitchen ladies are already on their way, so please leave quickly. Otherwise, things will become difficult for both of us,” she said to him nervously.

Zhao Yuanjing’s eyes grew even frostier. “I will get to the bottom of this matter. Keep your head on that neck of yours for now, and wait for my investigation results.”

The voices had already reached the door.

Yun Dai was sweating profusely.

Creeaaak…

Someone pushed the door open from outside.

Mi Dou, Yun Dou, and the two older ladies walked in together.

They saw that Yun Dai was inside the kitchen already, and they all felt shocked.

“Sister Yun, why did you get up so early?” asked Mi Dou in surprise.

Yun Dai turned to look behind her.

Zhao Yuanjing was already gone.

His clothes and the cape that had been on the floor earlier were all gone too.

The window at the back of the kitchen was wide open, so the morning wind was blowing in. It was a little chilly.

Yun Dou looked at her suspiciously.

“Who opened the window?” One of the older ladies, Qi Lan, walked over and closed the window. She smiled and said, “I was just saying that we’re here early today. I didn’t expect Yun to be here even earlier than us.”

Mi Dou wore a bright smile as she said, “Sister Yun, you’re really too hardworking. What are we eating today? Also, can you teach me how to make those crystal dumplings that you were talking about yesterday?”

All she thought about all day long was food.

Yun Dou walked over and looked her up and down. She said, “Yun Dai, why haven’t you changed your clothes or combed your hair? What did you come here to do?”

Yun Dai’s clothes were neat and straightened out, but because she didn’t have a comb on hand, it had been impossible to really fix her hair neatly. Her eyes looked a little red as well.

She looked as if she hadn’t slept a wink all night.

However, Yun Dai had already calmed down.

Zhao Yuanjing had left, thank goodness, so she could handle this issue confidently now.

“I have trouble sleeping in a new bed, so since I couldn’t sleep last night, I thought I’d come out here and try to put a new menu together,” replied Yun Dai calmly.

It was true that she had trouble sleeping in a new bed.

But last night, she didn’t even have the chance to sleep in her new bed.

Yun Dou was clearly still suspicious.

She thought that Yun Dai must be nuts. Instead of sleeping, she came to the kitchen to come up with a new menu?

“So where are the dishes you’ve come up with?” questioned Yun Dou after she looked around the kitchen.

“Who said I was cooking?” said Yun Dai. “What I meant was that I was thinking about what new dishes I could make, but the dishes are all in my head. How could I possibly light the stove in the middle of the night and start cooking?”