1564: Hired The Right Person

Hired The Right Person

The kids sat by the table, and Ying Bao realized her father wasn't there yet.1

"Grandma Lan, where's daddy?" Ying Bao asked.

"He'll be here shortly," Lan Yi replied.

They didn't have to wait long before Huo Yunshen came to the dining room. He would always find time to spend with his children as soon as he finished his work every day.

"My liege, can we send in the food now?" Lan Yi asked.

"Yes." Huo Yunshen nodded.

Lan Yi then ordered the servants to bring in plates and plates of delicate food until they filled the table up.

"All right, let's eat," Huo Yunshen said before picking up his knife and fork.

Ying Bao also picked her fork up and was ready to eat.

But Little Grape couldn't work up his appetite.

"I don't want to eat," he said.

"Then what do you want to eat?" Huo Yunshen asked.

"Nothing, I'm not hungry!"

Little Grape shook his head.

Huo Yunshen was really troubled by his son, as he would always act spoiled whenever it was dinner time.

He was worried that his son might be suffering from a type of eating disorder, which was causing him to not eat regularly.

"My liege, we have prepared something else for the prince," Lan Yi quickly said, worried that the king might scold his son again. "It'll be sent over shortly. We hope that this can help work up his appetite."

"Lan Yi, you can't spoil the kid like this." Huo Yunshen sighed.

"Yes, sir."

Huo Yunshen did not comment any further and began to eat with his daughter.

But, truth be told, Huo Yunshen wasn't really attracted to the delicate foods in front of him either. He couldn't taste anything from the foods which were supposed to have been made by the best.

Ever since losing Jing Xi, Huo Yunshen also felt like he was suffering from eating disorders too.

Eating had already become something that he did not enjoy. He only ate so that he wouldn't die from starvation.

One of the servants then brought a bowl of dumpling soup noodles in for the prince.

Lan Yi took the bowl over and could smell the aroma from the soup, which surprised her. She really hoped that it could also stimulate the prince's appetite.

"My price, your food is ready. Please enjoy it."

Lan Yi placed the bowl in front of Little Grape.

"What's this?" Little Grape asked while staring at the bowl of food that he had never seen before.

"It's dumpling soup noodles. Why don't you try some?" Lan Yi smiled.

Little Grape then started to stir the soup noodles with his spoon until it was a mess and asked, "Is this even food?"

"Huo Qingheng! Don't play with your food!" Huo Yunshen scolded as he frowned.

Little Grape knew his father was angry, as he had addressed him with his full name. The little boy quickly lowered his head and took a bite of the dumpling.

It was then that he realized there was meat inside the flour-made shell. When the meat and soup filled his mouth, he let out a sigh, as he had never had anything as tasty as the dumplings before.

He then shoved the remaining half into his mouth. He was amazed that something that didn't look as pretty as all the other foods on the table would be the best.

"It's good! Grandma Lan! It's delicious!" Little Grape exclaimed after shoving three more dumplings into his mouth.

Upon seeing Little Grape finally eating his food, Lan Yi felt like she had made the right choices when she decided to hire Jing Xi.

Both Huo Yunshen and Ying Bao looked at the little boy with their mouths open as he could not stop eating.

The little boy looked like a cute little pig, devouring all the food in front of him.

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