I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 74 - 66: The Homeroom Teacher Lives Next Door to Me

Gu Lan said solemnly, "I picked him up on the road, I don’t know any Rong Da or Rong Er."

Xie Yun: He wasn’t talking about Rong Da or Rong Er, but Fifth Prince Rong...

Rong Heng, who was picked up on the road, was forced to wear a mask and couldn’t continue eating hotpot. He sat sullenly until Gu Lan’s hand reached over and stuffed a few candies into his palm. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Light green ones, he found them strange and couldn’t detect any scent, so he had to take off the mask and tentatively eat one.

As for exposing his identity, Xie Yun had already seen it.

"Mint flavor," Gu Lan explained, "Isn’t it not spicy anymore?"

Rong Heng found this taste quite peculiar, cool in the mouth, but not unpleasant. He quietly finished eating and watched as Gu Lan ate all the remaining meat by himself.

After finishing, he suddenly stared blankly at his empty palm.

If what Gu Lan gave him was poison, would he have eaten it just as unresistingly?

His prided cautious vigilance vanished completely when he met this young man.

"I bid farewell, Lan, we’ll meet again another day."

Xie Yun saw Gu Lan was fine, looked at the two for a while, and noticed Gu Lan never invited him to eat together, so he clasped his fists in a salute, climbed up the ancient locust tree in the yard, and went back home.

Gu Lan was busy eating hotpot and didn’t understand what Xie Yun meant by his words.

Xie Yun took a final glance back, and in the small courtyard, Gu Lan again picked up a chopstick full of meat, trying to tempt Fifth Young Master Rong.

They seemed rather well-matched.

It’s just unexpected that Rong Heng dared to sneak out of the palace and hide in Dingyuan Marquis Mansion... Xie Yun didn’t know what came to mind, frowning with a hint of worry in his eyes.

Getting tangled with the Imperial Family is a fatal trouble.

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For several days, Rong Heng finally recalled the fear of being controlled by Xiao Ning’s three-day cold noodle regimen.

Because of Young Master Gu, he had three days of little hotpot with him!

Until the last day, Mrs. Wang finally returned from her maternal home and announced she would personally cook for her beloved nephew. The whole Step Lotus Hall, from Rong Heng and Zijin to Wei Lan and Zipei, all had red eyes and trembling lips.

The key was, Young Master Gu not only ate hotpot himself, but also didn’t let Zijin make anything else and insisted on promoting various ways of eating hotpot throughout the Marquis Mansion’s small kitchen, even researching several dipping sauces.

Only Wei Chengyuan, hiding in the dark and eating just one meal a day, could still enjoy the spicy pot with relish.

As a physician, Rong Heng experienced inflammation for the first time in his life.

He developed a small sore at the corner of his mouth, causing Jiu to look oddly at him these few days.

Finally having a proper meal, the Imperial Family’s school reopened after a half-month break.

Rong Heng left Dingyuan Marquis Mansion with his ever-growing bundle, filled with large and small packages of food, barely fitting.

Before leaving, Gu Lan asked him if there was anything he was dissatisfied with about Step Lotus Hall and welcomed him back next time.

Rong Heng lowered his eyes, then gazed around the surroundings, resting on the ancient locust tree in the yard.

"Cut down this tree," he said lightly.

Wei Chengyuan dropped down from the tree, "No, where would I stay if you cut it down?"

Gu Lan initially didn’t want to cut it; after all, the tree was comfortable for shade in the summer. However, seeing Wei Chengyuan say that, she immediately summoned Zipei, "Go, cut the tree."

Wei Chengyuan had already taken to staying at Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.

The day before yesterday, Gu Lan tried to drive him away by charging him rent, but Wei Chengyuan went out, returned to his old profession as a ranger, and somehow robbed the rich to aid her with silver taels, pitifully asking, "Lanlan, do I have to pay to stay at my home too?"

Gu Lan was speechless and tacitly allowed him to squat in the dark; as for Wei Lan, she temporarily kept him at the Marquis Mansion.

In Wei Chengyuan’s despondent gaze, the ancient locust tree fell with a crash, surprising Xie Yun next door who watched for quite a while.

Rong Heng returned to the palace satisfied, knowing that the next time he eats little hotpot with Gu Lan, there won’t be anyone jumping up and down the tree.

No, how could there be a next time, there will be no next time!

After the flood, the restoration of all things began, and Maoqin Hall was newly renovated, welcoming several people back to school.

However, Qin Zhenghu was recently recommended by the Ministry of Industry’s Chief of Staff to become an official, temporarily leaving the Imperial Family’s school, and Yan Qing’s companion Cao Chen also didn’t show up.

This flood disaster seems over, but taking place during harvest season, outside Yan Capital, thousands of acres of fertile land were destroyed, leaving people with nothing to harvest.

The once prosperous Yan Capital is now rife with disaster victims.

If refugee numbers continue to rise, social instability is feared; the Emperor understands this, hence allocated ten thousand taels of gold from the treasury, and set up porridge distribution sites around the Capital City, resulting in government and people alike starting to tighten belts and cut corners.