TPITWOHEF

Chapter 114

Jiu Xiao took a bite and froze, unable to move.

The freshly washed vegetable leaves were wrapped around a few slices of fatty and lean pork belly that had been grilled on skewers until the oil was squeezed out.

With a crisp snap, he chewed it together with the tender garlic. The burst of flavors included the sweetness of the vegetables, the savory saltiness of the meat fat, and the refreshing, mildly pungent aroma of garlic.

Jiu Xiao had never known that anything could taste so delicious.

Crispy, chewy, tender, and soft - different textures unfolded like a blossoming flower in his mouth.

In one bite, he almost forgot that he was supposed to leave.

"Who's there!" Xiao Luzi's plate was jolted by the recoiling pork belly skewer.

Consort Min, standing farther away, caught sight of it and frowned up at the rafters.

Her angry shout finally alerted the person on the beam.

Instantly, a figure in black clothes, faster than her upward glance, darted away.

"Insolent! Where are you going!" Consort Min raged, enraged that there was a thief in the Chonghua Palace!

The guards rushed in with a clatter.

"Consort Min?"

"An assassin, no, a thief!" Consort Min fumed, slamming the table.

But Concubine Liu and Cheng Qian couldn't help but smirk.

Because in the cradle, Chu Chu's stunned inner voice rushed out at high speed.

[Damn! Who is this! Such fast moves!]

[Aunt Min didn't even see them?]

[The guards outside heard the shout and rushed in, but this person had already left, without even a trail of dust.]

[Sigh, the power gap is too big...]

Xiao Chuchu sighed, ever since her system's ability to watch live broadcasts from anywhere was sealed, she had no way to figure out many things.

But she wasn't stupid, and a little reasoning left her stunned.

[Oh my, could this be that Tea-serving Junior Eunuch with a power level of 99?]

"Pfft... cough." Cheng Qian, hearing his sister's inner voice, nearly choked on the pork belly, his face turning red.

The junior eunuch he had rescued from being drowned in the lake was truly a master?

He hadn't misheard his sister's inner voice the last time.

Then why had that person concealed their abilities and not fought back that day? Was it on the Emperor's orders? Was this person the Emperor's secret guard?

[Oh, he didn't actually go out of the palace with Father Emperor to see the refugees, but why did he come to watch us eat grilled meat?]

Xiao Chuchu's grape-like eyes flickered, and she quickly understood.

[He was hungry, his weakness is being hungry!]

[But why didn't he steal from someone else, but instead watch Xiao Luzi's grilled meat beside my brother? Xiao Luzi just said this was the second time the power level 99 junior eunuch stole his food. Was it him last time too?]

[Oh, I'm dizzy.]

Xiao Chuchu didn't understand.

[Father Emperor isn't in the palace, but the enlightenment progress can still go up? What does that mean?]