Li Huowang gazed at the little boy in Gao Zhijian's arms, whose big, round eyes were watching him in confusion. Picking up his chopsticks, Li Huowang dipped them into the sauce of a nearby dish and brought them toward the boy's mouth.
The old eunuch at the side was about to step forward and intervene but was forced back by a sharp glance from Gao Zhijian.
The chubby Crown Prince licked the sauce with his tongue, and upon realizing it was spicy, his face scrunched up like a steamed bun. He burst into loud, healthy sobs.
Seeing this, the two men exchanged a smile, and the atmosphere instantly returned to how it had been in the past.
"How are things in the village?" Gao Zhijian asked, handing the crying child to the eunuch beside him as he turned to Li Huowang.
"Not bad," Li Huowang said while picking up a piece of camel hump with his chopsticks and popping it into his mouth. "With the silver you sent, how could the village be doing poorly?"
