Chapter 72: Lost Red Pearl; Inadvertent Eyes Red with Desire 4
Xie Lian was curious, "Why can't I drink this?"
The queen reached for the small jaded cup and took it from him, poured a bit of its
contents on her handkerchief, and pressed it gently a few times on her face, "Mount
Taicang recently sent in a batch of fresh fruits. I don't like cherries, but there was a
method of making it into paste for facials, so I squeezed some for fun. There's not much
use for it and I was about to have it thrown out, so I can't possibly have you drink it!"
Xie Lian smiled as he listened but suddenly recalled the events of the day before. There
were very few times in a year where Mu Qing's mother could taste cherries, and Mu
Qing himself would get bullied just for trying to pick some. It's somewhat of a sensitive
topic and Xie LIan was afraid Mu Qing would be uncomfortable listening to this, so he
smiled and changed the subject, "Then do you have anything that I could eat?"