Chapter Thirty: Lotus Root Powder and Osmanthus Cake

  Han Caiwei didn't understand Li Xiuzhen's meaning, furrowed her brow and wanted to shake off Li Xiuzhen's hand, but found that he was holding on tightly and couldn't be shaken off. So she gritted her teeth and said: "Let me go! What do you mean by pulling me like this? You just said you were afraid of what others would say, now you're not afraid of being gossiped about? Let me go!"

  Li Xiuxian hooked her lips, then said to Shuang'er: "You take the young master to the hall first and sit for a while. Ask the kitchen staff to prepare some food. Your master must be hungry!"

  "Yes, I'll go prepare!" Li Xiuzhen said, and Shuang'er hastily led the young man who was covering his mouth and smiling away. As they left, both of them glanced at Han Caixi and gave her a helpless look that seemed to say "good luck", Han Caixi silently cursed these two for being so unhelpful!

  "Li Xiuzhen, what do you want to do? You're hurting me!" Han Caimei saw that she was the only one left and began to struggle free without regard for her image. "Anyway, I'm just your concubine, at worst you can divorce me and let me stay in another courtyard, no matter how others gossip it has nothing to do with you!"

  "How dare you address me by my name?" Glaring at her with anger, he inexplicably swallowed his displeasure and furrowed his brow, saying, "If you had behaved yourself and not moved, would you have gotten hurt? I have something to say to you."

  "I won't listen!" Han Caiwei felt uncomfortable after hearing his previous words, and she didn't want to stay there. As a modern person, she still couldn't fully adapt to the concept of hierarchy and etiquette. If they continued discussing this topic, they would inevitably quarrel. So she was unwilling to continue talking. "If it's about lecturing me, I won't listen! If it's about how I shouldn't have spoken to Princess Wang like that, I also won't listen! - Now you don't have anything else to say, do you?"

  Li Xiuzhen said helplessly: "Han Caiwei, I won't lecture you! Yulan shouldn't have treated you that way, and Zhaoxi was too considerate of Yulan! What happened just now was unfair to you and your mother. Fortunately, Zhaoxi handled it well in the end, so I didn't speak up. But please don't take out that dagger again, it's scary enough, what if you hurt yourself?"

  "Isn't the prince afraid that I'll hurt someone with this knife?" Han Caiwei couldn't believe that Li Xiuzhi would be so magnanimous. If that previous slash had landed on Qi Shaohui's or Pang Yulan's neck, she probably would have been kicked out of the mansion by now!

  Li Xiuxian smiled slightly: "Harming others will ultimately harm oneself, you wouldn't be unaware of this principle."

  His smile was too enigmatic, and Han Caiwei didn't want to see through the meaning behind it. She furrowed her brow and looked away, not wanting to look at him again. But in her heart, she couldn't help but think: could his intention be that she would ultimately get hurt too? She slightly shook her head, still unable to understand what he meant. However, after snapping back to reality, she found herself being led by him into the house, where a plate of pastries was placed in front of her. They smelled delicious and looked good, but she couldn't recall their name.

  Shuang'er watched Xie Caiwei's expression from the side, pursed her lips and smiled: "Miss, this is a lotus seed paste cake with osmanthus sugar that I brought from the kitchen. The cook said it was made with osmanthus flowers from Mei Garden! Normally only the prince and princess can eat it, but now Miss has caught the attention of the young master, so you can also try some!"

  Han Caiwei looked at the pastries that were brought up one after another, and only this lotus seed paste cake was particularly good-looking and exquisite. It also smelled especially fragrant. She was tempted by the smell and directly picked it up with her hand to take a bite. The cake melted in her mouth and was filled with rich fragrance. Han Caiwei became excited and hugged the plate to continue eating.

  Li Xiuxian saw her greedy appearance and smiled with pursed lips: "Is it delicious?"

  "Delicious! The chef's skills are really good!" Han Caiwei couldn't stop praising, everything inside was purely natural, and it was indeed very delicious!

  Li Xiuzhen saw that she had crumbs all over her mouth, so he casually wiped the corners of her mouth with his hand and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, don't eat too much, you still have to eat dinner later! Dim sum is just a snack!"

  His fingertips accidentally brushed against her lips, skin touching, his fingertips warm sensation

  Li Xiuzhen saw that there wasn't much left in the plate, but she looked at her with a faint smile and said: "It's just eating a pastry, why is your face red?"

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