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  In the afternoon, Xiu Feng brought a lacquered tray with a golden rim and placed on it a delicate white porcelain cup with a golden edge, containing a light reddish-brown tea liquid.

  Come in and Fu smiled: "Third sister, you said the fragrant tea that hits your nose, try it, this is my first time brewing, if I don't brew well, please don't mind."

  Chu Ke smiled and said: "Come over here."

  Xiufeng hastily walked up to her with a tray, slightly squatting down and holding the tray high at eyebrow level in respect.

  Chu Ke took over the teacup and put it to her lips, taking a light sip. She nodded with a smile: "First infusion, already not bad, slightly lacking."

  "Please tell me, miss, what is lacking?"

  "The taste is getting thick, the flower bones should choose the kind that is tightly wrapped. If it opens with a bubble, the pollen inside will be soaked in water and won't be smooth." Chu Ke said with a smile, pursing her lips.

  Xiu Feng nodded vaguely.

  Chu Ke smiled and glanced at Chunyan, who was waiting at the door: "If this flower tea can be paired with a pastry made from peach juice, it would be perfect. Chunyan, bring me two pieces of that kind of pastry you made yesterday, the one you said is always available."

  Spring Swallow hesitated for a moment, glanced at Hsiu Feng, and could only curtsy and smile: "I'll go to the kitchen right away." She then lifted the curtain and left.

  Xiu Feng was afraid that if she stayed here for a long time, the senior maids would be unhappy. She watched as San Gu Niang took a sip and put down her teacup, then smiled and curtsied. Just as she was about to speak, Chu Ke Qi suddenly laughed and said: "This tea-brewing skill is not bad either, stay by my side as a tea-making maid."

  Xiu Feng Meng was stunned after hearing it, and didn't expect San Gu Niang to make such a suggestion. Her face didn't show surprise, but instead looked somewhat discolored. At this time, Chu Kei Gui stared tightly at her, smiling and saying: "What, you're not happy to be the one who brews tea and adds water for me?"

  Xiu Feng hastily knelt down and said in a urgent tone: "Your servant is absolutely willing, it's just that... it's just that..."

  Chu Ke suddenly realized: "Oh, I see, is it because you're afraid of being called a social climber?"

  Xiufeng paused for a moment, then nodded her head slightly, which was equivalent to acknowledging it.

  Chu Ke smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I really like this craft, and it just so happens that there is a lack of someone to brew tea and boil water by my side. If you follow me, I will naturally bring you back home with me as my top-ranking maid. The people here won't say anything about it, even if they do, no one will listen."

  After hearing this, Xiufeng did not raise her head and slowly said: "The lower officials in the mansion go to serve wherever they are assigned by the young master's wife. I don't dare to answer you arbitrarily, miss."

  Chu Xue was playing with a jade pendant that she had somehow taken out, and suddenly realized that assigning people to tasks was the prince's wife's affair. No wonder Spring Swallow had come, and Caiyun and Pingli were not surprised at all.

  She smiled and leaned back on the cushion: "Then I'll go talk to Big Sister, Chunyan, I like them both, take them away when you leave"

  Xiu Feng hesitated for a moment and said: "Third sister, I'm afraid neither I nor Chunyan can follow you."

  Chu Xue heard this and raised an eyebrow in surprise, asking: "Why?"

  Xiu Feng slightly raised her head, smiling and looking at her: "I am a house-born child of the Duke's mansion, my parents are both here..."

  Chu Xue suddenly realized: "So it's a family child, no wonder... But why can't Chunyan follow me? I also like her very much, and the pastries she makes are really delicious... Is she also a family child of the Duke's mansion?"

  Xiu Feng hesitated for a moment, wanting to nod in agreement, but it was unreasonable to deceive San Guniang without cause. If San Guniang heard about it from someone else's mouth, wouldn't she blame herself? Besides, what did it have to do with her anyway?

  So she told the truth: "Although Chunyan is not a child born to the Duke's household, she is indeed the biological daughter of Late Spring Auntie and cannot follow you back to the mansion."

  "Late Spring Auntie?" Chu Ke asked back in a puzzled tone, muttering to herself: "Who is that? Someone from the mansion? Why haven't I heard of her before?"

  Xiu Feng raised her head in surprise, looking at her, and unexpectedly, the third girl didn't know. She regretted speaking too much, but now that she had already spoken, what could be done?

  "Whose aunt are you?" The third sister had already asked, her eyes staring straight at her, not allowing her to be vague or evasive in the slightest.

  Xiu Feng didn't know what was going on either, she paused for a moment, and since they had already said this much, she could only continue with a stiff upper lip: "It's San Ye's aunt."

  "Oh." Chu Ke suddenly realized that Chunyan was actually the aunt of Zhu Yuxu, and this aunt also wanted to join in on the excitement...

  Chu Ke looked down at the ink jade pendant in her hand, which was square and had a carved qilin pressing a fireball on it. She really didn't understand why Zhu Yuxuan would claim that this pendant was his own. Just as Chu Yunqing said, it was too square and not good-looking, obviously something a man would wear. Her fingers lightly stroked the patterns on it, smiling at Xiu Feng kneeling below her.

  "I originally thought that the rules of the county king's mansion would be strict, but it turns out... " She smiled and didn't say the last two words 'so much': "A concubine actually also brought a dowry maid, tsk tsk tsk..."

  Xiu Feng was a born daughter of the Duke's mansion, and when she heard that the servants of the Duke's mansion were not well-behaved, it was as if they were talking about her. She couldn't help but retort: "Late Spring Concubine is a virtuous concubine, and even the attendants who came with her dowry are also..."

  "Good concubine?" Chu Ke blinked: "What is a good concubine?"

  Xiu Feng was overwhelmed with regret, and hastily knelt on the ground, saying: "It's this slave's fault, Miss is a young lady raised in the inner chambers, this slave shouldn't have said such nonsense, please punish me."

  Chu Ke looked at her reaction and leaned back against the cushion, smiling: "Then I won't say it... By the way, Chunyan is really beautiful. I've never seen a maid as delicate as her."

  Xiufeng didn't dare to respond, fearing that she would be asked more questions. Chuke smiled and said: "You say such a beautiful maid, how can you still make dim sum? The dim sum is made very deliciously, it's like someone from the kitchen."

  Xiu Feng hummed and hawed for a moment, it seemed improper to call her "young lady" in such a manner, so she could only vaguely say: "Spring Swallow is in the kitchen... I saw her in the kitchen..."

  Chu Ke saw a figure walking outside the window and hastily said: "Since you can't follow me, then forget it, pretend I never said anything, get up"

  Xiu Feng couldn't help but feel relieved and quickly thanked her, standing up. The door curtain was lifted, and Chunyan came in with a tray, on which was a white porcelain plate with two delicate pastries.

  She walked over with a smile and placed it on the small table in front of Chu Ke'er: "Miss, the dessert is ready."

  Chu Ke nodded slightly, picked up the dim sum and took a bite, then put it down, smiling at Xiu Feng: "This tea and dim sum are both rewards, try them, how's the flavor? If you can taste something, it means you also understand a bit of the art of drinking tea."

  Xiufeng hastily agreed, still using the tray she had brought to hold the teacups and snacks. She bowed her head in thanks and quickly retreated, exhaling a long breath as soon as she reached the door.

  Spring Swallow saw Baba call herself to make two pieces of dim sum for her, but she only ate one bite and gave the rest away, laughing and saying: "Xiu Feng is very lucky today, able to receive Miss's guidance and also eat the tea snacks specially made for Miss."

  Chu Keqian furrowed her brow slightly and muttered to herself, "I shouldn't have asked her to take those two pieces away. I should have rewarded her with two new ones instead. I wonder if she would have thrown them away after taking them out?"

  Chunyan listened and put aside her previous thoughts, smiling: "Miss, you don't know that Xiufeng is just a third-rate maid who takes care of flowers and grass. She doesn't have the opportunity to eat such exquisite pastries, even if the master rewards them, they can hardly get it. Now that Miss has rewarded her, it's a great kindness. How could she throw it away?"

  Chu Xue heard this and nodded to show that she had put her mind at ease, took off her shoes and got onto the kang, leaning against the back cushion. Chunyan hurried over to fetch a moon-white silk quilt to cover her legs.

  Caiyun smiled and came in, saying: "Xiu Feng that little girl is really strange, on such a cold day she's sitting in the corridor, eating snacks and drinking tea. I heard her maid ask her, she said it was given by the young lady?"

  Chu Ke didn't say a word and ran out for two days. I hadn't even asked him yet, but instead he came back to ask me.

  However, she also knew that someone must have hurried to dispel Caiyun's confusion. Sure enough, Chunyan smiled and said: "Miss taught her how to make flower tea, she made a cup according to Miss' instructions, Miss praised her and gave her the tea and tea snacks as a reward."

  Caiyun smiled and said, "I see." She nodded to Chunyan: "Go get Pingli, tell her to order the maids to sweep the snow in the courtyard again, it's just fallen some more."

  Spring Swallow hastily agreed and went out to find Ping Li.

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