Chapter 38 Section VIII

When the guards were about to disperse, a group of people suddenly rushed in from outside the courtyard, and the one walking in the front was Qier, the personal maid of Princess Taiping whom Shentu Jia had met once in Qujiang.At this time, her beautiful face seemed to be covered with a layer of severe frost, but the eyes that were originally as charming as autumn water revealed shrewdness and sternness. When the guards saw that Qi'er unexpectedly came to their residence, they were a little overjoyed, but also seemed very afraid of her.It had never happened before that this beautiful girl who was so powerful in the mansion appeared in the dirty and despicable residence of the guards.

Qi'er waved his hand to stop the maids and women who followed behind him, glanced at the obsequiously smiling guards in front of him, as if he had never seen Shentu Jia before, and asked coldly: "Who is Shentu Jia? " The gloating guards all pointed their fingers at Shentu Jia as if he was making a fuss, and said, "He." Qi'er gently raised her tall crescent eyebrows drawn with Persian snails, not angry but mighty, and said to Shentujia in a light tone: "Do you know what you should do today?" Shentujia didn't feel any fear of this girl who was so majestic and tried her best to pretend to be an adult, but was very moved by her bright appearance and funny and stern demeanor.In Shentujia's more than 20 years of life, he has no experience in living in such a noble family as Princess Taiping's Mansion, and he doesn't know how to deal with this maid who is of the same status but looks high in number, so he can only be straightforward. The local replied: "Princess probably invited me into the mansion to be a cook. I just arrived today and I don't know what to do. If Miss knows, please let me know. I will be very grateful."

The last sentence about "Miss" is Shentujia deliberately teasing Qier, laughing at her as a slave pretending to be a master. Qi'er obviously heard the implication of Shentu Jia's words, his face blushed slightly, and then he said seriously: "Since you are going to be a cook in the mansion, you should go to the kitchen to serve early, do you still have to invite me?" "Don't dare to have Miss Lao." "My name is Qi'er." All the guards reprimanded in unison in order to show their loyalty to Qi'er. Qi'er fixed a pair of wonderful eyes on the face of Shentu Jia who stood upright.This somewhat rebellious man is different from all the men she has ever seen. He neither looks like a slave among his peers nor has the frivolous air of new scholars. A bloated man, which made him as proud as a prince as a cook.Qi'er has long been tired of the flatterers who surround her all day long. It would be a pleasure to have such a real man bowing his head to her.

The puzzled Shentu Jia seemed to have completely ignored the meaning of the guards.This made Qi'er feel ashamed, but for some reason today, she seemed unwilling to reprimand Shentu Jia with the kind of vigor she usually used when managing domestic slaves, but this guy didn't let her step down. "Listen." As a last resort, the shrewd Qi'er found an untraceable step by himself. "The princess knows that you are entering the mansion today, so one of the main dishes today is your honey-roasted foie gras, go and prepare it." As he said, Qi'er looked very upset, turned around and was about to leave .

"Sorry, I can't do it today." Shentu Jia still had that lukewarm tone. "What?" Qi'er's eyebrows were raised slowly, as if about to get angry. "It's nothing, this dish will take three days to prepare." Everyone focused their eyes on Qi'er's face, hoping to see Qi'er's sternness and swiftness when dealing with domestic slaves in the past, but they were disappointed. With an expression of understanding, her gaze was fixed on Shentu Jia's face, as if she was probing or asking.But Shentu Jia was also bold enough to confront Miss Qi'er's eyes.

Soon everyone realized that something was wrong, Qi'er turned his gaze from Shentu Jia to them.Obviously, today there must be an unlucky guy who will be punished instead of the lucky guy in white. Sure enough, Qi'er's eyes fell on a group of cooks who were hiding outside the courtyard gate, gloating at their misfortune, and then said indifferently: "I passed down the recipe for tonight the day before yesterday, why didn't you tell him earlier? Playing tricks on people? If you do this, you don’t have to think about this month’s drink money.” After all, Qi'er didn't even look back, and went straight with the maids and women.

A group of unlucky chefs at the door did not dare to show their anger under Qi'er's accumulative prestige. They watched Qi'er go away with a distant fragrance and their wine money, and could only turn their resentful eyes Turn to Shentujia.