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When she saw Meier's lack of interest, she thought that Meier was thinking about their two children and felt sorry for him.

They were all deep in thought as they finished their lunch at the table.

After serving the Aunt Liu, he led the servants back to the big kitchen.

Shen Zhu had been waiting outside the big kitchen door for a long time now. When she saw that Aunt Liu had returned, she went up and asked, "Aunt …"

Aunt Liu knew what she wanted to ask, so she let the people behind her return first. Then she said: "Yue Niang, you are very meticulous, and your skills are very good. I think that other than Meier, the other masters are all satisfied."

"Did Meier say anything?"

"No. I felt weak the whole time, as if I was about to die."

Aunt Liu's mouth was very sharp.

Shen Zhu heaved a sigh of relief, what Zhuer had done today, might have been done by Meier.

Listening to Aunt Liu talk about this situation, she knew that this trial could be considered to have passed.

Shen Zhu said with a face full of sincerity: "Thank you, Aunt Liu, for instructing me this morning to help take care of this child."

She agreed to Uncle Chen immediately because she did not want him to lose his life. On the second day, she saw that Ruanruan was still in his infancy and had a headache. If not for the appearance of Ah Qiu, she would probably have had a lot of trouble waiting for her to deal with.

Aunt Liu laughed and waved his hand: "This is also what Uncle Chen wants."

Last night, Uncle Chen specially went to her house to look for her and made such an arrangement.

She was already very happy to be able to help Shen Zhu.

After dinner, in the main hall.

Madame Ye raised her hand and rubbed her forehead. Her lips were pursed, as though she was thinking about something.

After a long while, she opened her eyes and waved her hand at Xia Zhi who was behind her: "This Shen Zhu's skills are indeed not bad, go and tell her, in the future, to stay in the Villa and properly recuperate Chen'er's body. If she recuperates well, she will definitely receive a huge reward."

"Also, today's food is not bad. It suits your highness's taste. Give it to her as a reward as well, so that she can work properly in the days to come."

"This servant will do it right away." Xia Zhi retreated.

Seeing that the person had left, Madame Ye turned his head to look at his husband who was sitting by the table drinking tea, and asked: "What does Your Highness think?"

Ming Chengyan raised his eyes, and said with an indifferent expression: "For such a small matter, you can decide for yourself."

If his grandson's illness could be cured, then the reward would be great.

Seeing that, the Madame Ye did not say anymore.

On the other side, Xia Zhi brought a few servants into Shen Zhu's courtyard.

Zhuer, who was standing in front of the gate, stared at the bright prizes in front of him as they passed by.

She saw Xia Zhi bringing a group of people to walk towards the place, and closed her door unwillingly. Not long after, she opened the door and walked into Shen Zhu's courtyard.

The little servant girl that came to deliver the rewards was a first-class maid in the Madame Ye Courtyard, she was also her personal servant girl, her name was Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi's status and identity was considered high among the many servants in the palace. Usually, there would be many who fawned over her, but now that she was being extremely courteous to Shen Zhu and even warmly introduced him to the things bestowed by the imperial concubine, he was immediately infuriated.

If not for Shen Zhu, all these things would be hers!

Zhuer looked at the reward that was sent over, snorted, and turned to leave.

She quietly followed and left without anyone noticing.

After Shen Zhu sent Xia Zhi away, he helplessly looked at the house full of silks and silks, and was a little depressed.

Reward gold and silver jewelry? It would be better to just reward them with real money.

Normally, she didn't dress up well and didn't really need these jade bracelets or gold hairpins. If it was silver, she could save it up to open a restaurant.

Not long after Xia Zhi left, Ah Qiu stuck his head out the door frame.

When Ah Qiu saw Shen Zhu looking at her, he extended his hand and made a silent gesture: "Sister-in-law, I sneaked out half of the embroidery before leaving, wait for me to go in first."

When she sneaked out, she saw her mother standing at the door. Her gaze was extremely cold.

At this time, if Shen Zhu called her name, her mother would probably hear it.

Shen Zhu could not help but laugh and nod his head. Seeing her step in, he carefully closed the door and laughed: "I am also quite a distance away from your house.

Ah Qiu shook his head cautiously. "It's better to be careful."

She looked at the items on the table and opened her eyes wide. "Wow!" I never thought that the wangfei would bestow so many things all at once! " She carefully picked up a pair of bangle bracelets and looked at them. "Sister-in-law, it looks like you've made the dishes that make my wangfei especially satisfied!"

"Sister-in-law, you really are amazing."

Ah Qiu looked at Shen Zhu with a look of worship.

Shen Zhu thought that it was a good idea and bluffed, "Keep boasting, be careful not to blow the cow skin to pieces."

Ah Qiu stuck out her tongue, and mischievously said: "Sister-in-law, don't be modest, what I said is the truth. If you don't believe me, you can ask Yi'er and Shuer."

Ah Qiu winked at the two kids, and Jingshu immediately caught her gaze, followed by nodding with his big round eyes, and said: "Mother is the best."

"The dishes made by the Mother are the most delicious in the world." The talkative Zi Yi also opened his mouth and spoke sincerely.

"You two, when did you learn how to be glib with your words?" Shen Zhu laughed and tapped their foreheads.

"Yi'er and Shuer are not lying, this is a statement of the truth."

Ah Qiu put down the accessories in her hands reluctantly. These things are so beautiful!

Shen Zhu immediately noticed Ah Qiu's expression, "If you like it then take it. I don't usually need these things."

It was rare for Ah Qiu to become bashful, he struggled for a moment before firmly rejecting, "This was bestowed to sister-in-law by Princess Hua-jie, how could I accept it?"

Although she liked it, she wouldn't accept it without some merit. She couldn't accept something so precious.

"Why can't you take it? Look at how tired you are of helping me look after my kids. Furthermore, Aunt Liu has helped me quite a bit. If you still view me as your sister-in-law, then don't be courteous to me. " Shen Zhu picked a pretty good color bracelet and put it on Ah Qiu's hand.

"This... Sister-in-law, this thing is too valuable, I can't take it. " She would have been brazen enough to accept it if she had tried to just eat and drink, but all these jade bracelets and jewelry that the wangfei had bestowed upon her were worth quite a bit of money, making her feel guilty.

"You better not take it off. Look at it, it looks really good. This bracelet is perfect for you." Seeing that she was about to pick it, Shen Zhu immediately said, "Anyways, I don't like to look like this, quickly accept it."

When the Ah Qiu heard Shen Zhu's words, he could only accept them and, under Shen Zhu's persuasion, picked up a pair of jade earrings.

Shen Zhu then gave a piece of cloth to Ah Qiu for her to bring back. He said that it was a bit of kindness that she brought to Aunt Liu.

Ah Qiu couldn't refuse and could only carry the things back home.

En, the matter of her sneaking out was destined to be unconcealable!

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.

After Shen Zhu finished lunch, he did not go back. Instead, he went back to the kitchen.

She had already thought of today's dishes —

During the new year, it would be great if the whole family would gather together to eat hotpot.

Seeing that there was no one around, Shen Zhu immediately went into the Cloud Pavilion and asked for the hotpot ingredients.

After she had ordered the dishes for the day, she went to the kitchen to prepare the broth for the hotpot. She also called for Xia Zhi.

Ah Qiu had been making things difficult for her for the past few days. She could ask for simple dishes from Abou without arousing suspicion, but the hotpot required too much … Plus, this should be the first time everyone here was eating hotpot, so she had to give some instructions. For a servant girl like Xia Zhi, she had to know how to eat this.

With Xia Zhi at the kitchen field, Zhuer was as obedient as a little sheep.

Shen Zhu's hotpot this time was a mandarin duck pot. The bottom half of the soup was spicy, while the other half was clear.

The ingredients prepared at the restaurant were also very rich: green vegetables, cabbage, potato chips, bean sprouts, mutton …

In this winter, Shen Zhu had no idea where they found such a fresh vegetable, but after thinking about it again, since it was someone from the imperial family, this dish was naturally the best.

After she finished preparing everything, she told everything she needed to take note of to Xia Zhi. She would leave the rest of the matters to be taken care of and Xia Zhi would naturally go to arrange things for her.