My Lord, the princess doesn't want you anymore.

Ah Zi walked away under everyone's gaze. Wen Bing came close to her and said gloomily, "Princess, last time you asked me to find out about Qiu Shang's background, but we brothers didn't find any information at all. It's as if this person just appeared out of nowhere."

"Forget it. I can't see any ill intentions towards me from this person for now. Let's just take it one step at a time." Mei Xueer waved her hand and was about to ask everyone to sit down and eat.

But they smelled an alluring aroma that suddenly filled everyone's nostrils.

Mei Xueer turned her head and saw that An Ran had already opened the food box. "It smells so good, Master. But what is this?"

"Don't move!" Just in case, she went over to check it carefully before saying to Nanxing, "Put it on the table."

Then she clapped her hands and said, "Everyone, listen carefully and don't think about anything. Now, let's focus on our group party - Yeah!"

The crowd, who were already starving, immediately cheered.

Wen Bing ran towards the dining table, yelling heartbreakingly, "Dinner is ready! Dinner is ready!"

In an instant, several divine beasts stood beside the table in unison, so fast that it seemed as if they suddenly emerged from the ground.

Even Wen Ding, supported by Wen Jia, stood there trembling, staring greedily at the table of food and wine in the room.

I haven’t even had dinner yet, just waiting for this meal!

"Are they beggars who were just picked up from the street?" An Ran looked curiously at these men whom she met for the first time and whose identities she had no idea.

"Servant, servant of Xue'er..." Mei Jiayun, who had just come over, shook his body and said.

The eldest brother was obviously drunk. Mei Xueer wanted him to go back to sleep, but An Ran insisted on dragging him along.

The reason was sufficient. "I will have to perform a formal apprenticeship ceremony later, and I need my uncle to be there as a witness."

The key point is that this "master uncle" who can't drink much seems to be very happy about it.

Mei Xueer had no choice but to let the two of them do what they wanted: "Brother, didn't you flee when you saw this nephew in the daytime? Why did you change after drinking the yellow soup given by the emperor?"

"Okay, okay, everyone sit down. What are you guys looking at? This is Miss An..." Mei Xueer asked everyone to sit down.

"Miss An--" The five divine beasts winked at each other, and immediately bowed politely.

"Happy New Year, servants!" An Ran responded with a smile, and helped Mei Xueer sit down.

Servants, are you?

Wen Jia was so angry that his teeth were chattering, but seeing that this man named An had a good relationship with the princess, he did not dare to offend him and swallowed his anger.

The others also sat down angrily.

They knew that An Ran had come to force herself to become their disciple in the morning, but they didn't expect that the princess would be taken down so easily by her.

Wen Jia: Humph, my brothers and I will definitely give you a warning later!

Haha, since you’re a woman, the five of us will give in to you.

Fight or drink, your choice!

An Ran was a little surprised. Was there no rules in Jixuexuan? The servants and the masters actually sat at the same table to eat.

But no matter how curious she was, her mother was half a gangster after all, and she had been influenced by her mother since she was a child, so she didn't care about it so much and felt particularly comfortable instead.

She was very outgoing and once she sat down at the table, she acted like the host, helping the chef to preside over the drinking party.

"Except for those few plates of unknown things, Nanxing, did you cook all these dishes?"

Nanxing put down his chopsticks and asked proudly, "Of course, is it delicious?"

An Ran puffed up her cheeks and nodded vigorously.

She picked up a piece of pork intestines with scallions and put it in her mouth and asked vaguely, "What on earth is this? It's so fragrant and chewy."

"You, also like to eat pig intestines?" Mei Xueer looked at her with some interest.

Over the years, no matter how she cultivated the five divine beasts, no one was used to eating pig intestines. Only Nanxing sometimes took care of her face and ate some with her.

"Pig intestines?" An Ran swallowed the spicy pig intestines in her mouth. "I haven't eaten it before, but it tastes good. I like it. The most delicious thing on the table is this... well, and this."

“This is braised pork intestines.”

"Master, I have lived for more than ten years in vain. I didn't know that this shit is so delicious. Of course, the dishes cooked by Nanxing are also delicious."

Several servants watched her chewing hard and felt like she was eating shit, and their mouths twitched involuntarily.

Mei Xueer was very pleased. For the sake of the pig intestine, she could consider having this disciple again.

Mei Jiayun had been having trouble moving his tongue when he was in the front hall, and now that he had drunk a few more glasses, he was even more drunk, so he wanted to slip away.

An Ran stood up, walked around Mei Xueer who was standing between them, walked over and grabbed Mei Jiayun by the collar, "Uncle Master, why are you drinking like a woman?"

She raised her hand and poured the wine in front of Mei Jiayun into him.

Mei Xueer didn't stop it either.

My brother usually looks like a manly man, but today he looks like a little girl.

It's not easy to see a big brother like this. She wished that big brother would drink more.

There were some things she had always wanted to get out of her eldest brother.

But the eldest brother was very tight-lipped and she never had a chance.

After another round of drinking, Mei Xueer's mind was unusually clear.

As soon as she came through, she discovered her special skill, which is that she can drink a lot. No matter how much she drinks, she will at most feel a little tipsy, but she won't get drunk.

She thought that maybe the alcohol-degrading enzyme in the original owner's body was different from that of ordinary people.

She was wondering whether she should give this group of substitute secret guards a symbolic year-end bonus or something.

But if she sends too little, people will laugh at her, so it’s better not to send any. If she sends too much, she will feel bad.

Just as she was thinking about how much to give, An Ran picked up the wine glass again, knelt down, and offered the wine with both hands.

"Master, from today on, you will be An Ran's mentor. Please accept my respect." An Ran raised the wine glass above his head, bowed his head and said respectfully, "Today I am your disciple. Please stand by as a witness. From now on, An Ran will follow your lead. I will be your disciple in life and your ghost in death..."

That little look, so serious, it's like he's a completely different person from before.

Mei Xueer was being forced to do something, so she had no choice but to drink it. "Forget it, since you also like to eat pig intestines..."

"What?" An Ran thought, if she had known that a piece of pig intestine would do the trick, why would she have gone through so much trouble?

The key is that good pig intestines are indeed delicious, isn’t it?

Mei Xueer coughed a few times, "Although we are called master and disciple, we are sisters in reality. I don't ask you to become the most talented woman in Dazhen, I just ask you not to ruin my reputation in that battle at the palace banquet. In addition, remember not to do anything wrong. By the way, from now on, the poems you write must be reviewed by me before others can read them. Also, those books you read..."

An Ran agreed to all of them. Seeing that Mei Xueer had drunk the wine for apprenticeship, she still did not stand up. She took the empty wine glass and placed it on the table. Then she took out a paper bag from her bosom and said, "Master, this is my disciple's gift to you. I am a materialistic disciple and don't know what kind of gift I should give to you. It is better for you to decide for yourself."

What? Shouldn't the master give the disciple a gift when they meet?

Mei Xueer opened the paper package and found that it was actually a stack of silver bills, about two or three thousand taels.

"Master, this money was not embezzled by my father, but was taken from my mother's dowry. My mother said that I should show my filial piety to you, so she stuffed this into my pocket when she left the house."

Mei Xueer didn't listen to what she said at all, because her heart was boiling with emotion when she saw the banknotes.

She helped An Ran up with a smile on her face. "In fact, when I first saw you, I felt that you were a talented person, so I wanted to take you in as my apprentice..."

This made her immediately receive many contemptuous looks.

Even Nanxing curled his lips in disgust, thinking that his young lady was really shameless.

Or in other words, really thick-skinned.

Mei Xueer said "tsk" in an unhappy tone, then she casually pulled out a card and handed it to An Ran, "Here, this is a gift from the teacher."