After being married off by my younger sister, I took care of the sickly prince

Jiang Yun smiled and nodded, "Yes, thank you, mother."

Seeing that Jiang Yun and the others were satisfied with their meal, Fu Xuanyu's eyes turned to the plate of snacks next to him.

The shape of each piece of dessert is as lifelike as a flower, and judging from the appearance alone, it is comparable to those desserts in the palace.

Thinking that Jiang Yun liked these snacks, he immediately reached out and picked up a piece to taste.

The taste seems to be even better than the snacks in the palace, no wonder Jiang Yun likes it.

Fu Xuanyu likes it too.

However, ordinary chefs probably cannot make this kind of dessert.

He thought about it and said with a smile, "This pastry is not only beautiful, but also tastes as good as the ones made by the royal chef, Your Highness! I wonder if I can personally reward the chef who made this pastry today."

Lin Wanyi covered her lips and chuckled, "It is her blessing to be rewarded in person by the prince."

After she finished speaking, she instructed Manjue beside her: "Manjue, go call Cook Liu over."

This was a job that required reward, so Agate was naturally happy to do it.

She replied in a high-pitched voice, "Hey! I'll go call her right away."

After saying that, she left quickly.

After a while, Chef Liu came over with Agate.

When Manju brought people to the front, he remembered that he had forgotten to teach the cook the rules.

This time, the person she is meeting is the prince. It would be bad if Cook Liu doesn't behave properly and offends the prince.

Thinking of this, she decided to apologize in advance.

But before she could open her mouth, Chef Liu had already bowed respectfully to Fu Xuanyu.

"I, Liu, pay my respects to the prince and the princess."

Agate immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that she underestimated Chef Liu.

Fu Xuanyu smiled and said, "The dim sum made by Chef Liu is both beautiful and delicious. It even tastes better than the dim sum I eat in the palace."

Liu Hui'er stiffened for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your Highness, I am too kind. How could a commoner possibly compare to the imperial chef in the palace?"

Fu Xuanyu smiled and said loudly, "Reward."

Zhufeng took out a purse, poured out a dozen golden melon seeds from it, and handed them to Cook Liu.

"Cook Liu, here, take it."

Liu Huier still didn't dare to look up at the nobleman's face, but just stretched out her two hands high and held them together.

Zhufeng tilted his palm and poured a dozen golden melon seeds into Liu Huier's hand.

Liu Huier withdrew her hand without even looking at the reward in her palm, and leaned down again, "Thank you for the reward, Your Highness."

Fu Xuanyu raised an eyebrow and asked half-jokingly, "Has Madam Liu ever worked in the palace before? Her rules are very standard!"

Liu Huier nodded and said, "Yes, I used to be a maid in the palace, but when I reached the age, I was released from the palace."

Cook Liu was taken into the mansion by Lin Wanyi some time ago. Because Cook Liu was unwilling to sign a contract to sell herself, and Lin Wanyi was very impressed by her excellent cooking skills, she allowed her to work in the mansion as a long-term worker.

But before entering the mansion, Lin Wanyi specially asked someone to investigate the background of Chef Liu.

Chef Liu is an honest and kind person with a clean background and even clean interpersonal relationships. She has never been married and has no brothers or sisters. Her parents passed away one after another a few years ago. It can be said that she is alone.

The most important thing is that Chef Liu has never been to the palace, and she is lying now.

Lin Wanyi's expression darkened instantly. She asked in a deep voice, "Madam Liu, before you entered the mansion, I had someone investigate your past. You've never been a palace maid."

She stood up and walked over to Liu Huier, angrily saying, "Why are you lying today? What is your purpose in entering the Jiang family?"

Liu Huier still kept her head down. After a long time, she raised her head. Her eyes were calm and composed, without the slightest panic.

She said calmly, "I just said it casually to avoid any trouble. I have indeed never been a maid in the palace. As for why I know these rules, if I say I learned them in a dream, would you believe me? As for joining the Jiang family, it was naturally because I wanted to exchange my skills for some money."

This reason is too far-fetched.

Everyone present frowned.

Lin Wanyi sneered, "Listen to what you said. If you were me, would you believe it?"

Cook Liu pursed her lips and said calmly, "Every word I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can just fire me and I'll go work as a cook in another family."

This is quite a tough statement.

It was impossible for Lin Wanyi to keep someone with an unknown purpose around her, so she immediately planned to ask Cook Liu to go to the accounting office to get some money and leave.

But before she could finish her words, Fu Xuanyu beside her spoke.

Ever since Chef Liu stood up, Fu Xuanyu noticed the sachet hanging around her waist.

The pattern on the sachet is particularly similar to the one his mother gave him.

The sachet was given to him by his mother when he was very young.

Later, after his mother fell in the back garden, her attitude towards him became much colder and she never made such sachets again.

Although he was young at that time, he still remembered these things.

Six months later, his mother became pregnant again and paid even less attention to him. It was also at that time that his father suggested bringing him up with him...

Therefore, his relationship with the Queen Mother has never been very good, but Fu Jingchuan gets along very well with the Queen Mother.

"Where did the sachet around Chef Liu's waist come from?" The voice was full of curiosity and expectation.

Lin Wanyi glanced at the sachet on Chef Liu's waist. Apart from the special pattern, there didn't seem to be anything special about it.

A flash of panic flashed across Cook Liu's eyes, but she quickly calmed down.

She smiled and said, "I embroidered this sachet for fun, but it's too ugly for Your Highness, so I'm putting it away now."

Although it was only a moment of panic, Jiang Yun still caught it.

She frowned, somewhat confused about the cook's purpose.

The snacks in front of me are both excellent in shape and taste, and there is no poison in them.

Besides, the sachet was ordinary. Why did he get so nervous just because Fu Xuanyu asked him a question?

Upon hearing this, Fu Xuanyu also shook his head. "I was confused. I actually thought the pattern on your sachet was extremely similar to the one my mother embroidered for me! I guess it's just a coincidence."

When Liu Hui'er heard this, she smiled slightly, but her heart was beating wildly. She pretended to be calm and said, "Yes, how dare my crude craftsmanship be compared with the Queen's? Your Highness is truly ashamed of me."

Jiang Yun narrowed her eyes and said with a smile, "I happen to not see the sachet here. I'm very curious."

Liu Huier's wildly beating heart seemed to stop for a moment.

She turned her head stiffly and looked at Jiang Yun to apologize: "Princess, please forgive me. This sachet is very ugly. I'd better not pollute your eyes."

Jiang Yun raised her eyebrows and said to Nanny Wang beside her, "Nanny, go ahead. I want to see how ugly it can be."