Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 588

Shen Lingjun glanced at the door and asked, "Is the Fourth Prince here to settle scores with you?"

Mo Zhonggui smiled and said, "Don't worry, he doesn't have the ability to settle accounts with me."

Shen Lingjun didn't take the Fourth Prince too seriously. Without Jiang Yunwan and with his reputation ruined, the Fourth Prince wouldn't be able to cause any trouble in the future, given his own abilities.

Shen Lingjun smiled and said, "Nothing much to do today, right? Come on, let's go pick osmanthus flowers together."

In October, the two large osmanthus trees in the Seventh Prince's residence were in full bloom. The flowers were extremely abundant, clustered together beneath the green leaves, their fragrance rich and lingering. Shen Lingjun would have servants collect the osmanthus blossoms every few days.

The way to collect osmanthus flowers is to spread a large white cloth under the tree, and then hit the branches of the osmanthus tree hard. The osmanthus flowers will fall from the tree and land on the white cloth.

This time, Shen Lingjun didn't let the maid do it. Instead, she spread out a white cloth under the tree herself and smiled at Mo Zhonggui, saying, "It's your turn."

Mo Chonggui slammed his palm onto the trunk of the osmanthus tree, causing the entire tree to shake violently and creak as if it couldn't withstand such a blow. Osmanthus blossoms and leaves immediately poured down like a torrential rain.

Shen Lingjun: "..."

She quickly went up and pulled Mo Zhonggui away, saying, "Gently, gently! You're going to break the tree!"

The white cloth was covered with a thick layer of osmanthus blossoms. Shen Lingjun and Mo Zhonggui collected the blossoms, sifted them, picked them out, and then dried them in the sun.

This took half a day. However, Mo Zhonggui did such trivial things with great interest.

Shen Lingjun kept some fresh osmanthus flowers to make the osmanthus cakes she had promised Mo Zhonggui.

The osmanthus cakes she gave to Mo Zhonggui back then weren't actually made by her.

Her skill points weren't allocated to cooking either, it was almost like she was cursed. She could use the furnace, cauldron, and clay pot with unparalleled skill in alchemy and brewing medicine, but if the furnace was used to cook a pot of pork rib soup, she could burn the soup to a crisp.

Needless to say, osmanthus cakes are such exquisite desserts.

Shen Lingjun had studied with Dou Niang for a long time beforehand in order to make this osmanthus cake.

Mix glutinous rice flour, powdered sugar, and milk together to form a dough. Steam for about an hour until cooked through. Remove from the steamer, divide into small portions, wrap each portion around a pre-marinated osmanthus flower filling, and roll into balls...

It sounds easy, and it's actually not difficult to make, but what Shen Lingjun finally made was... a strangely shaped, sticky, gooey mess of unidentified objects that was leaking sugar and osmanthus flowers everywhere.

Shen Lingjun stared blankly at the appalling finished product in his hands, while Mo Zhonggui murmured beside him:

"If this were what you gave me in the snow back then, I probably wouldn't have survived."

Shen Lingjun: "..."

She retorted, "This is my first time doing this! It's normal for it to turn out like this! Why are you criticizing me? If you're so good, you do it yourself!"

Mo Chonggui took over and quickly made a whole plate of rice cakes. Each one was plump, white, and round, with a translucent outer layer and a hint of golden osmanthus blossoms inside. They were also sprinkled with osmanthus flowers as a garnish, making them delicate and adorable.

Shen Lingjun: "..."

There is no justice!