"But XiaoJie, since you already know about it, why did you still act like that? This servant almost thought that you were being possessed by a pitiful spirit, screaming 'justice' ah while crying!"

Before answering, XuanRong once again reached for the pastries and ate another one.

"Mmm… This taste good! Who made this?"

XuanRong could not help but eat those pastries with relish, forgetting to answer YuYing's question.

"If XiaoJie likes it, this servant will order YuMi to make these pastries often."

"Oh? YuMi made these?"

XuanRong's hand stopped moving when she heard YuMi's name. YuMi was the young girl who was sold by her father. She bought YuMi and gave her a new ident.i.ty. The reason why she gave the 'Yu' surname was because XuanRong wanted to cultivate her and be YuLi's successor, occupying her t.i.tle as XuanRong's fourth first rank servant. Ever since that day, XuanRong had been paying attention to her. It took years before she was able to verify that YuMi was not planted by someone and their meeting was really just a coincidence. Since then, she had been grooming YuMi like a little bud. Now that the bud was starting to bloom, it was now the time to pluck it out.

While XuanRong was in deep thoughts, both YuYing and YuShen waited for her response. They were already accustomed to their XiaoJie who would sometimes fell into a daze without snapping back for a couple of minutes.

"…..YuShen.."

"Yes, XiaoJie? This servant is here."

"How's YuMi? Was she able to pa.s.s with your a.s.sessment?"

Being asked suddenly, YuShen could not help but fell silent. It took a couple to minutes for her to answer XuanRong's question.

"Answering XiaoJie, YuMi was able to pa.s.s my a.s.sessment. Among those servants whom I have chosen, she was at the top. It would not be a problem if XiaoJie would give YuMi a hairpin with a golden bell[1]."

"Mmm… if you say so. After the full moon, I will rise YuMi's rank as one of my first rank maidservants. Make sure you teach her well."

"Yes, this servant understands."

"Mmm.." XuanRong nodded and grabbed the tea cup on the table, smelling the fragrant aroma of the tea.

YuYing who was quietly listening to YuShen and XuanRong's conversation was not able to hold back anymore. She called XuanRong and blinked her eyes like a poor little puppy.

"XiaoJie… You haven't answered my question yet."

"Ah!"

XuanRong laughed and returned the tea cup on the table.

"You want to know the reason why I bawled like a child in front of Xiao Lou without caring for my image?"

"Yes ah!"

YuYing nodded. Even YuShen also wanted to know the reason why XuanRong behaved weirdly and shamefully in front of Xiao Lou but she was able to suppress her curiosity unlike YuYing.

"Why ah? Simple. Because I want to know who between us was more proficient in acting, me or her."

XuanRong answered while laughing. Looking at the dumbfounded expression of her maidservants, XuanRong almost roll on the ground while clutching her stomach that was aching due to laughing nonstop. After having a good laugh, XuanRong continued.

"It was because she wanted to hold me, and I cried in panic."

After saying those words, XuanRong once again laughed out loud.

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[1]. The ranking system among female servants were: first rank servants- golden bell, second rank servants- silver bell and lowest rank servants- bronze bell.

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