In short, you absolutely must not do as you just said!
She could almost imagine the uproar it would cause at the banquet and in the Jia Residence afterward if her master really did that.
Then she and her master, Lin Daiyu, would be mocked for years by the people of the Rongguo Mansion and even the Ningguo Mansion!
"Oh—"
Annie looked at how nervous Daiyu was and shrugged, then gave her a casual, offhand reply:
"Fine, fine!"
Sigh...
"I get it. If I'm not supposed to serve myself, I won't."
Whether she'd actually follow that advice was another matter. She planned to play it by ear. If she came across something she really liked, then even if she didn't serve it onto her plate, she might just scoop it all into her bowl?
"..."
Lin Daiyu seemed to realize there was no point saying more, so she could only set the subject aside for now.
"Master..."
Then she steadied herself and quickly brought the conversation back to the main point, her tone turning even more serious:
"What I mentioned just now is only a small matter."
"The most important thing right now is... there's a special person in the family. He's a little devil who turns the world upside down. Master, you... you absolutely mustn't provoke him when we get there, and please try not to talk to him too much?"
Yes, in Daiyu's eyes, this was the most important matter of all. Compared to it, serving herself at the banquet ranked a distant second.
"A special person?"
(.)
"How special?"
|▽)
To her surprise, Lin Daiyu's anxious manner piqued Annie's curiosity a little, especially the words "little devil who turns the world upside down." They caught her interest.
"A 'little devil who turns the world upside down'?"
(⊙o⊙*)