The Point Is, Did the Mouse Carry Off the Plates Too?

This old woman was so unpalatable that no tree wanted to eat her, which is why she survived.

But when she woke up, she went completely berserk. "Waaaaah... Help! I was wrong, it hurts! It hurts so much!"

These people all looked at each other in bewilderment, and someone said:

"What should we do now? Should we stop serving them?"

"It's hard to explain to the young master. If he goes to serve him, how are we supposed to serve him?"

"But where did this girl come from? She's a killing machine! How are we supposed to deal with her?"

Li Hongmei swallowed hard.

"I don't think she's as scary as you guys imagine; she's quite easy to talk to."

As long as we behave and don't cause trouble, she shouldn't make things difficult for us.

The Old Scholar Tree circled the yard and said, "Oh dear! The Qin Clan is too extravagant, too extravagant! That kitchen is no worse than the Imperial Kitchen. Wanwan, are you hungry?"

Zhou Wanwan rubbed her stomach and said, "Now that you mention it, I do seem a little hungry!"

The Old Scholar Tree nodded and said, "Don't rush, sit outside for a while, I'll tidy up this room."

Zhou Wanwan nodded, and the Old Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor began to clean.

They have a lot of roots, and each of their roots can do work, making them very efficient.

In no time, they had tidied up the room.

Zhou Wanwan walked into the room, her lips twitching slightly, and said, "Uncle Scholar Tree, Old Ancestor, isn't this place a bit too luxurious for us?"

The Old Scholar Tree somehow acquired a small four-poster bed made of Hainan rosewood.

A thick brocade mattress with floral patterns was laid inside the bed, and two brocade quilts with peacock feathers and eight treasures were folded on top.

A pair of Suzhou-embroidered gold-thread mandarin duck pillows are placed at the head of the bed.

The ground was covered with gold-threaded velvet carpets, a tribute from the Western Regions, woven with phoenixes and auspicious clouds, their thick down making no sound underfoot.

A rosewood mirror stand with inlaid jade and gilded decoration stands to the side, its mercury-plated mirror gleaming brightly.

In the corner, a gilded lion-shaped incense burner quietly, its fragrance filling the entire room.

In the corner sits a small rosewood table inlaid with precious stones and a small pavilion inlaid with many treasures, displaying small pieces of mutton-fat jade and official kiln celadon.

A soft screen woven from peacock feathers separates the inner room.

The Old Scholar Tree shook its head and said, "It's too stifling, I still feel extremely stifled."

The Old Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor wished they could give Zhou Wanwan the best of everything in the world; no one knows where they pulled these things from.

Anyway, it wasn't taken from my own savings.

The Old Scholar Tree said:

"These were all taken from the Qin Clan's treasury. They don't even know how to use these things; it's such a waste!"

"You can read for a while; I've even set up a study for you."

Zhou Wanwan looked at the space, which was over 60 square meters, and said, "Oh? There's even a study?"

Zhou Wanwan walked into the study, her lips twitching repeatedly.

Zhou Wanwan walked into the study, her lips twitching repeatedly. Everything in the room was of the highest quality.

In the center was a rosewood desk, on which sat fine wolf-hair and purple-hair brushes, as well as Duan inkstones and Huizhou ink.

Behind him was a row of sandalwood bookshelves, crammed Manman hundreds of books, all taken from the Qin Clan's storeroom.

"Isn't this inappropriate? All the books from the Qin Clan's storeroom are here; won't they find them?"

The Old Scholar Tree chuckled.

"You don't know that the Qin Clan's study is just for show; the Qin Clan's study is extremely large."

It has five floors, but hardly anyone goes there.

Zhou Wanwan looked at the books and said, "Many of these books are out of print; that's a waste."

The Old Scholar Tree nodded and said, "Tonight, the Qin Clan's storeroom and study will be moved to our side. Let's leave the rest as is for now!"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Okay, let's not move for now. Anyway, I want to stay here for a while and get a feel for the workings of the Great Qi Kingdom."

The Great Qi Kingdom is definitely Zhou Wanwan's possession, and now she wants to find out Great Qi Kingdom secrets.

The Qin Clan is the backbone of the Great Qi Kingdom and the most powerful force on the border, so Zhou Wanwan will naturally be staying here for a while.

The Qin Clan's dinner was indeed better than expected: bird's nest and shredded chicken soup, pepper and vinegar shrimp, Linglong peony pickled fish, coiled dragon vegetable, roast goose, lamb stewed with minced pepper, sea cucumber and tendon stew, spicy vinegar kidney, mushroom and bok choy stew, eight-treasure soup, osmanthus and pine nut cake, and walnut cream.

Zhou Wanwan ate a bowl of rice and said, "It's really not bad! The Qin Clan is really willing to spend money."

Free things are always the best!

The staff below were preparing to serve the dishes when they suddenly discovered that more than a dozen dishes were missing.

The servants looked at each other in bewilderment and said, "The food was just here a moment ago, how did it suddenly disappear?"

"What are you doing? Did the rats eat you?"

"Do we have mice in our house now?"

"The key point is, even the mouse took the plate? That's unlikely, isn't it?"

"Then what do you think happened? There are more than 30 people guarding outside, there's no way anyone could get into our kitchen, so how could more than 10 dishes be missing?"

After searching for a while, the staff in front started urging them to bring out the other dishes, so they had to bring them up instead.

These are all dishes that Old Madam Qin likes to eat. She frowned as she looked at the dishes served today:

"Why are there so few dishes today? Something doesn't feel right!"

It's all vegetarian, not a single piece of meat. I'm not doing Buddhist rituals today.

The steward came over and said, "Madam, something strange happened today. Your favorite dishes have mysteriously disappeared."

Old Madam Qin frowned and said, "How could this be?"

Then Grand General Qin Yuan strode in and said, "Is dinner ready? I'm starving! Mother, what are you eating?"

Old Madam Qin frowned and said, "I have no appetite. It's all vegetarian food."

General Qin looked at the table full of green vegetables and said, "Mother, today isn't a vegetarian day. You don't need to save money for me. Your son can earn money."

Old Madam Qin glared at him and said, "Am I trying to save money? The food in the house has mysteriously disappeared, and I'm angry about it!"

"A thief broke in? Quickly, search the place and see if anything is missing."

After checking, I found that nothing was missing.

General Qin sighed and said, "Let's just eat whatever we can! Vegetarian food is fine too, though it might just contain some rats."

Old Madam Qin said speechlessly, "A rat this big in the house? Could it be your favorite concubine?"

General Qin quickly waved his hand and said, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible, she's not that kind of person."

Old Madam Qin snorted and said:

"I hope so. I wonder what kind of bewitching potion that little vixen gave you?"

She's just a lowly female doctor, yet she's completely captivated by you. You'd be willing to make her your second wife.

Where do you intend to place Jiang Yunyao?

General Qin remained silent for a long while before saying, "Yunyao isn't such a petty person; she won't mind."

Old Madam Qin sighed and said:

Jiang Yunyao is indeed a bit petty.

But she's worked hard all these years, even if she hasn't achieved great things, so you can't treat her like this."

General Qin said while eating, "I know, I know, don't worry! I know what I'm doing."

After finishing his meal, General Qin went straight to the backyard and saw Jiang Yunyao looking at the account books.

Qin Yuan looked at Jiang Yunyao and said, "Madam, you're looking at the account books!"

Jiang Yunyao looked at Qin Yuan and asked, "General, is there something you need?"

Qin Yuan coughed lightly. "There's something I'd like to discuss with Madam."

Jiang Yunyao put down the account book, looked at him, and said, "General, please speak."

Qin Yuan said, "I want to bring Linglong back to the manor. Linglong saved my life back then, and I cannot forget her kindness."

Jiang Yunyao looked at him and asked, "Then, in what capacity should we welcome her into the manor?"

"If her status is too low, Linglong will be looked down upon. Otherwise, let's make her a secondary wife!"

The maidservant beside Jiang Yunyao said, "A concubine? Where does the general place our young lady?"

Qin Yuan coldly looked at the maid and said, "Who do you think you are? How dare you question me?"

Jiang Yunyao scoffed, "A secondary wife? Qin Yuan, are you sure you want Zheng Linglong to be your secondary wife?"

Qin Yuan nodded firmly and said, "Yes, that's right, I want her to be my secondary wife."