Chapter 119 – Pastry-making is not as good as cooking

Lu Yuhong said, “Every dish here exceeds my expectations, Lord Wei, I truly envy you!”

Chu Lan also said, “Very good indeed.”

Wei Mingting, who was praised, didn’t know how to respond. He actually only realized today that there was a maid in his mansion who was so good at her craft.

For four people, there were four cold dishes and twelve hot dishes, each of which caused three guests to gasp.

By the time the sixteen dishes were served, a few people had already eaten their fill as well.

At this time, the maid serving the food brought up two more plates of dim sum – osmanthus cake and almond pastry.

Lu Yuhong was already unable to eat, but thinking that this was made by Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei, he took a piece of osmanthus cake and put it in his mouth.

After taking a shallow taste, he put it down and lamented, “This girl’s pastry making skills are not as good as her cooking, it can be upgraded.”

Lu Yuhong had said so, Chu Lan and Qian Zhixian, who had already eaten their fill, were even less interested in touching it.

Wei Ming Ting looked at the two plates of pastries some surprise, one is Wei Ruo in advance will be informed of the menu, and asked him what he meant, the menu does not have pastries; secondly, these two pastries are really familiar, it is Wei Qingwan most often do is also the most skillful two.

In front of the guests, Wei Mingting didn’t say much.

After having their meal, Chu Lan and Lu Yuhong left the Wei Mansion first.

Qian Zhixian pulled Wei Mingting, teasing: “Wei Taoyuan ah, I can really envy you have a good daughter ah! You see, the matter of Chengnan got a nobleman’s appreciation, today is directly to the residence as a guest, you see this Chu Gongzi in Taizhou Province are so many days, he went to whose home to eat? Not to say that there is no Xingshan County, is the capital city of those dignitaries do not have the face ah!”

“It’s not much of a thing, it’s just a meal, and perhaps it wasn’t Duke Chu’s intention, it’s probably just that Duke Lu had a craving.” Wei Mingting’s face did not have much joy.

He had no intention of trying to climb up the ranks of the powerful, especially the Emperor.

Now that the throne of the Crown Prince was undecided, getting too close to a prince who had hopes of competing for the throne was not a good thing.

“Don’t be modest, Lord Wei, good times are ahead for your Wei House!”

Qian Zhixian smiled meaningfully.

Wei Mingting did not say anything, in his heart, he did not really agree with or look forward to such a thing, but it is not good to refute Qian Zhixian to his face.

After sending away Governor Qian, Wei Mingting had someone call over the maid and boy who had just served the food.

Then pointing to the osmanthus cake and almond pastry on the table that had barely been touched, he inquired, “Were these two pastries also made by the eldest young lady and the eldest young lady’s maid?”

Wei Ming Ting was not angry and intimidated the maid, who hurriedly said, “The slave girl doesn’t know, this is what cook Yu took to the slave girl, who made it the slave girl doesn’t know!”

Wei Mingting looked stern: “The dishes were not served from the chef’s room?”

The maid’s voice trembled with fear, “No …… not from the chef’s room ……”

After receiving the answer, Wei Mingting got up and returned to Cang Yun Yuan.

Seeing Wei Mingting’s face look bad, Yun thought that there was something wrong with the lunch and asked with an ugly worried face: ”What’s wrong? Is there something wrong with the meal? Did it make seventh highness unhappy?”

Immediately afterward, he chagrined, “I should have known better than to let the cook make this meal.”

Wei Mingting shook his head, “There’s no problem with the meal, both Seventh Highness and Mr. Lu are very satisfied.”

“Really?” At those words the stone in Yun’s heart also fell to the ground.

Before her husband’s return, she had been apprehensive, very worried that something would happen and upset His Highness the Seventh.

A family like their Wei family was already a falling building, and if they offended His Highness the Seventh, they were afraid that they would fall into a place of no return.

Immediately afterward, Yun asked her husband, “Since there is no problem with the meal, why is Husband frowning.”

Wei Mingting said, “Wasn’t Wanwan grounded in the mansion by you?”

Yun nodded: “The ins and outs of the matter I have said with you, although it is not a big fault, but Wan Wan in the end did the wrong thing, I have punished her a few days of confinement, back to the house in the past few days since also can not let her go out at will.”

“Today, after the sixteen dishes were finished, the kitchen came up with two more pastries, an osmanthus cake and an almond pastry, which are generally the same as what Wan Wan does on weekdays, and I’ve asked the people underneath, and the two pastries were determined not to have been made by Ruo’er’s maids.”

Yun was shocked, and then also thought of the general situation: “I think it is Wanwan also want to do their own heart, there is nothing to dwell on this matter, Wanwan’s craftsmanship is not bad, there is no harm in it.”

Wei Mingting didn’t think it was a trivial matter, “As a lady of the house, Wanwan has no parents’ orders, so why would she take the initiative to send pastries made by her own hands for an outside man? I’m afraid that she has developed some thoughts that she shouldn’t have.”

Wei Ming Ting also said, “The identity of the Seventh Prince is honorable, Wan Wan must not move the thoughts that should not have; I will inform you of the identity of the Seventh Prince is that I do not want you to do the wrong thing, rather than letting the women at home give birth to thoughts that should not be given birth to.”

The seventh prince is what person, is not their small a Wei family can climb on? Although the Wei family inherited the title of the ancestors, but now the Wei family is a what the situation is clear-eyed people can see.

Being said so by Wei Ming Ting, Yun’s brow in her heart couldn’t help but knit up, and after thinking for a moment, she defended Wei Qing Wan:

“Husband don’t have to worry, maybe we are overthinking, Wanwan just want to do her bit, there is no other idea, she sends pastries to the front yard thing except we also no outsider knows, even if the seventh highness think those pastries are delicious, also will only praise our mansion cooks, where would think it’s with Wanwan have relationship.”

“I also hope it’s just me thinking too much.” Wei Mingting said, “Wanwan is the daughter we watched grow up, although there is no blood, but our heart as parents will not change, I hope that she can be safe and happy all her life, if she moves the thoughts that should not be moved, in her is never a good thing.”

“Husband don’t worry, Wanwan grew up knowing her place and is a measured one, thoughts that shouldn’t be there won’t be there.” Yun still very much believed in her own daughter’s heart that she had seen since she was a child.

Yun added: “Just in case later I’ll go to Wang Mei Yuan again and ask in detail.”

Wei Mingting nodded and didn’t say anything else.

After Wei Mingting took a short rest and then went to the military camp, recently although not as busy as before, but Wei Mingting still do not dare to relax, every day will personally lead the troops to seek, few free time to practice in the camp.

After Wei Mingting left, Yun went to Wang Mei Yuan.

In Wang Mei Yuan, Wei Qing Wan was waiting for news from the front yard.

Because apart from the serving maids and boys the rest of the people were not allowed to come and go during Chu Lan’s visit, so much so that she was not clear about the situation of the noble guest’s meal in the front yard until now.

At this time Yun arrived, and Wei Qingwan greeted her with some apprehension.

“Mother, why did you come over?” Wei Qingwan asked.

“Did you make two pastries to send to the front yard just now?” Yun asked.