“Your Highness, the Miss asked me to bring this to you. It was supposed to come yesterday, but she was burning with fever and forgot. She asks for your forgiveness,” Yu Mo said, carefully placing the wooden tray.
Xi Linxuan lifted the gauze covering and saw five neatly arranged lotus pods, pausing in surprise. “Where are these from?” he asked.
“Responding to Your Highness, the Miss picked these yesterday morning. She said that the lotus seeds from Huo might not be as delicious as those from the capital, but these are among the first ripe ones, and their taste is worth trying,” Yu Mo replied.
“Mm, thank the Young Lady for me later,” Xi Linxuan said.
Yu Mo returned to the room where Wei Linxia was forced to drink another bowl of bitter medicine. After eating two candied fruits, she inquired about Xi Linxuan’s message. Yu Mo smiled and brought her a cup of honey water, saying, “The Prince sends his thanks.”
Wei Linxia took out a lotus seed from a pod, commenting that while it was good in porridge, eating it raw had a taste reminiscent of sweet potatoes. Yu Mo smiled and left.
Feeling dizzy and uncomfortable on the embroidered couch, Wei Linxia witnessed two palace maids entering with food boxes. They placed delicate blue-tinted porcelain bowls of desserts on each table, bowed to Xi Linxuan, and stepped back.
The remaining four looked at Xi Linxuan, who leisurely picked up his bowl and tasted a spoonful.
“The lotus seeds from Young Lady Wei are too many for me to eat alone, so I had them prepare lotus seed, lily, and red bean soup, which is perfect for this season,” he stated.
Yan Junzhu laughed and tasted a spoonful, saying, “Indeed, Wei Linxia is far-sighted. Otherwise, we would have wasted the lotus seeds yesterday and wouldn’t have this delicacy today.”
“It seems Sister Shenbei was planning to surprise us,” Li Weiheng chimed in.
The girls loved sweets and enjoyed their desserts.
Sitting behind Yan Junzhu, Wei Zhichi observed Xi Linxuan while holding his bowl. Wasn’t this prince known for not sharing? Last time, when Wei Linxia had rock sugar sea-crabapple prepared, he hadn’t shared with them. What changed today?
Only one person’s bowl remained untouched, and he stared at it with a dark expression.
