"My two elder brothers must be tired from their journey. Mother, I've already arranged for someone to put their luggage in their rooms. Now I think we can have lunch first," Bai Yueyue said, changing the subject. She had specially asked the chef to prepare fish for lunch today. Hehe, although it was to welcome Bai Shenxing and the others, it's normal to have a little selfish motive, right?
"Okay, sure." Li Jieyue nodded gently.
Although the two cannot enter the kitchen, they can prepare menus and hand them to the chef. Li Jieyue and Bai Yueyue are both kitchen disasters because they have flashes of inspiration, but their chef does not, so there is no need to worry about the menu at all.
What bothered them more than the food was Bai Shenxing and Bai Ruo's eating habits, which were exactly the same as before. Bai Shenxing, having been used to the military, couldn't change them overnight, and Bai Ruo, needless to say, disliked Bai Yueyue's slow, even cumbersome, eating habits.
"Bai Shenxing and Bai Ruo, go to another room to learn dining etiquette." After Zhao Shuli suggested to Li Jieyue that she wanted to teach the two how to eat, Li Jieyue gave the order.
As a mother, she could accept it, and even felt that as long as the two children were happy eating, that was enough. But as a noblewoman, and with so many people watching over her, Li Jieyue had to handle this matter in a noble manner.
"Yes," Bai Shenxing replied. Bai Ru grumbled her dissatisfaction but followed him over.
As it turns out, it's incredibly difficult for two people who are completely unfamiliar with this environment to adapt to it. Bai Yueyue underwent a long period of grueling, hellish training before she could adapt to this lifestyle, which has already begun to alter her past values.
Soon, the sound of arguing broke out; Bai Ruo had completely lost her temper. Her roars gave Li Jieyue and Bai Yueyue headaches.
"Mother, perhaps Brother Bai Ruo is dissatisfied with the service from the servants. Please allow me to ask Brother Bai Ruo why." Bai Yueyue knew that this new environment was very oppressive, and she had gotten used to it, but Bai Ruo, who had never been restrained since childhood, would not.
"I allow you."
With Li Jieyue's permission, Bai Yueyue, accompanied by two personal attendants, got up and went to another room.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Bai Ruo arguing with Zhao Shuli.
Although it was called an argument, only Bai Ruo was blushing the whole time, while Zhao Shuli just smiled and forced Bai Ruo to learn aristocratic manners.
Bai Yueyue knew very well that Zhao Shuli's smile meant she was very angry, but she just wouldn't show it directly.
After Bai Ruo's personal attendant told her what had happened, Bai Yueyue learned that Zhao Shuli had told Bai Ruo to drink soup with a spoon, and not to make any noise or spill any soup. Bai Ruo said he couldn't do it, which led to this scene.
As for Bai Shenxing, despite his best efforts, he couldn't do it either.
"Brother Bai Ruo, may I ask why you are angry?" After learning the reason, Bai Yueyue stepped forward and asked Zhao Shuli to step back. Bai Yueyue was more suitable to deal with Bai Ruo at this stage.
"Yueyue, shouldn't this be our home? Why are there so many annoying rules? And why are we being constrained by these strange people?" Bai Ruo looked at the unfamiliar people around him, as if his home, which he was used to and relied on, had suddenly been taken over.
“Brother, what you said is too much. This is their home too. You are their master and should understand that they need you. Moreover, Mother said that Lady Zhao Shuli was her former personal attendant and is someone we need to respect. What you said is too hurtful.”
"But……"
"Brother, do you hate me?" Lowering her eyes and feigning sadness, Bai Yueyue amplified her charm with magic, certain that this was a fatal blow to both Bai Ruo and Bai Shenxing.
"No, no... how could that be?" Bai Ruo panicked. He had loved Bai Yueyue since they were little, and his love for her only grew stronger after she became a girl. He even wanted to give her the best of everything. With these feelings in mind, how could Bai Ruo possibly dislike Bai Yueyue?
"I've really become just like those annoying nobles." Bai Yueyue knew what she was doing and continued, "But brother, you're supposed to attend my coming-of-age ceremony. As my brother, if you can't attend because of etiquette, or if you attend but do something rude that will cause gossip, then I'm so pitiful! I've clearly been preparing and practicing for this for so long..."
Bai Ruo had practiced with Bai Yueyue before, but he had given up because it was too difficult. So, he could understand how hard Bai Yueyue had had to work to get to where she was now.
"Without Yueyue, I wouldn't have ruined your coming-of-age ceremony, it's just that this is too difficult..." Bai Ruo's voice grew softer and softer. How could he bear to make Bai Yueyue sad?
"Xin Yi, please prepare a soup for me," Bai Yueyue ordered.
"Yes, ma'am."
The wait wasn't long; a bowl of soup was placed on an empty seat, and Hu Meier helped her sit down. Bai Yueyue demonstrated, saying, "My two elder brothers, just gently touch it from the inside out with the soup spoon. Please trust Zhao Shuli's procedure; her manners are very standard."
"I understand." Although they still didn't like this approach, Bai Shenxing and Bai Ruo were even more unwilling to ruin Bai Yueyue's coming-of-age ceremony. They couldn't bear to make their younger sister sad.
"Then please, my two elder brothers, study hard for me in the time to come." Bai Yueyue put on her sweet, ingratiating smile, then stood up and asked Lin Xinyi to take away the soup.
"Thank you for the demonstration, Miss."
"It's alright, Zhao Shuli. Please also understand my two older brothers. They had to adapt to this kind of life because of me."
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