As they were talking, Qian Ruoyu had already brought Yan'er back to Yueya Pavilion.

After entering the room, several servants and housekeeper Wang had already cleaned the house.

When they saw Qian Ruoyu and Yan'er bringing back three watermelons, their eyes widened.

But they dare not say it.

Only the prince and the masters are qualified to eat this watermelon. They, the servants, have no qualifications at all.

If it weren’t for the prince’s reward, I would probably never be able to eat watermelon in my life. This fruit is a luxury.

Qian Ruoyu ordered, "Anyone of you who can run errands quickly, go to the kitchen and get knives and a cutting board, a few bowls and spoons, a mortar and pestle, and a copper dagger."

The two servants then ran towards the kitchen.

Butler Wang asked, "Madam, this melon..."

Qian Ruoyu rolled her eyes at him and said, "Don't ask if you shouldn't know!"

When Butler Wang heard this, he quickly lowered his head.

He just finished his work!

Since he came to the palace, except for the first year he worked there, he has always been the one in charge.

Now he was actually being commanded directly by Qian Ruoyu, and he had been working for an entire afternoon. Naturally, he was exhausted and did not dare to contradict Qian Ruoyu again.

Not to mention, he would never dare to find fault with Qian Ruoyu in the future.

Afterwards, the two servants brought all the tools Qian Ruoyu needed, but Qian Ruoyu asked one servant to split three watermelons.

He asked other servants to cut the watermelon into several pieces and threw them into the small stone mortar. Qian Ruoyu picked up the mortar and prepared to pound it, but several servants and Butler Wang were frightened.

"This... Madam, this melon is not something else. If we smash it like this... it's a waste..."

"Yes, my lady, this melon is a tribute!"

Qian Ruoyu smiled and shook her head, "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll clean up other places later!"

As soon as the words fell, no one opened their mouths.

Qian Ruoyu followed Yan'er and mashed the watermelon thoroughly.

Although Qian Ruoyu looked like she was wasting her time, Yan'er, her personal maid, didn't say a word.

After all, she is a personal maid, and her trust in Qian Ruoyu is naturally unmatched by others.

After all the watermelon pieces were crushed, Qian Ruoyu followed Yan'er to use a copper dagger to separate the watermelon juice, and then divided the watermelon juice into several bowls.

Qian Ruoyu then smiled and said to everyone: "Okay, this is the reward that this princess gives you."

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.

This... this melon is actually a reward, how could they have deserved it!

But Qian Ruoyu picked up one of the bowls without hesitation and took a sip.

"Ha... very comfortable."

Qian Ruoyu had just finished drinking it, and she felt like she had entered a cold winter. Although the watermelon juice was not iced, it was enough to quench her thirst in this weather.

Seeing her like this, everyone had no choice but to pick up their bowls and start drinking like her.

But everyone's eyes suddenly brightened.

Even Butler Wang couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "This... this... this..."

One servant even drank the entire bowl of watermelon juice without stopping. After finishing it, he licked the bottom of the bowl for fear of missing a drop.

Yan'er, who was standing beside Qian Ruoyu, looked a little gentle, but her eyes were fixed, as if she had drunk some magical water.

Looking at the expressions of the crowd, Qian Ruoyu nodded with satisfaction.

"Butler Wang, how about this? Is it a waste?"

Steward Wang shook his head repeatedly, "I never thought that this watermelon... could be eaten in this way. It's really shocking."

"My Lady, since you have such a wonderful way of using it, why don't you make some more and send them to the prince as well?"

Qian Ruoyu said disdainfully: "Hmm, him? Wait until later!"

Is this big pig's trotter worthy? !

At this moment, Qian Ruoyu glanced at the watermelon residue beside him and said calmly.

"Oh, by the way, this watermelon was brought from Li Zhiyi."

As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the people who had just looked satisfied suddenly changed.

One of them even choked up and said, "This... Madam, aren't you harming us..."

Steward Wang was also terrified and said, "Your Majesty, if the Concubine knew that the melon was stolen, then..."

Qian Ruoyu burst out laughing.

"What do you mean by stealing? Yan'er, explain it to them!"

Yan'er then said the words she had just learned in her own tone.

"The Queen said that our family does not marry into the two families. This is not just the concubine's melon, but the melon of all of us."

"As the saying goes, the melons belong to the same family, so we should eat our own melons. How can we steal them?"

After Yan'er finished speaking seriously, she turned around and asked, "My Lady, My Lady, am I right?"

Qian Ruoyu nodded contentedly, "Yeah! Well said!"

Everyone looked confused and had no idea what was going on.

Qian Ruoyu looked at them like this, helplessly put her hands on her hips and said.

"Anyway, listen to me, I didn't steal the melon!"

"The melons grew in the melon field, which belongs to the palace. I went to get them back, I didn't steal them. By the way, I want to tell you that we all ate them together just now."

The last sentence became Qian Ruoyu's focus, leaving Butler Wang and others at a loss.

"By the way, clean up all these things after eating!"

Qian Ruoyu pointed at the leftovers on the table and began to give orders.

"You, go wash this cutting board and knife."

"You, go wash the mortar and the bronze dagger for me."

"You, go wash the dishes and spoons."

"Butler Wang, take two people and throw the watermelon rind into the pond. Clean it up for me. Don't let anyone see it floating up, or else it will be your stolen watermelon!"

Butler Wang nodded repeatedly, and everyone started to get busy.

Although on the surface it seemed that Qian Ruoyu was trying to win over these people, in fact, these people in front of him had gradually begun to stand on the same boat with Qian Ruoyu.

Because the watermelon issue may be a small matter for Qian Ruoyu, but it is a big deal for these servants.

That would be like eating the watermelon from the palace rashly, and you might get beaten with a stick.

And if they pointed out the truth, there was a high possibility that Qian Ruoyu would "bite back", which was not a risk they could take.

After they finished dealing with all these, they all returned to the door of Qian Ruoyu's Yueya Pavilion, and Qian Ruoyu then spoke.

"Well, as long as no one reveals it, I won't say anything about it."

"If you behave well in the future, I will definitely reward you. Okay, there is nothing for you to do now, you can leave now."

Everyone knew that they had to board this pirate ship!

But at this moment, Li Zhiyi's voice suddenly came!

"Qian Ruoyu! Qian Ruoyu! Give me back my melon! I know you stole it!"

Li Zhiyi's words frightened Butler Wang and others so much that they almost dug a hole in the ground!

Qian Ruoyu said calmly: "Why are you panicking?"

"Do you want her to know that we took her melon? Just cooperate with me, don't be afraid of anything."

Qian Ruoyu's domineering words immediately calmed everyone down.