Qingshui looked back cautiously and saw that the study had become completely dark. Then he calmed himself down and looked at Mother Wang, who looked puzzled, with a smile on his face.
"Oh, isn't it the eldest lady's habit to eat a bowl of bird's nest before going to bed at night? I was just about to go to the kitchen to help her make it."
The study was right between Sang Liwan's courtyard and the kitchen, so it was normal for Qingshui to pass by here on her way to the kitchen, and Mother Wang didn't think much about it.
Mother Wang even kindly said, "Isn't this a coincidence? I'm going to the kitchen too. Why don't you come with me, Miss Qingshui?"
"Ah?" Qingshui was stunned.
She never expected that the reason she casually said would find her a companion.
But now, even if she wanted to change her words, it was too late and would arouse suspicion.
So Qingshui could only bite the bullet and nodded, "Okay, it just so happens that I feel it's a little dark out now, and I'm a little scared to walk alone. Mother Wang, what are you doing in the kitchen?"
"Go make some medicine for the Second Young Lady."
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The two people gradually walked away.
Sang Liwan waited patiently for a while until the noise outside disappeared, then he quietly restored the study to its original state and quickly returned to his room.
After about an incense stick of time, Qingshui came back and actually brought her a bowl of bird's nest.
When Qingshui saw Sang Liwan after entering the room, he quickly put down the things in his hands, and then asked softly: "Miss, you haven't been discovered, have you?"
Sang Liwan raised his eyelids and glanced at her, then smiled and said, "You're quite clever, and you came up with an excuse pretty quickly."
Hearing the teasing in Sang Liwan's tone, Qingshui puffed up his cheeks, stamped his feet and said, "Miss, please stop teasing me. I'm so nervous."
Seeing the look on the little girl's face, Sang Liwan's smile grew even wider.
"So scared? I didn't see you this scared when I secretly climbed over the wall before."
The original owner was considered a half-wild child since she was young. General Sang and Mrs. Xu didn't care much about her. They just hired a teacher to teach her lessons every day.
The original owner was impatient to learn those things, so for a while, she was lawless in the mansion and even climbed over the wall to go out to play.
Every time she climbed over the wall, Qingshui would stand at the base of the wall to keep watch for her.
Hearing Sang Liwan mention those things that happened long ago, even after so many years, Qingshui suddenly recalled the events of that time and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Miss, this happened so long ago, why are you still bringing it up?"
Sang Liwan raised an eyebrow, "I'm not afraid to tell you, why are you afraid?"
Qingshui pursed her lips and said, "That's different from the study. The study is a forbidden area in our general's mansion. No one can enter except the general."
When he heard her mention the study, the smile on Sang Liwan's face faded.
She remembered the scroll she had brought out from the study and the person drawn on it.
I thought that General Sang was really secretive. Looking at Xu's expression, she probably didn't know that her husband had another woman and child outside, and she had been planning how to replace him.
Sang Liwan thought about it carefully and felt that she seemed to have opened some hidden copy.
This incident was not mentioned in the original plot, probably because the original owner trusted Sang Yuyan too much, and the relationship between him and Jun Moyi was incompatible.
As a result, Jun Moyi was not at all concerned about General Sang being imprisoned.
General Sang could barely protect himself, so how could he care about his concubine and illegitimate son?
After he finished speaking, Sang Liwan put away his smile and concentrated on what he was thinking.
Qingshui's heart shuddered, and he subconsciously felt that he had said something wrong.
"Miss, did this servant say something wrong?"
Sang Liwan was startled, and when he looked up, he saw Qingshui looking at him with concern.
There was a hint of self-blame in his expression.
Only then did Sang Liwan realize that he might have scared her.
She shook her head, calmed herself down, and then set her eyes on the bowl of bird's nest that Qingshui had just brought back.
"Did you really bring back a bowl of bird's nest?"
Speaking of this, Qingshui felt a little discouraged for a moment, "Mother Wang went to make medicine for the Second Young Miss and stayed in the kitchen the whole time. If I don't really bring back a bowl of bird's nest, I'm afraid I won't be able to get away for a while."
Sang Liwan sighed, "Okay, let me taste our Qingshui's cooking skills."
As soon as she finished speaking, she picked up the bird's nest and took a bite.
But as soon as he put it in his mouth, he frowned.
Qingshui saw that she only took one bite and stopped eating, and thought there was something wrong with the taste.
"Miss? Is there something wrong?"
Sang Liwan nodded, "Yes, something is not right."
Hearing this, Qingshui subconsciously wanted to kneel down and apologize, but was pulled back by Sang Liwan.
"What to do? It's the bird's nest that has the problem, not you."
Qingshui blinked, seemingly still not understanding, "But, this bird's nest was made by me..."
Sang Liwan shook his head, "This bird's nest is not of the quality that should be found in the General Protector's Mansion."
"What?" Qingshui was stunned, his eyes falling on the bowl of bird's nest that had only been taken a bite.
The original owner did have the habit of eating bird's nest before going to bed, so after Sang Liwan came, in order to prevent others from knowing that he was not the original owner, he had no choice but to inherit this habit.
When they were in the palace, although Jun Moyi had a lot of concerns, he never lacked her in terms of food, clothing and daily necessities, so Sang Liwan had tasted some of both the blood swallow and the white swallow.
If you eat more of this, you will naturally be able to taste some differences.
Although this bowl of bird's nest doesn't look special, everything is revealed as soon as you take a bite.
I just don't know whether the servants in this mansion secretly took kickbacks and passed off inferior goods as good ones, or if someone did it on purpose.
Sang Liwan prefers the latter.
Although Xu had her own little thoughts and was partial, she was indeed a good housekeeper, and none of the servants in the mansion had any complaints about her.
Sang Liwan didn't think that anyone would take such a big risk to offend their master for such a small profit.
What's more, the consumption of bird's nest in this mansion is not much, so it is impossible to spend much money on it.
If this situation happens in other places, then this mansion will be managed like a sieve, and Xu might as well hand over her housekeeper power.
Then, it can only be that someone did it on purpose.
Sang Liwan narrowed his eyes and had some vague guesses in his mind.
While she was lost in thought, Qingshui had already taken the bowl of bird's nest and studied it for a long time. Sure enough, he found that the quality of the bird's nest was very poor. He was afraid that even a third-rank official would not use bird's nest of this quality.
Then how did these things appear in the general's kitchen?
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