"Winter hunt? What, you want me to come along and help my brother prepare meals?"
When Xiao Qingwan received the news, she felt uneasy.
Now she is increasingly respected in the Xiao family, which is good, but it's all because of the meals she serves!
If the truth is ever revealed, wouldn't I...
No, that won't do!
She must find a way!
“Miss, many wealthy young men and women will be going on the winter hunt, so you can relax,” the man sent by Xiao Shisan said awkwardly, racking his brains to say something nice. “His Majesty rarely leaves the palace, and this trip is only because Prince Helian is coming to the capital…”
"Prince Helian? His Majesty?" Xiao Qingwan exclaimed in surprise, stepping forward abruptly to press, "Will His Majesty go? Will Prince Helian go?"
"Of course!"
Xiao Qingwan, as if thinking of something, asked, "Is Bai Shu going?"
"Yes, the master said that both of you must go. Miss, I'll go back and report to the master now..."
"No, wait a moment." Xiao Qingwan narrowed her eyes and suddenly smiled.
She laughed with a hint of joy and excitement, but to the person who came in, it sent a chill down their spine for no reason.
"Don't rush. I had just visited another house and made plans to meet up with some of my girlfriends. Why don't we just set it for the winter hunt? Please go back and tell the Thirteenth Commander that we'll probably have to trouble him to prepare some ingredients."
Are they preparing some ingredients because these young ladies are going to throw a banquet?
When Xiao Shisan received the news, he felt extremely strange, but he couldn't find anything out of the ordinary, so he could only report his doubts to Xiao Lingchen.
At this point, Xiao Qingwan had already started sending out invitations, saying that she had just learned how to make recipes and inviting her girlfriends to a gathering.
As the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, Xiao Qingwan was very popular among the noble ladies in the capital. Naturally, no one would refuse to come when she posted her invitations.
The young ladies spread the word, one after another, and then told their brothers and parents. With Xiao Qingwan's deliberate encouragement, by the time the winter hunt was about to begin, this small banquet had become the talk of half of the wealthy social circle.
Tong Su was the last to know.
At this moment, she was sitting in a carriage. The carriages of the noble families in the capital had joined forces with the city's carriages and were swaying and bumping as they headed towards the winter hunting grounds.
Xiao Qingwan sat beside her, smiling broadly as she held a teacup.
She sent all the maids to the carriage at the back.
"I won't help you. If you're having a gathering, just let the cooks and maids prepare the food. Why do I need to show up?"
Tong Su frowned and looked coldly at Xiao Qingwan.
"Sister, we agreed before that I would only cook for you. Later you said that my brother works hard, so I cooked for him too. But now, you want me to cook for the other young ladies from noble families as well. Do you think I'm your personal cook?"
Xiao Qingwan leaned closer, as if genuinely concerned for her, and said:
“Sister, I’m doing this for your own good. You’ll get married eventually. Staying in the manor all the time, where do you get the chance to see the world? If you come with me, you can show off your cooking skills and amaze them. Wouldn’t that be great? And if you see a nice young man, you can ask him to propose marriage to you, and you’ll be willing to do so yourself.”
Tongsu refused to believe her!
Was Xiao Qingwan hosting this banquet specifically for her, and she thought of everything so carefully?
How could that be!
Tong Su retorted bluntly, "Let alone the fact that I don't want to get married right now, even if I were to get married, it would be an arranged marriage by my parents and a matchmaker, with my elder brother making the decision on my behalf. Bai Shu wouldn't dare to make decisions on his own. Besides, if it's just because of my cooking skills that someone has feelings for me, then we'll have to arrange a marriage eventually. Will he marry a wife or a cook who serves him?!"
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