"Your Excellency is too kind." Xia Mingxuan said softly with his head down, then walked over, picked up the food box, took out the plate of steamed fresh flower pastry and handed it to Zhu Linan.
This time's steamed flower pastry is obviously much more refined than the last time. A few peach petals are specially placed on it. It looks particularly beautiful and makes people reluctant to eat it.
Xia Mingxuan didn't feel it when he was making it, but now he is blushing when looking at this plate of cakes. This...
Zhu Linan had eaten sugar-steamed fresh flower pastry last time, but this time it was suddenly made like this. What if he thought too much?
Suddenly, Xia Mingxuan felt distressed, and her hand holding the cake hesitated. However, Zhu Linan did not give her the chance to hesitate. He took the plate of steamed flower cheese with one hand and said, "Miss Xia's cooking skills are really good. I am very busy with official business today. I want to thank you for the gift. However, I have some official business to attend to, so I will go first."
After saying that, he took the plate of pastries and walked away in a swagger.
On the other hand, the people below were full of gossip, especially the left and right Shaoqings. Their eyes looked back and forth at Xia Mingxuan several times, which made her a little unable to hold back.
Only Xia Mingxu ate heartily without any care, and kept inviting his colleagues to come and eat.
Seeing that everyone had gone to eat, Xia Mingxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down.
On the other side, Zhu Linan brought the plate of pastries to his office, placed it next to him, and looked at it for a long time but did not start eating.
At this time, Xu Qingquan, the Dali Temple official, walked in and brought him a pot of tea. "I don't think today's case will be concluded for a while. It's past dinner time now. Let's have some tea first."
As he said that, he put down the tea and said, "Hey, what is this?"
Xu Qingquan was Zhu Linan's good friend. They grew up together and knew each other well. When he saw the cakes on the table, he immediately picked one up and looked at it. "Linan, where did you get this cake? Why does it look so good?"
He ate one and said, "Well, it tastes good, but it's a little too sweet."
Zhu Linan had just gone to the back to get a book, but when he came back he saw that one of his pastries had been eaten. His face immediately changed color.
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