"It's fate that brought us together. I'm not really good at dispelling curses, but I happened to meet a master who had dispelled the Dream-Eating Curse. I was curious at the time, so I wrote down the whole process. I never thought I'd need it." Qu Qingxi smiled modestly.
"Has the princess seen any other Gu worms?" Cang Yuan asked curiously.
"No, I've only ever seen this one. I haven't seen any others. To be honest, I'm still quite scared of these little black bugs." Qu Qingxi chuckled softly, looking down.
"Really? I think the princess is very brave, not afraid at all." Cang Yuan was slightly taken aback, obviously not expecting Qu Qingxi to be afraid of Gu worms.
"Yes, I find these little bugs quite scary. They're soft and crawl around everywhere, so they're not easy to spot. Especially these strange bugs, which only amplify the fear in my heart." Qu Qingxi nodded, showing no embarrassment at admitting her fear of bugs.
"Girls are probably more afraid of these little bugs." Cang Yuan understood after hearing Qu Qingxi's words.
As the two were talking, Zhang Xueliu quickly came in with tea and snacks. "Young master, please try some tea and snacks. These are special tea and snacks made by our Wangfu chef. They are sweet, soft and delicious."
She placed the tea and snacks on the plate on the table next to Cang Yuan, then glanced shyly at Cang Yuan before stepping back and standing behind Qu Qingxi.
Qu Qingxi sat in the main seat, while Cang Yuan sat in the guest seat. The two did not sit at the same table. Zhang Xueliu brought two dishes of tea and snacks, but placed them all in front of Cang Yuan.
On the table next to Qu Qingxi, there was only a steaming cup of tea.
Seeing Zhang Xueliu's actions, the three people present were stunned. Qingdai's eyes widened. What was Zhang Xueliu doing?
Asking her to fetch tea and snacks was clearly a way to send her away. And to make matters worse, she came back so quickly, only bringing two dishes. Is the kitchen short-staffed?
Bringing two plates of tea and snacks is one thing, but Zhang Xueliu, that idiot, actually put both of the only two plates of tea and snacks in front of Cang Yuan. What was she doing?
Qu Qingxi blinked, also surprised that Zhang Xueliu would do such a thing. Had she lost her mind, or had she forgotten to bring her brain with her when she came back?
Cang Yuan glanced awkwardly at Zhang Xueliu, then quickly looked at Qu Qingxi.
The scene became awkward for a moment, but the person who started it all seemed to have no idea what was going on. When she saw Cang Yuan glance at her, her expression became even more shy.
Qu Qingxi was speechless. Seeing Cang Yuan looking at her with a puzzled expression, she quickly tried to ease the awkwardness, "I've been taking medicine recently, so I have some dietary restrictions and can't eat tea and snacks. These tea and snacks are delicious, you should try them."
"Okay," Cang Yuan replied, but he didn't look at the tea and snacks again. He just picked up the tea and took a sip.
"You seem to be recovering quite well. Should I ask Lord Lan to send someone to pick you up?" Since Zhang Xueliu was here, it was inconvenient to talk about the Gu worms, so Qu Qingxi changed the subject.
When Cang Yuan heard Qu Qingxi say that Lan Zhiming was coming to pick him up, he paused in his actions, then smiled slightly, though the smile was a little faint.
“There’s no need for him to send anyone to pick me up. I have a house in the capital. I can just go back to where I live.”
"That's fine too." Qu Qingxi nodded. After learning about the relationship between Cang Yuan's mother and Lan Zhiming, it was understandable that Cang Yuan would become estranged from Lan Zhiming.
"I'll go back once the snow stops," Cang Yuan said hastily, fearing that Qu Qingxi would send him away immediately.
"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to take you home after the snow stops."
"You just came back from outside, you must have caught a chill, so I won't bother you any longer." Cang Yuan stood up, bowed to Qu Qingxi, and then turned and left.
As Cang Yuan's figure disappeared, Qu Qingxi's smile faded.
"Zhang Xueliu, what were you doing just now?"
Hearing Qu Qingxi's displeased tone, Zhang Xueliu first turned to look at Qingdai, then walked up to Qu Qingxi, "Your Highness, I..."
"In front of the Princess, you dare not refer to yourself as a servant, but instead call me? Zhang Xueliu, where have you learned your manners?" Qu Qingxi didn't even need to speak, Qingdai directly rebuked her.
"Your Highness, I didn't..." Zhang Xueliu was completely unaware of why Qingdai suddenly lost her temper, and she hadn't done anything wrong.
"Kneel down." Qu Qingxi looked up at Zhang Xueliu and said coldly, her eyes full of sharpness.
Zhang Xueliu still didn't realize what she had done wrong. She didn't want to kneel, but when she saw Qu Qingxi's dangerous gaze, she couldn't help but kneel down.
"Do you know what you did wrong?" Qu Qingxi picked up her tea, took a small sip, and spoke in a calm but extremely authoritative tone.
"I... this servant does not know." Zhang Xueliu may not be afraid of Qingdai, but when facing Qu Qingxi at this moment, she could not help but feel fear from the bottom of her heart.
When she realized that she was actually afraid of Qu Qingxi, she was stunned and then felt a little dissatisfied. What was Qu Qingxi? She was just born into a good family and was lucky enough to be betrothed to the Prince of Nanqing. Otherwise, how could she have become the princess?
Everything was fine before. What's gotten into her today? She even told him to kneel down?
Although Zhang Xueliu was very dissatisfied, she dared not reveal it at all. Now that Qu Qingxi was the princess, if she dared to say something she shouldn't, Qu Qingxi would be unhappy and could even order her to be executed without anyone stopping her.
"As a servant of the Prince's mansion, you do not respect the hierarchy and refer to yourself as 'I' in front of me, the Princess. When I ask you to serve tea and snacks to the guests, you do not know how to read the room. Moreover, who told you to place all the tea and snacks in front of the guests?"
What? In your eyes, am I, the princess, not noble enough? Or do you intend to serve Cang Yuan?
"This servant dares not." Zhang Xueliu lowered her head, concealing her expression. When she heard Qu Qingxi say that she wanted to serve Cang Yuan, Zhang Xueliu couldn't help but feel a little tempted. That young master was so handsome, and the fabric of his clothes was not ordinary. It was clear that his identity was not simple. How wonderful it would be if she could serve him.
Zhang Xueliu had no idea that she was still suffering from Qu Qingxi's temper. Qu Qingxi had been very tolerant of her and had never given her any reason to be upset.
Besides, if it weren't for her master's orders, she wouldn't have come to take care of Qu Qingxi and become Qu Qingxi's maid.
Qu Qingxi couldn't see Zhang Xueliu's expression clearly, but she knew that Zhang Xueliu must be blaming herself. But so what?
In the past, I didn't want to set too many rules, so I turned a blind eye to her behavior. But today, Zhang Xueliu treated me like this in front of others, clearly showing that she didn't respect me.
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