Dressed as a villain's stepmother, I use spiritual springs to raise cubs

The crowd followed the sound.

The person who suggested it was Yun Xue, the daughter of the prime minister's mansion.

Holding a glass of warm wine in her hand, she smiled confidently.

Everyone responded, not wanting to have trouble with the prime minister's mansion.

On the contrary, Shu Jingyun's eyes on the main seat were a little cold. Seeing that everyone responded one after another, she couldn't refuse on the spot, so she just nodded slightly.

"Since you juniors want to taste it, that's it."

"Thank you, Aunt Shu, for your kindness. I hope that everyone will see your dedication to helping the people. In the future, I will give more money to help the people in disaster relief."

While talking, Yun Xue drank a glass of warm wine in one gulp, and sat down gracefully.

Xia Bai'an removed the crab while looking at Mrs. Wei Guogong, seeing that the other person's expression was a little worried, he knew it.

She smiled helplessly.

Li Xiuhong who was behind couldn't help asking: "Why do you think Madam is not happy?"

"Of course I won't be happy." Xia Bai'an smiled lowly, "Half the family members of the imperial court came for a banquet at Duke Wei's mansion, which shows their high status. But their mansion is not well-known in Beijing, so it should be this lady who does the work. Low-key, not often known to everyone, now..."

"Yunxue broke her rules and caused everyone to taste the low-key things. If everyone knows the gifts from each family, it is inevitable to compare them when they come to the banquet in the future. This taste...is completely different from the plain banquet in the past. gone."

Xia Bai'an couldn't help laughing.

Yun Xue instinctively took advantage of her mother's friendship to establish a good relationship with Mrs. Wei Guogong.

But she was able to play a good hand of cards to a pulp.

Also really talented.

Liu Pipa behind her also said in a low voice: "That's true, Mrs. Wei Guogong accepts the gift as soon as she sees it at the door, and even orders her servants to whisper the message, so it can be seen that she doesn't want each family to compare the gifts with each other. Miss Yun's words are indeed inappropriate. "

Xia Bai'an nodded, and saw that the servants took out many brocade boxes from the guest room, moved a large wooden table, covered it with red silk, and placed all kinds of gift boxes with names on them one by one. There was a dazzling array of gold, silver and jewelry .

"It's really rare to see such a transparent glazed statue. It really is the work of the prime minister's mansion, which is incomparable to ordinary people."

"Although the Taiwei's mansion is a future person, the Jade Guanyin sent here is really white and flawless, and it is of the highest quality."

"And this coral..."

Everyone tasted one by one, and all of a sudden, the entire courtyard was buzzing with people, and it was very lively.

And Yun Xue glanced at Xia Bai'an, and asked Hai Hai behind her: "Is the matter settled?"

"It's done." Dahai bowed.

Only then did Yun Xue get up slowly, walked to the table to taste all kinds of things, and stood straight in front of a brocade box.

"what?"

The tone of her voice was slightly raised, which was especially obvious in the discussion of the crowd.

Several young ladies in the vicinity looked at it one after another: "Miss, did you see something good?"

"This doesn't seem to be Ganoderma lucidum."

Yun Xue opened her mouth suddenly, pinching the sign next to the brocade box with her fingertips, her gaze went straight past the crowd, and landed on Xia Bai'an, "Bold! Aunt Shu's running water banquets have always been sold as gifts to buy food for winter refugees. How dare you use Huaier to make up for it!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was astonished and looked at Xia Bai'an one after another.

Xia Bai'an was slowly dismantling the crabs. Hearing this, he put down the utensils in his hand and raised his skirt to stand up.

"Miss, what do you mean?"

"what for?"

Yun Xue suddenly knocked down the brocade box at hand, and the 'Ganoderma lucidum' inside also fell to the ground, she angrily said, "Your brocade box clearly says that it is Ganoderma lucidum, but the things inside are not very valuable. Huaier!"

There was an instant silence all around.

Even Shu Jingyun stood up upon hearing this, and walked quickly to Yun Xue.

Dahai bent over in a hurry, picked up the overturned Huaier on the ground, and held it in front of Shu Jingyun: "Madam, please have a look."

Yun Xue followed suit and saluted: "Aunt Shu, Xue'er only learned a little about some medicinal materials from her mother, but you are a skilled doctor, so you must be able to tell whether this is the real Ganoderma lucidum."

Shu Jingyun pinched the herbs in her hand, her eyes darkened.

"This is indeed not Ganoderma lucidum, but Huaier."

After finishing speaking, she glanced coldly at Xia Bai'an, seeming suspicious.

Xia Bai'an was also startled, but Li Xiuhong who was next to her was startled, and hurriedly explained in a low voice: "I have never touched the things in the box, what sister Xia you gave me before is what it is!"

"I know."

Xia Bai'an smiled slightly at Li Xiuhong, taking it as a comfort, while she walked unhurriedly to Shu Jingyun and Yun Xue, and took a look at the herbs.

"Indeed, this is Huaier, which is not very valuable, not Ganoderma lucidum." She said.

"Okay! I didn't expect you, a country savage, to do such a shoddy thing!"

"This is something for the people to buy food for disaster relief, you dare to cheat!"

People around all criticized him with their mouths and pens.

Seeing this, Yunxue quickly added fuel to the flames: "If it wasn't for this lady who wanted to let everyone taste it today, maybe you really fooled this thing!"

Xia Bai'an squeezed Huaier in his hand: "But what I brought is indeed Ganoderma lucidum."

"Lie." Shu Jingyun reprimanded her in a low voice.

"The facts are in front of you, do you still want to quibble!"

Yun Xue approached aggressively, almost pointing at the tip of Xia Bai'an's nose, "If what you really brought was Ganoderma lucidum, where is the Ganoderma lucidum?"

However, Xia Bai'an glanced around, landed in the overturned brocade box, and smiled, "If you want to find out who replaced the ganoderma, it's not difficult."

"Nonsense." The nanny next to Shu Jingyun couldn't sit still, "The gifts sent by everyone, Madam just glanced at them and put them in the warehouse. They took them out just now, and they went all the way without any hands or feet. How could someone move them?" Hands and feet?"

"That's right, do you still suspect that the people in Duke Wei's mansion are not smart?" Yun Xue sneered coldly.

Xia Bai'an said nothing, just glanced around.

Seeing that she still looked calm, Yun Xue felt very upset, and eagerly moved to Shu Jingyun's side.

"Aunt Shu, look at her...she has lied to you, and she is still pretending, thinking how to put the blame on you!"

"Quarrel."

Shu Jingyun cast a cold glance at Yun Xue.

The surrounding noises suddenly quieted down.

Xia Bai'an felt that the voices around him gradually calmed down, so he covered his mouth and coughed a few times, cleared his throat, and smiled.

"It seems that everyone has finally calmed down. Now, can you listen to my argument?"

"Is there any refutation..." Yun Xue angrily reprimanded.

Before she finished speaking, Shu Jingyun interrupted her somewhat forcefully: "Let her argue, otherwise, people will think that my Duke Wei's mansion is not fair and just, and has polluted people."

"..."

Yun Xue fell silent for a moment.

This Shu Jingyun is as pedantic as her mother!

What fair and unfair things do you do every day? You just don't know how to protect your weaknesses!

Xia Bai'an said at this time: "I heard that Madam's medical skills are outstanding, this junior has the courage to ask, do you know how to preserve Ganoderma lucidum?"