Dressed as a vicious stepmother, farming and raising cubs

Uncle Zhang nodded and explained:

"My eldest son learned from Boss Jia that Miss Su can also host private banquets. He really wants to try Miss Su's skills."

Su Liu was a little hesitant because she remembered what Shen Luochen had told her before, to have less contact with Prince Xian's Mansion.

However, when Uncle Zhang quoted the price, she was unsatisfied and wavered.

Anyway, Shen Luochen happens to be away these days, so he won't run into anyone from Prince Xian's Mansion, and his enemies are not from Prince Xian's Mansion either!

It’s not that she is weak-willed, it’s that they gave her too much!

After comforting himself in this way, Su Liu took over the business.

After Uncle Zhang left, she called Xiao Shun and Song Yao over to help.

She knew that Prince Xian had a sweet tooth, so she prepared many sweet dishes, added several snacks, and finally settled on a menu list.

Then she listed the ingredients she needed and gave them to Xiao Shun and Song Yao to buy. After buying them, she asked them to help and started making them.

Soon it was January 21st, and Prince Xian's Mansion sent someone over early in the morning to pack the dishes she had prepared into food boxes and send them back to the mansion in advance.

But Su Liu didn't expect that he would also be invited.

She thought that she wanted to see if the food she cooked was in line with the other person's taste, so she went to the appointment happily.

Stepping into Prince Xian's Mansion again, she was no longer as novel as the last time.

The banquet was held in the backyard, with a wooden table set up next to a rockery and flowing water. The environment was considered elegant.

When Su Liu came, the dishes had already been served. The people in Prince Xian's Mansion were very efficient, and many dishes that needed secondary processing were also prepared according to her instructions.

But what she didn't expect was that she only saw Prince Xian sitting across the table, and there were no other guests.

The Crown Prince's dress was much more low-key than before. He was wearing a black robe, draped casually. His black hair was scattered on his white and slender body, casual but elegant, and his facial features were too beautiful to look like a real person.

"You're here." Seeing Su Liu, he raised his eyes slightly.

Su Liu was not polite and sat down across from him generously.

After she sat down, the prince suddenly glanced at Uncle Zhang, who then took the maids and guards on the left and right out. Only Su Liu and the prince were left in the yard.

This situation made Su Liu a little confused and embarrassed, so he cautiously said:

"I don't know if these are suitable for the prince's taste. Has your highness tasted them?"

"Not yet, how can we wait for the guests." The person opposite chuckled, picked up the chopsticks, took a bite and put it in his mouth.

He also looked very elegant when eating, and his chewing movements were very small, making people wonder if the dish melted directly in his mouth.

Su Liu looked at him nervously, mainly because he was worried about his own food.

Fortunately, he nodded quickly without concealing the appreciation in his tone: "It tastes very good."

"As long as His Royal Highness likes it." Su Liu breathed a sigh of relief, but he was already happy. It seemed that he had definitely earned the money!
The prince took a few more bites, then suddenly put down his chopsticks and looked in a direction in a daze, as if he was looking at a place far, far away.

Su Liu looked at his side face, a little puzzled. This man looked like he had something on his mind?

"Do you know what day today is?" he asked suddenly.

Su Liu recalled that from the beginning, Uncle Zhang had emphasized the date to himself, January 21, but he did not tell himself what the date meant.

So she shook her head very honestly. "Today is the birthday of my mother-in-law." The prince turned his head and gave her a faint smile.

"Is it the princess's birthday? It seems that she didn't see any celebrations in the palace..." Su Liu felt a little puzzled. When she came to Prince Xian's palace, she didn't see any guests coming to wish her well. For a princess, this was obviously is unreasonable.

"She is not the current Princess Xian, my mother-in-law. She passed away ten years ago." The prince explained, with a hint of loss in his eyes.

Su Liu then realized that he had said the wrong thing, lowered his head uneasily and said:

"Sorry, I didn't know that was the case."

The prince shook his head and sighed softly: "It doesn't matter, Princess Xian doesn't allow her servants to mention her mother. I'm content to be able to talk to you about her."

Su Liu suddenly realized that no wonder he had just sent away all his servants. It turned out that there was such a secret.

And the reason why he invited himself today was because he was an outsider and the first time he came to Yucheng, so he could say a few words.

Thinking this way, the Prince Xian was quite pitiful, and Su Liu couldn't help but feel some sympathy in his heart.

But she has never been very good at comforting people. After being silent for a long time, she could only hold back one sentence:
"Your mother-in-law knows that you miss her so much, and she will definitely feel happy in heaven."

The prince didn't say anything. He picked up the wine bottle, poured it into the small glass in front of him, and drank it all in one gulp.

He was originally going to pour Su Liuye a drink, but she refused.

"My ability to drink is not very good." Su Liu explained that she was just a simple party girl in modern times, and she couldn't drink any liquor.

The prince did not force her, but he drank one cup after another.

Su Liu could see very complex emotions on his face, including loneliness, frustration, and even some self-deprecation.

In the past, this prince always gave her the impression that he was weird and not serious, but today it refreshed her perception.

"Do you know why I love sweets so much?"

The prince was slightly drunk, his face was flushed, and his speech began to become awkward.

"Is it because your mother-in-law likes it?" Su Liu guessed following his previous words.

The prince shook his head and nodded again.

"My mother is the best at making snacks. When I was a child, I loved her lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake. I haven't eaten it in ten years..."

There was a little grievance in his tone, and he was still mumbling something.

"When I ate Xinliuzhai's dim sum that day, I felt that it tasted very similar to hers..."

Su Liu sat aside and listened quietly, feeling a little sad in his heart.

I didn't expect that the virtuous prince had such a past. However, in the palace, he still had to suppress his longing for his mother. He must have had a hard time in the past ten years.

No wonder he came to me after just eating Xinliuzhai's pastries. It turned out to be a familiar taste.

"Come to Xinliuzhai anytime from now on, and I'll give you a [-]% discount!" Su Liu walked over, patted his shoulder, and said half-jokingly.

The prince raised his head, glanced at her with drunken eyes, and suddenly burst into laughter:

"Hahahahaha, you are really, really a business person..."

(End of this chapter)