Hearing that Gu Yunxi was clamoring for dessert after dinner in the room, Ming Lan looked towards Xiao Nianzi with resentful cold light in his eyes.

"What's the dessert she talked about?"

Xiao Nianzi gave a sickly smile, shook his head and replied.

"Master, it is a kind of fruit."

"Fruit?"

Ming Lan's eyes widened immediately and his face darkened.

"Isn't it durian?"

Durian was a kind of hot fruit brought by the envoys of Man Lajia, an island country in the east, when they sent out to Da Yi.

Its husk was hard and it was densely spiky, while its flesh was soft and sweet. However, it had a strange and lingering odor.

One day two years ago, when the emperor Jingxiao, who had tasted the sweetness, took half of a durian to Yongning Palace, the Imperial Noble Concubine was frowned by its smell at first. But after that, she gorged herself and kept praising its delicious taste.

At that time, Ming Lan was waiting by her side, so he was scented with durian.

After getting off work, he took a two-hour bath in the wing before he felt the smell was completely removed.

Because the Imperial Noble Concubine liked it, Emperor Jingxiao ordered people to try planting them in the tropical regions of Southern Jiang.

Durian was no longer a kind of rare fruit on the market in Da Yi at this time.

Ming Lan knew that he would never eat that kind of fruit with strange smell. So, could it be that the servants in the Mansion were unruly and ate the fruit behind his back without telling him?

Xiao Nianzi saw that the Master was silent and his face grew gloomy, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

He nodded quickly and continued hesitantly.

"I don't know the name of Miss Yun's dessert, but she just dipped the bananas in the syrup and put them in the icehouse then."

"I've seen someone make sugar-coated haws before, and Miss Yun did her dessert in a similar way. "

"Oh? Bananas?"

Ming Lan looked slightly relaxed when he heard the words.

"Then you go and get that for her. I would like to see the dessert."

Xiao Nianzi replied, bowed and then ran towards the icehouse.

In a quarter of an hour, he rushed back, holding a round dish with vine-scrolls on it in his hands.

At the end of May, the sun was so hot at midday. The dish was taken out of the icehouse just now, bathed in the white dangling sunlight, and started to smoke out of the high temperature.

Xiao Nianzi stopped in front of the Master, handed the dish to his eyes, bowed his head and said softly.

"Master, please have a look."

Ming Lan looked down curiously.

Then he saw four peeled bananas lined up in the center of the smooth round dish with a chopstick inserted into each of them. The surface of the bananas was covered with a layer of hard amber icing, exuding sweetness and chill, which looked both playful and appetizing.

Bananas were sweet and fragrant. It was really a good treat in early summer to eat one after sugaring them and getting them frappe.

Ming Lan was stunned at that moment, staring at the four crystalline sugar-coated bananas in a daze.

He had been used to eating delicacies of every kind, so at this time, the exquisite dessert which was made with simple materials made him feel a little surprised.

Some place in his heart seemed to be crushed by an invisible force. His heart and even his soul trembled...

Being a little monster, she was really ingenious, really pretty, and really...

Ming Lan's heart seemed to be empty then, and he looked melancholy.

"Eunuch Nian!"

At this time, Gu Yunxi's beautiful voice came out from the room again.

"Have you got the dessert?"

Ming Lan returned to his senses and shook his head to Xiao Nianzi then.

"Send it in."

Xiao Nianzi did not dare to stop then, so he raised his foot and walked quickly into the house.

Ming Lan immediately stood on the side of the open window sash in the corridor, gazing through the emerald green window screens, peeking at the movement in the room.

Gu Yunxi sat firmly next to the table. From her expression, she should have filled herself with food and wine.

Seeing the dessert brought by Xiao Nianzi which she liked so much, she looked joyful, and took up the handkerchief to clean her mouth and hands.

"Miss Yun, does this dessert have a name?"

Xiao Nianzi endured the smell of green onions and garlic all over the house, and asked Gu Yunxi with a smile.

As a slave, he had to think for his master in everything.

The Master had seen this dessert just now. If he asked again later, he would have something to reply then.

Gu Yunxi raised her eyebrows, answering with clear complacency.

"I imitated the method of making sugar-coated haws and created my own dessert 'Ice Banana'."

After that, she picked up the bamboo chopsticks, took a sugar-coated banana and handed it to Xiao Nianzi, saying with smiling eyes.

"I troubled you so many times today, so please eat the first one first."

"I really don't deserve this!"

When Gu Yunxi turned her head to face him, Xiao Nianzi shrank his neck in fright, and immediately held his breath.

"Miss Yun, the Master just ordered me to do something. If you don't have anything else for me to do, I will leave first. I'll come back to greet you later after I finish my work."

In order to get out of the room which was full of stinky smell, Xiao Nianzi lied.

Gu Yunxi didn't think much about it. Seeing that he was not taking the banana, she waved her hands indifferently at him.

"Okay. You can leave now."

Xiao Nianzi was overjoyed, and then ran out happily.

Seeing the Master in the porch, Xiao Nianzi bowed his head silently and waited aside with his arms hanging down.

Next to the table in the room, Gu Yunxi put her cheek in one hand and held an iced banana in the other. She didn't bite and eat bit by bit but kept the pointed end of the banana in her small mouth as if it was a toy and then sucked it slowly.

Then she pulled the chopstick and pulled the banana out of her mouth.

Then the sugar coating on the outer layer of the banana melted, and a few drops of sweet sugar fell on her tongue.

Gu Yunxi squinted her eyes with enjoyment at this moment and lowered her eyes slightly to look forward, her eyes gleaming.

And her mouth was also busy. She continued to keep the banana in her mouth, turning the bamboo chopstick with her fingers to make the banana spin in her mouth a few times.

After eating up the sugar liquid on the top, she then stretched out her tongue to lick the glittering sugar coating on the root of the banana, and opened her mouth to keep it again.

Ming Lan could see that clearly in front of the window.

When her cheek puffed up out of the head of the banana, his back instantly tightened outside, and the blood in his whole body seemed to burn and flare up inexplicably.

Was she eating a banana?

Couldn't she eat in a normal manner? Why she just ate in such a way?

Ming Lan was in a strange mood. He was both resentful and excited. He opened his eyes to look into the room with heavy breathing as he wanted to stop that.

He thought of some booklet at this moment.

What if what she held in her hand was not a sugar-coated banana but...

Ming Lan's heartbeat speeded up suddenly, and his mind seemed to be out of control. He couldn't help drawing an evil picture in his brain.

The beautiful girl lay on the bedside, half-dressed, holding the stick in the brocade box with both hands, and looked at him with red cheeks and wet eyes...

Ming Lan stared blankly into the room. His throat tightened, and he swallowed greedily, sweating intensively then.

Xiao Nianzi was right next to him, seeing a trace of bright red under his nose suddenly.

"Master, you have a nosebleed?"

Xiao Nianzi lowered his voice and said in surprise.

Ming Lan turned furious, raising his hand carelessly to wipe his nose hard.

He lifted his foot, sniffed and then left. Xiao Nianzi followed him all the way.

Stopping suddenly in the courtyard, Ming Lan swung his wide sleeves unwillingly, gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay, you are a little monster. You deliberately played smart with me. You may get off today, but not tomorrow. Sooner or later you will be my girl!"

Xiao Nianzi chased the Master and asked as he walked.

"Master, so... What to do next? Miss Yun is alone in the house. Do I have to send someone to stare at her?"

"You go to the room. I'll see what else she can do then!"

"I... "

Xiao Nianzi's face immediately became more complex. Like a live fish which was about to be sent to a chopping board to be slaughtered, he looked reluctant and painful.

"Master, I can't stand the smell of the green onion and garlic."

"So why you let her cook those dishes?"

Ming Lan stared fiercely at Xiao Nianzi and shouted.

"Find a solution by yourself! I will go there tonight. If I still smell the stench in the room then, I will twist your head!"

Xiao Nianzi fell to the ground right away...

After eating three iced bananas, Gu Yunxi finally felt full.

She stood up lazily and stretched her waist happily under the sunlight permeating into the room.

She had stayed in the room for too long, so she had already been numb to the smell of green onions and garlic which was all over the room.

It smelt good!

Even after taking a shower, it was impossible to completely clear off the smell on her body in one day or two.

Since Ming Lan ran away, Gu Yunxi felt at ease at this time and lay down on the bed happily then.

After eating and drinking, she got a bit drunk out of the sweet and fragrant peach blossom wine. Gu Yunxi gradually closed her eyes and dozed, lying on her back.

When she drifted into a light sleep, she heard some noise.

Gu Yunxi had thought that she was dreaming again, so she opened her eyes slightly.

Then, an extremely ugly face suddenly leaped into her eyes.

As if getting a head-on blow, Gu Yunxi turned dumbfounded, and her eyes got wide open at once.

There was a girl standing in front of the bed who looked young and was of medium height. She looked as thin as a lath, and her waist was as thin as a snake.

She wore her hair up in an ingot-shaped bun, and wore a water-green and silk-breasted gown with yellow pleated crepe pants.

Her face was really not pleasing.

She had an inverted triangle-shaped and sallow face with thick eyebrows, small eyes, wide mouth and flat nose on it. And there were so many freckles on her cheeks.

As soon as Gu Yunxi sat up, the ugly woman grinned, which looked more frightening than crying. When she opened her mouth, she bared her turbid yellow teeth.

"Oh, madam, you are awake?"

She greeted Gu Yunxi with a hoarse voice.

"Who are you?"

Gu Yunxi rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked in confusion.

"My name is Shiliu, and I am a dishwasher in the kitchen. I was appointed by Eunuch Nian to take care of your daily life.

Since you are awake, I will bother you to lift your buttocks. We will replace all the bedding on the bed. "

As she said, the ugly servant didn't follow the etiquette but strode forward and dragged Gu Yunxi directly off the bed. It seemed that she was not afraid of the smell of green onions and garlic all over her body at all.

"Hey! What are you doing? I haven't worn my shoes yet!"

Gu Yunxi stood barefoot on the ground with her sharp eyes.

As soon as she shook off Shiliu's big thick hands, she saw her wave to the women behind her, and said coldly.

"Come on, let's clean the girl's mouth!"

With her order, a few fierce women surrounded Gu Yunxi, pulling her arms and legs, holding her limbs firmly on the ground, making her unable to move easily.

Shiliu held a ball-patterned porcelain bowl, and walked towards Gu Yunxi with a weird smile.

"You, what are you going to do? Where are Nanny Yan and Nanny Gui who always serve me? I want them to serve me! Go away!"

Gu Yunxi realized that something was wrong and kept screaming and fighting. Her delicate body struggled hard under the shackles of more than a dozen big hands.

Shiliu looked at the girl's exquisite features, feeling so jealous.

Her small eyes widened suddenly, and the sharp light flashed across her eyes. She gave a cold smile and said to Gu Yunxi in a hard tone.

"Don't pick and choose. Nanny Gui was burned by you with charcoal fire, and Nanny Yan was choked into a coma by your bathwater.

Since you are so savage, there are no more people in the Mansion willing to come and serve you then. Now, only we, the maids in the kitchen, dare to talk face to face with you.

We have been dealing with fresh food over the years, so we are always crude, and we don't even know how to treat women gently.

So, I think you'd better be more sensible, otherwise your delicate skin will inevitably suffer more!"