While talking, Qian Ruoyu had already brought Yan'er back to Yueya Pavilion.
After entering the room, several servants and Butler Wang seemed to have already cleaned the room.
When they saw Qian Ruoyu and Yan'er bringing back three watermelons, their eyes suddenly went straight.
But they dare not say it.
Only the prince and his masters are qualified to eat this watermelon. The servants like them have no qualifications at all.
If it weren't for the reward from the prince, I might never be able to eat watermelon in this life. This fruit is a luxury product.
But Qian Ruoyu ordered: "Any of you who are quick on errands, go to the kitchen and get the knives and chopping boards, a few bowls and spoons, a pounding mortar, and a copper dagger."
The two servants immediately ran towards the kitchen.
But Butler Wang asked: "Madam, this melon..."
Qian Ruoyu rolled her eyes at him, "Don't ask if you shouldn't know!"
When Butler Wang heard this, he quickly lowered his head.
He just finished his work!
Since he came to the palace for so long, except for the first year of work, he has always been the one in command.
Now that he was directly commanded by Qian Ruoyu, and he had been doing it all afternoon, he was naturally so tired that he was almost fuming, and he did not dare to contradict Qian Ruoyu again.
Not to mention, I won’t dare to give Qian Ruoyu any trouble in the future.
Later, two servants brought all the utensils Qian Ruoyu needed, but Qian Ruoyu asked a servant to split three watermelons.
He asked other servants to cut the watermelon into several pieces and threw it into a small stone mortar. Qian Ruoyu picked up the mortar and prepared to pound it, but several servants and Butler Wang were frightened.
"This...Mother, this melon is not someone else's. To smash it down like this...is a waste..."
"Yes, empress, this melon is a tribute!"
Qian Ruoyu smiled and shook her head, "If you keep talking nonsense, we will clean other places later!"
As soon as he finished speaking, no one opened his mouth.
Qian Ruoyu followed Yan'er and smashed the watermelon thoroughly.
Although Qian Ruoyu looked like a waste, as a personal maid, Yan'er didn't say a word.
After all, she is a personal maid, so her trust in Qian Ruoyu is naturally unmatched by others.
After all the watermelon pieces were mashed, Qian Ruoyu and Yan'er used a copper dagger to separate the watermelon juice, and then divided the watermelon juice into several bowls.
Qian Ruoyu then smiled and said to everyone: "Okay, this is the reward I will give you."
When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.
This...this melon is actually a reward, how virtuous and capable they are!
But Qian Ruoyu picked up one of the bowls without hesitation and took a sip.
"Ha... it's very comfortable."
Qian Ruoyu had just finished drinking, and she felt as if she had entered a cold winter. Although the watermelon juice did not add ice, it was enough to quench her thirst in this weather.
Seeing her like this, everyone had no choice but to pick up their bowls one by one, follow her example, and start drinking.
But suddenly everyone's eyes lit up.
Even Butler Wang couldn't help but said in surprise: "This...this...this..."
One servant even drank the entire bowl of watermelon juice without stopping. After drinking, he even licked the bottom of the bowl for fear of missing a drop.
Yan'er next to Qian Ruoyu, although she looked a little gentle, her eyes were glazed over, as if she had drunk some divine water.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Qian Ruoyu nodded with satisfaction.
"Butler Wang, what's going on? Is this a waste?"
Butler Wang shook his head repeatedly, "I never expected that this watermelon... can be eaten in this way. It's really shocking."
"Your Majesty, you have such a mysterious usage, why don't you make more and send them to the prince?"
Qian Ruoyu said disdainfully: "Hmm, him? Wait until later!"
Does this big pig’s trotters match?!
At this moment, Qian Ruoyu glanced at the watermelon residue beside him and said calmly.
"Oh, by the way, I got this watermelon from Li Zhiyi."
As soon as the words fell, the eyes of everyone who looked satisfied just now suddenly changed.
One of them even swallowed: "This... empress, aren't you harming us..."
Butler Wang also said in fear: "Mother, if the concubine knows that this melon has been stolen, then..."
Qian Ruoyu smiled.
"What's stealing? Yan'er, explain to them!"
Yan'er then said the words she had just learned in her own tone.
"The empress said that if our family does not belong to two families, it will not only belong to the concubine, but also to all of us."
"As the saying goes, it belongs to one family. That means eating our own. How can we steal it?"
After Yan'er finished speaking seriously, she turned around and asked, "My Majesty, your Majesty, are you right?"
Qian Ruoyu nodded with satisfaction, "Yes! That's right!"
Everyone looked confused and didn't understand what was going on.
Seeing their appearance, Qian Ruoyu had no choice but to put her hands on her hips and said.
"Anyway, listen to me, I didn't steal this melon!"
"Melons grow in melon fields. The melon fields belong to the palace. I went to get them back. I didn't steal them. By the way, let me tell you, we just ate them together."
The last sentence became the focus of Qian Ruoyu, leaving Butler Wang and others at a loss.
"By the way, clean up all these things after eating!"
Qian Ruoyu pointed at the residue on the table and gave instructions.
"You, go and wash this chopping board and knife."
"You, go and wash the mortar and the copper dagger for me."
"You, go wash the dishes and spoons."
"Steward Wang, take two people and throw the watermelon rind into the pond. Clean it up for me. Don't let anyone see it float, otherwise it will be the watermelon you stole!"
Butler Wang nodded repeatedly, and everyone started to work.
Although on the surface it seems that Qian Ruoyu is winning over these people, in fact these people in front of him have gradually begun to stand in the same boat as Qian Ruoyu.
Because the watermelon may be a small matter to Qian Ruoyu, but to these servants, it is a big deal.
If you ate the watermelon from the palace rashly, you might get a stick.
And if they reveal the truth, they are very likely to be "bitten back" by Qian Ruoyu, which is something they cannot risk.
After they finished dealing with this and returned to the door of Qian Ruoyu's Yueyage Pavilion, Qian Ruoyu said.
"Well, as long as no one exposes the matter, I won't talk about it casually."
"If you behave well in the future, I will definitely give you a reward from this princess. Okay, you have nothing to do anymore. You can go."
Everyone knows that this pirate ship must be boarded!
But at this moment, Li Zhiyi's voice suddenly came!
"Qian Ruoyu! Qian Ruoyu! Give me back my melon! I know it was you who stole the melon!"
Li Zhiyi's words scared Butler Wang and others so much that they almost burrowed into the ground!
Qian Ruoyu said calmly: "Why are you panicking?"
"Do you want her to see that we took her melons? Please cooperate with me, don't worry."
Qian Ruoyu's domineering words immediately calmed everyone down.