Chapter 116: The Haughty Spoiled Princess (1) (2/2)
When they reached Royal Princess Duanjia’s courtyard, one of the servants supported Chu Lian as she got off the sedan. When she looked up, Royal Princess Duanjia was standing in the corridor outside the parlour.
When she walked up to the princess, Royal Princess Duanjia raised an eyebrow and looked her up and down. The moment the princess noticed the box of food Xiyan was carrying, surprise lit up in her eyes. She strode up to Xiyan and took the box from her hands. Royal Princess Duanjia then raised her chin slightly, turning to Chu Lian as she said, “Chu Liu, this is for me, right?”
Chu Lian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She hadn’t expected the precious royal princess she had met at the Dingyuan Estate to have such a tsundere personality.
She nodded, and with a forgiving tone, Chu Lian said, “I made these myself this morning. They’re for you, Royal Princess.”
Chu Lian’s voice was soft and kind. Although she was already a married woman, other than the difference in hairstyles from the maiden princess, she looked like a young lady who was still the same age as Royal Princess Duanjia.
While Royal Princess Duanjia’s status was much higher than hers, Chu Lian didn’t act differently in front of her. Instead, she treated the princess like a sister from the same family, without any of the usual fear or carefulness that others might have. This raised her evaluation in Royal Princess Duanjia’s eyes.
Without waiting for Chu Lian’s greeting bow, Royal Princess Duanjia took her hand and led her to the parlour.
After the two of them were seated, Royal Princess Duanjia ordered her handmaid to serve the confections that Chu Lian had brought.
When the confections were brought out in two little porcelain dishes, Royal Princess Duanjia stared at them in a daze.
There were six pieces of confections sitting on one of the exquisite blue porcelain dishes, and there were two pieces of every colour: milky yellow, light green, and light red.
The flat confections had somehow been made into cutely shaped cat heads. Every cat had a different expression, provoking amusement in the onlookers.
Chu Lian smiled a little as she watched Royal Princess Duanjia gape in surprise.
As expected, girls liked cute little confections the most!
She had made a set of cookies. The three different colours also signified the three different flavours of the cookies: milk, matcha, and red date. She had used a cat head shaped mould that she had prepared in advance to make them, and then used some natural food colouring to draw some simple, adorable little expressions on top. The cookies were done after a round of baking in the oven. It was much simpler to make these compared to the Eight Confections.
On the other plate was a display of sugared haw fruits. They were round and red, covered in a layer of white icing sugar. Though they weren’t as sour as eating the haw fruits by themselves, they weren’t sickly sweet either. In addition, the seeds inside had already been removed, so there was no need to spit out anything. They were both delicious and convenient, and were great for snacking.
Royal Princess Duanjia eyes were sparkling as she looked at the confections before her. Her handmaid was also absorbed in staring at the snacks, but she managed to regain her senses and hurriedly turned to serve some tea.