Chapter 232: Promotion (1) (1/2)

There was an old senior servant standing behind Old Duke Zheng who served Old Duchess Zheng. She also had the wisdom and sharp eyesight that came with age.

Heir Zheng had recently started to come to Old Duke Zheng’s courtyard for breakfast more often.

In the past few days, this maidservant that Honoured Lady Jinyi had left behind had always quietly retreated back into the outer chamber of the parlour after bringing the food in. She would wait for Old Duke Zheng’s summons before coming back in.

However, ever since Heir Zheng had started coming over for breakfast, this maidservant began to stay by the table instead of leaving after laying out the dishes.

Once the heir entered the room, her eyes would be stuck onto him, as if no one else existed.

Her desires were so obvious that the old senior servant felt the urge to snort.

The old senior servant had also tried placing her own subordinates by Mingyan’s side to learn from her cooking these past few days, thinking that Mingyan wouldn’t notice. However, Mingyan was still rather careful. When cooking, she actually sent everyone else out of the kitchen and even locked the door. She would rather cook everything herself and guard every single secret recipe than to let others steal her secrets.

When Old Duke Zheng finished listening to Mingyan’s explanations, he waved her away. “You’re dismissed.”

“Ah?” Mingyan was caught off guard by the sudden change. In a dazed manner, she said, “How about letting this servant serve Your Grace at the table? In the Jing’an Estate, Honoured Lady likes this servant’s service the most.”

The old senior servant sneered. So she finally remembered Honoured Lady Jinyi. Why hadn’t she mentioned Honoured Lady Jinyi at all when she was explaining those dishes?

Old Duke Zheng suddenly looked at Mingyan with a frown. His eagle eyes carried an edge that stripped away all pretenses from their target.

Mingyan couldn’t hold back the urge to tremble with fear and quickly retreated with her head down.