When Cai Wei returned to the agreed spot, she found two or three more people there. Xiang Yun was squatting there with a helpless look on her face.
Seeing Cai Wei come back, Xiang Yun’s eyes suddenly lit up.
"Wow, Cai Wei, did you hit this wild rabbit? You’re so awesome!"
Cai Wei walked over with a smile and handed her a fresh fruit, "Well, not only did I get a wild rabbit, but I also found a couple of wild fruits. Let’s each have one!"
"Wow, what kind of fruit is this? They look so delicious, they must taste good!"
Xiang Yun held the round fruit up to her nose, looking at it intently. She looked rather comically naive.
Cai Wei smiled and said, "I picked them in the mountains. They are still fresh since I just picked them, eat up."
Xiang Yun was just about to take a bite when an old maid standing behind her immediately stopped her.
"Miss, that fruit is from the mountains and we don’t know it. Who knows if it is poisonous or not? Better not to eat it!"
Upon hearing this, Xiang Yun’s face fell immediately and her arms drooped listlessly.
Cai Wei looked at the old maid and took a bite of the fruit she was holding.
Suddenly, light purple sweet juice flowed down her shining lips, and the delicate fragrance of the fruit spread throughout.
While enjoying her fruit, Cai Wei smiled warmly and said, "If the old maid is afraid it’s poisonous, wait until I finish eating, and then let her ladyship have some."
The old maid, flushed with embarrassment, said, "Your Highness, you must not take offense. I was entrusted by the lady to take good care of the young lady, so I was presumptuous."
Cai Wei said, "Since the lady asked you to take good care of her, you should know when she’s hungry. Here, this is the wild rabbit I caught. Could you please skin and clean it? I want to roast it for the young lady."
The old maid felt a chilly gaze coming from Cai Wei, it was very unfriendly. She swelled her refusal and took the wild rabbit and got lost.
Cai Wei then said to the two maids behind Xiang Yun, "Don’t just stand there, how is this small amount of firewood enough to roast a rabbit for your young lady? Go and find more firewood."
The two maids, seeing that even the old maid was bossed around by Cai Wei, did not dare to object. Especially when the other person was a princess. They obediently obeyed Cai Wei’s order.
"Cai Wei, you’re amazing. You actually got Nanny Xie to obey your orders!"
Xiang Yun gave Cai Wei a thumbs up and took a bite of her fresh fruit, eating it with relish.
Cai Wei said, "It’s because you’ve been too kind to them, and they’ve taken advantage of it. Even their mistress is at their mercy. Isn’t that ridiculous? No servant should ever overstep their mistress, regardless of the reason. If these things happened to me, I would immediately drive them out of the manor and never employ them again."
Listening to Cai Wei’s words, Xiang Yun nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, you’re right. I’ve probably been too lenient on them. Nowadays, almost every servant dares to boss me around. It looks like when I get back, I need to teach them a lesson..."
Cai Wei’s prediction was spot on. Until the wild rabbit was roasted, lunch from the Imperial Kitchen was not yet ready. Only a meal for the Emperor, Empress, and Jin Guifei was available, and everyone else was waiting hungrily.