It was burdensome, but it didn’t feel bad. Apart from Jenna, it was practically the first time someone cared about her this much.
Anyway, after today, there would be no more meetings. She wanted to remain a good memory for each other until the end.
“I see. Then, Miss Aelfrie, if it’s not rude, do you have any specific rewards in mind? I’d like to thank you for helping us in the way you prefer.”
She wanted to say that a reward was not necessary, as she didn’t help with that in mind.
But if she went back like this, she would be late, and without the letter paper, she’d be scolded.
“Well then… could I… request some new letter paper?”
Perhaps another noble would have told her not to worry and gone to buy some new ones. But Aelfrie didn’t have the money for that.
“Of course.”
A relieved look finally appeared on Aelfrie’s face when Nisha came in with a tray filled with tea.
“I’m sorry for the late reception, guest. Please try some. These are tea and Imperial snacks that came off a ship yesterday.”
Aelfrie’s gaze turned to the tray Nisha put down. It was full of porcelain teapots, teacups, and snacks she had never seen before.
No matter how much the nobles despised the things from the Empire, they couldn’t deny the overwhelmingly better quality of the Empire’s products.
Among young nobles, increasingly consuming Imperial things had become a kind of bragging point.
A lot of the goods imported from the Empire were luxury items, after all.
Among them, tea sets and snacks were typical.
Once, Elise brought a lot of something to the table as a gift from the Archduke; all those were Imperialimported snacks.
Aelfrie, the Countess, and the maids couldn’t take their eyes off the unknown shapes.
The Imperial snacks, with their bright colors as if painted on, seemed more like decorations than food, so cute that they were.
Of course, Elise bragged a lot, then said that since they were her gifts, it would be hard to give them to others, and took them all to her room.
But she seemed to have given a few to the Countess and her maid Maya.
Maya came down to the kitchen where Aelfrie and Jenna were working and wouldn’t stop bragging about how fantastical the Imperial snack tasted.
It was natural that Jenna listened to Maya’s explanation with a fascinated face.
Aelfrie also secretly listened to Maya’s explanation without showing much interest, like how the texture was, how the beautiful colored part tasted, etc.
Maya’s description was so detailed that Aelfrie unconsciously swallowed several times.
At that time, Aelfrie regretted for the first time that I couldn’t go to the banquet. After all, Elisée had said that imperial pastries were often served at recent banquets.
But what Nisha brought now looked more expensive at first glance than the pastries Elisée had received as gifts from the Archduke.
It was not just the pastries. The scent of the tea that Nisha was pouring was also very excellent.
“This is a new blend of tea harvested at the end of last year and released for the first time this year. It’s hard to find even in the Empire.”
“Thank you.”
Aelfrie took the teacup and carefully took a sip. Then a warm energy spread throughout her body along with a rich fragrance.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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