Huang Qiu and Xue Dong's expressions immediately soured. The ladies were taking these for Madam to bring home to the young lady. By taking them away like this, did they regard her as a menial servant?
Dou Mingying, too, found it excessive. Pei Qin was, after all, the wife of a Second Rank General. Such humiliation was quite unsightly. Holding onto her lotus, she said, "Luckily we picked plenty, let's give some to them and keep these for ourselves!"
Pei Qin laughed heartily, "Although some flowers are edible, lotus flowers aren't easy to swallow! Just picking them for fun is enough!"
Dou Mingying looked at her, not even angry, sizing her up. Was Madam Yuanyang just generous, or was she not catching on?
Seeing many people looking over, Huang Qiu couldn't hold back and said, "If we're talking about flower arrangement, water lilies last longer and look better in a flower ladle! Let's go back and arrange water lilies instead!"