Vol 1 Chapter 7 (1/2)
Gu Fang Bu Zi Shang Vol01 Ch07
Hong, her na as the person herself Chu Beijie had just gained another common maid but he felt much more excited than usual for some reason It was like he’d come across a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ preciousness, or a deliciously exotic cuisine and couldn’t wait to taste it, but at the same time, couldn’t bear to ruin it
The new ht by him and was now locked in a small room of his Ducal Residence, away from everyone else
Chu Beijie wanted to see her, but for so himself
He wasn’t a God, so of course he was angry Several ti his teeth and fists clenched, thinking that he, a Duke, got allin front of another woman’s door His pride as a man was absolutely torn into shreds He wanted to torture that dairl, throw her into jail, leave her in the forest to the wolves and then throw her off a cliff
“Someone!”
“Here! What does Duke need?”
Chu Moran appeared at the doorway but Chu Beijie had suddenly calain
No, he couldn’t let her die so easily That girl should stay in his residence for her whole lifetio to tease her, and make her cry
The next day, Pingting got sick, just when Chu Beijie had planned to taunt her
“Sick?” Chu Beijie’s eyes flickered towards Chu Moran and he coldly laughed, “Is this another one of her deceptions, ‘soldiers know fraud’?”
“The doctor has already seen her She is seriously sick” Chu Moran replied, his voice grave
Chu Beijie’s eyes flashed, “What does she have?”
“Long-ter and drowsiness”
Chu Beijie thought of that night when Pingting had also been sick, and he had personally carried her into her rooetic eyes slowly close and how under the ht she was a real beauty
“Duke…are you going to see her?”
A sharp gaze turned to Chu Moran, forcing him to take a step back He lowered his head and hurriedly said, “I-I-I just thought…maybe…”
Chu Beijie looked away and sat back at the desk, grabbed an official document and carefully read it Then in a hesitant voice, he asked “Which doctor did you hire?”
“Chen Guanzhi”
“She’s just a maid, no need to provide her a famous doctor”
Chu Moran had hardly ever been criticised by his Master and he paled, “Okay, I’ll change it immediately…”
“No need,” Chu Beijie picked up a pen, flamboyantly wrote two lines of approval on the document He seemed to have calmed down a little, “He’s already been hired, so don’t bother anymore”
“Yes”
“Is she taking her medicine?”
“We’ve already bought the ite boiled”
Chu Beijie scowled, “She rebelled against ets a faet sick Unfortunately for her, I’m a warrior from the blood-stained deserts, not a naive boy froets better, tell her to stop playing her games in my residence”
Chu Moran could sense his , “Yes”
He was about to leave when Chu Beijie looked up froht “The King gavepills Since we don’t have any high-ranking feo to waste Now that we have an ailed woive those to her”
Pingting really was sick Although she was naturally healthy, she had never quite recovered fro, which had been followed by a series of nu her body During the last short conversation she had with Chu Beijie, her clothes were almost soaked in sweat and she could barely stand anymore
Chu Moran was in charge of looking after Pingting Unable to guess his Master’s true intentions, he didn’t dare to act too nice or too , he finally put her in a s in a secluded part of the Ducal Residence
Every day, Chu Moran would report Pingting’s health “Miss Hong was rather drowsy today”
“Miss Hong had soe”
“Miss Hong coughed a little less last night, but she had a high fever this ”
Chu Beijie didn’t say anything and pretended not to hear
On the fifth day however, Chu Beijie felt rather edgy When he heard Chu Moran say “Miss Hong coughed again today…” he suddenly turned furious “Cough!Cough! Cough! Why is she still coughing? Haven’t you already given her the Yu Pills? That Chen Guanzhi is also to blairl”
Chu Moran left and the next day, he was keen not to otten a lot better She should be able to get up soon”
“And when is that?”
Chu Moran hadn’t expected his Master to answer, nevertheless to even ask a question “Maybe… around ten days,” he said uncertainly, as hoas he supposed to know?
Chu Beijie harru his statement
By the tenth day, before Chu Moran could begin his daily report, Chu Beijie stood up and declared, “Let’s go and visit her to see whether her ‘desperate measure’ has come to an end” He briskly strolled out of the office, and headed to the roo in
The building had a little courtyard outside it and small, unknown red floere planted there
Chu Beijie briskly walked right up to the door but suddenly paused and moved towards theHe heard a conversation, one of the voices very familiar
“Anything else?”
“Way entle voice, with a hint of hu bone soup, cut the bone in parallel, horizontally, revealing a line of marrow Don’t break it and bind it with chestnut, or you’ll lose its unique flavour Mix rhodiola, cynorass roots, fry the mixture and put it into the soup Add the bones and wait for it to be half-cooked before adding fresh lotus roots and carrot After that, close the lid and boil lightly until fully cooked”
“Strange, I’ve been working in the kitchens for many years, but I’ve never heard of such a recipe Wow, I’ to that”
Chu Beijie continued listening for a while They were all top cooking techniques, despite most of them hadn’t been heard of
Pingting felt a little better and somehow she had started a discussion about cuisine with Mother Zhang, who had been bringing her medicine ever since she was sick Her passion was back and she gave away some of her food preparation techniques Neither of the looked up and saw him, she broke into a cold sweat