Chapter 15 (1/2)
(I knew they were growing here)
She looked joyous, holding the laundry basket in one hand
There was red pine growing in the pine forest close to the east gate
The Inner Palace was generally vigilant in the control of the garden Also, the pine forest drops its dead branches and leaves once a year, which creates the ideal conditions for the growth of a certain mushroom
What she was holding onto was the rareconical cap, the matsutake
While there are people that dislike its scent, it was Mao it up into four, grilling on ait with salt and squeezed citrus
Although it was sroups, her basket had five matsutake mushrooms inside
(Shall I eat it at Occhan's place? Or shall I eat it in the kitchen?) [T/N: endearing way of saying 'old man'…]
If she were to eat at the Jade Palace, she s like harvesting things fro a court lady shouldn't do
That's why she headed towards the place of the soft-hearted ood person but useless at his job If he likes the ood And even if he hates it, he will overlook it for her
Along the way, she also didn't forget to stop by Shaoran's place For Maomao who didn't have much friends, she was a precious source of information
Maoain by her senior maids when she returned Because she was at the rival consort's place for two months, she was both happy and troubled about it Every tieably full from the mooncakes and biscuits she received
Shaoran's eyes always shone at no matter howthe short breaks
As usual, there were a lot of stories that sound like questionable ghost stories but,
”The i love potions and the ynist stubborn military officer was dropped”
Soossip
(Yeah, that probably has nothing to do with me Probably)
Co at all about as using it
It was about the inside of the royal court, aside from the imperial court here
It was the section with actual h ratio of star occupations
By the way, here is the section without actual men A lonely workplace
At the medical office, besides the loach moustache old man was a pale-faced eunuch she was not familiar with
For so his hands
”Oh hey, lass Just as I wanted to see you”
”What is it?”
”It looks like his hands have developed a rash Can you make a salve for me?”
In no ere those the words of someone who controls the medicine of Inner Palace
Well, as it's the usual, she went to the room with the medicine shelves next door
Before that, she set the basket down and took out the matsutake
”Do you have charcoal and stuff like that?”
”Ohh, you brought soood if we have hishi+o and salt” [T/N: soy paste]
The talk about favourite foods was early With ahall to pick up so for her
Pathetically leaving behind his patient as he is
(I'll give him one if he doesn't hate it)
She thought about the poor eunuch as she stiffly redients
When the shrub doctor carillthe viscous salve
Taking hold of the eunuch's right hand, she carefully smeared the salve onto the red rash Had to endure the s
His pale face see the medicine
”Ohhh, what a kind maidservant”
”I know right She oft helps me”
The two eunuchs conversed without a care
Eunuchs, according to the times, are treated like bad people who are filled with a lust for power, but in truth those were only a small handful Most of them have calm personalities like this
(But there are exceptions)
She made an unpleasant face and promptly erased it
She set the charcoal on fire, placed the mesh and added the matsutake she picked by hand She cut the sudachi that she had wilfully stolen froain [T/N: A type of citrus]
She served it on a plate once the peculiar fragrance reached her nose and there were a little scorch marks And enjoyed it seasoned with salt and sudachi
The moment the two old men placed it in their mouths, she determined them as accomplices
As Mao in a carefree manner
”The lass is helpful because she can do anything She made a lot of medicine aside from the salves for me”
”Hoooh, hoonderful”
She was so her as if she was his own daughter
Suddenly, she was reminded of her dad who she hadn't seen for more than half a year
A tiny bit unsettled by the strong feelings, the shrub doctor really said the is that the shrub doctor would say
”Ahh, there aren't ht?”
(Huh?)
Before she told hi, the eunuch before her eyes made a reaction
”Anything?”
”Anything”
The shrub doctor blew out of his nose in pride Ahh, it's the way the shrub doctor did things