Chapter 92 Minor Injury
Mother Du only ate a small half of the pastry made by Chen Wan and secretly threw away the remaining half.
Even this small half piece was quite powerful. She ran to the toilet several times. However, because she was looking at the cakes made by Shen Wan, there was nothing in the cakes that would cause diarrhea. Although it was not delicious, it would not upset her stomach. So she did not think about the cakes. Until Shen Ji also had the same symptoms, Mother Du asked, "Did the Duke eat the cakes made by the young lady?"
The little maid said, "I ate a piece."
Mother Du, “…”
No need to doubt it.
It was the pastries made by the girl that caused the trouble.
Shen Wan knew that the pastries she made did not taste good, but she did not expect her father to eat them, and even ate a whole piece. What was even more unexpected was that not only her father ate them, but also the Prince of Jingbei, the Prince of Yuzhang, and the Prince of Linjiang.
Xie Jingyu should have been knocked down, but he wasn't.
Xie Jingyu put it down after taking a bite. He thought Shen Wan had made the pastry so unpalatable on purpose. After all, he was helping Shen Li, but he wanted her to thank him. She was unwilling to do so, so she deliberately made the pastry look good but not tasty.
Well, a certain gentleman was fooled by Chen Li. Two years ago, Chen Li swallowed the salty pastry with tears in his eyes, and even praised it as delicious against his conscience.
The pastries were so delicious two years ago. Even if my cooking skills haven’t improved in two years, they shouldn’t have deteriorated so much.
At first, Xie Jingyu thought that Shen Wan had deliberately made the pastries unpalatable. Prince Jingbei had diarrhea, and he suspected that laxatives were put into the pastries. He was worried that the doctor would find out and the marriage would be in trouble again, so he hurried to the front yard. However, when he arrived, the doctor had finished taking the pulse, and the servant from Duke Dingguo's mansion had also arrived.
Knowing that Shen Ji also had a stomach upset, Xie Jingyu hesitated.
No matter how much Shen Wan disliked him, he would not put drugs in the cakes, and he would not knock down his own father without reminding Shen Li.
Xie Jingyu asked Chen Ping to go to Duke Dingguo's mansion to find out what was going on.
Chen Ping came back and said, "Master, you misunderstood Miss Shen. She didn't put drugs in the cakes, nor did she deliberately make the cakes taste bad. She really doesn't know how to make cakes for you. She specially learned for three days and barely made it like this."
Xie Jingyu, “…”
“Two years ago, Prince Dingguo didn’t let me eat cakes because the cakes were too unpalatable and he was afraid that it would damage the image of Miss Shen Er, so he didn’t let me eat them.”
“…”
Xie Jingyu held his forehead, "She wasn't punished, was she?"
Chen Ping didn't know how to answer because he wasn't sure whether he was being punished.
“Mrs. Shen wants Miss Shen to learn cooking before she gets married.”
…
The story of how Shen Wan knocked down Shen Ji, King Jingbei, Prince Yuzhang, and the Prince of Linjiang, among eight or nine others, with a plate of cakes, spread like wildfire and was known to everyone in Kyoto.
But everyone just treated it as a joke and no one blamed Shen Wan.
A lady from a wealthy family is someone who has never done housework. There are a lot of cooks serving her in the mansion, so why should she cook herself? What's more, Chen Wan fell into the water when she was young, and it was said that she was difficult to support. Shen Ji and Yun Shi didn't even allow her to learn music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs, let alone cook.
Miss Shen Er hasn't married yet, and the Prince of Jingbei said he wanted to eat the cakes she made. It's too much for a girl to go into the kitchen to please him.
Well, there weren't many accusations against Chen Wan, and the sporadic accusations were directed at Xie Jingyu.
But after all, the cakes knocked down so many people, so Chen Li went from house to house to apologize to Prince Yuzhang and the Prince of Linjiang.
The Prince of Yuzhang and the Marquis of Linjiang wanted to cry. "It's more effective than a laxative. How did your sister do it?"
Shen Li, “…”
Not to mention Prince Yuzhang and Chu Yang, even Chen Ji and Prince Jingbei still felt a little unsteady in their steps when they attended the morning court the next day.
However, it was a blessing in disguise. The emperor gave them seats, and they sat down to attend the morning court.
…
The old lady wanted Shen Wan to learn cooking, so Shen Wan said good morning to the old lady and returned to Qingyi Garden.
Just as Shen Wan entered the small kitchen, she cut her hand in less than a quarter of an hour, and Mother Du quickly asked her to leave.
Since Shen Wan dared to learn, she didn't dare to teach.
The cut was not deep, but a lot of blood was lost. Shen Wan returned to the house and Shan Hu applied medicine and bandaged her.
Just as the wound was bandaged, Shen Wu, Shen Ti and the others arrived and said, "We wanted to come and see Second Sister and learn how to cook. How could Second Sister be so careless and cut her hand?"
Shen Wan was already in a bad mood because she injured her hand, and they were still making sarcastic remarks. Shen Wan said, "If you want to watch people cook, you should go to the big kitchen."
Chen Wu said, "Thank goodness, Grandmother still wanted you to regain your lost face, but it seems that it is impossible."
Shen Yao said, “I think even if Second Sister learns it, Prince Jingbei won’t dare to eat it.”
Chen Wan didn't want to pay attention to them, but they were all tactless and not only didn't leave, they also sat down.
Chen Wu and Shen Ti were chatting with each other, while Chen Yao was interested in the pigeon hanging by the window and went over to play with it.
While playing with it, I don't know what happened, the pigeon cage fell to the ground.
Shanhu and Yinchuan were refilling their tea. Biliu, Shen Wu's maid who was nearby, hurried over and picked up the pigeon cage. "Fortunately, the pigeon cage wasn't broken."
She hung the pigeon cage back up.
Chen Yao came over and said, "Second sister, I didn't mean it..."
Before Shen Wan finished speaking, Shen Wu said, "Don't disturb Second Sister from recuperating. Let's go."
After they left, the room suddenly became empty.
As Chen Wu and the others left, a maid came in and said, "Miss, the prince wants you to go to the front yard."
What did the eldest brother ask her to do in the front yard?
Shen Wan was curious.
Shanhu said, "My lady's hand is injured. I will go and tell the prince..."
Shen Wan said, “It’s such a minor injury, it’s not so serious that you can’t go to the front yard.”
Shen Wan got up and went out. When she arrived at the front yard, she found that her eldest brother was looking for her because Xie Jingyu had come. She immediately regretted coming to the front yard.
First of all, it's embarrassing, and secondly, it makes me angry.
She told her eldest brother to thank him, but he insisted on eating the cakes she made, which caused so many troubles. What's even more infuriating is that he was the one who asked for the cakes, but he hadn't eaten them yet. The fact that he didn't get a stomachache from them is irrefutable proof!
There was a knife hidden in the look in Xie Jingyu's eyes.
Xie Jingyu came to apologize to Shen Ji for asking Shen Wan to make him a cake. He noticed that Shen Wan's fingers were wrapped in gauze and asked, "What's wrong with your hand?"
It was too late for Shen Wan to hide behind him, and Shen Li noticed it and looked at her.
Shen Wan said angrily, “My grandmother asked me to learn cooking, and I accidentally cut my hand.”
Shen Li, “…”
Xie Jingyu, “…”
Chen Li turned his head and looked at Xie Jingyu.
Xie Jingyu stood up, and before the two siblings could react, Shen Wan’s injured hand was in his hand.
"Is it serious?"
His handsome eyes were full of heartache.
Shen Wan was stunned, and a strange feeling flashed through his heart, which he couldn't explain.
She subconsciously wanted to pull her hand back, but Xie Jingyu held it tightly.
She felt uncomfortable, "No, it's okay..."
Xie Jingyu said, "Don't learn it."
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