Zhou Gu was also filled with a sense of accomplishment. He didn’t expect that they couldn’t even buy poison antidotes and life-saving drugs, yet they had managed to make them according to the recipe, with Su Rong and himself.
He felt that if he didn’t have any silver to spend in the future, he could gather and sell herbs for silver, and he wouldn’t starve.
He sincerely said to Su Rong, "You are really skillful."
If it were just him with a recipe, he would require at least half a month of study and countless experiments to make one bottle. But Su Rong was very clever; she did not need to experiment, she made it in one go.
Su Rong stood up, and stretched her shoulders, "When I had no silver to spend, my mother did not give me any silver, so I collected herbs myself to sell. I spent more than half a day in Huichun Hall, growing up always dealing with these herbs, of course, I will not be too clumsy."
Zhou Gu understood, and felt some heartache when Su Rong mentioned her childhood. He thought if only he knew her earlier. At least he could save her from worries over silver.
Su Rong yawned and said to him, "Next door is Master Feng’s room, you can go to sleep for a while, I will also sleep for a while, then I will enter the Palace to see His Majesty."
Zhou Gu wasn’t tired, "I don’t need to sleep."
Su Rong waved him away, "Go to sleep, for one hour, wake up, have breakfast, and then you can work."
Zhou Gu could only nod.
So, when Master Feng woke up early in the morning, opened the door, and was preparing to practice martial arts as usual, he saw Zhou Gu walking towards his door. Surprised, he asked, "Lord Thursday, you didn’t leave last night?"
It was not surprising that he was shocked. He hadn’t expected Zhou Gu to spend the night in Su Rong’s room.
Zhou Gu responded slowly, explaining to him, "I accompanied her in preparing the medicine all night. She asked me to rest for an hour in your room."
Master Feng was enlightened and quickly made room at the door, "Please."
Zhou Gu thanked him and entered Master Feng’s room.
Master Feng closed the door for him and noticed movement in Su Rong’s room, poked his head in, and called out, "Sister?"
Su Rong was packing up the sealed medicine bottles. Seeing that Master Feng had woken up, she commanded him, "You are up right in time. Seal all these, I am going to sleep for a while, wake me up after an hour, and then follow me to the Palace."
Master Feng scratched his head, "Alright."
Su Rong entered the inner room, undressed, and went to sleep.
Zhou Gu, not being able to sleep easily, was lying in the next room’s bed. He touched the book of medicines written by Su Rong in a cursive hand and sent to him. He thought about how things seemed different when he faced her now since that day Su Rong went to his courtyard and listened to his heartfelt words.
He couldn’t specify how exactly it was different. But it seemed to be very relaxed, not deliberately putting distance between them, not be silent most of the time, and not treating him with excessive caution thinking about his feelings. It seemed more casual now.
That’s a good thing, right?
Zhou Gu thought it was a good thing, at least to him, because she could give him a chance to get closer. He closed his eyes, his heart slightly settled. Even if he couldn’t sleep, he forced himself to sleep. After all, Su Rong was going to the Palace today and he had to do the unfinished work.
No, it seemed he had forgotten something.
He immediately sat up and yelled out, "Ziye."
No one answered from outside.
He immediately got out of bed, opened the door, Master Feng, who was in the next room, heard the movement and asked him, "Lord Thursday, do you have any orders?"
Zhou Gu said, "May I trouble Master Feng, to send someone to the Duke Residence to send a message to my mother, telling her that I will start my journey tomorrow."
Master Feng readily agreed, "No problem, you go to sleep, I will send someone to pass on the message to the Duchess for Lord Thursday."
Zhou Gu thanked him and went back into the room and lay down.
Master Feng called a guard and sent him to the Duke Residence.
The Duchess went to Zhou Gu’s courtyard early in the morning, only to find out that Zhou Gu had left the residence last night and had not returned. She was somewhat anxious and asked Ziye, "He didn’t return all night? Was there any problem?"
Ziye shook his head, "Madam, be at ease. The young master is fine. The young master went to Xie Residence in Dongsi Hutong. I guarded outside the residence for half a night, did not see anyone come out, didn’t dare to disturb, so I returned first."
The Duchess was relieved to hear this. "So he went to Xie Residence."
She sat down, "Did Gu go to say goodbye to Su Rong before he left?"
Ziye was unsure, "Probably?"
But even saying goodbye wouldn’t take up a whole night. He didn’t dare to delve deeper into what the young master was doing in their residence for a whole day.
The Duchess waited in Zhou Gu’s room for a while before the message from Master Feng’s guard arrived. He said that Lord Thursday is staying at Xie Residence to make medicine today and will start his journey tomorrow. He informed the Duchess not to wait for him. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
The Duchess was relieved, and she asked "May I know what medicine he is preparing?"
The guard shook his head, "I don’t know either. In any case, everything is fine with Lord Thursday, the Duchess can rest assured."
The Duchess nodded and let the guard leave. She then went to see Princess Sheng An.
Everyone in the Duke Residence had risen early to see Zhou Gu off, but they hadn’t expected the plan to change. Everyone looked at each other.
Princess Sheng An chuckled, "It’s also good to leave tomorrow. I just said that yesterday the old man set the date too hastily. Tomorrow is a good day, and it’s a good time for departure. Everything will go smoothly then."
She waved at her three brothers, "You all go back to the military camp. The goodbye drinking was done yesterday, so there’s no need for you to wait to see him off tomorrow. Everything that needed to be said has been said."
The three brothers looked at each other, they could only agree. The military camp could not be left unattended; although they had managed a rare trip back to the city, they could not stay for long.
After the three brothers had left, everyone else also dispersed.
The old Duke scolded, "This scamp, is unreliable."
Princess Sheng An gave the old Duke a glance. She felt Zhou Gu was very reliable; he had gone to say farewell to Su Rong and could stay overnight at Xie Residence. It showed her grandson was useful. Otherwise, if Su Rong was annoyed, even the doors of Xie Residence would not be open to him.
After the old Duke left with his hands behind his back, the Duchess approached Princess Sheng An and whispered, "Gu left at the hour of Xu yesterday evening and did not return overnight. He stayed at Xie Residence. According to the guard of Xie Residence, he was preparing medicine."
Princess Sheng An was already thinking about mischievous things while listening to the Duchess’s first half of the sentence. When she heard the latter half, she immediately stopped thinking about mischief and asked, "Preparing medicine?"
The Duchess nodded, "The guard said so. But the guard doesn’t know what kind of medicine."
Princess Sheng An, who was bright, speculated, "Su Rong is good at medical skills and medicinal materials, could she be personally helping Gu to prepare drugs to carry on the journey?"
The Duchess said, "Daughter-in-law had the same thought.", She paused, "If that’s the case, Su Rong is being very considerate for Gu."
Princess Sheng An nodded, "Naturally, Su Rong is considerate for Gu, otherwise, she would not have saved him once or twice.", She seemed thoughtful, "Could it be that Su Rong’s thoughts have changed? Otherwise, how is it possible to keep Gu at Xie Residence for the whole night?"
Thought flashed through the Duchess’s mind, "Does mother mean......."
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