Chapter 78 Old Friends in the Capital
Du Damei had no interest in serving her, so she left the food for Cao Laoda, ate it herself, and left with the child.
Cao the eldest is quite filial, but he has been suppressed by his mother since childhood and harbors resentment, so he has little patience when doing things.
Seeing Cao complaining incessantly, after finishing his lunch, he tossed some leftovers to Cao and then went out.
Cao lay on the bed, looking at the cold food beside her. She felt resentful and angry, and kept cursing Du Damei, saying that she had no conscience.
While he was cursing, he peed on the bed.
She was so startled that she shouted loudly outside, but her daughter-in-law and son had already gone out, and no one paid any attention to her.
She had no choice but to soak in the stinky urine and keep cursing them until her voice became hoarse before she finally stopped.
After Du Wanchun and Aunt Zhou arrived home, Zhou Ruiyuan had already prepared the meal in advance.
After finishing her lunch in a hurry, Du Wanchun followed Aunt Zhou to pack up the mint-scented dew, preparing to deliver it to the shop the next day.
The Zhou family's incense shop doesn't sell much incense now, but it's very popular with the second young lady of the Zheng family.
The second young lady bought perfume and sandalwood incense cones and gave them to her brother, Prefect Zheng.
Prefect Zheng kept some and entrusted someone to send them to the Third Prince in the capital.
The Third Prince is the current emperor's half-brother. He is an idle and carefree prince who is very fond of incense.
The Third Prince did not value the incense sent by Prefect Zheng.
Today, a maid in the manor accidentally took the wrong incense and lit the incense given by Prefect Zheng.
The Third Prince had just returned from the palace when he smelled the fragrance in the room and was suddenly startled.
He quickly called out to the maid behind him, "What incense did you burn today?"
The maid was startled, lowered her head, thought for a moment, and replied, "Your Highness, I burned the wrong incense. I thought the sandalwood incense sent by Prefect Zheng was from the palace."
After she finished speaking, she quickly got up to put out the incense.
The Third Prince snapped out of his surprise and quickly reached out to stop her, saying, "There's no need to destroy it."
Upon hearing this, the maidservant immediately retreated, saying, "Yes, Your Highness."
The Third Prince walked to the incense burner, smelled it carefully, and then sat down with a dejected look on his face, his eyes full of sorrow.
The young maidservant looked on cautiously and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"
The Third Prince gazed ahead, as if recalling an old friend, and slowly said, "This fragrance, for a moment, somewhat resembles the incense Her Majesty the Empress once gave me, but unfortunately, upon closer inspection, it's not quite like it..."
The Empress's affairs are a major taboo in the capital, and only the Third Prince dares to mention her so openly.
The maidservant comforted him, "Your Highness, the dead cannot be brought back to life, so please don't be so sad."
The Third Prince closed his eyes, frantically inhaling the slowly burning sandalwood incense, as if in a trance, his voice trembling as he murmured, "The dead cannot be brought back to life... If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have let her enter the palace..."
The young maidservant lowered her head, not daring to speak.
The Third Prince closed his eyes slightly and asked again, "You said this incense was sent by Prefect Zheng?"
The maidservant nodded, "That's right, Your Highness."
The Third Prince opened his eyes, looked at Xiang, and said, "Do you know where he came from?"
The maidservant thought for a moment and replied, "I heard it was bought from the incense shop of the Fang family in Cheng'an County."
The Third Prince stood up with his hands behind his back and said, "Well, please send a letter to Prefect Zheng and ask him to buy me some more incense."
"Yes, Your Highness," the maid replied softly.
The Third Prince looked in the direction of the palace and then ordered, "Remember, I need twenty catties."
The maid was startled and dared not ask any more questions, replying, "Yes, Your Highness."
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