Chapter 257 Bathing
Feng Qingsui put a piece of soy sauce chicken into his bowl and said with a smile, "Second Master, this hobby is really good and down-to-earth."
Ji Changqing raised his eyebrows.
Down to earth?
It's to suit her taste.
He put the piece of chicken into his mouth and found that the skin was smooth, the meat was tender and full of fragrance. It tasted much better than the one he had picked up himself.
It turns out that food tastes better when two people eat together.
It was worth it that he would go into the kitchen as soon as he finished his official business at noon every day.
After the two of them finished their meal, he put the dishes and bowls into the lunch box and said to Feng Qingsui, "Do you remember the Hot Spring Villa that Prince Ping's Mansion compensated us for?"
Feng Qingsui nodded: "I remember, what's wrong?"
"Mom wants to stay there for two days, but she thinks it's boring to go to the hot springs alone. Let me ask you if you want to go."
It is now the transition period between winter and spring, and the cold has not yet dissipated, so my hands and feet are still frozen.
Of course it’s nice to be able to go to a hot spring.
Feng Qingsui happened to have a day off the next day, so he said, "I'll go with mother tomorrow."
Ji Changqing nodded, and told Qi about this matter when he returned home in the evening.
The next morning, Feng Qingsui brought Wuhua and drove a donkey cart to Ji's house to meet Qi.
When Qi saw that Daben was wearing a colorful sweater and looked very cute, she left her carriage empty and rode in the same carriage with Feng Qingsui.
The two chatted all the way and walked out of the city for more than half an hour before arriving at the town where the hot spring villa was located.
When they were about five miles away from the villa, a coachman who got off a carriage parked on the side of the road stopped their carriage.
"Is it Madam Qi sitting in the car?"
The driver asked loudly.
"We are from the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion."
The Cheng'en Marquis Mansion is the Empress Dowager's maiden home.
Qi glanced through the window at the carriage on the side of the road. It was indeed engraved with the Luo family crest, and she replied, "Exactly. What's the matter?"
"Sorry to bother you."
The driver said respectfully.
"I happened to be sending our Seventh Miss to Liuxi River Hot Spring Villa for a short stay today. Unfortunately, my car broke down here. I wonder if Madam Qi would be able to give our Seventh Miss a ride?"
Qi replied, "We happen to have an empty car behind us that we can lend you for a while."
The driver said with gratitude: "Thank you, Madam!"
Immediately press Enter to report.
A moment later, a girl in plain clothes, with skin as white as jade and graceful figure, stepped off the carriage on a horse stool with the help of a maid.
"Thank you, Madam Qi."
Luo Yixiuan walked to the side of the carriage and thanked Qi.
Qi had seen her at the late emperor's funeral and had some impression of her. She said, "You're welcome. It's very windy and dusty outside. Please get in the carriage first."
Luo Yixiuan thanked him again and got on the carriage behind with her maid.
Daben continued to move forward.
Qi sighed, "I didn't expect that even a hot spring bath wouldn't be peaceful."
Neither of their cars has a logo, so the Mercedes-Benz is more eye-catching.
But those who recognized Daben knew that Daben was Feng Qingsui. However, the Luo family's coachman asked if the person sitting in the car was her as soon as he opened his mouth. It was obvious that he had been staring at her since they got on the car.
If it were someone else, she would definitely ignore it.
But Luo Yixiuan was the niece of the Empress Dowager and the cousin of the current emperor. Even if she knew that the other party was coming for her, she could not ignore it.
Feng Qingsui consoled her, "Miss Luo Qi is pretty and has a nice voice. Let's just treat her as a beauty."
Qi: “…”
She glared at Feng Qingsui.
"You really don't have any sense of crisis at all."
He actually still had the mood to look at a beauty. If Chang Qing knew, his face would probably turn dark again.
Feng Qingsui smiled and said, "If Second Master's heart is as firm as a rock, he will treat me wholeheartedly. If he wants to hug me left and right, I can't stop him, so why bother?"
Qi smiled and said, "You are quite open-minded."
Feng Qingsui smiled and said, "Actually, if Second Master doesn't like me, I'll still be sad."
"What makes you sad is that you can't eat the food he cooks."
Qi exposed her mercilessly.
Feng Qingsui: O(∩_∩)O~
"Mom still understands me."
There are many men with two legs, but it is hard to find a chef who can cook. Considering Ji Changqing's cooking skills, she still hopes that he is a loyal person.
Qi thought that the best thing that evil creature did back then was probably to roll up his sleeves and go into the kitchen.
After a while, Daben arrived at Liuxi River.
Feng Qingsui got out of the car and saw Luo Yixuan. He then realized that the Luo family's hot spring villa was right next to the Ji family's hot spring villa. He couldn't help but say meaningfully, "We have a great connection with Miss Seven."
Luo Yixuan smiled gently and said, "Before I left, I was worried that this place would be too deserted. I didn't expect to meet you and become your companions. It's really our destiny."
She said goodbye to Qi and Feng Qingsui and went to the Luo family's hot spring villa.
Then he asked someone to send two amber kumquats in a food box, saying it was a thank you gift.
This amber kumquat is candied kumquat, with a transparent amber color, which is both beautiful and delicious.
Feng Qingsui ate while soaking in the soup in the afternoon and finished it in the blink of an eye.
It wouldn’t be bad if a few more people were keeping an eye on Ji Changqing.
She thought to herself.
You can let her take a few more bites of food.
Ji Changqing, who was so tired from reviewing memorials in the palace, said: "???"
It’s not enough that I feed you, you also want to covet the food in other people’s hands?
After soaking for most of the afternoon, Feng Qingsui felt very comfortable. After dark, he had dinner with Qi, washed up, and went to bed to rest early.
Maybe I slept too much, I had a dream before waking up in the morning.
I dreamed that I was lying in a hot spring, holding a toothpick in each hand, picking up an amber kumquat and putting it into my mouth. Suddenly, Ji Changqing emerged from the water, his face pale, and asked like a vengeful ghost, "Why did you eat it behind my back?"
She was so scared that she opened her eyes and woke up immediately.
“…”
It was clearly him who attracted these people here, so how could it be considered stealing if she ate two bites of their food?
She shook her head and shook the vengeful ghost Ji Changqing away.
After breakfast, seeing the bright sunshine outside, she asked Qi: "Mother, do you want to go for a walk in the mountains?"
Qi said hello.
Most of the trees in the mountains are still bare, but there are many flowers blooming on the ground.
The two of them were identifying flowers as they walked. When they turned a corner, a plain figure holding a bunch of pink plum blossoms suddenly appeared in their sight.
It was Luo Yixiuan.
"Madam Qi, Madam Feng, what a coincidence."
Luo Yixiuan said with a smile.
"I went up the mountain to pick some plum blossoms and was just about to send some to you when I ran into you by chance."
Qi smiled faintly and said, "Seventh Miss got up quite early."
Luo Yixuan pursed her lips and smiled.
"I'm used to practicing calligraphy in the morning, so I got up at daybreak. I saw a few pink clusters on the mountain in the distance, and I thought they must be the royal plum blossoms in bloom, so I went up the mountain for a walk."
After saying this, he took out half of the plum branch in his arms and handed it to Qi.
Qi took it, looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "This plum blossom is really beautiful——"
Before he could finish his words, he felt a slight itch in his nose. He quickly handed the plum branch to Feng Qingsui, took out a handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, and sneezed.
Luo Yixuan's face suddenly showed worry. "Madam, have you caught a cold? The wind is strong in the mountains. If you just came out of the hot spring and were exposed to the wind, it would be very easy for the cold to enter your body. We have a nanny in our village who is very good at treating it. How about asking her to take a look at you?"
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Qi waved her hand and said, "Thank you very much. My daughter-in-law is a doctor and will help me recover. No need to bother."
Luo Yixuan said embarrassedly, "I almost forgot that Madam Feng is a female doctor. I'm sorry for showing off my skills in front of an expert. Please take care of yourself."
After saying this, she said goodbye to Qi and Feng Qingsui, and went down the mountain with her maid.
Feng Qingsui handed the plum branch to Wuhua, took Qi's pulse, and said, "It's nothing serious. She'll be fine after drinking some ginger soup."
He immediately lifted the hood of the cloak behind Qi and put it on her.
Qi sighed: "I'm really old. I can't stand even the slightest wind."
"You climb mountains faster than I do."
Feng Qingsui smiled.
"Whoever said you were old, I would be the first to disagree."
Qi laughed: "That's because you're giving in to me. If we really compare, you've already gone up the mountain and back down, while I haven't even reached the halfway point."
"Then let's have a competition to see who walks faster."
“…”
Qi shook her head: "I won't fall for your tricks. You just want to get rid of me and be happy alone."
Feng Qingsui's eyebrows curved: "Mother is really sharp-eyed. She saw through my little thoughts at a glance."
The two chatted and laughed as they continued walking up the mountain.
After seeing the plum blossoms in full bloom on the top of the mountain, Fang returned to Zhuangzi.
Just as I was about to have lunch, Luo Yixiuan came to the door with a lunch box.
"We just happened to be slaughtering sheep on our farm. I had nothing better to do, so I made some angelica, ginger and mutton soup. I thought it would dispel cold, keep you warm, replenish blood and nourish your complexion, so I sent some over."
Qi smiled and said, "Seventh Miss is so thoughtful. Have you had your meal yet?"
Luo Yixuan chuckled and said, "I just used it. Take your time. I'll go back first."
Qi smelled that the angelica, ginger and mutton soup was good and wanted to try it, but she saw Feng Qingsui put the soup aside without even looking at it. She asked in confusion, "Is there something wrong with this soup?"
Feng Qingsui shook his head: "No problem."
"Then why don't you drink?" Qi wondered.
Didn’t you enjoy the amber kumquats that someone sent you yesterday?
Feng Qingsui lied, "I don't really feel like eating mutton today."
What if I eat it and dream about the vengeful ghost again at night?
He then said, "Mother, you can try this. You won't need to drink ginger soup after drinking this."
Upon hearing this, Qi enjoyed the soup brought by Luo Yixuan alone.
After drinking it, I felt warm all over and my nose felt much smoother.
So he ordered someone to pick a basket of oranges grown in the village and send it to the neighboring village together with the food box that Luo Yixiuan had just left behind.
By the way, I asked Luo Yixiuan if she wanted to go back to the city with them tomorrow morning.
Luo Yixiuan replied that she would stay for two more days. The next day, Qi had breakfast and left the manor with Feng Qingsui.
After Feng Qingsui returned to the city, he went straight to the Epidemic Prevention Bureau to take up his post.
Ji Changqing brought over lunch at noon and asked with a smile, "How are you doing at the farm?"
Feng Qingsui glanced at him and replied, "Not good."
"What's wrong?"
Ji Changqing was slightly surprised.
Didn’t she and her mother leave with great joy and return with great excitement?
Feng Qingsui said expressionlessly, "The first night I stayed at Zhuangzi, I had a nightmare. I dreamt of a vengeful ghost haunting me in the hot spring."
Ji Changqing's expression changed slightly.
"Ghost? Male or female?"
Feng Qingsui: "He's a young, strong, handsome man."
Ji Changqing: (▼皿▼#)
Due to the distinction between men and women, he did not go with them to take a bath. How could a male ghost dare to haunt the village?
"How did he pester you?"
He asked with a cold face.
Feng Qingsui told him about his dream.
Ji Changqing: “!!!”
He actually popped out of the hot spring while she was taking a bath?!
He clenched his fists and said, "After dinner, draw me a picture of him and I'll find someone to help him pass away."
Feng Qingsui forced down the corner of his lips and said with a stern face, "Okay."
After the meal, she sat down at the table, ground ink, picked up the brush, and drew the male ghost in the hot spring.
Ji Changqing picked up the painting without waiting for the ink to dry.
At first glance: (′⊙ω⊙`)!
He looked up at Feng Qingsui, looked down at the painting, and then looked up at Feng Qingsui again.
"...You dreamed about me?"
Feng Qingsui looked surprised: "Why would you say that I cheated on you? I guess he just happened to look like you. Maybe he's... your brother?"
Ji Changqing: “…”
He gritted his teeth and said through gritted teeth, "It's obvious that you have something to hide. Tell me quickly, what did you eat behind my back?"
Feng Qingsui: "It's just a plate of amber kumquats, given by Miss Luo Qi."
Ji Changqing: “???”
Feng Qingsui continued, "Miss Luo Qi also gave my mother and me some angelica, ginger and mutton soup. It was delicious, but unfortunately I didn't drink it because I was afraid of dreaming about resentful ghosts again."
Ji Changqing: “…”
Is a bowl of mutton soup also worth her unforgettable memory?
He said with a sullen face, "I'll cook it for you tomorrow."
Feng Qingsui smiled broadly: "Thank you, Second Master."
Ji Changqing was very upset.
In the evening, he returned home to pay his respects to his mother. His mother told him about Luo Yixuan and warned him, "Don't follow other people's ways and have three wives and four concubines. I only recognize Qing Sui as my only daughter-in-law."
Ji Changqing: “…”
With Feng Qingsui's greedy attitude, if Luo Qiduo sent him food a few times, she might promise him the position of concubine. Who on earth wants to have three wives and four concubines?
"Don't worry, Mom." He said weakly, "I won't ask for trouble."
Qi: “???”
She reminded him, "Even if you don't want to take a concubine, others may not let you go."
The Luo family obviously wanted to marry their daughter to him.
Ji Changqing said calmly: "No one can force me."
Unfortunately, the tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop.
Two days later, just as Ji Changqing was dismissing his court, the eunuch came to deliver a message: "The Empress Dowager just sent for the imperial physician, who said she had a sudden chest pain."
The Empress Dowager was ill, so the Regent Ji Changqing naturally could not stand idly by.
I have to go and take a look at it anyway.
Because the new emperor was young and far from the age to be appointed as empress, the empress dowager still lived in Fengyi Palace, and the grand empress dowager still lived in Cining Palace.
When Ji Changqing walked into the Cining Palace, the director of the Imperial Medical Bureau had just finished examining the Empress Dowager.
"Is anything serious?"
Ji Changqing asked.
The court official replied, "The Empress Dowager has no heart disease. It's probably liver qi attacking the stomach, and she mistakenly thought she had heart pain."
Ji Changqing asked, "Why does liver qi affect the stomach?"
"It's because of liver depression and qi stagnation." The court official said, "I prescribed Chaihu Shugan San, but she needs to be more open-minded before she can get better."
Ji Changqing then asked the Grand Empress Dowager, "Are you not feeling comfortable living in the palace? Would you like to stay in another garden for a while?"
The Empress Dowager sighed deeply.
"If An'er wasn't still young, I would have gone to the underworld to look for the late emperor."
Ji Changqing: "In this case, you should be more alert and take care of His Majesty."
The Grand Empress Dowager shook her head and said, "I am old, and even if I wanted to take care of you, I can't. The Queen Mother is young, but unfortunately she is obsessed with medicine and has no time to look after An'er."
Ji Changqing understood her hidden meaning and said calmly, "We have the wet nurse and the palace maids here, so you don't have to worry too much."
"How can palace maids be compared to relatives?"
The Empress Dowager looked at Luo Yixuan who was standing beside her.
"An'er likes his Aunt Xuan very much, but unfortunately Yixuan is already at the age of marriage, so it's impossible for her to run to the palace all day."
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