"Reporting to Miss, the master hasn't returned yet. He just sent someone back to say that he won't be back for dinner tonight, but he will be back to rest," Dongxue replied, wringing out a handkerchief and handing it to Gu Xin.
"Oh, I see. Dongxue, have someone prepare a bath. I'm not feeling well, I need to take a good bath. Oh, and tell Sisi I'm awake later, ask her to come over. She just wants to hear some gossip." Gu Xin wiped her face, cleared her head, and said.
"Yes, Third Miss." Dongxue went to prepare.
It was still very hot outside. Gu Xin went to the bathroom and waited for the maids to fill the tub with water. She then sat comfortably in the bathtub.
Gu Si arrived shortly after, bringing food with her.
"Third sister, did you sleep well? I heard you wanted to take a bath, so my mother asked me to bring it for you. She said it's not good to take a bath on an empty stomach, so she insisted that I bring it. My mother really has no idea how healthy you are!" Gu Si sat on the stool next to the bathtub, talking like a little chatterbox, and then fed Gu Xin something.
"Third Sister, you don't know, that silly boy Renren even wanted to come along! Doesn't he know he's already seven years old? Does he still think he's a little kid? Even if he is a little kid, there's no reason to let him come along, right?"
“I know, Renren definitely wants to hear the story of Lu Ni and Prince Tianji! I want to hear it too. Third Sister, you don’t know, it’s all over the place today. They’re saying that the old maid of the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion is finally getting married, and she’s going to marry Prince Tianji, who is good in every way.”
"People outside are saying that the two of them fell in love at the post station and almost let Prince Frog take the child back to Dongzhe! Third Sister, is that true? Is that true? Aren't you investigating a case? How could you give them the opportunity to get the child out?"
Gu Si speaks slowly, but she feeds Gu Xin very quickly.
"Sisi, you're talking to yourself again, and you're stuffing something in my mouth. How am I supposed to answer you?" Gu Xin said helplessly, blocking Gu Si's attempt to feed her.
"Ah, this..." Gu Si paused, then chuckled sheepishly, "I was just worried that you were hungry, Third Sister. My mother once said that someone fainted from taking a bath on an empty stomach!"
"Who is this 'who' referring to?" Gu Xin asked curiously.
Are there people who get dizzy from taking a bath?
"It was a fat lady my mother knew. Her husband brought a concubine home, and the fat lady was furious. She felt that it was because she was fat that her husband brought someone home, so she stopped eating and went hungry! And she happened to have a habit of taking a bath for half an hour every day. So, she was so hungry that she fainted from the bath," Gu Si explained.
"..." Gu Xin was speechless, then she thought of the fat lady her aunt knew and immediately recognized her. She couldn't help but laugh, "It's Madam Pang, isn't it? My aunt is really something, she's learned to give people nicknames from my uncle. If Madam Pang finds out, won't she starve herself even more fiercely?"
Madam Pang's background was similar to Zhang's; both came from villages. However, Madam Pang entered officialdom through the imperial examinations. He was lucky and capable, and eventually became a high-ranking official in the capital.
Perhaps because they came from similar backgrounds and were both somewhat well-rounded, Zhang and Madam Pang were quite good friends. After all, Madam Pang had entered this circle earlier than Zhang and had taught Zhang a lot.
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