Meng Qi's loud voice, though he tried to lower it, was still heard by Su Yuan and Su Lin'er.
Su Yuan thought to herself, "They're so leisurely. Outside, it's a chaotic mess with chickens and dogs running around, and they're still drinking sweet soup."
What Su Lin'er heard was that Sheng Jingyu even cared about Su Wenyuan when it came to something as small as drinking soup, which made her truly jealous.
"Alright, you can leave now. Take your things; this isn't enough to bribe me," Su Wenyuan said bluntly, showing no mercy to the two of them.
Su Lin'er tried to struggle a bit, but was eventually taken away by Su Yuan.
Wang met Su Yuan after she fell on hard times, and she was determined to climb the social ladder. Later, she gave birth to Su Lin'er, and taught her all these same tricks.
It's unknown how much Su Lin'er has learned, but this is her mindset: she wants to marry a powerful and influential man, and the Crown Prince is her first choice.
With the crown prince now deposed, Su Lin'er had no better choice but to think of Sheng Jingyu.
He was thinking of repairing his relationship with Su Wenyuan, hoping to pave a shortcut for her.
In Su Lin'er's memory, she hadn't done that many bad things. After all, she wasn't the one who was suffering back then, and she had already forgotten what she should forget. She felt that their relationship could be easily repaired.
Of course, she was just daydreaming.
After leaving the Prince Chen's residence, Su Lin'er felt dissatisfied with Su Wenyuan and also had opinions about Su Yuan.
"Father, why aren't you helping me? Do you really want me to never get married?" Su Lin'er complained.
Su Yuan said, "You can still get married, as long as you don't have high standards."
"How am I arrogant? I was ignorant of my place when I coveted the Crown Prince. Now I'm just a blind prince..." Su Lin'er remained arrogant.
"Shut up!" Su Yuan didn't want to hear a single word.
I thought Su Lin'er had come to her senses by taking the initiative to curry favor, but she's still so foolish.
Sheng Jingyu waited anxiously for Su Wenyuan to return, but instead of Su Wenyuan, Hua Ling arrived instead.
"There's no sweet soup in the kitchen." Hua Ling sniffed hard.
He went to the kitchen first, but found it wasn't there. He guessed it was here, since there was a small kitchen in Zhuyue Pavilion.
Sheng Jingyu frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"
Hua Ling took a few more steps inside: "I knew it was the small kitchen. Quick, give me a bowl."
Sheng Jingyu was reluctant to give it to Meng Qi, but Meng Qi had already come out with the bowl. He had received special permission to eat first.
Hua Ling took the whole bowl and drank it with great satisfaction.
Sheng Jingyu found the recipe elsewhere and specially made it for Su Wenyuan, wanting her to try something new, but it ended up benefiting Hua Ling instead.
While drinking, Hua Ling observed Sheng Jingyu's expression and complained, "Don't look at me like that. I only drank one bowl, it's not like I finished it all. It's not like I'm making her feel bad. It doesn't matter who drinks first!"
After saying that, she put down the bowl, took out the newly made calming incense, placed it in front of him, and said, "I make you calming incense in different ways every day, and you drink a bowl of soup from me, and you're still not happy."
Sheng Jingyu frowned and said, "I didn't ask you to do it."
Hua Ling replied, "Your princess asked me to make it. She asked me if I knew how, and I said I did. After that, she had quite a few requirements: the flavor had to be mild, preferably so mild that it wouldn't be noticeable, and it couldn't affect my health."
"It's not good that it's finished. It needs to be revised every two days. There are always endless demands. Have you been sleeping better lately?" Hua Ling asked about the results.
Sheng Jingyu never wanted to bother Hua Ling with trivial matters, so he bought these things from outside and rarely used them.
After Su Wenyuan learned that the spices in his study were made by Hua Ling, she began to covet them.
Hua Ling is a doctor who also makes spices, including those with calming effects.
He can also make adjustments based on Sheng Jingyu's physical condition.
Su Wenyuan was generous again and gave him a lot of nice things.
For the sake of these things, Hua Ling devoted herself to preparing them for more than ten days without uttering a single complaint.
Even now, upon seeing Sheng Jingyu, he still wanted to complain that Su Wenyuan had too many demands and was always changing her mind.
"They initially agreed to keep the flavor mild, but after I finished cooking, they told me that it had been left out for too long and the flavor would become too strong, so I made it milder. Then they said it had other smells and didn't smell good..."
From scent to effect, Su Wenyuan picked through them all. Even a simple calming fragrance drove Hua Ling crazy with the blending.
After he finished complaining, he realized that Sheng Jingyu hadn't said a word.
"Yesterday she said that after she lit it, there was some smoke in the room when she woke up in the morning. Did you see the smoke?" Hua Ling asked.
Sheng Jingyu shook his head. He not only didn't notice any smoke, but he also didn't realize that the calming incense he was burning had changed.
The changes over the past ten days or so have all been different.
Sheng Jingyu wasn't completely oblivious; he simply overlooked that slight feeling and didn't consider it an important issue.
All he knew was that he slept very well, every night.
Hua Ling continued to complain, "You didn't see any smoke, but she insisted there was. I changed it again, and I still don't believe there's a problem!"
Su Wenyuan happened to walk in and said, "I'm giving you a reward, so don't just take the reward without doing any work."
Hua Ling pursed her lips, unable to refute, for she felt indebted to those who offered her gifts.
The benefits offered were so tempting that he couldn't resist.
"Alright, here's the incense. I'm leaving. The soup was good; I'll have more tomorrow." Hua Ling left.
Su Wenyuan took the sweet soup from Yuexiu and savored it carefully.
"Hmm! That's good. Make more tomorrow," Su Wenyuan praised.
Sheng Jingyu remained silent, a feeling he couldn't quite describe welling up inside him.
Su Wenyuan turned her head in confusion: "Why aren't you saying anything?"
Sheng Jingyu remained silent with his head down, suspecting that Su Wenyuan hadn't slept well these past few days.
The changes that occur with the calming incense can only be noticed when one is fully conscious.
Problems that only arise in the latter half of the night, such as the taste changing after a long time, or too much smoke.
Sheng Jingyu knew nothing about these things; he never woke up.
Su Wenyuan didn't press him further; perhaps he was thinking about something important, so it was best not to disturb him.
She handed the bowl to Yuexiu and was about to get up and leave when Sheng Jingyu stopped her.
“That calming incense? How come I don’t know about it?” Sheng Jingyu asked.
Su Wenyuan laughed and said, "It's nothing important. There are too many trivial matters in the manor. You don't need to worry about it. Let Hua Ling take care of it. He's just idling around anyway. But I did give him a reward."
The last sentence was to explain to Sheng Jingyu that she had not exploited Hua Ling, nor had she taken advantage of their friendship to order Hua Ling around, and that she had paid for it.
"It's fine if you don't give me any benefits, that's not what I was talking about." Sheng Jingyu didn't care, anyway, Hua Ling wouldn't get tired.
Su Wenyuan asked in confusion, "What else? I noticed you slept quite well after using the calming incense."
He had a lot going on lately and clearly hadn't been sleeping well.
Su Wenyuan wanted him to take a good rest during this period of illness.
While I'm at it, I'll make some calming incense that's suitable for him.
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