Ling Yunzhou was sent directly back to the General's Mansion. The steward had already made all the arrangements and repeatedly thanked Prince Rui.
"It's strange, do you know that your general has woken up?" Prince Rui asked, voicing his surprise.
"Of course, some people have already spoken. I still want to thank Your Highness for your help. Once my general wakes up, I will definitely come to express my gratitude." Zhao Guangliang saw Prince Rui off from the general's residence.
In his bedroom, Ling Yunzhou had the waiting doctor examine his body and found a red dot on his chest.
"General, it looks like it's been pricked by a needle." After examining it, the doctor concluded, "But this shouldn't be an ordinary silver needle, as the tip of a silver needle wouldn't leave such a wound."
"Thank you, doctor. Please prescribe some medicine to help me recover as soon as possible." Ling Yunzhou was certain that what he saw was Tao Wanniang's departing figure. Tao Wanniang must have done something to wake him up.
"Don't worry, General, I'll write you a prescription right away."
After seeing Prince Rui off, Zhao Guangliang went into the house, thanked the doctor, and was then stopped by Ling Yunzhou.
How did you know I was awake?
"Does the General remember who?" Zhao Guangliang didn't answer directly.
"It's... Tao Wanniang, isn't it? What did she do to me to wake me up?" Ling Yunzhou asked in disbelief.
How could Zhao Guangliang know? He could only tell the truth: "General, I don't know what Manager Tao did. You were unconscious and trapped in the Princess's residence. We were worried. In the end, we came up with a way to have Chen Yan take Tao Wanniang to visit you. After she left the Princess's residence, she asked me to call some powerful and influential people to visit you, General."
"So...she was sure I would wake up?" Ling Yunzhou was really curious about what method Tao Wanniang had used.
"This... I don't know!" Zhao Guangliang was telling the truth. Wasn't it because his own general was overjoyed to hear Tao Wanniang's voice that he woke up?
Ling Yunzhou was filled with doubts, but he was not in a good state to be seen in public. Tao Wanniang had saved him, but how did she save him? Did she... still care about him?
Tao Wanniang didn't care whether Ling Yunzhou had escaped or not. After all, the princess still cared about him, and in his current half-dead state, he couldn't cause any trouble! She was also very busy at Zhaixing Tower, as summer was approaching and new dishes, pastries, and cold dishes were about to be launched.
“In the summer, we’ll definitely continue making mung bean cakes,” Liu Yueniang pondered. “Lotus seed soup is still a bit early. Manager Tao, tell me, what else can we make?”
"Besides pastries, I have indeed come up with some desserts, such as adding some milk and shaved ice to this mung bean soup, and I can also make some desserts with taro. Yue Niang, I'll give you a menu when I have time, and you can try making them according to the menu." Tao Wan Niang planned to buy a dessert menu in the system and then copy it herself.
Liu Yueniang was very curious about where Tao Wanniang got these ideas, and she looked at Tao Wanniang with curiosity.
"Manager Tao, if this is your family's ancestral recipe..."
"What does ancestral inheritance matter? As long as it works, that's fine," Tao Wanniang said nonchalantly. "Everyone's appetite decreases in the summer. In order not to affect our restaurant's business, you can open a special window for desserts and pastries, and try to make your pastries occupy one-third of the restaurant's market."
Liu Yueniang listened in a daze, while Zhao Yongsheng, standing to the side, said in a dismissive tone, "Manager Tao, your idea is quite good, but can desserts and pastries be eaten as a meal?" He tossed the spoon, "Making dishes is more important."
Tao Wan Niang would never tell Zhao Yongsheng that in one of the worlds she traveled through, things like milk tea and fruit tea had become daily necessities for everyone!
Liu Yueniang's pastries were indeed exquisite, with beautiful designs. Therefore, Tao Wanniang wanted Liu Yueniang to be able to stand on her own, rather than just being a garnish for the main dishes in the kitchen.
During the lunch break, Tao Wanniang, along with Ling Dahu and Wang Hongyu, went to Zhou Xiaoyun's place again. The main reason was that Zhou Xiaoyun came to say that Ling Dapeng wanted to go back to the manor.
Tao Wanniang thought that even if Ling Dapeng was stupid, he couldn't be so heartless. His wife had only given birth to their son a few days ago, and he wanted to go to the village, saying he was going to work and that it had nothing to do with Shishi. She didn't believe him.
As soon as Tao Wanniang entered the small courtyard, she heard Zhou Xiaoyun cursing inside.
"Ling Dapeng, if you dare to see that little bitch, I'll take your son and throw myself into the river. We'll haunt you even as ghosts."
"Well, I can't stay away from the estate for too long... Why don't you come with me to the estate?" Ling Dapeng explained. "Xiaoyun, you've already given birth and have been in bed for three days now. Last time you gave birth to Er Gouzi, you got out of bed the same day."
Hearing these words, Tao Wanniang felt a surge of anger and wanted to slap him across the face!
"Mother, elder brother, sister-in-law, what brings you here?" Ling Dapeng turned his head and saw Tao Wanniang and her two companions, looking somewhat embarrassed.
"You're leaving? You're leaving behind your premature baby and your wife who just gave birth?" Tao Wanniang stared at Ling Dapeng, refraining from making a move.
"Mother, I still need to work on the estate. Also, since Xiaoyun has given birth, we can take the baby with us. Mother, why don't you take us to the estate?"
Tao Wanniang couldn't hold back any longer and slapped her across the face.
"How could I have raised such a heartless person like you?" Tao Wanniang said angrily, also accusing the original owner of the body. "Ling Dapeng, don't you feel any love or care for your own wife and children?"
“But Mother, when Xiaoyun gave birth before, didn’t you say that she could go back to work in the fields on the same day?” Ling Dapeng said somewhat innocently.
Tao Wanniang was taken aback. Okay, that was the original owner! It's true that women in the countryside would get out of bed as soon as they gave birth, and there was no such thing as postpartum confinement.
"Is this pregnancy the same? This baby was premature!" Tao Wanniang said through gritted teeth.
Zhou Xiaoyun, holding her child, also came out. She was still plump, but her face was pale, almost bloodless.
"Mother, at least tell me something! That heartless man, he's leaving just to see that vixen! Mother, look at my little baby, not even a month old yet, and she's already so big! It's all her fault. My poor body is torn open like this. If he's so heartless, I'd rather be dead."
The baby in her arms seemed to sense her mother's anger and started crying loudly.
Zhou Xiaoyun quickly coaxed the child and went back to the inner room to breastfeed, but still left behind some harsh words.
"Ling Dapeng, if you dare step out of this door today, I'll kill myself!"
Ling Dapeng looked miserable; what could he possibly do here?
"Mother, but if the harvest on the estate is bad, I won't be able to come back!" Ling Dapeng said with distress. "It's really not because of Shishi."
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