When he finished washing up and came out, An Shuyi had already styled her hair and put on hair ornaments. She didn't wear many hair ornaments, at most two, but she often wore bracelets and anklets and never took them off.
"Go outside, I'm going to change my clothes."
"Okay, I'll wait for you outside, Madam." He then opened the door and went out.
She changed into a white printed ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) with a front opening and waist-length hem, and draped a light red shawl over her arms before opening the door.
Hearing the door open, Xiao Yubai's eyes flashed with amazement. Only then did he realize what the thing that made a sound when the lady moved around was: an anklet with golden bells on it.
We could hear the sound before, but the lady's skirt was too long, and it stopped after she took a bath, so for the past few days, we haven't known what it was.
Let's go!
"Yes, Madam, please." Seeing her step forward, Xiao Yubai walked to her side. "Madam, may I go and buy you two riding dresses?"
When they arrived at the border and wanted to travel, they had to ride horses, as wearing a ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) was inconvenient.
An Shuyi didn't refuse and nodded. She really didn't have any riding clothes in her warehouse, only ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), so buying some would be good.
The two left the inn and went to buy clothes for riding. "Madam, how about this red one? You'll look beautiful in it. This one looks good too."
She glanced at the dress he mentioned and nodded, "Take it as you say!"
Xiao Yubai nodded, and after seeing a nice dress, he had the shopkeeper wrap it up. After paying, the two of them came out, returned the items to the guards, and continued shopping.
Whenever An Shuyi saw something that interested her, she would instruct him to buy it. Soon, the amount of things he bought began to increase, and the guards would run around delivering things back to the inn.
Seeing the time, she was too lazy to bother anyone, so she picked a restaurant and went in to eat. Worried that she might order too much, Xiao Yubai offered to order himself, as he didn't want to overeat. "Madam, is this Immortal Duck okay? And this fish head soup too?"
"Okay, just keep an eye on it." These dishes weren't spicy at all, which made her lose her appetite.
"Madam, do you not like any of these dishes? Then let's go to another restaurant." He put down the menu and prepared to take her to another restaurant.
"No, it's just that I don't have much of an appetite. Let's order some food!" She wanted to eat hot pot.
Helpless, Xiao Yubai could only order a few decent dishes. When the dishes arrived, he didn't eat them first, but instead served An Shuyi food and picked out shark fin, taking meticulous care of her.
"You can eat it yourself, so go ahead and eat. I have things to do later!" Looking at the food in the bowl, she symbolically picked up a little and put it in her mouth.
"Madam, do you want to eat lotus flower pastries? Don't worry, I've already had my guards bring the kitchen here. It will be here in a couple of days, and then you'll be able to eat lotus flower pastries." The cook couldn't ride a horse, so he had to come by carriage.
"I still have lotus flower pastries. I want to eat hot pot, the extra spicy kind, and also some strong liquor. These dishes are all too bland, I don't have an appetite."
"Hot pot?" Xiao Yubai asked in confusion. "What kind of food is that? I've never heard of it before."
An Shuyi looked up at him. "You don't know what hot pot is?" Although she didn't know how long he had been in Beijing, even if it had only been a few days, he should know what hot pot was.
"Madam, I really don't know. I've only been to the capital a handful of times, and you're talking about food, so I know even less about that." He spends most of his time at the border and has no interest in other matters.
"Hot pot is a very spicy dish. Huahua and I opened a restaurant in Beijing. It's a pot of very red broth, and you can put vegetables in it. It's really delicious." Although it's better to eat in winter, she likes to eat it no matter if it's winter or summer.
"Does Madam know how to make it? When we get to the camp tomorrow, can you teach me how?" Since Madam wants to eat it, she definitely has to learn.
"You're so busy every day, do you have time to do it?"
"Yes, I'm busy with something, but compared to Madam, it's all trivial. Madam, please eat a little now, and I'll make you hot pot tomorrow." After saying that, he picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and put it to her mouth.
An Shuyi turned her head and said, "You eat it yourself. I don't have an appetite right now."
Xiao Yubai didn't insist. He put the chopsticks back in his mouth, and by the time they finished eating, it was already dark. The two of them walked out of the restaurant.
Looking at the inn ahead, there were still lights inside, but the gate was tightly closed, so it seemed that the people had not left. An Shuyi originally wanted to climb over the wall herself, but looking at the people around her, she gave up the idea.
"Take me up, but don't let them find out."
“Yes, Madam.” Xiao Yubai didn’t ask what they were doing here, but obediently agreed, put his arm around her waist, and then leaped over the wall.
Seeing that the lady hadn't returned to the inn but was coming here instead, he knew that she must have killed the woman from earlier that day. In fact, he had only stayed at this inn a few times, but the innkeeper was always very hospitable.
And then there's his daughter. She's clearly a young lady, but she doesn't know how to respect herself at all. Every time she makes that strange expression, he never does it again. The inn he chose today was picked by his bodyguards.
Looking at the carriage parked in the courtyard, An Shuyi knew that the innkeeper was a smart man who had realized that something was wrong today and had fled with his family. But how could they possibly escape?
As I approached a house from which the noise was coming from, I could hear an argument coming from inside, even from a distance.
"Father, I've already said I won't leave. If you want to leave, go ahead. I still want to marry the Master and become his principal wife. How can I leave?" Xiaolian's voice came from inside the room.
Xiaolian's mother said, "That's right, husband. We're doing just fine here, and with the General around, business is booming. If we leave, how will we make money? Besides, she's just a vixen. The General won't blame us for her."
The innkeeper looked at his silent son. He knew without asking that he didn't want to leave either. He couldn't believe his wife and daughter still naively believed the general wouldn't blame them.
“My lady, you can only be my legal wife,” Xiao Yubai whispered from the side.
An Shuyi glared at him, a medicine bottle appeared in her hand, and she whispered in his ear, "Put the medicine in, just one pill."
The warm breath on his ear made him turn his head uncomfortably. Seeing the glare from his wife, he had no choice but to whisper in her ear, "Madam, I'm not a girl, it tickles."
He took the medicine bottle from her phone, opened it, and found a pill inside. He poured it out and tossed it through the window, letting the pill enter the room.
As the medicine was thrown inside, An Shuyi rubbed her ears and looked through the window. Before long, the people inside started scratching their bodies. This was an itchy medicine developed by Wen Wu.
It's a hundred times more potent than regular itching powder. Just one pill can reach people within two meters. At first, it's just itchy, but it gets increasingly itchy, to the point where you want to scratch your flesh raw. The amazing thing about this medicine is that it can make people itch to death.
"Dad, my body is getting itchier and itchier. Did I eat something unclean?" Xiaolian said.
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