Chapter 9: Where are the two legs of the chicken? …
When Xiao Dezi came, he used his skill to pry open the door that Su Mian had locked, and when he left, the door was ajar.
Cheng Changgeng gently pushed the door open, and locked it after entering the room.
On the table was the candle that Xiao Dezi had just lit. The candlelight flickered, barely illuminating the bed.
Looking at Su Mian lying quietly on the bed, Cheng Changgeng felt a little uncomfortable. In the past two days, as long as Su Mian was around him, his mind could not be idle.
Cheng Changgeng walked forward slowly, worried that he might disturb him, so he walked very lightly.
He reached out and touched Su Mian's forehead. As soon as his fingertips touched Su Mian's skin, he could feel the abnormal temperature.
The fever must be around 38 degrees.
Taking his hand back, Cheng Changgeng was about to call the imperial physician when he suddenly remembered that he might be affected by the ylang-ylang oil.
After pursing his lips and thinking, he lifted the thin blanket covering Su Mian.
Some things still need to be verified personally first to prevent trouble after the imperial physician arrives.
Pulling the quilt to Su Mian's thighs, Cheng Changgeng looked at him with his naked eyes, looking at his neatly dressed body.
Emm...there shouldn't be anything unusual.
Cheng Changgeng, who was already feeling guilty, did not take direct action. He was unwilling to do anything that Su Mian was unwilling to do, even if he was in a coma.
Perhaps Su Mian is his only spiritual sustenance in this strange world, reminding him that he comes from the modern world, so he treats Su Mian differently from the first sight.
After tucking in the bedding, Cheng Changgeng told Xiao Dezi to call the imperial physician on duty.
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Su has caught a cold, but he is not seriously ill. I will just prescribe some medicine for him."
The imperial physician did not expect that the emperor would be in Eunuch Su's room at this time. This was enough to show how much the emperor valued Eunuch Su.
I think I need to be more polite to Eunuch Su in the future.
Cheng Changgeng was relieved when he heard the imperial physician say that Su Mian was fine. He was really worried that Su Mian was dead.
After asking Xiao Dezi to stay and take good care of Su Mian, Cheng Changgeng did not stay any longer.
His every move in daily life is watched by countless people. If he stays with Su Mian for too long, I am afraid that someone will make unwarranted speculations.
Anyway, he just needed to know that Su Mian was safe.
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The next day, when Su Mian woke up, he felt a little dizzy.
He propped himself up with his arms and sat up, seeing the half-burned candle on the table. He vaguely remembered that Xiao Dezi had come last night.
But it seemed that, in a daze, he seemed to see the Dog Emperor.
[Affected by ylang-ylang oil, the dog emperor probably summoned Lin Jiaren to have fun yesterday. How could he come to me? ]
"Eunuch Su, wake up!"
Xiao Dezi brought the medicine into the room and saw Su Mian sitting on the bed. He immediately walked up to her happily and handed the medicine to Su Mian.
"Drink this medicine while it's hot. The doctor said that if you take it on time, your illness will heal quickly."
Su Mian, who was still a little dazed, looked at Xiao Dezi, then lowered his head to look at the black medicine in the bowl. The unpleasant smell of the medicine went straight to his head, making him frown unconsciously.
"Can I not drink it?"
Su Mian really abhors taking medicine, especially this kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which spreads in the mouth as soon as it enters the mouth, and makes people feel uncomfortable from the throat to the stomach after drinking it.
"Of course not. The Emperor specifically instructed me to make sure that Eunuch Su finishes drinking the medicine."
"emperor?"
Su Mian glanced sideways and asked, "Did the emperor come here last night?"
"Yes, knowing that you were ill, the Emperor came to check on you personally."
"Check it yourself?"
Su Mian started to feel a little uneasy.
"Yes, the emperor asked me to wait outside, and then he sent for the imperial physician."
[God damn it, the dog emperor shouldn’t be so beastly as to take advantage of others in distress, right? ! ]
After moving his butt, Su Mian didn't feel anything unusual. He felt a little relieved. It seemed that it should be saved... right?
"Gudong, gudong."
Seeing that Su Mian, who had just said that he didn't want to take the medicine, drank the whole bowl of medicine in just a few gulps, Xiao Dezi hurriedly and considerately handed Su Mian a cup of tea to rinse his mouth.
[It’s so fucking miserable, dog emperor.] ]
Su Mian would naturally blame Cheng Changgeng for this. After all, if he wasn't the dog emperor, he wouldn't have a fever.
"Eunuch Su, I will leave first. Please tell me if you have anything else to say."
"Wait."
Su Mian called out to Xiao Dezi who was about to leave, and took out a silver ingot from under the pillow and threw it at him.
Xiao Dezi stretched out his hand to take it. After seeing what was in his hand, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He kept thanking Su Mian: "Thank you, Eunuch Su, thank you, Eunuch Su. This is what a servant should do."
"Go ahead. You took care of me last night."
Waving his hands, Su Mian didn't feel sorry for the money at all. Xiao Dezi was Eunuch Jiang's man. The better he treated Xiao Dezi, the easier it would be for them to quarrel.
As for money, the dog emperor has plenty in his warehouse!
This is all owed to him by the dog emperor!
After Xiao Dezi left, Su Mian immediately touched himself all over.
Fortunately, it was no different from when he changed his clothes yesterday. He had no missing limbs, and there was no strange feeling.
Only then did he believe that the dog emperor still had a conscience and simply asked the imperial physician to treat him.
"Gu~"
At this time, her stomach growled. Su Mian rubbed her stomach and looked at the sun rising high in the sky outside. She estimated that it was already noon.
After being tortured by the Dog Emperor last night, he didn't have dinner. Now it's already noon the next day. After drinking the medicine, his stomach feels uncomfortable and he has to eat something.
He got up from the bed and put his clothes in order. He was still a little weak, and his legs went weak when he got out of bed and he almost couldn't stand.
[It’s all the dog emperor’s fault!] ]
Su Mian will indiscriminately blame the Dog Emperor for all the misfortunes that happened today.
Walking out the door and feeling the sun shining on her body, Su Mian felt like she was alive again. She felt warm and comfortable all over.
Then, following the smell, he found the small kitchen of Mingzheng Hall.
Normally, Cheng Changgeng's daily meals were prepared by the imperial kitchen. The small kitchen was rarely used and was only used occasionally when he wanted to eat something.
Su Mian didn’t know all this, he only knew that the fragrance smelled good to him!
[It smells so good, so good, it smells like poached chicken!] ]
There was still a faint taste of Chinese medicine in Su Mian's mouth. He swallowed his saliva and smacked his lips in disgust. He couldn't wait to bite a big chicken leg to cover up the taste of medicine in his mouth!
Leaning on the kitchen window, he watched the smoke coming out of the stove. The fragrance drifted towards him along the smoke and he took several deep breaths.
Looking around and seeing that there was no one around, Su Mian sneaked into the kitchen. He found that not only was there poached chicken cooking in the pot, but there was also freshly cooked white rice porridge on the stove.
The white rice porridge is sticky and looks delicious!
[I can’t stand it anymore!] Dog Emperor, let me test the poison for you first! ]
Su Mian found a bowl and filled it with rice porridge. He swallowed it down in one gulp. He felt much better in his stomach. Not only did he not feel full, but his appetite had been opened.
He opened the lid of the pot on the stove, not caring whether it was cooked or not, poured a bowl of chicken soup, picked up a few pieces of chicken thighs, and squatted in the corner to eat it contentedly.
[fragrant! It smells so good! This is all owed to me by the dog emperor! ]
Just as he was enjoying his meal, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door. Su Mian pricked up his ears and made sure that the footsteps were coming towards the kitchen. He hid in a corner holding the bowl in his hand and shielded himself with a dustpan.
Holding his breath and looking through the small hole of the dustpan towards the door, Su Mian discovered that the person coming in was a child, who looked to be around ten years old.
Just like Su Mian just now, he first looked around, and then rushed to the stove when he saw that there was no one around.
But he was bolder than Su Mian. He picked the big chicken legs to eat, one in each hand.
Seeing how deliciously he was eating, Su Mian swallowed her saliva, silently raised the bowl in her hand and drank a mouthful of the fragrant chicken soup, leaving a lingering taste on her lips and teeth.
Just as the child finished eating a chicken leg, footsteps were heard outside again. The child was so flustered that he had no time to run, so he looked towards the corner.
Unfortunately, that was exactly where Su Mian was.
[Don’t come over here, don’t come over here!] ]
Su Mian prayed silently in his heart. It would be too easy to be discovered if two people were hiding in such a big place. Besides, he didn't want the children to find him.
But his prayers were in vain. The child came running over, lifted the dustpan and prepared to squat inside. But the moment he saw Su Mian, he was so frightened that he opened his mouth and was about to scream.
In a flash, Su Mian quickly grabbed the child's hand holding the chicken leg and stuffed the chicken leg into his mouth to stop him from screaming.
Then he used the force to pull the child into his arms and used the dustpan to cover their bodies.
Fortunately, the dustpan was big enough and the two of them were small enough, so they could barely fit them in.
The child tilted his head and looked at Su Mian in horror. He felt that Su Mian looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her.
Su Mian continued to observe the situation outside, not daring to let go of the chicken leg in his hand, for fear that the child would scream.
This time, two little eunuchs came to the small kitchen, and it seemed that they were here to serve food to the dog emperor.
There was a lot of soup in the pot, and the poached chicken was cut into pieces. The young eunuch poured the chicken soup into the bowl and felt something was strange, but he couldn't think of it for a while.
After the two of them finished their busy work and left, Su Mian pushed away the dustpan and stood up.
Having finished the chicken soup in his hand, Su Mian looked at the child standing in front of him. He was quite brave and took the opportunity to chew on the chicken leg with relish.
"Hey kid, where are you from? How dare you come here to steal food? Do you know that you will lose your head if you are caught?"
Su Mian's original intention was to scare the child, but he didn't exaggerate. If he was caught, if the dog emperor was not happy, he might really execute him.
"Hmm? Chew, chew, chew. Mingzheng Hall. Chew, chew, chew. Kitchen. Chew, chew, chew."
Seeing the child eating so happily, Su Mian was very greedy. However, when he took a look into the pot, there was only some soup base left, but no chicken.
"I knew you would dare to come, so go away. Next time you eat secretly, remember not to eat the legs, as it will be easy to be discovered."
"I'm not afraid."
The child finally finished the chicken leg in his hand, and his speech became fluent again.
"Oh~ I remember now, you are Eunuch Su."
The child pointed at Su Mian with the gnawed chicken bones, with an expression of sudden enlightenment on his face.
"Do you recognize me?"
"Yes."
The child nodded and continued, "Who wouldn't recognize the emperor's favorite?"
Su Mian was happy to hear this. After thinking about it, since he was now famous, he must be making a lot of money, right?
"Okay, you're awesome. Get out of here right away. This is not the place for you."
After eating, Su Mian felt that she had almost recovered and it was time for her to go back and continue serving the Dog Emperor.
Although he felt uncomfortable and didn't know how to face the dog emperor, to be frank, he was just the dog emperor's employee. His leader did something shameful and he couldn't resign, so he could only grit his teeth and swallow it.
Leading the child out of the hall and sending him out of the gate, Su Mian went to the front hall and smelled the aroma of chicken soup from afar.
[The Dog Emperor must have eaten it by now, how abominable! ]
"Eunuch Su, you are here! I have been looking for you for a long time."
"What do you want from me?"
Su Mian looked at Xiao Dezi who was running towards him with some confusion.
"The Emperor ordered me to look for you, but I ran away in vain. Fortunately, I ran into you here, otherwise I really don't know how I would report to you."
[The dog emperor knew that he was sick but still called him to serve him. It’s unfair! ]
Su Mian couldn't help but complain in her heart, but when she thought about how he had just secretly eaten the chicken, she felt happy again.
"What does the Emperor want from me?"
"Oh! The emperor specially asked the kitchen to prepare white rice porridge and chicken soup today, saying that Eunuch Su had caught a cold because of his hard work in serving the emperor, so he specially asked the servant to invite you to have a meal."
[It turns out that I was the one who wronged the dog emperor. Fortunately, he still has a conscience. ]
But his happy smile didn't last for more than a few seconds, and he suddenly remembered:
[So the little bastard just now ate my chicken leg! ! He ate two! Not a single one was left for me! Don't let me catch him again next time! ]
Because Cheng Changgeng was already close to the front hall, this angry thought reached Cheng Changgeng's ears word for word.
Hearing him cursing so vigorously, Cheng Changgeng thought that he must have recovered well.
I just don’t know who the little kid he was talking about is, and what’s the matter with the chicken leg?
but……
The chicken placed in front of him was missing two legs.
He originally thought that some eunuch had cheated on him, but after a while he found out that this matter was related to Su Mian.
When Su Mian stepped into the hall, he never dared to look up and meet Cheng Changgeng's eyes. He kept his head down and looked at his toes, unable to help muttering in his heart.
[Didn’t the Dog Emperor call himself to come and eat chicken? Why are you silent? ]
"cough."
Cheng Changgeng cleared his throat and pretended to be an emperor, asking deliberately, "Su Mian, I think this chicken soup seems to be missing something. Can you help me take a look?"
Su Mian's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
[What about me, the dog emperor? Could it be that I was caught cheating? But I don’t eat chicken legs! ]
"Your Majesty... allow me to check it out."
He pretended to pick up the chopsticks and stir the chicken soup, then used a silver needle to test for poison, and finally took a sip and said with satisfaction:
"Your Majesty, I think this chicken soup has all the four flavors, nothing unusual, except..."
"What is it?"
“Two chicken legs are missing.”
"Oh? In your opinion, where are the chicken legs?"
"This...maybe it was taken away by a wild cat."
[What are you doing! It’s not me who eats it! ]
As soon as Su Mian finished speaking, a childish voice came from outside:
"Father, the chicken soup in your small kitchen is so delicious! I ate two big chicken legs!"
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