Chapter 158: Chapter 157 Laxatives
ng Zhaojun, upon hearing the maid’s words, glared at her in anger and said to the maid:
“Can this Lady not even afford these ordinary fruits now? I told you to smash them to bits, why haven’t you gone?”
ng Zhaojun’s side maid, i Jing, lowered her head and moved her lips, too scared to speak again after being scolded.
Liang Chen, however, said with a smile, “Lady, why not eat when it’s free? Fruits aren’t poisonous, and if you won’t eat the free fruits, you could give them to us instead! After all, we have always been at odds with those people.”
ng Zhaojun looked steadily at the two maids who had always been her close aides, helping her with various tasks over the past year, even managing the carpentry imitation task she had given them.
Just as Liang Chen had said, they had always been at odds with the Ye family, so what if they ate her fruits? The things sent by Tang Shunyan were not to be wasted.
After thinking like this, ng Zhaojun ordered the maids to cut the waterlon and distribute it among everyone in the courtyard, including herself, to have a share.
While eating the waterlon, she indeed found it very delicious; the market was currently stocked with waterlons, lychees and other fruits.
In this Southern county, there were lots of fruits available, such as pogranates, polos, kumquats, pineapples, persimmons, longans, wampi, mangoes, peach fruits, and plums.
The waterlon she ate today was indeed much tastier than those sold in the market. Last year, it was said that the Ye family hadn’t been able to grow waterlons, and the ones they bought from the market were not as sweet or tasty.
ng Zhaojun took a bite of waterlon and silently wondered, could this be Ye Shiqi’s “Golden Finger”?
Did she have a space or a Spiritual Spring, too?
ng Zhaojun felt annoyed; despite being a transmigrator herself, she only had mories from her previous life and none of the “Golden Fingers.”
Luckily, she had been reborn into a relatively affluent family; otherwise, being reborn as a farr girl, ah, it would have been too bitter and exhausting.
ng Zhaojun shared the waterlon with everyone in the courtyard; having access to large and sweet waterlons made everyone around the Lady very happy.
The laughter from the courtyard could be heard, a testant to human nature, a bit of kindness from the master’s family can make a servant willingly give their all.
A single cent can confound a hero; a single cent can also make ghosts grind the mill.
ng Zhaojun, listening to the laughter from the courtyard, ridiculed these ancient people in her heart; devoid of dignity and weak-willed, it was their destiny to be servants.
ng Zhaojun took a lychee and peeled it open. Thin skin, thick and large flesh, small pit—was this the renowned New County Lychee?
No wonder there was a legend about a certain Emperor who ca to a place, and while cooling himself, he hung his noble clothes on a lychee tree to taste its delicious flavor.
Then, the story goes that the robe lost a green dragon, and the lychee tree beca a small shade of green.
It was just a legend, which ng Zhaojun had never witnessed, and she didn’t believe that a high and mighty Emperor would mingle with common folks.
Legends after all are just legends, but the lychees she tasted today were indeed delicious, and despite her resentnt towards her romantic rival, she had to admit that their family’s lychees were particularly tasty.
“Liang Chen, turn the remaining lychees into pastries, add so goat milk, and deliver them to Xinghe Academy tomorrow.”
“Lady, isn’t the young Master of the Tang Family having his assessnt tomorrow? Can your pastries be brought in?”
“Hmph, he must eat during the assessnt, right? And he will be leaving for the academy from ho tomorrow morning; I refuse to believe his family won’t send him with sothing.”
“Alright, Lady, I will have it arranged.” Liang Chen went out to make the arrangents.
However, ng Zhaojun stopped her and said, “After eating so many lychees today, Tang Shunyan must be constipated. Prepare sothing for him to ensure he can relieve himself tomorrow.”
“Yes, Lady…” Liang Chen understood that ng Zhaojun was irritated with the young Master of the Tang Family, Tang Shunyan, and wanted to embarrass him during the assessnt. This deadliest of womanly tactics was a clear ssage; offend anyone but not our own Lady.
Liang Chen exited the room.
The more honest i Jing expressed her worries:
“Lady, isn’t this inappropriate? What if the Tang Family’s young Master blas us afterwards, what will we do? The Tang Family is not so easily fooled!”
“What’s there to be afraid of? I’ll take the bla for anything that happens. After all, I used the lychees he brought back yesterday, and the lychees were given to by him to eat. We can bla the lychees, saying he got diarrhea from eating too many lychees, or maybe the lychees were spoiled from being left out for two days or were inherently ‘fire toxic.’
ng Zhaojun let out a sarcastic laugh, and the words she spoke made i Jing shiver beside her. This Lady was no easy touch.
Once ng Zhaojun had suggested this plan to the Maid, Liang Chen ca back to report that the preparation had been done and that soone would be sent to Xinghe Academy first thing in the morning.
After hearing Liang Chen’s report, ng Zhaojun was in high spirits all night long, angry that Tang Shunyan had gone to the Ye family.
A bit of payback to let Tang Shunyan know that always going to the Ye family would surely have its consequences.
ng Zhaojun had a good dream that night; she dread of Tang Shunyan suddenly farting during an exam, not writing a single word on his test paper and clutching his belly to inform the teacher he needed the lavatory.
Then, he went to the toilet over and over again, ending up with wobbly legs, lying on the ground, returning ho after two days with a big fat zero from the exams.
ng Zhaojun even saw in her dream that the big fat zero Tang Shunyan held was actually a real duck egg.
And when he held this duck egg, a little duckling would magically appear on it.
In such a joyful scene, ng Zhaojun woke up laughing heartily in her dream.
ng Zhaojun woke from her dreams with laughter and opened her eyes, feeling it was already dawn. She looked out the window and indeed saw a hint of sunlight.
“Liang Chen…”
“Lady, you’re awake?” i Jing ca in with a basin of hot water to help the Lady wash her face.
“Where is Liang Chen?” ng Zhaojun asked, concerned about the pastry matter.
“Liang Chen left early in the morning; he should be almost back by now.”
“He’s gone out?”
“Yes, Liang Chen said he wanted to see to the task you gave him personally.”
“Oh…”
ng Zhaojun washed her face and brushed her teeth on her own, and after she was done, i Jing took everything out.
At that mont, soone else entered the room, and it was Liang Chen, carrying a tray with breakfast food on it.
“Lady, you’re awake?”
“Hmm, how did it go?”
“Rest assured, Lady, I personally delivered it to Xinghe Academy, arriving before the Tang family’s carriage. At the gates of the academy, I handed over the food to his Attendant Student.”
“If you handed it to his Attendant Student, what if he doesn’t eat it?”
“Then there’s nothing we can do. We don’t have anyone at Xinghe Academy.”
“Hmm, that’s a bit shortsighted. I know a few of Tang Shunyan’s friends too. How could I have overlooked them?”
“Lady, I did see them at the Xinghe Academy, but they were quite a few of them, and the Tang family’s young Master was alone! We could manage him a bit easier, but I didn’t dare challenge all four of them.”
“So just let it be then? If Tang Shunyan didn’t eat my breakfast, it ans he’s being cautious of . Leave it to fate after doing our best!”
ng Zhaojun was quite annoyed yesterday which prompted her to order the Maid to do such a thing, but now she felt a bit relieved if Tang Shunyan hadn’t eaten. After all, eating food that would give him diarrhea was a painful thought; he was her future husband, after all.
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