Smiling Under Lanter Chapter 424 - 156 His Wooden Pagoda

Chapter 424: Chapter 156 His Wooden Pagoda

Pei Yunng never did show up.

The servant sent by Pei Yunshu ca back and reported that the guards of Pei Mansion said Pei Yunng had left the house last night for so official business and had not yet returned.

Pei Yunshu thus nodded her head, "I see."

There was a hint of regret in her tone.

Lu Tong, on the other hand, didn’t mind, as her visit today was originally to check the pulses of Pei Yunshu and her daughter. After a few more words, she went to look at the little Treasure Bead in the cradle.

It was fortunate that, despite the life-and-death situation Treasure Bead was born into, which appeared dire and caused much worry, once the catastrophe had passed, it really seed as though extre adversity was followed by a turn for the better. The condition known as "childhood worries" seed to have left no mark on the little girl; she grew from frail to robust and, despite being slightly smaller than other babies of the sa age due to being born prematurely, she was healthy and strong.

When Lu Tong touched her hand, Treasure Bead’s bright black eyes stared unwaveringly at her, showing no fear of strangers.

Lu Tong discussed Treasure Bead’s recent condition with Pei Yunshu, who imdiately breathed a sigh of relief, temporarily setting aside her worries. Then clasping her hands in prayer, she repeatedly expressed her gratitude to the heavens and ntioned that she must find ti to go to Wan’en Temple to donate so incense.

Since Treasure Bead was not in any significant trouble, Lu Tong proceeded to examine Pei Yunshu’s pulse.

Compared to Treasure Bead, Pei Yunshu required more care and recuperation.

Having been poisoned by "childhood worries" in the past, Pei Yunshu had no choice but to agree to an induced labor, which left her weak due to blood loss and exhaustion. After Treasure Bead was born, coupled with concerns for her daughter’s health, and the accompanying stress of divorcing Prince Wen and moving out of Prince Wen’s Mansion, presumably, the worries were too great, the lancholy too deep, her blood deficient and her vital energy insufficient, her defensive energy weak and her skin’s defensive barrier compromised.

Lu Tong prescribed so treatnts to strengthen vital energy and defensive qi, nourish the blood, and promote harmony.

This kept her busy for half the day.

As lunchti neared, Pei Yunshu took Lu Tong to the hall, smiling, "There are few people at ho, so the als are simple. I hope Doctor Lu won’t mind."

Lu Tong followed her into the hall.

The hall was bright, with a simple square table placed in the center, surrounded by several wide chairs. A few maids were busy bringing hot dishes to the table.

Lu Tong sat down at the table with Pei Yunshu.

Unlike Renxin dical Hall, where Du Changqing would prepare a table full of large fish and at, with stead buns the size of a human face for fear of starving soone, the food in Pei Mansion was much more refined.

There was golden rice cooked with chrysanthemums served in small celadon bowls, each grain distinct in color. There was tender tofu soup that was both light and rich in flavor. There were bamboo shoot slices, spicy sesa vegetables, frozen mixed delicacies, kumquat water dumplings... There was also at: lightly fried spring goose and small pan-fried chicken, both served on plates made of grass, adorned with seasonal flowers.

Each dish was not large in quantity but looked very appealing.

Pei Yunshu served Lu Tong a bowl of ginger and orange peel soup, smiling apologetically, "I can’t cook, and the maids I brought from Prince’s Mansion can’t either. The cook from this house was originally working at a restaurant, and Ah Ying hired him for . I’m not sure what you like..." She then seed to rember sothing, moving a plate of desserts closer to Lu Tong, "Oh, Doctor Lu, try this."

Pink lotus blossoms rested in a green lotus leaf-shaped porcelain dish, the petals spread out like freshly picked lotus from a sumr pond, evoking the mory of an evening breeze by the water.

Lu Tong was taken aback.

It was a plate of lotus seed pastries.

Pei Yunshu’s voice carried to her ears, "...Doctor Lu, try them while they’re hot, Ah Ying said you like these."

Lu Tong’s hand holding the chopsticks paused, "Lord Pei?"

Pei Yunshu began to smile, "Honestly, I had no idea what you enjoyed eating. Just when I was worrying about the nu the other day, Ah Ying happened to co to see Treasure Bead, and I casually asked him. I didn’t expect him to know, but he actually said it."

She looked at Lu Tong, "Does Doctor Lu really like these?"

After a mont of silence, Lu Tong nodded, "Yes."

"That’s wonderful. But..." Pei Yunshu was a bit puzzled, "How did he know Doctor Lu likes lotus seed pastries? Did you tell him?"

Lu Tong rembered the night at the Southern Pharmacy, hidden in that abandoned, dust-covered storeroom, finishing the basket of lotus seed pastries Pei Yunng had brought her.

Actually, she had forgotten what the pastries really tasted like. At that ti, being tired and hungry, she was only concerned with filling her stomach and had no interest in savoring the flavor, though she did faintly recall it being sweet.

Lu Tong ca back to her senses and answered softly, "Perhaps I ntioned it to Lord Pei at so point when I was in Prince Wen’s Mansion."

After all, she and Pei Yunng did spend so ti together in Prince Wen’s Mansion.

Pei Yunshu nodded, her gaze lingering on Lu Tong, her tone suggesting deeper aning, "It seems, Doctor Lu, that you and our Ah Ying are quite familiar with each other."