amaotonovel Chapter 470 Thinking of someone, even vegetarian food tastes delicious.
Chapter 470 Thinking of someone, even vegetarian food tastes delicious.
A private room on the second floor of a teahouse in Beijing.
Inside the room, several people were drinking tea, chatting, and joking. Judging from their clothes and appearance, they must be from wealthy and noble families. The young men were all good-looking, but a bit gossipy. They were sharing their experiences.
"Hey, I just passed by the Ye family clinic and saw the old doctor get into the Wen family's carriage!" someone casually mentioned.
Another person chimed in, "What's the big deal? Isn't it normal for the Wen family to have a doctor check Ping An's pulse?"
Young Master Jia: "It's normal to take a patient's pulse. This morning, someone saw the General Protector of the Nation leading his guards out of the city and heading to the northern desert. It's normal for the old master and old lady in the mansion to be a little heartbroken because they can't bear the separation. They're getting old!"
Someone agreed, and the conversation shifted to another topic.
Young Master B: "Alas, don't forget, there's still a silly girl in the Wen family. I heard a rumor that the silly girl in the Wen family must have bumped into some ghost or spirit when she went out on the Lantern Festival, and she fell ill when she returned home last night."
Gongzi Bing: "Yes, that's true. I heard about it from my friend next door this morning. According to him, the people living next to the Wen family said that there was a lot of noise in the backyard of the Wen family last night, which lasted until almost dawn."
Young Master Jia sighed, “Alas, the Great General who protects the country is a man of great loyalty and merit, yet he couldn’t bring back a healthy girl. It’s truly pitiful!”
"Tsk tsk tsk, look at your own gate and then look up at the plaque in front of the General Protector's Mansion before spouting this bunch of pointless sentiments," someone suggested.
“That’s right, we only need to mind our own business and nothing else matters to us,” another person chimed in.
After that, the group stopped talking about the Wen family and started talking about other things.
However, the rumors about the fifth daughter of the Wen family offending ghosts and gods spread from this room.
Sometimes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast.
As the story spread, the truth veered off course and ended up in the Huangpu River.
Within an hour, the news of the fifth daughter of the Wen family being seriously ill spread throughout the capital, and even the Empress Dowager and the Empress in the palace knew about it.
In the evening, a palace maid discreetly delivered several precious medicinal herbs to the Wen residence, along with words of blessing for a speedy recovery.
That night, the Wen family closed their doors to visitors, and this continued for several days.
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On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, just as dawn broke, the bells of the temples in the suburbs of Beijing began to ring.
The annual day for temples to pray for the well-being of the public has arrived.
Meanwhile, the grandmaster and his disciples will also be providing free medical consultations during these days.
People who had something to ask for lined up early, whether they were commoners or high-ranking officials. There was no room for negotiation.
On this day, Yao Maimai set off from home early in the morning. She waited at the palace gate for a while before picking up the Sixth Princess. The two then boarded a carriage and headed out of the city gate.
On the other side, Wenxia and her sisters also set off from home early in the morning, picked up Renran and her sister Dan at the Ren residence, and headed towards the city gate.
After the two groups met at Shili Pavilion outside the city, they rushed to the temple without stopping.
Upon arriving at the temple and meeting Uncle Ye, they were led in with practiced ease to a small courtyard in the back of the temple, reserved for female pilgrims.
The sisters arrived quite early, so they could still choose their rooms. Wenxia and Yao Maimai exchanged a glance and tacitly chose two side rooms near the back door.
One room was for the maids and servants, and the other room was for the sisters.
There were two beds in the inner room of the side room, and a large communal sleeping area in the outer room, which was more than enough for the group of them to stay in.
Renran Dan and Renran Man had been here before, so after everyone had put away their luggage, the two sisters led everyone to the hall to discuss Zen, followed by worshiping the gods and praying for blessings.
After going through all the procedures, half a day passed quickly.
During the vegetarian lunch, instead of returning to the courtyard, everyone found a window seat in the main hall.
Halfway through the meal, a middle-aged man in a blue short-sleeved jacket at the next table whispered, "I heard that our master encountered a strange thing during his free clinic today."
The person at the table asked curiously, "What's so strange about this?"
The villager in the blue coat said, "There was a man who came to see the doctor with a big belly. The master told him from the beginning to go home, take the medicine, and try to stay in the outhouse for as long as possible. But the man didn't listen and took the medicine before he even left the temple gate. Guess what happened in the end?"
My deskmate frowned and said, "Did she poop in front of the temple?"
"Half guessed right."
The villager in the blue coat spoke mysteriously and slowly, "Not only did he have diarrhea, but a lot of worms crawled out of his mouth. The scene... I heard it was quite terrifying..."
Before the villager in the blue coat could finish saying the last word "fear," a little girl at the next table couldn't help but speak.
He vomited with a "Ugh!"
Then the old woman next to the little girl put her hands on her hips and started cursing, "You son of a bitch, saying such disgusting things while eating, are you doing this on purpose? This is a sacred Buddhist sanctuary, how can you be so insolent! Get out!"
The villager in the blue coat instantly flew into a rage, stood up, and shouted angrily, "I was just secretly sharing this strange thing with the people at my table. If you think it's disgusting, you don't have to listen. Nobody's forcing you to listen. You're the one with long ears, so who's to blame?"
Neither of them were easy to talk to, and they started arguing back and forth. In the end, it was the monks from the temple who had to ask them to leave, and only then did the hall return to quiet.
In fact, the argument between the uncle and aunt happened right under Wenxia's nose. They heard every word the uncle said, and it sounded disgusting, but for them, who had been to the mountains and hunted monsters, how could they be afraid of this? They had seen far more bloody and disgusting scenes; this was nothing!
The Ren sisters even took a snake demon dissection class, so they are not afraid of it at all.
So when the hall quieted down, these people all looked at the Sixth Princess, worried that these words would affect her appetite.
Unexpectedly, the Sixth Princess was enjoying her vegetarian meal with relish, taking bites of rice and vegetables with elegant movements, without the slightest frown or sign of disgust.
"Bamboo, can you still eat?" Yao Maimai asked cautiously.
The Sixth Princess swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "Why can't I eat? He can say what he wants, I can eat mine, it doesn't matter, you all eat too!"
After a pause, the Sixth Princess smiled and offered her suggestion.
"Someone just said the wintersweet in the backyard has bloomed. Shall we finish our meal quickly and go for a walk?"
The Sixth Princess's calm demeanor and words instantly made the girls look at her with new respect.
"Bamboo, I didn't expect you to be so brave!"
Yao Maimai gave her a thumbs-up and said, "I admire you, sister!"
"Same."
The other sisters also looked at her with admiration.
The sixth princess smiled and continued eating.
In truth, she felt nothing for what that person said.
Having lived in the palace for over a decade, what kind of grand scenes hadn't she experienced? There were countless ruthless and heartless things happening in the palace; compared to these few words, they were nothing. The idea that hearing a few words would affect her appetite was simply unfounded.
Since her leg injury at a young age, the sixth princess has learned one thing: nothing should affect her health, because only with health can there be hope.
Besides, someone had told her a few days ago that she was too thin, which was not good for her health, and that she should eat more so that she could get better.
Thinking of this, the Sixth Princess smiled and ate another bite of vegetarian food.
Hmm, upon closer inspection, the vegetarian food is quite fragrant and sweet.