The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 95: A bowl of medicine

Ning Yuxuan's eyes finally had a trace of a smile. He pursed his lips and looked at the bowl of medicine. "Your master certainly spent a long time preparing this medicine. Bring it over. Let's see what it tastes likes. How bitter could it possibly be?"

Dengxin put on a bold face and brought the bowl of medicine over to him.

He picked up the spoon and drank spoonful after spoonful of the medicine until it was completely gone. In the end, the trace of the smile had disappeared and he asked, "I didn't taste any ginseng or young antler. What's this medicine for?"

"It's... for nourishing the body." Dengxin guiltily answered.

"En." Ning Yuxuan didn't think any further about this. He put down the bowl and gestured for Dengxin to leave.

Dengxin ran back to Feiwan Courtyard as if she was fleeing for her life. Once she returned, she quietly asked Nie Sangyu, "Master, nothing bad will happen to the marquis from drinking that medicine, right?"

Ji Man covered her face with her hand and said, "Probably... should be okay. Go and ask Doctor Li for another packet of that medicine, then secretly prepare that medicine for me."

"Okay." Dengxin walked two steps away, then she turned back and asked out of curiosity, "Where's Gancao? Master, she left with you. Why didn't she come back with you?"

Ji Man pursed her lips, then she retold what had happened to Gancao while they were outside.

Dengxin was shocked and frightened. Ji Man hurriedly comforted her by saying that Young Master was already looking for Gancao.

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Dengxin still felt a bit worried, so when she went to Doctor Li's room to get the medicine, she was absent-minded. On the way back, she almost bumped into Danzhu.

"Old sister Dangzhu," Dengxin hurriedly stopped while holding the medicine.

Danzhu had the same gentle and benevolent personality as her master, Honored Concubine Xue. She didn't rebuke Dengxin and only smiled at her. "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"This servant is fetching medicine for my master... and was distracted because this servant was thinking about something." Dengxin forced herself to return Danzhu's smile and said, "This servant is going back now."

"You seemed to be troubled over something, ah." Danzhu held her hand and softly said, "If there's anything I can help with, feel free to ask."

These words were enough to warm anyone's heart, and Dengxin was also a person that wasn't good at hiding secrets. She immediately thought that Dengxin was a good person and sat down with her on the side of the covered corridor. Then, she told her about the matter of Gancao's kidnapping.

Danzhu sighed and said, "This is truly an unexpected and sudden disaster. Poor Gancao. I hope Young Master will be able to find her and bring her back."

Somehow, the packet of medicine fell out of Dengxin's hand while they were talking. Danzhu lowered her head, picked up the packet, and put it back in Dengxin's hand. She said, "It's not early anymore. You should go back to prepare the medicine. Perhaps, Ganxao has already been found."

Dengxin didn't feel any suspicion towards her. Feeling a deep sense of gratitude towards Dangzhu's wiliness to lend a pair of sympathetic ears, she bid her farewell and returned to Feiwan Courtyard.

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Wen Wan had returned to Marquis Moyu's room and was currently looking at the bowl Dengxin had brought over. She used a pair of chopsticks to fiddle with the medicinal dregs at the bottom of the bowl. "I keep thinking that this medicine has a familiar smell. It doesn't look like an ordinary nourishing soup."