Chapter 18：Master Cook

We had stayed at the temple for a week already and started to pack and prepare to leave today. But just before we were to go to the front, Prince Wu had visited me. At that time, I was in my undergarment so my figure had popped out more and you could more of my skin.

"Your Highness, what are you doing here? Don't you remember what I said?"

"Here."

He held out a medicinal bottle that had a reddish hue to it. The wood seems to be precious, so I made an inference that it was some expensive medicine. "What is this for?"

"Just in case you get hurt, keep this."

"Your Highness, it's okay, my body is more than powerful enough to deal with pain or poison."

"Just keep it."

Doesn't seem like he'll accept any more complaints from me. His face is turning red from anger. Or is it?

"Fine. This concubine thanks Your Highness for your generosity."

I took the bottle and opened the bottle cap. The smell was very rich and familiar. This familiar scent brought me back to reality and I instantly closed the cap. "Your Highness, are you sure you want me to keep this?"

"Yes."

In a big bright smile, I enthusiastically gave him thanks. "Thank you so much! This is such a precious medicine that is so rare even I have a hard time getting it."

"You know what it is?"

"Mm! It's the 'Red Blossom Paint'." The reason why it was called that was because after it was applied, the area that you applied it on, would get red. It was embarrassing when it was in areas that were obvious, but the medicine is top-notch. "Since you gave me this, I'll allow you to see me whenever you want. Don't take my body as advantage though. I'm not good at intimate stuff."

This girl! I gave her something, yet she shot me down! It's okay. Wu Lim, just 2 more months and you can have her to yourself.

We left to our carriages and since I was so happy, I told Hao'er to place the bottle in a safe spot and take care of it really well. I left the inside of the carriage and instead was jumping with the clouds instead.

The time to travel back was going to be even longer than when we traveled here. The reason being that all the women kept on asking for a stop for water or to use the lavatory. I was growing so tired of it that I fell asleep on a cloud and almost got left behind.

When we reached near a river, the big shots agreed that it was time for a break. The servants set up the area and we sat down taking a breath. I was hungry though and asked Hao'er to get me a basket.

After she brought it, we went to harvest some edible herbs and vegetables. I waited for the Prince to finish with his catch. He had brought Xienghao's cousin with him along with his best friend.

While I was cooking, I felt everybody's stare on me. The men had a wolf face and the women had a face of jealousy. Not what I expected from just cooking.

After I finished cooking, I told Hao'er to set it on the table for everyone. I didn't have to cook much. Just for 10 people, but I was sure they did not have a big appetite like that man Liuxian.

"Li'er, you never told me your daughter-in-law was such a good cook! Her food is exemplary! You greedy old hag, you actually dare to hide this from your best friend."

"Why would I tell you? If I did, you would have stolen my one and only good daughter-in-law for your son."

"What's wrong with that! You have two other girls at home. Train them and let me keep this one."

"No."

"Hmph!"

Well, I knew that Madam Shu and the Old Madame were of best friends, but I never knew they were so greedy towards each other.

At that time, Prince Wu and his group had just came back from their hunt. It seems they had a good catch.

The maids looked at me expectantly in hopes that I could also cook this batch of meat. I had no complaints about it, so I cooked the meat with the leftover herbs that I had left. In the end, I made 5 vegetarian dishes and 5 meat dishes. But I kept on having a feeling as if somebody kept on staring at me.

There was a man who seem to be drinking vinegar everyday for some reason. I don't know why he was drinking vinegar anyways. Should I talk to him? Why not, it's not like I'm torturing myself. It's purely because of that bottle of of 'Red Blossom Paint'. Besides, I can talk to him using my spiritual power.

"Your Highness, what's with the sour face and staring at me? I can't eat in peace."

"I don't want you to."

"What?! I've been hungry for the entirety of the day, at least spare me from my daily needs."

"Are you dumb? You can't even realize how the other men has been staring at you since you've been cooking."

"They were staring at me like they wanted to eat me. So what? Why should I care about how they think or the fact they want to ravage me? I have nothing to do with them and even if someone takes action, I will personally castrate them."

"Really?"

"Your Highness, you were jealous just at them staring at me? Hehe! Don't worry, I would never allow someone to touch me even if they wanted to. I am a person of which you can only look at and wish to touch, not someone you can touch."

"Keep your words. Don't you dare go back to your words."

"Aren't you afraid at all that maybe this will cause you to turn into buddha?"

"What do you mean?"

"You always stare at me so passionately that I tend to run away. I'm not so dumb that I can't even differentiate a look of wanting to ravage me and to love me Your Highness. I'm asking that you don't mind waiting for years?"

"Of course I mind!"

"Oh boy, how are you going to have me then Your Highness?" To which nobody understands, but it was fun teasing him. I rarely get the chance to anyways.

While I was distracted by His Highness, I could still faintly hear what Madam Shu and the Old Madam was arguing over.

"Madam Shu, if you want, you can send someone over to ask for me to cook for you. I can even come over personally and cook for you guys."

"Yes, if Mother doesn't mind that is."

"Not at all, just don't spoil that hag too much. She begins to ask for too much when she gets to have what she wants."

"Alright, I'll your advice in mind."

We finally settled this matter. I knew I was a master cook, but I never thought that with such fresh ingredients that are unprocessed, everything would taste so much better than when I made it in my world. I guess there are many ups in this world.

While Zhao Ling was happy about the unprocessed food. Shu Xienghao was happy thinking about how he could have more interactions with her now. At his own home without his best friend there, and now see her more too. He would definitely try to court her because he was sure, he was the one who fell in love with her first. Since the first time he saw her, her beauty was greatly unmatched and her angry face still looked beautiful. She may have seem rude for how she was speaking, but when he saw how soft her expressions were when she was speaking with her maid, he fell for her. He never spoke out about because she was his friend's wife already, what could he do?

After finishing their lunch, they began to set off again.