Chapter 247

Chapter 247

Du Ruo tried the temperature on Qin Jiu’s forehead with her hand before she breathed a sigh of relief. “No fever.”

Seeing the dryness of Qin Jiu’s lips, Du Ruo went and poured her a cup of warm tea as she muttered.

“Young miss, you secretly opened the window last night, didn’t you?”

It was now the twelfth lunar month, and the weather was cold so houses would put a charcoal pot in their rooms to keep them warm but Qin Jiu dislikes it as she feels stuffy so she would often get up at night to secretly open the window.

Du Ruo had previously talked to Qin Jiu about this several times, but despite being admonished repeatedly, Qin Jiu was unrepentant.

Feeling somewhat guilty, Qin Jiu did not dare to retort.

Du Ruo looked at her wilting appearance and felt distressed. She said, “Young Miss, let me ask a doctor to see you.”

“No need!” Qin Jiu hurriedly refused.

“I’m just suffering from some cold. I can just drink this with some ginger soup and sleep for two days. Why do I need to see a doctor for?” Most importantly traditional Chinese medicine is extremely bitter.

Du Ruo frowned slightly, remembering how the young miss persuaded Duan Wang Fei to see a doctor, and could still vividly hear how eloquent she was in saying how she would be afraid if she refused to be seen.

Knowing Du Ruo, Qin Jiu immediately knew that she was going to nag, so she quickly changed the topic.

“Du Ruo, I’m a little sleepy, I’ll go to sleep first!” She then covered her head with the quilt, looking like he was about to fall asleep.

Du Ruo had no choice but to step back and said, “Then you should go to sleep first young miss. If you still feel uncomfortable, you should call a doctor!”

Qin Jiu was very courteous as she got out of the quilt and nodded hastily.

“I’ll listen to Du Ruo!”

Hearing Qin Jiu’s brown-nosing, Du Ruo finds her funny. Before going out she glance at the incense and saw that it was about to run out so she added more incense.

When Qin Jiu saw this, she yawned and said, “Don’t add more, I’m dizzy.”

Du Ruo complied and put out the incense from the incense burner.

(*imperial concubine couch)

“Third young miss, third young miss......”

When Du Ruo woke her up, Qin Jiu realized that the sky was already quite dark. She raised her eyes to look out the window, it was already sunset.

Obviously, she had slept, but instead, she felt dizzier, her body seemed heavy and she felt uncomfortable.

“Third young miss, it’s time to go to Ronghe Hall.” Du Ruo reminded while fixing Qin Jiu’s clothes and tucking loose hair on her temples.

It was now time to pay her respect to her elders, Qin Jiu smoothed out her clothes before she stood up and went out.

As soon as she came out of the house, a biting cold wind greeted her, making Qin Jiu shiver.

Du Ruo hurriedly put on a cloak for Qin Jiu.

Qin Jiu on the other hand stood there in a daze and didn’t move for a while.

When Du Ruo was about to ask, she heard Qin Jiu ask one step ahead of her, “Have I been using Jiuhe incense when I go to sleep recently?”

“Yes. Jiuhe incense calms the spirit, so this slave servant lit it while you slept.”

Du Ruo nodded, “It’s just that after you fell ill, young miss, you didn’t use it these few nights.”

Qin Jiu: “...”

Qin Jiu gathered her cloak, her eyes flickered, and said nothing more as she slowly walked down the stone steps and went to Ronghe Hall to pay her respects to Old Madam Qin.

By the time Qin Jiu returned to Wanxiang Courtyard, the setting sun had already set in half, dyeing the western sky like brocade.

Qin Jiu went into her small study and turned over the “Imperial Incense Manual” until she reached the page about Jiuhe Incense on page 15.

Jiuhe Incense, produced in Bogo, was a treasure in the incense. Its scent was as fragrant as orchid and plum, it helps with cleansing, and has the effect of calming the mind and nourishing qi.

Qin Jiu stared at the page for a long time and then closed the “Imperial Incense Manual”. She said, “Du Ruo, go to the Duan Mansion and hand over a letter that we’re visiting. Tomorrow we will visit Duan Wangfei to pay our respects.”

It was already late, so Du Ruo was a little surprised, but she still complied. She prepared the letter as quickly as possible and went to the palace to send it over cautiously.

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