CH 50

Chapter 50: Tepidity Rice Porridge

However, Miantang is very confident about the recipe for this wine.

That day, she asked Zhao Quan if he had felt her husband’s pulse. What were the symptoms?

Zhao Quan said angrily that since he always lost sleep, he probably lost his energy and lack of Yang blood.

Miantang kept in mind the symptoms mentioned by the miracle doctor. After consulting his medical skills, she did not spare good herbs and warmed up a whole jar of medicinal wine for her husband.

As soon as it was ready today, Miantang filled a pot of it and brought it to her husband.

After handing it to her husband, Miantang happily went to a small tent beside her and changed into a warm hot spring wrap.

After all, it’s a wild bath. If she doesn’t wear clothes, it doesn’t compromise the current customs of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Mo Ru as a manservant, when Lady Liu comes out later, will need to withdraw himself from the barrier.

Taking advantage of Miantang’s absence, Mo Ru whispered, “Your Highness, I’ve examined the wine. It’s not poisonous, but the level of Lady Liu’s prescription varies. You’d better not drink it…”

But when Mo Ru reminded him carefully, Miantang stretched her head from the small tent and reminded him uneasily, “Let Mo Ru warm the wine for you, Husband. Only when you eat it warm can it have efficacy!”

Cui Xingzhou smiled at her, nodded, and waved Mo Ru out of the barrier.

Mo Ru is always careful. It’s normal for him to test for poison. Since the wine is not poisonous, it’s okay to drink it.

It’s just that it’s rare for Miantang to make careful preparations. If he doesn’t eat, she must feel sad.

Although Miantang is unreliable, it seems that no one in the neighborhood has eaten to death. Cui Xingzhou just treats it as clearing away inner heat and relieving fire.

Looking at the way The Prince seemed to want to drink, Mo Ru sighed, warmed the wine for The Prince, and watched him sip the brown liquor with a worried face.

Cui Xingzhou drank two mouthfuls. Seeing that Mo Ru still didn’t leave, he couldn’t help raising his eyebrows and said, “Why are you still here?”

Mo Ru quickly withdrew from the barrier.

On the other hand, Miantang is changing into a bathrobe in the tent.

This bathrobe was prepared by Servant Li. It is said that it is popular for noble women in the Capital to wear this kind of bathrobe with a tight hem to soak in the wild. Even if they enter the water, they will not let the skirt float. The skirt is in the form of a bra. If they are worn on Miantang, it will show her snow-white fragrant shoulders and two slender arms.

Perhaps because she had not practiced boxing for a long time, her arm lines became more tender and beautiful. Wearing such a tight skirt, she immediately showed a concave-convex curve.

When Miantang came out of the small tent with her thick black hair, she was the fairy in the flowers, and her purity showed an unaware charm.

She usually walks casually, but now, restricted by this narrow skirt, she can only take small steps. When her waist naturally twists, she shows the style of a little woman.

After taking a bath, Cui Xingzhou is sitting on the mat in a broad robe and eating wine. When he turned around, he saw a beautiful woman with peach blossoms and pink skin tone in the green forest, reaching out to stir up the branches and vines, and coming slowly. Cui Xingzhou’s breath could not help but stagnate.

He thought he was used to the beauty of Liu Miantang. But this woman always shows a different style unexpectedly, and he feels that he can’t see enough…

Miantang carried her narrow skirt and walked to the pool. When she stayed close to the pool, her bare feet slipped and she almost slipped by the water.

Cui Xingzhou got up and walked over with great strides, holding Miantang’s arm and letting her slowly step on the stone steps and immerse herself in the pool.

Her thin wrists are soft, and when he lets go, it makes people feel reluctant to part…

After sitting down, Miantang looked up and said to her husband, “Go and have some wine. I’ll go and drink with you after a while!”

Cui Xingzhou looked down at the lotus cheeks hidden in the steaming water, and he felt that the soldiers in the Northwest were all lazy-headed.

Because there was no supervisor, they piled up such a small pool to save trouble. Even if it was bigger, he could still warm it with Miantang

However, Miantang didn’t know her husband’s dissatisfaction.

Servant Li kindly prepared a basket of dried flower petals for Miantang and a box of moisturizing cream made of mutton oil.

Fang Xie sprinkled some petals into the pool earlier on while she was changing. She also covered her face with cream and steamed it with vapor.

Now Miantang is sitting against the wall of the pool with a soft towel on her head. She only feels that the fragrance of flowers is overflowing, which cleanses and nourishes the soul!

Although Servant Li’s face is dark, she has a lot of ways for such women meticulous in nourishing and paying attention.

It doesn’t matter what kind of tea the person needs to gargle with after eating fish, or what kind of juice the person is required to gargle with when eating garlic, she never repeats it.

As for other living rules, they are even more delicate and that made people annoyed.

In the beginning, Servant Li only bothered the two little maids and she didn’t bother Miantang very much.

However, recently, the old woman has the signs of being unable to tolerate the people in the house, both big and small. So she has also begun to implicitly remind Miantang to pay attention to some etiquette, as well as eating and drinking.

When this happened, Fang Xie and Bi Cao looked at her sympathetically.

However, when Miantang was annoyed by being restrained, she also implicitly reminded Servant Li that no matter how well she taught, she is a married person. By learning so many rules, it’s not like she has the life to marry into the high-ranked residence and deep door of the Princes or Ministers, so she asked Servant Li to have a rest and don’t waste her time.

Hearing this, Servant Li made amends to Miantang, saying that she had overstepped her bounds.

However, Miantang could feel that Servant Li still had no intention to give up, and she would sigh whenever she saw something irregular.

But to be fair, Servant Li’s fastidiousness sometimes makes people feel comfortable.

For example, the petal fragrance and dew in this hot spring are extremely delicious. When Miantang sits carefully in the pool, she only feels the hot air surging and the warm bubble is very comfortable.

She could not help but lie down comfortably on the edge of the pool and look at the little tent not far away. Her husband was eating food and wine, but occasionally, he would look up and look back at her with deep eyes.

At this time, the Ninth Master of the Cui family also wore long hair, but there was no feminine appearance. The muscles in the collar of his broad robe showed strong masculinity…

Looking at her husband’s deep eyes, Miantang also looked back at him and smiled sweetly.

When she had soaked enough in the pool, Fang Xie and Bi Cao spread out a large cloth and wrapped her in it. After she went into the small tent and changed into a loose white robe, Miantang felt thirsty and went to the mat to drink with her husband.

When Miantang was sitting at the table, she found that her husband had drunk most of her pot of medicinal wine.

The Lady was greatly satisfied, so she asked her husband how he felt after drinking it. Cui Xingzhou was lying on a soft cushion, with his eyes hanging like sleeping. It was not until Miantang pushed him that he said, “It’s a little bitter…”

Miantang drank the remaining half of the pot with the spout, tasted it, and said, “It’s indeed bitter. Do you want to add some rock sugar next time?”

Cui Xingzhou still didn’t speak, just closed his eyes and took a nap, but his eyebrows were slightly tightened as if he was intolerant of the alcohol.

Miantang thought he was sleepy, so she took care of herself to eat the boiled spring eggs. In fact, the wine tasted less bitter when she served it with salty dishes. Miantang thought of the precious materials she used and didn’t want to waste them at all. Thus, she drank all the remaining wine.

When she had finished eating, Miantang felt a little hot. She didn’t know if it was because she had soaked in the spring.

So she leaned vaguely against Cui Xingzhou.

Her husband’s warm breath and his unique sandalwood-like smell made Miantang more impetuous.

So she put her hand around Cui Jiu’s neck and called out “Husband”

This lazy call-out, accompanied by a burst of fragrance, penetrated Cui Xingzhou’s ear.

He suddenly opened his eyes. Only then did Miantang find that her husband’s eyes were red with bloodshot for some reason, being half drunk!

Miantang couldn’t help but get up and look down at her husband. Her washed white face was shining. It seemed to attract people to taste the tenderness and smoothness. Thick black hair poured down from her ears and fell on Cui Jiu’s pillow. It even tickles his face, “Husband, you…”

She wanted to ask, “Are you feeling unwell, Husband?” Cui Xingzhou suddenly extended his long arm and held her in his arms before she could say everything.

Miantang can see that her husband’s Adam’s apple trembles slightly up and down, and his hand was also hot holding her.

Next, he suddenly got up, picked up Liu Miantang, and went to the small tent…

Bi Cao thought that The Lady was uncomfortable and wanted to go in to serve her urgently. But before she got close to the tent, she heard the Ninth Master say with a rough voice, “Don’t come in! Stay far away!”

Bi Cao was still in a daze, but Fang Xie was clever and hurried her away from the tent.

After a while, when there was a faint movement from the small tent, Bi Cao woke up, and her little face turned red. Hurriedly, she took Fang Xie and went further, out of the barrier surrounding the pool.

But when they got out of the barrier, Bi Cao had sharp eyes and unexpectedly saw that the young servant, Mo Ru, was close to the brocade screen, and his ears were sticking close screen to listen to the sound and movement. That expression was like being shocked by the pain of sleeping with his wife.

Bi Cao unkindly reached out and twisted his ear and whispered, “The Ninth Master and Madam are resting. What are you listening to?”

Mo Ru angrily flicked her fingers away and said, “You know nothing about it!”

It’s perfectly normal for other dissolute young men to take a wild bath like this and play in the wild with their concubines in the daytime!

But that’s his Master, Prince Huaiyang, who is as calm as a mountain and able to remain unmoved in the wind and rain!

Is his Master like that? Who does not know that Prince Huaiyang has the bearing to sit still and not be confused, and he is not a woman addict? After Mo Ru was extremely shocked, he determined that the female bandit had done something to hook up with The Prince!

He has the intention to save The Prince, so as not to make a big mistake on his impulse. But Prince Huaiyang roared the words at Bi Cao earlier, and he also heard them.

As a servant, how can he abruptly disturb The Master’s pleasure?

For a while, it was like an ant with hot feet turning outside the screen.

However, the tent was far away from the screen. Except for a few cries from the willow lady at the beginning, the rest of the time was sporadic.

In addition, the two little girls decided that Mo Ru had some bad habits and coaxed him away like a hen.

But after half an hour, Mo Ru could not help it.

He rushed straight into the surrounding screen, ready to go outside the small tent to ask about the situation of The Prince. If The Prince did fall for the trick, he will do his duty to rescue him!

So while he was walking, he tried to ask The Prince if he wanted to drink water. The result was that he was so loyal that The Master said, “Get out!”

That sound of languor was accompanied by thousands of impatience, so he could only roll out of the screen gloomily and be giggled by the two idle servant girls.

Prince Huaiyang has indeed fallen for the trick, and the problem is definitely with the wine.

When he was a young student, he also enjoyed socializing with his classmates. Those dancers and prostitutes who accompany at the banquet also habitually use some drugs to promote the entertainment in the wine.

Those dandies also know it, but they are only half pushing and half playing while drinking. Cui Xingzhou had drunk it by mistake when he didn’t know it at first. Of course, he knew the taste of blood surging.

But he is not an indulgent person. He even likes to be more disciplined than a monk in some aspects. But at that time, he was the only one who stood upright and unmoved amid the absurdity of drinking and feasting and even pushed away the woman who threw herself at him in disgust.

He was so determined that people in the same trade admired him to the end and gave him the nickname “real gentleman”. If there is such fun in the future, everyone will consciously avoid him.

After all, no one can stand the feeling of having a person looking at you with clear eyes when you are a dissolute person, just like looking at a beast outside the sheepfold.

It’s not that Cui Xingzhou deliberately adheres to the way of a gentleman, but he feels that if he can’t control his desires at will, how is it different from those reptiles and beasts?

Cui Xingzhou is a person who is born with a strong desire for control. He does not allow his desires to be controlled in the hands of others, let alone in the hands of cheap women such as dancing and singing entertainers.

But today, it seems that it is difficult to maintain the reputation of a “real gentleman”.

When he drank half of it, Cui Xingzhou noticed something was wrong with the wine. But to be honest, compared with those he had drunk before, the strength and drug properties of that wine are not worth mentioning.

He should just have a rest.

But it happened that in the water pool not far away, there was always a clattering sound of water. He could not help looking at it. Every time he touched it, he could see her looking at him with an innocent sweet smile.

Later, when the beauty took a bath, the fragrance struck. She just sat beside him, wearing a wide robe and dark hair. Her delicate face looked like a shelled egg.

She was next to him, and he suddenly felt that the drug was like a landslide, roaring and attacking, wrapping all reason, and shouting to take her into the account everywhere.

Especially when she leaned close and looked at herself with exhalation, Cui Xingzhou’s reason was completely swept away. He just wants to carry her into the tent and act recklessly.

As a result, he did the same, and it was a full hour later that those senses slowly crawled back into his mind.

The beauty in his arms has fallen asleep.

At this time, she was very tired, so she put her arms around his neck and went to sleep. But the sweat on her forehead did not withdraw, and her eyes were still red as if she had suffered endless grievances.

Cui Xingzhou kissed her gently on the corner of her mouth reluctantly. His lazy expression was like a full lion, showing endless complacency and laziness.

She was even sweeter than he thought, but Cui Xingzhou never thought that their first time would happen in this wilderness.

For the strictly self-disciplined Prince Huaiyang, this is a big derailment.

He carefully release her wrist and prepared to get up to drink. But when he got up from the mat, he accidentally stepped on Miantang’s wide white robe.

When the two people were confused just now, the clothes had been padded under them.

At this time, the blood stains on the snow-white lapels were like cold plums in the snow, which was shocking.

Cui Xingzhou paused and slowly bent down to pick up the dress. He was extremely sure that it was Miantang’s little red stain.

But… How can this be possible?

Cui Xingzhou’s eyes widened in disbelief for a moment. He turned around and looked at Miantang, who was still sleeping. At this time, her eyes were still red. It reminds him that she once cried hard and always cried out for pain…

As Lu Wen’s wife and concubine, why is she still a virgin? Is it… That Lu Wen has weak health and can’t do anything but fake Phoenix?

Although he couldn’t understand it for a moment, an inexpressible ecstasy flooded Cui Xingzhou’s heart. His Miantang has never been touched by other men. He is her first man!

However, being the opposite of Cui Xingzhou’s ecstasy. Miantang felt that she was crushed by crazy horses and carriages again.

She heard that she was hit by a speeding carriage when she was injured, but she lost her memory when she woke up and forgot everything. Now, this feeling of pain and weakness is not much different from that of the carriage accident, isn’t it?

When she woke up from a nap, she found that she was lying in her husband’s arms.

He had been staring at herself, so when her long eyelashes moved, he would bring warm water to her mouth and let her drink to moisten her throat.

“Husband, you… You are so… It’s really”

Although Miantang was looking forward to asking her husband for a baby, she never thought of coming to the wild. Moreover, the intimacy of those equals was really beyond her imagination. Thinking of her forgetfulness just now, Miantang blamed her husband, but she was too shy to say it for a moment.

Cui Xingzhou said faintly, “I’m abrupt, but the wine you make… Has a lot of energy…”

Liu Miantang stared slightly, struggled to get up, covered her body with a small towel and quilt, and asked at a loss, “Is there something wrong with my wine?”

When Cui Xingzhou asked her about the ingredients in the wine, she also confessed one by one.

As a result, Cui Jiu told her without any concealment that these formulas for invigorating Yang have the potential of tiger and wolf, and some red light district uses it for their regular customers who are weaker to promote the entertainment.

She might kill him giving him food so carelessly.

Miantang could not be ashamed anymore when she heard this. Her eyes reddened slightly and she said, “I didn’t mean to harm you, Husband. It’s written like this in the medical book, and it’s not marked that drinking will kill you!”

Cui Xingzhou didn’t say anything but just patted her on the back to comfort her. It’s always hard to say clearly that if men make up too much, women may die.

So they bathed in the hot spring again. This time, they didn’t even call the little servant girls. Cui jiu served her wholeheartedly.

However, this time, Miantang was so dissolute that no matter how hard she try, it was difficult to get on the horse. She felt that her two legs were trembling when she walked.

So when they went back, she went back by leaning by her husband’s side in a carriage.

When she looked up at his husband, he also looked down at her with a smile. For some reason, Miantang felt that her husband’s smile was much more vivid than usual.

She can’t blame the old woman in North Street for telling her that she should always use their men, otherwise, no matter how good the relationship between the husband and wife is, it will become cold!

Miantang can’t remember how she used to be intimate with her husband. But the cold porridge that warms marriage from time to time is addictive!

……

Cui Xingzhou did not know that Lady Liu was cooking a pot of warm and unrestrained porridge in her heart.

He just held Miantang tightly in his arms and thought about it. There was no need to hurry back to the Jinjia Checkpoint at night, and he could stay at the Wuning Checkpoint for more days…

Spring is coming in the Northwest. In the cold wind, spring flowers are in the bud and ready to go!

Unfortunately, the State of Hui in the South of the Yangtze River is rainy.

In fact, the change of iron mines in the Northwest should start with Yunniang, who is eager to please her adoptive father.

The Mountain of Yang has a mine in the Northwest, which was originally a private and secret matter. Unfortunately, Yunniang inadvertently revealed it to Prince Sui.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the motive.

Prince Sui learned from Yunniang, a righteous daughter, that there was civil unrest among the barbarians. After Agufan took power, he could not help but have some ideas.

The barbarians have iron ore, but they can’t get out of the barbarian land. They have no smelting skills and equipment, so they can only sigh at the precious mountain. In his status, the artisans and equipment for smelting iron ore are not a problem. Unfortunately, the Great Yan Dynasty’s iron ore is limited and belonged to The Emperor. A vassal king like him has no way to start.

This civil commotion gave him an opportunity to select several eloquent and capable subordinates and disguise them as barbarians.

These people are very competent. They spent a month in the barbarians, got familiar with the situation of the barbarians, spent a lot of money, invited many people, got to know Agufan’s confidants, wasted a lot of money again and twists and turns, and finally met Agufan, the new leader of the barbarians.

Different from the old leader, Agufan has long had the ambition to expand outward.

Now there’s The Prince of the Great Yan Dynasty who has taken the initiative to come to talk, he is very happy. The businessmen who used to cooperate with the old Shanyu do not share their minds, so there is no need to keep them.

Cooperating with Prince Sui can not only benefit from it but also learn about the Great Yan Dynasty’s situation by taking advantage of Prince Sui’s convenience. It can be regarded as an insider.

So the two colluded and made an agreement. Agufan ordered people to kill all the original traders of the iron mine, to make room for Prince Sui’s men.

Because the former paved the way and the latter enjoyed the cool, the merchants sent by the former Mountain of Yang all arranged everything properly, and there was no need for anyone to bother anymore. The fat meat seized by Prince Sui was delicious.

This business was going well and profited a lot. Prince Sui was proud of his unique vision but it was reported that the merchant who went to the barbarians to buy ore had disappeared suddenly. According to their itinerary, they should have returned long ago, but until now there are no signs of them.

Prince Sui was so angry that he thought that these merchants had forgotten their interests and fled with the money. He severely reprimanded the staff in charge of this matter. While leading people to inquire about the place where the merchants went, he sent people to catch the families of these merchants.

Soon after, the officials reported that none of the family members had been caught. The housekeepers and servants of these families were all there, except The Masters. The housekeeper was interrogated. The situation of the four families was the same. The Madam suddenly took her family on a trip a few days ago and since then, they have not returned yet.

Prince Sui was not surprised. Since these businessmen had planned their escape, they would not leave their families behind, but he still lost his temper.

But after a while, the spy who inquired about the whereabouts of the merchant reported that he had found traces of the escaped merchant’s family members in the State of Zhen. They also found their families later. They planned to bring them back but found that they were all protected by officers and soldiers of the State of Zhen.

The fat meat that Prince Sui had not yet tasted was taken away by Prince Huaiyang.