Folk Remedy

Chapter 1866: 925 Bridal Chamber Candlelight_2


Chapter 1866: 925 Bridal Chamber Candlelight_2


Xiao Hen curled his lips and looked at her: “Are you sure?”


Gu Jiao nodded: “The earlier I go, the sooner I can return.”


“Yes, if you don’t hurry, they’ll make you drink as punishment.”


It was Yujin’s voice.


Yujin smiled as she entered with a food box in hand.


Yu Yaya smiled and bowed to her at the door: “Aunt Yujin!”


Yujin smiled and patted her hand: “You go eat something too. I’ll handle things here.”


Yu Yaya shook her head: “No way, I have to take care of Miss!”


Yujin said warmly: “Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of her for you.”


Yu Yaya looked towards Gu Jiao inside the room: “Then…”


“Listen to Aunt Yujin.” Gu Jiao said.


“Give it to me.” Yujin said to Yu Yaya.


Since Gu Jiao spoke, Yu Yaya was no longer stubborn. She stuffed the small first aid kit tied with red silk and safflower into Yujin’s arms: “Thank you, Aunt Yujin!”


“Bier.” Yujin called a maid nearby, asking her to lead Yu Yaya to eat.


Yujin then carried the food box into the bridal chamber and said to Xiao Hen: “Young Marquis, I’ll take care of things here, you hurry along.”


Xiao Hen glanced at Gu Jiao and said softly: “I’ll be back soon.”


Gu Jiao: “Mm.”


Xiao Hen left the Orchid Courtyard.


Yujin took out the snacks from the food box, arranged them on a tray, and placed them by Gu Jiao’s side.


Gu Jiao doesn’t like overly sweet and greasy foods, so the snacks were all very light.


She took a piece of Crab Yellow Crisp and gently ate it under her veil.


Yujin poured a cup of Flower Tea for her.


She took the cup and asked: “Aunt Yujin, what are you looking at?”


Yujin was surprised; you can tell I’m glancing around even under that veil?


Yujin laughed awkwardly: “Ah, it’s nothing, Princess Xinyang said she’ll come to visit you soon.”


As soon as she finished speaking, Princess Xinyang came over wearing luxurious clothes.


Yujin retreated and left.


Princess Xinyang sat on a stool by the bed, and when she saw Gu Jiao was almost done eating, she lightly coughed and handed over the bundle in her hand.


“What is it?” Gu Jiao asked.


Princess Xinyang looked a bit embarrassed, but fortunately, Gu Jiao was wearing the veil and couldn’t see her expression.


She spoke normally: “See for yourself.”


“Oh.” Gu Jiao took the bundle, opened it, and was instantly dumbfounded, “Did you come here under such a hot sun, just to show me this?”


Princess Xinyang suppressed her discomfort inside and replied lightly: “You look first, if there’s anything you don’t understand, ask me.”


“What’s there not to understand?” Gu Jiao muttered.


Princess Xinyang pursed her lips.


Still stubborn?


I’ve heard from your mother, you two haven’t consummated your marriage, and that mark on your face isn’t a birthmark, it’s a virgin’s mark!


Princess Xinyang would never look at such books, but for the sake of her son’s and daughter-in-law’s successful nuptials, she had to go all out.


She is a person of taste, and those vulgar and crude picture albums from the market were beneath her. She spent a lot of money hiring an artist to specially paint one, with a great sense of aesthetics.


Even she wouldn’t feel repulsed looking at it.


Moreover, the paper she used wasn’t the rough paper sold in the market for one or two taels a sheaf, but rather the exceedingly expensive ripple paper.


Most importantly, the book wasn’t in black and white but was colored.


“Really nothing you want to ask?” She said coolly, her tone calm, though she felt she was dying of embarrassment inside.


But what could she do when both youngsters were inexperienced?


If Shangguan Yun were here, they surely could figure it out naturally.


Princess Xinyang couldn’t ignore this matter, leading to such a valiant move.


“Hmm…” Gu Jiao gave her face by asking, “Can you add ginger and scallions first and then blanch it?”


Princess Xinyang frowned: “What ginger and scallions… blanching?”


Gu Jiao handed the album towards her, pointing at a page: “Look, Braised Pork Belly.”


Princess Xinyang was dumbfounded.


Grabbed the wrong book!


Princess Xinyang closed her eyes in annoyance, and to avoid being discovered… she covered it with a recipe book—


She quickly returned to her courtyard.


As soon as she got to the door, she saw a tall and sturdy figure sitting in her room, none other than Marquis Xuanping from the banquet.


Marquis Xuanping seemed unaware of her arrival; he was engrossed in a book on the table.


When Princess Xinyang saw the colored drawings on the pages, she was so shocked she stumbled and nearly fell!


Without removing his gaze, Marquis Xuanping continued watching the book, flipping through it while saying: “Qin Fengwan, oh Qin Fengwan, I really didn’t expect you like looking at spring palace pictures.”