Di Daughter: Favoured Medical Princess Ch 92

 

Chapter 92 - A Promise

 After the school was over, Nangong Yue took Yimei to the Shallow Cloud Courtyard to look for Lin Shi.

    "Come here, Yue Jie Er." Lin Shi waved at her daughter, "Tomorrow is your birthday, come and see the gift your father and I have prepared for you, let's see if you like it?"

Lin Shi and Nangong Mu had prepared a set of pearl jewellery for their daughter, Containing a pair of delicate beaded flowers, and a pair of pearl earrings, all thumb-tip sized, lustrous pearls, all of the same size and colour, clearly matching jewellery. It doesn't look like a showpiece, but a dozen large pearls like this are not only worth a lot of money, they can't be bought anywhere. Lin Shi and Nangong Mu had really put a lot of thought into the gift.

"Mother, don't bother! It's only my tenth birthday, so just have a bowl of longevity noodles." Nangong Yue warmly took Lin Shi's arm and sat down on the couch.

"That's not good enough." Lin Shi snapped, "For the past three years, in order to observe the mourning for your grandfather, you were not allowed to wear even the best things that your parents gave you. Now that you're out of mourning, you won't let me dress my daughter properly!"

"Then my daughter would like to thank father and mother for their kindness!" Nangong Yue said, seemingly helpless, but actually full of smiles.

Lin Shi looked outside and whispered to her daughter, "Your brother has prepared a present for you too, and asked me not to tell you."

Nangong Yue also said in a deliberate whisper, "Well, I'll pretend I don't know anything."

 After mother and daughter spoke for a while, Nangong Yue suddenly said, "It is a great joy that father has been awarded an official position by His Majesty. Although it is not advisable to make too much publicity, the four of us as a family should close our doors and congratulate father properly."

" People say that daughters are daddy's sweetest darlings, it's true that Yue Jie Er is still thoughtful." Lin said, "Tomorrow I will personally cook a good meal, and we will celebrate your father with a family of four."

"Then Yue Er is lucky to have a mouthful." Nangong Yue looked like she had taken advantage of the situation, and then said, "Mother, Yue Er has grown up so much, and every time it is father who gives me a gift, this time I also want to prepare a gift for father."

"My Yue Er has really grown up," Lin Shi said gratefully, "so what gift are you going to give to your father?"

Nangong Yue's eyes shone brightly as she said, " Last time I brought tea to father from the Qing Yue Tea House, father seemed to like it very much, so I plan to go there again and pick out some good tea for father as a gift. Mother, what do you think?"

Lin Shi pondered for a moment and nodded her head in agreement: "Your father likes good tea, and this is indeed a good gift."

With Lin Shi's permission, Nangong Yue took the carriage with Yi Mei after lunch and left the house.

The carriage arrived in less than an incense stick. After the carriage stopped, Nangong Yue got off the carriage with the help of Yi Mei.

As soon as the Maitreya Buddha-like tea shop owner saw Nangong Yue's master and servant enter, his face immediately smiled like a flower, warmly greeted them from behind the counter, respectfully invited them to the counter and said, "My surname is Wang, if Young Miss doesn't mind, you can call me Boss Wang. I wonder what kind of tea the Young Miss would like?"

Nangong Yue walked up to the counter and took out the white jade misplaced gold ornament that Guan Yubai had given her, but said, "Bring me whatever good tea you have."

The smile on Shopkeeper Wang's face narrowed slightly, but he soon returned to his normal self and took out several types of tea leaves from the counter for Nangong Yue to choose from.

" Miss, take a look at these first and see if they suit you." He didn't stop, but asked in a soft voice, "Are you here to see Mr. Lou?"

 Nangong Yue was picking out the tea leaves in her hand and said softly, "I'm here to find Rong Gongzi." After she said that, she put down the tea leaves in her hand, with a not very satisfied expression, "Are these the only ones? The shopkeeper is not hiding the good tea leaves, is he?"

"If you want something better, you can go with me to the backyard to choose." Boss Wang hurriedly said with a smile.

    Nangong Yue lifted her chin and said arrogantly, "Then lead the way."

Boss Wang looked respectful and made a gesture of invitation, saying, "Please, Miss."

    Nangong Yue and Yi Mei followed the shopkeeper to the backyard of the tea house, and only when they reached a room did the shopkeeper stop.

"Squeak..."

    Boss Wang gently pushed open the door of the room, "Miss, please!"

    Nangong Yue nodded slightly and stepped into the compartment. Yi Mei followed closely behind, looking rather nervous.

At the round table in the middle of the room, there was a young man dressed in moon white with a pale yellow face, and it was the disguised Guan Yubai. The young man named Xiao Si was still beside him, looking at Nangong Yue and the girls indifferently.

"Gongzi Rong." Nangong Yue nodded slightly at Guan Yubai, her attitude casual.

    "Third Miss Nangong." But Guan Yubai rose and made a bow, giving the full courtesy, "Please sit down!"

After Nangong Yue sat down, he then sat down after her and said, "I have already done what you have asked me to do."

    Nangong Yue smiled but did not say anything.

Guan Yubai was not in a hurry and said, "I wonder what kind of grudge Miss has against the third prince?"

Nangong Yue still didn't say anything, and Guan Yubai spoke up on his own: "Now that the emperor is in his prime and the emperor's son is growing up, the court seems to be getting more and more stable, but in fact it is full of crises. Not to mention the recent rebellion by the remnants of the previous dynasty in Jiangnan, the vassal kings are so powerful that in their territories, I am afraid that the people only know that there are vassal kings, but do not know that there is an emperor; and in a few years, the establishment of the crown prince will be a bloody storm in the court. Although the Empress's maternal family is powerful, but the Emperor dislikes them, the Fifth Prince is young, not to mention weak and sickly. Whether he can live to fight for the crown, I'm afraid it is not clear."

His eyes flickered a few times, and his index finger lightly tapped the table, "The eldest prince's mother died early, his mother's family is humble, and the eldest prince himself is also very mediocre. The other princes either died early or were young, which means that the battle for the crown may end up between the second and third princes. These two princes are both intelligent by nature and are highly valued by the emperor, and both Consort Gui and Consort Liu are deeply loved by the emperor ...... In the end, it is not clear who will ascend to that supreme position." His voice was gentle and relaxed, like a clear spring, nourishing the heart and lungs, but the content of his words was like a shocking wave.

 Although Nangong Yue did not say anything, she was extremely shocked in her heart. She was a reborn person and naturally had a good idea of what had happened in her previous life. But this Guan Yubai was able to analyse seven or eight of them based on the current situation, so he was indeed a natural talent.

She pursed her lips and finally slowly said, "Since Gongzi Rong has reached the request I made, then I will not go back on my word. I am willing to treat Gongzi's illness ......"

Guan Yubai was still calm and collected, he did not even show a hint of joy when it was clearly about the poison in his body, as if everything was under his control. "Then Rong would like to thank Miss."

"But this condition has to be changed ......" Nangong Yue raised her eyes to look at him, her childish face exuding a wisdom that does not belong to this age.

 The end of Guan Yubai's eyebrows raised, revealing a smile, as if he knew that Nangong Yue should be sitting on the ground to raise the price, he said gently, "Please speak, Miss."

Nangong Yue was too lazy to bother with him, she just said indifferently, "Rong Gongzi, I don't need you to serve me for five years! You only need to do five things for me and that's enough!" Nangong Yue had some plans of her own, since she had already paid such a big risk, and this Guan Yubai was always a man of clear grudges. And this Guan Yubai has always been a man of clear gratitude and grudges, Only let him do five things, now counting, she seems to have suffered a great loss, but instead of a five-year deal for clearing the line between them, it is better, let him always owe herself something. ...... After all, he is not a person in a pool, once he is free from the residual poison in this life, he will be able to go farther than in his previous life!

 A clear look of surprise flashed across Guan Yubai's eyes as he looked deeply at Nangong Yue, as if he wanted to see through all the secrets of her heart, or was speculating on what her intentions were.

He certainly knew that the deal he was proposing was not fair to himself, and that Nangong Yue would benefit enormously from it. But now he was the one asking for her - he needed her to take unnecessary risks.

 How could he convince her?

    He had thought long and hard about it when he wrote the first note to her ......

He once heard a friend say something very wise: if there is a fifty percent profit, a merchant will take the risk; if there is double the profit, a merchant will dare to trample on all the laws of the earth; if there is triple the profit, a merchant will dare to commit any crime, even at the risk of being beheaded.

 He wanted Nangong Yue to risk a great deal to help himself, he had to offer her profits that she couldn't refuse ...... but he didn't expect Nangong Yue to push away the benefits that were almost at hand.

Although his heart was surprised, Guan Yubai could not refuse this extremely favourable condition for himself and nodded his head in agreement. The two of them exchanged an alliance with a high five!

    "Then I will do your first treatment today." Nangong Yue said with a grave expression, "Please ask someone to prepare a quiet room so that no one will disturb you and ruin your previous work!"

" The girl doesn't have to tell us, we've already prepared it." Boss Wang answered impatiently.

    Nangong Yue continued, "Then have you prepared the things I instructed you to prepare in the note?"

"That's natural." Guan Yubai nodded and said, "Please come this way, Miss." With that, he led the way, guiding Nangong Yue into the inner room of the chamber.

 In the inner room, the large bath tub, the large steamer, two large water jars, hundreds of silver needles and many herbs, and a large screen were already prepared for her.

    Nangong Yue nodded in satisfaction and said, "First fill the bathtub with 70% water, then put in the herbs as I said ......"

Xiao Si immediately went forward, he looked thin, but his strength was great, he casually carried the water jar and poured the water into the bath, which made Yi Mei staggered.

After that, Nangong Yue reported a series of names of herbs: " Qing Rui Vine five times, Hanban leaf half a tael, alum one tael, reed root five times, raw gypsum one tael ......"

 It took a full half a tea to give up on the herbs. Then, Nangong Yue said: "Now put the bathtub on the steamer to steam."

Xiao Si did as he was told, and the fire was still personally made by Shopkeeper Wang ...... After a column of incense, Nangong Yue tested the water temperature, and only then did she say to Guan Yubai: "Rong Gongzi, now you can enter the bath in your middle clothes."

Boss Wang looked at the steamy bath and hastened to dissuade him: " Master, you mustn't! It's too dangerous, one mistake can kill a frog boiled in warm water!" The boss Wang is not just being alarmist.