Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 557: Chapter 410: The City Full of Peach Blossom Colors

The excitement caused by the Crown Prince of Southern Chen, Sima Changhao, entering the city is still vivid in my eyes!

It’s a pity that as soon as Sima Changhao entered Liuzhou City, he stayed at Prince Mu’s guesthouse, leaving the common people to their wild guesses and daydreams, without a chance to even see him!

But now, the number one beauty of Southern Chen is going to attend the plum-blossom banquet by the Hengtang Lake bank!

Not only the Crown Prince of Southern Chen but also the bravest warrior of Northern Mongolian and the Second Prince of Liaodong!

Suddenly, the whole Liuzhou City has erupted into excitement!

The price of women’s items has skyrocketed, and they are in short supply!

”My lady, let’s not even talk about furs, even floral fabric is hard to come by in the city now, let alone rouge, powder, beaded hairpins, and other accessories—they’ve all filled up with people!” Dong Lei returned empty-handed, complaining with a displeased face.

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but sigh, ”What this world will never lack are those who foolishly seek to cling to dragons and attach to phoenixes...”

It’s only a prince, yet he’s set the hearts of the unmarried women of the city aflutter, flocking towards him like moths to a flame!

What should she say? Is it the fearlessness of the ignorant or the outrageous overestimation of themselves?

The local customs of Liuzhou City are simple and unsophisticated, and its people are like miles apart from any relation to the Imperial Family!

Yet there are so many girls who are risking their lives to push their way in!

”Isn’t that the truth?” Dong Lei nodded in agreement immediately upon hearing this, ”They don’t even look at what sort of people the Crown Prince of Southern Chen and the others are. My mother says, ’To enter a Marquis’s Household is as deep as the sea; from then on, Xiao Lang is just a passerby.’ It’s so hard to enter a Marquis’s Household, let alone The Imperial Family.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but glance sideways and began speaking with a smile, ”Xiao Leizi, your mother really knows a lot...”

Dong Lei’s mother, just being the wife of a head chef, unexpectedly had such insight!

As soon as Dong Lei heard his lady praising his mother, he smiled delightedly, his handsome face beaming with pride as he spoke, ”My lady doesn’t know, but my mother really does know a lot! She’s literate and good at painting; the couplets she writes during the New Year amaze all the passersby!”

”Oh?” Gu Changsheng raised her eyebrows in response.

In this era, most of those who were literate came from rich and noble families, let alone adept at painting?

Add in what Dong Lei usually recounted of the things his mother had said, Gu Changsheng felt that Dong Lei’s mother must have been a knowledgeable and well-disciplined noble lady indeed!

”It’s just a pity that my mother passed away early, I can barely remember what she looked like...” Dong Lei’s mood suddenly turned despondent upon mentioning his mother.

Seeing this, Gu Changsheng quickly gathered her thoughts and comfortingly patted his shoulder, ”Same here, same here. I also don’t remember what my mother looked like...”

Whether it was her past life or the current one, she had no recollection of her own mother’s appearance!

Alas... she didn’t even have the chance to be a filial and intimate ’little jacket’ in either of her two lifetimes, the frustration of it!

Seeing that Dong Lei was still downcast, Gu Changsheng hastened to comfort again, ”Alright, Xiao Leizi, the dead are gone, if you keep this up, your lady here will start crying too!”

Who was to say who’s more miserable? Little Thunder was just in one lifetime, her damn self was through two whole lifetimes!

Who’s to say who’s a bit more wretched, huh?

Upon hearing her words, Dong Lei immediately lifted his sleeve to wipe his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face. However, his smile soon sagged again, ”My lady, you’ve gone off-topic again! If I can’t buy furs, how can I sew furry collars and cuffs for the Young Master and the Teacher? The weather is getting colder, and if the Young Master and the Teacher catch a chill, what shall we do?”

Gu Changsheng responded with an indifferent wave of her hand, ”I’ve told you before, you’re the worrywart eating radishes; why must you, a cook, insist on doing needlework? Are you trying to make me feel ashamed?”

Her experience of nearly pricking her fingers into pigs’ trotters told her, not every person adept at acupuncture is cut out to be a tailor! Anyway, Gu Changsheng was utterly devoid of such talent!

”That’s not what I meant, ah. It’s just that the Young Master isn’t in the mansion, and I just can’t help worrying,” Dong Lei immediately pouted in response.

”Relax! We have Xiao Cui on the mountain, don’t you know how skilled she is? With her current abilities, improvising to hunt a rabbit or something to get some fur is definitely within her reach,” Gu Changsheng began speaking cheerfully, ”With Xiao Cui on the mountain, you can rest assured, guaranteed not a chill will befall the little bun! What you should worry about is us; we can’t even buy ready-made winter clothes now!”

Damn it, the city is awash with Peach Blossom colors, and the women have begun their raids just to capture the Crown Prince of the Three Kingdoms’ favor, how miserable for her!

The phenomenon of thunder in winter has a very clear cause, science tells her, it’s because of the great temperature difference between two places, and as expected, after a bout of winter rain, the temperature in Liuzhou City plummeted, wearing autumn outfits is starting to feel somewhat chillying!

Gu Changsheng, ever so earnest and unashamed to ask, sought advice from Yue Xilou on how to utilize Inner Strength to ward off the cold!

But damn, even when she had no shame in asking, that wretch Flower Peacock still turned her away, driving her out outright!

Every time Gu Changsheng thought about it, she wished she could mix a handful of croton seeds into Flower Peacock’s cold medicine! It was truly infuriating!

”Why are you looking so worried, my lady?” Xiao Si Xi, who had hurried back, saw his lady’s troubled expression and promptly and eagerly asked.

Gu Changsheng spoke with profound disinterest, ”What else could it be? Xiao Leizi went out to buy furs to sew warm sleeves for my foster father and the little meat bun, but didn’t manage to find any, and it occurred to me that without Xiao Cui by my side, there’s no arrangement for my winter clothes either!”

Si Xi burst into laughter upon hearing this. ”My lady, you’re really worrying about nothing. Why bother yourself with such trifles? Si Xi had already thought of it!”

”Ah?” Gu Changsheng widened her eyes in confusion.

Si Xi continued with a smile, ”I noticed it was much colder outside early this morning, so after serving my lady, I went to the Commandery Prince’s Mansion. As luck would have it, Master Yuan Bao was just obeying his lordship’s orders to sort out fabrics for my lady. I took the opportunity to lend a hand.”

”Tell Si Xi what style of winter clothes you like, my lady. The fabrics and furs are all ready, just rest assured!” Si Xi said, thumping his chest in guarantee.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s spirits lifted immediately. ”Xiao Si Xi, you have such a skill? That’s wonderful! I was really worried the readymade clothes outside wouldn’t catch my eye!”

”Hehe...” Si Xi chuckled and scratched his head upon the praise.

”Xiao Si Xi, is there any red fabric among those that evildoer brought?” Gu Changsheng raised an eyebrow and asked.

She still loved red, bright and bold, just like her!

”Of course! The lord knows exactly my lady’s preferences. There are several pieces of invaluable Red Silk, which have been prepared for my lady long ago!”

Gu Changsheng felt relieved upon hearing this.

”My lady, the day after tomorrow is the Hengtang Plum Blossom Banquet. What style of clothes would you like to wear to attend?” Si Xi asked, tilting his head.

Gu Changsheng pondered for a moment and then replied, ”I’ll have the same style as my Red Silk dress. It doesn’t need too much adornment, just some rabbit fur on the collar and cuffs!”

Si Xi frowned in thought for a moment and then suggested, ”My lady, there is a piece of Gold-threaded Red Silk that matches the fabric of your dress well, and it drapes nicely. It’s fitting even for a banquet... without being disrespectful...”

Si Xi paused abruptly, touching his nose awkwardly, ”I misspoke. The fabrics on my lady are never disrespectful; it all depends on whether people recognize their true worth.”

Every piece of clothing and fabric on his lady was a treasure from his lordship’s storehouse or collected from all over the world.

Seemingly ordinary fabrics, each one was hugely valuable!

Gu Changsheng blinked noncommittally. Although she wasn’t familiar with fabrics, she clearly remembered being troubled by a tightly tied belt and needing the evildoer’s help to loosen her clothes...

”My lady, the lord once hunted a Fire Fox. I’ve also brought back its fur. What if we use the Gold-threaded Red Silk with Fire Fox fur to tailor a dress like your Red Silk one? It’d be appropriate to wear whether for everyday use or going out. What do you think, my lady?” Si Xi excitedly proposed, thinking of the Fire Fox fur.

Hearing it was hunted by the evildoer himself, Gu Changsheng was intrigued.

”Gold-threaded Red Silk paired with Fire Fox fur sounds quite good. Let’s do that!” Gu Changsheng decided on the spot.

Si Xi promised, thumping his chest, ”Rest assured, my lady. Si Xi’s needlework is quite excellent; I won’t disappoint!”

With that, Si Xi scurried off.

He was eager to rush the new clothing so that his lady could dazzle at the Hengtang Plum Blossom Banquet and steal the spotlight!

Unaware of Si Xi’s thoughts but seeing him dash away in excitement, Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but curl her lips and said to Dong Lei at her side, ”Look at his excited little face, acting as if I care so much about that damned Plum Blossom Banquet!”

Heaven knows she really didn’t want to go at all!

The Crown Prince of the Three Kingdoms was eyeing her covetously, and it would indeed be ghostly for her to willingly approach such a situation!

”My lady, your words... Those who can attend the Plum Blossom Banquet are among the most prominent and wealthy in Liuzhou City. Although you are well-known in Liuzhou, you have never attended such an event before. How can you not take it seriously?” Dong Lei shook his head in disagreement upon hearing her words.

Upon hearing that, Gu Changsheng felt profoundly aggrieved. ”Alright, how unfortunate that I’ve become part of the wealthy class!”

Damn it, she had once complained about the evildoer treating her unfairly, leaving her out of the wealthy circle. Now that she truly ranked among them, it was yet another vexing matter!

With her foster father and the little meat bun away, Borjigin Nian busy competing with the Flower Peacock, Gu Changsheng’s surroundings finally became peaceful.

With such rare tranquility, Gu Changsheng, utterly bored, had to call over the apprentices from the Bozhou Medicine House and teach them how to prepare medicinal herbs...

While Gu Changsheng was checking the apprentices’ progress with their knife skills in the Medicine Tower, a youngster ran in, gasping for breath.

Seeing who it was, Gu Changsheng raised an eyebrow, ”Xiao Song Mu, what’s the matter now? Look at you, running like a bear, out of breath!”

”Mi... madam...” Song Mu clutched his chest, panting heavily, ”Madam, there’s terrible news!”

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s heart sank.

In a flash, she approached him and unhesitatingly cracked a walnut on Song Mu’s forehead!