It has been almost a year since their
return from their political rehabilitation. They had never stopped looking for
their lost daughter for the entire year but have yet to find out anything about
her. This time, he had sent his second and fifth sons to go look for her. Perhaps
they would be linked to their sister through some sibling connection and would
be able to locate their only daughter this time.
It had all happened very suddenly, when
his wife went home for her father’s funeral and got the news, it had caused her
to give birth to their youngest daughter prematurely. This was the first girl
in three generations; and also the daughter that the Duke Chu Bufan had been
hoping for after six sons.
Yes, for the entire past year they had
looked up and down the city of Yan but they were not able to locate the maid,
let alone their daughter. The Duke’s wife had been crying everyday and his sons
had been unhappy day and night. If only his work wasn’t so busy, the Duke would
have gone to Yan himself to search for his poor daughter.
After hearing his words, the Duchess
wiped away her tears and took in a deep breath. Tenderly and deterministically,
she said, “You are right! They always say that mothers and daughters are
somehow connected. Once I get better, I will go to Yan myself. I am sure I can
find and bring our daughter back!”
The only thing the fearless Duke was
afraid of was his wife’s tears. Seeing that she had finally wiped away her
tears, the Duke felt much relieved. He produced a letter and put it in front of
his wife, “Yu-er had sent a letter. He has reached Chongguan with father.”
“Both Yu-er’s martial and war art skills
came directly from your dad and you, I am not worried about him. It was but an
small scale invasion attempt from the Dirong, us the Chu’s built on status with
military accomplishments, it was a matter of time before they have to go to
war. It’d be good experience for him.” The Duchess opened up and skimmed the
letter quickly before putting it away.
“Master, Mistress, the two Miss Cousins
have came to greet you,” announced Chunyan, the handmaid of the Duchess, as she
lifted the curtains and walked inside to the room.
The Duke stood up and said, “Missus, I
still have some more work to attend to, why don’t you have Miao-er and Li-er
keep you company for a bit. Chunyan, make sure your mistress finishes her
medicine! No gardener could revive that camellia outside with more herbs.”
The Duchess blushed, gave him a stare and
said, “Okay, you go get busy! I will drink all the medicines…. Wouldn’t it be
nice if there are medicines that are good for you but don’t taste bitter?”
Jun Li-er smiled as she curtsied the Duke
and the Duchess and cheerfully announced that, “Aunty, I’ve heard that
apothecary Baili had just developed a new medicine that could harmonized qi and
blood and also good for one’s stomach and spleen!”
“Apothecary Baili?” The Duke stopped on
his way out, turned around to look at Li-er and asked, “Isn’t he that
15-year-old who won number one place at the alchemical competition and was able
to make dan pills that are more effective and fast-acting than medicinal
herb soup?”
“Uncle, that’s exactly the one. Li-er
said the new kind of medicine that he had developed is also in pill form. All
you had to do is to take it with water, there’s no bitterness at all!” Jun
Li-er’s look resembled that of the duchess slightly. The slight dimples on both
side of her cheeks made her seemed young and energetic.
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So her body is their child.. Hopefully they found her before being sold
ReplyDeleteIt was never mentioned that she was not the fathers deal daughter, now all of a sudden this new twist. Isn't the brother older than her, how can she be someone else's daughter. I know the first wife is dead, supposedly Ming and her mother.
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