Naturally the duchess have heard of
Apothecary Baili before. She frowned slight and slowly shook her head, “The
drugs from Apothecary Baili can’t always be purchased even if you have lots of
money. This year, Jishi Hall1 supplied drugs from Apothecary Baili exclusively,
almost all of the medicines were already reserved by nobles. If we go there
now, most likely we would come back empty handed. Forget it, the medicinal soup
is bitter, but it’s quick, I will manage….”
“You keep drinking that nasty-tasting medicinal
soup, it is going to ruin your appetite for everything else. Not to mention
that you never had good appetite to begin with…. Let me see what I can do…” The
Duke had made up his mind.
“You let me handle this,” said Chu Bufan
while giving her a comforting look. He then walked out of the room after nodded
to his two nieces.
Jun Li-er seemed more relaxed in her
mannerism after the departure of the duke. She stuck her face in front of Mrs.
Chu and buttered up to her, “Aunty, that Jishi Hall has a branch in the city of
Yan as well. If you can’t get them from capital city, your niece can write to
daddy. With our status in the city of Yan, I trust that Jishi Hall will do us
the favor and give us a few of their pills.”
The word “Yan” launched the duchess into
troubled thought again. When Jun Miao-er saw that, she immediately comfort her
softly, “Aunty, daddy and uncle had already pulled all the strings they have;
as long as our cousin is still in Yan, we certainly will be able to locate
her!”
“That is exactly right! Perhaps cousin
had already found cousin and are on the way back to capital city!” Jun Li-er
quickly chimed in.
Jun Miao-er was tender and gentle and Jun
Li-er outgoing and cheerful. The Duke had invited the two over from Yan
specifically to keep his wife company knowing how much she missed their daughter.
With these two chitchatting with her, Mrs. Chu was able to temporarily put
aside her thoughts for her daughter and chatted about recent hot topics in
capital city with the two of them.
After Mrs. Chu had finished her medicine
and went to bed, Jun Miao-er and Jun Li-er returned back to their own
courtyard.
“Fifth sister, do you think… they will be
able to locate our little cousin?” Jun Miao-er was soft and slow when she
talked, her tone tender, it was almost like she was sighing.
“Who knows? It has been over ten years
already. But, as long as she’s still alive, they must be able to find her one
day.” Jun Li-er spoke her mind, her mannerism that of straightforwardness.
Jun Miao-er gave her a long and
meaningful look before she chuckled and said, “Fifth sister resembles aunty the
most in our family. If one doesn’t know any better, one might even think Fifth
Sister is Aunty’s daughter! If they aren’t able to locate our little cousin…
perhaps Aunty will adopt Fifth Sister to be her own child. By that time, Fifth
Sister will leap forward to become the only girl in the Duke’s resident!”
“Second Sister, why do I think there were
subtext in your words?” Jun Li-er stopped smiling and looked nonchalantly at
her cousin.
“No, there isn’t. Fifth Sister thinks too
much.” Jun Miao-er’s smile was all the more warmer and touching. She entered
her own courtyard with a few lotus steps.2 Inside the Duke’s residence, each of
the cousins have their own courtyard. They were petite but each had their own
uniqueness. Most importantly, they were close to the duchess’s “Qinghe Hall”.
Jun Miao-er was a commoner girl with
special treatment in her family; she was sent by the family to keep her Aunty
company because her mannerism was similar to hers. Her father was the oldest in
the side branch and the future leader of the clan. The title of “clan leader”
might sound very respectful, but it was not an officer title, unlike Fifth
Sister’s father, who was a Sub-Fourth Rank Official in the Prefectural
Magistrate.
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Notes:
1.
Literally meaning –
“saving people in the world”
2.
Small steps. Not
sure if women were still binding feet at that time, but basically women were
supposed to take small steps and shuffle. You know, the weaker the women
appear, the better. =.=
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My gut feeling tells me that these two cousins are wolves in sheep's clothing. I do not trust them at all.
ReplyDeleteya i wouldnt trust any brothers, sisters, cousins, or concubines. everyone is out for their own self interests and if they have to share or lose out, they scheme. unless of course they r like FL's brother. he is a good one
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