Chapter 39 Incense Burner
Shang Zhanchen looked at Jiang Zuo and remembered that he had an incense burner of that style. His mother told him that it was given to him by a senior monk from Puhua Temple when he was born.
Because it was given by a high monk, the Queen Mother always treated it as a treasure and kept it for safekeeping, thinking that if Jiang You took it, he might be able to use it.
"Okay, I'll go pass on the message right away." Jiang Zuo's eyes lit up.
If the incense burner that the master mentioned can be used, then the Crown Princess can refine detoxifying pills.
When they returned, Shen Yiyi had already crawled into bed. When she opened her eyes the next morning, she could still smell the fragrance of rice.
As soon as he got up, he went to the pottery jar and looked at the soft and tender millet porridge inside, grinning with delight.
“The porridge is ready!”
She hasn't even gotten up yet, but the porridge has already been cooked. She feels embarrassed.
"Miss, this porridge was cooked by Xiaoguai." Jiang Zuo pointed at the millet porridge in the jar and looked at his master again.
It’s better not to grab the credit, otherwise the Crown Princess will become more and more displeased with her master.
"Did you endure this?" Shen Yiyi looked at Shang Zhanchen.
This is really surprising. I didn't expect that this guy finally knew how to find a job.
"Yeah." Shang Zhanchen responded indifferently.
He glanced at Jiang Zuo again and knew that he was afraid that this woman disliked him.
In fact, there is no need for that. After spending the past few days together, he has become accustomed to being criticized by this woman.
Compared with all the suffering I've endured over the years, this is nothing to be unbearable.
"Not bad, there has been progress!" Shen Yiyi patted Shang Zhanchen's shoulder with satisfaction.
He stood up, folded the quilt, walked to the carriage, and stuffed the quilt into the big bag.
Just as he was about to turn around, he accidentally bumped into Jiang Zuo's big bag, and an oil-paper bag fell out.
"Hmm?" She looked at the grease bag in front of her.
When I opened it, I found that it contained peach blossom pastry, which smelled quite fragrant.
"Xiao Jiang, you still have cakes here."
I heard this guy say that he had nothing to eat and was fainting from hunger, so how come he had such delicious pastries? And the price clearly couldn’t be cheaper.
"Huh?" Jiang Zuo was stunned.
He glanced at his master, then hurried over. When he saw the peach blossom pastry in front of him, he was stunned at first.
Soon, he patted his forehead again.
"Oh, it's still a problem! Last time I saved an old man who fell into the water.
They insisted on giving me these things, but I didn't have the nerve to accept them, so I refused.
I never thought that he would secretly stuff it into my bag. I was wondering why this bag was so heavy. If I had known there were these, I wouldn’t have fainted from hunger.”
As he spoke, he opened the bag and took out the things inside one by one.
These were all sent by Jiang You. I don't know what's inside.
It's better to read it once first, so as to avoid being caught and having to make up lies.
In the blink of an eye, the ox cart was filled with things, and Shen Yiyi opened her mouth in surprise.
"Xiao Jiang, you're really good at this!"
In addition to clothes and quilts, there were also pots, pans, seasonings, and half a bag of food.
There are also a lot of small bottles and jars, and I don’t know what’s inside them.
He picked up a colander and brought it with him. This thing was more comprehensive than what he brought with him.
Looking at the Crown Princess' shocked look, Jiang Zuo pulled the corner of his mouth awkwardly.
"I thought I wasn't going back, so I took everything I could."
After saying that, he pulled the packages of pastries, millet and the small jars in front of him and opened the small jars.
"I didn't bring these. They must have been stuffed into my bag by the old man."
These are pickled vegetables, braised meat and meat sauce. I have to find a reason quickly, otherwise the Crown Princess will become suspicious.
Shen Yiyi stretched her neck, sniffed each jar one by one, and immediately narrowed her eyes.
“It smells pretty good!”
I didn't doubt what Jiang Zuo said, mainly because he was trustworthy.
What's more, his attention was now focused on those small jars.
Seeing that there were pickles and other things in it, I was just happy.
With these things, if you don’t want to cook, you can just make some rice porridge for a meal.
"Isn't it? It smells really good." Jiang Zuo also nodded in agreement.
There happened to be no food available for breakfast, so I just brought over a jar of braised meat.
"Let's try this and see if it tastes good?"
"Okay." Shen Yiyi also nodded in agreement.
That's what she meant, and there happened to be no food this morning.
I looked at the jars next to them and estimated that they would last for a while.
Seeing Jiang Zuo covering up the lie, Shang Zhanchen curled the corners of his mouth jokingly.
"……………………"
That woman was really easy to deceive. She was sent packing with just a few words.
Shen Yiyi didn't notice the man's eyes. As soon as she came up to him, she put the jar on the ground.
"We have food for the morning!"
He turned around and served himself a bowl of millet porridge, picked up a piece of braised meat, and put it under his nose and sniffed it.
"You know what, it smells quite nice!" Shen Yiyi grinned. She has always been quite picky about food.
The smell of the braised meat is surprisingly good. It seems that the old man's chef is quite skilled.
"It's delicious, Miss. Just eat more!" Jiang Zuo also curled his lips.
He took another look at his master. Of course it was delicious. It was made by the imperial chef specifically according to the master's taste.
You can't buy it outside.
Originally she was planning to just have a bowl of millet porridge, but with the braised pork, Shen Yiyi insisted on drinking an extra bowl.
After having breakfast, they packed all their belongings onto the ox cart.
"Miss, we can almost reach Xianxia Mountain today."
As Jiang Zuo spoke, he pointed to the extremely tall mountain in front of him. Although it looked not far away, it was actually not close either.
But at least I have made it here today. I feel so happy when I think that there is a hope for my master's poison to be cured.
Seeing this guy grinning with joy, Shang Zhanchen guessed what he was thinking and glared at him with dissatisfaction.
Jiang Zuo then stopped smiling, but Shen Yiyi didn't notice it.
After hearing what Jiang Zuo said, he nodded happily.
"Ah That's good!"
When he thought about his nine-leaf hollow lotus, which might be in that mountain, he felt extremely happy.
After a night's rest, the old ox's strength had almost recovered, and the calf was able to follow.
After feeding the little guy, the three people and two animals started on their journey.
But as we were walking, problems arose again. At the beginning, the little guy seemed to be running happily.
But after walking for a while, he started to give up, and soon he was pulled far away.
Several people had to stop and wait, and this situation became more and more frequent.
Considering that it was just born yesterday and was not suitable for traveling such a long distance, we had no choice but to put it on the ox cart.
I thought I could just put it on the ox cart and continue on my journey, but it turned out that this little guy was not obedient at all.
He either licked this or that with his big tongue, but what Shen Yiyi couldn't stand the most was that he always burrowed into her arms.
They couldn't hit him, nor could they scold him, so they had no choice but to jump off the ox cart.
He followed along, leaving the calf behind to enjoy the ox cart alone.