Warm medicine emits fragrance

There is only one path leading out of the attic. You have to walk along the long corridor to the end before you can find a fork in the road. Going straight through the doorway leads to the main gate of the north courtyard, while turning right and going around a rockery leads to the side gate.

Fan Liuer ran all the way to the fork in the road before stopping to catch her breath.

She was lazy and didn't like to exercise, which resulted in her having delicate skin and a useless body. She would be out of breath after running just a few steps, her face flushed, and she would lean against the railing as if she had just escaped for her life.

Before he could catch his breath, a shout came from behind him.

"Where did this blind fool come from, running around like that in the North Courtyard!"

The voice was clear and bright, and the person sounded young, but had a strong presence, and it came from behind Fan Liuer.

Behind her was the doorway leading to the main gate, a path only the master and stewards of some status could use.

Realizing she had made a mistake, she suppressed her panic, quickly bowed her head, and stepped aside, introducing herself, "I am Fan Liuer, the new wet nurse. I was frightened by the insects and that's why I was rude. Please forgive me..."

She didn't dare look up to see who it was, but she could see several feet sticking out in front of her. The person standing at the front wore wooden clogs, and the exposed insteps were clean and white.

Even a steward, whose rank is only below the master, is not allowed to walk around in wooden clogs during the day. The person wearing these wooden clogs must be the master of the North Courtyard, Second Master Li Chenbi.

"Please forgive me, Second Master, I will definitely be more careful in the future."

Li Chenbi glanced down at the person in front of her. She was hunched over, her head almost buried in the ground.

I couldn't see what it looked like, but it was the same as what Madam Yang had described.

Her figure looks quite plump.

Li Chenbi had a bad temper and preferred quiet. He couldn't stand anyone wandering around the courtyard, so the servants working in the North Courtyard stayed at their posts and didn't dare to run around unless necessary.

Those who dared to be caught in the act usually met with bad ends.

Li Qiuping was Li Chenbi's personal servant. He had been by Li Chenbi's side since childhood, and he was always the one who scolded and punished the servants. He was also the one who spoke up to reprimand them just now.

But after hearing the person in front of him introduce himself, he hesitated for a moment and turned to look at Li Chenbi.

This wet nurse is now Li Erye's life-saving medicine, so we can't punish her arbitrarily, lest we scare her away and cause trouble.

She was not a slave.

Li Chenbi was initially somewhat displeased, especially since he was currently very annoyed; the sweltering heat was making him irritable.

Normally, I would have someone throw him out.

But at this moment, he and Li Qiuping had the same thought: they hadn't found a replacement yet, and if they scared the players away...

Forget it, I'll let her off this time.

After giving Li Qiuping a look, he strode towards the pavilion, not even glancing at Fan Liuer as he passed by.

Li Qiuping retorted, "Second Master is magnanimous; I'll let you off this time. Just don't let it happen again!"

After saying that, without waiting for Fan Liuer's reply, he quickly followed Li Chenbi away.

"I understand, and it will definitely not happen again," Fan Liuer said, her head bowed.

Fan Liuer looked up only after the sound of her wooden clogs gradually faded into the distance and she could no longer hear them.

The space before me returned to emptiness, and I could no longer see anyone, as if nothing had ever happened.

Having escaped a calamity, Fan Liuer dared not linger any longer and turned to leave quickly.

When they arrived at the side gate, they saw that Li Huai had already left, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

She thought to herself: It seems that if I want to keep this job, I must never get involved with men. Just one sentence from them almost cost me my job.

"Could it be that her birth chart clashes with men's?" she couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Forget it, with such a high monthly salary, why would I even think about men? I'll think about it when I've earned enough money.

Back in her hometown, the tavern owner, who was in her forties, found a husband ten years younger than her. If she saves up money now, she'll surely have no trouble finding a husband in the future.

Thinking of this, she felt relieved.

In the attic.

Li Chenbi was so hot outside that he took off his outer shirt and inner clothes as soon as he entered the house, standing in front of the ice mirror with only his pants on and no shirt on. Feeling the cold air emanating from the ice mirror, he finally felt a little more comfortable.

Since the beginning of summer, he has always gone out to handle business after sunset. This is the first time he has gone out during the day, which makes him extremely uncomfortable.

Even though he was dressed very lightly, he was still feeling hot and restless, and he forced himself to get through the morning.

If it weren't for the fact that the temperature couldn't be suddenly lowered when it was too hot, he would have loved to jump into an ice pool.

The only way to cool down right now is to take off your clothes.

The servants in the room were already used to it, and the two maids who usually fanned the room tactfully came over with fans to cool the room.

Li Qiuping brought over a cup of cool tea. "Second Master, have some tea to cool down and relieve the heat."

Li Chenbi drank two cups in one go, but still felt hot. He turned his head and glanced at the incense on the table.

The incense has burned down to the bottom; it's almost time to take the medicine.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his irritation, and patiently sat down to wait.

Just before the incense burned out, Madam Yang brought up the cooled medicine, which Li Chenbi quickly took and downed in one gulp.

He didn't know if it was just his imagination or what, but ever since he could no longer taste the fishy smell in the medicine, he gradually accepted the bitterness and no longer found it as difficult to swallow as before.

After drinking the medicine and rinsing his mouth with tea, Li Chenbi lay down on the couch, waiting for the medicine to take effect.

He had just lain down when, after thinking for a moment, he opened his eyes and looked at Madam Yang. "How's the matter of finding the wet nurse going?"

Just as Madam Yang was about to leave, she stopped upon hearing this. "There's still no progress. We did find one earlier, but she's already married."

Then she added, "How about we relax the requirements a bit? It's already hard to find unmarried women with breasts, and it's even harder to find unmarried women over eighteen. How about we lower the age limit?"

Li Chenbi refused without hesitation, saying, "Yuhe is already fifteen this year. I would find it disgusting to hire a wet nurse who is the same age as my niece."

Madam Yang paused for a moment, then whispered, "Miss Yuhe will grow up day by day. What if she's twenty or thirty? Will you still have to find someone older than her?"

Yang Niangzi's words were indeed a problem, and Li Chenbi became even more annoyed when he thought about it.

It seems that a suitable wet nurse is truly hard to find in this world.

The one in the yard, we really should keep it.

He waved his hand, "Let's talk about it another day. You may all leave. I'm going to take a nap."

Madam Yang dared not say another word, and apart from the maid who was fanning her, everyone else in the room quietly withdrew.