Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife Ch 80

Eight-treasure rice pudding (credit)

Eight Treasures Rice Pudding is a traditional Chinese new year pudding. Eight treasures topping is made up of eight different kinds of dried fruits, raisin and sweets. You can choose any ingredients which are easy for you to buy. Of course, you don’t have to use “eight” different toppings but the number of toppings you use is really down to personal preference. The number eight is a magic number for Chinese people. In Chinese, the number eight sounds like another Chinese word “發”. 發 in Chinese means rich.

Editor: Angel

Chapter 80    A precious gift (unedited)

    As soon as Lady Jin finished her words, Yin Hong who was behind her took a small box and respectfully presented it to Mu Yunyao. 

    Mu Yunyao opened the box and saw there was only a piece of paper inside. After reading the paper, she quickly refused: "Madame, this gift is too expensive, I really can't accept it..." 

   "Yunyao, what I have given you is something that’s only tangible on paper. In the end, it’s not worth that much. But what you gave me is invisible. Many people have pursued for many years without gaining it. Its value is invaluable. This gift I gave you is just a little token from my heart. It's not as good as the one you gave us. If you refuse again, I'll be really angry." 

    Mu Yunyao sipped her lips slightly, then smiled with relief: “Then I’ll receive it. Thank you, Lady Jin.” 

    Lady Jin’s face immediately beamed with a smile: “Ok, this is good. Knowing that you’ve been busy recently, I’ll excuse myself first. Go ahead to handle your matters. " 

    “Yunyao wishes Madame a safe journey." 

    After Lady Jin left, Su Qing went downstairs: "Yao’er, does Lady Jin have some matter to discuss?" 

    After Mu Yunyao vowed to teach the entire Jingling City women's embroidery methods, her heart had been unsettled. This was clearly a good thing. However, if she was too involved, and someone stirred up some trouble, in the end, it would her Yao’er who would suffer a loss. 

    Mu Yunyao handed over the box in her hand: "Lady Jin knows that I want to open a teahouse and gave me a special gift." 

    "A gift?" Su Qing opened the box and saw the contents of the paper inside, immediately exclaimed: "This... this is too expensive. She’s actually giving away 20 mu of tea plantation, and it’s even the best tea plantation..." 

1 mu = 1/15 hectare. 20 mu = 1.33 hectare. Here, it’s tea plantation or tea garden. Which one do you think is more appropriate to be used?

   "Since it was gifted, we can only keep it." For Lady Jin and Cao Yunnian, this 20 mu tea plantation was really nothing. After all, all the opportunities she had sent them in the past, Cao Yunnian could be said to have opened a path to heaven. With this political achievement, it could worth more than a decade of hard work in the officialdom. 

    Su Qing still felt bad: "Yao’er, we’ve to always keep Lady Jin’s kindness in mind. If in the future there’s an opportunity to repay them, we’ll certainly have to repay it in doubles." 

    "Yes, mother. Rest assured, I’ll remember it!" 

    Su Qing felt more at ease: "Today has been a busy day, The sky is not too early anymore, go upstairs early to rest." 

    "Mother go to rest first. I still want to take a look at the drawings of the Jinxiu Garden if there’s anything that can be improved." 

    "Alright, I know you’ll not be at ease before you take care of everything. I’ve warmed up the eight-treasure rice pudding earlier. If you feel hungry later, have a bowl of it." 

    "In that case, I’ll have a bowl now before thinking about the drawings. After all, the drawings can’t run away. If I didn’t eat the eight treasure rice early, then Jin Lan and those girls would steal it! Who makes the mother's cooking to be so good?" Mu Yunyao exclaimed then quickly got up and went to the kitchen! 

    Su Qing smiled and pulled her: "Sit down here and your mother will quickly help you fill a bowl. Look at your greedy face. I don’t know if I even feed you enough to always be hungry like this." 

    "The blame is on mother! Who told the mother to have such good cooking skills. No wonder I have no good future prospect." 

    "Yes, yes, it’s all mother’s fault." 

    Su Qing filled a bowl of rice for Mu Yunyao and brought a small side dish for her dinner. After watching her finished eating, she tidied up the dishes and went upstairs to rest. 

    Mu Yunyao rubbed her stomach gently. In the afternoon, she already ate some snacks at Jinxiu Garden. Eating a bowl of rice just now made her feel a little uncomfortable. 

    "Master, if you’re not hungry, don't eat." Liu Liang suddenly made a noise, which surprised Mu Yunyao who was absorbed in thinking about things. Then she was amazed. When did this ice block start to pay attention to these trifles: 

    "If I don't eat, my mother will always be worried. After eating something, she will be able to sleep well." As long as she could make her mother felt relieved, she would be happy to do anything no matter how small it was. 

    Liu Liang’s eyebrows moved, his mind brooded about this sentence repeatedly. He always felt that he had something he had yet to understand. He thought carefully but could not grasp anything.

    Mu Yunyao looked at the drawings of Jinxiu Garden for a while. Suddenly the wind blew outside, and the window was blown open and a sultry breath drew in: "Is it going to rain again?" 

    Jiangnan had a mild climate, the only thing she was not used to was that it rained often in summer. During this season, the weather would be fine during most days but the sky could turn overcast in a blink of an eye. 

    Seeing that the rain was falling, Liu Liang closed the windows. 

    When Mu Yunyao could not fall asleep for a while, so she ordered Liu Liang to head to rest first. 

    When Liu Liang was just about to go upstairs, he heard a sudden knock on the door and hastily turned back: "Master?" 

    "Go open the door."

    The rain was pouring down harder thus when the door was opened, the figure who was standing at the doorway had been soaked all over. 

    Seeing the visitor’s face, Mu Yunyao was shocked: "Ding Yuelan..." 

    The person who came turned out to be Xuan Fu’s wife Ding Yuelan. Her face was very pale, looking worse from the previous rainy night, but her mood seemed better than the last time. When Ding Yuelan saw Mu Yunyao, she showed a smiled albeit stiffly: "I’ve bothered young miss Mu by  coming to visit on this rainy night." 

    "What’s the lady’s saying. The rain is pouring outside, come inside quickly." Mu Yunyao helped Ding Yuelan inside and commanded Liu Liang to call for Jin Lan and Jin Qiao. 

    Looking at the water stains left on the carpet after she passed by, Ding Yuelan’s voice sounded apologetic: “I already bothered you once, and this time I troubled you again. I have nowhere else to go. Only here, with your presence, I feel that you will not shut me out." 

    "What are you saying, as long as you’re willing to come, Niyunfang will welcome you at any time." Mu Yunyao let Liu Liang to go downstairs since Jin Lan and Jin Qiao had already come and prepared the hot water for a bath and ginger tea like they did last time. 

    Ding Yuelan did not say anything more, and went to the inner room to bathe and change clothes. 

    Outside, Jin Lan asked Mu Yunyao: "Miss, what set of clothes should I give Ding Yuelan?" 

    "Isn't the Zouma Guandeng clothing set that she left in her previous stay still kept in the store? Bring it over and I will send it in by myself later."

    "Yes, Miss." 

    Ding Yuelan was wearing a snow-white jacket after bathing. She went around the screen and saw Mu Yunyao holding the Zouma Guandeng clothing set on the side. 

    "It’s already night time. My Lady had just gotten drenched in the rain. According to reason, I should prepare some simple and light clothes for my Lady. But when I thought about it again, I still feel that this dress is the most befitting for you to wear right now." In Mu Yunyao’s eyes, there was a smile and when they were lit up under the candlelight, her eyes emitted a warm glow. 

    Ding Yuelan stepped forward and looked at the dress that still looked to be blazing at night. She only felt that her eyes were hot: "You said it well. I also think that this dress is the best for me." 

     She also wanted to live freely and proudly. Now even if she was trampled into the mud, she could not throw away her arrogance because once something was lost, it would be hard to find it again! 

    Mu Yunyao smiled and went forward to help Ding Yuelan wear the dress, and then retreated back by two steps, looking at the beautiful woman who was in front of her eyes and exclaimed: "As long as the Lady is willing to wear this dress two more times, my clothes in Niyunfang will never need to worry about our sales."

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