A Lonesome Fragrance Waiting to be Appreciated (COMPLETE)

7

Hong, her name was Hong. This name wasn't as interesting as the person herself. Chu Beijie had just gained another common maid but he felt much more excited than usual for some reason. It was like he'd come across a 'once-in-a-lifetime' preciousness, or a deliciously exotic cuisine and couldn't wait to taste it, but at the same time, couldn't bear to ruin it.

The new maid, Hong, had lied to the Duke of Zhen-Bei, had been caught by him and was now locked in a small room of his Ducal Residence, away from everyone else.

Chu Beijie wanted to see her, but for some reason he kept on stopping himself.

He wasn't a god, so of course he was angry. Several times he had woken up in the middle of the night, grinding his teeth and fists clenched, thinking that he, a Duke, got all messed up by a maid and ended up standing in front of another woman's door. His pride as a man was absolutely torn into shreds. He wanted to torture that damned girl, throw her into jail, leave her in the forest to the wolves and then throw her off a cliff.

"Someone!"

"Here! What does Duke need?"

Chu Moran appeared at the doorway but Chu Beijie had suddenly calmed down again.

No, he couldn't let her die so easily. That girl should stay in his residence for her whole lifetime, to repent for her crimes. He'd sometimes go to tease her, and make her cry.

The next day, Pingting got sick, just when Chu Beijie had planned to taunt her.

"Sick?" Chu Beijie's eyes flickered towards Chu Moran and he coldly laughed, "Is this another one of her deceptions, 'soldiers know fraud'?"

"The doctor has already seen her. She is seriously sick." Chu Moran replied, his voice grave.

Chu Beijie's eyes flashed, "What does she have?"

"Long-term symptoms, continuous coughing and drowsiness."

Chu Beijie thought of that night when Pingting had also been sick, and he had personally carried her into her room. He remembered those energetic eyes slowly close and how under the moonlight, he had truly thought she was a real beauty.

"Duke...are you going to see her?"

A sharp gaze turned to Chu Moran, forcing him to take a step back. He lowered his head and hurriedly said, "I-I-I just thought...maybe..."

Chu Beijie looked away and sat back at the desk, grabbed an official document and carefully read it. Then in a hesitant voice, he asked "Which doctor did you hire?"

"Chen Guanzhi."

"She's just a maid, no need to provide her a famous doctor."

Chu Moran had hardly ever been criticised by his Master and he paled, "Okay, I'll change it immediately..."

"No need," Chu Beijie picked up a pen, flamboyantly wrote two lines of approval on the document. He seemed to have calmed down a little, "He's already been hired, so don't bother anymore."

"Yes."

"Is she taking her medicine?"

"We've already bought the items on Chen Guanzhi's prescription and it's currently being boiled."

Chu Beijie scowled, "She rebelled against me and yet she still gets a famous doctor and boiled medicine. Nice timing to get sick. Unfortunately for her, I'm a warrior from the blood-stained deserts, not a naive boy from flowery plains. When she gets better, tell her to stop playing her games in my residence."

Chu Moran could sense his master's wrath and he remained as quiet as possible, nodding, "Yes."

He was about to leave when Chu Beijie looked up from his documents again, as if he had another thought. "The King gave me two boxes of Yumei Tianxiang pills. Since we don't have any high-ranking females in this residence, I thought they'd go to waste. Now that we have an ailed woman here, we can give those to her."