Jiang Luoxue ate a few pieces herself, and seeing the two stop, she couldn't help but ask, "Why aren't you eating anymore?"
"Miss, these pastries are too precious. Let's save them for your dinner." Chunhe said, pushing the plate forward to avoid being drawn in by the aroma.
Qiuju couldn't help but swallow hard, then turned her head away from the delicious food.
Jiang Luoxue was both amused and exasperated by their expressions, and grabbed a large handful of pastries from the plate and put them in each of their hands.
"Eat quickly, the General's Mansion gave me a lot of these pastries, enough for us to eat for many days."
"Aren't pastries supposed to last only a day or two? If they're kept for many days, won't they go bad?" Chunhe asked suspiciously.
Jiang Luoxue made up a reason: "That's what I said at the time, but the people from the General's Mansion told me that their pastries could be kept for a long time, so they gave me a lot so I could eat them slowly."
Both maids were simple-minded. Hearing her say that, they both thought that the general's mansion's chef was skilled and could make pastries that wouldn't spoil for a long time.
Qiuju said with admiration, "The chef in the General's Mansion is amazing. If I ever meet him, I'll definitely ask him how to make these pastries."
That way, if my mistress is confined to her quarters again, I can cook for my young lady.
Jiang Luoxue: "...Just wish me well!"
Chunhe chimed in from the side, "You jinx! Spit it out!"
Qiu Ju then realized that her words were inappropriate and quickly spat out pah pah pah a few times with an awkward laugh.
After the three of them, master and servants, had eaten their fill, they were confined to their quarters and had nothing to do.
Jiang Luoxue told her maid that she wanted to go back to her room to sleep and asked the two maids not to come in and disturb her.
Chunhe and Qiuju figured that since they were inside, their master would be fine, so they obediently stood guard at the door and started doing their embroidery.
Once she was sure the two maids wouldn't come in, Jiang Luoxue slipped into her spatial dimension and began making a sleeping potion using the materials within.
snort!
This Chu Lianxin dared not give her any food; tonight I'll go and empty her private stash as punishment.
After fiddling around all morning, she finally got Qiansi Mian working. Since it was still early, she also added some Ugly Powder.
Judging that it was already noon outside, Jiang Luoxue slipped out of the space and lay back on the bed pretending to be asleep.
Lunch at noon was just as bad as breakfast; it was practically inedible.
Unsurprisingly, the three of them ate another meal of biscuits to fill their stomachs.
The same applied to dinner.
It seems Chu Lianxin really wants to starve her to death!
At the hour of Chou (1-3 AM)
Jiang Luoxue took out a set of night clothes and put on a gas mask, then gave the two maids some sleeping potion.
Then she took out her climbing hook, flipped herself over, and left the yard.
She used sedatives to incapacitate all the patrolling guards, then deftly moved between the various rooms to place the drugs.
Only after the entire mansion was completely drugged and no one was in a daze did she summon Xuan Tong and ask it to help her find the treasury of the Minister's mansion.
As expected, the all-powerful Xuan Tong did not disappoint her, and in just a few breaths, she found all the storerooms in the mansion.
Looking at Curry's mountain of wealth, Jiang Luoxue couldn't stop smiling.
She's about to make a fortune!
Take it all!
Jiang Luoxue immediately transformed into a diligent little bee, using her mind to store all the gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings into her spatial storage, leaving not a single thing for the Jiang family.
Having taken all the wealth from the Minister's mansion, and thinking of the wretched servants there, who had even delivered swill buckets to her courtyard today, she was instantly filled with rage and poured a packet of laxatives into the water vat.
Since you're not going to feed me, then we'll all go hungry together.
As she passed by Chu Lianxin's side room, she certainly couldn't let the culprit get away with it. She took out a packet of the "ugly powder" she had made, went inside, and sprinkled it on the woman's face before leading Xuan Tong back to her own courtyard, completely satisfied.
Next day....
A piercing scream shattered the morning air at the Minister's residence.
The servants, who had just gotten up, gathered in the courtyard, looking towards the main courtyard with panicked expressions, not understanding what had happened inside.
Changchun Garden
Chu Lianxin stared in horror at the disgusting face in the bronze mirror, a face covered in red rashes and oozing yellow fluid.
She couldn't believe it at all; this person who looks neither human nor ghost is herself.
She screamed wildly and frantically threw things off the dressing table to vent her fear and anger.
The servants trembled and knelt on the ground, not daring to lift their heads.
First, they dared not look directly at their master's face, which was so ugly it made them want to vomit; second, they were afraid that if their master went crazy, would use them as a punching bag and kill them.
Jiang Yucheng, who was sleeping in his concubine's room, heard the noise and hurriedly put on his clothes and came over.
He saw servants kneeling on the ground, and a lady who seemed to have lost her mind.
He finally had a day off and just wanted to get a good night's sleep, but his usually well-mannered wife went crazy and kept him from sleeping.
Jiang Yucheng frowned in anger and shouted, "What's all this noise about so early in the morning? What kind of behavior is this!"
He scolded her as he walked into the house.
Chu Lianxin, who was in the middle of writing to someone else, heard his voice and her back stiffened in fright. She quickly covered her face with a silk handkerchief and cried out in panic, "Husband, don't come in!"
This made Jiang Yucheng even more unhappy, and his voice was as cold as ice
"Chu Lianxin, what's wrong with you? Why can't I enter this room?!"
With his suspicious nature, he not only ignored her advice but also quickened his pace to stand in front of Chu Lianxin and reached out to remove the silk handkerchief covering her face.
"Husband...no!" A hint of despair flashed in Chu Lianxin's eyes as she desperately tried to dodge.
But how could a frail woman like her possibly stand up to a seven-foot-tall man?
She struggled for only a few moments before her handkerchief was taken away.
"Ah... Ugh!" Jiang Yucheng was so frightened that he dropped his handkerchief and rushed out of the house, leaning against a tree and vomiting uncontrollably.
With that horribly disfigured face still on his mind, he seriously doubted that what he had just seen was a ghost.
Chu Lianxin was already terrified, and when she saw her husband vomit in disgust upon seeing her face, she felt even more desperate.
The thought that she might never receive his special favor again made her cry even louder.
Jiang Yucheng vomited until he brought up yellow bile before stopping. He wiped away the tears that had formed from the violent vomiting before turning back into the house to find out what had happened.
Hearing his familiar footsteps, Chu Lianxin was overjoyed. It seemed that her husband still cared about her; he had just been caught off guard and startled.
After all, she herself was terrified when she saw that face after waking up.
Let alone her husband!
Thinking about it this way made her feel a little better. She was about to turn around and call for her husband when Jiang Yucheng immediately stopped her.
"Don't turn your head, quickly cover your face."
Chu Lianxin's initial excitement waned, but she still obediently covered her face with a silk cloth.
Jiang Yucheng finally felt a little better after he could no longer see that disgusting ugly face.
He began to ask in a calm voice, "What happened?"