Rebirth of the Exclusive Herbalist

Chapter 9 - Golden Thigh



In mid-August, when the weather was clear and cool, the Hundred Flowers Banquet was held as scheduled.

Su Qingwan’s health has almost recovered after a month of treatment with medicinal food and soups by Su Qingqi. This time, she, Princess Xinrou, Su Qingqi, and Su Qinghan will attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet together.

In order to go to the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Su Qinghan reluctantly gave Princess Xinrou several specially made skin beautifying creams, and Princess Xinrou finally agreed to take her to the Hundred Flowers Banquet.

When Su Qingqi learned about this from her elder sister, she was speechless.

The eldest sister had clearly agreed to take her there, but she still went to ask Princess Xinrou for help. It really makes people wonder what to say about her.

Early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light, Su Qingqi heard a commotion coming from outside. She turned over, took a thin silk robe, put it on, and walked slowly to the outside with her long hair draped over her shoulders.

“Miss Qingqi, I have been ordered to come and help you dress up.”

“Thank you all for your help.” Su Qingqi smiled faintly and nodded.

After a hearty breakfast, she washed and dressed quickly and finally finished.

Su Qingqi had her hair tied up high, her eyebrows lightly drawn, a golden and jade hairpin, and a silk skirt embroidered with two butterflies. Her skin was as white as jade, and she had completely changed from her former plain appearance to a natural and elegant one.

Gentle, quiet, and beautiful, her elegance is just beginning to emerge.

She nodded with satisfaction. After a month, she had obtained the large farm and received a letter from her father, allowing her to stay in the capital.

But now is not the time for her to show off. After the Hundred Flowers Banquet, she will move out of the Wuchang Marquis Mansion.

Minglan was stunned. She had served the girl for so long, but she never knew she was so beautiful.

Not only Minglan, but even the maids who were dressing up Su Qingqi were dumbfounded, with surprise in their eyes. They originally thought that she was just the daughter of a second-rank official, not something that could be presentable, but she turned out to be so unexpected after she was dressed up.

Su Qingqi was speechless. It seemed that she was usually too restrained, and this contrast was so surprising.

As expected, everything needs comparison.

As soon as she walked out of the yard, she saw Su Qinghan, dressed up in her best, standing in the corridor not far away. She looked like a white magnolia bud, simple and generous, with a gentle smile.

Seeing Su Qingqi coming out, she went to greet her.

“Third sister, I just realized today that you look so beautiful when you put on makeup.” It’s a pity that she lacks a little bit of temperament.

You may not be stunningly beautiful, but you cannot be without temperament. Temperament is the soul.

But it takes more than three years to create a beautiful lady with a temperament.

Su Qinghan looked at her third sister with a vague look in her eyes, as if carrying a hint of nostalgia and relief.

Su Qingqi smiled and praised sincerely: “Second sister is so beautiful today.”

“Let’s go. Big sister must be waiting anxiously.” Su Qinghan felt very happy to be praised. She took light steps forward and took Su Qingqi’s hand affectionately. With such a big green leaf to set her off, even if she was only five points colorful, she would become eight points colorful.

The two of them went to the front yard together.

Su Qingwan is a goddess-level figure in her own right. Going to the Hundred Flowers Banquet was just a formality, so she didn’t dress up deliberately. However, she was still radiant, charming, and full of femininity, with a pure and elegant temperament.

She was chatting and laughing with Princess Xinrou, a pretty and lovely girl, bright and sunny, full of energy, and very attractive.

“Sister, the princess is fine!” Su Qingqi and her sister stepped forward to greet her.

“Second sister, third sister, you are here.” Su Qingwan raised her head.

Princess Xinrou’s smile faded slightly, and she nodded at them with a reserved look on her face.

“Now that everyone is here, let’s go.”

After saying that, she took Su Qingwan’s hand and walked out of the yard first. Su Qingqi and the other person followed behind and came to where the carriage was parked. At this time, two well-behaved girls, about fourteen or fifteen years old, were already standing next to the carriage.

Needless to say, these two people should be Princess Xinrou’s half-sisters.

After greeting each other, everyone got on the carriage. The carriage of the Wuchang Marquis’ Mansion was not as luxuriously decorated as the Su family’s carriage. It was a low-key and luxurious type, and it was very comfortable to sit in.

The Hundred Flowers Banquet was held at Princess Changning’s residence. Princess Changning is the current emperor’s sister. She was entrusted by the empress to host this Hundred Flowers Banquet to help several princes of marriageable age choose candidates for their principal wives.

The ladies of marriageable age who came had more or less known the news and were all dressed up for the occasion.

When Su Qingqi and others, led by Su Qingwan and Princess Xinrou, entered the large garden at Princess Changning’s mansion, where the Hundred Flowers Banquet was held, they were almost blinded by the light.

There were many beauties, competing with each other in beauty and laughter. Among them, several girls with outstanding beauty and temperament were particularly eye-catching. Their every frown, smile, gesture, and movement was extremely elegant.

Su Qingqi almost thought she was at a beauty pageant.

“Big sister, does this Hundred Flowers Banquet require everyone to show off their talents?”

“There is no such rule, but everyone likes to show off their talents. If Third Sister feels reluctant, she doesn’t have to participate.” Su Qingwan has been with the Third Sister for a month and knows her quite a bit. She knows that it is a bit difficult for her to attend such a high-end banquet.

“That’s good.” Su Qingqi suddenly felt relieved. Writing poetry was almost killing her. Fortunately, fortunately.

Su Qinghan’s gaze was fixed on the most outstanding noble ladies not far away. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and she looked confident. She heard the conversation between her eldest sister and third sister and curled her lips.

Really, no pursuit!

They belonged to the Wuchang Marquisate, so their seats were pretty close to the front, and sitting around them were princesses from the hereditary marquisate. When they saw Su Qingwan still alive, they were surprised and envious.

They didn’t expect that, even though she was infected with a blood-sucking insect, she still had the secret medicine from a master to help her.

This blessing is really enviable.

They all greeted Su Qingwan and Princess Xinrou and secretly inquired about the secret medicine. As for Su Qingqi and the others, they were forgotten.

Su Qingqi didn’t care. After she sat down, she secretly looked around and found that the people sitting in groups of three or four in the pavilions around the big garden were almost all the young talents mentioned by her elder sister.

After just one look, she lost interest. She turned around and found Su Qinghan looking at a pavilion. She couldn’t help but look over there with curiosity.

Three distinguished men were sitting in that pavilion. Why do I say distinguished? Because these three men were wearing golden dragon robes embroidered with nine dragons, they were either princes or emperors.

Su Qingqi immediately lost interest.

At this time, the originally bustling garden suddenly became quiet.

Two men appeared at the entrance of the garden, one sitting in a wheelchair and the other pushing a wheelchair, one in white and the other in black.

Sitting in the wheelchair was a man in his early twenties with handsome features. His eyes were deep and sparkling with wisdom, and his temperament was bright and handsome, but his skin seemed a little pale, and he looked like a sickly person.

The person pushing the wheelchair was an ordinary-looking man in black, with features as cold and hard as a knife and high, protruding temples. He looked like a bodyguard or some kind of servant.

When the man in the wheelchair came in, everyone fell silent. Most of the eyes they looked at the man were filled with regret and respect. Strangely, there was not a single look of admiration.

When Su Qingqi saw this handsome man, a word popped up in her mind: male god!

Yes, that’s right, the male god in Su Qingqi’s heart is such a handsome man with a bright and elegant appearance and first-class temperament.

“It’s Marquis Huaining. I didn’t expect that Marquis Huaining would also come…”

“Pity……”

“I heard there are only two years left…”

“…”

There were intermittent whispers in her ears, and Su Qingqi pricked up her ears curiously to listen.

Marquis Huaining?

“Sister, is Marquis Huaining the man sitting in the wheelchair?” Su Qingqi asked her sister in a low voice.

Su Qingwan glanced at her third sister in surprise: “Third sister, you don’t know the Marquis of Huaining, do you?”

Su Qingqi shook her head somewhat embarrassedly.

“In our Daqing Dynasty, almost everyone knows about this brilliant Huaining Marquis. Whether it was suppressing the civil strife on the southern border, recovering the cities occupied by the barbarian countries on the western border, or eradicating cheating in the imperial examinations, all of these were his works. Unfortunately, God is jealous of talents. Huaining Marquis has suffered from a terminal illness since he was a child and will not live past the age of 25. Now Huaining Marquis is already 23…”

Su Qingwan sighed in a low voice with a look of regret.

“Not only that, the Marquis Huaining has no descendants because he suffers from a terminal illness.” Su Qinghan joined in for some reason and suddenly added that she could cure any disease; even cancer, which was incurable in the eyes of others, was a piece of cake in her eyes.

But she had no way to treat Marquis Huaining’s terminal illness.

No descendants?

Su Qingqi widened her eyes in disbelief. Marquis Huaining actually suffered from this terminal illness recorded in the “Food Classic”. Her heart was pounding. Would this be her chance?

So she took Su Qingwan aside and asked her many questions about Marquis Huaining. Su Qingwan was a little surprised that her third sister was interested in Marquis Huaining. Could it be that she fell in love with Marquis Huaining?

However, when she thought that she had never heard of Marquis Huaining, she felt relieved. Thinking that it was just the little girl’s curiosity, she told her what she knew.

It turns out that the Marquis of Huaining’s name is Chu Tao. His parents have passed away, and the Chu family has had few descendants. Chu Tao is already twenty-three years old, but he has not married, nor does he have a concubine, nor does he have any messy relationships with other branches.

The population of the Chu family is extremely simple.

He was exactly the ideal candidate in her mind.

Su Qingqi was excited, and she must hold on to this golden thigh!

Her eyes were fixed on Marquis Huaining, who was sitting in a wheelchair. Even when the Hundred Flowers Banquet began, she was in no mood to enjoy it. Her mind was full of how to get closer to Marquis Huaining.

When Marquis Huaining, who was in a wheelchair, found himself being stared at by a pretty girl of about fifteen or sixteen, he remained calm and unaffected.

“Chu Yi, do you think that person will really be at this Hundred Flowers Banquet?”

Chu Yi, the man in black who was pushing the wheelchair, answered respectfully in a low voice, “Master Liaokong is an accomplished monk; he wouldn’t be wrong.”


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