Chapter 132 Purple Sweet Potato

Author: Feng Si Niang

The twenty-ninth day of the fifth lunar month is not a grand day, and the whole month of May seems unremarkable; even in Beijing, most people live this kind of ordinary life "day after day".

But this May 29th this year is very different——

On this day, rumors broke out in Beijing that the "Jiuhua Jade Dew Weight Loss Pills" that had been sold out of stock some time ago because of Concubine Long Guifei's support were actually ordinary patent medicines spiked with parasites!

The bugs are introduced into the human body through pills and absorb nutrients from the human body to achieve weight loss.

This rumor has spread all over the place, saying that a girl from other places pulled out a two to three feet long parasite from her stomach because she took this "worm slimming pill"!

Some people even suffered from dizziness, abdominal pain, and nausea after taking this medicine, and even died without finding the cause!

If someone hadn't seen the eggs they excreted after taking the medicine, everyone would have been kept in the dark by Concubine Long!...

This rumor intensified and gained momentum; within a day, it was known all over the capital, and many people began to criticize Concubine Long.

Long Wanzong is not a good person, not to mention that he likes his aunt who is extravagant and has a bad reputation?

The wall fell down and everyone pushed it down, and the tree fell down and the hozenes dispersed. Some questioning voices, "If it is really a parasitic medicine, why did Concubine Long take it herself?" were also drowned in the gradually expanding sound.

Many people are waiting for Concubine Long and the Long family to give an explanation. However, Concubine Long, who has always been bold and uncompromising in her style, is "speechless" for some reason at this time. Even the doors of Long Mansion are closed to prevent visitors.

This seemed to further confirm the fact that Concubine Long had a guilty conscience, and many people began to go to the still-open "Long Kee Medicine Store" to seek an explanation.

However, the "Jiuhua Jade Dew Weight Loss Pill" has long been off the market, and no one believed it no matter what the shopkeeper said. On the contrary, many clerks were injured due to physical conflicts, and the store had to be closed in the end.

In just one day, the voices in the capital criticizing Concubine Long became louder and louder. Someone even poured tung oil on the entrance of Long's house and the entrance of Longji Medicine Store! If she hadn't been discovered early, she might have been burned to the ground!

But the next day, something big enough to overshadow "Concubine Long was selling insecticide" was reported. It immediately grabbed everyone's heart and left no time for him to pay attention:

His Royal Highness, Zhou Xian, was buried in an aftershock on the way to Guihua City, and his life or death was uncertain!

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"Where's my uncle?"

It was already very late when Du Heng came back from Wan'an Palace on the 28th, so she went to bed quietly.

But until the afternoon of the 29th today, I suddenly discovered an overlooked fact: Why was Xue Feibai, who was usually very noisy, missing?

Whether it was the scandal about Concubine Long's "parasite pill" or Zhou Xian being ambushed, although it was something they expected, it was not Xue Feibai's style not to jump out and chatter...

So she asked Jingse if she knew where Xue Feibai had gone.

Jingse blinked and thought carefully, "Uncle?! Well... I didn't see him after the lady went out yesterday. I saw that my uncle was in a hurry, so I asked him if he would be back that night? He said he had something urgent to deal with. , I don’t know when he will come back, so don’t tell Miss you for the time being, lest you will be worried..."

Du Heng felt that Xue Feibai was overthinking. Didn't it take nearly a day for her to realize that Xue Feibai was missing?

"Oh, by the way, miss, my uncle asked me to remind you to have supper when you came back yesterday... But you came back too late..."

Du Heng smiled and patted Jingse's head: "No problem~" and then asked Jingse to bring the midnight snack that Xue Feibai had prepared for her last night.

What Jingse brought her were some slightly dry sweet potatoes.

Jingse's eyes were slightly red: "Yes, I'm sorry, miss, I wasted all my uncle's thoughts... After one night, it must not be that delicious..."

Du Heng peeled off the skin nonchalantly: "It's okay, it's just roasted sweet potatoes. It's not like I haven't eaten them before..."

Her words stopped abruptly because she had never eaten this thing before, because the flesh inside was purple.

Seeing Du Heng's expression, Jingse felt even more guilty: "My uncle said that this thing is called purple sweet potato, and it is indeed different from sweet potato..."

Du Heng was only stunned for a moment, and then he continued to leisurely put the peeled purple sweet potato into his mouth and took a bite:

"It's okay, I just like to eat overnight food...

Hmm~ The taste is also different from sweet potatoes. This purple potato doesn’t smell as sweet as sweet potatoes, but the texture seems to be a bit more flavourful...

Come on, Jingse, you can have a taste too—" Du Heng broke off a piece of purple sweet potato and handed it to Jingse.

"Ah? Is it really possible? Hmm..." Before Jingse understood the situation, she was stuffed with a piece of roasted purple sweet potato.

She ate a mouthful of purple sweet potatoes and showed a sweet smile to Du Heng: "Miss, it's so delicious..."

Du Heng couldn't help laughing when he saw her being so easily satisfied, and then continued to eat the remaining purple sweet potatoes with Jingse.

After taking two more bites, Du Heng suddenly slowed down and began to stare at the roasted purple sweet potato.

It seems inaccurate to use "staring". From Jingse's perspective, "seize" should be more appropriate...

"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Jingse seemed to be frightened by Du Heng's eyes, and asked in a low voice.

"Jingse, did my uncle tell me where he got it from? Or who came to deliver it to me?"

Jingse thought about it for a moment, then shook her head firmly: "If it was sent from the middle school, there is no reason why my uncle would give me the roasted purple sweet potato directly..."

Du Heng couldn't tell what she was feeling in her heart. She seemed to be reminded of the untouchable secret realm in the dense forest of Yunnan. Something terrible would pop up at any time. Some of them she could grasp, but some of them were too far beyond her plans and imagination...

She tried her best to hold back her trembling and asked Jingse to get pen and paper. She wanted to review everything! ...

Once again, Jingse received an order from the lady to get a charcoal basin. Jingse still didn't know why. What was she doing with this on a hot day? Will the thing that the lady worked so hard to write just now be burned?...

Although the tongue of fire was in the charcoal basin, the bright firelight reflected was not to be outdone, illuminating Du Heng's face as if covered with frost.

It's just that the light and heat couldn't dispel the coldness on her face, but instead made her face flicker between light and dark, which further revealed the indistinguishable joy and anger in her mood.

Jingse didn't know why the young lady was suddenly angry. She only knew that the young lady took advantage of midnight to climb over the wall and go out.

The moon tonight is getting darker and darker, as if it is tolerating the monsters and monsters in this world. The young lady wearing night clothes crosses the range that can be illuminated by the candlelight of Xue Mansion in just a few steps, and walks into what seems like eternal night without hesitation.
Chapter completed!