Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

Mu Chen and Xu Yanlin had originally planned to take the carriage all the way back to the capital, but when they met a bustling town along the way, they could still rest and buy gifts to return. However, taking the carriage was really bumpy, even if they were on the official road which was relatively flat, it was still a muddy road after all.    

    

They had come in a carriage before, and they had been a little jolted, but he was well, and the wagon was thick, and they were resting now and then, and he was not much affected, but this time it was not clear whether the children were uncomfortable or not, but they were making a ruckus on their own.    

    

Seeing that Shen Jingli was not feeling well, Mu Chen decided to stay in a small town called Clear Water Town for a few days.    

    

The canal leading to the capital was relatively smooth without heavy rain or strong winds. They were used to boat around, so it was not bumpy compared to the carriages.    

    

Shen Jingli laid on the bed with a few layers of cushions, his face pale as he looked at the top of the boat, looking a little lost. He had been dizzy for the past two days, and also vomited really hard, he did not have much energy.    

    

"Sigh!" Sighing weakly, Shen Jingli lowered his head and touched his stomach that was slightly protruding. "You two little fellows, can you not torment me?"    

    

After thinking for a while, he sighed again, pulled up the blanket, and prepared to sleep. Since he did not have the energy to enjoy the beautiful scenery, he might as well go to sleep.    

    

Just as he laid down, Mu Chen pushed open the door and came in with a bowl of food in his hands. He turned his body, and looked up at him.    

    

"Jinglee, are you feeling better?" Mu Chen placed the thing on the table and poured Shen Jingli a cup of water.    

    

Shen Jingli crawled up and took the teacup from his hand, drinking a cup of warm water, he stared at the items on the table and asked: What did you bring over?    

    

"This is sour soup for you." Mu Chen took the teacup away and carried the bowl over.    

    

Shen Jingli picked up the bowl of sour soup and looked at it. Looking at its color, it looked a little like a red date soup.    

    

"You don't want to drink it?" Seeing that he looked and smelled nothing, Mu Chen thought that he had no appetite.    

    

"No, like seeing what soup it is." He picked it up and took a sip. It was sour, sweet, and sweet. It had the taste of red dates, as well as the taste of lemon. More importantly, it actually had the taste of hawthorn.    

    

Shen Jingli took a sip, and then placed the bowl down, "Fourteenth, there are hawthorn heads here?"    

    

He didn't know what Duo'er's physique was, but he remembered that in his previous life, women didn't eat hawthorn when they got pregnant. He didn't know why, but it wasn't good for children.    

    

"I don't know." The soup was not made by him, he naturally did not know what ingredients were inside, but when Jin Yu brought it over, she said that it was meant to nourish Shen Jingli's body and boost his appetite, and since Jin Yu and her age had always been safe and sound, he was very relieved, and brought it in.    

    

When Shen Jingli thought about it, he felt that it was true too. How could someone like Mu Shisi, who came from a different background, enter the kitchen? A gentleman is far from the kitchen.    

    

"I don't know about Twin's physique, but a woman can't eat hawthorn when she's pregnant." It would be fine if he was fine, but if something happened, he would be the one to suffer.    

    

Hearing that, Mu Chen's face darkened, he clenched his fists and stood up quickly, "I'll go and ask."    

    

Shen Jingli nodded, watching Mu Chen leave, he started feeling sleepy, he could not help but yawn, pulled up his blanket, and continued to sleep.    

    

Mu Chen went to find Jin Yu with the sour soup and asked her about some matters. When Jin Yu heard that the soup was filled with hawthorn, he was so surprised that she did not know what to do.    

    

"Hawthorn? How can there be hawthorn? " She screamed out emotionally, and then snatched the sour soup from Mu Chen's hands. She drank a few mouthfuls, and after drinking it, she savored it a little, which then caused her face to go pale, and looked at Mu Chen with an apologetic face, "Master, not only did the sour soup contain hawthorn, it also contained a sour fruit that is bad for my wife's health."    

    

The sour fruit was a special product of Great Yan Dynasty, it had an especially sour taste, but when it was boiled into soup, there was still more sugar, and the taste was still pretty good, but the pregnant twins could not eat it, as long as they ate too much it would be easy for them to slip through the skin, and it was precisely because of the pregnant twins that they picked this fruit to eat, causing their children to have small births.    

    

"Didn't you make this soup?" Mu Chen frowned, as if blaming Jin Yu for not fulfilling her duty.    

    

"The soup was cooked in the prime of my life, but the ingredients were all prepared by me. I didn't put any hawthorn or sour fruit in there." Madame was pregnant, and it was only by being kicked in the head by a donkey that she was able to put them in.    

    

Jin Yu and Nian Hua came over due to Western Mu Mansion, and they also stayed in their residence for a long time. With their character, Mu Chen could trust them, and if it wasn't them, then it must be someone else.    

    

"Keep quiet for now, and secretly investigate and see what's going on." Mu Chen instructed.    

    

"Yes, master."    

    

After instructing Jin Yu, Mu Chen returned to her room. Shen Jingli was half asleep when he heard the door open.    

    

"Did you?" Mu Chen said softly.    

    

Shen Jingli shook his head, "It's just that I feel that this life of mine is a bit of dog blood …"    

    

Shen Jingli originally wanted to retort a little, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not appropriate, so he swallowed his words back.    

    

"Nothing, I just feel rather tired recently." He had been here for so long, other than the fact that Old Lady Mu had problems with her brain and had come here to cause trouble a few times, the only one who had been here for so long was Ceng Wan'er. Ceng Wan'er did not have eyes nor nose towards him. She felt extremely unlucky.    

    

He thought about it and found it funny.    

    

Seeing that he did not want to say it, Mu Chen did not ask. Shen Jingli had many thoughts that did not match with this era, if he were to say it out loud it would be easy to offend, but if people found out about him, it would be a matter of life and death. Thus, if he was able to hold himself back, he would not ask further.    

    

Shen Jingli looked at Mu Chen who had loosened his frown and asked: "What are you worried about?"    

    

"Worried you won't get used to life here." Mu Chen spoke the truth.    

    

Unable to adapt? Shen Jingli sneered in his heart. If he could not adapt, would he still be able to live until now?    

    

"If there's no mess, I can live to be a hundred."    

    

Hearing his somewhat angry words, Mu Chen couldn't help but laugh, he reached out to touch his face, "If you're tired, then sleep a little more, I'll stay here to accompany you."    

    

"Who wants you to accompany them? You think too much of yourself." Shen Jingli arrogantly snorted, turned over, and went back to sleep.    

    

Mu Chen saw that he was really tired, so he stood up and opened the window slightly. The river breeze blew in, and it was very cool and refreshing.    

    

Very quickly, Shen Jingli was asleep, letting out light snoring sounds. Mu Chen looked at him and revealed a smile, then sat by the side and read.    

    

"..."    

    

He turned his head and saw Mu Chen sitting near the window, reading a book. The setting sun's light shone through the window and onto his body, making him look calm and peaceful, as if he was an old photo from an era.    

    

He stared blankly into space for a long time. He felt that Mu Chen was extremely handsome at the moment, so handsome that he couldn't move his eyes away.    

    

"Hungry?"    

    

In fact, Mu Chen had noticed it from the moment he saw, but he liked the way Shen Jingli stared at him so he did not immediately call him over.    

    

"I'm not hungry." Shen Jingli shook his head and sat up. He placed a pillow behind his back and asked, "Fourteenth, where are we now? How many days until we arrive at the capital? "    

    

"Probably another five or six days." The journey was a little faster than travelling by carriage, and they had traveled in a carriage for six or seven days. After changing ships, they had traveled for another four or five days, and even if they traveled slowly, they would still arrive at the capital within five or six days.    

    

"That's good." Fortunately, he only had five or six days left. If it were fifteen or sixteen days, he would probably go crazy.    

    

Mu Chen only found it funny when he saw Yue Yang's expression, which revealed that he had nothing to live for. Not long later, he heard someone knocking on the door.    

    

"Master."    

    

Jin Yu shouted once, then respectfully waited for Mu Chen to come out so she could explain what happened today.    

    

Mu Chen put down the book, informed Shen Jingli, and went out.    

    

"Master, everything has been made clear." Jin Yu uneasily rubbed her hands together, and explained everything that had happened today in detail.    

    

"Did you carry the wrong soup?"    

    

Jin Yu lowered her head in guilt and kneeled down suddenly, "Old master, please spare my life, it was this servant's fault.    

    

"Why did the boatmen add red dates and medlar to the sour soup?" The ingredients were richer than what Shen Jingli drank. Did he think he was an idiot?    

    

"This servant doesn't know, but the cook said so." Jin Yu also thought that it was strange, but that the soup was made by the kitchen lady and was also given to the sailors to drink, so he could not find anything wrong with it.    

    

Mu Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, then instructed: "Have the boat families stop at the next ferry. Among the servants, other than you and your age, there are also the regular, permanent, and boatmen.    

    

clenched his fists tightly. If not for the fact that he was afraid of scaring Shen Jingli, he would have tortured all of them.    

    

Sensing the killing intent from Mu Chen's body, Jin Yu was so scared that his entire body trembled. She did not dare to say anything, and could only nod her head.    

    

Mu Chen took out a identity token and handed it over to her, "Take this, if they don't listen, then throw them all into the water."    

    

Mu Chen's tone was very calm and his cold eyes simply did not take those people's lives seriously.    

    

Jin Yu felt a cold breeze blow past her neck. Trembling, she took the badge and nodded, saying that she would take care of it.    

    

The second night, the number of people inside the boat decreased by more than half. Shen Jingli stayed inside the house the entire time, and did not feel anything, but Xun Er and the others who were playing outside, were indeed aware of everything.    

    

"Mama, why did Father chase them off the boat?" Xun Er lied on top of Shen Jingli's body and asked curiously.    

    

"What is it?" Shen Jingli turned and look at Mu Chen.    

    

"Let's get off the boat tomorrow and continue to the surface."    

    

The answer was not the right one, what was Mu Shisi planning to do now?