The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 523 - 520: A Candy for You: Shu Ning Side Story (16)

Chapter 523: Chapter 520: A Candy for You: Shu Ning Side Story (16)

Waiting and waiting, Jing Shu finally came over with the noodles. They smelled good, very fragrant, but not the natural aroma that wafts from cooked food, more like the scent of spices. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Gu Ning was a bit curious.

But he thought about how a chef’s ingredients are different from what ordinary people use, so it’s not unusual for the food to have some peculiar flavors. He shouldn’t act all surprised and unsophisticated.

He looked at the bowl placed in front of him by Jing Shu, still with a lid on it, and calmly praised, "Commandery Princess, your noodles smell wonderful."

Jing Shu looked at the bowl of noodles and said with a smile, "Really? I think so too, but Qiu Ju, that girl, said otherwise. I told her she has a bad nose."

Qiu Ju: "......"

Jing Shu: "These noodles obviously smell great, too bad you can’t smell it, Qiu Ju."

Qiu Ju: "............"

"Mr. Gu, thank you for saving my life before. Consider this bowl of noodles a token of gratitude," Jing Shu said as she lifted the lid, revealing the colorful noodles to Gu Ning.

Gu Ning looked at the colorful noodles in front of him and still felt a bit strange.

This...

Why are the noodles green?

Could it be vegetable juice mixed in the dough?

It seems his mother used to do it like that; this might be understandable.

But these leaves look more like grass, even foxtail grass.

Also, the closer he got, the stranger the smell became. It’s the kind of odd smell that’s hard to describe.

So many fragrances mixed together that it’s confused his sense of smell; he can’t tell if it’s fragrant or not.

"Want to try?" Jing Shu handed the chopsticks to Gu Ning’s side, then said, "I really didn’t know what to give you to express gratitude, so I just made you a bowl of noodles. Don’t look down on them!"

"Our master won’t look down on it." The attendant eagerly said, "He said he would eat three big bowls of the Commandery Princess’s noodles to show support."

Gu Ning: "........."

This quick-mouthed guy.

"Really?" Jing Shu was delighted to hear this and quickly called to Qiu Ju, "Qiu Ju, hurry to the kitchen and bring all the leftover noodles for Mr. Gu. We mustn’t let him be wronged with such a small bowl; we must let him eat three big bowls so he can feel full and satisfied."

Gu Ning: "..............."

Why does he feel something is off?

Qiu Ju uncertainly asked, "Commandery Princess, are you sure about three big bowls?"

"If not real, then what fake?" Jing Shu urged, "Go on." No one has ever shown such support for her before; she mustn’t let them down.

Qiu Ju left.

Jing Shu said, "Mr. Gu, quickly taste my handiwork!"

"Alright." Gu Ning tried the noodles, just one bite, and then he was bitter beyond words; a grown man crying in front of a woman, tears streaming uncontrollably.

He’s frustrated!

Jing Shu was puzzled, "Mr. Gu, what’s wrong with you?"

"......" He really shouldn’t have any hopes for the Commandery Princess’s cooking. He swallowed hard and said, "...nothing, won’t die just yet."

Gu Ning put down the chopsticks, not wanting to look at that bowl of noodles anymore.

But fearing Jing Shu would urge him to eat, he quickly changed the topic to divert her attention.

He asked, "Commandery Princess! From what you said earlier, your initial gift to me wasn’t noodles. What else would you have given me to express gratitude?"

Jing Shu, sitting beside Gu Ning, propped her chin up and said, "I’ve been vulgar for years, wanting to give money to those who’ve helped me. So, I wanted to give you money."

Gu Ning’s eyes lit up, "Money is good." Better than this bowl of noodles.

"Where is money good?" Jing Shu said, "Talking about money is vulgar. I don’t want to be a vulgar person, so in the end, I decided not to give you money."

Gu Ning, tears in his eyes, "Not vulgar, really."

Jing Shu: "No, vulgar, very vulgar."

Gu Ning: "......"

"Besides money, I also want to give you tribute tangerines." Jing Shu said, "My little aunt always saves me a share of anything good. The tribute tangerines she sent days ago haven’t been finished and are still at home."

"Tribute tangerines are good too." Better than this bowl of noodles.

Gu Ning was bitter.

Jing Shu didn’t know Gu Ning’s thoughts; she went on, "But I gave tribute tangerines to that hypocrite Song Zhixiu before. Giving them to you might not express my gratitude for saving my life and instead seem insincere."

Gu Ning vaguely felt stomach pain. He leaned on the table and said, "No, no, no, not insincere, tribute tangerines are good too."

"No, very insincere." Jing Shu said, "What I want to give you must be unique, so making noodles for you is best. Strictly speaking, you’re the first outsider to taste my cooking; you should secretly laugh!"

"........." Haha, he felt like dying from laughing.

"Do you think my noodles taste good?" Jing Shu said, "I’ve tried them; I think they’re delicious and very fragrant."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ning wanted to ask, "Can you really not tell what smells good? This is fragrant? If this is fragrant, then all the chefs in the world probably don’t exist."

Jing Shu continued, "Do you know? When I just made the noodles, they weren’t fragrant. To make them fragrant, I added lots of spices, like rose scent, lily scent, plum blossom scent, fruity scent, peach scent... If it’s fragrant, I added a bit of everything to achieve the current aroma."

Jing Shu spoke enthusiastically, but when Gu Ning heard it, he immediately threw up.

"You... you..." After throwing up, Gu Ning trembled and pointed at Jing Shu, saying, "This is deliberate murder! I, I, I want to see the emperor."

Seeing the emperor might not help.

What Gu Ning needs most now is the restroom.

He can’t hold it any longer.

He pushed away Jing Shu who was still around him, talking nonstop, and hurriedly ran to the restroom.

Jing Shu puzzled, "Mr. Gu, Gu Ning, why are you running? I haven’t finished talking! In these noodles, I also added various chilies, oils, like lard, sesame oil, rapeseed oil; if it’s oily, I added a bit of everything, it’s so fragrant!"

Gu Ning: "...fragrant my foot, I’m gonna die on the toilet later."

"Mr. Gu, what did you say? You’re too far away, I can’t hear you." Jing Shu said, "Wait for me, let me catch up, and then say it, okay?"

Gu Ning: "If you can’t hear, forget it."

Jing Shu: "......"

Why does she also feel a bit uncomfortable in her stomach?

But she hasn’t eaten anything weird today except her own noodles!

And she made those noodles so fragrant; surely there’s no problem.

"No way, no way, I need to go to the restroom too."

Jing Shu hurriedly turned back and stopped chasing Gu Ning.

Upon arriving, she found out where the women’s restroom used by the female guests is across from the men’s restroom in the Ministry of Justice. If she kept following Gu Ning, it might cause a scene.

Jing Shu rushed to the women’s restroom, washed her hands when done, and returned to Gu Ning’s room.

The attendant said Gu Ning hadn’t finished yet, she was free to do as she pleased.

Jing Shu really did as she pleased.

Qiu Ju had already brought three bowls of noodles, neatly arranged on the table.

Jing Shu sat down by the noodles, picked up one bowl, stared at it for a long time, and said, "These noodles don’t seem problematic?" Why did both Gu Ning and she have stomach aches after eating them?

Maybe not cooked well?

Yes, that’s it.

With this in mind, Jing Shu asked Qiu Ju to help take the noodles back to the kitchen. She boiled them again, cooking until the noodles would break when lifted, and then took them out of the pot.

Under Qiu Ju’s incredulous gaze, she ate another bowl, and afterwards ran to the restroom again.

This time, she almost broke her intestines!

Jing Shu was about to cry.

It really was her noodles that had issues, denying it is pointless.

After finally stopping the runs, she dragged her exhausted body to find Gu Ning, wanting to ask about his situation and offer an apology.

Gu Ning was feeling better now, not needing to stay in the restroom continuously.

However, every half hour he still needed to run to the restroom.

As soon as Jing Shu came over, he rushed off to the restroom again!