Chapter 6 : Trip to Forbidden City

Ning Qiuyue and Li Wei visit the Forbidden City that day to sell their medicines and purchase some materials. Since Li Wei have an appointment with a client who was interested with his poisons that afternoon, they parted their way and promised to meet again at the Blue Moon Inn where they usually stay when they go down from the mountain.

Ning Qiuyue proceed to visit to Imperial Medicine Hall, one of the pharmacy in the city where she usually sell her medicine. They have been doing business since her master was around, so their transactions went smoothly. The medicines they supply are all high grade and mostly consumed by the noble and royal family, each transaction profiting thousands of silver each time. She also have no idea why they need that much money, thinking about the stack of golds they've been keeping for years at home. Anyway, she's just doing it for the sake of her master's reputation.

Since it was still early, she decided to walk around the city, spending her money like her master always teach her. Thinking about her life in the previous life, she couldn't help but sigh. That time, she always work hard and save every penny she earn for her future, living a frugal life. She make so many plans and goals, and yet she die before she even managed so accomplished one of them.

The streets in the city were really lively. There were rows of shops on both side of the streets. There's also small stall selling all sorts of goods such as street foods, lanterns, decorations and toys. She was planning to buy new coat for her and Li Wei, since winter is coming soon… and she just feel like spending money anyway..

She went into one of the most luxurious clothing store in the store, where she was greeted by the store keeper.

"Greeting miss, how can I help you?" The store keeper smile at her, judging her appearance from head to toe. She wear simple dress without any accessories on her body, but he can tell that the fabric she wear is one of the finest and rarest silk.

"I'm looking for a winter fur coat, for a woman and man."

The man went to the back room and come back few minutes later, with a red color coat and a purple color coat.

"This is our best fur coat, the fox fur are rare and hard to get."

She hold the coat a while, inspecting the coat in her hand. Trying it on and off. Indeed, it was the best coat she ever wear, its warm and comfortable.

"I'll take both of them. Please pack them."

The group of the lady who were standing and observing her since she enter the store suddenly laugh and making comment between themselves.

"Isn't this is the bitch that follow brother Li Wei this morning?"

"Indeed, I saw her coming out from the inn with brother Li Wei."

"Huh, such a bitch. I wonder how much she was paid for her service.."

"She's just a plaything. Brother Li Wei will throw her away once he got bored of her."

She stare at the group of lady beside her, thinking what she did to provoke this group of bitches.

A few moment later, the shopkeeper come back with her coats nicely packed inside a bag.

"How much is this?"

"The red coat is 10 000 silver, while the purple coat is 14 000 silver," the man smile at her.

'This expensive??' She stare at the shopkeeper with her big round eyes. Okay.. Its my fault for not checking the price first.

"Look at her, I'm sure she didn't have enough money to pay… hahaha.." One of the lady start making fun of her.

Sigh..she took out a bunch of money paper and pass it to the storekeeper, took her shopping bag and walk out without battling an eyes on the bunch of people. Indeed, the best revenge is to ignore your enemy.

The group of lady were indeed pissed off when Ning Qiuyue treat them like they don't even exist.

She continue walking along the streets, occasionally stopping by and buying snacks.

As she passed by a bridge on her way back, she heard someone calling for help.

"Help, help!"

She look towards the sound and notice that someone had fallen into the river. Although there are numbers of people in the surrounding area, none of them went down to save the person.

"Some fall into the river"

"Quickly, someone save him"

Yet, no one make an effort to save the person. She decided to take actions, she threw off her outer robe and jumped into the water and swim towards the person, before dragging him to the shore. She look at the person she had just saved. It was a young guy, around 16 years old. She put her hands over the guy's nose and mouth. The guy has already stopped breathing. She start performing CPR for him.

The crowd were shocked to see the young girl kissing and holding the opposite sex. For them, its such an indecent act.

"Why was that young lady kissing the guy? Don't she know that women and men should not have body contact!"

"Yeah, she's so brave doing it in front of so many people, what a filthy lady"

"She should feel ashamed of herself"

"cough..cough.." The young guy on the ground coughed a mouthful of water before slowly opening his eyes. He saw a young lady, her eyes shining so bright. 'I was saved by a beautiful fairy.' He couldn't stop staring at her.

"Oh look, isn't she's the bitch who were following brother Li Wei this morning?"

"That's right, its that shameless bitch again..truly, what a bitch.."

She turn look at the crowd and notice the same group she encounter in the cloth store previously. Now she have the urge to throw them into the river.

Li Wei, who was passing by and saw the commotion, stop by to check the situation. He saw Ning Qiuyue who were drench in water. He take her outer robe that was lying on the ground and wrap it around her.

"What happen? Did you fall into the river? Did anyone bully you when I'm not around??" He stare at the group of lady who have been slandering her.

"Its fine. I just save this guy from drowning in the river," she speak as she pick up her shopping bag and shove it to Li Wei's hand.

"You call it kissing? That's obviously sexual harassment!" The lady in red start slandering her.

"Brother Li Wei, don't let this bitch fools you. You're not enough for her, now she's targeting this young Lord, the City Lord's son. Such a cheap gold digger."

The guy turns out to be the City Lord's only son, Li Qiang. Though she never meet this guy, but she remember last year, she went to visit the City Lord's wife for a treatment.

"Brother Wei Wei, just ignore them. Barking bitches never bites," she glanced at them and fix her hair.

The group of lady who were just called bitches.. "…"

"What bitch? You're the bitch here!"

"Was she talking to you? She's obviously talking to the bitches.. or do you admit that you're such a bitch?" Li Wei stare at the girls annoyed.

"Brother Wei Wei, I'm cold. Let's go back now," Ning Qiuyue was too hungry to bother with the group of senseless bitches.

"Miss, thank you for saving me earlier…", Li Qiang bow his head, "if its not for you, I would be long dead.. About the kissing and hugging, I.. I can take responsibility for you!" He suddenly kneels on the ground.

Li Wei was obviously annoyed at this point, he wants to kick the guy back to the water again.

"There's no need to take responsibility! It's just a matter of saving life!" Li Wei hold Ning Qiuyue hand and drag her all the way back the inn.

'With me around, no guy is allowed to get near to Yueyue!'

The poor guy was left behind kneeling on the ground.

"Yueyue, why did you kiss that guy earlier?" Li Wei finally managed to say the words he's been holding in when they reach the inn.

"That's not called kissing, that is called artificial respiration. Since he stopped breathing, I blew air into his mouth and pump the water out from his lung until he spit out all the water in his stomach."

"I never learn this medical technique in any of Master's book," Li Wei trying hard to remember is there any technique to bring back the dead to alive.

'It's CPR. I learn it back then…'

"I'll teach you one day if you want then," she look at Li Wei next to her who were still pissed off because she kiss a guy and shook her head.

'I will never get a boyfriend.'