The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

The next morning, as soon as Shen Cao arrived at the Hundred Herbs Garden, He Yu came to find her.

“Miss Shen, my master said that he dreamed of his ancestor yesterday. The ancestor told him to abstain from meat and fish recently, or there would be a great disaster.”

"Actually..." Shen Cao originally wanted to say that dreams are all fake, and that one's dreams are a reflection of one's thoughts during the day.

But then I thought about it again, and it seems that people in ancient times believed in these things. Otherwise, Shen's parents would not have believed so easily the source of her culinary skills.

"Actually what? Miss Shen, is there anything you need?"

Shen Cao shook her head. "Actually, what I wanted to say is that drinking chicken soup every day gets boring."

"No! My master isn't tired of chicken soup!" He Yu quickly explained.

If his master finds out that he told Miss Shen, and his master gets tired of Miss Shen's chicken soup, he'll probably be tired of living.

Let alone drinking chicken soup every day for only a few days, if my master could only drink chicken soup made by Miss Shen for the rest of his life, he would be more than happy with it.

But for some reason these past few days, his master has been suffering from severe internal heat, and his nose is bleeding profusely.

Last night, my master had a nosebleed again.

If this continues, I'm afraid his master's 'illness' won't be cured, and he'll have bled himself dry.

"That's good. Since Brother Ji can't eat meat these days, I'll cook some vegetarian dishes for him."

Her recovery was already slow, and now that she can't eat meat, she's losing protein, so it looks like she'll have to increase the dosage of her supplements.

There was just one dose of medicine left, so I cooked it all for him in one meal today.

The days of light rain have finally stopped.

The sunshine chased away the dampness of the past few days.

Not only did the weather clear up, but the bamboo shoots were especially tender after the rain.

Shen Cao stewed a pot of refreshing soup with spring bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms from last year, and tonics.

I stir-fried another plate of bamboo shoots.

Ji Lingfeng looked at the meal in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief.

At least there's no more motivational fluff.

His nosebleed wouldn't stop until midnight last night, and it took a long time to stop it after rinsing it with cold water.

His cold was completely cured because of the nosebleed, which can be considered a blessing in disguise.

However, he had been feeling inexplicably hot inside for days, which made him very uncomfortable.

Large bowls of strong chrysanthemum tea were poured down his throat, but to no avail.

"Brother Ji's cold has completely healed."

Ji Lingfeng gave an unnatural smile. "Thanks to Cao'er's meticulous care over the past few days, I was able to recover so quickly."

"However, why does Brother Ji's face look a little pale?" She noticed that Ji Lingfeng's face was so pale that it seemed almost bloodless.

"Last night, several stray cats were calling for mates on the roof and in the yard. I didn't get a good night's sleep because of their noise."

"I see." No wonder she noticed the youthful innocence in Brother Ji's eyes.

However, it is true that the calls of stray cats at night are very annoying. In her previous life, when she lived at her grandfather's house, she could indeed hear strange calls from stray cats at night during this season.

Her grandfather told her that it was the cat god coming to catch disobedient children.

In order to avoid being captured by the cat god, she is extra obedient at this time of year.

It wasn't until she grew up that she realized it was the sound a cat makes when it's in heat.

"Brother Ji, hurry up and eat, then go get a good night's sleep."

Ji Lingfeng nodded.

His cold had healed, so he naturally didn't need Shen Cao to help him eat.

Shen Cao served him a bowl of soup. "Brother Ji, have some soup first to cleanse your palate."

"My mouth will definitely taste bitter after taking medicine in the morning."

Ji Lingfeng was surprised that Shen Cao was so thoughtful.

He took the bowl, looked at the soup inside, and frowned.

The color of this soup looks like medicine.

"I added some tonics to this soup. It might not taste good, but it's very nourishing."

"medicine?"

"Didn't I tell you a few days ago that I went to Wan'an Hall specifically to buy tonics?"

'Ding!' Ji Lingfeng suddenly thought of something.

Could it be because of this tonic?

Faced with Shen Cao's kindness, he could only grit his teeth and finish the soup in the bowl.

The taste was definitely not that great.

Seeing that he had finished his drink in one gulp, Shen Cao assumed he liked it, so she took his bowl and tried to give him another one.

He quickly pressed down on Shen Cao's hand holding the bowl, "Cao'er, no need, I can't drink that much soup today."

"I'm afraid I'll fall asleep and need to go to the bathroom."

Shen Cao nodded. That's true; he would need to rest in a while.

She stopped adding soup for him.

"Brother Ji..." Shen Cao suddenly covered her mouth, startled by the scene before her.

She saw that blood was starting to flow from under Ji Lingfeng's nostrils.

"Brother Ji, you have a nosebleed." And blood is flowing from both nostrils.

Could he have contracted some incurable disease like the female lead in a Korean drama from my past life?

Startled, Shen Cao quickly got up to find a doctor.

Ji Lingfeng raised his hand and touched his nose; sure enough, it was bleeding again.

Now he doesn't need to ask He Yu to find out; he's probably nine-tenths sure that the nosebleed was caused by Shen Cao's tonic.

However, he was curious about what kind of tonics Shen Cao used that had caused him to have a nosebleed.

The doctor arrived quickly.

Shen Cao watched as the doctor remained silent, frowning and shaking his head.

She panicked completely. Could it be that Brother Ji really had an incurable disease?

Brother Ji is such a good person, and he's still so young.

Thinking this, her eyes unconsciously welled up with tears.

"Young master, what have you been eating these past few days?"

"The fire inside your body is so intense, it's almost boiling your body."

Ji Lingfeng glanced at Shen Cao and noticed that her eyes were red. He quickly signaled to the doctor to be careful with his words.

The doctor also noticed Shen Cao beside him. Seeing that she was crying in distress, he quickly comforted her, "Young lady, don't worry."

"This young master has simply overdosed his yang energy, causing excessive internal heat in his body. He hasn't been able to clear the heat in time, which is why he's been experiencing frequent nosebleeds lately."

“As long as he stops taking tonics in time, his condition is really serious. I'm afraid he won't be able to calm down his internal heat on his own. I'll prescribe some herbal decoction to clear the heat for a couple of days and he should be fine.”

"However, I need to know what supplements he has been taking these past few days."

It turns out that Brother Shen didn't have a terminal illness; he was just experiencing internal heat.

Shen Cao's anxiety subsided, and a smile appeared on her face.

She thought for a moment, "I don't know either. I asked the young boy at the pharmacy to get it for me."

The doctor frowned, looking quite troubled. "Then this is not a good solution. If we can't find the right treatment, then you'll need to work on it for a few more days to slowly reduce the heat."

Shen Cao suddenly had a bright idea, "Can I have some dregs from the medicine?"

The doctor nodded. "Please bring it quickly, young lady, so I can prescribe the appropriate medicine."

After a while, the doctor looked at the dregs of medicine in front of him, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this medicine?" Shen Cao asked anxiously.

The doctor shook his head, his eyes darting back and forth between Shen Cao and Ji Lingfeng.

He noticed that the girl wasn't wearing any hairpins, yet she was dressed as a young woman.

However, the two acted very intimately, the man's eyes were indeed filled with affection, and the girl also seemed quite concerned about him.

He couldn't quite understand the two of them anymore.

He began to count the medicinal herbs in the dregs in front of him one by one.

"Dodder seed".

Epimedium.

……