A lazy bum transmigrates and marries a eunuch – it's awesome!

After Jiang Xinyu and the maids left, a question suddenly occurred to her.

Although she knows it's okay to eat like this, she doubts the kitchen would dare to cook it for her.

At this time, the ginseng is a genuine wild variety; even a single ginseng root can cause a normal person to have a nosebleed.

Xiao Yuan certainly has plenty of century-old ginseng, but it's unlikely he'd make it into a soup for her all at once.

No, she has to keep an eye on things, lest the cook just make her a couple of radish cakes.

However, Jiang Xinyu did not go directly to the kitchen. Instead, she asked her maid to lead the way to the storeroom where medicinal herbs were stored.

The maid was somewhat embarrassed.

The supervisor hadn't instructed his wife to manage the household, so she really wouldn't dare take her directly to the storeroom.

Especially with medicinal herbs, which are ingested, she couldn't bear the responsibility if they came into contact with something inappropriate and made her mistress sick.

But seeing the interaction between the supervisor and his wife, which was quite intimate, she was the rightful mistress of the house. If she didn't bring her along, would she be beaten and kicked out?

Jiang Xinyu received no response and turned to look at the maid, who looked like she was about to cry and was full of doubt.

"Don't you know the way to the warehouse either?"

Could it be... that you don't want to take me?

I said, "I'm Xiao Yuan's lawfully wedded wife, why are you all so wary of me?"

The maid was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and kowtowed, "Madam, please calm down. This servant... this servant really dared not make a decision on her own without orders."

Or should I go and ask the steward first?

The storeroom key is with the steward; even if I took you there, we couldn't get in.

Jiang Xinyu waved her hand irritably, "Forget it, forget it, get up quickly."

"Don't say I'm making things difficult for you. I don't need to look at Xiao Yuan's storeroom, but can't I at least check my own dowry?"

The maidservant nodded quickly and led Jiang Xinyu back to her original courtyard.

Jiang Xinyu's dowry was quite substantial, occupying three warehouses alone. Without her master's orders, none of the items were touched; they were simply laid out in the order listed.

Jiang Xinyu quickly found the medicine box, but upon opening it, she encountered another problem.

This is the easiest thing to tamper with; what if Liu added something to it?

After thinking it over, Jiang Xinyu decided to send someone to fetch two doctors to identify the medicinal herbs.

One should not have the heart to harm others, but one should not be without the heart to guard against others. She is living too comfortably now, with good food and drink and people serving her. She does not want to die without knowing why.

Now that Xiao Yuan can't get his own medicinal herbs into the storeroom and doesn't dare to use them, Jiang Xinyu called an old woman over and asked her to go to the kitchen and tell the cook that when making ginseng soup, the ginseng must not be cut and must be used whole.

She refused to believe that even if it was cut into pieces and couldn't be distinguished from the whole thing, she still couldn't tell.

There shouldn't be a radish that looks like ginseng in this world. This bizarre situation is truly something else, leaving even the head chef speechless.

How come their chief eunuch's new wife is even more cunning than the empresses in the palace? She stews a whole ginseng root and won't let anyone cut it. Is she planning to eat herself to death so she can stage an accident for him?

What grudge could he possibly have? Why is it so difficult for him to enjoy his old age in peace?

The head chef of the Xiao family was originally a royal chef in the palace, but he almost lost his life because he was implicated in the secrets of the inner palace.

Later, he was crippled and lost his job. Just as he was about to be expelled from the palace, Xiao Yuan happened to run into him and brought him to his residence.

The old imperial chef was utterly loyal to Xiao Yuan, but unfortunately, the Grand Eunuch was usually too busy to come back for meals, which meant that Xiao Yuan's excellent culinary skills were somewhat wasted.

But ever since his wife came along, the old imperial chef has been bursting with unprecedented enthusiasm, watching his food being devoured as if he had found a kindred spirit.

But medicinal herbs and food are not the same thing. Even an elephant couldn't handle eating ten old hens stewed with three wild ginseng roots.

If he really harms the eunuch's new wife, wouldn't that be repaying kindness with enmity?

But the lady was determined to eat him, so he dared not refuse. He could only hope that the steward would find the Grand Eunuch soon.

Since stewing soup takes quite a while, he started making it in advance. If the supervisor came and wouldn't let them eat it, he would add more water to dilute it and share it with everyone.

After sending someone to find a doctor to examine the medicinal herbs, Jiang Xinyu went to search through the other dowry chests and unconsciously started to have conspiracy theories.

In those palace intrigue novels, aren't there often silk threads with safflower and musk-scented fabrics? Could it be that everything Liu Shi prepared for her was also adulterated?

She wondered if there were any old nannies in the household who were experts in palace intrigue; she felt unsafe about everything right now.

She wasn't afraid of anything related to pregnancy, since she didn't plan to have any anyway, but it would be troublesome if there were any disfigurements or toxins.

Actually, this guy was worrying unnecessarily. Liu intended for all the dowry to be passed on to Jiang Wanqiu intact, so the idea of ​​using safflower and musk to scent the fabric was simply impossible.

They couldn't wait for Jiang Xinyu to get pregnant and have a child. Once she had the child, she, who was occupying the dowry, could die, and Jiang Wanqiu could quickly marry in and fill the vacancy.

If they don't have children, then the other party will be worried. Their relationship will be illegitimate, and even if Jiang Xinyu dies, they won't gain much benefit.

Xiao Yuan's residence was certainly not a remote place, and within moments several doctors were invited to his door.

When the doctors first heard that the governor's mansion had invited them, they all felt their legs cramping. They only felt relieved when they heard that the governor was not there and that the madam had asked them to identify the medicinal herbs.

The steward had no idea what the new lady was up to, and he came along with the doctor as well.

The senior doctors were all quite skilled; after examining all the medicinal herbs one by one, they actually found some problems.

The problematic item was precisely the ginseng and bird's nest that Jiang Xinyu cared about most.

It wasn't that they were poisoned; it's just that these were old products that had been re-treated. They looked almost like new ones, but in reality, they had long lost their medicinal properties due to their age.

Bird's nest doesn't really have any nourishing effect, but ginseng is terrible; it's for saving lives.

It's fine to take it as a supplement normally, but it can be a real problem in situations like difficult childbirth or serious injury where someone needs to be saved.

This kind of situation is not uncommon in wealthy families. After all, these are all precious items. Replacing old ones with new ones doesn't even cost a fraction of the price of top-quality goods. In some cases where people need to save face but the other party doesn't know much about these things, they can use such things to fool them.

They just didn't expect that the dignified Governor's Mansion would produce such a useless thing. They wondered which official was so stubborn as to dare to play these tricks when giving gifts to Governor Xiao.

After Jiang Xinyu understood the situation, she had the steward give the person some silver and send them away. She also instructed the maid to put the trash away separately and bring it over with her when she returned to her parents' home the next day.

She knew that Liu couldn't stand to see her doing well. The plump ginseng and the whole cup of bird's nest that she displayed when showing off her dowry earned her a good reputation.

The result was that they sold inferior goods as superior ones, waiting to cheat her in the future.

Hehe, such good stuff should be given to her cheap dad instead; she's not worthy of enjoying it.

But this means she really has no supplements left. She doesn't know if Xiao Yuan has enough ginseng. If not, she should go to the pharmacy to buy some as soon as possible.

She needs a lot of this stuff; if we could supply it, she wouldn't have to cook rice buckets every day.

Although the food will be absorbed as energy and won't burden her stomach, chewing for a long time will still make her jaw hurt.

Having a craving is one thing, but continuing to eat non-stop after satisfying that craving isn't a pleasant experience either.

The reason she's eating so happily right now is entirely due to the chef's excellent skills, the delicious food, and her post-apocalyptic hunger syndrome.

But even the most delicious food gets boring if you eat it too much, and it's hard to bear once the novelty wears off.