The Legend of the Guardians of the East Gate
Ch. 89 - Tasteless cuisine

"I don't care anymore Zhi Yuan, I really don't care anymore about the contents of their heads, Zhi Yuan took me to the inn" the woman said, the owner of the tavern gulped his saliva, the man was so familiar with who the beautiful woman was.

"His nyo next door there is an inn, but this does not meet your standards Madam," said the tavern owner.

hua Mulan's eyes slowly looked at Zhi Yuan's eyes,

"I'm not a 14-year-old girl, so I won't demand much" Hua Mulan whispered and her eyes looked so tired.

Zhi Yuan hugged Hua Mulan's shoulder and led her to an inn next to the tavern where she drank, the woman was seen following the young man's wishes without the slightest hesitation as well.

Prince Qing Fan let go of his robe letting his fall on the wet streets, his eyes staring at the signboard of the inn, his jaws visible moving, as his anger was already out of control.

"All my plans are ruined, Hua Mulan. I've gone so far, it's too late for me to return" murmured prince Qing Fan, some people smile at her failure to hug the woman she dreamed of as a teenager.

Hua Mulan sat on the bench, and Zhi Yuan prepared a bowl of water and a towel, a garment placed on the bed that was quite simple.

It had been two days that the woman had not spoken nor had she eaten, the woman had simply laid down, and the third day the woman had already sat down waiting for Zhi Yuan, she said, a slight bruise was still visible on his calm face, glaring cold eyes with fingers twisting the ring on his left index finger.

"Madam," Zhi Yuan said putting a warm dish on the table, and sitting not far from her.

The woman nodded, though,

"It is enough for me to lament my fate, today I no longer need this sickening mask of mine, this mask has been attached for more than 20 years so it will not be easy, it will not be, Zhi Yuan please help me release her," Hua Mulan said.

Zhi Yuan nodded, and they ate the morning meal without saying much. Hua Mulan started talking about her plans, and that afternoon they came out of the inn.

The two continued to move around and the next few days they found an empty house near the river that was still decent, only a few neighboring houses were visible from their place, and they decided to stay in the house, after talking to the village chief they were allowed to have the place because the old owner had died.they introduced themselves as mother and son, and they were allowed to have the place, and work as a healer.

"Eat don't talk much" said Hua Mulan who was a little embarrassed because her cooking was so bland, she looked too clean to live in such a simple place.

Days passed, every day Hua Mulan concocted her potions and wrapped her wraps, and placing on high shelves in a room, the woman took note of all her and looked so serious, they sold it to drugstores, and bought some rare herbs.

Everything was so difficult, many pavilions were rejecting his potions for not being famous, no matter what,

"my nose smelled the eastern opium powder, I don't know if the health officials knew about this" Hua Mulan said at a large Pavilion, sending the owner paled, and began to speak softly and began to bid for the potion from Hua Mulan.

With his skill in negotiating and playing words made the owner of the Pavilion give up and forced to buy their potions at a great price.

"Thank you for buying our potion, you can order it if you want it again, we live at the end of the fuxian village" Hua Mulan said.

"Of course Madam, we will order if you run out of your potions" said the Pavilion owner and slightly pushed Hua Mulan's back to quickly leave her pavilion.

The woman left the suburb, with the proceeds from the sale of her potions, both of them bought some necessities and returned to their home, only a few silver coins remained in the woman's cash bag expressionless.

That day it was raining heavily, the sky looked dark with occasional lightning in sight, the woman's face looked a little worried, the,

"Zhi Yuan hasn't come home yet either," Inner Hua Mulan.

The woman grabbed the basket, although in rainy weather the woman had to find vegetables into the bamboo forest not far from her place, that day the woman had a little bit of luck a large pumpkin was already in the basket in her sling, and the woman was getting happier as some red radishes filled the basket, which had already filled it, the pain in his shoulder because he was attracted to the basket strap on his heavy back was not ignored anymore, he said, losing her dantian when she was 14 made her so hard to deal with all the hardships of working physically.

Hua Mulan rushed home trying to hold her weight, the woman looked so tough breaking through the rain and entering the front yard of her house, and a young man was already standing while holding an umbrella, prince Qing Fan looked at him while shaking his head.

The man looked furious, released his umbrella and took the basket on the back Hua Mulan threw just like that, the young man hugged the woman who had almost the same height as her, the young man, the woman was only speechless in the hug by prince Qing Fan, there was no expression whatsoever on her wet face.