Chapter 7: 007 She Is Not a Good Person

As soon as Nanny Zhao saw the Young Master, she immediately tucked away her kind expression and revealed a cunning face. Walking toward him, she laughed, "Young Master, are you so crazed for women that you won't even let a pregnant woman go?"

Baili Qianchuan sighed innocently, "Who told her to treat me like a good person?"

"Young Master, I must say, that woman is truly beautiful! If she is properly nourished for a period of time, she will definitely be a great beauty!" Nanny Zhao laughed with a wicked and joyful expression, looking like a seasoned old fox.

"Hehe, she must be nourished well. When the time comes, I'll give her to my old man. He loves women who have just given birth the most. If I please him, I won't have to go back!" Baili Qianchuan laughed.

"Rest assured, Young Master. In twenty days, this old servant guarantees she will be as delicate as a young maiden!" Nanny Zhao was very confident.

The master and servant were both busy making their own calculations, unaware that inside the wooden hut, Rong Jing was currently holding the child, leaning sideways by the window to listen.

The child in her arms seemed to know what his mother was doing; he was exceptionally quiet, only blinking his large eyes while staring at his mother.

Only after seeing that both Nanny Zhao and Baili Qianchuan had left did Rong Jing narrow her eyes, a light smile curling at the corners of her lips. She carefully retreated back to the bed.

She maintained a harmless smile throughout, continuing to coax her son. No one could see through what she was thinking at this moment, nor what her opinion of Baili Qianchuan and Nanny Zhao was.

In less than an hour, Nanny Zhao delivered a feast: a plate of chicken pan-fried in sesame oil, a bowl of eel soup, a dish of water spinach, a bowl of white rice, plus an egg and an apple.

Nanny Zhao arranged seven meals a day for Rong Jing. Such a menu was equivalent to the enjoyment of officials' families in the Imperial Capital; in the middle of the wilderness, Rong Jing should have been laughing with joy.

However, Rong Jing only ate a few bites of rice with some water spinach before lazily curling back up on the bed, remaining silent.

"Are you not eating anymore?" Nanny Zhao asked curiously.

"Nanny, I..." Rong Jing looked somewhat troubled, "It's nothing. I have a small appetite and I'm full. Don't go to such great lengths in the future; I can't eat much anyway."

"Is it that it doesn't suit your palate?" Nanny Zhao asked hurriedly. This wasn't a small appetite; Rong Jing clearly wasn't eating.

Rong Jing stammered and did not answer.

"Does Madam find the flavor too bland? You mustn't eat too much salt while in confinement," Nanny Zhao advised.

Rong Jing still looked troubled and stammered for a long time before saying, "Nanny, I have never eaten these things at home before. I can't get used to them all at once."

Nanny Zhao immediately laughed and teased, "Silly girl, it's not as if it's anything bad. How can you not be used to it? Eat as much as you want; nourishing your body is vital. This old servant won't charge you for the food! You must eat well during this period so the child can be healthy too!"

Rong Jing remained troubled, "Nanny, I'm really not hungry."

"If you don't eat, I'll get angry!" Nanny Zhao was very enthusiastic, bringing the rice bowl right in front of Rong Jing.

Feeling helpless, Rong Jing looked at Nanny Zhao with an apologetic face and whispered, "Nanny, I usually eat Phoenix Chicken at home. These farm-raised hens have a certain smell, I... I... I really can't get used to it."

Uh, Phoenix Chicken?

Nanny Zhao froze. She hadn't expected this!

This woman didn't think the food was too good; she thought it was too poor!

Of course she knew about Phoenix Chicken; it was the most precious breed. They could never be farm-raised; they were all purely wild.

The price of a single Phoenix Chicken was worth fifty farm-raised hens!

This woman's palate was no ordinary picky one!

Seeing Nanny Zhao's silence, a cold sneer flashed in the depths of Rong Jing's eyes. She continued, "Nanny Zhao, and this fish soup, when I was at my husband's house, I only..."

At this point, Rong Jing deliberately paused. Nanny Zhao forced a charitable expression and said, "It's alright, just say whatever you wish."

Only then did Rong Jing speak timidly, "I only eat the unborn small sharks from inside a man-eating shark's belly, commonly known as 'The Unseen'."

Upon hearing this, Nanny Zhao nearly fainted. She had thought that, at most, the woman would want to drink crab meat or shark fin, but she never expected her to want "The Unseen"!

A single small shark of that kind was worth fifty Phoenix Chickens!

Watching Nanny Zhao's reaction, Rong Jing was very satisfied and continued, "Nanny Zhao, don't bring me eggs in the future either. I don't dare eat eggs... for eggs, I only eat mountain pigeon eggs."

Mountain pigeon eggs! Those were things as large as pearls, but their price was even dearer than pearls. Furthermore, they were not easy to boil, and once boiled, they were not easy to peel.

Nanny Zhao calculated in her heart that based on Rong Jing's standards of what was "palatable," with seven meals of various sizes a day, eating for just twenty days would surely bankrupt the Young Master!

Just where on earth did the Young Master pick up such a foodie!!