"Princess, you may close your eyes for a while." Yang Ruxin placed bundles of herbs into the bathing tub, finally adding some wild chrysanthemum petals to the water, "Chui Zhu, watch the water temperature. Add hot water when it doesn't scald to the touch. There's a stove with hot water in the next room. Call me when Her Ladyship has soaked for an hour."
Chui Zhu curtsied in response.
Exiting the chamber, Yang Ruxin furrowed her brows deeply, then turned to the back.
Dao Xuzi and some others were tinkering with gold, trying to see if they could make the little creature spit poison without Yang Ruxin. Despite their efforts to entice and threaten, the little creature just lay there, not even twitching an eyelid.
Yang Ruxin sighed, thinking that if it weren't for the matter at hand, she wouldn't have the patience to watch these old men act so obsequiously. She couldn't help but cough lightly.
The creature, which had been napping with its eyes closed, suddenly sprang up.
