Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

Qin Hongmian wanted to drag Duan Zhengchun into seclusion, but that was obviously impossible. So after being rejected, Qin Hongmian refused to move into the Prince's Mansion and instead found an inn to stay in. As for Gan Baobao, she was completely under Zhong Wanchou's watchful eye and couldn't get out.

The most interesting thing is that Duan Zhengchun's first wife, Dao Baifeng, had become a nun and no longer lived in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion. As a result, Ruan Xingzhu became the mistress of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion as soon as she moved in with her two daughters.

It's understandable, really. Of all the women Duan Zhengchun seduced, Qin Hongmian and Li Qingluo were hurt so badly that they became somewhat psychologically disturbed and prone to killing. Gan Baobao, on the other hand, was already married and her husband was still alive and well! There was no way she could reconcile with Duan Zhengchun.

Ruan Xingzhu, being single and having a good personality, was the best helper for Duan Zhengchun in the original novel. It was only natural that she would be parachuted into the Zhennan Prince's Mansion and become the head of the inner court.

Fortunately, A'Zhu and A'Zi did not become arrogant because of their favored status. On the contrary, because they both had terrible fathers, they got along very well with Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling out of sympathy for each other.

Especially after they heard that Azhu's husband was Ling Chi, they got along even better with Azhu, as if they were her real sisters, which made Azi very uncomfortable and a little puzzled.

something wrong.

"Sister Azhu, how did you and Ling Chi meet?"

"Sister A'Zhu, don't you know a woman named Huang Rong?"

"Sister Azhu, how is Shuang'er now?"

“Sister Azhu, we knew Lingchi before you did.”

As Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling encountered more and more problems, A Zi realized: "Two more vixens have their eyes on my brother-in-law, ugh!"

Azi has been by Ling Chi's side for more than half a year and has a deep understanding of him.

In her opinion, although Ling Chi was not good-looking and always liked to bully her, he had a really good personality. When she broke her leg, he would carefully prepare all kinds of delicious food to help her heal every day. Although he always liked to tease her while she was eating, it was like an older brother teasing and teasing his younger sister, which made her feel like she was being taken care of and bullied by her older brother.

Moreover, Ling Chi is truly capable. Not only is her martial arts skill ridiculously strong and her cooking excessively delicious, but she also possesses a wealth of talents. When Ling Chi gets bored with studying, he teaches her origami, plays little tunes for her, and even draws her a portrait with incredibly simple lines, yet it's hilariously ugly. Despite being so ugly, everyone can recognize it as her at a glance, making Shuang'er, A Zhu, and A Bi laugh many times—it's infuriating!

But I don't dislike it.

To be honest, if she hadn't been unable to accept Ling Chi's philandering ways, perhaps she would have ended up like A Zhu...

Fortunately, Qiao Feng was truly a wonderful man, possessing both heroic spirit and a tender heart, and he treated her very well. If it weren't for the hardships of the previous fifteen years, A'Zi would have been truly content with what fate had in store for her. But things weren't bad now either; she believed the future would be better.

But now her sister has two rivals in love out of nowhere, and these two rivals happen to be her half-sisters, which is very troublesome.

Oh, and they both have a half-brother, that bookworm named Duan Yu.

She couldn't call him a bookworm, because his martial arts skills were quite good. It was said that he had only practiced martial arts for a little over a year, but he was already quite skilled. In her opinion, he was no worse than an ordinary disciple of the Xingxiu Sect.

But her brother seemed quite disappointed after learning that they were all his biological sisters.

Hmph! Another lecher! No wonder he's the son of a scumbag father.

Fortunately, this older brother takes good care of his younger sisters, often taking them out to play and experience the local customs and culture of Dali.

I must say, Dali is quite fun, and the people are simple and honest, and the prices are low. If one tael of silver could only buy ten chickens in the Song Dynasty, it could buy twenty in Dali. The difference is huge.

What bothered her most was that almost everyone in Dali was a Buddhist, chanting "Amitabha" all day long, which was quite annoying. They also kept talking about being compassionate and relieving suffering, but she wasn't one to back down.

Every day, Azi was torn between her older sister and two other sisters who were still considered close to her, all for Ling Chi's sake. This gave her an increasingly bad headache. One day, while playing alone outside, she cursed, "My brother-in-law is such a womanizer. When he comes, I'll teach him a lesson!"

"Who are you trying to teach a lesson to?" A familiar voice came from behind her, startling her.

Turning around, she smiled obsequiously, "Ah! Brother-in-law, you're here! My sister and I have missed you so much!"

"..." Ling Chi looked at A Zi's familiar smiling face, slapped her head a few times with his large hand, and said with a sinister smile, "Really? You really miss me that much?"

It hurts!

Azi burst into tears: "Waaah, really, look, I've been missing you so much I'm crying."

"Hahaha, I missed you too!" Ling Chi slapped him twice more, his expression changing as he sneered, "Want to know how you're going to teach me a lesson!"

Azi was sweating profusely.

"Waaaaah, I was wrong." Azi clutched her head, it hurt so much: "Don't hit my head."

Chapter Seventy-Six: Setting Sail

"Brother-in-law, you're in big trouble." Azi rubbed her head full of bumps and said resentfully, "It won't get better without at least ten meals."

Ling Chi scoffed, "Actually, I can cook for you for the rest of my life, as long as you can endure the pain of having all your bones broken and being paralyzed in bed for the rest of your life."

A chill ran down Azi's spine, and she hurriedly shook her head: "No, no! I'm all better, completely better."

"Just kidding." Ling Chi smiled and pulled out a string of candied hawthorns: "Here, have some!"

Azi's eyes lit up: "Thank you, brother-in-law." Eating the sweet and sour candied hawthorn, Azi said happily: "It's so delicious."

Ling Chi smiled and asked, "How have you been these past few days? When will you be conferred the title of Princess?"

"It's alright!" Azi said, "Apart from the food, everything else is fine. I thought there would be a big ceremony since the princess title has been conferred! It turns out that the palace just stamped a seal, and my sister and I became princesses."

"Oh?" Ling Chi chuckled. "That's great. You'll be able to receive a lot of money every year from now on, right?"

"It's not much," Azi pouted. "Only about a hundred taels of silver a year, it's so meager. If I had known it would only be this much silver, I wouldn't have come."

"You!" Ling Chi shook his head: "You don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of the household. An ordinary family of three doesn't even spend five taels of silver a year. You're getting the expenses of a family of three for twenty years for free. What are you complaining about?"

"Are ordinary people really that poor?" Azi was taken aback. "I always thought everyone had more than ten taels of silver!"

"Do you think what you think is what you think?" Ling Chi took out a red bean bun and ate it, saying, "After you get married, don't say such common sense things. After all, you are the leader's wife, and you should be prepared to be the mother of the nation."

"Hmm..." Azi scratched her head: "What should an empress dowager look like?"

“Just be like Shuang’er,” Ling Chi said. “Shuang’er is the best woman.”

Azi thought for a moment, nodded, then shook her head: "I can't do it."

“Of course you can’t do it.” Ling Chi laughed. “There’s only one Shuang’er in the world. Just do your best. I don’t think Brother Qiao will have too high expectations of you.”

"Hmm." After finishing her candied hawthorn, Azi said, "By the way, brother-in-law, there's something I have to tell you."

"What is it?" Ling Chi asked.

“There are two illegitimate daughters in Father’s household, and they seem to know you,” Azi said.

Ling Chi's smile froze, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

“Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing,” A Zi said.

"..." Ling Chi pinched the bridge of his nose: "Mu Wanqing didn't do anything to you, did she?"

“What can she do to us?” Azi said, “To be honest, she was quite cold at first, but when she heard that you were my sister’s husband, she became incredibly obsequious to my sister. I couldn’t stand it.”

Ling Chi was stunned: "She would fawn over A Zhu?"

“Yes!” Azi said, “What’s wrong?”

“…” Ling Chi pondered for a moment and said, “Before meeting A Zhu, Mu Wanqing wanted to marry me.”

Azi: "!?!?!?!?!"

……

The two found a small teahouse, ordered some tea and snacks, and chatted while eating.

Although the teahouse was small, the tea was quite good, and the snacks were simple, enough to kill time.

"Mu Wanqing's master is a pervert. He insisted on covering her face with a veil and said that anyone who saw her face should either be killed or married. I accidentally saw Mu Wanqing's face, and then she started clinging to me..."

After Ling Chi finished explaining the whole story between him and Mu Wanqing, A Zi frowned: "Sister Mu's master is such a scoundrel! How could he do such a reckless thing?"

“Who says otherwise?” Ling Chi said, cracking sunflower seeds. “Just like these sunflower seeds, they are clearly native to South America. The domesticated varieties were brought to Europe from North America by the Spanish in 1510. Yet they appeared in the Song Dynasty in the 11th century. It’s really bizarre.”

"???" Azi asked, "Brother-in-law, what are you saying?"

"Ignorance is truly terrifying," Ling Chi said disdainfully.

Azi rolled her eyes: "You're so cultured, fine! Who cares?"

Ling Chi smiled and said, "Alright, let's talk about Mu Wanqing! What are your thoughts?"

“What can I think?” Azi said, “If you ask me, this Sister Mu is a pervert. Even though you broke her leg, when she heard that you were her husband, instead of staying away, she fawned over her like a dog. There are too many people like this in the Xingxiu Sect. They are all a bunch of scoundrels.”

"..." Ling Chi was stunned for a moment, and a big letter appeared in his mind—M!

Could it be that Mu Wanqing...

Are we going to learn from Zhu Zhishan and Sister Pomegranate from now on, thinking, "If I don't show my teeth, you'll think I'm a sick cat!"

"..." Ling Chi shook his head and said, "I don't want to see her. After you go back, tell A Zhu and A Bi about this, and then find an opportunity to come out. I will take you away."

"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to leave without saying goodbye?" Azi said, "At least leave a letter!"

"You decide what to do!" Ling Chi said. "To avoid alerting them, let's meet at the back gate of the Prince's Mansion at midnight tonight and then leave the city overnight."

“No need!” Azi said, “It’s March now. As long as we say we’re going out for a spring outing, a carriage will take us out of the city.”

"..." Ling Chi slapped A Zi on the head: "Then let's alert them. Do as I say!"

"Waaaaah, you hit me again..."

……

At midnight, Azi, Azhu, and Abi carried large and small bundles to the back gate of the Prince's Mansion and left Dali City with Ling Chi that very night. When Mu Wanqing found out the next day, she was completely stunned.

You... won't even see me once?

Two lines of tears slid down Mu Wanqin's cheeks, wetting the ground.

"Sister Mu..." Zhong Ling didn't know how to comfort her.

Mu Wanqing turned and left. Soon after, she changed into a black martial arts outfit, mounted a fine horse, and rode out of the city.

A murderous aura emanated from her, causing panic and chaos along the way: If you don't marry me, I will kill you even if it means going to the ends of the earth!

At this time, Ling Chi had already taken A Zhu and the others hundreds of miles away from Dali City, and they were washing up, catching fish and shrimp and barbecuing by a small river.

"Brother-in-law, where are you and my sister going after we get to Luoyang?" Azi asked as she ate the delicious grilled fish.

"Let's travel around!" Ling Chi said. "It's only March now, so it's a good time to take A Zhu and A Bi to see the beautiful scenery of the world, and then go to Zhoushan to meet up with Tong Lao and go out to sea to search for treasure."

Azi's eyes sparkled as she said, "That sounds great! I want to go too."

"You should just stay a good wife and be a good leader!" Ling Chi laughed. "If you want to play around, go play with your husband later."

Azi pouted: "Hmph! If I don't want to go, I won't go. I won't take you guys with me to any fun places in the future."

"Whatever you like." Ling Chi picked up some grilled clams and placed them on A Zhu and A Bi's plates, saying, "Eat more."

"Thank you, young master," A'Zhu called out to him again.

“Call me Brother Ling!” Ling Chi said, “From now on, Abi can also call me Brother Ling.”