Complications

Ye Jiayao cooked her medicine in the small kitchen. She drank it while Chunyu was still out because she didn't want him worrying. She actually rinsed her mouth a couple of times to erase any scent or taste of it so he doesn't find out.

It was quite warm today so Ye Jiayao had someone bring her some of the coconuts in the yard so she could make shredded coconut.

The servants in the courtyard found it interesting so they came over to help. Ye Jiayao eagerly taught them to husk the coconut. She had them open up a little hole on top of the coconut with a hammer. Since they don't have a straw to use to drink the sweet coconut juice directly from the fruit, she had them pour the juice into a glass.

She wanted to test the juice because she wanted to know if the meat would be any good. If the coconut juice is sweet, the meat wouldn't taste good. If the juice is bland, the meat would taste sweet.