Chapter 192: Fragrant Bath
Bibo Villa has finally opened.
Gongsun Qian's face sank like water, Lei Tong looked angry, and the servant Zhang Hai bowed his head and was silent.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Lei Shaoxuan asked strangely.
"They're really not people. Lei Tong said angrily, "My mother left Lei Mansion, and the business she did did did not conflict with them, but they wanted to kill them all, it was too bullying!"
"The invitation to the opening ceremony sent by my mother, except for a few good sisters, almost all merchants did not accept the invitation and returned the invitation. ”
Gongsun Qian said helplessly: "The Lei Mansion, the Sun family and the Zhou family have joined forces to warn those merchants who do business with their mothers that they are not allowed to do business with their mothers again. Business contacts can be maintained secretly, and if the opening ceremony is attended openly, no one dares to come. ”
"Mother's business already needs to be run secretly?" Lei Shaoxuan asked in surprise, "How can the situation be so bad?"
Looking at Gongsun Qian's somewhat haggard face, Lei Shaoxuan frowned slightly and said, "In such a difficult situation, why didn't my mother tell me earlier?"
Gongsun Qian said angrily: "Aren't you afraid of fighting and killing?" The business pays attention to strategy, and the weapons in business are strength, brains, and business methods, not fists, isn't my mother afraid that you can't help but go to Lei Mansion to make trouble?"
Lei Shaoxuan smiled bitterly and said, "Mother, if people don't offend me, how can I offend people?
"If you don't come, don't come! Bibo Villa is such a good place, business will slowly improve, no matter how powerful the family is, it is impossible to cover the sky with one hand. ”
Gongsun Qian sighed: "Cuiyuxuan's business is related to the harem of the palace, and they don't dare to suppress it openly; cloth clothing originally relied on Lei Mansion, mainly military uniform orders, and also made luxury clothing, since they suppressed, it was good for the mother to give up, and changed to make clothes and sell cloth to ordinary people; the same is true for porcelain, there is no family order, changed to ordinary shops, facing ordinary people, although the profit is thin, but worry-free. ”
Lei Shaoxuan was distressed when he heard this.
Most of my mother's business is mainly high-end, but high-end business needs to maintain various relationships, and I am naturally haggard, so you can imagine how hard my mother has been over the years.
Lei Shaoxuan pondered for a moment and said, "Mother, this celebration, since the people you invited are not coming, why don't I arrange it?"
......
The first snow, meditation and fasting.
The snow in the small courtyard is white and dazzling, the charcoal fire in the house is red, and a cup of hot tea has been brewed on the tea table.
The Queen Mother reclined on the bed, squinting her eyes, looking at Lei Shaoxuan.
"Bibo Villa opens, you want me to attend the opening ceremony?"
The Queen Mother pointed at Lei Shaoxuan and scolded angrily: "The dignified Queen Mother, openly standing on the platform for a businessman, do you still want the royal family's face?"
"Chun'er, call me out. The Queen Mother snorted.
"Let's go," Li Chun said with his eyes narrowed, "let's save it." ”
"I haven't eaten yet. Lei Shaoxuan hurriedly said: "You can't come in vain." ”
"Pass the rice, and beat it out after eating. The Empress Dowager Gongsun was angry, "Save people and say that I don't understand the etiquette of hospitality." ”
The palace maid is petrified.
After eating, this is a gift of hospitality?
Lei Shaoxuan devoured it, as if he had eaten less and suffered a loss.
"Outside the villa, the snow is white, the plum blossoms are proud of the snow, the buds are blooming, the powder is like smoke, the white is better than the snow; the inside of the house is warm like spring, the grass is green and orchid, the warm stream is trickling, the spiritual spring is clear, bathing in it, smelling the fragrant flowers, playing with small fish......"
The Queen Mother, Hui'er and her others were dumbfounded.
"Are you sure you're talking about Bibo Villa?" the Queen Mother's eyes widened, "It sounds like a fairyland dream, bathing in a clear spiritual spring, accompanied by small fish, is there such a thing in the world?"
Lei Shaoxuan said aggrievedly: "You are the queen mother, what new things have you not seen? You have worked hard all your life, I think to get a new thing you have never seen before, to help you relieve fatigue, to make a fresh, where is the business platform?"
"Really?" The Queen Mother smiled, looked at Lei Shaoxuan and said, "Do you think I don't know that many invitations sent by your mother have been returned?"
Lei Shaoxuan's face did not change, and said: "This matter and the other thing cannot be confused; ”
Lei Shaoxuan looked at the Empress Dowager Gongsun and said confidently: "Such a good place, and you gave it again, wouldn't it be unfilial if you didn't invite you to be the first to participate?"
Hearing this, the Empress Dowager Gongsun smiled angrily: "Your mother is shrewd but extremely kind, how did she give birth to such a treacherous and cunning son as you? If Bibo Villa isn't as good as you say, watch your skin!, and I'll take a bunch of girls with me, and if anything goes wrong, watch your head. ”
Everyone's hearing about petrification.
When did the Queen Mother speak so vulgarly?
More than a dozen luxury carriages roared out of the city and stopped at the open space at the entrance of Bibo Villa.
Gongsun Qian and Lei Shaoxuan stepped forward and helped the Queen Mother out of the carriage.
Surrounded by a group of princes and wives, the Queen Mother and her entourage walked to a courtyard in Bibo Villa.
Outside the villa, the blue lake is blue, just like a translucent pearl, embedded in the snow-capped mountains, the green pines in the distance are verdant, the white snow, the green pine, and the blue lake are set against each other, a good poetic and picturesque landscape picture.
Walk along the bluestone pavement.
The magpie plum blooms on the roadside, the powder is like smoke, the white is better than the snow, the light fragrance is refreshing; the begonia is luxuriant, delicate and colorful, the purple and red; the magnolia flower is like a piece of jade, which is very moving.
Walking all the way, the flowers are brilliant, such as a spring garden.
"Aren't begonias and magnolia flowers in late winter and early spring, and they bloom so vigorously?" asked the Queen Mother strangely.
Gongsun Qian said with a smile: "Use the dark ditch to draw the warm spring aura next to the tree, the roots of the tree are warm, and the begonias and peaches and plums can be fragrant." ”
When you enter the house, a wave of heating rushes in your face, which makes you feel refreshed.
Walking into the hall of the house, it is like entering the summer rainforest, with lush large-leaf vegetation, exotic flowers and plants, and gurgling water, just like a natural resort, which makes people feel clear.
Several houses are opened, the vegetation is luxuriant, like an open wilderness, and in the middle is a clear and shallow pond, with pebbles as the bottom, small fish swimming, spring water gushing, and a faint mist.
The shallow pond is dotted with small pools, all of which are shaped like wild pools with stone bases, separated by various verdant flowers, and branch trickles that flow into the small pools.
"What about Xuan'er?" the Queen Mother was pleasantly surprised: "Sure enough, she didn't lie to me, there is such a fresh environment." ”
"This is a women-only pool, and no men are allowed to enter. Gongsun Qian smiled: "How does the Queen Mother feel?"
"It's fresh and moist, it makes you feel itchy, and you just want to take a shower. The Queen Mother smiled.
"Didn't Xuan'er say it explicitly?" Gongsun Qian pursed her lips and smiled, "This is the place to take a bath." ”
The Queen Mother and the Lady of the Princely Family were taken aback, and the Queen Mother said angrily: "This rabbit cub, I laughed when he said it, how can there be any reason to invite someone to take a bath?"
"Where do you change your clothes, and who waits if you don't bring anything to wash you?"
"I have prepared a set of clothes and utensils for the Queen Mother and the ladies, and as for the people who are waiting, I will leave it to us to arrange. ”
"How can this be reasonable? The dignified Queen Mother, how can she see people naked?" Princess Wu scolded.
"Come on. The Queen Mother said disapprovingly, "When we were young, didn't we secretly take a bath together? I still remember that you had a red hemorrhoid on your chest, which fascinated you." ”
"This ......" Princess Wu's face flushed slightly when she heard this, and she said shyly: "I'm going to die of old age, I'm sorry." ”
Gongsun Qian said with a smile: "There is a small room in Bibo Villa, and if you don't want to see people naked, you can go to a single room in the house." ”
"Queen Mother, look. Gongsun Qian pointed to a small pond in the distance, the water of the pond was snow-white and rich, warm and moist like milk, and it was rising.
"In the pool is cow's milk, which moisturizes the skin and relieves fatigue. The dry climate, lack of sleep, old age and decay, the skin will be dry and cracked, bathing in it can make the skin moist and tender like a baby. ”
The ladies behind him lit up when they heard this, and they were suddenly eager to try.
"Queen Mother, look over there. Gongsun Qian pointed to a pool in the distance.
The water of the pond is clear, full of fragrant flowers, colorful, and lovely.
"The flowers in the pool are medicinal herb flowers, which can remove dark spots on ......the skin, tighten the skin, and after bathing, the whole body will be fragrant," Gongsun Qian said.
"You can still kill those stinky men, right?" Gongsun Qian snorted.
When several middle-aged ladies heard this, their eyes lit up.
Seeing this, Gongsun Qian smiled angrily: "Whose idea?"
"Xuan'er assassinated the second prince of Xihu, and lived in the Tianxiang Pavilion of the Hu people, and was familiar with the habits of spices and medicinal materials. Gongsun Qian said embarrassedly, "Hu people's skin is dry, rough and smelly, and the nobles like to bathe in fragrant flowers to moisturize the skin and remove body odor, which is quite effective." The milk bath is also learned from the maintenance method of the harem of the Xihu Palace. ”
"Stinky boy, assassinating the prince for nine lifetimes, he still has the heart to learn these things?" the Queen Mother sighed, "It's hard for him." ”
Gongsun Qian smiled slightly, "Xuan'er said that Gongsun's family has thick skin, so he specially prepared a pool of small fish; ”
Everyone was surprised when they heard this, and the Queen Mother scolded with a smile: "Little cub, scolding me for being thick-skinned, and asking me to bathe the small fish first, obviously damaging me, and making me speechless." ”
"What else, come on, can't you wait to see them?" said the Queen Mother.
"There is also a black mud bath, which is slowly rubbed to make the skin more tender ......"
These ladies are all people of extremely high status, and they all have a straight face in front of people, such as wearing masks, how can they get used to being in front of people?
However, no matter how noble it is, it can be compared to the Queen Mother, and it is an honor to be able to share a pool with the Queen Mother.
The ladies followed behind the Queen Mother, bathing in milk, fragrant flowers, and small fish, seeing each other naked, feeling much closer and very harmonious.
"Queen Mother, the milk bath is silky and feels like the texture of a baby's skin......."
"The Queen Mother, bathing in fragrant flowers, covered in light fragrance, back to the eighteen-year-old ......"
"Tonight will kill you no matter what......"
"Hey, don't let him touch it, suffocate that old thing......"
“......”
The crowd burst out laughing.
A fragrant bath made these ladies who were high up in the past reveal their daughters from time to time, and they were in a good mood, and the Queen Mother was very satisfied.
"What is this?" asked the Queen Mother.
A maid with clothes in her hand rushed in. 11