In the night, Hua Lianyue's eyes were deep and bright, flashing with a strong curiosity. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 She looked around after Qiao Meiren with great interest, but was stunned to find that there was less and less noise along the way, less and less laughter, and even the lights were getting dimmer.

Unexpectedly, the courtyard where Qiao Meiren lived was even more remote than her own, and it was basically in the corner of the Fenghua Palace.

Qiao Meiren also seemed to feel the need to explain, she tilted her chin and said with a proud face: "Mrs. Ben has always liked quiet, so she has found a quiet place to live in the middle of the noise. Unlike the rest of the mundane things, they blindly know that they are lively. ”

Hua Liyue pursed her lips and smiled without saying a word. You are the boss, and you are all right.

To Hua Lianyue's surprise, although the courtyard where Qiao Meiren lived was remote, the front and back of the house were full of various medicinal herbs. By the candlelight that spilled from the window, she had vaguely recognized several medicinal herbs such as star anise maple, sarsaparilla, white back leaf, spotted flower and other herbs.

Hua Lianyue was a little surprised and said, "Madam, I didn't expect you to be proficient in the art of disambiguation?"

Qiao Meiren looked at her inexplicably, and she raised her hand to point to the mess of herbs on the ground.

"Oh, you're talking about this!" Qiao Meiren looked suddenly enlightened, and she said disapprerovantly: "These are all left by the previous lady, and I heard that her ancestors have opened a pharmacy in Dongqin for three generations." It's a pity that her life is not good, and she finally became pregnant with the flesh and blood of the second prince, but she died of blood collapse during childbirth.

Hey, even though she has excellent medical skills, she still can't save her life after all. I later saw that the things she left behind were all lively and blooming. It's not as troublesome as precious flowers, so it's up to them....."

When Hua Lianyue heard this, the corners of her eyes couldn't help twitching. It is not even taboo to leave behind the things of the person who died in vain, how big the heart of this person must be!

Although Qiao Meiren's house is remote, it is extremely spacious, and you can see pink light tulle tents representing the heart of a girl everywhere. Two similarly dressed maids were hiding in the corner of the main hall and napping, and they were not disturbed even when their master came in.

Qiao Meiren was embarrassed when she saw this, and subconsciously peeked to see Hua Lianyue. Seeing this, Hua Lianyue hurriedly turned her gaze away, and took a few steps closer, picking up a half-embroidered handkerchief on the table and pretending to admire.

Qiao Meiren hurriedly went over, kicked one of the two maids, and whispered, "Dead girl, don't hurry up." ”

The maid rubbed her eyes and said in a daze, "Beauty, why did you come back so early today?"

"What a beauty, there are really no rules, it's Madame. Qiao Meiren snorted heavily and scolded: "There are new arrivals, hurry up and serve." What does it look like to be paralyzed here? ”

The two maids got up from the ground and hurriedly sorted out the messy clothes. Both bent their knees and said obediently: "Yes, madam!" Presumably this Qiao beauty usually likes to close the door and let her maids call her madam, and the two maids actually changed their words very smoothly.

When they faced Hua Lianyue, they froze, and one of the maids said cautiously, "I don't know what to call this petite?"

Hua Lianyue put down the handkerchief in her hand and said casually: "My surname is Hua." ”

"I've seen the flower beauty!" the two maids saluted obediently again, and the corners of Hua Liyue's eyes twitched, wanting to explain. Then I thought that it was just a meal, maybe there was only one side, so I didn't bother to explain. So she nodded in response.

Qiao Meiren turned around and sat down on the side of the collapse, and ordered, "Go and get some food." ”

"Yes!"

The two maids brought a lot of food, mostly ordinary pastries, and a little melon. Although there are no hard dishes such as roast lamb shank, it is also the best food that Qiao Meiren can come up with.

Hua Lianyue hurriedly thanked her, picked up a piece of cake and ate it. Seeing her so down-and-out and generous, Qiao Meiren couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, revealing her closeness. She propped her chin with her hands and stared intently at Hua Lianyue.

Hua Lianyue inadvertently raised her eyes, and met her slightly brown eyes.

Qiao Meiren saw Hua Lianyue raise her eyes to look at her, hooked her lips and smiled, and said: "You are from the Eastern Qin Dynasty, right? I see that you eat Xiangswen, but you come from a big family? In this Fenghua Palace, there are several ladies who are from the Eastern Qin, and they are all given to the second prince by those Eastern Qin merchants. They are fair and delicate like you. Unlike our women in the North Underworld, because they grew up on horseback, most of them have dull and dark complexions. As she spoke, she couldn't help but raise her hand to caress her cheek. It seems that she does not mind that she is not fair enough.

Hua Liyue swallowed the cake in her mouth, picked up the cup and drank a few sips of water. I did lean over and scrutinize her skin. After half a ring, he said: "Not all the women of Dongqin are fair and delicate, but the ladies you mentioned, since they were sent as gifts, must have paid special attention to the maintenance of their skin since they were young, so as to raise a good skin that is as delicate as fat." ”

"Could it be that your complexion was also raised since childhood?" Qiao Meiren asked curiously, and then she pursed her lips disdainfully, and said: "You said earlier that you were not a beauty who came in to compete for favor, but now you are exposed! ”

Hua Liyue choked on the water in her throat and coughed violently. Qiao Meiren motioned for the two maids to come forward and pat her on the back, but she said cool words on the side: "So people still can't lie at will, if you lie, you will be punished by the god of slack." After saying that, she also clenched her fists and deliberately accentuated her tone.

Qiao Meiren's age is actually younger than Hua Lianyue, and she has probably been locked up in this Fenghua Hall for several years, and there is no serious person who can guide her, so she still thinks and acts with the childishness of a girl.

Hua Lianyue finally eased up, and said helplessly: "Madam, not every woman who enters the Fenghua Hall wants to be a woman of the second prince. "The second prince you miss in your heart is not so popular. Of course, she could only keep this sentence in her heart and didn't dare to say it.

Qiao Meiren tilted her head and said puzzledly: "Since you don't want to be the woman of the second prince, why do you want to enter the Fenghua Palace?"

Okay! No more talking.

In order not to be angry with her, Hua Lianyue had to change the topic: "Actually, I rarely stay in the house, and my favorite thing is to travel around the world." Because my father is a doctor, he likes to soak me in all kinds of medicinal baths since I was a child, some of which are for skin nourishment, so he looks very fair-skinned. ”

Qiao Meiren's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she couldn't care about whether Hua Liyue wanted to be the second prince's woman. He only tugged at her sleeves, kept shaking, and said coquettishly: "What kind of medicinal bath, can you teach me! I also want to be a little more beautiful." ”

"I want to think about it, I want to think about it!" Hua Lianyue ate her things, and felt that she was delicate and had no city government, so she wanted to help her. So Hua Lianyue really began to think carefully about what kind of medicinal herbs her father had gotten for her back then.

An hour later, Qiao Meiren and Hua Liyue soaked in two steaming tubs. Smoked by the heat, their faces were already flushed. The tub was not the usual clean water, but a dark medicinal soup.

One of the maids was also carrying a porcelain bowl, carefully smearing the viscous liquid inside on Qiao Meiren's face. Hua Lianyue lay on the edge of the other bath bucket, looked at Qiao Meiren and said with a smile: "There is a white aconite in these ointments on your face, which can drive away dark spots on the skin, but it is slightly toxic, remember not to add more." ”

"Ah Fu, do you remember?" Qiao Meiren said as she looked up at the maid who was wiping her face.

The maid named Ah Fu nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, madam, I have already written it down." ”

"Just remember!" Hua Lianyue smiled slightly, closed her eyes, and began to enjoy the infiltration of the medicinal soup. The medicinal decoction she uses is the function of stopping bleeding, reducing inflammation and removing scars. These things were all dug up in Qiao Meiren's yard.

Presumably, the lady who planted these medicinal herbs was also afraid that she would be assassinated in this Fenghua Palace, so she planted some good medicines for external injuries. Although in the end, she still failed to keep her life safe, but let Hua Liyue pick up a big bargain.

The two of them tossed until the bright moon sank in the west, and Hua Lianyue yawned and left.

The house was dark when she left, but when she returned, it was brightly lit. The freckled maid who picked her up during the day was sitting on the couch, drowsy with her forehead propped up.

Hua Lianyue was stunned for a moment and coughed lightly.

The maid raised her head blankly, and when she saw Hua Lianyue in front of her, her eyes suddenly lit up. Hurriedly stood up and curtsied, and then said softly: "Miss Hua, where have you been, but tell me to wait." ”

Hua Lianyue's footsteps paused slightly, and she noticed that this freckled maid called herself not a beauty but a young lady, and it seemed that she knew her identity. After a turn of thought, Hua Lianyue sat down on the side of the collapse as if nothing happened, and said seemingly casually: "When I woke up, I felt depressed, so I went out for a walk." By the way, I don't know what to call you?"

The freckled maid neatly poured a glass of water and put it in Hua Lianyue's hand, and said with a smile: "Miss can call me Yiqing, and in the future, in this Fenghua Palace, Yiqing will serve you." ”

In the flickering candle flame, Hua Lianyue half-hung her head, letting the black hair of ** fall down, blocking half of her cheeks and the sneer at the corner of her mouth. Even the personal maid was sent, and it seems that the second prince is determined to put himself under house arrest temporarily.

It's just that for Yu Guang, the second prince of the Northern Underworld, she has only occasionally heard her eldest brother mention it, but she has a black eye and doesn't know anything about herself! This feeling of being the enemy is really terrible.

Yi Qing saw that Hua Lianyue was speechless for a long time, and said with a smile: "Miss Hua must be hungry, can I go and prepare some food for you?"

Hua Lianyue nodded casually, and Yiqing immediately retreated. After only half a cup of tea, she brought a few more pastries and a pot of tea, and said with a smile: "It's too late at night, and there's nothing left in the kitchen. ”

Hua Lianyue glanced at the tray in her hand, and saw that there were sesame rolls, golden cakes, coconut crisps, and two-color bean cakes. Although these snacks are not precious, they are much more delicate than Qiao Meiren's dry and hard cakes.

Hua Lianyue narrowed her eyes, hooked her lips and smiled, and said, "It's hard for you, you have to help me get these snacks so late." ”

Yi Qing hurriedly said: "Miss, you're welcome, it's all my business." What do you want to eat, tell me and I'll clip it for you. ”

Hua Lianyue's eyes swirled back and forth on the four dim sums, looking like she couldn't make up her mind. Yi Qing's hands unconsciously clenched into fists slightly, and her eyes stared at her for a moment.

Hua Liyue raised her eyes sharply, just in time for her. Yiqing was taken aback, trembled unconsciously, and then smiled reluctantly: "Miss can choose?" Probably because of nervousness, her throat was trembling slightly.

Hua Lianyue stared at her eyes tightly until Yi Qing moved away uncomfortably. She suddenly smiled and said, "Yiqing, do you want me to eat?"

There were fine beads of sweat on Yiqing's sideburns, and the smile on her face was almost unbearable, she smiled reluctantly: "I saw that Miss You haven't eaten all night, I'm afraid you will be hungry." ”

Hua Lianyue stood up and said lazily: "Let's put it here first, now I'm not hungry and want to rest." ”

"Miss......" Yiqing hurriedly took two steps and said, "You haven't eaten yet!"

Hua Lianyue turned her head suddenly, staring at her coldly. Yiqing was forced to stop and explained curtly: "Now that it's getting hotter and hotter, I'm afraid that these will break overnight, isn't it a pity." ”

Hua Lianyue sneered: "Why don't I give you all of these, and you can eat them all in front of me!"

Yi Qing trembled, and said in a panic: "These snacks are for the masters to enjoy, we who are slaves don't dare to move casually, if you let the steward know, you have to kill me." ”

"Can't even be rewarded by the master?" Hua Lianyue sneered: "Tomorrow, I'll ask you second prince, and I'll listen to him tell him in person, whether this palace rule is really so strict." ”

Yiqing was so frightened that she knelt down with a "poof", and even kowtowed, but she didn't dare to say anything.

It is already clear that there must be something wrong with these inventories. It's just that Hua Lianyue can be sure that looking at Yiqing's weak-hearted appearance, it must not be Yu Guangxia's order. This is someone who wants to secretly hack himself behind Yuguang's back. It's a pity that he found Yiqing, a timid mouse, as an accomplice, and he was doomed to fail.

Thinking of this, Hua Lianyue sneered and said, "Since I don't want to eat it, you don't dare to eat it, just put these snacks here! If it's bad tomorrow, I'll take it and feed it to the dogs......"

Yiqing didn't dare to say anything to stop her, so she could only watch her drift away. It wasn't until she waved her sleeves into the bedroom that Yiqing reluctantly picked up those snacks and cautiously exited the yard.

In the dark night, under the eaves of a moonlit house outside the Fenghua Palace, Yi Qing was prostrate on the ground, not daring to move. In the darkness, there stood a woman, her long black cloak covering her from head to toe, so that it was impossible to see her appearance.

The mysterious woman muttered in confusion, "You mean she won't eat anything?"

Yi Qing kowtowed respectfully, and then said timidly: "Yes, she is very alert, she seems to have found something, and she didn't eat a bite." I said a few more words, and she said she would give me all the food. I really had no choice but to bring out those snacks again. ”

"Useless waste!" the mysterious woman raised her foot and stomped on Yiqing's fingers on the ground, and viciously crushed it several times.

Yi Qing's tears of pain came out, but he didn't even dare to snort.