Because of her young age, Shu E came to be an unknown maid in Cao Fu Changri, so she did not use lip grease, but only coated it with sesame oil and honey in the dry season of autumn and winter every year. Until he entered the palace, he still carried a box of pale crimson [Note 1] lipstick. Although she has entered the palace now, she is still a female historian and does not need to dress up.

For a while, I saw that Hua Fu really came with four boxes. One of them is white jade, one is more unique, and the other two boxes are commonly used carved ivory blue tooth tubes.

The lipstick in the white jade box is as red as blood, the whiter the whiter, the redder the red, although at the beginning of spring, the weather is not warm, but a fragrance has overflowed, and I am drunk when I smell it. Shu E remembered that the gift list was written "mutton fat jade nail decoction grease [Note 2]".

Shu E had seen nail decoction in medical books, but she only knew that Lu Dao was made of a variety of precious spices, but she didn't know that it was so fragrant. Although Shu E didn't like this color, she also knew that this box of lipstick was not easy to come by, so she put it into the double-layer carved gold mahogany stationery [Note 3].

The red sandalwood box contained a lotus lotus color and a faint and transparent lip grease. The aroma is also faint. Shu E liked it in her heart, and remembered that the gift list was written "Chen Tan Suhe Beeswax Lip Grease", so she no longer looked at the lip balm contained in the two ivory boxes, and put this on it. Sure enough, the color is elegant and soft, the lips are moist and smooth, and even better, there is a faint fragrance in the nose from time to time.

Shu E dressed up, sat on a chair, and watched Lilac still order tea there. Shu E smelled this taste, it is the Erchen soup that is often drunk in the morning. Banxia, Poria cocos, licorice, and tangerine peel are selected as medicines, which can dry and damp phlegm, regulate qi and neutralize.

Because the selected Banxia and tangerine peel are the older the better, so it is called Erchen. It is effective in curing common dizziness, palpitations, cold and heat, nausea, and spleen and stomach disharmony caused by eating too much raw and cold. On weekdays, you can make decoction and tea to drink, which can also refresh and maintain health. Shu E supported the corner of her mouth with one hand, looked at Lilac with a smile, and only felt that time was quiet, but I hoped that it would be like this every day.

When Liuquan came, the breakfast had not yet been set, the palace rules, the queen mother set the meal time at the earliest, and after a while, the emperor and queen set the meal, and then the concubine. Each room has a certain amount of time to set up a meal. Liuquan told Shu E that he would go to the Empress Dowager's palace after dinner.

Shu'e didn't know what was going on for a while, so she agreed. I saw that there were four kinds of fruits on the table, honey melon fish, carved ginger, fragrant papaya, and plum meat cake. Two carved honey fried, two fragrant salty and sour, can be regarded as appetizing side dishes. There is also a bowl of plum blossom porridge and a bowl of sesame porridge. There are also two pickled vegetables.

Lilac put the bowl of plum blossom porridge in front of Shu E, and said with a smile: "This is still the method that Cai Yin said, pick and wash the plum blossoms that have fallen to the ground, and stew the porridge with snow water." This snow water was collected by her last year, and she just made porridge for you today. It is said that this method is very popular in the palace, which is not only elegant, but also can be clear and calm. There is also an excellent name, 'Treading the snow to find plums'"

Shu E inhaled gently, and it was really good porridge. The snow-white porridge is lined with plum blossoms, and it is really stepping on the snow to find plums. The aroma of rice and flowers complement each other, and you can't help but feel refreshed when you smell it. "How many bowls of porridge have you boiled?"

"Where can I get a few bowls? Because of the lack of water, Cai Yin said that it would not be so fragrant when mixed with well water, so she only used a small stove to boil a bowl. Lilac handed over a silver spoon, "Drink it quickly, it won't smell good when it's cold." ”

Shu E felt sorry for the cloves who had been working hard for days, and reached out to pick up the flax porridge, "I just want to eat this today, this black flax fried is fragrant, more fragrant than the fragrance of flowers," said and pushed the plum blossom porridge in front of the cloves, and whispered: "Sister eats for me." After saying that, he hurriedly took off a bowl of black flax porridge in two bites, and when everyone finished eating around the table, he took Hua Fu out the back door.

[Note 1] Light Crimson Color: In the Tang and Song dynasties, it was popular to use sandalwood to dot the lips, and sandalwood color was light red. Qin Guan of the Song Dynasty once wrote: Leaning on the jade diaphragm alone and being speechless, dotting the sandalwood lips. Su Shi also had: Jiu Lixiang car urged desire, still stayed, and the sandalwood lips were dotted with apricot oil.

[Note 2] Jiadecoction lipstick: Jiadecoction is an artificial spice, which is made of a variety of spices.

[Note 3] Stationery: Makeup box, ancient women's dressing box.