19. The follower should return the gift

Chengxin was contacted by Qiao Mu with the help of Zheng Wei, and their first conversation did not shy away from her, although Zheng Wei did not mention what happened in the main hall that day, but Qiao Mu even guessed and actually came to this conclusion.

Zheng Wei smiled slightly, "You really want to." "Neither admit nor deny.

Qiao Mu pouted, it seemed that this master didn't want to say anything. She closed the lid, turned her head slightly, glanced at something, and her eyes lit up: "Miss, otherwise, let's give this bottle of our homemade jade face paste to Yun Chongrong." ”

Zheng Wei didn't speak immediately, so Qiao Mu persuaded him: "Miss, I think, it's too simple for us to just go back to the two palaces, this jade cream is made by us, since you use it well, then give this to Yun Chongrong." Anyway, you didn't open this bottle. Moreover, let's say goodbye, Yun Chongrong may not be rare, it is better to send her what she doesn't have, what do you think? ”

Zheng Wei combed her hair with her hand, "What you said makes sense, it's up to you." ”

Qiao Mu said again: "There are also piles of yarn flowers made by Miss, although they are fancy that I have never seen, and they are strange and beautiful, let's send a few branches." "What she said was that Zheng Wei was idle, and the tulips that had not yet been passed in from the Dayong Dynasty.

Zheng Wei nodded absentmindedly and said, "If you look at the right words, it's up to you." ”

When the master and servant went out, they met Wang Changzai who came out of the main hall, and she had obviously seen Zheng Wei, but she deliberately turned her head away and went back to her house with a high spirit.

Qiao Mu's face turned pale with anger, "Miss, she's too much!" ”

Zheng Wei chuckled softly: "What do you care about her?" This kind of person is not a hundred but also eighty in the palace, if you care about it one by one, can you take care of it? ”

Qiao Mu said angrily: "But she dares to show your face in person, it's too annoying!" ”

Zheng Wei glanced at her, squinted at the orange-red sun that began to sink overhead, and said casually: "Do you remember the agarwood that the Hou Mansion brought over when we first moved to the Hou Mansion?" ”

Qiao Mu was taken aback, the name "agarwood" was a taboo in their Youzhu Garden, Zheng Wei would definitely not talk about her for no reason, but this was not a good time to ask. And Zheng Wei retracted her gaze, her eyes sank, and she didn't seem to have any intention of talking about it anymore. Qiao Mu couldn't help but be curious, so he had to reminisce about the events of the year while walking.

Qiao Mu is a little girl bought by Zheng Wei's family, and after Zheng's father died, he followed Zheng Wei's mother and daughter to live in Weiyuan Hou's Mansion. But as soon as she entered the Hou Mansion, she was asked by the grandmother of the Hou Mansion on the grounds of "conditioning and teaching", and asked her to follow the new little girls in the Hou Mansion to re-learn the rules first, and she was not clear about what happened during that time. But she also knew that Agarwood was originally serving the Jiang family, and not long after, Agarwood was asked by a son of a side branch at the old lady's birthday feast.

Just as the young brother-in-law stretched out his hand to the widow's room, this would not sound good. Qiao Mu didn't understand why the old lady would agree to their ridiculous request at that time, and the Jiang family also acquiesced. Thinking about it, it is nothing more than that the two of them had a head and tail before, and they were only found to have a chance to cross the road during the birthday feast. Fortunately, not many people know about this matter, otherwise, Jiang's reputation would definitely be ruined. And no matter how sluggish the arbor is, he will not go around asking about such dirty ears.

Qiao Mu later heard by chance that the wife married by the family was a fierce woman, and after the agarwood was asked to pass, she did not live a good life. Later, the son of the side branch was released from his foreign post, and there was no way to find out about them. After a long time, there were a lot of things in the Hou Mansion every day, and she slowly forgot about it.

Because the Diecui Pavilion was really far away from Jingchen Palace, by the time Zheng Wei and the two of them arrived, the sun had almost completely sunk, and a large area of fire clouds were connected in the west, as if the fire in the sky was about to burn to the ground.

Yun Chongrong's hair was scattered to welcome her, she was facing the sky, the hairpin ring had been removed, and she was actually going to groom up.

Zheng Wei was extremely embarrassed, and said apologetically to Yun Chongrong: "I didn't expect Sister Yun to go to the bath, I came at an inopportune time." ”

Yun Chongrong hurriedly held her hand and smiled enthusiastically, "How can I be, Sister Zheng is willing to come to me, it's too late for me to be happy." It's just that, as you know, it's too hot, and I thought that my sister didn't arrive so soon, so I asked someone to prepare water to scrub it first, but I was rude. Sister, please take a seat. ”

Zheng Wei hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Since my sister wants to bathe, I won't bother me more." She said as she personally took the box from Qiao Mu's hand, "This is a little gadget I make up when I have nothing to do, and I can't put it on the table, so my sister will take it and play with it." ”

Yun Chongrong said, "Why do you bother my sister?" I opened the box casually, and immediately fell in love with the things in the box: "Oh, this palace silk and yarn flowers are styles that I haven't seen before, my sister's clever mind, how do you do it?" ”

Gong Qian is made of golden silk thread to make a fat head goldfish about a finger long, the fins are slightly lighter brown thick line, and the fish head is dotted with two black pearls the size of soybeans, which looks very interesting and cute. In her previous life, she had indulged in handmade weaving for a while, and it was at that time that she learned how to weave goldfish knots.

After arriving here, the Marquis of Weiyuan directly taught embroidery, and did not teach them to weave, so Zheng Wei had no chance to "invent" this thing. This style of goldfish palace silk is not to mention Yun Chongrong, even Zheng Shao has no chance to see it, of course, it is a unique and new thing in the Dayong Dynasty.

Zheng Wei smiled: "Sister Yun can like it." I also have a bottle of homemade jade cream here, if my sister doesn't dislike it, please accept it. ”

Yun Chongrong took the bottle curiously and looked at it, but did not open it, and asked, "Jade Rong Ointment?" What is it? How does it work? ”

Zheng Wei took the bottle, poured it on the back of her hand, pushed it away with her fingers, and said with a smile: "After cleaning your face at night, apply it to your face for half an hour." It's just that this jade cream is a little sticky, and when the time is up, just wash it off with water. It's not a precious thing, but I've been using it since I was a child, and I think it's good, so I took it to my sister to try. ”

Jiang Chongrong took a closer look at Zheng Wei's skin, and sure enough, it was as white as jade, soft as cotton, and delicate as fat, even in the harem, there were not many people with such almost flawless good skin.

Women always have no resistance to things that can maintain their beautiful faces, she is immediately much more interested in the contents of this small bottle than before, and she took the bottle and curiously wanted to pour some and try it on her hand, but Zheng Wei seemed to be unconscious, and closed the cork: "Sister, do you have clear water here?" Your hands are too sticky, so you have to clean them. ”

Jiang Chongrong hurriedly called Zhilan and ordered: "Go and get a basin of water for Zheng Meiren to clean your hands." ”

Her attitude is much closer than before, after all, there are many backgrounds in high-ranking households, such as food lists, incense recipes, rouge and other beauty products are generally secrets. She didn't think that the jade cream was really made by Zheng Wei alone, she only thought that she had been so close to Mrs. Ying before, and she couldn't say that she had some real goods in her hand.

And after Zheng Wei finished washing her hands, after refusing Jiang Chongrong's repeated retention on the grounds that "it is difficult to walk at night", Jiang Chongrong looked at Zheng Wei more pleasing to the eye.

Qiao Mu was not very comfortable, "Yun Chongrong is too childish, Miss, you have obviously brought her back, saying that she will arrive later, but she preemptively said that she wanted to take a bath." Looking at who doesn't know her careful thoughts, aren't you afraid that we will take the opportunity to spend it there, so that we can see the emperor? You've been there for so long, and she hasn't even given you a sip of tea. ”

The arbor spoke quickly and crisply. Zheng Wei listened, she was really a little thirsty, knocked her on the head, and said with a smile: "You talk a lot, go back quickly, you didn't want to give me those lychees just now, now that I'm so hot, you should give them all." ”

Qiao Mu called Zheng Wei to say, thinking of the tender and sweet lychee, he suddenly lost the mood to complain, and smiled and settled accounts with her: "Okay, Miss is tired today, you can eat five." ”

Zheng Wei shook her fingers, "That's not possible, there can't be any lychees left today." ”

Qiao Mu raised his eyes, "No, Miss, your spleen and stomach won't be able to stand it!" ”

Zheng Wei said very resolutely: "No, I have to finish eating today, if I can't finish today, I won't have a chance tomorrow." ”

Qiao Mu was startled when he heard her words ominous, "Miss, don't say it so unlucky, it's weird and scary, okay?" ”

Zheng Wei laughed and said in surprise: "What are you talking about bad luck?" I mean, the lychee can't be left for a long time, and it will turn black after a long time, and if it is black, it will stink and not taste good. ”

Qiao Mu thought she was making a fool of her, shook her head and said, "Miss, don't lie to me, how is it possible?" I've never heard of fresh fruit so weird and so delicate. You haven't eaten it or seen it, how do you know it can't be stored for a long time? ”

Zheng Wei said seriously: "What am I lying to you for?" I read about the properties of lychees from books. Why do you think it's chilled all the way to keep it fresh? So, when you were a child, I taught you to read, but you didn't learn, and now you hate less when you use books, right? ”

Qiao Mu recognized that she was joking, and shook his little head again and again but didn't agree, "You don't have to lie to me, anyway, no matter what you say, I won't agree." ”

Zheng Wei said "hey": "The little girl is really going to the house to uncover the tiles, I don't care if you agree or not, in short, I have to eat the lychee tonight." ”

The master and servant argued and walked farther and farther, but they didn't notice that at the gate of the imperial garden next to them, two people walked out one after the other.

The person at the head asked the person behind him, "Is there a book that says how lychees are stored?" Shen Qing, have you heard of it? ”

The one called "Shen Qing", that is, Shen Jundao: "Weichen is shallow in knowledge, and I have never heard of such books. ”

Zhou Xian didn't care, and said with a smile: "I don't know who was outside just now, is there a knowledgeable beauty hidden in my harem?" ”

Shen Jun's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out a sentence involuntarily, "Perhaps, the matter of reading the book was said casually by that lady to bluff the palace maid." ”

Zhou Xian glanced back at him, Shen Jun looked at the emperor's chin levelly, and his voice was calm: "After all, the text carries the Tao, who would put the customs and human feelings on the paper and dye them cheesy?" ”

Zhou Xian lost his voice and laughed: "You, when it comes to books, you are more old-fashioned than those old pedants, and there are more rules." As soon as he said this, he turned his head to Chunsheng, who was following the two of them almost silently, and said, "You go and check, which mothers got lychees today." No, I know who the lychee was given to, and I seem to have heard the woman's voice, but I don't seem to have heard it, so it shouldn't be among those people. ”

Wu Chun only asked at this time: "Your Majesty, do you want the slave to find out all the lychee mothers for you?" ”

Zhou Xian thought for a moment, but shook his head again: "No need, it's interesting to know nothing like this." There are not so many people in my harem that I can't even recognize it, so let her hide for a while, and I will find it slowly, which is kind of fun. ”

said that Zheng Wei returned to Jingchen Palace, and after several entanglements, she asked Qiao Mu for all the lychees.

After all the lychees were eaten, the gate of Jingchen Palace was suddenly knocked loudly: "Open the door quickly!" Open the door! ”

Such an earth-shattering knock on the door immediately alarmed the entire hall, and almost everyone's doors were opened, asking each other in alarm: "What is the matter?" ”

The people outside the gate also gave the answer: "The internal guard does things, and the idlers avoid it!" ”