Because I have been taking medicine with soup for several days, recuperating lightly, and when the illness of the second sister is about to heal, it is already in February.

The cold spring is steep, the cold wind of early spring still blows the face like a knife cut, but the willow branches in the yard begin to draw, the leaves are shallow and green, the silk is like gold, after a few days of work, the whole back garden is dyed with a layer of new green, more and more set off the bright and delicate spring light.

When the light spring shirt replaced the heavy cotton clothes, and people walked outside without feeling cold, Mr. Wu and his mother, Mrs. Wu, also returned to the Chen family after taking annual leave. The female school, which had been shelved for nearly a month, rose again. This year, in addition to the ordinary reading and literacy, the piano and chess and the female red items were added.

The qin and chess were naturally taught by Mr. Wu, but the female red needle was taught by her aunt Feng. In addition, Chen also asked Mr. Wu to teach a few girls to read the account book on the grounds that the girls must learn some housework. Although Mr. Wu didn't like mundane affairs, he had no choice but to respond to the request of the master.

Seeing this, Feng Shi left the three of them to watch while handling the housework and the ceremonies of each family, and even called the three of them to the front to say goodbye in his spare time. Therefore, although the three daughters are young and read poetry and books, they are not contaminated with Mr. Wu's lofty and arrogant atmosphere, but they are more sensible and sensible, and the elders of the Chen Mansion are more and more happy when they see it.

Suddenly, it is the late spring and summer solstice, and the flowers and trees in the garden are flourishing. The second sister came up with fresh tricks again, and only said that she wanted to pick fresh flowers to find rouge cream.

It is also common for children to like to use flowers to decorate their families, so everyone in the Chen Mansion doesn't care. Let a few little sisters toss on their own.

Unexpectedly, the second sister's later generations were quite curious about the section on Baoyu's Taocheng rouge paste because of reading "Dream of Red Mansions", so they searched for technical posts on the Internet, and then according to the links introduced in the ancient method "Xiaoshan Painting" introduced above, they tossed it in this way-

First, in the back garden, I picked peonies, roses, peonies, roses and other flowers with red color, delicate and clear color and fragrant fragrance, removed the core and left the petals, and steamed and stacked the fragrant dew after mashing them in the stone mortar. Later, he instructed the old woman in charge of the tea room to distill the water - that is, the residue on the lid of the pot after the water was boiled hot, but the water made by this method was not very pure, and it was useless after boiling it several times. The second sister couldn't help but scratch her head a little.

The old woman didn't know much about these things, just to please the master's family, so she had to ask the second sister what the use of that laushzi was, and the second sister said what it meant. When the old woman heard this, she smiled and said, "The old slave understands what the second cousin girl means. We don't have this thing you want, so you might as well ask for a wine bottle. Because the old lady and the old man like the contents of the cup, every autumn our family brews some wine to keep for eating, and I hope that the person in charge of the wine vessel can make up the things that the second cousin wants. ”

The old woman was just annoying the second sister and the others, but it was not easy to refuse, but the second sister suddenly realized that she had to annoy the person in charge of the wine vessel according to her words. When the wine keeper heard this, he had to do the same.

It's easy to get a piece of pure distilled water. The second sister took advantage of Chen's inattention to secretly bring her newly bought high-quality double-ingredient Hangzhou fat, soaked it in boiling distilled water, twisted and filtered, and roasted it slightly on the fire - when Chen found out that the thing was "stolen" and found it, the second sister and others had already discarded the "wreckage" of cotton rouge and "destroyed the corpse", and the angry Chen jumped to his feet and scolded the second sister, "Waste things in vain, and thunder will also fight." ”

After scolding a few words, Chen saw that the rouge paste in the sweet white porcelain box was really red as blood and sweet and fragrant, and he didn't feel slightly moved, so he picked some of the fine hairpins in the palm of his hand, cut them with a drop of water and wiped them on his lips, and wiped the rest on his cheeks. Looking at yourself in the mirror, the fruit is delicate and beautiful, and the fragrance is full. couldn't help but laugh and praise: "It's really better than the rouge sold in the market." In that case, you can continue to play, and I will take these boxes of rouge first. ”

When Chen Wan, the eldest sister and the second sister heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, cry and laugh.

It was a leisurely and quiet day, and it was needless to say. only said that Chen Qi's house came in the evening, but it was another happy event-

How do you pour. But it turned out that these days, the prince and the princes were-for-tat and demolished each other. As a result, there were many unscrupulous courtiers who were implicated, impeached and deposed, or imprisoned for their crimes, or who wanted to withdraw from the old resignation when they saw an unfortunate opportunity.

As a result, in the past three or five days, many vacancies have appeared in positions that were originally full of radishes and pits that were too redundant, which slightly affected the normal operation of the government.

Seeing that the ministers of the court and the central government were panicked, they did not want to bury their heads in doing things, and only cared about the party's similarities and differences, the saints who had been watching from the wall had to come forward in person to beat each other several times, and check and balance the power. He also ordered the relevant principals of the six departments to recommend virtuous people and fill the vacancy, which immediately curbed the somewhat uncontrollable situation.

When the crown prince and the princes heard the holy will, they had to stop fighting. On the surface, he stopped his hand, but secretly he did not forget to install henchmen in various departments of the DPRK and the Central Committee. The saint was well aware of the open and secret struggle between his sons, and when he saw these people from various ministries, he knew who was behind it. What's more, these officials recommended by the princes also have their own inappropriateness in terms of temperament and qualifications, and the saint is not satisfied, so except for a few people who he likes, the rest are left undecided.

So the gods fought, the snipe and the clam fought, and it lasted for a long time, and when the situation was deadlocked, the prince was reminded by Zhao Bihe, the commander of the Jinyi Army, and couldn't help but think of Chen Qi. I thought of Chen Qi, and I couldn't help but think of this fighting method in the court-

In all fairness, if it is said that this turmoil started by Chen Jue, it is inevitable to look down on Chen Jue. But if there was no Chen Qi to do the oil, his royal brothers would not have made trouble so early. What's more, in the matter of fighting bandits on the Shangyuan Festival, Chen Qi's uncle and nephew were also registered in front of the saint. Take a look at Chen Jue's resume since he joined the government, although he does not have much merit, he is also remarkable, which can be called beautiful.

The most important thing is that the prince also took a fancy to Chen Jue's skill in receiving people and things. For example, Zhao Bi, the commander of the Jinyi Army, and this person, because of their famous backgrounds and outstanding military achievements, are quite arrogant and arrogant, and they are stubborn and self-serving. and other idlers are not eye-catching. But such a person is actually willing to make friends with Chen Jue, and personally came out to recommend him to himself, which shows that Chen Jue must be a long-sleeved and good dancer on weekdays, and he is a delicate character with eight faces.

The prince likes such characters. What's more, there is also such an incense scene on the Shangyuan Festival - Chen Qi is brave and brave, and his family suffers because of this. The official reputation has all the means, and he must have come to the saint, and he can't say that he is bad. Wouldn't it be beautiful to push him himself, be a favor, and complete a good story of a monarch and a minister.

The prince thought so, and sure enough, he reported Chen Jue's name. It stands to reason that the officials of the seventh rank are in charge of the sixth grade, and there is no need for the saint to be in charge. The saint has every opportunity, and decides major affairs in the DPRK and China every day, and has always only been concerned about the appointment and dismissal of senior officials above the fourth rank in the DPRK, where there is time to pay attention to the hasty matters.

But the prince did what he liked, so that the saint saw the name Chen Qi, and couldn't help but think of this rhyme of the white dragon fish suit on the Shangyuan Festival. The prince took the opportunity to say something on the side that since the Shangyuan Festival, the folk storytellers and singers adapted this story into a script and sang it in the market, and focused on describing the anecdotes that the world has used to praise His Majesty's merits, and his Majesty was even more happy.

The prince's flattery is extremely useful, and His Majesty has to regain his fatherly feelings in addition to emotion, because he thinks of the prince's innocent suffering in this matter, so he can't help but soften his heart. With a wave of the imperial pen, the dismissal of several officials who had been in dispute between the DPRK and China was decided. And painstakingly personally taught the prince the way of the emperor as a king.

The father and son of the monarch and the minister get along again, and there is no need to elaborate.

At the moment, it is only said that this game is the prince's superior skills, and he has bid farewell to the saint. The prince turned his head and instructed the eunuchs in the palace to go to the household to spread the word, and met Chen Qi in the East Palace. Between the monarch and the minister, it is a high-sounding man who knows people and is good at his duties, and it is needless to say. only said that Chen Jue came out of the palace, but he was busy telling his parents about this happy event, and everyone in the Chen Mansion was so happy that the family was happy. and the family in Fuzhong also got an extra month's salary.

After the meal, I had refreshments. Chen made fun of the second sister and others to make good rouge cream, and transferred two of the boxes to Feng. Chen Qi looked at Feng's hand for a while, but saw that the rouge was like blood and the fragrance was fragrant. Although Chen Qi is a foreign man, he also knows that these boxes of rouge are much stronger than those sold in the market, so he praised with a smile: "It's really good." ”

When Chen heard this, he was very proud. still laughed and said that the second sister brought the sisters to drum it up. was so proud that he completely forgot about jumping to his feet and scolding.

Chen Qi glanced at the girl with a smile, and then asked the second sister with a smile: "It's so decent, why did you think of getting this?" ”

The second sister replied with a smile: "I read an ancient book a while ago, because I saw that there was a record of the method of making red pigments used in paintings. I thought that rouge and red paint probably had the same meaning, so I got some of them. Whoever thinks about it will be. ”

When Chen Qi heard this, he smiled more and more: "This is very true." It seems that the second sister of our family is not only not a dead student, but also ingenious. Even so, don't waste this talent in vain, Ming'er I told Chen Li to buy more relevant books, as long as the second sister likes to tinker with these, let her go. You don't have to hold her back. ”

The tutor of the Chen family has never been perfunctory with childish urine, let alone oppressive with secular rules. Therefore, he raised Chen Jue, who is good at drilling camps and is exquisite, and raised Chen who doesn't care about the rules of etiquette and only cares about his own wishes. Such a person has a good temperament because he is smart and flexible, and he is not confined to the world, so he has many means and does not fall into the trap. But if you don't say it well, you are too accustomed to the sword going off the rails and being opportunistic, I'm afraid it's not as solid and steady as those with a calm temperament, even if you don't have a lot of wealth and wealth, you won't have big ups and downs.

But that's all gossip, so let's not talk about it for now.

It was only said that Chen listened to his brother's words, but his heart moved. Yibi played with a small sweet white porcelain box containing rouge paste in his hand, and Yibi smiled: "I think so too." Let the second sister be idle and bored. If we get it right, we don't need to sell it in the market from now on. With more, they sold some spare money in the shop to buy cakes for their sisters. ”

When the people heard this, they laughed and said, "It's narrower again." Our family is short of their sisters' pastries to eat. ”

Talking and laughing, it was late at night. And they all dispersed to their chambers. Nothing was said all night.

Until the next day, the masters of the Chen Mansion went to work and went to school. After Feng took care of the housework, he went to the room with Chen to talk to Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen. After saying two words, the boy on the door came to report that Chang Yougui and Chang Steward of Yutai Commercial Bank came with his family.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen had to order people to be led to the main hall for tea, because Chen Jue was not at home, she changed into the clothes of the outsiders and went out to accompany him. Feng also took Sister Wan and the housekeeper's daughter-in-law to the second door to welcome guests. Chen and his two sisters are filial piety at home, but they don't have to go out.

The people thought that the regular stewardship was just an ordinary visit. But he never thought that Chang Guan came over this time, but it brought a wealth to the Chen family.