Chapter 10: The Vanishing Hibiscus Spa
An hour later, the girls all went back to the house one after another, and that night no one spoke, for everyone had oil on their mouths.
"Master, where are you going?" Zhang Wan got up early in the morning, swept away the haze of the day before yesterday, and after drinking a big bowl of bird's nest in one go, she drew eyebrows and sideburns on the dresser.
"I've been bored for the past two days, so you can accompany me to the Imperial Garden for a walk." Zhang Wan put the agate bracelet on her wrist, and touched the gilt hairpin on her sideburns, her red lips made Zhang Wan look very good, "Is it good-looking?" Zhang Wan looked at herself in the mirror and asked Qingxing.
"Good-looking, master. Since you entered the palace, you have rarely dressed up so delicately, and today you look better than you used to. Qingxing was busy flattering.
"Yes, this is the case every day before the palace enters the palace." Qing Xing's words were like a needle with barbs, and she couldn't help but say that it pierced into Zhang Wan's heart, Zhang Wan only felt a tingling pain in her heart, and she frowned slightly, "Just pick it all." ”
"This ......" Seeing that the master was so abnormal, Qingxing had no idea for a while, but the master said that she couldn't help but do it if she was a slave, she slowly took off the ornaments in Zhang Wan's hair one by one, and a piece of green silk was also scattered on her shoulders, "Master, should we still go to the Imperial Garden?" ”
Zhang Wan put away the look in her eyes, took a green jade hairpin from her makeup, and pulled up a green silk hairpin, "Go." ”
"Mother Xu, it's early!" Early in the morning, Wan Liangjin, the shopkeeper of Lingcheng Wanjin Xiang Silk Village, came to Linglong Pavilion.
"Oh, it's Wan Ye, what kind of wind is this that blows Wan Ye. Pearls, on tea. Mother Xu shook her handkerchief, full of style.
"Mother Xu is getting more and more beautiful." Wan Liangjin sat down and flattered casually.
"Master Wan is used to making fun of the slave family." Mother Xu covered her mouth and chuckled, "Didn't Master Wan come here today to make me happy, right?" ”
"Mother Xu is not only beautiful, but also empathetic. Mother Xu will take a look at this first. Wan Liangjin said and handed over a box.
Mother Xu took the box and opened it gently, and a lush green hosta lay quietly in the box. Mother Xu covered the box and put it at hand: "What does Master Wan mean?"
"I want to buy a girl from Mother Xu." Wan Liangjin turned the wrench on his hand.
"Master Wan, I remember that it has only been less than half a year since our family was admitted to the mansion by you, right? Loved the new and hated the old so quickly? Xu's mother said.
"Or say that there is no one in Lingcheng who is better at training girls than your mother Xu, as soon as this girl arrives at our house, it is really the whole family likes it very much, isn't it that our old man is going to warm the bed." Wan Liangjin explained.
"Is the old man's body good? I haven't seen an old man in a few days. Xu's mother took a sip of tea and asked.
"Thank you, it's good! A few days ago, he told me that he wanted to come to Linglong Pavilion to thank you in person! Wan Liangjin smiled, "This tea is good." ”
"I can't afford to thank you, it's her blessing to be liked by the old man. If you drink this tea, let the pearls wrap a bag for you and take it back later, this is the tea made by the girls themselves, and there is no way to sell it outside. Mother Xu immediately instructed Pearl to prepare tea in return.
"Mother Xu, no matter how much I take this tea, there will always be a day when I finish drinking, right? Why don't you reward me as a girl, when I want to drink, I can drink it at home. Wan Liangjin couldn't leave the girl in three sentences.
"Say, who does Master Wan have a crush on?" Mother Xu knew that the two of them were hungry ghosts, and if they couldn't settle down today, they might not be able to sleep well this night.
"Mother Xu said with a smile, the girl of Linglong Pavilion, how can we know the name? It's just an occasional glance or two on the street. Wan Liangjin saw that Xu's mother was relieved, and she spoke with a smile.
"It's better to do this, I'll personally pick a girl another day, let her go to the house to send you tea, if you can see it, people will stay directly, if you can't look at it, you will send her back."
"Good! That's it! I'll go back and wait for your tea. Wan Liangjin was overjoyed, applauded again and again, and got up to leave.
"Pearl, send Wan Ye for me." Mother Xu got up and ordered.
"Yes." Pearl Wanfu responded, "Master Wan, please." ”
"Madame, you can bring these two boxes back tomorrow, this is the silver that I told the patriarch, I'm tired of Madame." As soon as he got off the court early in the morning, Zhang Qingyan hurried back to the National Master's Mansion and personally went down to the secret room and took out two boxes.
"Okay, I'll bring the money back to recruit troops, and you have to stabilize those old guys in the court. Don't look at the queen who used to be in the same group with you, now that you have got rid of Concubine Yun together, I am afraid that in the near future, the queen will do something to you. It is necessary to arrange it as soon as possible and find a way to get rid of the queen and her son Mu Lingxi. Yue Shumei roughly counted the silver, sat on the chair and drank tea and said slowly.
"I understand the truth that rabbits and dead dogs cook birds and hide all the bows, Madame, don't worry." Zhang Qingyan nodded, he has been an official for decades, and he still knows this truth. It was because she knew this, so the condition she talked about at the beginning was to let the queen arrange for her youngest daughter Zhang Wan to enter the palace, and at this time, Zhang Qingyan learned from the news that Zhang Wan was pregnant, and she relied on her temperament similar to the deceased Concubine Yun to gain favor.
"Madam, these are two ginseng plants, and I ask Madame to give them to the patriarch on my behalf." Zhang Qingyan thought about it and took down two brocade boxes from the Bogu shelf on the side.
"The national teacher has a heart." Yue Shumei nodded slightly, didn't look at it, and accepted it.
"If the rest of the lady still wants, just ask, if there is nothing in the house, send the servants out, and they will be back in half a day." Zhang Qingyan pondered carefully, as if there was nothing missing.
"Alright, I got it. You go get busy. ”
"How do you feel today?" Just after noon, Mu Jianyu came to Yulan Palace.
"Lazy girl, the saint will not pass it on!" Zhang Wan, who was leaning on the bed and reading a book, was startled by Mu Jianyu's voice, and hurriedly beckoned Qingxing to help her get out of bed and salute, but was stopped by Mu Jianyu.
"Don't move when you're pregnant, I didn't let them pass it on, for fear of affecting your rest. How many days have you rested? Mu Jianyu straightened out the corners of the quilt and took Zhang Wan's hand.
"Thank you for your concern, everything is fine with the concubine." Zhang Wan looked shy.
"It seems that he is a considerate child, and he knows how to understand his mother's hardships before he is born." Mu Jianyu smiled, "By the way, I chose a few words for our children yesterday, you can take a look, which name do you like?" As he spoke, he waved his hand to Gonggong You, and Gonggong You presented a mahogany tray with three pieces of red paper written on it, [Yi], [Shao], [Chen]
Zhang Wan looked at the five words carefully, her eyes full of joy. "Yi, the name of the ancient god, and the name of the emperor of the Xia Dynasty, an excellent word, but unfortunately it collided with the word Yi of the eleventh prince." After that, he picked up another one, "Shao, the name of the music composed by Shun is also the collective name of the ancient music, the Lord is happy, peaceful and rich, and it is also an excellent word." Zhang Wan thought about it again, but let it go, why should a child who is destined to be a tragedy choose a festive word. She stabilized her mind and picked up the last one, "Chen, is the general name of the sun, moon, and stars, and also refers to the intersection of the sun and the moon. ”
Mu Jianyu looked at the happy Zhang Wan in front of her, listening to her explanation of the word, and the appearance of Concubine Yun appeared in front of her again.
"Okay, it's called Mu Lingchen!" Mu Jianyu immediately passed on the message, "The twelve princes will give the name, the king of Huan, and a box of gold and silver." ”
"Holy ......" Zhang Wan wanted to stop Mu Jianyu, but she didn't.
"Sister Qiu Tang, Sister Qiu Tang." Qiu Tang was drawing a pattern under the window, and the little girl Fei'er, who had just come to Linglong Pavilion for less than two months, rushed in.
"What's wrong? Fei'er?" Qiu Tang looked at the five or six-year-old girl in front of him and remembered what she looked like when she first came to Linglong Pavilion.
"Sister Qiutang, take a look at the embroidered handkerchief of the hibiscus you embroidered a few days ago." The little girl Fei'er leaned close to Qiu Tang's ear and whispered.
"Hibiscus embroidered papa?" Qiu Tang didn't understand what the little girl wanted to say.
"Look for it." Fei'er didn't say any more, just urged Qiu Tang to look for it.
Hibiscus Silk was embroidered a few days ago after Qiu Tang stayed up for two nights, thinking of giving it as a gift to Xu's mother, but now Fei'er mentioned it, which made Qiu Tang a little apprehensive.
No! Qiu Tang rummaged through all possible places, but the hibiscus embroidered handkerchief could not be found anywhere. Qiu Tang was a little flustered, this is not the first time he has lost something, and he vaguely remembers that the embroidered handkerchief that was lost for the first time was embroidered as if it was a begonia flower......
"Fei'er, did you see something?" Qiu Tang grabbed Fei'er's shoulder.
"I ...... I don't know anything. Fei'er's eyes were a little evasive.
Qiu Tang got up, looked at the sisters who were busy sweeping the yard outside the door, closed the door gently, sat back by the window, took Fei'er's hand, and whispered: "Fei'er is not afraid, tell my sister, do you know something?"
"In the morning, when I washed my clothes and scooped water, I ...... I saw Sister Luzhu stuffing a burden for Zhou's mother by the well, and half a silk handkerchief leaked out of the corner of the baggage, I ...... I look at the hibiscus like the one you embroidered......"
Fei'er's words didn't arrive, Qiutang's head was buzzing blank, and she didn't know when Fei'er left.
"Qiu Tang, what's wrong with you? The face is so bad. The voice of the green bamboo sounded in his ears.
"Huh?" Qiu Tang came back to his senses and looked up at the green bamboo, his eyebrows and eyes were still so familiar, but at this time, Qiu Tang felt so strange.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing ......" Qiu Tang raised his hand and touched his face, his fingers cold.