Chapter 49: A Tooth for a Tooth
"Concubine Shu, what are you doing, you and my aunt and nephew, you don't need these false gifts, and the concubines are useless, and I feel ashamed to take these concubines!" I lowered my eyebrows and said pleasantly, as if these things frightened me a lot.
Concubine Shu didn't expect me to toast and not eat, and immediately looked at me with horizontal eyebrows: "Lin promised that this is an iron heart to tear his face with this palace?" ”
I raised my head and looked at her innocently: "Didn't Concubine Shu tell the concubine that there is no family in this harem, only enemies?" Now that the concubine is just guarding against the enemy, how can she tear her face with her aunt? ”
Concubine Shu was choked by my speechlessness, and under Jingtai's service, she got up and walked to the door of the side hall, and I said in a coquettish voice behind her: "Concubine Congratulations to Concubine Shu." ”
Hearing my voice, Concubine Shu stopped: "Lin Huaixing, if you don't eat the toast, you will eat the wine, you will wait for the palace!" After that, Concubine Shu lifted the curtain and walked out, Jingtai saw that I was still bowing my head and pretending to be submissive, and immediately snorted coldly.
After Bailu sent the two away, she walked into the side hall, and when she saw the brocade box on the table, her eyes lit up: "Little master, are these all from Concubine Shu?" ”
Qiushui walked up to her and patted her hands in fear: "These things can't be touched!" As he spoke, Qiushui put the brocade boxes on their original lids and put them back into the tray where the brocade boxes were kept.
"Little master, what should we do with these things?" Qiushui's question is to ask me, if these things are sent back at this time, Concubine Shu may do something with things, and then blame me for the crime, if you don't send it back, Concubine Shu's favor will not be easy to explain.
"Keep it, but remember, you need to send it back as it is, and you must not let these things wear out at all!" I said solemnly to Qiushui and Bailu, and the two of them nodded seriously, and then sent the brocade boxes on the round table into the warehouse.
When Qiushui and Bailu left, Cangyun walked in, she was originally here to deliver supplements, but she stopped and sniffed in the air, and then her brows frowned tightly, I guess Cangyun must have found something and asked, "Aunt Cangyun, what did you find?" ”
Cangyun put the tonic in his hand in front of me, and then bowed respectfully to me, and then said: "The old slave smelled it, and there was a smell of saffron in the air, but the little master used safflower as a sachet?" ”
I shook my head, my sachet has always used some of the more common herbs with aromas, and I have never used any safflower, and I have heard that safflower has the effect of sterilizing women, and this kind of thing is rare in the palace.
"Why did my aunt say that?" I asked puzzled, and Aunt Cangyun immediately knelt down: "The old slave smelled a trace of safflower, and this smell is very pure, unlike those ordinary pharmacies that sell inferior saffron." Hearing this, I stared at Cangyun with wide eyes.
The only people who have come to this side hall are Qiushui and Bailu, as well as Concubine Shu and her personal maid Jingtai, if it is said that there will be the smell of red flowers in the side hall of Xiwu Palace, and these people are also inseparable, although I don't care about whether I can still have children, but this harmful person must not be prevented.
"Concubine Fang Cai Shu has sent a lot of things, can Aunt Cangyun go and check them out?" I deliberately mentioned this, if Cangyun said that he trusted Concubine Shu, then this Cangyun must also be Concubine Shu's person, if Cangyun is willing to check, maybe Cangyun is still available.
"The old slave is going to check it out." After that, Cangyun bowed and retreated, and Qiushui, who had just sent the brocade box to the warehouse for storage, immediately came to me, saying that Cangyun wanted to check the things sent by Concubine Shu, and I nodded and agreed.
Soon, Cangyun came back with Qiushui and Bailu, and Bailu was the first to speak: "Little master, I think there is something wrong with this Aunt Cangyun, she actually broke the things you said you need to take good care of, little master!" ”
Cangyun was forcibly pressed by the white deer, and knelt in front of me like this, she didn't say anything, but I wanted to believe that she was innocent.
"Bailu, you let go of Cangyun first, and say something slowly." Bailu listened to my words, and let go of her a little reluctantly, Cangyun didn't wait for my instructions, so he stood up, and stood straight, I looked at her: "Aunt Cangyun, although I believe in you, you must also give me an explanation." ”
Cangyun nodded and told the story.
It turned out that Qiushui opened the door of the warehouse, and Cangyun smelled a stronger smell of red flowers, Cangyun opened the brocade boxes sent by Concubine Shu one by one under the guidance of Qiushui and Bailu, but when she opened the recovering cream sent by Concubine Shu, Cangyun was stunned, she picked up the recovering cream, opened the box and sniffed it carefully, and when she missed for a while, she threw the recovering cream to the ground.
"Little master, the safflower in this rejuvenating ointment is a high-grade safflower, and it will be refined, and the juice of the safflower will be squeezed out, concentrated from ten catties to less than one catty, and then mixed in this rejuvenating ointment, which can not only make the face of the person who has been coated with the rejuvenating ointment ulcerate, but also make the people who have smelled this ointment for a long time unable to have children."
When Cangyun said this, she frowned tightly, and I stared at her face carefully for a long time, but I didn't see that Cangyun was lying, and I immediately threw the tea cup on the table on the ground.
I finally understood the intention of Concubine Shu to come this time, she didn't come to send me something, let alone to find out if there was a secret between the queen and Wen Xiuyuan, she had already made complete preparations.
If I am willing to help her and send things to the hands of Wen Xiu Yuan, then it will be Wen Xiu Mandarin who will suffer, Wen Xiu Yuan's face has just recovered, and the bruise marks on it are still impressive, if Wen Xiu Yuan uses this rejuvenation cream, her face is completely ruined, if she has not used it, as a treasure like a good collection, it will also make the smell of safflower diffuse, and it can still make Wen Xiu Yuan lose the opportunity to conceive a dragon seed.
If I didn't want to send things to Wen Xiuyuan at all, she would pretend to tear her face with me, and leave the things in the Xiwu Palace openly, and I didn't dare to send things back, so that the person who couldn't have children became me.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but grit my teeth and swallow all the vicious words that I wanted to spit out quickly.
When Qiushui saw my appearance, he knew that I was angry, and immediately walked to my side: "Little master, don't be angry, in short, this rejuvenating cream is ruined, and Miss don't worry that someone will harm you." ”
I smiled bitterly, since entering the palace, only I and Wen Xiuyuan have not been fortunate by the emperor, and I don't know why Concubine Shu looks at the two of us so unpleasantly, her friendship with the emperor is not beyond the reach of others, Concubine Shu, what else is she worried about?
Thinking of this, I suddenly remembered the first time I met Concubine Shu, at that time Concubine Shu was still very prejudiced against me, she said that seeing people of my generation enter the palace and become the emperor's woman, she deeply felt that she was about to die.
Besides, she is just a favored concubine who has never had an heir, and if she has no heirs in this harem, it will not be long-term, no one will be good for a hundred days, and flowers will not be red for a hundred days.
I don't know why, at this moment, I actually have some sympathy for Concubine Shu, she definitely didn't enter the palace voluntarily, she had to become one of the many concubines in this harem for the prosperity of the family, but who cares about what Concubine Shu really wants?
Say no, Concubine Shu is also like me, there is a childhood sweetheart, who was waiting for her to marry, but she suddenly became the emperor's woman.
I know the feeling that everything I had expected has come to naught.
"Little master, there are still a lot of things sent by Concubine Shu, do you want to let Aunt Cangyun check them all together?" I nodded, and agreed to Qiushui's proposal, but I still instructed Cangyun: "The matter of the bottle of rejuvenating cream can be forgotten here, but other things must not be damaged, if he is asked by Concubine Rishu or the emperor, it will be difficult for us to wash the Wu Palace." ”
Cangyun nodded and walked out of the side hall of the Xiwu Palace, Qiushui and Bailu hurriedly followed, as if they were afraid that Cangyun would break something again.
I looked at the backs of the three of them leaving, and suddenly felt that this thing was really interesting, if Concubine Shu knew that what she sent was useless, what kind of expression would it be?
Although I sympathize with her, I still can't get used to framing an innocent person.
Although the rejuvenating cream is expensive, its box is the most common in the palace, and then I shouted Qiushui: "Qiushui, you can come here." ”
Qiushui quickly lifted the curtain and walked in from outside: "Little master, what do you command?" I thought about it, so I asked Qiushui to find some boxes for me: "Do you remember what the porcelain box of the rejuvenating cream looks like?" Go find me some of the same boxes. ”
Qiushui was a little puzzled, I don't know why I need this kind of porcelain box, but I still obediently went to find the porcelain box, and after a while, Qiushui came back with the porcelain box: "Little master, the slave and maid looked for it according to the general appearance, and only found some like this, do you think it can be done?" ”
I took the porcelain box in Qiushui's hand and looked at it twice, and found that the style of the porcelain box was almost the same as that taken by Concubine Shu, but the filling inside still had to fly a little hard.
I suddenly remembered Yanamiyuki, Yanamixue seems to be very good at making these things, the alabaster she gave me a few days ago, it is good to use, even if my face is a little dry these days, there is no big problem with powdering.
"Qiushui, you take my letter and send it to Changchun Palace, remember to send it to Little Master Liu in person!" With that, I walked to the bookcase, picked up a pen and wrote a few lines, put it in an envelope, sealed it with fire paint, and handed it to Qiushui's hand.
Qiushui took the letter and immediately ran out, I sat on the soft couch, and even began to think of the scene when Concubine Shu found a bottle of rejuvenating cream she gave me in the palace in the future, if the emperor knew, what would he say to Concubine Shu?
Soon, Cangyun and Bailu also came back from the warehouse, this time the other items in the warehouse did not have the smell of safflower, it seems that Concubine Shu did not drip concentrated safflower juice on other things, and those things can keep them in the warehouse with peace of mind.
I let Bailu and Cangyun go their separate ways, and I returned to the embroidery stand and began the unfinished work.
Second brother, how long do you think I can live in this harem full of filth?
But no matter what, I will embroider this wedding dress and give it to you, so that you can also see my heart for you on the day of marriage.
Embroidering and embroidering, the red satin was dripping with my tears, but the needle in my hand never stopped.