Empress Liu had just had breakfast at this time, when she heard her eldest palace maid walk in and report, "Niangniang, Uncle Guo asks to see you." ”

Empress Liu was holding the teacup, her long armor was inlaid with various colored gemstones, shining, she put down the teacup in her hand, a little surprised, "Why did my brother come here at this time?" Ziqing, let Uncle Guo come in. ”

Liu Yingyuan entered the side hall of Kunning Palace under the leadership of the palace maid, and when he saw the queen, he knelt on the ground and saluted, Queen Liu smiled slightly, and came over to help him up, "My brother and sister, my brother always has so many courtesies." ”

"Etiquette should not be abolished." Liu Yingyuan said with a smile.

The palace maid brought tea and snacks, and Queen Liu asked, "Brother came over at this time, but is there something?" "You must know that at this time, it is usually when the minister is in court, and today Liu Yingyuan deliberately took leave at home for his daughter, but the queen didn't know about it.

When Liu Yingyuan heard the queen's question, he immediately stood up again and knelt on the ground, "Please save Xue'er!" ”

Queen Liu was very surprised when she heard this, sat down on the top and said, "Brother, please get up quickly, what is the matter?" What happened to Cher? ”

"Xue'er was killed by a gangster, the carriage overturned and scratched her face, and now the injury has healed, but there is a scar on her face, and she asked her mother to save her, Xue'er is now sixteen years old, and she is about to discuss marriage, and her daughter's face is ruined, and this life will be ruined?" Liu Yingyuan said in a sad voice.

Queen Liu was shocked when she heard this, "Who is so bold that he dares to hurt Xue'er, and my brother can find the perpetrator?" ”

"No, the clues have all been destroyed, and there is no news at all, so I am even more convinced that someone deliberately harmed Xue'er." Liu Yingyuan shook his head, his face full of gloom.

Queen Liu sighed and didn't speak again, then Liu Yingyuan begged again: "Niangniang, I know that you don't like her because of Xue'er's mother, but Xue'er is my own flesh and blood after all, and it is your niece, you just look at our flesh and blood, save Xue'er's child, I'm already sorry for her mother, Xue'er can't be fine!" As he spoke, he lay on the ground and wept bitterly.

Empress Liu frowned, displeasure flashed on her face, but seeing her brother crying so sadly, she sighed and said, "Xue'er is my niece, how can I not care?" Brother, stop crying and get up quickly. Saying that, he looked at the big palace maid beside him, "Ziqing, go and help Uncle Guo up and let someone fetch hot water." ”

Liu Yingyuan freshened up and returned to her former appearance, and Queen Liu said: "A few days ago, the Shen family sent a few bottles of Yurong cream, saying that it is a rare good medicine, and it has a miraculous effect on scarring, not only that, but it can also invigorate blood and muscle, nourish the skin, the emperor gave me a bottle, you can take it back and give it to Xue'er to try." As he spoke, he nodded towards Ziqing.

Ziqing's face flashed with reluctance, and finally walked to the inner room, and after a while, she took out a fine sandalwood box, and Queen Liu said to Liu Yingyuan: "This is the jade face ointment, you can take it back." ”

Liu Yingyuan knelt on the ground again when he heard this, "Thank you for Xue'er!" ”

After Liu Yingyuan left, the reluctance on Ziqing's face was even worse, Queen Liu saw it in her eyes, smiled and said: "Ziqing, these are things outside the body, there is no need to be so reluctant." ”

Ziqing sighed, lowered her head and said: "This jade balm is really hard to buy, Niangniang doesn't know, the concubine Niangniang has a radiant face after using this jade balm these days, her skin is like snow, and the emperor has been going to the concubine's Yuxiu Palace for several days in a row." ”

Queen Liu's face flashed with loneliness, and then she smiled, "Now that I'm this old, I have long looked down on these things for favor, no matter what, as long as I am the master of this harem one day, she will bow her head and salute when she sees me, my emperor is also the most noble prince in this palace, no one can compare." ”

The corners of Ziqing's mouth moved, and she didn't speak again, in fact, Queen Liu was not distressed in her heart, but her brother came this time, obviously prepared, the imperial merchant Shen family sent Yurong paste a few days ago, he must know that the emperor gave him a bottle, could it be that my brother didn't know?

Therefore, what he did in front of her today, he cried incessantly, just to make her take out the jade cream, how could she not know? Her emperor always depends on him if he wants to achieve great things, what about a small bottle of jade cream? As long as he doesn't want the throne, she can afford it, thinking about this, Queen Liu finally had a smile on her face.

After Liu Yingyuan brought the jade cream back, he immediately sent it to Ruxue Pavilion, Liu Ruxue was waiting anxiously, and when she saw her father, she immediately stood up and looked at him eagerly, "Daddy, did the queen's aunt agree?" ”

"Your aunt naturally loves you, and as soon as she heard that you had a scar on your face, she immediately gave you the jade face ointment given by the emperor some time ago." Liu Yingyuan said with a smile.

"Jade Cream?" Liu Ruxue has been hiding in Ruxue Pavilion to recuperate from her injuries these days, so she naturally doesn't know what this jade cream is.

"It was the Shen family who paid tribute to the emperor, there are only four bottles in total, this jade cream is a rare good thing, it contains the best iceberg snow lotus and old ginseng from the previous year, which is the most effective for scarring, not only that, but it can also nourish the skin." As he spoke, he took out the small box from his sleeve pocket.

Liu Ruxue couldn't wait for a long time, and hurriedly took the small sandalwood box, as soon as she opened it, she smelled a fragrant smell, a small green and transparent porcelain bottle was lying inside, Liu Ruxue picked up the small porcelain bottle, her face was full of joy, and she hurriedly said to Xia He beside her: "Go and clean your hands and help me take medicine." ”

In the past few days, Ruxue Pavilion has finally stopped, Liu Ruxue has been locked in the yard all day long and does not go out, and the people are also relieved, because the eldest lady is in a very good mood these days, and the jade cream is really a good thing, but in just a few days, the scars on Liu Ruxue's face have faded a lot, and as soon as she is in a good mood, the people below will have a better life.

This news naturally can't be hidden, it came out intermittently, on this day, Xiaocui found an opportunity to go out of the house, and when she came back, she hurriedly grabbed Meng Xiaoran, who was walking back, and ran back to the north courtyard.

"Sister, here you go!" After Xiaocui closed the door, he immediately took out the things in his arms and handed them to Meng Xiaoran.

"Jade Cream?" Meng Xiaoran was a little surprised, "How can you have this?" The jade cream in her hand was given by Shen Qian, and it has been used up, how can Xiaocui have it here, she is a little puzzled.

Xiao Cui looked surprised, "How did my sister know that this was Jade Cream?" ”

Meng Xiaoran was slightly stunned, and quickly explained: "I've heard people talk about it. ”

Xiao Cui didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "Sister, I heard that this jade cream was paid to the emperor by the imperial merchant Shen family, and there are only four bottles in total!" As he spoke, he gestured with his hand, and his big round eyes widened, as if to emphasize the preciousness of this jade cream.

It's the Shen family, this Meng Xiaoran naturally knows, but why is Xiaocui here?

"A few days ago, the eldest lady was injured, and it is said that there was a scar on her face, and the lord went to the palace to ask the queen mother, and the lady gave this jade face cream to the eldest lady, I heard that the scar on the eldest lady's face has faded a lot, and recently she has been beaming with joy in the Snow Pavilion."

Meng Xiaoran smiled faintly, "Tell me quickly, where did the jade cream in your hand come from?" How could you have something so precious? "She's a little worried now, it can't be that Xiao Cui went to Ruxue Pavilion to steal it, right?

Xiaocui smiled mysteriously, looked around, and then leaned closer to her ear and said: "This jade cream is my sister, the day you were injured, I went to pour water, and when I came back, I found it by my sister's bedside, and there was a small note pressed at the bottom, which said that it was jade face cream." ”

Meng Xiaoran was a little surprised when she heard this, Xiaocui smiled when she saw this and said: "At that time, I didn't dare to paint this thing on my sister's face, I was worried that this was the eldest lady's strategy, I thought of going out to find someone to check it, but then my sister's face was better, I forgot, these days I heard everyone talking about the jade paste used by the eldest lady, I feel familiar, this thought before I remembered." ”

"Today I took this jade cream to the pharmacy on the street, and asked someone to check it for me, saying that this thing is very precious, it is a good thing, and you have to buy it from me, so I don't sell it, this is my sister's!"

Meng Xiaoran listened to Xiao Cui's words and fell into deep thought, who gave this bottle of jade face cream? It shouldn't be Shen Qian, when she went out to see Shen Qian that night, he gave him two bottles of jade face cream, and he didn't mention this at all, so who is it?

A figure suddenly flashed in her mind, could it be him?

Her guess was verified the next day, at noon, Meng Xiaoran's affairs in the big kitchen finally came to an end, Li's mother suddenly had a kind heart and asked her to go out of the house with Xiaocui to buy some spices, which was equivalent to giving them a chance to go out of the house to play in disguise, Xiaocui was naturally happy.

Meng Xiaoran looked at Xiao Cui, who was holding a sugar gourd in her hand and eating with a satisfied face, and couldn't help laughing, at this time, two people came to her, she was slightly stunned, it was Lu Ziqing, and standing behind her was his close attendant Lanyue.

Lu Ziqing hadn't seen her for a long time, this was the first time she had seen her since she was injured last time, he couldn't help but look up and down, this time her face was not smeared with black ash, the porcelain was white and flawless, like fine porcelain in the sun, it seemed to be more beautiful.

"It seems that the effect of the jade cream is good." Lu Ziqing smiled faintly, just this sentence, Meng Xiaoran understood, the bottle of jade face cream that Xiao Cui got was really given by him, she nodded at him, "Thank you, Young Master." Although her injury was made of the jade paste given by Shen Qian, he was able to help himself in that situation, and quietly sent the jade face cream, and she would remember this kindness.

"I haven't thanked Young Master Cousin for saving my life before, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been beaten with thirty boards."

Lu Ziqing shook his head, "No need to say thank you, you don't have to call me Young Master Cousin outside, just call me Master Lu." ”

"Lu Gongzi." Meng Xiaoran smiled, as good as a stream.

Xiao Cui was eating a rock sugar gourd, while looking back and forth between the two with wide eyes, the more she looked at it, the more she felt that the two were very compatible, just like the golden boy and girl in the book.

"Master Lu, Xiaocui and I still have to go on errands, so I'm leaving." Meng Xiaoran nodded slightly at him, and then pulled Xiaocui away.

Lu Ziqing turned her head, looked at her departing back and lost her mind slightly, and Lan Yue, who was beside her, coughed lightly and reminded: "Childe, we should go back." He came back to his senses and shook his head with a smile.