Chapter 17 The Fragrance of Orchid Grass
The time for the cherry blossom viewing is set at night, so there is plenty of time to prepare during the day.
Since the Xu family came, Ami no longer worries about the affairs of the drunkard house as in the past, but lets Aunt Xu share some of it, she just has nothing to do to check the accounts.
On this day, she was still lying in bed when she suddenly heard a knock at the door.
Then I heard Aunt Xu's voice: "Girl, it's time to get up and dress up, I'm afraid it's going to be too late if you don't get up again!"
Ami rubbed her eyes and looked out the window, and it was clear that the sun had just come out.
I got up all of a sudden: "The sun hasn't come out yet, what's the hurry!" ”
The people outside the door were not frightened by her: "Girl, you have to bathe and change your clothes and dress up here, which doesn't take time, you are attending a party in the palace for the first time today, you can't lose face." ”
Ami rolled over and muttered, "Hmm...... Well, got it. ”
After that, there was no sound outside the door, and Ami fell asleep again.
When he was in a daze, he suddenly heard the sound of the door opening, followed by footsteps, like two people, and then the sound of rushing water and the voice of a woman.
"It's too little, we need to get some more......"
"Oooh......"
With that, the two of them walked out again, closing the door by the way.
Ami thought she could catch up on her sleep, but after a while, the sound of footsteps and water sounded in the room again.
After coming and going several times, I am afraid that people who can sleep no longer will not be able to sleep.
Ami got up from the bed irritably and stared at the two of them who were busy in the room.
Xiaolian wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead, her little face flushed, and said with a smile: "Sister Ami, you are awake, it just so happens that we have prepared water, you hurry up and come over to bathe and change clothes."
Aunt Xu also looked over when she heard this, "Girl, sit down for a while, and I'll go get some things." ”
With that, he walked out the door quickly.
Ami got up and got out of bed angrily, muttering in her mouth, "Why don't you take a shower and change clothes, is it necessary......?"
Xiaolian has long been surprised by her small temperament, "This is not as good as in the past, and it is natural to pay more attention to entering the palace." ”
Ami sat at the table, poured herself a glass of water, moistened her throat and said: "I'm not as good as a daughter, the official family is just a county lord for the sake of my father's face, why bother so much."
"Anyway, it's the first time I've entered the palace, not to mention comparing others, at least it's not too bad."
Ami sighed and said leisurely: "Stunning in the world like me, can't you compare them with a little dressing?" ”
After saying that, he glanced at Xiaolian, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
While the two were talking, Aunt Xu pushed the door and came in, still holding a basket in her hand.
"Girl, this is the flower and leaf that I brought from the vendor outside the city yesterday, and they are still fresh!"
She sniffed the probe, then walked behind the screen on the other side, sprinkled the contents of the basket on the water surface of the tub, and reached out to probe the temperature of the water, and felt that the temperature was acceptable, so she beckoned to Ami: "Girl, the water is ready." ”
As she spoke, as if she had suddenly remembered something, she asked, "Girl, are you ready to enter the palace?" ”
Ami yawned lazily, walked to the cabinet, and pulled for a long time before finding a plain dress.
This set of clothes was bought when she first arrived in Anling, and she felt plain and elegant at the time, and she was happy in her heart, so she bought it back, and she didn't think about it once and didn't have a chance to put it on.
When Aunt Xu saw it, she was so anxious that she stomped her feet: "Oh girl, tonight is indispensable to meet some big people in the palace, how can you be so casual, I asked you to prepare in advance earlier, you said you are not in a hurry......"
Listening to Aunt Xu's chatter, Ami was a little big, "Isn't it that time is too tight, you can rest assured, I have my own measure, and now I can't afford to delay any longer." ”
As she spoke, she pushed Aunt Xu out of the door and closed the door by the way.
Aunt Xu was outside the door, sighed, and hurried downstairs.
Inside the house, Xiaolian pursed her lips and smiled: "Look at you, Aunt Xu is in a hurry." ”
Ami glared at her, "Why didn't you go out?" ”
"Aunt Xu said that she was afraid that you would help, so let me serve a little."
Ami twitched the corners of her mouth, wasn't she afraid that she would be lazy?
She raised her feet and walked like a bathtub, and asked as she went, "Is the drunkard's house open today?" ”
Xiaolian replied: "It's open, there's nothing to do now, Aunt Xu is enough alone." ”
Ami nodded, walked behind the screen, and began to shed her clothes, a little wary, "I'll bathe you later, don't come over." ”
Although she is more bold than ordinary women, it always feels strange to be watched taking a bath like this.
"Okay, good~" Xiaolian responded a little helplessly.
Ami reached out to test the water, slowly stepped into the bathtub, and smacked her lips: "It's quite fragrant......"
More than two hours later.
Xiaolian looked at the lovely person in front of her, who was dressed in plain clothes, and didn't know what words to use to express her amazement for a while, her lips opened slightly in a daze, and her eyes looked at Ami for a moment.
The person in front of him, if the shoulders are shaved into, the waist is like a bundle of plains, the eyebrows are like green feathers, the muscles are like snow, a little powder, wearing a plain long skirt, wearing a light gauze of the same color, hanging to the ground, the head is dignified and elegant swallowtail bun, obliquely inserted into the elegant plum hairpin, the light yarn is flying, suddenly like a fairy.
Ami spun around in place, her face beaming: "How is it?" Is it okay to watch? ”
Xiaolian came back to her senses and said, "It's not just okay, Sister Ami, Tianxian." ”
When Ami heard this, she turned her head and saw her stunned appearance, and she couldn't hold back her laughter.
"Look at your stupidity! You also hurry up and clean up. ”
Xiaolian blinked, puzzled: "What do I have to clean up?" ”
Ami pulled her, walked to the cabinet, and said while reaching out and pulling her clothes: "Of course, the little follower of the county lord must also be glorious!" ”
Xiaolian was stunned for a moment, looking at Ami's back as she turned over the cabinet, and there was a warm current in her heart.
No one had ever asked her what she wanted and what she needed before, and no one cared about her like Ami and treated her like a relative, as if she suddenly experienced the feeling of family affection, and her throat was a little tight.
Ami straightened up in front, carried an emerald green dress in both hands, and trembled: "This one is not bad, come on, come on, hurry up and change it."
As she spoke, she pushed Xiaolian behind the screen: "I'll wait for you outside."
Xiaolian was still stunned, so she was pushed over by Ami, smiled, and shook off her dress.
A moment later, Xiaolian walked out from behind the screen.
Ami glanced at it and praised her, "What a beautiful girl." ”
As he spoke, he pressed Xiaolian in front of the dressing mirror.
Counting the days, Ami has been over for nearly a month, and a simple bun is still not a problem.
After the two of them sorted out, most of the day had passed, and Aunt Xu came over to deliver some food halfway through, and it was time to leave soon.
The two of them had not yet prepared carriages and other means of transportation, and only rented one in a hurry a day in advance, and when they entered the palace for the first time, they must not be too late to go, which made people fall behind.
The two had been talking for a while, when they heard a knock at the door, "Girl, it's time to go." ”
Amiying, "Okay, here we go." ”
After that, he took Xiaolian up and opened the door.
Aunt Xu grew up watching Bai Ge, she had seen everything Bai Ge looked like, and she was not surprised to look at Ami's outfit, although she was a little surprised.
She led Ami and the others to the back door of the drunkard's house, where a carriage was waiting, and the coachman estimated that he was looking for it temporarily.
Watching the two get into the car, Xu instructed, "Girl, this palace is no better than the outside, say less and do less, don't offend any nobles." ”
Before he finished adding, "Xiaolian, you look at her a little." ”
Xiaolian responded with a smile, and Xu ordered the coachman to go on the road.
Both of them were riding in a carriage for the first time, and they were inevitably a little excited, chattering along the way, and before they knew it, they arrived at the gate of the imperial city.
Ami handed out the invitation sticker, and the guards let him go.
Soon after they entered, a man followed them into the imperial city.
Chang Xian looked at the carriage in front of him, a little curious, and asked the guard next to him, "Which carriage is this, how come I have never seen it?" ”
Changxian, as a romantic figure in Anling, has been in major circles all the year round, and he has at least some impressions of the carriages of various families, not to mention that he has ridden them, but he really has no impression of the car in front of him.
The guard replied respectfully, "Back to the prince, it is the lord of Jiahe. ”
After listening to it, he raised his eyebrows and playfully hooked the corners of his mouth.
"Lord Jiahe? Interesting......"
Before the words fell, Changxian immediately sped up to catch up with the carriage in front.
He ran to the front to force Ami's carriage to stop, lifted the curtain, and smiled, "I didn't expect to meet the county lord of Jiahe by such a coincidence." ”
Ami didn't have to think about it to know who it was, so she also poked her head out, "The sun is about to set, why did you enter the palace?" ”
Changxian pouted, "You came to the flower viewing party, and so did I." ”
“…… Didn't you invite the ladies of all families, what did you join in? ”
"It's just that I wasn't invited, and it's not that I can't come! When all the ladies gather, how can I be missing? ”
The two people in the car were amused and were about to speak, but they saw that Changxian suddenly seemed to have discovered something, and sniffed vigorously.
"What does it smell like, how do you smell bluegrass?"
Ami sniffed and stretched out her arm, "Is this the smell?" I think it's okay. ”
Chang Xian leaned over to smell it, frowned, and said, "Why do you have this smell on your body, the imperial grandmother doesn't like this smell the most." ”
Ami thought for a while, frowned, and flicked her sleeves, "That's it!" Anyway, I don't have a chance to get close to the Queen Mother, so I'll pay attention next time! ”
Changxian exclaimed, "My aunt, don't think so, maybe she'll have to talk to you a few words." ”
Ami pointed at herself, incredulous, "Me? ”
Changxian ignored her, took it out from his body, and took out a sachet, "You take this with you, try to cover up the smell of your body, don't forget it next time." ”
Ami took it with a smile and smelled it, it was a refreshing fragrance.
"Then thank you first!"
She tucked the sachet into her arms, her eyes drooping with a hint of darkness.
"Thank you for not needing, just give me a little less money for the wine!"
Ami sighed leisurely, "Okay, this girl is also the county lord now, and it is unseemly to collect debts like this." ”
After that, he smiled and pointed ahead, "Let's go, let's go together?" ”
Ami didn't speak, and lowered the curtain with a smile.
The two carriages headed for the palace together.