Chapter 19: Retreat and Penance
Just after noon, Wu Yueniang took two maids to the East Cross Courtyard, although this has become a daily routine, but a few soldiers guarding the gate of the courtyard still did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to bow and salute. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Wu Yueniang just nodded at them, took the opportunity to ask for the food box from the maid's hand, and entered the East Cross Courtyard without squinting.
There are more than a dozen halls and wings in this east cross courtyard, and the secret room used by Wu Kai for retreat is located in the southeast corner, which is a rather remote and inconspicuous wing room, which is divided into two rooms, inside and outside.
Before Wu Yueniang got closer, she took out the key from her sleeve and unscrewed the copper lock on the door, and with a gentle push, the door parted left and right, revealing an empty living room.
After opening the door, Wu Yueniang did not rush in, but first covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves, and then picked up the food box and broke into the inner room in one go-Wu Kai has been 'retreating' here for more than half a month, and the door is not out of the door every day, and the solution to the physiological problem depends on the toilet outside, although someone will come in every one or two hours to clean up, but over time, the smell in the house is still unbearable.
Fortunately, there is always a thick curtain between the inside and outside, and the windows in the inside are open for a long time, so it is not the same as the inside and outside.
Carefully lowered the door curtain, and saw that Wu Kai was really fiddling with the gouache rouge in the mirror, Wu Yueniang took care of herself and put the food on the table, and helped Wu Kai pour a full cup of craft Buddha over the wall, and then greeted him: "Master, come over to eat first." ”
Wu Kai looked up and down in the mirror for a while, left and right, before turning his head, leaning his face in front of Wu Yueniang, and asked, "Let's see how the results are this time, and whether you can see any flaws." ”
But I saw Wu Kai's originally rough and dark face, at this time, it was even more ravines and wrinkles, and when he narrowed his eyes slightly, the loose and drooping eyelids simply blocked the view, and it looked like it was a little more vicissitudes than the Loess Plateau!
But Wu Yueniang looked not strange, looked at it carefully, and let Wu Kai try to change his expression, and finally commented: "The color of the eyebrows is still a little weird, not as comfortable as the white look last time, the wrinkles on the face are okay, but the part of the forehead that is connected to the top of the head looks very unnatural once it moves." ”
"Alas~ Sure enough, it's still a little bit hot!"
Wu Kai sighed helplessly, sat down at the table, picked up the chopsticks, and planned to turn grief and anger into appetite.
Wu Yueniang hurriedly stopped him, pointed to the basin in the corner of the wall and said, "Master, let's take off your makeup first before eating, didn't you say that there is any lead poison in it......"
Wu Kai had no choice but to get up again and go to the corner, rubbing and rubbing for a quarter of an hour, and changing the water back and forth six times before he could wash the messy things on his face.
Looking in the mirror, I felt that the original black face was much more pleasing to the eye - sure enough, the red flowers still need green leaves to lining.
The reason why he wanted to go out of the door this time was because of the 'aging special effect makeup' on his face, except for Wu Yueniang and Pang Chunmei, and he didn't even take care of the guards on his face.
It's just that more than half a month has passed, and he still hasn't been able to achieve enough satisfactory results, which inevitably makes Wu Kai a little depressed, originally he still felt that there were quite a lot of commonalities between special effects makeup artists and prop artists, and it shouldn't be difficult to get it done, but who knew that it was so troublesome to actually operate.
But it's no wonder, after all, it's his own makeup, even with the help of the newly developed 'mercury glass mirror', it's difficult to do everything - plus he is now a monk, without the cover of his hairline, the difficulty can be said to be multiplied.
Wu Yueniang had been quietly watching Wu Kai eat and drink, until he put down his chopsticks when he was full of wine and food, and then handed over the mouthwash and said: "Master, I heard that Cai Xiangye had a twist yesterday and urged the imperial court to send an envoy to negotiate with the Jin people as soon as possible about the ransom of the sixteen states of Youyun, but the emperor temporarily suppressed it." ”
It seems that Song Huizong wanted to wait for Wu Kai to make a prediction before deciding how to get along with the Jurchens - as for this Cai Xiangye in Wu Yueniang's mouth, he was not referring to Cai Jing, but his son Cai You.
It's just that it's like this, but it's not good to continue to delay, otherwise the Jurchens won't get the news for a long time, in case they really go south to attack the Song Dynasty, wouldn't Wu Kai be self-defeating?
Thinking of this, he put the mouthwash on the table and said categorically: "Madam, when you come to deliver food in the evening, help me bring a hat decorated with black gauze!" ”
The biggest problem at the moment is that the fake skin on the forehead is difficult to match the facial movements, and after wearing the hat, you can naturally cover up these flaws.
Wu Yueniang was slightly stunned, and then understood his intentions, so she said worriedly: "Master, if someone sees through it, it will be ......."
"That's why I put black yarn on the hat." Wu Kai said proudly: "When the time comes, I will make my face more scary, just saying that it is to cover up the ugliness, how can others think that I am actually trying to cover up the flaws on my forehead?" ”
In fact, there is still a certain risk in doing this, but in order to make Wu Yueniang feel relieved, Wu Kai can only pretend to be full of confidence.
Wu Yueniang saw what he said, and she was really relieved, and said while cleaning up the table: "After the concubine goes back, I will personally make you a black gauze hat." ”
After finishing the business, seeing that when she leaned over and put the dishes and chopsticks into the food box, the collar folds faintly revealed the white half of the ball, Wu Kai felt a fire in his heart, as a man who has no 'meat' and is unhappy, he has been vegetarian for more than half a month, and he is really 'hungry' enough.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, he slid into the gap lightly, but the frightened Wu Yueniang exclaimed, almost dropped the bowl, hurriedly pressed the paw with his backhand, and said with a red face: "Master don't mess around, the concubine has to go back quickly, otherwise Chunsheng won't see me when he eats for a while, and he should cry again." ”
Wu Kai reluctantly stuck to her buttocks and teased her, but his mouth was very righteous and awe-inspiring: "You are so pampered at a young age, and you can pay it back when you grow up?" You'll go back and try it later today, and I'll see what that little bunny can do!" ”
"Master~!"
Although Wu Yueniang was a little moved by him, she still sneered when she thought of her son, broke free of Wu Kai's shackles, walked a few steps with the food box, and when she arrived at the door, she turned around and smiled: "Isn't the master ready to go out of the customs in the next few days, what's the hurry?" ”
Wu Kai slapped it on the table and said angrily: "Out of the customs, out of the customs tomorrow!" In the future, if you close this bird pass, Lao Tzu will not be surnamed Wu! ”