Chapter 65: Sikong Yu (I)
On the official road outside the city of Yuancheng, a convoy composed of eight carriages is walking unhurriedly, except for the one headed by one car and four horses, the rest are a carriage of two horses, the horses pulling the carriage are all snow-white, without a single miscellaneous hair, the leading carriage is made of golden silk nanmu from the carriage to the wheel, and the air is full of moisture before dawn, and it can not cover the quiet aroma emitted by the carriage.
The wall of the carriage is carved with a pattern of hundreds of birds and flowers, although there are many patterns but not chaotic, even at night you can see the gold filament and a little golden light on the body of the car.
There is a lotus-shaped glass lamp hanging in the car, and a golden candle is placed in the position of the flower core, and the candle flame is reflected on the curtain hanging in the car through the glass petals, and with the swing of the wheels, it is actually a rainbow-colored light.
Although the carriage is not very wide, but the arrangement is extraordinarily fine, the bottom layer is covered with a thick cushion, covered with a layer of peach-colored satin and then a layer of soft fur, surrounded by the soft cushion of the colorful butterfly wearing flower pattern, although there is the aroma of the carriage itself, the carriage is still burning a small silk white jade incense burner, the white smoke of the lily fragrance rises from the top of the stove, and disperses before reaching the bottom of the glass lamp.
On the cushion leans on a woman dressed in the current fashionable style dress of the royal capital, the dress is based on gold and silver threads, embroidered with intricate patterns, and then added peony patterns with colored threads on the basis, and the wide cuffs are hung with gold lace.
A long black hair is scattered on the cushion behind his head, which is different from the appearance of ordinary women, and he still has a chic neutral atmosphere on his uncombed appearance.
The woman leaned lazily on the cushion, holding a book in one hand, but had not flipped through it, as if thinking about something, her eyes slightly closed, her mouth whispering something to the rhythm of the carriage, and the other patted the side of her leg.
The voice of the maid outside the door sounded, "Miss, there is Yuancheng in front, do you need to make up?" ”
The woman's red lips lightly opened "Come in"
The door of the carriage was opened outward, and a maid wearing a palace skirt style combed with a lotus bun came in with a copper basin, knelt beside the woman, placed the copper basin on the shelf next to it, took the copper kettle that was passed in from outside the compartment, poured the water in the pot into the basin and handed the pot out, and a servant on horseback took the copper kettle, slowed down the horse and returned to the back carriage.
The maid dipped the silk towel in her hand in the hot water in the copper basin, wiped the woman's face and arms, and after finishing it, handed out the copper basin and took out the copper mirror makeup box and other items from the cabinet at the back of the carriage.
"Miss, when you go home today, it's better to have a quiet makeup."
"But" the woman still closed her eyes and left all the grooming to the personal maid.
The maid took out the rouge gouache box from the makeup box, took out a comb from the cabinet and made a few hairpins, combed a few times and picked up a few locks of hair on the side to braid them and then pulled them into a bun, inserted a few hairpins, and then carefully put a round cushion on the back of the woman's head, and the woman leaned her head back lightly on the round cushion.
Opening a square jasper box, the maid took a brush and dipped it in the makeup powder, and began to sweep it on the woman's face.
A thin layer of makeup powder on the eyebrows and draw flowers, after applying rouge, take some rouge in the palm of the hand to dip it in water and smear, carefully apply it to the cheeks, clean up the dressing utensils, kneel opposite the woman with the copper mirror in both hands, the woman opens her eyes and examines her makeup in the mirror, although the copper mirror is not bright, it can also reflect the woman's blue pupils.
At this time, there was a high-pitched horse neighing outside the carriage, and a man dressed in black followed the car on horseback, approached the carriage and whispered, "Hey, Boss Yu, Yuancheng has arrived"