Begonia Temple.

Cutting Yun stared at the face in the mirror, then opened the box of flower slaves that Xing Ruyi had given her, dipped a little of it with her finger, and smeared it on her cheek. The woman in the mirror not only has infinite charm in her eyes, but even her face is charming.

"Is there a man who doesn't like you like this?"

Cutting Yun gently asked himself in the mirror, his eyes fell on his arm, and under the cover of the white veil, the flower seemed to be more and more brilliant.

Cloud ...... Oh no! At that time, she was not called Qiyun, she was called Bilian.

Bilian never thought that in this world, there would be a woman who was born exactly like herself. The first time I saw that face was outside the Begonia Temple. At that time, a so-called Oiran contest was held in the temple of Begonia, and the woman who looked like she was born sat at the back of the table.

With a pair of cold eyes, she swept the men standing in front of the stage, and she was also crowded among those men at that time.

She came to find her husband.

Her husband's name is Zhang Yao, the Yao of the glory of the ancestors. It's a pity that although the name is good, the person is not very good. In addition to eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, he is also good at bullying women. She hasn't had a good day since she married him. In order to help him pay off those gambling debts and debts, she had no choice but to cater to other men and curry favor with other men. These styles in her eyes were grinded out by those men.

With the same face, she was humbly currying favor with those men who couldn't get on the stage, while she was sitting on the high platform, looking down at the men chasing her in front of the stage like those arrogant daughters in the play. There was some jealousy and resentment in her heart.

The next time I saw that face, it was on the street. The woman was dressed in a garment made of fine silk that she might not have been able to wear in her life. Although she was separated by a white veil, she still recognized the eyes that were exactly the same as herself. The woman stood on the corner of the street with her maid. Not long after, a carriage stopped in front of them.

Intrigued, she followed. Fortunately, there were many people on the street, and the carriage was not moving fast, so she followed all the way and watched the carriage stop at the back corner door of the mansion. Both the woman and the maid were brought in by the messenger who guarded the door in the back corner. Not long after, she heard the news that the newly appointed county magistrate had taken a fancy to the woman and was going to welcome her into the mansion as a concubine.

Bilian couldn't sit still at all.

After being beaten by her own man again, she asked herself, with the same face, why that woman could marry the county lord and be the housekeeper's concubine, but she could only live in such a rotten house, guarding a rotten man who would never be put on the table. What made her even more angry was that this rotten man actually stepped on her face and laughed at her. It is said that although she is somewhat similar to that woman, she is a heaven and an earth. also said that the reason why he didn't leave her was all because of her face.

Maybe it was at that moment that she changed, and she began to think about how she could replace that woman, or turn herself into that woman.

She first approached her by design. Of course, in order to get close to the woman, she put a lot of effort into it, at least to hide her somewhat similar appearance. That stupid woman, although she was born similar to her, can be stupid. It took almost no effort for her to pull out all her things, including her original name: Cutting Cloud.

Then, she deliberately imitates her every move, observes her preferences, and is familiar with her every facial expression. Everything went well, and the stupid woman never doubted anything. In the eyes of the other party, she Biyun is just a poor worm in need of help.

Yes, a poor creature, she had those three words in her eyes every time she looked at her.

Fingers gently caress the flower on the arm.

For the sake of this flower, she gritted her teeth and endured it, burning herself with fire.

With no extra money to buy medicine, she endured the pain and endured the pain for seven days in a ruined temple, almost dying.

For the sake of this flower, she did not hesitate to commit herself to that filthy Persian stinky old man.

To this day, when she closed her eyes, she could still smell the decaying, fishy smell emanating from the old man.

Of course, after the deed was done, she also sent the old man where he was supposed to go. is old and in poor health, so it is quite pitiful to stay alone in the Tang Dynasty. She felt that she had done a good deed.

Everything is in place, she only needs to do one more thing.

This thing is to make the woman who looks exactly like himself disappear.

"Girl, the female shopkeeper from the rouge shop is here."

Outside the door, there was the sound of a girl chattering. Cutting Yun let go of the hand he was holding, raised his eyebrows and looked at himself in the bronze mirror, the corners of his mouth raised, and put Mei Hua Nu aside.

"Invite the lady up. Oh, by the way, does Mama know about this? ”

"Yes. Mama said, this is the girl's business, and it is the girl's heart for the girl in our yard, and it is too late for Mama to be happy. Oh, and also, Mama asked people to prepare some snacks and tea, saying that it was not from the girl's worries, and the girl would be tired. ”

"Mama has a heart, you go and help me thank Mama."

"Yes!"

After the girl answered, there was no sound outside the door.

Inside the room, Cut Yun stood up and walked to the hanger to choose a dress for himself that suited his current makeup. Then walk to the door and pull it open gently.

"Madame is here." With a light in his eyes, he bowed his head and saluted: "Mrs. Hard has made this trip." ”

"It's your own business, how dare you say hard work." Xing Ruyi lowered his gaze to Qi Yun's arm.

Because of the coat, the flower showed only a small outline.

"Ma'am?"

"This flower on your arm seems very chic."

"It's just an ordinary flower, used to hide its ugliness."

"Cover up the ugliness?"

"It's no secret either. I had an injury to this arm, leaving an ugly scar. Afraid that I would frighten the guests, she sought out a Persian merchant and painted such a flower with special paint on the place where I had left my scars. When you look at it from a distance, you will feel that this flower is chic and lifelike. But up close, under this moving flower, there are ugly scars that are visible, as well as those painful pasts. ”

As he spoke, he tugged at his sleeve and covered up the outline of the flowers that had fallen outside.

"Look at me, how do you talk about the past again. Madame, please, and in a moment I will have someone go and bring my sisters over. If they had seen the rouge gouache that their lady had brought, they would have been overjoyed. If you lose your temper later, please don't blame them. ”

"How so." Xing Ruyi smiled lightly and walked into the room: "Speaking of which, I happened to bring something today." ”

"Madame must have brought something superb."

"I've never been a boastful person, but this kind of thing is really good." Xing Ruyi took out a small bottle from the small cloth bag around his waist: "Although I have never been to a similar place before, I have heard of it." It is said that the grandmother here is very strict when she disciplines the girl. If you are not careful, you will easily leave some indelible scars on your body. I happen to have an elixir to remove scars here, which was an ancient secret recipe given by a master when he traveled with my husband in the early years.

As for me, I have tried it myself, and the effect is indeed much better than ordinary knife wound medicine and scar removal medicine. Thinking that the girls might be useful, I brought a bottle. ”

"Can this medicine really remove scars?" Cutting Yun stroked his arm.

"If Miss Jieyun doesn't believe it, you can try it." Xing Ruyi handed over the vial.

The light in Qi Yun's eyes flickered, and it could be seen that she was a little moved, but she was a little concerned in her heart.

"That's it, wait for the other girls to come, let's try again in front of those girls, and it can be regarded as publicizing this elixir for my family."

"Propaganda?"

"Well, it means that everyone can see it with their own eyes and know the magic of my elixir. When the time comes, this will be passed on ten, ten by hundred, and will you still see that I have no business in this rouge shop? ”

"Madame, what a good plan."

"If you don't have the money you earn back, when the master's family comes back, it's not easy for me to explain it here." Xing Ruyi said, and glanced at Cutting Yun again: "I don't know, can you let Ruyi take a look at the scar on Miss Cutting Yun's arm." Rest assured, Ruyi is not the kind of person who is talkative, even if she sees something, she won't say it. Also, Ruyi's courage is not small, and she will never be frightened by the scars on the girl's arms. ”

Madame laughed. Cutting Yun's eyelashes moved slightly: "The scars on my arm have all been seen by the girls in the courtyard, and the reason why I don't want my wife to see it is because I am afraid of polluting my wife's eyes." ”

As he spoke, he pulled up his sleeves.

There was indeed a hideous scar hidden behind the lifelike flower, just like Cut Yun himself said, when he looked closer, he could still see it very clearly.

"This scar is ugly and tight, does it scare you, madam?"

"Nope! I just think this flower is a little familiar. ”

"Does Madame recognize this flower?"

There was some eagerness in Qiyun's words.

When she first asked the old Persian man to draw a pattern, she only said that it was exactly like the one on the woman's arm, but she forgot to ask him what kind of flower it was. Afterwards, when she was with adults, she was always a little worried, worried that one day adults would ask her about the flower on her arm, and if she couldn't answer it then, wouldn't it make people suspicious.

Unexpectedly, what she was most worried about had a turn for the better at this moment. The proprietress of the rouge shop in front of her actually knew the flower on her arm.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be a twin flower."

"Twin flowers?"

"Twin flowers, one with two flowers, open at the same time, and one of them will continue to absorb nutrients from the other until the other withers."

Xing Ruyi raised his eyes and looked into Qi Yun's eyes.