Volume 1: Chapter 48: The Princess's Mansion
The twilight is approaching, and a touch of golden brilliance is about to disappear, and the more westward the clouds, the more gorgeous and dense they are.
The bricks and tiles of the princess's mansion are illuminated by this bright yellow, coupled with the colorful lights, and the dusty courtyard of the door is even more noble.
In the early morning, the birthday party of the nine princesses, princes and marquis from all walks of life, celebrities and beauties, brought gifts and blessings, and came one after another. The gift giving process alone took several hours.
also made the eldest housekeeper in the princess's mansion, following the maid's housekeeper, busy and busy, unable to get along, and finally collapsed to the ground and rested in bed.
Although the princess's mansion can be regarded as a grand faΓ§ade, it covers an open area. But it's not as big as a palace.
Some of the guests who came to send blessings saw that the princess's mansion was overcrowded, and their eyes were long, and after giving the gifts, they all said that there was something at home and it was inconvenient to participate in the birthday banquet.
The princess's mansion is so big, it is not necessary to drive the maids out to make room, and the ninth princess has no choice but to push the boat down the river and go with them.
In this way, most of the people who stayed were some friends.
At this time, the ninth princess Zhao Rumei was entertaining the little sisters who were good friends with her, and suddenly someone came to report that someone from the palace had come.
Zhao Rumei didn't have to guess to know that the person who came would not be the emperor, and his elder brother had a lot of opportunities, so he almost forgot his sister's name.
Rao is like this, Zhao Rumei still has a curious attitude and goes to greet the visitors.
The person who came was indeed not the emperor, but the emperor's wet nurse when he was a child, Mama Liu.
This Mama Liu is the person who married with the emperor's biological mother's mother's mother, who is honest and dedicated, so the emperor is relieved to let her feed the emperor.
Although the current Mama Liu is old and dizzy, sick and frail, and unable to serve the master, she still enjoys a high status in the deep courtyard of the palace.
She came this time in place of the emperor.
Zhao Rumei also grew up under the watchful eyes of Mama Liu, and the two were so close that they couldn't be lazy. No, Zhao Rumei personally went out to greet her, helped Mama Liu off the sedan chair, and entered the main hall with laughter and laughter all the way.
Some people in the main hall knew each other, and when they saw Mama Liu, they gave salutes one after another. In the end, everyone agreed and let Mama Liu sit in the main hall.
"The emperor has a lot of opportunities, and it's normal that he doesn't have time to come, you have to understand him more, although others didn't come, but this gift is not thin." Mama Liu touched Zhao Rumei's hand and patiently persuaded her.
In the end, seeing that Zhao Rumei was still pouting and frowning, she hurriedly beckoned, and several fathers-in-law walked in with gold, silver and jewelry.
These jewels are all the emperor's subordinates, and the trophies that they are fortunate to get from the frontier are all high-quality agate jadeite or something, which is rare in the Central Plains, but it is precious.
But after receiving these gifts, Zhao Rumei said that he liked it, but the eyebrows were still twisted, and there was no sign of stretching for a long time.
Mama Liu was also a prescient person, she knew that the princess didn't like these, but she didn't say anything, but shouted directly to the door: "Hurry up and get it." β
The little maid outside the door walked into the main hall and handed over the things in her hand to Mama Liu.
Zhao Rumei looked curious, thinking to herself what is so mysterious?
The things in Mama Liu's hands were pressed into a regular square, wrapped in yellow rice paper on the outside, and then knotted with red threads, and circled several times, which was not exquisite, but it made people feel attentive enough.
Mama Liu deliberately slowed down her movements, satisfying Zhao Rumei's appetite: "This is what I specially prepared for you." β
Zhao Rumei was even more curious, got closer, and inadvertently inhaled, only then did she smell the smell of that thing, which was particularly intoxicating, like the smell of osmanthus cake that had been eaten in the market.
Zhao Rumei sighed, thinking that it was nothing more than that, are there still few masters who make osmanthus cakes in the market? Zhao Rumei was tired of eating it for a long time, but the main reason was that Zhao Rumei felt that the osmanthus cake in the market was not as good as that made by her mother.
When Mama Liu put the osmanthus cake into Zhao Rumei's mouth, Zhao Rumei couldn't stop her mouth anymore, she was very surprised, this taste is exactly the same as the taste made by her mother!
The osmanthus cake in Zhao Rumei's mouth hadn't been swallowed yet, so she excitedly shouted and asked Mama Liu how she did it.
Mama Liu gently patted Zhao Rumei's back and said with a smile: "I taught your mother to make osmanthus cake." β
When the guests saw the Ninth Princess's food, they were also in an uproar and discussed.
"Jiu'er, is the birthmark on your cheek more obvious than before?" Mama Liu suddenly said.
Zhao Rumei was eating, and when she heard this, she instantly cared about her appearance, she had always taken it very seriously.
Originally, at this birthday banquet, she didn't show up to welcome guests very confidently, but now that someone said this, Zhao Rumei was even more unconfident.
She touched her cheek, a little unrelenting: "Really? Is it becoming more and more obvious? β
"At the New Year's banquet at the beginning of this year, I didn't look so conspicuous, could it be that I didn't look carefully at that time? Okay, don't care so much, our Jiu'er is my favorite princess, with this birthmark, I won't lose you wherever I go. Mama Liu said to herself. I didn't pay attention to the changes in Zhao Rumei next to me at all.
What girl doesn't like her looks? She Zhao Rumei is indeed beautiful enough, but she can be a little more beautiful. In terms of appearance, there is no girl who is not greedy.
Although Mama Liu came to celebrate Zhao Rumei's birthday instead of the emperor, she was old after all and couldn't experience a lively scene, so after greetings, Mama Liu went back to the palace.
As soon as Mama Liu left, the princess's mansion was basically a guest of the same generation, and she could get together.
Seeing that it was twilight, the birthday party was about to start, and Zhao Rumei also went to the room and dressed up under the urging of everyone.
Originally, today's birthday banquet was very lively, and Zhao Rumei was also hospitable and in a good mood.
Because no one mentioned it during the banquet, she should have forgotten about the skin. But just now Mama Liu mentioned it, and she had to care.
At the same time, this also made Zhao Rumei feel that those doormen, not to mention this, just wanted to give her some face, in fact, there may be any doorman who thinks her skin is terrifying in his heart!
What's more, those doormen who left immediately after giving gifts were not worried about the small size of the princess's mansion, but disgusted that she Zhao Rumei was ugly!
The more Zhao Rumei thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt in her heart. This birthmark, after all, still hinders her eyes.
When the maids picked out jewelry for her, she always said absentmindedly that she could do anything, and when the maids found it for her, she said that it was not suitable.
Back and forth, after a long time, even the hair was not combed, but the maid changed batch after batch, very diligent, she was stunned that she didn't like any of them.
When a few maids looked at each other and were at a loss, Zhao Ru opened her eyebrows and let them all go down.
The maids were helpless and couldn't say anything, so they had to leave in a hurry.
When Zhao Rumei was the only one left in the room, Zhao Rumei faced the bronze mirror and began to carefully study his birthmark.
This birthmark is really more and more eye-catching the more she looks at it! Why did it happen to grow up with her? It's going to be long, but it's going to grow under your eyelids......
The more she looked at her, the more annoyed she became, and when she raised her hand, she knocked the bronze mirror to the ground, and then cried in front of the dresser regardless of it, and even for a while, she didn't have the heart to attend.
When Zhao Rumei was crying, the door of the room was pushed open, but it was Song Jiaqi.
"Go out first, I don't want to see anyone now......" Zhao Rumei choked up.
"I just heard the maid at the door, they said, you don't want to cooperate with the grooming and dressing, and let the maid go down, and I don't know what to cry in the room, am I right?" Song Jiaqi said patiently.
"It's none of your business, just let me cry alone for a while." Zhao Rumei said forcefully.
It's not that she hasn't looked for a doctor to treat this birthmark, the imperial doctor in the palace, the folk alleys, the miraculous doctor who lives in seclusion in the mountains, etc., are nothing more than that. You can't be ruthless and forcibly dig up the flesh and tear off the birthmark, which will only leave a more ugly scar, and Zhao Rumei is still very rational in this regard.
So now, she is desperate.
"Come on, you put this on your face and try the effect?" Song Jiaqi approached Zhao Rumei and handed her a box of cream, the cream inside was transparent, as white and delicate as silk.
"What is this?" Zhao Rumei sniffed it closely, and immediately understood. Anyway, she didn't care about it for the sake of beauty.
Thinking that it would have no effect, she picked up a broken bronze mirror and screamed instantly.
The banquet went on as scheduled, and it was very lively, but everyone's attention seemed to be on the birthmark on Zhao Rumei's face, how it disappeared all at once, as if it had never existed.
Zhao Rumei smiled, said it truthfully, and praised Song Jiaqi in public, and rewarded Song Jiaqi with a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, which can be regarded as a reward.
That cream only played a covering role, and could not be completely eliminated, but even so, Zhao Rumei was still very satisfied, because as long as she applied it in time, she no longer had to worry about her appearance, and it could be regarded as untying the knot in her heart for many years.
At the banquet, the lights are beautiful, there are many doors, coming and going, and the eyeliner is extremely messy.
Song Jiayao was also a little nervous, because she didn't know many people, but for the sake of etiquette and thoughtfulness, she could only pretend to be good friends and greet each other.
I am really tired and difficult enough to do this kind of drama on the spot.
So Song Jiayao tried her best to avoid the crowd, and went to the side and pretended to concentrate on eating her favorite fruit.
There are also a lot of games arranged at the banquet, such as charades, couplets, and lots. As soon as Song Jiayao raised her face, she actually bumped into Lin An playing a charade game in front of her, looking at the posture, it was estimated that she was playing very satisfactorily.
When Song Jiayao saw him, why couldn't she sit still, she couldn't hide, she didn't hide, she didn't hide, and in the end, she was entangled, but she became even more upset.
Finally, after thinking about it carefully, this is the birthday banquet of the ninth princess, and if you deal with your own private affairs here, I am afraid that there will be a lot of inappropriateness.
So Song Jiayao chose to dodge, otherwise she would probably not be able to control her emotions and vent directly on the spot.