Return to the Capital (V) (I)

Since returning to Beijing, Xinjie has been very busy, and Lian'er has not been idle. Since he said that the courtyard belonged to her, she smiled calmly and quickly mobilized her subordinates. Jingzhong's family had never dealt with this future young grandmother, and every day they had an endless stream of surprises.

First of all, this master seems to be too industrious, first tidying up, and the small courtyard, which originally seemed a little loose, suddenly has a lot of space. Take people to the streets, most of them go to the fat powder ready-to-wear silk shops that women love to visit, but they basically don't buy anything when they go around. It doesn't seem that the space scavenged out of the house is for these purchases.

The second is that this master seems to be no worse than Sanshao, and the business ledgers are often sent in stacks, and many stewards of Baicaotang Baihuatang will come to report and ask for instructions, and the quiet courtyard is much more lively than when Sanshao lives alone. Some of the subordinates in the small courtyard have dealings with the descendants of the old mansion in the Tang Gate Jingzhong, and the gossip is that this lord holds real power in the Tang family's Baicao Hall, and the old lady attaches great importance to it, and she can do it better than the young masters of the Tang family.

And then there is this master is very strange, there are few traces of fat powder on his face, but he specially vacated an empty room to mix fat and powder in it, and there are often all kinds of aromas. Some are sweet, some are charming, some are fresh, and some are so greasy that they make people soft. Is this to be used to subdue the three less? It's not like that. It seems that the one doesn't need to bother so much. Every day after a busy day outside, I came back from the white girl's house and didn't come out, and when I came back, I always brought all kinds of food, jewelry, and even gadgets, which was to please others. The eyes of the girl who can see the yard and the young daughter-in-law of the people are hot. How many men in this world can be like Ye?

The busy days always feel that time flies too quickly, and many of the things that Lian'er planned on the road have not yet been done, and a few days have passed. As soon as Xinjie was sent away in the past two days, she went to the pharmacy to try to configure various new incense powder rouge, and then wrote down the successful recipes and procedures and sent them to Baihuatang for trial production. Today, she was thinking about something with jasmine powder, and she heard a report from someone about Princess Jingchen's visit.

And this princess is used to being casual in the capital, and even the palace has a time when she acts arbitrarily, not to mention ordinary people. The people at the door and the people in the courtyard didn't want to stop her too much, and when Lian'er put down what she was doing and opened the door, the princess was already standing in front of the pharmacy.

A burst of strong fragrance came in, Jing Chen and the grandmothers beside him were a little disdainful, I don't know how much fat powder this person usually uses. People with good taste often use elegant aromas. However, when I saw the elegantly dressed woman come out, it seemed that this light dress and the strong fragrance did not match. And the woman's face actually covered her mouth and nose with a silk scarf. Although half of his face was covered, the half that was exposed, even if it was a woman, Jing Chen felt jealous.

"When the princess comes, not only do you not greet her, but you also cover your face, what does this mean?" The female officials around Jing Chen are all arrogant, and of course they have to take the lead at this time.

However, Jing Chen knew the purpose of his trip, and he didn't want to offend this woman first, so he stretched out his hand to stop the female official.

Lian'er didn't say much, she used to wear the silk scarf in the pharmacy, and she didn't want to take it off at this time. Jing Chen is older than Jing An, and has more eyes than Jing An, so it is inevitable that she will not remember her, the palace maid who was by the side of the Queen Mother. And it was also very interesting for her to come in so blatantly, looking at her expression, it didn't look like she was looking for trouble, and she didn't want to take off the silk scarf at this time. So he saluted respectfully, and then quietly looked at Jing Chen and waited for her to speak.

Jing Chen was also looking at her, this woman was tall, and she was standing on the steps, Jing Chen needed to look up slightly. As a princess, looking at a folk girl with no background like this, she actually has no sense of disobedience. was looked at by her like this, and the woman was also very calm, without the slightest hint of crampedness, as if this woman was born to stand on top. This feeling surprised Jing Chen a little, and it seemed that she had seen such a woman standing in a high position in the past, but she couldn't remember where she saw it for a while.

She has been in the palace for many years, and she has always been a little wary of dealing with people, and she is forced by the situation to be respectful to people, but at this moment, she actually has the heart to have a relationship with this woman, so she smiled charmingly: "This is the sister of the Bai family." Don't listen to what people are talking about. The palace and Tang San Gongzi are friends, so my sister doesn't have to see each other so much. It is rumored in Beijing that the fiancée of the third prince is as beautiful as a fairy, and the palace is curious, and came without prior notice, so don't mind my sister. ”

Talking and stretching out her hand not to hit the smiling person, since Jing Chen put on this gesture, she also wanted to know what this princess wanted to do today, and said with a smile: "The princess is too polite, this is the little woman's pharmacy, It is too messy inside, it is inconvenient to entertain guests, and I also ask the princess to move to the living room in front." A pair of smiling eyes seemed to be two crescent moons when she spoke, Jing Chen looked a little dazzling, and this soft and sweet voice sounded very comfortable, and it always made her feel familiar.

Lian'er walked down the steps, signaled the direction of the living room with her hand, and then walked half a step behind and walked beside Jing Chen, this ceremonial gait is by no means something that ordinary people can train. It's possible to have a Tang Gate, it's just...

"Sister Bai, have we ever met." Entering the living room, Lian'er naturally took off the silk scarf and put it on the coffee table at hand, her delicate and soft face once again had a sense of déjà vu, and then looked at her various etiquettes for entertaining guests with tea, like flowing water, large and elegant, Jing Chen really couldn't hide her curiosity.

"The princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, so naturally she has no chance to make friends with the princess." Naturally, there is no problem for her to say this, she was a female official in the palace at the beginning, Jing Chen was a princess, and she was a proud and arrogant princess, how could she befriend her as a palace maid: "But the princess is in the palace, but she is also a person who walks the world, and she must know that there are many similar people in this world." Of course, maybe the folk girl is really destined for the princess, and she may not have inadvertently entered the princess's eyes. It's just that the princess goes to many places, and the folk girls are not sure. He smiled and lowered his head. Of course, Jing Chen saw her back then, but that was five years ago, Jing Chen was young, and she was still young, and their appearance had changed. Not only did Jing Chen not recognize who she was, but didn't the palace maid beside her also recognize this female official in the Empress Dowager's palace back then? There were originally many palace maids in the palace, Concubine Chen didn't have much time to go to the Empress Dowager's palace at that time, and Jing Chen was even less, she was busy with medicine and various studies when she had time, unlike other palace maids who made friends everywhere. In addition to accompanying Yiyi to the south study, he rarely leaves the queen mother's palace. Even if Jing Chen and the others saw her, they were all when she was on duty beside the Queen Mother, standing far away, and everyone was naturally unfamiliar with her.

couldn't ask why, Jing Chen simply said open-mindedly: "Yes, maybe it's because this palace has a relationship with my sister, so I always have a sense of déjà vu when I see my sister." ”

Lian'er smiled slightly, and did not reply to this, but asked, "I wonder if the princess has any advice for today's visit?" ”

"Where do you have any advice, just wandering around Beijing, I suddenly remembered that the third son had just returned to Beijing, maybe there was something new to talk about and relieve my boredom. It's just that I didn't expect the third son to be there, so I wanted to get to know my sister and have another friend to chat with in the future. Just now my sister said that there is your pharmacy, and my sister is good at dispensing medicines? ”

"I can't say I'm good at it, I know a little bit."

"My sister is really humble. It is said that many doctors came out of the Tang Gate's school, since my sister has been in the Tang Gate for many years, and is deeply valued by the old lady of the Chen family, I want to come to this medicine is very attained. ”

"The medical Tao is all-encompassing, the little woman only dabbles a little, and she knows some, and she is too far from the word attainment."

The two of them went back and forth, a polite conversation, from medicine to women's fat powder in the capital, boudoir jewelry, and chatting endlessly. Most of them were said by Jing Chen, and Lian'er echoed one or two sentences. Although she is not in the capital, but in the past two days since she came back, she has taken a turn in the main big shops, plus from Kansai to Jiangnan, all the way to Beijing, she has carefully studied what these shops sell and what business, so what Jing Chen said, she knew very well.

The female official beside Jing Chen felt suffocated in her heart, Today the princess doesn't know what's wrong, she is so polite to a civilian woman, and ordinary official women want to have a relationship with her, but she doesn't pay attention to it. I couldn't help but look at this woman again, except for being beautiful, there was nothing special from top to bottom. said that the three young people spoil her, look at this body, except for the clothes are of the highest quality, a silver hairpin on the head, a Shu brocade belt in the waist, and there is not even a decent pendant jade pendant. I was ashamed to talk to the princess about this here, as if she understood, you would wear two pieces for everyone to see, they all said that they were orphans, how many families they could have, maybe they were just looking at it in the store, and it was just an addiction. Only the faint sweet fragrance on the body smells very comfortable, not like the spices that can be bought in ordinary fat powder shops.

However, the more Jing Chen chatted, the more panicked he became, originally thinking that he was familiar with the capital and the things he was dressed up, and he could manipulate the topic and observe the other party by himself. It turned out that the other party knew no less than her, and the pair of indifferent eyes and peaceful smile seemed to see her very thoroughly. After two quarters of an hour, Jing Chen really couldn't hold it anymore: "When I came to this palace today, I was actually curious about what was rumored outside, and I really wanted to know what kind of woman Tang Sanshao really liked that countless women in the capital admired. When I saw it today, it was really outstanding. Hongu really wants to be friends with his sister. ”

"The princess is really approachable and willing to make friends with commoners."

"What's wrong with the commoners, don't look at the magnificence in the palace, actually... Alas, I don't know if the palace can visit often, and ask my sister for some fat adjustment and powder, women's maintenance drug formulas and so on. ”

"The princess is too uplifting for the people's daughter. The grandmother of the palace interior workshop is the most proficient in these, where can the folk compare. ”

"My sister is familiar with the palace?"

"The palace is so big, how many people can really be familiar with it?" Lian'er looked at her with an eyebrow and a smile.

Jing Chen was stunned for a moment, what a pun, such a smart woman.