She looked up at the sky like Lin Yuan, and then she also saw the full moon as golden as ears of rice. She only remembered that she was very fortunate to catch up with her sister's song so that she was not scolded, and then nervously recited poems for the emperor for fear of making a mistake, and finally won the emperor's praise but was busy spying on the looks of the emperor and the surrounding concubines, wondering whether the emperor had the intention of being lucky, and whether the people around him could not tolerate their own thoughts...... The banquet is so tiring, where can I have the leisure to admire the moon.

The moon in the sky was really beautiful, and now she would like to take a good look at it, but she can't. She looked at Lin Yuan, who she met unexpectedly, and felt very uneasy. She didn't understand Lin Yuan's purpose for finding her, she knew that many women in this palace were plotted at the right time to do it in a suitable place, so most of the concubines in the palace would not go out of the palace at night or go to remote places, everyone was afraid......

The invasion of the night made her feel fear from the bottom of her heart, and she instinctively wanted to flee under her feet, but she finally held back, and her eyes were fixed on Lin Yuan's face.

Chu Huashang has a gentle and beautiful face, but there is a flame in her eyes, I wonder if her sister has noticed this? Lin Yuan smiled, and then seemed to inadvertently fix her gaze on Chu Huasheng's arm, and said in surprise: "Ah, sister, what's wrong with your hand......

Chu Huashang suddenly withdrew his hand, and the wide sleeve immediately hung down to cover the wound. She was a little embarrassed, and shook her head again and again: "It's nothing, I accidentally fell and injured myself when I went to the banquet, thank you for your concern......"

Chu Huashang didn't want others to see his injuries, because such neat wounds could be seen at a glance by a discerning person that it was not a fall abrasion. She didn't want people to know about the pain and humiliation she had suffered in private.

She did fall, but it was just a bruise, and it didn't get in the way. Chu Huaxin instructed her to bring the emperor over after the night banquet, and she said with a lot of words, "I have used all those reasons in the past, and I don't know how to persuade the emperor today." As a result, Chu Huaxin thought of a good way, she grabbed Chu Huasheng's arm and pulled out the golden hairpin on her head. The hairpin really hurts on the flesh, she really shouldn't say the wrong thing to find herself guilty......

Chu Huashang held his sleeve tightly. Maybe she has lived in the Chu family for a long time, and her humble situation has made her more sensitive than ordinary people, even if she is tortured and insulted behind her back, she has to try her best to make a glamorous appearance on the surface, and she must not let others know about the embarrassing things that happened to her...... In front of outsiders like Lin Yuan, she is still the daughter of the Chu family from a prominent background.

"Is it really okay, I have some good medicinal powder in my palace......" Lin Yuan's face was full of concern.

But Chu Huashang really didn't want to talk about it more, Lin Yuan looked at her and finally had to shut up. She walked past Chu Huasheng, and a handkerchief was delicately tucked into her sleeve from her hand.

Lin Yuan walked very simply, and never looked back at Chu Huasheng.

Everything in the silence of the night dissipates with the dawn of dawn. The people in the palace are all wearing masks, and the people who look like sisters on the outside don't know what they are inside, and the people who don't have any intersection or even enemies on the outside may still collude with each other on the inside.

***

Because of the tossing and turning out of the palace at night, Lin Yuan struggled hard to get up from bed the next day.

On the side, Chu Yun and Chu Tao hurriedly served her to dress and change clothes. Chu Tao saw that Lin Yuan's eyes were a little dim, so he took out a copper cloisonne powder box, opened it, and said: "The little master will use hosta paste today, and the juice of Su Fangmu is added to it, which can somewhat hide the complexion......"

Chu Tao picked a little bit of the pure white paste in the box with the tail of the hairpin, melted it with water in the palm of his hand, and was about to rub it on Lin Yuan's face. Lin Yuan looked at her silently, suddenly raised his hand and knocked over the box, and said coldly: "Such an inferior paste dares to go to the end of the concubine's eyes, there are really some minions in the Mirror Moon Pavilion who don't take the master in their eyes!" ”

Lin Yuan can't say that he is kind to his subordinates, but he also has clear rewards and punishments, and he will never treat them harshly, and it is the first time he has been so angry. Chu Tao was so frightened that she knelt down, and kowtowed again and again: "The slave will never dare to treat the little master slowly...... This hosta paste is distributed by the Shanggong Bureau, and the ladies of each palace use this......"

"Then do you mean that this concubine should use such inferior rouge like those unfavored concubines, and go to see the emperor with a face that is not beautiful! Especially today. This concubine was restless last night, and she couldn't cover her eyes with hosta powder! Lin Yuan's face was already blue, and it was very scary in the eyes of the people, and the big and small palace people in the room knelt on the ground.

Chu Tao couldn't say that she was bitter, she knew that hosta paste was not the best rouge, but it was not bad. Even better than it is the most precious condensing powder, which is only available to the Queen Mother, the Queen and Concubine Xiang......

Lin Yuan sat silently, but the atmosphere in the room became more and more terrifying, not to mention Chu Tao, but the two little palace maids next to him were frightened. After a long time, someone finally said: "The slave has a way to maintain her beauty, and she is willing to give the little master a try." ”

Lin Yuan's face was slightly pale, and he looked at the person who spoke: "Very good, Chu Yun." If you can satisfy this concubine, you will definitely be rewarded. ”

I only heard Chu Yun say: "This method is unusual, and I have to ask the little master to go to the dining room first to ask for some arsenic ......"

"Arsenic?" Immediately, someone from the palace was shocked and said: "How can a highly poisonous thing be used on the little master......"

Lin Yuan didn't get angry anymore. Chu Yun knelt down and said, "A small amount of arsenic is not a big deal. Moreover, arsenic is mixed with hibiscus, rose, and white orchid leaf pollen and then mixed into rouge, and the toxicity is already extremely low. When applied to the face, the skin will be unusually white, and the blue color under the eyes and even the dullness on the cheeks can be easily concealed. ”

Chu Yun boasted of himself, and Lin Yuan had a yearning look on his face when he heard this, and told the little palace maid to get arsenic. At this time, Chu Xue came in, stretched out her hand to stop the palace maid who was about to go out, and said: "The little master's jade body is heavy, this method sounds like a good effect, but in the end it hurts the body." ”

Lin Yuan frowned slightly and looked at Chu Xue: "That is, it is used once in a while, and it is not for many years, where will there be anything." Moreover, the appearance of the woman in the palace is the most important, if the skin is fairer than ordinary people, it is much better than ordinary people, even for this point, you should give it a try. ”

The first snow has nothing to say. I had to say: "Then the slave and maid will go and get it personally, if someone else comes to do it, it will be a disaster if the poison is hidden." ”

Lin Yuan thought that this was also the case, so she let her run away in person.

After a while, Chu Xue brought something, and Chu Yun took it and mixed it into the hosta paste. The arsenic is colorless and odorless, but because of the pollen, the color of the hosta paste becomes more vivid red.

After the concoction, Chu Yun first dug a large piece and wiped it on his hand, and after a while, he saw that there was nothing to do before putting a face on Lin Yuan's face.

Lin Yuan took a self-portrait in the mirror, and sure enough, her face was more than a little whiter than usual. In fact, Lin Yuan also heard of this whitening method in later generations, which was popular in ancient Europe, and it did work very well. It is said that the noblewomen of the European Middle Ages are a group of strange people, the lion urine shampooing of the gods makes the hair more shiny, the lantern skirt is tied around the waist to squeeze the internal organs, and the one-meter-high bun is coiled on the head and there is a fruit hat, which is crawling with all kinds of insects. Lin Yuan was glad that she didn't wear it to that place.

It's just that I didn't expect that Izumo, a girl from a poor family, would know this.

Lin Yuan sneered when she thought about it, someone should have taught her deliberately......

No matter what his thoughts were, Lin Yuan only had a smile on his face. She applauded, "That's a good idea." ”

Izumo breathed a long sigh of relief.

Lin Yuan's gaze crossed her to look at Chu Tao, who was still kneeling on the side, and said coldly: "There is never a useless person under the concubine's seat. In the future, Izumo will dress up for me, and as for the first peach ......" Lin Yuan glanced at the first snow and instructed: "Settle down as much as you want." ”

Izumo understood what his master's words meant. She held back the ecstasy in her heart, and tried her best to reply calmly: "The slave and maid will definitely serve the little master well. ”

And Chu Tao has been taken down in despair. From this moment on, she is no longer a big palace maid, as for whether to be a rough palace person or be expelled from Jingyue Pavilion, it depends on the meaning of Chu Xue.

"Chuyun, you go down to make rouge for this palace first." Lin Yuan's expression was a little impatient. Hatsuyun hurriedly retired happily.

Lin Yuan waved his hand again and ordered the other palace maids in the room to retreat, and in the end, only Chu Xue was left.

Hatsuyuki said softly, "So...... Is it too risky? ”

Lin Yuan handed over the grooming errand to Chu Yun, that is to say, in the future, Chu Yun will be able to use Lin Yuan's clothes, jewelry, incense powder and other personal things at will. Such a position cannot be taken on by non-henchmen, and in the past, these were the errands of Chu Tao and Chu Xue.

Lin Yuan smiled faintly and said, "If you don't give her a chance, how can she show her feet." ”

Chu Xue understood Lin Yuan's calculations. The last time I went to bed, only the closest people could do it. Lin Yuan was most suspicious of Chu Yun, so she personally came to test Chu Yun; But there are also Aunt Han and Xiao Chengzi, who are also high-grade personal palace people, especially Aunt Han was brought back from the palace, and the details are not clear...... So he sent Chu Tao out to keep an eye on these two people.

In this way, it can be attacked, retreated, and defended.

"But do you really think that Lord Shuji will do what you tell me?"

"Not necessarily. She's not something I can control. ”

Lin Yuan said and smiled again: "That's it, let's keep an eye on the Mirror Moon Pavilion first." ”

A few days later, Lin Yuan served in the Jianzhang Palace as usual, and her shallot-like fingers were trying their best to pinch Tuoba Hong's shoulders.

Tuoba Hong pushed the stack of pieces that had just been reviewed in front of him far away, stretched out his legs under the bookcase, and slightly leaned his neck and let out a comfortable "um" from his throat, full of comfort.