Chapter 124: Visitation

The palace people put down the mat, Xiao Dong respectfully kowtowed three times, and the Empress Dowager Shengci smiled and said, "Get up, come and let me see." ”

Xiao Dong smiled and went to the side of the Empress Dowager Shengci. She did tan a little after going out for so many months, and Xiaodong didn't like to apply powder, so the Empress Dowager Shengci touched her hair: "It's really a wild girl, look at your hair." ”

There is no way, Xiaodong's hair quality is not very good, and it is sunburned outside, and it is not as fine as it is usually at home.

"You have to take care of it when you come back, I have a new blend of flower oil here, you can take some back when you come back, remember to apply it sooner or later, or you will be back in two months."

The women in the palace, whether they are old or young, have a natural fanaticism for beauty and maintenance.

Maybe it's because beauty is the foundation of survival for them, and it's an invincible weapon.

For example, the Queen Mother, if she is not beautiful, can the emperor give birth to two sons with her, the emperor and King An? No matter how gentle and considerate she is, the emperor must first discover her inner beauty, and then he can discover her inner beauty again.

Of course, Xiaodong is also very concerned about his hair, but there are many things in life that are much more important than this.

"By the way, I heard about the fifth princess, and when we left, the fifth princess asked us to inquire about the famous doctor in Suizhou, and the result was ......."

The Empress Dowager Shengci nodded: "This child's life is bitter enough, at such a young age...... She's also sick and crooked, and she hasn't been out of the house for so many days, so you come back and see her. ”

"Does the fifth sister live alone in Yilan Palace?"

The Empress Dowager nodded.

When he first entered the palace after returning to Beijing, Xiaodong had heard of the Yilan Palace, where the fourth and fifth princesses lived at that time, and later the sixth princess also lived in. The fourth princess left when she got married, and the fifth princess moved elsewhere because she suffered from a serious disease, and of course the sixth princess did not continue to live.

Yilan Hall Xiaodong has only been here a few times, at that time, Shen Fen was still in the palace to read to the fourth princess as a companion, at that time Yilan Hall was not the same as now, at least - there was no such cold. The autumn wind is together, and the meaning of killing is stronger.

Xiao Dong gathered the cloak, and the palace people went in to tell her and invite her in.

There were no windows in the room, it was a little dim, and there was a strong smell of medicine. The fifth princess sat on the edge of the bed, her hair loosely held, and said with a tired face: "Sister Xiaodong, please sit down." When did you come back from Suizhou? ”

"I arrived in the capital yesterday." Xiao Dong whispered.

The room was very oppressive and a little breathless.

The fifth princess nodded: "Thank you for thinking about coming to see me, I don't have anything to do, it's just that I worked hard a while ago, and I have a little bit of a deficit, so it's good to raise more." ”

What she worked for is self-evident.

Xiao Dong wanted to comfort her before she came, but after seeing the fifth princess, she found that she was extremely calm, and she couldn't say words of comfort at all.

What is left in the green mountains is not afraid of no firewood, what is long to come, and what is the world wide in the happy realm, she does not need to say it at all.

The fifth princess didn't need to be comforted, she had already accepted the facts.

Xiao Dong then brought the gifts brought into the palace and asked people to bring them over: "Some new books, the books printed over there are not the same as those in the north, this one tells some legends and myths, and these, you keep them to relieve boredom, and turn them over when you want to read them." And this, it's some small things I bought in Suizhou. You are still sick, and I didn't bring anything to eat into the palace, so when you get well and come to my house, I will talk to you in detail. ”

The princess was obviously very interested in this, and she leaned over to flip through a new book with Xiao Dong.

In this way, the two are very close, Xiao Dong's nose is the most smart, every time he enters the palace in the past, his nose will be choked by the various smells of fat powder and head oil mixed with the women in the palace. The medicine in this room is very strong, and the air is not fresh. She didn't feel anything sitting there just now, but now as soon as the fifth princess approached, Xiao Dong suddenly smelled a faint fragrance.

The smell was familiar to her. Women with status in the palace, from the queen to the concubines, as well as the princesses, love to use the fat powder is actually about the same, the most popular in the past two years is a kind of rouge called the charming flower slave, not only red, moist, glamorous, and fragrant and moving, so once it is made, all the beauties will flock to it.

Xiao Dong looked at her quietly, and the fifth princess couldn't see any traces of rouge on her lips, but she did have a taste of rouge on her body.

Widowed women, of course, cannot use rouge. What's more, the fifth princess is still filial piety - the five horses have not been gone for a hundred days.

Xiao Dong asked softly, "Fifth sister, what are your plans in the future?" Are you still going back to the Lin Township Mansion? ”

"Then what are you going to do back?" The fifth princess snorted slightly from her nose: "Go back, I'll stay at their house for the rest of my life?" Dynasties have never heard of the archway of chastity given to the princess. ”

Xiao Dong didn't ask anything, left his things behind, and sat for a while before coming out.

Hongfu saw that Xiaodong's face was not very good, and said in a low voice: "Is the county lord uncomfortable?" Why don't you sit in front of you? ”

Xiao Dong stood on his feet and turned his head to look at the Yilan Palace. The two doors were open, as if they were open mouths, to swallow everything in.

Xiao Dong walked out of the Yilan Hall and turned to the east, and stopped at the Snow Pavilion in the Imperial Garden, Hongfu thought she was tired, and also squatted down: "I'll beat it for you." ”

Xiao Dong shook his head: "No need. ”

The gifts she brought into the palace naturally didn't have to be sent in person, and one was for the four princes, but this child should still be studying in Jixian Hall and not out of school.

The pines and cypresses in the imperial garden are lush, but many flowers and trees have also withered, and there is a handful of yellow leaves by the side of the snow pavilion.

Far away from the high wall of the palace courtyard, a scream suddenly came.

Xiao Dong was startled by the voice, and Hongfu hurriedly supported her: "County Lord, are you okay?" ”

Xiao Dong turned his head to look over there: "What kind of place is that?" ”

Hongfu glanced at it: "It seems to be Changqing Palace." ”

No, it's not the Changqing Palace, it's the place where the Changqing Hall passes, it should be a corner of the court.

There are many places in this palace that Xiao Dong has not been to at all.

In the palace, many times, when you see it, you have to treat it as if you haven't seen it, and when you hear it, you have to treat it as if you haven't heard it, so that you can live safely and for a long time.

But it's uncomfortable to hear.

Hongfu suddenly said: "I know, that should be the place to punish the people of Xingong." ”

"You know?" Xiao Dong was very surprised.

"Well, I've heard people say it, and Mother Hu has also talked about it."

Although Hongfu's words relieved Xiaodong's doubts, they didn't make her feel very good.

"Let's go."

"It's fine." Hongfu helped Xiao Dong to stand up, and the two palace people and eunuchs behind him were silent from beginning to end, Xiao Dong walked and they also left, and Xiao Dong stopped and they stopped.

Xiao Dong couldn't help but think, what would happen if she was not the county lord, but an ordinary palace person?