Why is it that any random shot in the palace is a work of art? Zhang Weizhao happily put away the golden plum blossom.

In fact, human reactions can be trained in a certain way. Because of Zhang Weizhao's insistence, the prince has taken it for granted that he pays Zhang Weizhao every time he receives a medical fee.

And the rest of the palace naturally followed suit, and in private, if any palace maid or eunuch had a headache and brain fever and asked Zhang Weizhao for consultation, they would also give the consultation money.

Of course, it doesn't have to be a very valuable thing, sometimes it's even just a handkerchief, or a purse.

Zhang Weizhao's main purpose is not to accumulate money, but to defend his position.

It's not easy to do that. In this hierarchical court, many people relied on currying favor and showing loyalty to the favor and trust of the superiors. There are also people who are really willing to sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths because of the favor of their masters.

In contrast, Zhang Weizhao's simple request to exchange my service for a reward seems a bit out of place.

For example, like the main palace maid Peony in the Queen Mother's Palace, she is very unaccustomed to Zhang Weizhao's actions.

In a blink of an eye, June has passed, and it is time to celebrate Qixi Festival.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, the palace people began to decorate and arrange the palace room, and the utensils on the Duobao Pavilion were replaced with new ones, and the corners of the walls were also placed with jasmine, gardenia and other flowers that bloomed just right.

Then there's the need to pack up the clothes you're going to wear tomorrow, the jewellery you're going to wear, and the makeup you're going to paint.

Qixi Festival is also known as the Daughter's Day, although the Empress Dowager Liu has long been absent, she likes to see these children in the palace laughing and happy, so she must arrange and prepare well.

At noon tomorrow, Princess Renhe and Duke Deqing will go to the Empress Dowager's palace to beg for tricks, and the emperor will also take his concubines to Changle Palace to have fun with the Empress Dowager and the little princesses. After that, there was a palace banquet, and in the afternoon, they dispersed and returned to the palace to rest. In the evening, the concubines worshiped the Milky Way in their palace and set up fruit wine.

The so-called floating needle is to take a large bowl and put it under the sun at noon, and fill the bowl with water until the water surface is flush with the edge of the bowl, at this time, the water surface will slightly bulge outward, forming a curved surface.

Each girl takes the thinnest embroidery needle and throws it into the water, and the embroidery needle does not sink to the bottom, but floats on the water. When the sun shines down, the embroidery needle casts a shadow at the bottom of the bowl.

If the shadow cast by someone's embroidery needle is slender and dexterous, such as a swallow, like a flower branch, or like scissors, it indicates that the girl's hand will become more and more dexterous. Conversely, if the shadow looks coarse, like a mallet, candle or eggplant, it is a sign that the hand of the needle owner will also be clumsy.

In the afternoon, Empress Dowager Liu took a nap and asked the palace maid Peony next to her to take a book of new words and read it to her. Peony reads "The Slaughter of a Filial Woman in Jiangdu", which tells the story of a woman and her husband who have to leave their mother-in-law to do business in another city thousands of miles away because they want to maintain the family. Unbeknownst to them, there was a rebellion in the area, and the shortage of supplies was so bad that many families would sell their women and children to butchers in exchange for money to buy food.

This woman was in harmony with her husband, and if they worked together, they would be able to get through it. But the husband and wife are still thinking about their mother who stays at home, and if they are trapped here for a long time, the old mother at home will not be able to support her alone.

The woman was so heartbroken that she sold herself to the butcher for four dollars and let her husband take it home to serve her mother. He was dismembered and sold for human consumption on the massacre.

Her filial piety touched the gods and gave her mother-in-law and her husband good land and gold and silver, so that her mother-in-law could enjoy her old age in peace.

This is the most fashionable word in the city this year, but the Empress Dowager Liu was very unimpressed after listening to it, and said: "Although this filial woman does have a sincere filial piety, her husband is too cowardly. A man can't hold himself up, but lets the woman's family kill him. ”

Peony hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother commented on it." If this man can hold up, he can take his wife and his wife to trek home even if they eat chaff vegetables. Where is the lady to suffer this miserable suffering. ”

Peony also chimed in beside her: "The Queen Mother's comments are much stronger than those sour scholars outside. Why don't you also publish a commentary later? ”

Empress Dowager Liu smiled: "I don't want to get involved in the affairs of those literati." I just laughed behind closed doors. ”

Here, the peony and peony were flattering the Empress Dowager Liu and laughing, and there was laughter on the porch outside.

Because Empress Dowager Liu loves to be lively and doesn't like the palace to be lifeless all day long, it is not forbidden for palace people to laugh.

"Who's smiling so happily out there?" Empress Dowager Liu said curiously.

"Slave maid go and see." Peony took the order and left.

After a while, Peony came in with three palace maids one after another, namely Xiangyu, Narcissus and Pothos. The three of them came in and hurriedly saluted the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother said: "That's it." What's the joy of? Laugh like that. ”

Xiangyu and Narcissus came over and knelt near the Queen Mother, and raised their faces to show the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, your old man will understand when you take a look." ”

The Queen Mother was a little old, and took a single glasses to take a closer look. At this time, there were already glass glasses, but they were not two lenses connected together and resting on the nose, as in later generations, but a single lens that was viewed with a handle.

At first glance, he was amazed: "What kind of makeup are you two wearing today?" How does it look like a different person? ”

Xiangyu joked: "Please ask the Queen Mother to arbitrate the slaves and maids, is the maid more beautiful or the narcissus more beautiful today?" ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "You girl, you are still competing with Narcissus." Having said that, I picked up the lenses and looked at them carefully.

"The two of you have a flying makeup, a peach blossom makeup, a bright one, and a coquettish one, both of which are good. It's just that although this is still Feixia makeup and peach blossom makeup, it looks different from the past, how did you get it? Could it be that there is no new rouge and powder in the palace? ”

"The Queen Mother doesn't know," this time Narcissus replied first: "This rouge and powder are a new trick made by the doctor Miss Zhang." She also came up with eyebrow pencils and eyeliner, saying that the eyebrows and eyes drawn in this way are smart and not dull. There are many colors of carmine, in addition to the bright red and rose red that we use every day, there are also pink, orange, flesh red, silver red, and even yellow, silver and gold. Queen Mother, look at my eyelids......"

said and blinked for the Queen Mother to take a closer look.

"There are five or six colors on the eyelids alone!"

The Queen Mother took a look, but she couldn't tell where the five or six colors were, she only felt that the eyes of the narcissus were different from the past, and they looked particularly watery and bright.

The Queen Mother sighed twice, "Will she still do this?" "Wave your hand to get Xiangyu and Narcissus up.

Peony spoke beside him: "Didn't Miss Zhang say that she was making medicines, reading books and making tools all day long?" How can you still have the effort to get these things out? People say that one heart has no two uses, she is obsessed with fat adjustment and powder, does she still have the heart to study medical skills? ”

"Empress Dowager Qi", Luluo, who had been silent on the side and had almost no sense of existence, replied with a trembling voice at this time: "Miss Zhang said that for Taoist doctors, medical treatment is just the surface, but health care is inside. In the Taoist health prescription, there is a branch of the hexagram, which represents the rain and the crescent moon in the sky, the water on the ground, and the girl in the person, so there are many secret recipes for beauty and beauty. Miss Zhang is familiar with Taoist medicine, so in order to add color to the Queen Mother's Palace on Qixi Festival, she made these. ”

Only then did the Queen Mother notice her, and took her glasses to look at her: "Are you the little girl that Begonia always brought with her in the old days?" ”

"Yes! The slave pothos has always followed Aunt Begonia before. After Aunt Haitang left, it was Sister Xiangyu who had been teaching slaves. Luthos was excited when she heard the Queen Mother mention Begonia, but she couldn't forget Xiangyu when she missed Begonia.

"It's been some time since Begonia is gone." The Queen Mother sighed with emotion, and continued: "You are so young, how can you know how to know how to prescribe medicine. ”

Lu Luo respectfully replied: "First of all, Sister Xiangyu sent a slave maid to help Miss Zhang, and the slave maid thought that she could better serve her master if she had a skill, so she begged Miss Zhang to teach her slave and maid Taoism and medical skills. Sister Zhang has no selfishness and answers all questions. It's just that the slave is blunt, and she only learned some fur and helped Sister Zhang with help. ”

"You also helped make these rouge and powder?"

"Yes."

"What else have you learned?"

"The slave also learned massage and massage."

"That's it. Then you can come and press my legs. Lately, I've been feeling a little heavy in my calves. ”

"Yes! Slave and maid command! Luluo didn't expect that the Queen Mother would ask her to serve in close quarters today, and her hands trembled slightly excitedly. He took a deep breath and walked to the soft slump where the Queen Mother was sitting.

Xiangyu had already taken a cushion over, Xiangyu knelt on the cushion, gently placed one of the queen mother's legs on her lap, identified the acupoints, and rubbed it softly.

The Queen Mother sighed comfortably: "The hand strength is good." He turned to Xiangyu and said, "You are a person who can be trained." ”

Xiangyu hurriedly said humbly: "The slave doesn't dare to be a slave." If you can train people, who in the world can compare to the queen mother. Luthos worked as an errand in Changle Palace at a young age, and she naturally learned to be well-behaved. ”

Peony originally wanted to accuse Zhang Weizhao of not doing his job, but he didn't want to lead to a large part of the pothos, which entered the ears of the Queen Mother. Even with Xiangyu, he has a lot of face. I have the heart to pick a few more thorns, but the Queen Mother is on the rise, if she doesn't have a bad look, it will not be beautiful, so she has to endure this breath.

Narcissus saw that the Queen Mother was in high spirits, and came up to joke: "Miss Zhang's makeup skills are really unique. The most rare thing is that she will draw different makeup according to the characteristics of each person's appearance, and bring out the best aspects of people. The slave maid once asked her how she could draw so skillfully, and she said that she studied medicine and was most familiar with human bones, textures and skin, so she knew what kind of face shape and facial features were the most beautiful. The slave maid thought, tomorrow is the Qixi Festival, long live the lord, the ladies of the palace and the princesses and princesses will come to you for a banquet, otherwise, ......"

Narcissus said while peeking at the Queen Mother's expression, and seeing that the Queen Mother had no displeasure, she continued: "Why don't you let Miss Zhang also try on the Queen Mother's new makeup?" ”