Chapter XXXIV. Velvet flowers
Then Qingwen closed the box well, put it under the brocade quilt at the head of the bed, and after making sure that no one could see it, Qingwen picked up the beads on the quilt and got out of bed.
It is said that after these two palace flowers came to Qingwen's hands, Qingwen carefully appreciated these two palace flowers for the first time.
These two palace flowers are different from the silk flowers they wear on weekdays, they are made of iron wire and silk bonding, although realistic, they are also easy to damage and fade.
These two palace flowers are velvet flowers, which are generally made of brass wire and silk, which are not easy to damage and fade.
Velvet flowers are the same as silk flowers, and they are also sold in shops outside, but one flower costs two taels of silver, and it is not better looking than silk flowers, so Qingwen is the last life, and she has never bought velvet flowers to wear. But these two silk flowers are different, its receptacle is made of gold wire, and it is also very beautiful, completely different from the ones outside.
The color is bright and layered, the flower shape is beautiful and not cliché, if it is not for the fact that this flower still retains the unique velvet touch of the velvet flower, Qingwen would think that this is her two peach blossoms picked in March, and they have bloomed to this day.
Which woman doesn't like to be pretty, the more beautiful a woman is, the more she wants to clean up her beauty, Qingwen was so frugal before, one is to save money, but to not attract Mrs. Wang's eyes, afraid that she will drive herself away.
But now this pair of velvet flowers, Qingwen feels that she can wear them with confidence, after all, this velvet flower was given by Concubine Yuan, she didn't spend a penny, and Mrs. Wang also knows, if she wears it all the time, Mrs. Wang not only will not feel that she is dressed up fancifully, but can use this to show her that she remembers the grace of Concubine Yuan.
Besides, this velvet flower is indeed beautiful, almost the most beautiful headdress of Qingwen, and it is really difficult for Qingwen to resist its beauty.
Qingwen took it on her head and gestured a few times, and found that this velvet flower is still the most suitable for combing her own double flat bun, and it looks best to wear one on each side.
Concubine Yuan really deserves to be the person who has achieved the position of concubine, and it is a reward for a little girl like herself, and she can think so carefully and thoughtfully.
Qingwen received the velvet flower into her makeup, remembering that she had been at Mrs. Wang's place for the past few days, because it was not very convenient, she had never taken a bath.
Qingwen takes a bath every two days on weekdays, and if it's summer, it's even more a day, but Qingwen basically boils water and carries water every time she takes a bath, so she washes more frequently, and no one thinks she is troublesome.
It's the same today, after Qingwen boiled a large bucket of water by herself, she comfortably soaked herself in the bathtub and soaked for an hour, until her skin began to turn a little white, and Qingwen finished taking this bath.
After taking a bath, Qingwen felt that her whole person was a little lighter, and after drying her hair, Qingwen changed into her daily maid clothes, and wanted to wear some silk flowers that she wore on weekdays, but Qingwen looked at the two velvet flowers she had newly obtained, forget it, let's just wear this.
Qingwen wore velvet flowers and went to the big kitchen to get food, it was already past the time to eat, there were only a few rough mothers-in-law in the big kitchen who were washing the dishes, and when she saw Qingwen coming, she just said hello casually.
After all, their status is too low, even if they are stammering, they can't stammering with Qingwen and other big girls.
Qingwen went to the kitchen, and there was still some rice in the kitchen, and a few plates of tofu and vegetables, which were kept in the big kitchen and specially prepared for those who forgot to eat.
Qingwen casually took a plate of almond tofu and a plate of stir-fried lettuce slices, and ate with a bowl of rice.
After eating, Qingwen went back to Yihong Courtyard, and she didn't meet anyone along the way, after all, at this point, everyone was taking a nap, even the little girl who was guarding the door fell asleep leaning on the door frame.
Qingwen planned to go and say hello to Mama Li first, after all, the entire courtyard was managed by Mama Li, although she was called by Mrs. Wang to help, but she couldn't be too public, otherwise she would have to suffer some small hardships just because Mama Li was the housekeeper in this courtyard.
Over the years, Mama Li also has some family background, she has privately bought two granges and three shops in the counties around the capital, although it is far less than Lai's mother's family, but it can be regarded as a small rich family.
Since Mama Li got older, she didn't care about everything except Baoyu and her own silver.
Seeing Qingwen bring in a pair of new velvet flowers today, Mama Li also thinks these two flowers are strange and beautiful, but she only has silver in her eyes, although this velvet flower is beautiful, but it can't be used as silver flowers.
If Qingwen wore two silver ingots on her head, Mama Li would really think it looked good.
Qingwen saw that Mama Li didn't react to the flower on her head, and thought that there was nothing on her head, so after the two exchanged a few words, Qingwen went to the main hall.
Mama Li moved Baoyu and sorted out the booklets, she was very busy, so naturally she wouldn't keep Qingwen.
After Qingwen returned to the main hall, she saw that the little maids were moving things, and the autumn pattern attacker Musk Moon was directing the little maids to move, which Qingwen knew.
Since the second day after the Yuan Concubine returned to the palace, the palace sowed a flowing water reward to Jiafu, in addition to a variety of precious ornaments, silk calligraphy and paintings, but also descended a holy decree, the Yuan Concubine was named the Yuan Guifei, Jiafu was very high-minded, Kou Xie Tianen.
Qingwen remembered that although the emperor also gave a reward to the concubine in the previous life, it was far less than in this life, at least there were no precious ornaments in the previous life, and the concubine did not enter the seal.
In this life, it must have been made up by himself the color skirt of the concubine, and this color skirt can be known at a glance to be a dance skirt, presumably the concubine danced to win the emperor's favor, so the Jia family has such grace.
What Qingwen didn't know was that the reason why the emperor rewarded the Yuan Concubine Jia's family and dancing was actually only a small part of the reason, more because since the emperor ascended the throne, the treasury has not been abundant, and the families of the major hereditary princes are extravagant and wasteful, extravagant, and the emperor has been dissatisfied with this for a long time.
However, these are all heroes who followed the Holy Lord Emperor to fight the country together, and they couldn't move easily, so although the emperor couldn't do anything, he didn't like them in his heart.
This time the concubines and concubines of each palace are relatives, which is an opportunity for the emperor to take the opportunity to see the families of various princes.
Sure enough, the major families are extravagant, for fear that in the eyes of others, their own families will lose.
The emperor has been watching coldly these days, and the more than a dozen concubines who have been provincial, except for Concubine Li, who was born in a civilian family, only cleaned out of the courtyard and prepared a few tables of banquets.
The rest of the families almost all started construction and built provincial hospitals, and the descendants of each family even bought them outside, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are spending money.
Among them, from the queen to a small nobleman, it is all the same.
Moreover, half of the eunuchs accompanied by the provincial relatives were the emperor's eyes, which was to go to see the extravagance of each family for the emperor, and how heavy it was.
Originally, the Jia family built gardens and bought them on a large scale, and the emperor thought that when Yuanchun came back, he planned to snub her, after all, there were no winter cotton clothes for the border soldiers, but these wine bags and rice bags could be enjoyed wantonly, which was really unfair.
Unexpectedly, the eunuchs who returned to the palace reported to him that the interior decoration of Jiajiayuan was not blindly luxurious, but tended to be simple and elegant, although there were many precious ornaments, but they looked like old objects.
A person may be bribed by the Jia family and lie, but the emperor sent a total of more than a dozen eyeliners, and it is impossible for each of them to be bought, not to mention that there is also a eunuch among them, who has grown up with the emperor since childhood, and no one can buy him.
After listening to his eyeliner, the emperor felt in his heart that there was at least one concubine and a family in the huge capital, who knew what he wanted.
Later, looking at Yuanchun's dance, it was natural to have a sense of sympathy for bosom friends, and there was a later seal and reward.
And Concubine Yuan is not a stupid person, after the emperor ordered the reward, she found that although the huge palace has a lot of relatives, but the most rewarding and most affordable is herself and the former Concubine Li and the current Concubine Li.
Then, on the second day after the emperor's decree, that is, in the early morning of the third day after the provincial relatives, he issued an edict, saying that since the masters in the house had no place to live, the girls of the grandsons should be moved to live in the Grand View Garden.
Although Jiafu has some doubts, his own house is abundant, how can there be no place for the master to live, but since it is the will of Yuan Guifei, then Jiafu is naturally "narrow and small", and he wants to move the girls to live in the garden.
Later, the Jia family received Yuan Chun's implication again, and only then did they understand what was going on.
Qingwen learned the news from Mrs. Wang in the morning, but she didn't expect the Jia family to move so soon, Qingwen thought that it would be at least two or three days before she began to slowly prepare for the move.
After Qingwen went back, Baoyu was not in the house, but with the sisters, went to the Grand View Garden, and chose the yard where they lived, and Mama Li was sorting out the booklets, so there was only a dry maid and a rough mother-in-law in the yard who were moving things, and everyone was busy, and they didn't have time to talk to Qingwen, although they felt that she had a good flower on her head, but she didn't have time to talk more.
Even the little maid fan, she just looked at it twice, smiled sweetly at Qingwen, and continued to help carry things.
But the three big girls are different, although they are busy, they are just moving their mouths, so they will naturally pay more attention to Qingwen's headflowers.
On weekdays, as long as she doesn't miss something, what she eats for her next meal is the most important thing for her, so although she thinks Qingwen's hair is good-looking, she is also very curious.
But Autumn Pattern attacks people differently, especially Autumn Pattern, when she and Qingwen live in the same room on weekdays, watching Qingwen groom every day, she will still be bewitched by the attacker, thinking that Qingwen climbed into Baoyu's bed.
Today, Qingwen came back from staying at Mrs. Wang's place for a few days, and heard from the big and small maids in the house that Qingwen went with Mrs. Wang to welcome the imperial concubine that day, how could she not hate it in her heart.