Xie Ning took a quick bath at night.
While taking a bath, she found some marks on her body.
On the neck, shoulders, chest, and below.
This is certainly not caused by insect bites.
Xie Ning's face felt a little hot.
She turned around and saw Qing He, who was standing by the tub and combing her hair.
She was not surprised and asked as if she didn't see him: "Talent, is the water hot or not?
Do you want to add some cold water?"
" "No need."
Since the people around him were not surprised, he felt at ease.
Qinghe also took out a small bottle from the side and opened it for her to smell: "Cairen, please smell this fragrance and do you want to add some to the water?"
The bottle should be filled with perfume.
I can smell the scent of jasmine, which is very strong and fragrant.
"Where did this come from?"
Xie Ning was very surprised.
She has learned a lot in the past two years since she entered the palace.
Fragrance dew is not something that ordinary people can afford.
Jasmine flowers are not widely grown in the north.
I heard that the jasmine powder and fragrant dew used now are all shipped from the south of the Yangtze River.
In the past, jasmine incense was sold on the streets.
The powder is more expensive than osmanthus and clove powder, let alone fragrant dew.
Such a small bottle is probably not cheap.
"Given by Qi Shanggong."
"She also gave me this."
Xie Ning was indeed not in good spirits today and was a little absent-minded.
He only knew that Qi Shanggong gave him the cloth.
"Here you go, and a bottle of plum blossom dew."
"No need for now."
Xie Ning couldn't explain why she didn't use it.
She actually liked the scent of jasmine.
But once you use it, you can smell the fragrance when others come.
These benefits and changes were all brought about because she was "sleeped".
Xie Ning always felt that there was a hurdle in her heart that she couldn't get over.
It was too embarrassing.
Qing He didn't know what she said wrong, so she quickly changed the topic: "It's raining outside."
Xie Ning looked over and saw that it was raining.
She also stretched out her hand to catch a handful of rainwater.
The rain was not heavy, but Qinghe quickly helped her into the house and closed the window as if facing an enemy.
"Don't close it tightly, leave some gaps for ventilation."
Qing He responded and closed the window, leaving a gap of about a palm's width.
After thinking about it, he closed it again, leaving only a gap of two finger widths.
It was indeed stuffy in the house if the windows were closed when it rained, but Qinghe was more afraid of catching a cold from the cold wind.
The rain eased off a bit the next day, but it didn't stop.
There was a tank in the yard with fish underneath and water lilies on top.
A lotus flower bloomed.
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The lotus leaves were only as big as a palm, shiny and extremely green.
Xie Ning stood there and looked at the fish in the tank.
The fish were very small, the largest was only as long as a little finger, and they were swimming around the lotus leaves.
The drizzle fell drop by drop in the vat.
The middle of the lotus leaves were slightly concave, like small green dishes, and the raindrops rolled around on them.
The wind blowing on the face is also tidal, occasionally mixed with raindrops.
Qing He advised her: "Cai Ren, let's go inside, don't catch a cold."
"good."
She said a nice word, but Xie Ning still wanted to spend more time in the yard.
The house in Yingxiang Pavilion is stuffy and dark when it rains.
The house in Yingxiang Pavilion is old, and the old house is usually fine.
But when it rains, I always feel that there is a stale smell in the house.
Since it was dark and stuffy to stay in the house, of course she wanted to walk around in the yard.
The umbrella Qing He held for her was a half-worn oil-paper umbrella.
The paintings of landscapes and willow trees on the umbrella had faded.
The umbrella is not used very often and is simply left out of use.
"Talent, if you want to use something at noon, please send Qingmei to tell her."
"It's almost noon" and she didn't realize it, so she looked up.
Of course the sky was still gloomy and the rain was falling.
It's fine when it's sunny, but when it's cloudy and rainy, it's easy for people to lose a clear sense of time.
Especially in winter, in order to prevent the wind from leaking in, the windows are papered very thickly and tightly, sometimes with two layers of paper, which blocks most of the light outside, making it feel like entering the house at night.
It was still a sunny day, but if it was cloudy, lights would have to be lit from morning to night.
There is nothing that can be done about it.
You can wander around the yard like this in other seasons, but not in winter.
"Let's have hot soup noodles for lunch.
It's hot."
Such a cool rainy day is a bit depressing, so Xie Ning feels that his tongue needs a little stimulation to refresh himself: "Tell the people in the dining room that the soup needs to be hot."
If it’s hot, you can add more hot sauce, vinegar and pepper.”
Qinghe hesitated.
Not only the maids and eunuchs in the palace had to eat light meals, but Xie Ning and others were no exception.
Most people won't like such a tasteless meal, but it has to be done.
Not only do most of those pungent foods smell, they are also not good for women who care about their appearance.
However, Qing He's words paused in his throat for a moment, and finally he swallowed them back.
Qingmei received the order and also held up an umbrella and went to the dining room.
The road from Yingxiang Pavilion to the dining room is not too far.
Both Yingxiang Pavilion and the dining room are almost in the northwest corner.
Before Qingmei entered the courtyard, the two little eunuchs squatting at the door had already seen her.
They jumped up and came forward with smiles on their faces.
"Sister Qingmei."
"Sister is here to pass the meal to Xie Cairen, right?"
"Sister, sit down quickly."
Qingmei has seen a lot of faces that suddenly changed overnight in the past two days, otherwise the two little eunuchs would have been shocked.
"Xie Cairen, what would you like to eat today?
My master said that there is good fresh fish today, about a pound, and the meat is the tenderest."
Another young eunuch was not to be outdone: "My master has been picking walnuts since yesterday, peeling off the skins one by one, crushing them and extracting the juice to make steamed walnut cheese.
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Talents must like to eat this, it is fragrant and delicious."
Not boring.”
Qingmei left them both at a loss what to do.
Fortunately, a middle-aged eunuch came out of the room at this moment, scolded them both, and then smiled and asked Qingmei to come in: "Miss Qingmei, Xie Cairen wants to use something today."
Qingmei remembered Shi Qinghe's instructions, not to show off and show off to others when she thinks Cai Ren is in power.
If Cai Ren gets into trouble, then palace maids like them will never have a good life.
Qingmei said as politely as before: "Hello, Eunuch Huang, our talent said that we would like to have some hot noodle soup for lunch today, spicy and sour, with more chili and vinegar."
Eunuch Huang nodded in response: "It's raining today.
The weather is very cold and gloomy.
It's time to eat something hot to keep warm.
In addition to noodles, I also need some side dishes."
"This talented man didn't say anything.
Eunuch Huang just watched and did it."
Eunuch Huang said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I will tell them to cook carefully.
The rain looks like it won't stop for a while.
Miss Qingmei should go back first.
As soon as the noodles and vegetables are available, I will have them sent over to save Miss Qingmei."
One more trip.”
This makes sense.
It was raining today and she couldn't hold an umbrella or carry a food box by herself.
Qingmei knelt down and saluted Eunuch Huang: "Then it's time for Eunuch Huang to worry about it."
"It should be right, Miss Qingmei doesn't need to be so polite."
After leaving the dining room, Qingmei held up her umbrella again.
The rain was getting heavier than before.
She was afraid that the rain would wet her skirt, so she picked up the corner of her skirt and walked along the road where there was not much water.
Approaching the entrance of Yingxiang Pavilion, Qingmei took two quick steps, closed her umbrella, swung it twice, put it by the door, and dusted her shoulders that were stained with raindrops.
When she turned around, she saw people standing on the porch in the yard.
They are all strangers.
Qingmei was a little flustered.
She looked before and after, just when Qinghe came out of the room with a tea tray.
Qingmei quickly called her sister.
Qinghe stood on the corridor and waved to her, and Qingmei walked over quickly.
"Sister Qinghe, this" Qing He pulled her to the corner of the room and whispered: "The Emperor is here."
Qingmei's eyes suddenly widened.
"You are talking to Talent in the house, you have to be smart."
Qinghe doesn't expect Qingmei to make any achievements, as long as he doesn't talk nonsense and doesn't cause trouble.
Seeing Qing He's calm appearance, Qing Mei grabbed her sleeves with some fear, as if doing so gave her a backbone: "I listen to my sister."
Qinghe asked: "The meal has been ordered."
Qingmei hurriedly said: "Eunuch Huang said he would send it if he could do it."
Qinghe looked calm on the surface, but in fact he had no confidence at all.
The emperor came very suddenly, and only a few people followed him.
Qing He didn't see him until they all entered the courtyard.
After the emperor entered the room, she quickly found the good tea that Qishang Palace had brought the day before yesterday, and carefully prepared the tea and brought it in.
When she entered the house, Eunuch Bai, who was standing by the door, glanced at her, which made her panic.
When I was serving tea, I felt like I couldn't speak properly, and my hands were shaking.
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Fortunately nothing went wrong.
The inside of the room was darker than outside, and the windows were half-open.
Through this half window, the skylight from outside comes in and shines on the small tea table.
In the half-old porcelain cup, tea smoke curled up.
The emperor said softly: "It's quite quiet here."
This is true.
If you have to find one advantage of Yingxiang Pavilion, it is its tranquility.
She was the only one living in a quite large courtyard, and even including the maids and eunuchs, there were only six of them.
The drizzle washes the bamboo poles along the wall more and more green, and when the wind blows over, they are quite poetic and picturesque.
Xie Ning didn't know how to chat with the emperor.
Since arriving here, she has only dealt with women most of the time, and other than that, there are only eunuchs.
"Your Majesty, try this tea."
Xie Ning could only say this.
The emperor picked up the teacup and looked at it carefully: "This tea set of yours is quite unique."
"I think this looks good, so I keep using it."
This tea set is cyan, the pot is shaped like a lotus pod, and the cup is cyan in the shape of a lotus leaf.
Of course, this tea set is not finely made.
I heard people say that if you want to be more sophisticated, even the veins on these lotus leaf cups will be made in detail.
After using it for a long time, it was inevitable that it would get bumped.
This tea set turned out to be a pot with four cups and one cup.
Fortunately, she had never used this to entertain guests, so she didn't need to pay too much attention to it for her own use.
I didn't expect the emperor to come As soon as he sat down, the room that was originally spacious suddenly seemed small and cramped.
Everything in the room that was used well suddenly seemed inferior.
"If you like this, there are some good pieces of porcelain from Wuzhou this year.
I'll have them delivered to you later."
Xie Ning did not expect such a word from the emperor, so he had to stand up to thank him.
She felt more stressed
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