Chapter 209 The first surprise
It rains heavily at night.
Two young eunuchs came to the Queen's Palace in the rain. They were eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On the order of the Emperor, they sent the Queen new tributes of Hongzhou Golden Peach.
"Queen, this is sent to the palace this afternoon. Your Majesty knows that it will be delivered to the Queen as soon as possible. I know that you love the smell of melons and fruits the most." The little eunuch bowed his body, as if his mouth was covered with honey, "Although your Majesty is busy with state affairs, he is thinking about your empress all the time."
"The peaches from Hongzhou are the first to come down, and those from other places have to wait until August." Chun Ying, the maid in charge, smiled and stepped forward to take it, "This is the first one, which shows that Your Majesty loves the Empress. ”
"That's not true. Your Majesty specifically ordered that these peaches are only supplied to the Queen's palace, and none can be obtained from anywhere else." The little eunuch smiled, knowing that this trip would inevitably involve a reward of silver.
"You monkeys are all oily." The Queen couldn't help but smile, "Your Majesty is still busy approving discounts this morning and evening? Have you eaten the dinner you asked them to deliver before?"< br>
"Your Majesty has used it, and my appetite is not bad today." The young eunuch replied, "I was just wondering if your headache is better. I have sent you over several times to ask, but I am afraid of disturbing your rest."
"Go back to your majesty and tell him that I am much lighter, so he doesn't have to worry about it." The queen said, "It's raining, so you should go back early! Receive the reward as usual."
The two young eunuchs thanked him and then slowly withdrew.
Several palace attendants around the queen kept praising the peaches sent by the emperor.
Although the queen felt her head heavy, she was still in a good mood. She told the palace attendants: "Take off your makeup and attire with me. It's raining outside just right, so I can fall asleep with the sound of rain."
It was very tedious to remove the queen's makeup. She had to remove the hairpin ring and outer clothes, and she had to carefully untie her hair. Use a comb made of Kunshan jade to comb the hair from the root to the end three hundred times, and also clean and smooth the hair.
It is also necessary to massage all the acupuncture points on the head and face.
Perhaps it was because of the rain and humidity today that the palace maid's hands slipped when she opened the facial cream box.
The box of royal cream fell to the ground. Although it was not broken, it was impossible for the queen to use it again.
The palace maid was so frightened that she quickly knelt on the ground to apologize.
Chunying said: "Why are you so careless?! Why don't you get a new box quickly?"
"This is the only box left. There were originally two boxes. The empress gave that box to Princess Chu a few days ago." The little palace maid said hurriedly, "Unless you go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get it."
"That's all," the queen said at this time, "don't bother with it when it's raining so hard. Isn't there still facial grease sent by Princess Zhao? Let's use that for now."
"Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty." The young palace maid knelt down and kowtowed, "I will be more careful in the future and go to the House of Internal Affairs to pick up facial grease tomorrow morning."
Chunying then brought over the box of facial fat made by Wen Mingqian. Smoothing the queen's face was always her responsibility alone and could not be left to others.
She knew that the queen didn't like fragrances that were too strong. Although Wen Mingqian's facial balm only had a light floral fragrance, she still didn't dare to use it more.
But during the smoothing process, she also felt that this facial fat was extraordinary. It was moisturizing and not sticky. It could be quickly absorbed by the skin, but it was still moisturizing enough.
The rain didn't stop all night, and the queen had the best sleep in the past month. When Chunying got up in the morning, she went to hang the tents and saw that the queen looked very good, especially the skin on her face was very shiny.
The queen herself noticed it, raised her hand to touch her cheek, and said with a smile: "I only slept this long, why does my face feel tight?"
"Your Majesty is really radiant and full of energy today." Chunying smiled and took a hand-held caltrop mirror, "If you don't believe me, please take a look."
The queen looked at herself in the mirror and was very satisfied, and couldn't help but said: "No wonder my sister said that anyone who has used the things she made can't live without them. Now it seems that it is definitely true."
"If your Majesty likes it, why not call her to the palace and ask her to make facial fat specifically for your Majesty? There are many good things in the palace, let her choose what she wants."
"There's no rush, let's talk about it some time later." The queen stood up and said, "Your Majesty wants to come to court early, so I'll go over and have a look."
"Yes, I will put on the queen's make-up right now." Chunying agreed, and then she and several other maids put on the queen's make-up.
Wen Mingqian was invited to the Zhong family that day. Mrs. Zhong was not at home. It was Fang and Zhong Meier who invited her.
"You're here. I originally wanted us to go to Zhuangzi for a day of fun today. But it rained all night, and it's hard to leave the city because the trenches are full and flat." Ms. Fang greeted her with a smile, "Today is the day. Let’s sit in the pavilion and eat the newly picked water chestnut lotus seeds.”
"I remember that grandma loves to eat these fresh products in the water," Wen Mingqian said, "I saw some for sale on the street yesterday, and I was moved, but I didn't buy them."
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"How else would I say you are blessed with good taste?" Fang took Wen Mingqian's hand affectionately and said, "Isn't this a blow to your heart?"
Wen Mingqian and Fang's sister-in-law chatted for a while, and Fang just turned to the main topic: "I know you are busy, so I don't dare to disturb you. It's just that next month is Princess Chu's birthday, and I don't know what to give her after thinking about it. I have to ask you for a good birthday gift.”
Wen Mingqian knew that Zhong Meier's brother worked under King Chu, so he paid special attention to Princess Chu's birthday gift.
"I don't know how I can help?" Wen Mingqian asked with a smile, "No matter how busy I am, I can still help you."
"It's like this. Princess Chu loves the Lingxi Incense that Great Qin paid tribute to, but this spice has almost disappeared in the past ten years." Fang said, "Great Qin has never paid tribute to us since it changed its monarch, and There is no trade anymore. I managed to find some and bought them with a lot of money. Can you make some like this?”
"Grandma, take it out and let me have a look," Wen Mingqian said, "If the raw materials can be found, it is not impossible to imitate it. Although it cannot be exactly the same, it can still be seven or eight points."
Mrs. Fang was very happy after hearing this and quickly took out a small box from the purse she carried with her.
Wen Mingqian opened it, smelled it, shook his head and said, "This is somewhat similar to the civet incense, but it is not. If I smell it correctly, this should be the Persian civet incense."
"Ah? What...what should I do?" Mrs. Fang couldn't help but feel a little anxious, "Thank you for knowing the goods, otherwise I would have sent it to you by mistake. I'm afraid I won't be able to please you, but I will be disliked."
"I have smelled the Lingxi fragrance in the early years, but I don't know much about it. Let me look for it for you. If I can still find some, I should be able to imitate it." Wen Mingqian knew that someone had it. There is such a thing, but it's just not easy to tell Fang and others.
"It would be great if we can find it. We will spend money to buy all the raw materials we need." Mrs. Fang said hurriedly.
As long as they want to do something, they won't worry about money.