Fourth Lord's Black Moonlight Queen

Chapter 791 Meeting Cao Xueqin for the First Time

"Oh, it hurts..."

There was a scream from behind the porch, and soon Liuli escorted the handsome young man inside.

"Grand Concubine Xi, this is the grandson of the old man, Brother Zhan. I am used to being arrogant and indulgent. I beg your mother to calm down."

This young man with a face like the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, a color like a flower in spring dawn, his temples cut like a knife, and his eyebrows like ink paintings, who sometimes smiles even though he is angry is Cao Xueqin, the golden grandson of the Cao family.

"Slave Cao Zhan, please concubine Xi."

Seeing that the young man was full of mistakes even in his greeting gestures, he was really a spoiled child, Li Jingui didn't care about the half-grown child, and just waved him to flatten himself.

"Why are you hiding behind that porch?"

"Go back to your mother, the slave heard that someone was coming in the palace, and thought that the elder sister of the slave had also returned, so I hid there."

Cao Zhan's eldest sister, Cao Guiren, was one of the princesses bestowed to the fourth master by Lord Kangxi in the early years. She was always in poor health and died a few months ago. Perhaps the Cao family was worried that the child would be sad when he heard the sad news. Absolutely, so I deliberately concealed the news of Cao Guiren's death.

"Your Majesty, you look better than the servant's older sister."

There was a sincere smile on the young man's brows, and the sincerity of the flattery made Li Jingui unable to blame him.

"Your Majesty, you can also call the servant Brother Yu."

Brother Yu?It should be a nickname that only those close to the child can call.

This young man has a hearty temperament.

"Come here, I will give you the gift from my palace."

The palace concubine accompanied the emperor to stay in the minister's residence, so naturally she couldn't be empty-handed, so Li Jingui prepared jewelry such as pearl flowers and velvet flowers in the palace.

During lunch, male guests and female guests are seated separately.

At this time, Li Jingui and Lan Qier were arranged by the stars at the main table.

Cao Sunshi was getting old, Li Jingui specifically promised her that she didn't have to come here to socialize, but went back earlier to rest.

At this time, Cao Sun's two daughter-in-laws were standing by her side, one on the left and the other on the right.

Seeing the calm maid half-kneeling in front of Li Jingui holding a silver washbasin.

But I saw that the silver bath covered with many petals contained hot water, and another maid was holding a box in her hand.

Li Jingui guessed that the maid's box must contain bath beans for washing hands.

But when she opened the box, she saw a bright red seven-petaled lotus.

This is?Although she didn't know this thing, she didn't show any leaks on her face, she just reached out and grabbed the seven-petaled lotus in her hand, and saw it slipping in a circle in the palm of her hand.

There is a faint fragrance of lotus in the breath, is this soap?

I thought it was pancreas for washing hands in the palace. Pancreas existed in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Li Jingui used to call them bath beans. They washed the dirty blood from pig pancreas, tore off the fat and ground them into a paste. Then add soybean powder, spices, etc., mix evenly, and then dry naturally to become a bean-like substance that can be used for washing, which is called bath beans.

But the thing in front of him is much more precious than the soap.

If she guessed right, this is Western soap, because it is made from flowers and plants, so it is very cherished, even Li Jingui only has a few pieces, and it is used for bathing during New Years and holidays on weekdays.

There was a dignified smile on the corner of Li Jingui's mouth, and his heart was bleeding. He was washing his hands, and he was burning money.

Slightly raised her eyes to look at the expressions of Cao's family, it seems that they think washing hands with soap is commonplace.

After she was seated, she saw a pair of ebony three-inlaid silver chopsticks in her hand, and the fabric on which the chopsticks were placed was not ordinary, but embroidered with peonies on a phoenix bed, it was a brocade.

(End of this chapter)