Red makeup against the world

Chapter 493 Plum Blossom Silver Hairpin
In Changle Palace, Empress Cao slowly finished her lunch alone.

Since she took the lead in reducing expenses, the meals in the palace have become much simpler, and the ice basin in the palace has also been reduced by half.The temperature is not as cool and pleasant as it used to be, just not enough to sweat.

After rinsing her mouth, Empress Cao walked to the window, meditating silently.

After a while, she said, "Miao Fu, you will go out of the palace tomorrow and deliver this hairpin to Mr. Fang, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and invite him to join Zhan Shifu."

This silver hairpin looks a little old, and it looks a little gray.The material and texture chosen back then were not very good, and the style was even worse.It is simply twisted into several strands with silver wire, forming a hollow plum blossom at the tail.After years of baptism, a little bit of black is revealed in the silver thread.

But Empress Cao looked at this silver hairpin with an extremely gentle and distant gaze.

If possible, she would rather bury this hairpin and that part of the past together, and never recall it.

However, now is the best time.Emperor Qinglong was too busy to keep an eye on the harem for several major events in the court.The city was chaotic, and even if the shadow guards had great abilities, they couldn't keep an eye on so many officials.If she doesn't make a move at this moment, after these few incidents pass, I'm afraid there will be no chance again.

Princess Zhaoyang was placed under house arrest in disguise, and King Qi had no choice but to surface.Shu Changshi had more than loyalty, but not enough strategy, and even less knowledge.If there is no capable person to assist, she is still very worried about relying on King Qi alone.

Miao Fu waited on one side, a little trembling.She has served Empress Cao for so many years, and she never knew the existence of this silver hairpin.

After a while, Empress Cao reluctantly put the silver hairpin in her hand, "Remember, no one can see you except Master Fang."

"My servant, please remember!"

After receiving the order, Miao Fu went to the palace to report for preparations, and received the waist card for leaving the palace.

As Empress Cao's confidant maid, it is common for her to go out of the palace to run errands, and no one dares to ask her purpose.

With the silver hairpin in her bosom, Miao Fu felt uneasy like she was carrying a hot potato.By the side of Empress Cao, she also has some understanding of the current situation in the court.The king of Qi is planning to build Zhan Shi's mansion. With this silver hairpin, can the dignified Hanlin scholars go to him?
Among them, there must be something she doesn't know.The more she thought about it, the more frightened Miao Fu became.She dared not leave this silver hairpin even for a moment, for fear of accidentally losing it or being seen by others.

After a day of hard work, she hurried out of the palace as soon as the palace gate opened on the second day.

She spends a lot of time out of the palace, and is familiar with the distribution of Luoyang City.But she kept Empress Cao's instructions in her heart, and she didn't dare to say it rashly.

She found a clean tea house and sat down on the second floor. She asked the shop assistant to find a half-grown child.

There are often such half-grown children in Luoyang City, wandering and playing on the streets, and no one knows the location of each house and house better than them.They also often help people spread the word and earn some money.

This time it was a boy about nine years old, wearing a red gown that had been washed and faded. He knew that there was an errand coming when he saw her, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter, my lord?"

Miaofu quietly inquired about several mansions, and hid Lord Fang's mansion among them.

Knowing that Mrs. Fang lived in Jixianfang in the east of the city, she rewarded the boy with two golden beans, and the boy thanked him and went down.
After sitting for a long while, the waiter served two plates of pastries.After spending more than half of it, she left the teahouse, hired a sedan chair, and went to Yong'an Street, which is the closest to Jixianfang.

Along the way, she sat in the sedan chair and felt the hustle and bustle in the city.

Yong'an Street is a very lively street in the east of the city. Right now, at the intersection with Tongfu Street, many merchants have set up porridge shops here, and disaster victims line up here to get it.

She quietly opened the curtain and took a look. The victims were all pale and thin, and their expressions were numb due to the sudden disaster.After receiving the porridge, he murmured his thanks, then bowed blankly and left.

Passing through the noisy street intersection and arriving at Yong'an Street, the bustling noises of the past could not be heard, and the business of each house was very deserted.Only from time to time, the square is beating gongs and drums, leading people and carrying stretchers by.

She asked the bearer to find a very elegant brush and ink shop, and took out her purse to pay two big money.After thinking about it, he took out another one and put it in the bearer's hand, and asked, "Those people passed by just now, who were they carrying?"

The bearer sighed, and said, "Miss, you just arrived in Beijing, right? You have to be careful, don't catch the epidemic. There are notices posted on the street, there are ways to prevent and control. Miss, take a good look."

After exhorting, I returned to Miao Fu's question: "These people are all suffering from the epidemic. Fangzheng took people away and knocked on the gong to keep the nearby pedestrians away. Don't get close to prevent infection."

"Aren't they afraid of Fangzheng?" Miao Fu asked.

"The girl didn't see it. They all wore face towels and soaked them in medicinal juice so they wouldn't get stained."

"Will this be effective?" Although the palace smoked them every day, and made decoctions for them to take internally and externally, she had never heard of using this method to prevent infection.

The bearer nodded and said: "At the beginning, I didn't know if it would be useful, and they were afraid. But they couldn't help it. With the Jingzhao Mansion watching from above, how could they dare to shirk? Fortunately, it's been a few days, No one is infected, I don’t know who came up with this method, good luck.”

If he didn't have this face scarf, Fangzheng would have to do the same thing, and sooner or later he would catch the epidemic and add a few more souls.

He didn't know, but Miao Fu knew it well, and secretly thanked Xu Wanzhen who presented this method to the Queen Mother.Without her, Dr. Su would not have been recognized by the Queen Mother, and the Tai Hospital would not have stockpiled a lot of anti-epidemic medicinal materials in advance, which will come in handy right now.

After dismissing the bearers, Miaofu went to the corner of the street and found some girls kicking shuttlecocks.

She knelt down and asked, "Do any of you know Master Fang's mansion?"

A girl in a shirt with blue flowers and a white background stopped moving and asked, "Is my sister asking Lord Hanlin Fang?"

Miao Fu nodded: "Send a message for my sister, please come to the Yanxinzhai in front of Mr. Fang, you can't be seen by others, do you understand?"

The girl was a little embarrassed: "I can't get into Mr. Fang's mansion."

Miao Fu gave her a golden bean: "You ask the concierge to send a message to Mr. Fang, the four words plum blossom and silver hairpin, and Mr. Fang will come out to see you. Do you remember?"

She nodded and repeated: "Plum Blossom Silver Hairpin."

Glancing at the girls kicking shuttlecock with her, she said with a smile, "You guys also go together and play shuttlecock in another place. If Mr. Fang comes, you will still come here to find me after an hour. At that time, you will be alone A golden bean."

In Luoyang City, these children are often sent to deliver messages, and they are used to it, so they don't ask much.Hearing that there were golden beans to take, the girls cheered and dragged them away chattering.

　On the eighth day of Wan Geng, Zhou Zhou wanted to know, how many days do you want to Wan Geng for?
　　
　
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