Red makeup against the world

Chapter 511 What's New

In the city of Luoyang, as the patients in the moving hospital continued to recover, the whole city was filled with the joy of the survivors.

On the deserted street for more than a month, pedestrians gradually increased.Except for the people who had to travel around for their livelihood, the ladies and ladies who were bored in the mansion, and the literati all started to go out to play.

Jiashanfang, Xu residence.

Qingluo jumped back from the outer courtyard happily, and just entered the courtyard gate when she saw Madam Zheng staring at her.Sticking out her tongue, she walked in with ease and manner, bowing her eyebrows and saluting pleasantly: "Hello, Madam Zheng."

Madam Zheng said solemnly: "You wanton noise, there are no rules." Turning around, she took the ruler: "Twenty strokes."

Qingluo didn't dare to argue, she obediently stretched out her left hand and took the ruler.

After all, she was a maid who was trained by herself, so Madam Zheng didn't do anything cruel.Seeing that the palms are red from the beating, it is actually just some flesh and blood pain, and it will be fine after two days of raising it.

"Do you know why I punished you?"

Qingluo gasped in pain, and replied: "Nurse is for my own good."

"It's fine if you know it." Madam Zheng said earnestly, "Miss will marry into Duke Zhong's mansion two years later, and once she enters the door, she must not make any mistakes. At your age, you will definitely become a dowry maid. However, If you are so unruly, even if you bear the pain, I can't let you follow Miss."

Qing Luo bowed her head in shame, she also knew this truth.It's just that I heard several new things today, and for a while I forgot.

"The servant girl knows, and won't let the nanny down."

Glancing at her, Madam Zheng said, "Go down and apply the medicine. After applying the medicine, come to the lady's room and tell me what you heard."

Qingluo's eyes widened in surprise, why does Mammy know everything?It's like a godsend.

Seeing her backing away, a faint smile curled up on the corner of Madam Zheng's lips.

Qing Luo has a lively personality and a friendly appearance. She can easily get along with people and win the trust of others. She is the best at inquiring about things.Miss needs such a person by her side, in the back house, the most feared thing is the lack of news.As long as she can get over her restless temper, it will be of great use.

Xu Wanzhen was concentrating on painting in the room, and what she wrote was a picture of "Three Friends of Sui Han".Pine, bamboo, and plum are the three friends of the cold season. Literati and refined scholars will draw one or two, each with its own charm, and it is best to use it for practice.

When Madam Zheng entered the door, Xu Wanzhen put down the paintbrush in her hand and asked, "What's the matter, Madam?"

"Qing Luo went to the street, and I think there will be some new things to tell the young lady later."

Xu Wanzhen smiled lightly, it seemed that the green radish had been eaten again.It's great to have Madam Zheng around, and I never let myself worry about training the maids.

"Mommy is worried."

"Miss, you don't have to be polite. I should think about it for you."

After painting this painting, Xu Wanzhen became more and more dissatisfied, and told Sangzi: "When the ink is dry, just put it aside."

"It's such a good painting, what a pity!" Sangzi felt a little bit reluctant.

"What do you know?" Xu Wanzhen pointed to her with a smile: "Look, the pine branches here are not strong enough, and the brushstrokes are too soft. The density between the bamboo leaves is not good, and that kind of charm is missing. If you are free, you must ask Zeng Grandfather drew a picture of pine and bamboo, and carefully figured it out."

Xu Wanzhen cleaned her hands, Qingmai wrapped her hands in plain silk to dry off the moisture, and then carefully applied the balm.This set of maintenance procedures was formulated by Madam Zheng, as long as it touches water, it must be followed. Her pair of soft clothes became more and more soft and delicate like cream.

Qing Luo asked to see her outside, Xu Wanzhen raised her voice to let her in.

Her eyes fell on her hand that wrapped Bai Suluo, Xu Wanzhen said with a smile: "What did you hear, is it worth taking a ruler?"

Qingluo just wanted to stick out her tongue, remembering the pain of flesh and blood just now, she hurriedly saluted: "The servant has seen the young lady. The sister-in-law of the Wan family has a lot of things to buy today, so she called the servant to help. Here are a lot of things. I don’t know, which one does the lady want to start with?”

Sang Zi joked: "You little hoof, you've learned to be good. Miss, let her talk next to each other, and you can't miss a single thing."

"Okay, let's start with the first thing you hear when you go out." Xu Wanzhen said with a smile.

"Yes, Miss. The first thing is that King Qi's Zhan Shi Mansion has been repaired, and a Hanlin scholar has been invited to do Zhan Shi. Everyone said that if Mr. Fang can give up his bright future and give in to the Zhan Shi Mansion of Qi Wang Mansion, the prince will definitely You must be a great big shot to gain the loyalty of Mr. Fang."

Mr. Fang, a Hanlin scholar?Xu Wanzhen quickly went through it in her mind.The rumors in the market are really true, and I don't know what conditions King Qi promised to get Fang Xueshi's allegiance.

"The second thing, it's been a few days in a row. The Princess Mansion, Qi Wang Mansion, and Chu Wang Mansion each held a banquet, and invited many wives and ladies. It was very lively."

Xu Wanzhen nodded secretly, it must have been ordered by Empress Cao, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people in the city.With the noble prince and princess taking the lead, Luoyang City, which has been silent for a long time, is about to become lively again.

Mrs. Zhuang naturally also received the invitation, and sent someone to ask her if she wanted to participate.

But first of all, she doesn't like to be sociable. Whether she sits or stands there, she has to be scrutinized by others, and she has to pay attention to it.It's not about inviting her by name, she is happy and at ease.

Secondly, after Princess Zhaoyang's incident, she was 12 wary of these phoenix sons and grandchildren.What they are thinking in their hearts, who they want to use, can't be seen on the surface at all.Empress Dowager Xiao likes her, she doesn't want to send it to her door and make ready-made chess pieces for others.

Mrs. Zhuang knew a little about her thoughts, so she didn't force her.

"The third thing." Qing Luo raised a finger and said with a smile: "This is a strange thing. At the banquet in Prince Qi's mansion, Miss Liu in the Duke's mansion of Pingguo somehow fell from the She fell from the pavilion on the rockery, but fortunately there was Fan Zhuangyuan passing by below, and she was able to catch her."

"That's really dangerous." Sangzi covered her mouth and exclaimed.

But Qingmai thought about it a little bit more, the whole city knew about this matter, wouldn't Miss Liu's boudoir reputation be in jeopardy?
"What happened later?" Xu Wanzhen asked.Since the last time I heard that Xiangxie clearly rejected Fan Bin, I never saw him again, and Mrs. Zhu never came to the door again.

Too many things have happened during this period, and hearing his name again seems like a lifetime away.Thinking of his fiery eyes, Xu Wanzhen only hoped that he could forget her, have a woman who truly loves him, and join hands in a happy marriage.

"Pingguo Gong Shizi invited Fan Zhuangyuan to have a drink, saying that he was thankful. But the guy in Zuibailou said that the two had a fight in the room, and all the tables and chairs in the room were smashed. Liu Shizi paid for it. I paid several hundred taels of silver."

Xu Wanzhen burst out laughing, it seemed like something Liu Qiran could do.

I remembered that the first time I saw Liu Qiran was on the small road to Zhuangzi in the eastern suburbs.At that time, Fan Bin confronted Liu Qiran head-on in order to save himself from the siege.

But this matter is related to the boudoir reputation of my own sister, and I don't know what Liu Qiran's plan is.

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Songzhou is one of the Ten Wangzhous, and silk spinning is particularly developed.There are eight grades of silk in the world, and the fourth grade and above are concentrated in Henan Province, with Songzhou being the most.

Starting from Luoyang, along the Tongji Canal to the east for more than ten days, we arrived at Songcheng, the capital of Songzhou.

Nanny Tian got off the boat at Songzhou Wharf, looked at the bustling crowd on the wharf, asked two porters for the direction of He's house, hired a green cloth sedan chair, followed by two porters carrying two loads of gifts, Go to He's house.

(End of this chapter)