There is not much friendship between women, especially the friendship between wives of officials. They all come with their men.
Manmiao had never been to a few gatherings of female relatives in Yue State. It was either at the Jiang family or the Wu family. It was impossible for either of them to have good friends.
Deng Yanshuo left with the squirrel. He didn't give the squirrel a name and kept following him. He called the squirrel, and the squirrel came over and could obey the command. It was a pity that he didn't have a name.
Manmei crushed some snacks for it to eat. It ate a few and seemed not too interested. Come to think of it, I don’t know what squirrels like to eat. I thought that squirrels like to eat pine nuts, probably nuts.
When Jiang Shang came back, he didn't say much to her. He got up and went out the next day. Manmei never had time to see him.
It's summer now. Manmiao said it was because it was hot, so she half-opened the window at night. Anyway, there was a screen next to the window, so she wasn't afraid of being spied on.
She thought she would have a boring day today, but she didn't expect Qin Qifeng to come to see her.
She seemed to have never seen Qin Qifeng alone. Although she felt strange, she was a guest after all, so it was not easy to refuse directly. After thinking about it, she still pretended to be depressed. If she couldn't reach an agreement, she could still pretend to be sick.
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Women in this era had a lot of cosmetics, one of which was called Huahuang, which was made by cutting golden paper into various decorative patterns, or applying yellow on the forehead. This method of makeup began in the Qin Dynasty and continued in the Sui and Tang Dynasties in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
It became a popular facial decoration for women. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when Buddhism was popular, women who loved beauty and sought new ideas were inspired by the gold-painted Buddha statues and painted their foreheads yellow, which gradually became a custom.
There probably won't be that many allusions in this book, but there is Huahuang, which is a yellow powdery paste that can be applied to the face to modify it. Graceful is not very useful, but the Jiang family's maid still did it.
She prepared it, and now it finally came into use.
She picked out a little bit of the yellow flower and applied it to her face like a liquid foundation. The originally fair face in the bronze mirror took on a trace of sickly yellow, and also covered up the healthy pink on her cheeks. She looked in the mirror
After taking photos here and there, she chose the best pose to pretend to be sick and walked a few steps. The tall bronze mirror was very impressive and she was very satisfied with her performance.
When he was ready, he asked the maid to take Qin Qifeng to the living room.
She was not familiar with him, so why should she entertain him in the boudoir?
Qin Qifeng walked in and saw her leaning listlessly on the back of the chair. His expression changed immediately, "But you feel uncomfortable? I heard that you have recovered from the cold."
She forced a smile and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. Don't worry. It's just a cold. I've taken medicine and I'm much better."
Qin Qifeng looked at her seriously and said, "You don't look good, so you'd better rest more. I'll call the imperial doctor back to take a look at you. Don't be careless at a young age. Your illness won't be cured if you sit down."
Damn it, I just have a cold. As for making it feel like confinement? The disease won’t be cured even if you sit down. Can you die from a fucking cold?
In the blink of an eye, I thought, no, there are no powerful special medicines here. If the cold develops into pneumonia, what is wrong with death?! It's not good to say anything more, after all, it is concern.
"Thank you, Your Highness. Jiang Shang asked a doctor to see me, and His Highness Shan Guoliu also asked the imperial doctor to see me. They all said it was fine. "Don't be so scary, okay? It's just a cold, and you have so many doctors.
During the wheel battle, those with poor psychological quality thought they were terminally ill.
When Qin Qifeng heard that Shan Boyuan had also sent an imperial doctor, he frowned and asked, "Why would Shan Boyuan send an imperial doctor to you?"
None of your business!
With this thought in his mind, he still spoke politely, put a delicate hand on his forehead, looked like he had a headache, and said casually, "Maybe he feels that an assassin has implicated me, and he feels bad about it."
Qin Qifeng pondered for a moment and said to her, "Stay away from him in the future. Although he seems to be a fallen prince with no real power, his mother-in-law is the emperor's favorite concubine after all. There are many people in Shan country who buy his face.
He is traveling everywhere now, and there is also news that he is planning it."
Mei Miao rolled her eyes helplessly, what does it have to do with me? I can't climb into his bed, are you worrying too much? Even if I climb into his bed, it has nothing to do with you, okay? You don't need to pretend.
Do you care like an elder?
What the hell do you think about me and you think I don’t know? Who do you think is stupid?!
Qin Qifeng is a man of many talents? It was obvious at a glance that Manmei didn't take his words to heart at all, and sighed, "Jiang Shang is an honest and reliable kid. If you follow him, you won't suffer much in the future.
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When Manmei heard this, she gave him a strange look, "Isn't it inappropriate for you, your kind highness, to become a matchmaker instead?"
Realizing the graceful surprise, he sighed, "You guys have been together a lot recently. Jiang Shang is always a little too considerate of human feelings when doing things. If you don't like Chu Yue'er, I will ask Jiang Shang to take care of you."
She dismissed it."
When Manmei heard this, she already felt like she didn't want to curse. What the hell is going on? You came over to me like an elder and said that you want my boyfriend to get rid of his cousin who wants to be a mistress? Do you think you
Who is it? Is your hand stretched too long?
Qin Qifeng looked at her unconvinced look, "I know you have prejudices against me, but no matter what, I will not harm you. What happened yesterday was because Jiang Shang and I were wrong, but men also have many men's difficulties.
, I hope you can understand us and don’t care so much.”
Manmei listened to him babbling for a long time inexplicably. He talked for a long time without getting to the point. She didn't know what he wanted to say. With your level of language expression, you might as well want to be an emperor in your next life!
Qin Qifeng just came and went like the wind, and Manmei looked at his back in confusion. What on earth was this guy doing?
After all the talk, he came up with a useful one: ask Jiang Shang to send Chu Yue'er back, but the question is, what's your position, Qin Qifeng, on this matter?
Ordinarily, this day was such an inexplicable event. Jiang Shang came back in the evening and hadn't eaten yet, so he specifically asked Manmiao to have dinner with him.
Jiang Shang is smart because he never blames Man Miao for what she has already done.
For example, he always knew that Manmiao was rude to Qin Qifeng. Qin Qifeng touched another bag today, but he just didn't tell her. Manmiao didn't believe that he didn't know about it.
Yesterday, Manmiao didn't do what he suggested and insisted on protecting Deng Yanshuo. He didn't say anything either. The incident was over as if it never happened. He continued to treat Manmiao very well, and there was no trace of dissatisfaction at all.
Manmiao has always felt that this is Jiang Shang's advantage, that he is generous and does not care about anything. She has always liked generous men. Being generous not only means being generous with money but not stingy, it is also a kind of courage in spirit.
Now that I think about it, I feel like it's not what I originally thought.
After dinner, Jiang Shang walked with her to eat. Manmei dressed casually, and the two of them walked in the courtyard. It was said to be a small courtyard, but in fact it was quite big when walking, with all the pavilions and pavilions. Even the Jiang family
Other hospitals are not willing to compromise their status.
Jiang Shang had a lot of things on his mind, and so did Manmei. The two of them walked quietly side by side, not talking, but not embarrassed at all. They both enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere between them.
When Manmei returned to the house and went to bed, she found a small black shadow jumping up on the bed and rushing towards her. Her first reaction was that the mouse was going to bite me! She almost scared her to death.
Fortunately, my brain reacted quickly. I saw Deng Yanshuo's squirrel and quickly covered my mouth.
The squirrel jumped straight up to Manmiao. There was a cloth cover of the same color as the fur on its tail. Manmiao looked quite cute, but when she took it off, a roll of paper fell out.
She locked the door uneasily and took some peanuts and other nuts on the table to the squirrel. This time the squirrel ate very happily. Then she unfolded the paper and looked at it.
I don’t know if the paper is specially made. It is very thin, folded very small and neatly, and the characters are very small. It is hard to imagine how a strong man like Deng Yanshuo could write such small characters, which are almost the size of a point 4 character.
I know that in ancient times, there were no ballpoint pens and signature pens. They all relied on writing brushes. When writing a letter, the characters are about the same size as the first-size characters. If you only have a few words, you need a thick stack of paper. It is difficult for ordinary people to write small characters.
He had to use a very special brush, which was really difficult for him.
Today, Chu Yue'er bribed a rough lady of the Wu family and brought her into the Wu family alone.
It seems that Wu Yong was in poor health, and Mrs. Wu and Liu had to take care of him. There was no time to arrange so many people to watch Chu Xiner, and they didn't notice that Chu Yuer sneaked into Wu's house to meet Chu Xiner.
It is impossible for an unloved aunt like Chu Xiner to live in such a nice courtyard. When Manmei originally went to visit her, the courtyard where she lived was quite remote. Meeting Chu Yue'er in such a remote place
It's not that difficult. Not many people are willing to go to the disgraced aunt's house, and no one will find out.
What did Chu Yuer'er and Chu Xiner say? Deng Yanshuo did not follow her to the Wu family and did not hear the conversation between the two sisters, but he heard the conversation between Chu Yuer'er and the maid after she returned to Jiang Shang's courtyard.
Chu Yue'er complained that Chu Xiner was already married and still entangled with her cousin. If she hadn't accidentally let it slip, Wu Yong would not have known that she had an affair with her cousin, let alone get angry.
He beat her until she had a miscarriage.
Now my husband doesn't want to see me, but I want to see my cousin.
Chu Yue'er has been scolding her sister for being ignorant. At this time, what can a married woman do when she meets her cousin? Could it be that you have been someone else's concubine and you still want to go back to be your cousin's concubine?
When Manmei saw this, she understood what Chu Yueer meant when she was angry.
If Jiang Shang takes Chu Xiner as his concubine, then Chu Yuer, as Chu Xiner's younger sister, is even less likely to become Jiang Shang's first wife.
