After chatting for a while with Xin Ruozhi and Lu Hengzhi, two close friends, Wen Xiaotu looked at the sky getting dark outside, and there was a hint of spring rain. Wen Xiaotu did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly said goodbye to the two of them, and hurried back.
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After Lu Hengzhi became a Chongyi, she did not leave Xin Ruozhi too far. Instead, she moved to the nearby Shunhua Palace, and returned to the palace after just a cup of tea.
Wen Xiaotu is more miserable. Xin Ruozhi's Jinghua Palace is at the northernmost point of the Sixth Palace in the West, not far from the North Palace, while her Changyi Palace is at the top of the Sixth Palace in the East, which is the southernmost point. In other words,
When she goes to Jinghua Palace, she has to travel through most of the harem!
Therefore, before Yiyu even got around Taihan Pond, it started to rain lightly. Although the rain was not heavy, the sad thing was that because the weather was very good this morning, of course I didn't bring an umbrella.
"The spring rain is cold and cold, why don't you go to the waterside pavilion in front to take shelter from the rain?" Hong Guo said hurriedly.
Wen Xiaotu hurriedly said "Okay". Although his wide sleeves were in front of his face, they could not block the slanting wind and drizzle. His face had already been drenched by the fine spring rain.
A hibiscus water pavilion was built on the east side of Taihan Pond facing the water. As the name suggests, it is a water pavilion for viewing water hibiscus. The water pavilion is three feet wide, which is more than enough for shelter from the rain. There are also stone tables and benches in the water pavilion, where you can sit and rest for a while.
, it’s not too late to return to Changyi Palace after the rain stops.
Wen Xiaotu wiped the rain off his head and face with a handkerchief, and took a long breath, "I thought I could get back before it rained..."
"Your Majesty, your face -" Bi Xin looked panicked.
Wen Xiaotu was startled.
Hongguo quickly took out a small mirror from her sleeve and handed it over.
There were already glass mirrors in this era, and although the clarity was not comparable to that of later generations, it could still be regarded as "revealing every detail". The face that was faintly revealing its true appearance was reflected in the small mirror.
Ah...this rain is simply a makeup-removing rain.
The makeup effect of the powder developed by Dr. Fu is no less than that of big-name foundations, but there is still one flaw: it is not waterproof!
The advantage is that it is easy to remove makeup.
The downside is that it’s easy to remove makeup!
Hongguo quickly took out tools such as jade powder, pearl powder, powder puff, and powder brush from her sleeve, "I will help you touch up your makeup right now."
Although I didn’t bring an umbrella, luckily I brought all my cosmetics, so it was quite complete.
Just when Hongguo was about to take action, he saw a group of people rushing into Furong Waterside Pavilion in a hurry.
"This damn weather has made all my new clothes wet!" Wasn't the voice of complaint full of resentment coming from Lin Xiuying, the empress of the Concubine?
Seeing this, Wen Xiaotu had no choice but to stand up and salute, "Empress Dowager De, Jin An."
Concubine Lin De was startled, and then she realized that there was already someone in the waterside pavilion!
It wasn't that Concubine Lin was blind, but that the waterside pavilion was already half-covered by a rockery, and the drizzle was hazy. Concubine Lin just came in to take shelter from the rain, but she didn't take a closer look.
Concubine Lin looked up and saw that this was not Wen Zhaoyi... Concubine Lin's eyes almost popped out, "Your face is disfigured again?!"
Wen Xiaotu's black line, what does it mean to be "disfigured again"?! It's just that half of the makeup was removed by Chunyu!
Although Concubine Lin De blurted out something, she immediately noticed the various powders on the stone table. In an instant, Concubine Lin De finally understood, "Emperor Fu's Jade Face Powder Cream?! In fact, your appearance has not recovered at all!
You are relying on this powder to deceive!"
Wen Xiaotu's black line, "fraudulent", this is too ugly!
Wen Xiaotu was too lazy to pay attention to Concubine De, and turned to Hongguo: "Help me touch up my makeup."
"yes!"
Hongguo quickly dipped a little powder into it, quickly applied it on various parts of Wen Xiaotu's cheeks, then gently smoothed it with a foundation brush, and then applied the second and third times. After three layers of powder, her face was white and flawless again.
Then apply pearl powder, rouge, and finally draw on the eyebrows, and you’re done!
Concubine Lin De was stunned when she saw it, "This is simply evil!" - There were so many scars on her face, and they all disappeared in the blink of an eye!
Wen Xiaotu smiled brightly and picked up the small jar of powder, and said with a smile: "This jade powder can only be sold at Wen's Rouge Shop. A jar costs ten taels of silver, and each person can only buy it at a time.
A jar. If Empress De Fei likes it, she can send someone to buy it." - She did not hesitate to give her cosmetics an emotional advertisement.
De Fei:......
This powder paste is definitely a huge profit. Even though the materials used are precious, it is only a small amount. It is only thirty milliliters by visual inspection, and the cost is no more than two taels.
As a conscientious businessman, Wen Xiaotu quickly added: "However, this powder has a disadvantage, that is, it is not waterproof." - Well, I feel that even if I don't say it, Concubine De can see it clearly.
De Fei:......
Wen Xiaotu suddenly smiled and said, "Hey, the rain has stopped, so I'll take my leave now."
Taking advantage of Concubine De's confusion, Wen Xiaotu ran away.
Seeing Wen Zhaoyi walking away, Concubine De finally came back to her senses, "Then didn't she deceive the emperor and the queen mother?!"
In Changyi Hall, Wen Xiaotu changed into dry clothes, ate peach blossom cakes and drank milk tea, which was very nourishing.
Liang Wanguan walked in with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, the Xi'er Palace has been tidied up."
Having previously drawn a picture of fitness equipment for the emperor, Wen Xiaotu suddenly had the idea to give herself an entire gym! As a rich woman with a mansion of over a thousand square meters, how could she not have a gym?
There are east and west ear halls on both sides of Changyi Hall. The east ear hall is the dining room. Wen Xiaotu opened up the vacant west ear hall and asked people to renovate it and install some fitness equipment to use as his future fitness venue.
I just didn’t expect that the decoration would be completed so quickly!
Wen Xiaotu went to visit his gym with great interest. The area of the ear hall was not large. Other palaces were generally used as Buddhist halls. Wen Xiaotu was not interested in worshiping Buddha. It had been used as a warehouse before, but as his personal assets expanded, this
The warehouse was a bit small, so the west side hall was used as a warehouse - no one lived there anyway.
The ear hall became vacant.
The area is only about twenty or thirty square meters, and now the ground has been covered with a layer of wooden boards - this is her request, only ordinary wood can be used, but even so, it is pure solid wood!
From now on, you can come in barefoot in this gym.
There are not many fitness equipment at the moment, only sandbags and dumbbells. The dumbbells are the lightest, weighing only one kilogram. The sandbags are not actually filled with sand, but with grains, so they feel less hard. Other than that, there are only
There are soft mats placed near the windows, which can be used for stretching exercises, aerobics, yoga, etc.
It was a little empty, but Wen Xiaotu was very satisfied.
Wen Xiaotu pointed to the wall: "Put a wardrobe there, Hongguo. Go back and tell the sewing maid below to sew two cotton shorts for me."
Hongguo looked puzzled: "Why does the empress want the kind of clothes worn by slaves?"
Wen Xiaotu said lightly: "This is a gym. The wide-sleeved robe is inconvenient, and the silk is too weak." In fact, the cotton of this era is not very strong, but it is cheap, soft and sweat-absorbent, and made looser and fatter.
Very suitable as fitness wear.
Hongguo nodded in confusion, "Yes, I have written it down."
If she doesn't lose weight, she will really become fat.