When I woke up, the sun had already set, and a silver disk like water slowly rose from the night in the east.
Ji Ling lowered his head and looked down. Fortunately, the treasure he took from the space was still tightly in his hand.
She didn't call anyone, she got up by herself, walked to the dressing table, tucked her fluffy temples in front of the bronze mirror, then opened the huanghuali wood wardrobe, saw a few cloth baskets at the bottom, and used them as
Put several pieces of cloth on different storage baskets. Divide cosmetics, makeup brushes and brush bags, and cosmetic raw materials into three baskets and put them separately.
After she finished packing, she suddenly felt a little hungry, so she called Qixi to come in. As Qixi stepped in, her eyes were slightly bloodshot and she still had a thimble on her hand, she said with a smile: "When did Chang wake up? I was just doing this."
Needle and thread, I didn’t even notice it.”
Ji Ling pointed to the closet: "Close the door, and then open the closet. I have something to tell you." Upon hearing this, Qixi turned around, closed the door, and then went to open the closet.
Ji Ling pointed to the three baskets below: "You will be responsible for taking care of these things from now on."
Qixi saw a bunch of strange-shaped things inside that she had never seen before. There was only a piece of blush cream that she probably recognized, so she picked it up and smelled it, and she felt the fragrance was fragrant.
According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, palace maids are not allowed to wear makeup, so although Qixi has never used it on her face, she has seen a lot of makeup in the past, so she knows it.
She turned back to look at Ji Ling: "Chang Zai, is this... Rouge?".
Ji Ling blinked and smiled: "This is silver."
After she finished speaking, she took out a brand new rouge box from the dressing table, picked out some blush paste with a small spoon, put it in, handed it to Qixi, and whispered a few instructions in her ear before taking the photo.
He patted the back of her hand and said, "Let's get dinner!"
When we came back, Qixi's lunch box was carried by Xiao Fenzi, and the two of them worked together to put the lunch box firmly on the table.
Because there were too many dishes, when the lunch box was opened, the stacked dishes almost fell out.
There are a total of six meat and two vegetarian dishes in the lunch box. The meat dishes are: roasted venison, stewed tofu, wild duck with butter and ghee, braised yam chicken with rice wine, vegetarian stir-fried shredded eel, hibiscus lamb spine, and the other two dishes.
The vegetarian dishes are: cabbage stir-fried with fat chicken and shredded carrots. The eight dishes are full of color and flavor.
Especially the stewed tofu with stewed meat. The tofu absorbs the essence of the stewed meat and is paired with the green onions and sesame oil. It is simply more delicious than the meat. The tofu melts in your mouth, but the amazing thing is: when held with chopsticks, the tofu
But it doesn't fall apart. The meat is cut into thin slices, and the soup base is spicy. When you eat the meat slices, you will be sweating all over your head due to the spicy taste. You can't help but breath, and you can't bear to spit it out.
There is also the dish of wild duck stewed in butter and ghee. The meat of wild duck is naturally much thinner than ducks raised in captivity. It tastes like there is no fat, it is all lean meat, so it is served with butter. Ji Ling does not know about milk.
What is ghee made of? I just looked at the name of the dish on the sign, maybe it's goat's milk? Maybe it's butter? Then I asked Qixi, and I found out that it's ghee stewed in goat's milk.
She actually doesn't eat much mutton, so naturally she doesn't touch much things related to mutton. Because she is afraid of the taste of mutton, she only eats mutton skewers.
But when you taste a little ghee with a spoon and put it into your mouth, the amazing thing is that you know clearly that it is mutton fat, but you can't taste the slightest fishy smell. Instead, it is smooth and soft, making you unable to put down the spoon.
There is also a dish of Ruyi shredded carrots, which looks very ordinary, but when you taste it, you realize that it is served cold. The shredded carrots are actually so thin that they are almost transparent. The ratio of vinegar, sugar, salt and sesame oil is just right, and some white sesame seeds are sprinkled on top.
A shredded carrot actually tasted like jelly.
Naturally, there were too many dishes to finish, but Ji Ling still forced herself to eat as much as possible. Only by eating more could she slowly recover.
Just like at noon, she rewarded the remaining dishes to several slaves.
When going to bed, when Bixue went out, Qixi bent down, smiled in Ji Ling's ear and said: "Chang Zai, as soon as I arrived at Changchun Palace, I saw Hong Cha, the eldest maid next to Concubine Qi, and her little girl were there in person.
The kitchen supervisor said that the dishes needed less oil and less sugar, so the servant secretly gave Hongcha the blush cream. She didn't like it, saying that firstly, the empress couldn't stand the people applying makeup and powder, and secondly, even if she wanted to use it,
For rouge and gouache, we only use rouge from Yangzhou."
Ji Ling chuckled and said, "Then what?".
Qixi poured out the osmanthus hair oil from the small porcelain bottle and applied a little on the comb. Then, while gently combing Ji Ling's hair, she said with a smile: "I'm shameless, so I picked a little rouge cream, so I can let her in."
Try spreading it on your hands..."
The master and servant looked at each other and smiled.
Qixi continued: "Hongcha said that the empress felt that her cheeks were a little too plump recently, so she listened to the imperial doctor's advice and not only halved the rice and noodles, but also stopped serving meat dishes, so I begged Hongcha to let me take away these."
Bring back all the dishes..." She was still talking when suddenly the sound of breaking porcelain came from the east side room. The sound was unexpected, crisp and harsh, and immediately broke the silence of the night.
Then came the voice of a woman scolding the servant. Judging from the tone and voice, she was really angry.
Qixi said softly: "It must be Hai Guiren."
The sound in the east room opposite was getting louder and louder. Qixi helped Ji Ling walk to the door. Looking out from the crack of the window, she saw the main door of the east room suddenly kicked open, and a thin monkey-like little eunuch was mopping the floor.
He came out with a palace maid and threw her hard on the snow.
Two palace lanterns hung at the door, swaying in the wind, and the halo in the palace lanterns also flickered brightly and dimly, matching the snowy ground and reflecting on the face of the palace maid. She had a long face and fine eyebrows, but
Her head was disheveled, her hair was all disheveled, and she was holding her neck. Although there were tears on her face, she did not make a sound.
She was thrown to the ground, struggled to get up, and was kicked in the knee by the wolf-like little eunuch. Her body swayed, and she knelt down again.
There was a bright red finger mark on her face, almost oozing blood. At a glance, it was obvious that it was scratched by long nails. The slaves in the palace had to work, so naturally no one could grow long nails. Without even thinking about it, he knew it was from the sea.
The noble man beat him.
"You are a mute, speak up!" the young eunuch scolded.
The little palace maid slowly stretched out her hand, wiped the blood on the corner of her mouth, put her finger into her mouth, and licked the blood on it, still without saying a word.
"Let me ask you one last time, who gave you the courage to serve this noble lady with such pickled food?" Following these sharp words, a beautiful figure appeared on the steps surrounded by several palace ladies.
It is Hai Guiren.
Ji Ling couldn't see her face clearly at first. It wasn't until Hai Guiren turned his face slightly and the shadow of the palace lantern shone on her face that she could clearly see Hai Guiren's appearance.
With a melon-shaped face, a slightly tilted nose, and slightly upward eyes, she seems to be a bit calm and confident.