Strategy of Prince's Concubine's Rebellion

Chapter 222 Princess Yingxue seizes favor
Xiang Yingxue gritted her teeth and said to Xiaojue, "Tell the old ladies to prepare some hot water. I want to take a shower and change clothes."

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Add some acacia and jasmine to the water."

Xiaoju knew that the princess liked to bathe in hot springs on weekdays, especially in winter. She would go to the bathhouse to soak for a while in Yingxue Palace almost every day.

But today was too sudden.

I was chatting with her about eating, why did I suddenly want to take a bath?
Moreover, albizia and jasmine were Qin Zhaoyi’s favorite flowers when bathing in the Chu Palace.

It is said that the emperor loved her very much and often stayed in her palace because she always had a charming fragrance.

When the ladies in the palace learned about it, they followed suit one after another.

The albizia jasmine soup bath was once very popular in the Chu palace.

Once, she and Xiao Tao also spilled some in the soup pool of Yingxue Palace, which made the princess very angry.

Xiang Yingxue nodded their foreheads and said: "Don't take those things that concubines use to win favors from the Yingxue Palace. I don't care about having the same taste as them!"

The princess also fanned her nose and pouted and said: "The fragrance is so strong, it will kill people!"

Why do you want to take a floral bath with the fragrance of these two kinds of flowers today?
Just when she was in a daze, Xiang Yingxue suddenly said: "Go quickly, otherwise it will be too late."

Hearing the princess' urging, Xiaoju came back to his senses.

Without even thinking about the reason, he hurriedly asked the old woman to prepare.

After getting ready, Xiang Yingxue entered the fragrant soup pool and gently stirred the water.

From time to time, I would hold up one or two petals in my palm and stare at them blankly.

As he looked at it, his eye circles gradually turned red.

Afterwards, he sobbed quietly for a moment.

She burst into tears as the petals fell from her hands and dipped into the water again.

It took a long time before it calmed down.

Then, she wiped away her tears and dried herself as if nothing had happened.

She put on the goose-yellow pleated skirt and the white embroidered magnolia flower shawl that her mother had asked the tailor to make for her, and walked out of the bathroom expressionlessly.

Xiaoju, who was left outside the door by Xiang Yingxue, saw her coming out and said with concern: "The princess just took a bath and catches a cold easily. Please put on a robe." "No need."

Xiang Yingxue's voice was a little cold.

For some reason, just these three simple words made Xiaoju suddenly feel that the princess in front of her was different from the Princess Yingxue she had known since childhood.

However, she couldn't tell what the specific difference was.

Before she had time to ask, Xiang Yingxue said again: "Go to the dining room and get some bottles of wine."

"liquor?"

Xiaojue's eyes widened in shock, and she even felt that something was wrong with the princess.

Everyone in Yingxue Palace knew that Princess Yingxue rarely drank.

Except for palace banquets or heart-to-heart talks with the eldest lady of the Zhou family, she would drink two cups and never ask for wine, so Yingxue Palace never prepared wine.

What happened to her today?
It’s the flower-scented bath that I hated the most, and it’s the hard liquor I never like to drink.

Xiang Yingxue sighed when she saw Xiaoju's confused look.

He pulled her to his side and whispered a few words in her ear.

"Princess……"

After hearing this, Xiaoju felt distressed tears about to fall.

"Princess, do you really want to do this?"

Xiang Yingxue was extremely calm and said calmly: "Otherwise, is there any other way we can go?"

Xiaoju sobbed and thought carefully about what the two guards said today.

For a moment, she bit her lower lip tightly as if she had made up her mind.

"Princess, I'm going to get some wine right now!"

(End of this chapter)