Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 240

I asked Qi Fang to deliver the golden cicada flowers overnight, and asked someone to inquire about Lan Sheng. At that time, because of my anxiety, I didn't sleep all night.

In the early morning of the second day, while I was looking at the account book with red eyes, I was thinking about how to arrange for Pearl to come over in the afternoon.Wei Hu came to report that Shi Qing, the head of internal affairs in charge of the emperor's diet and daily life, came to ask me for some Lan Sheng's clothes, and I jumped up and rushed out.

Standing in front of Meilin Road was a fat and white eunuch, with a big round face that was painted almost pale, and on his broad forehead was Wusha Jinxian, the internal servant, who was pinching a fat round orchid and pointing to Wu Ru, an old acquaintance in Xifengyuan. Tu talked and laughed.

This Shi Qingpei, fifty years away, was an eunuch who had accompanied the Holy Majesty since he was a child. He had saved Xuanyuan of the previous dynasty and the emperor of the current Holy Majesty during the Gengxu Revolution. He could be called a great hero in the eunuch world.But he never takes credit for himself, treats the people below with kindness, and always likes to use face powder to pretend to be a jester to please the emperor, so he is favored by the emperor and has a deep foundation in the palace.Feibai also mentioned that after he fell from the horse that year, he was also allowed to take care of him for a while, and the supplies of Xifengyuan were not interrupted anyway.When receiving family law in the dark palace, it was thanks to him reporting to the Holy One in time that he was not murdered by Xiying, so Fei Bai was also very polite to him.He also asked me to show my kindness to Shi Qingpei more often in order to repay the kindness of the year.

Coincidentally, before I returned to my original home, there was always a mysterious customer from the Northwest in the Yuzhuang Building and Yurentang in Guazhou, who often spent huge sums of money to buy a large number of beautiful clothes and high-end rouge and gouache. I like Yurentang's Jinhua lipstick and jasmine powder.At first, I was afraid that it was the Yuan Clan's dark people who pretended to go shopping and inquired about the news. Later, I inquired secretly and found out that it was actually Shi Qingpei who purchased the goods from the House of Internal Affairs of the Dating Dynasty at that time, and came to purchase in person.

I wanted to inquire about Feibai's news through him, so I got in touch with him secretly, and he became my super big client.At first, I always thought that he bought these rouge and gouache to present to his concubines or to reward young eunuchs and maids of honor. It is well known that people in this palace love beauty.

Gradually, he let me go, the cosmetics of the high-ranking concubines in the harem are all specially supervised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the special-grade fragrance powder he bought from the Jade Hall is not only for some high-ranking concubines, but also for a large part. Used by wet nurses in the palace.The milk of these white and fat nurses is not only used for drinking, but also used in large quantities for facial cleansing.

Let’s say that today’s sage fought on the battlefield in his early years, and left a lot of root causes. There has been a kind of beauty-reducing folk prescription in the former court: “Daily intake of milk can nourish the five internal organs, make people fat, white and lustrous, replenish qi, cure thinness and haggard, pleasing the skin, and moisturizing the skin. Hair, prolong life..." The imperial doctor strongly recommended this Haishang, saying that the Holy Majesty must take human milk regularly, and apply human milk to old wounds or wash the face to moisturize the skin.The Holy Majesty is worthy of being a Holy Majesty, he did not hesitate to try this sea, and then raised a large number of wet nurses in the palace, and sometimes he would favor a few beautiful breasts when he was in a good mood.At the same time, the Holy Majesty believed very avant-gardely: if wet nurses are given high-quality fragrance powder, they will be happy physically and mentally, and the milk produced will be better, and it will be more nourishing and beautifying.

Shi Qingpei was obsessed with superstitious faith in the Holy Majesty, so he secretly raised five or six wet nurses in a private house outside the palace. He even snatched a small part of the top-grade rouge and gouache ordered by the House of Internal Affairs and secretly gave it to his private nurses to coax They are happy to increase milk production.

This is the same reason I heard in my previous life that some big farmers specially hired pianists to play "Moonlight Song" in the cowshed to increase the milk and improve the quality.

Naturally, I pretended not to know, and when I returned to Yuan's, he didn't say anything. He accepted the grace of my silence, and often sent some innocuous news. The current situation of the person you care about.

Let's talk about this room, I quickly dressed up, rushed to the front hall of Pinyu Hall, and saluted with a smile on my face.

Shi Qingpei put a thick layer of jasmine powder on that seemingly loyal big round face, and his high-pitched voice was long and melodious, "The Holy Majesty likes to listen to Master Wuyan's lectures, and intends to bestow him as a national teacher so that students can be cultivated. The Holy Majesty sees Master Like a nostalgic person, he sent his servants to come, and asked the concubine to find some clothes that Master usually wears for the servants, so that the servants can return to their lives as soon as possible."

I sighed secretly, at last Sima Yun didn't lie to me, the Holy Majesty really wanted Lan Sheng to come over, the delicious food and drink did not harm me.But why did the Holy Majesty save Lan Sheng?Could it be that he wanted to subdue him with gentle means?But Lan Sheng is an abandoned disciple of the Nether Sect, and he doesn't know how long he can live, so he obviously doesn't have much use value? !
"Since there is such an adventure, I feel relieved," I said with a smile, "At least Lan Sheng is from the Prince Jin's mansion. My father-in-law has been with the emperor for a long time, so please take good care of him."

"Princess Jin doesn't need to worry," Shi Qingpei waved his orchid finger vigorously and said with a coquettish smile, "Master Wuyan's lectures are very incisive. Nowadays, the Popularization of Fa sect is rampantly taking advantage of Buddhism and amassing money wantonly. I think the emperor wants to reorganize the Zen sect."

Pufa sect is a branch of Buddhism that originated in the last years of Xuanyuan. It divides the history of Buddhism into three levels, which are divided into three categories: time, place, and opportunity, so it is also called the three levels of religion.At that time, it was the autumn of troubled times, with thousands of miles of refugees, this teaching was called popularizing the Dharma, and it performed endless Tibetan charity, first of all, let the poor and low-level people have some small thoughts, make them feel that the third-level teaching is a compassionate teaching, and then let them donate money in turn .If there are those who are unwilling to donate money, they will not be fully enlightened, and they will not be worthy of believing in Buddhism.As a result, the third-tier sect has accumulated a large amount of property and has a solid material foundation and economic strength.The biggest benefactor and admirer of the Three Tier Sect is Dou Yinghua, the great ancestor of Dou Zhou.During the Warring States period, the third-order religion was a branch of Buddhism. During the Xuanyuan Ting Dynasty, it relied on its past fame and power to unify all Buddhist schools in Xi'an. Since Dou Yinghua respected the third-order religion as the state religion in the Zhou Dynasty, it was naturally denied in court. Yuan's rule.

Since ancient times, rulers have mostly ruled the people in the name of religion, and they have thrown olive branches to religion with a smile, and religion has bowed to politics.

Could it be said that the emperor wanted to attack Pufazong with Zen Buddhism, the rival of Pufazong, and then cultivated Lan Sheng as the second leader of Zen Buddhism?

However, I doubt whether Shi Qingpei and the emperor can really understand Lan Sheng's Buddhist scriptures, because I discussed Buddhism with Lan Sheng before, and I found that he didn't seem to understand it very well, and few Buddhist scriptures could be memorized. from.

While thinking wildly, I piled up a professional smile, offered a few ingots of gold, and said a few flattering words, especially boasting that the powder on his face is even and white, and pretending to ask him for makeup skills.A smile broke out on Shi Qingpei's pale old face, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes suddenly appeared, "Ah, what the princess said is true, the so-called women are those who please themselves."

Unexpectedly, he really taught me a few tricks seriously, I couldn't help being fascinated by it, and used powder to paint on my face a few times, it seemed that it was really more detailed and even than my usual "savage makeup method".I couldn't help but think to myself, luckily I don't usually put on powder, otherwise Feibai must be very painful.

He was happy for a while, so he said a few more words: "This is a reward from the princess to the servant. The servant remembers that it is a commemorative money from the Jade Hall? There are only ten boxes in the world. Don't say it is powder, it is those jades. The small gadgets in Rentang, what kind of powdered Ru kiln jade hairpin flower box, oh, it’s too exquisite. This box is used up, and the slaves are reluctant to throw it away. Those little monkeys asked the slaves with a straight face If you want, the slaves won’t give it to them.”

He giggled, took the silk embroidered with Sichuan from his sleeve, wiped his thick lips with vermilion lipstick, looked left and right, and approached me and said, "It's a pity that master cherishes words like gold. Sometimes... The servant saw that the Holy One wanted to strike up a conversation with him, and he kept a cold face when he said a few more words. Do you think it is strange? The servant felt a sweat for Master when he saw it. Don't blame."

He got too close, and the aroma of jasmine made me a little dizzy, so I had no choice but to say yes.Then when he was about to leave, I stuffed a box of out-of-print pearl powder in a gold-plated lacquer box, "Please accept it with a smile. Fish bones, Asarum, Trichosanthes, dried ginger, pepper, soaked in bitter wine for three days, then add Baizhi, Ganoderma lucidum, Pinellia, and black beak to fry together, and finally mix in finely ground Hepu pearls, it is said to be painted on the surface for [-] days It can actually whiten. I think that everyone has different effects, so I asked my father-in-law to help me after using it. After I use it, I can make a few more boxes for the harem Chitose. My father-in-law has also done me a big favor. Don't give up."

Shi Qing frowned with a smile, and his small eyes were shining brightly. He stared at the small lacquer box closely, rubbed his hands and squeezed it for a while, and quickly put the small lacquer box into the golden embroidered crane pattern sleeve, but said in his mouth: " This, this, this, how can I accept this, this servant?"

At this time, Xiaoyu had packed Lan Sheng's clothes and handed them to Shi Qingpei respectfully.Shi Qingpei looked at Xiaoyu intently, and then praised: "Oh, this girl Xiaoyu is really more and more handsome as she grows, strange Taoist people say that there are beauties in the southern country. The servant girl thought it was a little fairy daughter who came down to earth."

Xiaoyu couldn't help but blushed and smiled.Shi Qingpei called to the back: "Feng Weicong?!"

Seeing that no one responded, he put away his smiling face, and shouted loudly several times, and then a young eunuch with delicate features ran over panting, he looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, he staggered a little when he walked. His face showed pain.When the little eunuch bent down to take the bundle from Xiaoyu's hand, he saw Xiaoyu's snow-skinned appearance under the sun, elegant and graceful, just like a beautiful tree of Yazhi, his eyes narrowed, his hands trembled, and he dropped the bundle on the ground. on the ground.Shi Qingpai just slapped him hard, the corner of the little eunuch's mouth was bleeding, and he fell to his knees, picked up the burden, and sobbed softly.

Shi Qingpei hurriedly confessed to me again and again.Naturally, I didn't blame him, so I helped to persuade him a few words, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's all from my family, Eunuch Shi doesn't need to care about it. This child has a very good face, he must have just entered the palace, right?"

"Princess Jin is right. This child is a distant relative of Lao Nu in his hometown of Hezhou. His surname is Feng and his name is Wei Cong. Alas... all eight members of his family died when the epidemic came from the south. A village just like that disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only him and his five-year-old clan brother. This child is also loyal, because of that clan brother, he entered the palace and became a father-in-law. The country children have never seen anything In the world, the imperial concubine was not happy because she looked at Miss Chuxi too much yesterday. If it wasn't for the sake of the old slave, she would have moved her head a long time ago. Later, she was rewarded with a board and punished by kneeling at the palace wall It’s been half the night.” Shi Qingpei sighed, wiped the slightly wet corners of his eyes, flicked some powder from the gold thread cuffs, and said sadly: “This child is also suffering. Tell me, if you want It’s not that there’s no way out, just be a good person, why bother to be an eunuch? I’m still a useless bastard, and I don’t have a long memory... Sigh! You bastard, why don’t you kowtow to thank you, thanks to the benevolence of Princess Jin. Yes, or today will be your death day. You useless monkey boy."

I hastily persuaded Shi Qing to accompany him again, and then he dragged the limping little eunuch away.While sobbing, the little eunuch blushed and looked back at Xiaoyu frequently.

Oops, this hairy boy is indeed six-rooted.

Xiaoyu glared at him fiercely, and he was so frightened that he turned around and followed quickly, but bumped into Shi Qingpei, and got hit by a few more chestnuts.

Soon after, there was a young and handsome monk attendant beside the emperor, and the emperor specially allowed him to wear monk robes to accompany him.Gradually, in the name of praying for blessings, the emperor took Lan Sheng to the court to listen to the government, and the government and the opposition were in awe.Fortunately, Lan Sheng never said a word. After a long time, the courtiers gradually got used to the rolling pin with an expressionless face beside the emperor.

Some people say that this is the beginning of the emperor’s deep belief in Buddhism and the crackdown on the Fa sect, and some privately frivolously suggest that this is the emperor’s new favorite. He is the emperor's overseas orphan.

Everyone knows that Taizu Yuan Qingjiang was famous for being a beautiful man in the old court. There were so many romantic love stories. Those beautiful lovers were as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river. The village girl who threw Sipa, and the most noble lover can even be traced back to the Turkic empress who had power in the Western Regions.Think about the crazy and foolish fourth child who used to be in Yubeizhai, who was such a shocking crystallization of love, and finally became the greatest iron-handed emperor in Turkic history, unifying Eastern and Western Turks, who can guarantee that this will not become another What about a great Chinese celebrity?
In short, the courtiers did not dare to despise casually.The dark man reported that this Lan Sheng was really stubborn. The emperor gave him a bunch of gorgeous silk cassocks, but he still only wore the coarse cloth monk robes I prepared for him on weekdays. Sometimes when they were worn out, he repaired them himself. Wear it on your body.

As the saying goes, if the top is good, the bottom must follow. Soon after, a young monk in patched cloth became the new standard for the nobles to love the motherland and judge elegance.

(End of this chapter)