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Chapter 199 Visit
The palace man put down the cushions, Xiao Dong respectfully kowtowed three times, and the Empress Dowager Shengci smiled and said: "Get up quickly, come here and let me have a look."

Xiaodong smiled and walked close to the Empress Dowager Shengci.After going out for a few months, she did get a little tanned, and Xiaodong didn't like to apply powder, so the Empress Dowager Shengci stroked her hair: "You've really become a wild girl, look at your hair."

There is no way, Xiaodong's hair quality is not very good, and it is exposed to the sun outside, and it is not as finely maintained as it is at home.

"You have to take good care of it when you come back. I have a newly prepared hundred flower oil here. You can take some back when you come back. Remember to put it on sooner or later. It will be back in two months."

Women in the palace, no matter they are old or young, have a natural enthusiasm for beauty care.

Maybe it's because beauty is the foundation of survival for them, and it's an invincible weapon.

For example, the empress dowager, if she is not beautiful, can the emperor give birth to two sons, the emperor and king an, with her?No matter how gentle and considerate she is, the emperor must first discover her inner beauty, and then he can discover her inner beauty.

Of course Xiaodong is also very concerned about her hair, but there are many things in life that are much more important than this.

"By the way, I heard about the fifth princess. Before we left, the fifth princess asked us to inquire about famous doctors in Suizhou, but..."

The Empress Dowager Shengci nodded: "This child's life is hard enough, at such a young age...she is also sick, and has not been out of the house for these days, you come back and see her."

"Does Fifth Sister live alone in Yilan Temple?"

Empress Dowager Shengci nodded.

Xiaodong had heard of the Yilan Palace when he first entered the palace when he returned to Beijing. At that time, the fourth and fifth princesses lived there, and later the sixth princess also lived there.The fourth princess left when she got married, and the fifth princess moved to another place because of a serious illness. Of course, the sixth princess did not continue to live.

Xiaodong only came to the Yilan Palace a few times. At that time, Shen Fen was still in the palace as an accompanist for the fourth princess. At that time, the Yilan Palace was not the same as it is now, at least—it was not so indifferent.With the autumn wind, the meaning of killing is stronger.

Xiaodong gathered her cloak, the palace servants went in and told her to come in.

There were no windows open in the room, it was a little dark, and there was a strong smell of medicine.The fifth princess sat beside the bed, with her hair tied loosely, and said with a tired face, "Sister Xiaodong, please sit down. When did you come back from Suizhou?"

"I arrived in the capital yesterday." Xiaodong said in a low voice.

The room seemed depressing, making one feel a little out of breath.

The fifth princess nodded: "Thank you for still thinking of coming to see me. I have nothing to do, but I have worked hard a while ago, and I am a little deficient. It will be better to take care of me."

It is self-evident what she is working hard for.

Before Xiaodong came, he wanted to comfort her, but after seeing the fifth princess, he found that she was so calm that he couldn't say any words of comfort.

She doesn't need to talk about what keeps the green hills alive without fear of running out of firewood, what the future will last forever, and what makes the world open and open.

The fifth princess didn't need to be comforted, she had already accepted the fact.

So Xiaodong asked someone to bring over the gifts he brought into the palace: "Some new books, the books printed over there are different from those in the north, this one tells some legends and myths, and these, you keep them for fun. Look through it when you want to see it. And this, some small things I bought in Suizhou. You are still sick, and I didn’t bring food or anything into the palace. When you are well, go to my house, and I will talk to you again. Elaborate."

"Okay." The fifth princess was obviously very interested in these things, she poked her head over and read a new book with Xiaodong.

In this way, the two of them were very close, and Xiaodong's nose was the sharpest. In the past, every time he entered the palace, his nose would be choked by the various smells of makeup, powder and hair oil mixed by the women in the palace.The medicine smell in this room is very strong and the air is not fresh.Just now she didn't feel anything when she was sitting there, but now that the fifth princess was approaching, Xiaodong immediately smelled a faint fragrance.

This smell is familiar to her.Women of high status in the palace, from queens to concubines, and princesses, love to use the same kind of makeup powder. The most popular in the past two years is a kind of rouge called Meihuanu. It is not only red, moist, and colorful, but also fragrant and moving , so once it is made, all beauties will flock to it.

Xiaodong looked at her calmly, there was no trace of rouge on the fifth princess's lips, but she did smell of rouge.

A widow, of course, cannot use rouge.What's more, the fifth princess is still a filial piety now-it has not been a hundred days since the fifth son-in-law left.

Xiaodong asked softly: "Fifth sister, what are your plans for the future? Are you going back to Linxianghou's mansion?"

"Then why do you go back?" The fifth princess snorted slightly: "I'll stay in their house for the rest of my life after I go back? I have never heard of a chastity archway being awarded to a princess in all dynasties."

Xiaodong didn't ask any more questions, left the things behind, sat for a while, and then came out.

Seeing that Xiaodong's face was not looking well, Hongfu said in a low voice, "Is the Princess uncomfortable? Why don't you sit in front and rest?"

Xiaodong stood still and turned to look at Yilan Hall.The two doors were open, like a mouth that opened to swallow everything.

Xiaodong came out of the Yilan Hall and turned east, and stopped at the snow-pile pavilion in the Imperial Garden. Hong Fu thought she was tired, so she also squatted down: "Let me beat it for you."

Xiaodong shook his head: "No need."

Naturally, she didn't have to personally deliver every gift she brought into the palace, and there was another gift for the fourth prince, but this child should still be studying in Jixian Hall and not leave school.

The pines and cypresses in the imperial garden are lush, but many flowers and trees are withered. There is a bunch of yellow leaves beside the snow-piled pavilion. I don’t know who swept it here, or it was blown by the wind and accumulated here.

Far away from the high wall of the palace courtyard at the back, there was a sudden scream.

Xiaodong was startled by that voice, Hong Fu quickly supported her: "Princess, are you alright?"

Xiaodong turned his head and looked over there: "Where is that place?"

Hongfu took a look: "It seems to be Changqing Palace."

No, it's not the Changqing Hall, it's the place beyond the Changqing Hall, it should be a corner of Yeting.

There are many places in this palace that Xiaodong has never been to.

In the palace, many times, one should act as if one did not see what one saw, and one should act as one did not hear one’s hearing, so that one could live safely and for a long time.

But hearing this sound is uncomfortable after all.

Hongfu suddenly said: "I see, that should be the place to punish the Xingong people."

"You know?" Xiaodong was very surprised.

"Well, I've heard people say it, and Mama Hu has said it too."

Although Hongfu's words cleared up Xiaodong's doubts, they didn't make her feel much better.

"Let's go."

"Alright." Hong Fu supported Xiao Dong to stand up, the two palace maids and eunuchs behind her remained silent from beginning to end, they also left when Xiao Dong left, and stopped when Xiao Dong stopped.

Xiaodong couldn't help thinking, what would happen if she was not a princess, but an ordinary palace maid?

(End of this chapter)