Ten Miles of Red Makeup: The Legend of Ming Yu

Chapter 736 Fingertips
When Liu'er went to call He'er, she was applying ointment in front of the bronze mirror. The daughter's family loves beauty, and they are afraid of leaving scars on their faces. Looking at the bronze mirror, the palace maid feels sad. Why should she cherish her appearance so much? She is just a little palace maid , may be trapped in the palace for the rest of her life, does she still have a day to fly on a branch and become a phoenix?

Looking at the ointment in her hand, it was crystal clear, I'm afraid this box of ointment is worth more than her life, the maid's nose is sour.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, He'er turned around and saw Liu'er. She got up quickly, and Liu'er saw her and said, "Why are you crying? This ointment is made by the girl herself. It works very well and won't leave Scarred."

She wasn't worried about leaving scars, but she felt sorry for herself. He'er wiped away her tears, without explaining, she just asked, "Why are you back?"

Miss Wei only trusted her, she only let Liu'er take care of her, and the other court ladies and eunuchs hardly had a chance to approach her.

Liu'er grabbed her hand and walked out, "Miss wants to see you."

He'er was a little scared, why Miss Wei wanted to see her, she asked Liu'er, but Liu'er didn't know, "Young lady is a good person, she won't make things difficult for you."

If you make it difficult for her, you won't give her such a good ointment.

When entering the room, He'er's heart was trembling, she didn't dare to look at her concubine, her mind was spinning quickly, wondering if there was anything wrong with her that made her unhappy.

Seeing He'er being so reserved, Ming concubine said, "I didn't mean to punish you by calling you here, but just to ask about your nightmare last night."

He'er was stunned for a moment, how could Miss Wei be interested in her nightmare, such a scary nightmare, she dared not say, "It's too scary, I dare not say..."

She dreamed that when the flood broke out when she was a child, her mother and brother were washed away by the flood, and many villagers were crying. Now thinking about it, she trembles all over.

Ming Yu looked at the servant girl and said, "I'm not curious about your nightmare, but what you did yesterday."

He'er stared at Ming concubine blankly, and Ming concubine said, "Tell me everything you did from waking up yesterday to before going to sleep."

He'er glanced at Liu'er, not understanding why Ming concubine was interested in what she did yesterday, she didn't do anything special yesterday.

But Ming is curious, she must know everything and say everything.

He'er spoke in detail, Ming concubine listened carefully.

As in the past, He Er wakes up and washes up, then eats breakfast, cleans the palace, and wipes the tables and chairs. It is no different from what she did in the past, but if there is no change at all, it is true that a lot of flowers were sent to the palace yesterday. My son helped move the flowers into the house.

Liu'er went out with Ming concubine, and also helped Ming concubine in the pharmacy, so when Ming concubine was away, He'er also went into the inner hall to wipe the tables and chairs, and when the flowers were delivered, she was in the bedroom.

Hearing He'er talking about sending flowers, Ming concubine glanced at which flowers, although these flowers are rare, but the rarity lies in the variety, the flowers themselves are non-toxic and harmless, but the palace suddenly rewarded flowers, Ming concubine said, " You sent flowers yesterday, but what happened unusually?"

He'er looked at Concubine Ming, and Liu'er urged, "Why are you so stupid, the girl is asking you something."

He'er shook his head, "Nothing special happened."

After speaking, He'er paused, and said, "Yesterday, Lu Lan moved flowers into the house, and lost an earring in the house, and later came in to get it, and the servants helped her find it."

Speaking of this, He'er panicked, "When the servant got up, he accidentally bumped into the table and broke the incense burner, and brought a new one for the girl from the storeroom. The servant asked the guard to admit his mistake, and the guard said it was fine.... "

Although the things were broken, He'er was really not worried. This is the palace, whether it is the prince of Zhennan in the Dajing Dynasty or the girl Wei, they are all guests. The incense burner is provided by the palace, not their private property. Just get a new one, no big deal.

They would not sue the emperor and queen for such a trivial matter. The queen would not punish them if she didn't know about it.

It turned out that the censer was changed in this way, and it was not a big deal to knock down a censer, but Ming concubine felt that something was wrong inside, sending flowers, dropping earrings, breaking the censer... It was a bit of a coincidence.

Ming concubine was thinking about this, but Liu'er had already asked, "Why did you drop the earrings under the chair?"

He'er hurriedly said, "Sister Lulan brought flowers into the house yesterday and accidentally bumped into the table. Maybe she dropped the earring under the table at that time."

It's just that the earrings are hanging on the ears, so it's strange that they fell under the table, but she did find the earrings from under the table.

Ming concubine looked back from the table and asked, "Where's the broken incense burner yesterday?"

"Sister Luxiang took it away and should put it in the warehouse," He'er said.

The things in the storeroom are all in stock, and when Zhennan Prince and his son are gone, the palace will send people to count them. They can’t afford to lose a censer. The censer is broken, but the fragments can prove that the censer is not lost.

Ming concubine asked He'er and Liu'er to fetch the shards of the incense burner.

A quarter of an hour later, the fragments were brought back and placed in a mess in a brocade box, but they were washed very clean and nothing could be found.

The more this was the case, the more Ming Concubine felt that something was wrong. She put the incense burner together and found that a small piece was missing, "A piece is missing, look in the house to see if there is any."

Liu'er and He'er quickly helped to find it, and after lying on the ground for a long time, they finally managed to find the fragment from under the table.

When she reached out to touch it, she was accidentally poked, blood was seen on her fingertips, and He'er's forehead trembled in pain.

He'er handed the fragment to Ming Concubine, Ming Concubine asked Liu'er to give her ointment to stop the bleeding, He'er hurriedly said no, Ming Concubine's attention was on the half of the fragment, she sniffed it lightly.

The censer has been incensed for a long time, and the fragments are full of fragrance, but there is a trace of strange fragrance in the fragrance. Ming concubine smelled it several times before she could smell what kind of fragrance it was.

She looked towards the window and shouted, "Zhao Feng..."

The door opened with a creak, and Zhao Lie came in, saying, "Concubine Shizi, Zhao Feng has sent the medicine back. If you have any orders, my subordinates will do it."

"Hurry up, hurry up and get Shizi back!" Ming concubine said urgently.

Zhao Lie looked at her, "But what happened?"

Ming concubine showed Zhao Lie the fragments in her hand, and said, "There is a strange fragrance on this censer, as long as you smell it for half a cup of tea, you will have nightmares when you sleep at night."

He'er must have stayed in the house for half a cup of tea, and Chu Mochen would have had nightmares, so he must have stayed there for so long, first sending flowers, then sending home letters, and then having nightmares... If he didn't know that he had been smoked Because of the fragrance, they all only thought that Chu Mochen had nightmares because he thought about it every day and dreamed about it at night.

The purpose of doing this is obviously to drive Chu Mochen away, I'm afraid there will be an ambush on the way.

Chu Mochen left with only two hidden guards. If he was ambushed, the consequences would be disastrous.

Zhao Lie was also frightened, and quickly sent someone to chase after Chu Mochen, while he arrested the court lady named Lulan for interrogation.

Even Ming concubine found out that there was something wrong with the censer, and the palace lady Lulan was terrified, she opened her mouth and said that she didn't know anything, and if she asked her again, she bit her tongue and killed herself.

(End of this chapter)