Lady Zhao

Chapter 3

Sunset on the west mountain, red clouds are flying.

Zhao Wenwan came out from the inner hall of the ancestral hall with a trace of tiredness on his face, but Baochan and Xueyan looked at it like a sign before the storm, and rushed forward, not daring to be negligent.

Passing through the central hall, courtyard, and verandah of the ancestral hall, there are blue bricks and gray tiles all the way, cornices and corners, painted paintings on the beams and purlins, and gold powder strokes. They are all auspicious birds and beasts, bats, golden deer, flying cranes, From Baochan's point of view, it seemed as if it was about to transform from the wall with its teeth and claws. She tugged the snow goose beside her, and the snow goose obviously straightened its back slightly. Xueyan has always been steady, not trembling like Baochan.

Zhao Wenwan casually glanced at Hongxia in the sky, took advantage of this to pass by the figures of the two of them, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, seeing how frightened these two little girls were, it can be seen that the real Zhao Wenwan is even worse than the one in the script, and even worse. It's pretty bluffing.

Back at Xiangzhu Garden, the sky was getting close to Qingdai. After dinner, Zhao Wenwan had someone prepare hot water for a bath. Xueyan opened the gold-painted screen with blooming peonies to separate his sight, and lit a gilded silver eight-treasure lamp to set aside On the side, Baochan picked water-soaked petals and sprinkled them lightly into the wooden bucket with a small bamboo basket, spreading a thick layer of red in an instant.

Zhao Wenwan took off her clothes and entered the barrel, the water mist was light and comfortable, she specially asked Baochan to stay, let him retreat behind the screen, and then ordered Xueyan to go to the inner room to make up the bed, after all, she belonged to the old lady, She must be more thoughtful than others, otherwise she wouldn't be able to enter the old lady's garden as a second-class maid.It's not that Zhao Wenwan doubts Xueyan's character, she knows the rules at a glance, I'm afraid she hasn't been here for long, she doesn't want to be united with him, and even a little worried that with Zhao Wenwan's previous behavior, maybe the maids will let her Being mean all over again, I have a bad reputation in the circle of servants, arrogant and domineering, with a bad temper, and I can't wait to get my toes up to the little sisters in other courts, let alone treat these servants.

This reputation can be slowly reversed in the future, besides, she is a "newcomer" and feels that Zhao Wenwan's path to death is quite good in the early stage and saves a lot of trouble.

"Is there any truth to what I asked you to inquire about today?"

"Miss, the servants have asked clearly, the clothes are from the third lady's garden."

Zhao Wenwan clicked tut twice in her heart, it really was Zhao Wenxuan!
When she first got the script, she took a few glances at Zhao Wenxuan's character design. She is a vicious concubine with hidden scheming. On the surface, Zhao Wenwan is the only one to follow, but in fact she hates the eldest daughter of the first son. Like Zhao Wenwan, she is on the road to death. He is good at making and blending incense, and has harmed many people with this method, so that day when Zhao Wenwan heard that Bao Chan said that it was the incense made by Zhao Wenxuan, she hurriedly let her carry it out, what is the use of sleeping and helping sleep? The efficacy of the incense, the nightmares she had for several nights in a row, could not be separated from the incense.

Before the bath was finished, I heard Xueyan come over to report that the old lady had sent someone from the garden to deliver something.

Today, the queen mother in the palace rewarded a few round fans made of icy cicada silk and four sets of walking golden hairpins. Mama Yang, who served the old lady, came here once at noon, only to find out that the eldest lady was punished by the uncle to kneel in the ancestral hall for half a day. Let Zhao Wenwan choose the ones first, and then send them to other courts. The old lady said that since Wan girl is punished, let the sisters in other courts choose first, and give the rest to Wan girl. The punishment for falling into the water, that is to say, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the old lady is eccentric, what is this called punishment, the skin does not itch and the flesh hurts, and you get something.

Zhao Wenwan naturally didn't mind these things, but she had to pretend to be unhappy, frowned and bluffed, and when she saw Mama Yang, she couldn't say she was enthusiastic, she sat on the pear flower couch with a stern face, and those things placed on the rosewood tray Zhu Chai didn't even take a look at the jewelry, but quietly looked at Mama Yang, and saw that she was wearing a maroon thin silk shirt with dark patterns, and her oval face, which vaguely showed her beautiful appearance when she was young. I heard that she was the old lady's personal maid, In the early years, she got out of slavery and waited until she was old enough to leave the mansion. The old lady decided to choose the concubine of the Wang family who was the guard of the city and guarded with a knife to marry him. I went back to the old lady's side as a companion.

At this moment, Mother Yang looked at Zhao Wenwan with a straight smile, she did not lose the slightest bit of manners, she was not as frightened as her servants when seeing Zhao Wenwan, instead she coaxed softly: "Young lady can still pick and choose, there is only one set of sapphire blue The green pearl hairpin, the begonia dicui bead jade hairpin, and the round fan are all the same, and the girl will take whichever one is pleasing to the eye?"

"Why are there two sets left? Didn't you say that I, Xiangzhu Garden, will pick the last one?"

The maid who was holding the red sandalwood tray next to Mama Yang laughed and interjected, "Miss Hui, it was Miss San who rejected it, so there was an extra set."

As soon as the words came out, Mother Yang stared at her with a headache, and sternly reprimanded her. The little girl shut up immediately in aggrieved manner, and Zhao Wenwan sat on the couch, wiping the sweat of the little girl in front of her, really... Knowing how to speak, she had to follow Zhao Wenwan's temperament before. If she said this, the two Zhu hairpins would have been thrown in the face of the little maid. Why should she send the things that Zhao Wenxuan didn't want to Xiangzhuyuan.

Mother Yang hurriedly blocked the little girl behind her to smooth things over, and explained: "Don't listen to the nonsense of this poor girl, the third girl respects you as the elder sister, and you should let you choose the girl first because of love and reason. , so I kept two sets out.”

Zhao Wenwan glanced sideways, and the maid who was carrying the tray couldn't help shaking her hands. With a slight cold snort, she casually lit a hairpin and round fan, opened the bead curtain and entered the inner room without interest.

Mama Yang taught the servant girl next to her a few words. This maid was born in a family. Her grandmother and Mama Yang used to serve at home together. The first time Cheng Xiang brought it out, he almost offended the eldest lady.

Xueyan went out to send Mama Yang away, and as soon as she left, Zhao Wenwan called Baochan over. Baochan was sweating coldly on her back, fearing that she would be angered, "The maid who followed Mama Yang just now, hurry up and let her find out , ask Wenxiangyuan why they don’t want those rewards?”

"Yes, miss." Baochan quickly responded and retreated.

After about a cup of tea, Xueyan and Baochan came back together. Zhao Wenwan was leaning on the pillow, fanning the round fan, with a beautiful appearance, and asked the two to come over and talk about what they had inquired about in detail.

Baochan gently pushed Xueyan, Xueyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry and took a step forward, "I took the opportunity to ask the maid in private, the third lady learned that the fourth master asked someone to send back a golden jade rabbit incense, she seemed to like it very much, He said that he didn't want the reward of gold, silver and red hairpins, but only asked the old lady to show the gold and jade rabbit incense to Wenxiangyuan to have a look and return it to the old lady. The third lady loves to make fragrances. As we all know, I asked Mama Yang for more. That set."

When Zhao Wenwan heard that the round fan in his hand was being played more and more contemptuously, a faint smile appeared in his dark eyes, and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up.

"Call me to get up before midnight tomorrow morning, and I'm going to say hello to grandma."

The next day, Zhao Wenxuan called Chen Xiang, the personal maid, to the old lady's Mingxu Garden early in the morning to inquire about asking Mother Yang to help deliver the message last night.

Chen Xiang ran back to Wenxiang Garden, without taking a breath, "Miss, the Golden Jade Rabbit Fragrance has been asked to leave this morning."

Zhao Wenxuan was still resting on the soft couch, but when she heard the news, she immediately sat up, her clear eyebrows were full of astonishment, and then gradually became angry, and knocked over a set of begonias and butterflies on the table.

Chen Xiang was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and trembled.

"Hey, what's wrong with the third sister, she lost her temper so early in the morning?" Zhao Wenwan walked slowly into the room with lotus steps, just in time, a delicate cup fell in front of her, and she looked down at the broken body at her feet. Unfortunately, Zhao Wenwan felt relieved.

Zhao Wenxuan looked up, the anger on her face faded instantly, she forced a smile on her face, and expressed concern, "Why is sister here? Is your health better? It should be my sister who went to see you in her garden."

"It's better, especially after using the lily incense you made. I feel very comfortable these few days. Seeing that the incense is about to burn out, I want to ask my sister for some more."

"My sister has the golden jade and rabbit fragrance that the old lady gave me, but my lily fragrance is nothing." Zhao Wenxuan had a very sharp nose, and could smell her strange fragrance from the moment Zhao Wenwan entered the door.

Zhao Wenwan had already sat beside her, covered her lips and smiled, and deliberately waved her wide sleeves. Before she came, she asked Xueyan to fumigate her clothes with the golden jade rabbit fragrance for a long time. It’s the same as the Ah Huang in the movie.”

Zhao Wenxuan choked at what she said, and panicked even more, "My sister was joking."

"Sister, quickly take out that lily incense." She sighed, "Look at the smell of this incense, it's really unbearable. My sister's lily fragrance is better."

Zhao Wenxuan was surprised, seeing that Zhao Wenwan didn't like the incense, she was slightly moved, "If my sister doesn't like it, can you give me the golden jade rabbit incense, my sister is naturally beautiful, why do I need those."

It’s just a fool with blind eyes. It’s extremely difficult to make Jinni Jade Rabbit Incense. You have to use high-quality fir wood to burn six taels of charcoal and four taels of chestnut charcoal. Then use high-quality fragrant wood to carve statues of 狻猊 and rabbits. Make a concave shape in the middle of the beast, put a section of fragrance and charcoal into it, and use iron wire needle strips to drill from the beast until it is near the tail. Finally dry it out.The process is cumbersome, and there must be no mistakes in the middle.

"Well, I have already given that incense to Baochan." Zhao Wenwan said indifferently.

"What, how could my sister give such a good thing to a servant? It's not a waste." Zhao Wenxuan's face was more surprised than before.

Zhao Wenwan sneered, then put on a face and reprimanded: "What is my sister talking about? What kind of family is our Dingguo mansion? It's just a piece of incense. If you reward the servants, you will be rewarded. Why do you feel bad? My sister is The young lady of our Zhao family, even if she is a concubine, is different from those women from the families of small officials and officials. My sister, don't lower your status. In the future, you will have less contact with those young ladies from poor families. It is the facade of our Zhao family."

Zhao Wenxuan was startled, and raised her eyes just to meet Zhao Wenwan's gaze staring at her, bright and clear, as if she had a clear insight into everything.

"Sister... what my sister said is that my sister was confused for a while." Zhao Wenxuan held her breath, and her chest was even more depressed. She couldn't vent her anger, so she stood up and kicked Chen Xiang, "Things that don't wink, Hurry up and get some lily incense for the eldest lady."

Zhao Wenwan looked at her slightly trembling shoulders with anger, pursed the corners of her mouth, and when the servant girl came over with the lily incense, she let Baochan take it away, but she stopped walking not far away, followed by a burst of noise from the courtyard behind her. There was a ping-pong movement, and the corners of his mouth curled upward.

(End of this chapter)