Xu Miaoyun blushed and stopped talking. Seeing Xu Peining nodding her head with a smile, she tilted her head and said, "So, the Su family is going to give it away too?"

Xu Jinghan burst into laughter, and Xu Peining stretched out her hand to pinch Xu Miaoyun's face: "You are getting smarter, and even I am making fun of you."

Finally, Prince Ancheng sent it, and the Su family also sent it.

Soon everyone gave gifts in return. Tang Nannan asked someone to bring a small basket of crispy water chestnuts. It was late autumn now, and water chestnuts were really rare. Tang Nannan followed the letter and said that this was a reward from the palace, because the family members

There are many, but I only separated out these few, so don’t dislike them.

Feng Zhenzhen returned two boxes of crab cakes from her womb, which Xu Miaoyun liked to eat.

The four gentlemen from Shen Yanlou and Aunt Xu didn't return the gift because they were teachers. Dong Zicheng and Wei Ya gave the gift in Xu Jinghuan's name, so the return gift was sent to Xu Jinghuan.

Xu Peining is a good person. She not only gave gifts to Prince Ancheng and the Su family, but also to the Xie family and the Yan family. As a result, both the Su family and the Xie family sent four-color gifts as serious gifts. The Yan family returned to their own home because they were closer.

Made pastries and fresh fruits from the village.

Only Prince Ancheng returned two boxes of crab cakes that were the same as those sent by the Feng family, and a basket of water chestnuts that were the same as those sent by the Tang family, as well as a box of palace flowers and two pieces of satin, saying they were gifts from the palace.

of.

Xu Peining smiled as she looked at the return gift. It was just snacks and water chestnuts. There were only three princes in Prince Kang's palace. What was the purpose of admiring palace flowers in the palace? It was obviously an excuse to give Xu Miaoyun something. Xu Miaoyun's face was red and lifeless.

She refused to take it. As a result, Mrs. Xu couldn't help but laugh when she found out.

When Xu Jinghuan came back in the evening, he mentioned this and said with a smile: "Zicheng said this year's osmanthus wine is better than before."

Xu Peining said with a smile: "I brought it all the way from Hangzhou to the capital, but I was worried that it would not grow well, so I even transported the soil under the roots of the tree. It took a lot of effort, how can it be bad?"

Xu Runan smiled and said: "Three jars are coming out? Miaoyun doesn't feel bad?"

Xu Peining covered her mouth and smiled and said: "Why don't you feel bad? I protected you and didn't complain. I felt better after seeing the gifts from each family. I said that I finally won't suffer."

Everyone laughed and said that they thought Xu Miaoyun was sensible. But in the end, she was still a child at heart.

Xu Jinghuan learned about Prince Ancheng's return gift, and went to Prince Kang's Mansion the next day. Seeing that the jar of wine and two boxes of snacks sent by the Xu family were placed on the high table, Xu Jinghuan smiled and said: "You

Are you ready to offer it?"

Prince Ancheng said with a smile: "I tasted it yesterday and thought it was very good. It would be a pity to drink it alone. Wouldn't it be nice to wait for you to drink and play chess together when you are free?"

Xu Jinghuan waved his hand: "That's all I want. I drank a lot yesterday. You can keep it for yourself and enjoy it."

Having said that, Prince Ancheng was still going to have a few drinks with Xu Jinghuan. After all, his brother-in-law wanted to please him. Who would have thought that when he took the wine jar, he was stunned. The weight was clearly wrong. When he opened it, there was only

The next jar was empty, and when I looked at the box containing snacks, it was also half empty. I immediately called someone: "Who has entered my study?"

The boy guarding the study said tremblingly: "Last night, the second prince and the young prince came, saying they were looking for books."

Prince Ancheng was extremely angry. He immediately asked someone to call the two men for questioning.

Prince Anyi said coquettishly: "I'm also curious because I smell the fragrance. I just wanted to try it, but I couldn't stop wanting it."

Prince Anqing still said innocently: "Is there any elder brother left? I want to take it to honor my father and mother."

Prince Ancheng's face turned dark. He couldn't bear to drink the wine brewed by his sweetheart. In the end, two brats secretly drank it all without saying a word. If Xu Jinghuan hadn't been in the way, he would have wanted to whip out a feather duster and beat him!

Xu Jinghuan smiled and smoothed things over: "It's not a good thing. I'll go back and ask if there is any more, and ask someone to send it again."

Prince Anyi was overjoyed: "Thank you so much, brother Jinghuan, please send me an extra jar. I also want to give it to the emperor's grandfather to try."

Xu Jinghuan smiled and said: "It's a small thing, it can't go to the elegant hall, it's just for the king to drink and play."

After returning home, she told Xu Peining, who packed two more jars and asked people to deliver them.

Over there, as soon as Xu Jinghuan left, Prince Ancheng took out his feather duster and glared at his two younger brothers: "Taking it without telling you is stealing. You have become more courageous now. You dare to drink without asking. If someone deliberately plots against you,

There's poison in it, and you just keep your head down and swallow it? It seems like it won't work if I don't teach you a lesson?"

Waving a feather duster to beat them, the two princes were so frightened that they turned around and ran away, not daring to show their faces for several days.

The two jars of wine sent by Xu Jinghuan fell into the hands of Prince Ancheng. After all, he didn't swallow them all. One jar was taken out to drink when the family had dinner together. Prince Kang and Princess Kang both agreed. Prince Ancheng was very happy and offered Xu Miaoyun a favor.

Asked for reward.

The other jar was brought to the palace and given to the emperor. The emperor had seen good things. He smelled the aroma of the wine and said, "It's pretty good that my daughter can brew such wine."

I left the things behind and received a box of hairpins newly made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The hairpins were carved with various patterns and were different from each other. They were new this year. They were intended to be given to the nobles in the palace during the New Year, but they were given to the Xu family first.

Sisters, Prince Ancheng thanked him with a smile after receiving the gift, then turned around and went to the Xu family in person to deliver the gift.

The Xu family has become accustomed to things sent by Prince Ancheng, but it is very rare for Prince Ancheng to come to the door in person. Now that he is the third uncle with a legitimate reputation, the Xu family attaches great importance to it. Mrs. Xu will not say anything when she sees it in person.

Mr. Xu and Xu Runan and Xu Jinghuan personally accompanied them to the meal. Before leaving, they received a box of peach blossom cake made from aged peach blossom stuff as a reward from Mrs. Xu.

When King Duan found out, he said to Princess Fangyu: "You've been fooling around all day without causing much trouble. Do you think Bo Rang is more likely to please children? Your imperial grandfather only has one daughter. In theory, he prefers girls. That child Furong

You're stupid, you can't learn to have fun? It's really a waste of my love for you."

Princess Fangyu cried aggrievedly and put the blame on Xu Miaoyun again.

Tang Nannan got the sweet-scented osmanthus wine and invited Feng Zhenzhen to visit the Xu family the next day. The two of them almost became regular guests of the Xu family, so there was nothing to avoid. They went all the way to Xu Miaoyun's room, where Xu Miaoyun was reviewing the lessons left by Xu Miaoyun.

.The learning these past few days was also interesting. Aunt Xu taught her how to use rouge and gouache.

It can’t be thicker or lighter, and he also taught her to choose the appropriate color according to her skin: "The height, short, fat and thin are different, and the powder used is also different. The women in the palace spend all their time thinking about how to make themselves look better."

More beautiful, you must not only understand this aspect, but also be proficient in it, and then tell the family manager. Buy a copy of all kinds of rouge and gouache that you can find on the market, and take a look, and I will give you a set commonly used by nobles in the palace.

Yes, what difference does it make when you compare? In this regard, you can’t pick on others’ wisdom, you have to have your own opinions.”

So Xu Miaojun played with those fragrant powders all day long. Trying them out and washing her face was tiring, so Grandma Xu gave her a few days to think about it slowly.

Tang Nannan looked at the various boxes on the dressing table and said with a smile: "Are you going to open a perfume shop?"

Xu Miaoyun asked the two of them to sit down and said, "This is the lesson left by Grandma Xu."

Feng Zhenzhen was very interested: "The ones I use are all made from the inside. They are very smooth and not astringent when applied on my face. My mother said that I am young and don't ask me to use too much powder. I usually only wear some powder mixed with pearl powder."

Paste.”

Xu Miaoyun has realized this in the past few days. She looked closer at Feng Zhenzhen's face and said, "Pearl powder is added to it. No wonder your face is fair."

Tang Nannan said: "I'm impatient to use those scented powders. Isn't there scented lotion? Mix it with rouge and lighten the color evenly and apply it on your face. It looks good and smells good."

Xu Miaoyun came closer to smell it and said, "It's the scent of hosta flowers, it's faint and smells very good."

Tang Nannan was very proud, and Xu Miaoyun was thoughtful: "Then what kind should I use? Aunt Xu said it must be new and strange, so that no one else knows about it."

Feng Zhenzhen quietly said to Tang Nannan: "It's really crazy." Then she took a bright red rouge and rubbed it on Tang Nannan's face. The two of them started laughing, but Xu Miaojun murmured as if she was really stunned: "I want to compare the West Lake to the West Lake."

Xizi, it’s always appropriate to wear light makeup and heavy makeup.”

Feng Zhenzhen smiled and said: "As for the person who always looks good with light make-up and heavy make-up, I have only met one, and that is your second sister. With her beauty, even if she washes off the makeup, she is still stunning."

In the flash of lightning, Xu Miaoyun seemed to understand something. She suddenly realized it and said with a smile: "That's what Aunt Xu meant. What is novelty? No one else knows about it? That is, I clearly used rouge and gouache, but others can't tell.

In this way, when others see me without makeup, it is not as pale and tasteless as without makeup. It is natural and seamless. This kind of makeup is the best."

Tang Nannan and Feng Zhenzhen were both stunned. Tang Nannan came back to her senses after a while and said with a smile: "Can you make such fragrant powder?"

Xu Miaoyun shook her head and said with a giggle: "It all depends on the person!" He and Feng Zhenzhen discussed what kind of flowers to use to steam the rouge paste and apply it on the face, but it couldn't be seen.

Tang Nannan and Feng Zhenzhen lingered for half a day before leaving. Xu Miaoyun started wandering around the garden, hoping to find some flowers to make a concoction. However, it was already late autumn, and except for a few chrysanthemums, all the flowers were withered. After wandering for a long time, she had to give up.

When he came back, he expressed his thoughts and said: "We can only wait until next spring when there are more flowers and then try them one by one."

Nanny Xu nodded with great appreciation: "Girls are like this. No matter what, it is best to have your own ideas. Fortunately, girls are not in a hurry. It will be the same if I learn this again next spring."

He also taught Xu Miaoyun how to cook: "Girls are happy people and don't need to cook by themselves. But washing hands and making soup is not only a skill, but also a gesture. What girls need to learn is not how to eat, but how to cook.

Exquisite, elegant, and original. In the palace, there is no shortage of good things, but good thoughts are missing."

Xu Miaoyun spent all day in the kitchen, not learning how to knead dough, but learning how to shape dough into flowers. Of course, this did not happen overnight. When Mrs. Xu saw it, she hired someone who was good at making fancy pastries.

The cook came to teach Xu Miaoyun how to make snacks.

In this way, Xu Miaoyun is getting busier day by day. She has to listen to Xu Peining's lectures on famous paintings, learn how to appreciate them, how to make tea, how to taste tea, how to make snacks, how to match colors, and what clothes go with what.

Jewelry, what kind of jewelry should be worn in a bun, and various kinds of jewelry used in jewelry. Which rubies are in good condition? Which ones are in bad condition? Jade bracelets can tell whether they are new jade or old jade at a glance? Gold hairpins and gold hairpins, there are many different styles

The same thing, but the meaning is different, and what’s the point of wearing it...

One after another, each one is detailed and complicated, and they are all things that can only be learned by spending money.

When Yang Minzhi came back from Jiangxi, it was already the end of November. The weather was getting colder. Aunt Xu took advantage of the change of seasons to teach Xu Miaojun how to identify the differences in the materials worn in winter. Xu Jinghuan went to Prince Kang's Mansion every day. Prince Ancheng said

Regarding Xu Jinghuan: "The Emperor Kaichun wanted you to join the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The water there is deep, but it's easy to learn things."

Xu Jinghuan didn't take it seriously and agreed. He asked Yang Minzhi what news he had brought. Prince Ancheng looked a little solemn and said: "Yang Minzhi said that he had checked over and over again and found that Yan Yucheng was really the son of the emperor's uncle. Not only

The time is right. A little girl who served Yan Kefang once said that she saw Yan Kefang writing the name of the emperor's uncle. The emperor was in Jiangxi at that time. People outside the Yan family also saw it. Although they didn't know the identity, they could recall it carefully.

He is exactly the same as the emperor’s uncle.”

Xu Jinghuan still didn't believe it: "Is it a deliberate arrangement?"

Prince Ancheng said meaningfully: "Yang Minzhi is in charge of Jin Yiwei. If even he can't tell that it was a deliberate arrangement, then it is either true. Or, the emperor's methods are already extraordinary."

Xu Jinghuan's mood is a bit complicated. If he was worried about whether it was a problem before, now he should worry about what to do. Not to mention that Yan Yucheng has been raised by Mr. Yan San for more than ten years. Blood is thicker than water. The Yan family cannot

Maybe he could accept it, but even he couldn't accept it. He said: "Is the prince really prepared to ask others to impeach him for his moral deficiencies?"

Prince Ancheng smiled and said, "This was not your idea? You hesitated instead."
To be continued...