The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 58 Stay safe and wait for great changes

In the Xianchi Palace, hundreds of palace ladies lived in small rooms on both sides of the corridors in the courtyard. Female officials such as Yuliu who were in charge of meals, clothing, candles, etiquette and other matters in the palace lived in separate rooms in the front and back halls. penthouse. Liuli was usually polite to others, but did not make friends with the palace maids. Therefore, when she followed Yuliu to the west wing of the main hall, she suddenly realized that this was the first time she had entered a palace maid's room.

I saw that this penthouse was not big, less than a foot wide and more than a foot long. There was a small window facing the west wall. To the north of the room is a box-type bed with mother-of-pearl and lotus patterns. The light green tent hangs low. There are also curved-legged tables, three-color cabinets and other items in front of the bed. Although there are not many things, they are extremely delicate and elegant.

Yuliu first let Liuli sit down on the crescent stool, "The house is a bit messy, and I don't have time to clean it up these days. Painter Kudi doesn't want to laugh."

Liuli smiled and said, "Sister, just call me Liuli. I am a painter who is just a decoration."

Yuliu laughed, "Anyway, Zhaoyi was really good at dressing up, but now that she has a body, her mind is not on that. You will definitely be useful in the future. Today Zhaoyi also praised you for dressing the little princess." The embroidery on it is very unique.”

Liuli shook his head, "What's this? Zhaoyi is so dangerous this time, but Liuli can't use any strength at all. If it weren't for my sister's hard work day and night, I don't know what kind of chaos this place would be!"

Yuliu was silent for a moment and sighed, "It's our good fortune that Zhaoyi can turn the crisis around now. I can't say it's hard work or not."

Liuli thought for a while and smiled bitterly. She was indeed no different from people like Yuliu. Her future and life depended on Wu Zetian. She knew that this tree stood tall and would never fall, so she could still sleep peacefully. But It was indeed a lot of suffering for Yuliu and the others to come here.

But Yu Liu cheered up and said with a smile, "Don't mention that, you talked about mouth grease yesterday, and I happened to have a box of good ones here." After saying that, he got up and opened the wooden box on the bedside, and took out a box that was only about an inch long. The wide and exquisite tooth box was handed to Liuli's hand without any explanation, "Don't be polite to me. Although this thing is good, it is not a rare thing. I still have a box there. If I can't use it all in winter, it will just be wasted. ”

Liuli couldn't resist, so she had to smile and thank her. Yuliu said again, "I heard from the old lady that your family owns a medicine shop. If you use it well, why don't I give you the recipe for making this lipstick? Do you have it?" You can make it yourself in your spare time, which is worse than buying it in the market.”

Liuli smiled and said, "Liuli's cousin does open a medicine shop. When I lived at my uncle's house, I saw my aunts and sisters-in-law making noodles, but I had never used it myself. I thought the prescriptions in the palace must be good. of."

Yuliu said, "It's nothing, but the ingredients are more refined. Like this fat, it is equal parts of wax, mutton fat, fried armor, lithospermum, and cinnabar. Put it into the casserole in order, adding each item Fry once and boil, then grind tulip, musk, clove, agarwood, and sparrow into powder, combine it with mead, and slowly fry for half an hour. Fry both together once, and use a cotton cloth to remove the juice. Filter it carefully, put it into a tube, and then it can be used after condensation.”

Liuli felt a little enlightened when she heard the word musk. She memorized it silently for a while, nodded and said with a smile, "Liuli remembered it, thank you sister."

Yuliu looked at her expression, which showed no abnormality at all, and felt relieved. She really didn't understand this. Thinking that tulip and musk are common spices, even Fei'er, who is responsible for the fragrance here, can only tell what kind of fragrance is used in the lipstick, but she doesn't know that tulip breaks blood and musk improves qi. Both of them are useful. Things that are taboo for pregnant women, when combined together, are the most powerful poisons for the fetus. Women from the previous royal family like Mrs. Yang had heard about this, and even ordinary doctors would not know. This glass It's just a medicine shop opened by a relative. How could he know such secretive things? It seems that when she mentioned lipstick yesterday, it was probably unintentional. How could she, a commoner girl, know that lipstick was given on the twelfth lunar month, which was originally a blessing from the emperor, and it was also a lucky draw. Everyone must apply it to be lucky...

Thinking of this, she hurriedly laughed and said, "What is this? In fact, there are more spices in the prescription than this combination. I think the fragrance is a bit too cold. It is better to use the three flavors of nail art, clove and tonka to make it more elegant. ." He said and took out a box of his usual ones for Liuli to smell.

Liuli smelled it carefully and laughed, "Sure enough, this kind is better."

Yuliu brought another box of facial butter and said with a smile, "This one is even simpler. It only uses patchouli and liquidambar, but it is very refreshing." Liuli suddenly understood, nodded and said to Yuliu His perception suddenly improved a bit, and he couldn't help but secretly sighed: he and she were not the same person after all. There were some things that Yuliu could know and participate in, but he had better stay as far away as possible and just wait and see what happens. Best policy.

 It was just different from what Liuli expected. In the next few days, everything was calm in Xianchi Palace, and there was no news at all. Although Wu Zhaoyi's health is said to be improving, she still does not leave her room, and only the dozen or so people who are personally serving her can enter and leave her bedroom. All affairs in Xianchi Palace are still in chaos.

Seeing that it was almost the end of the year, Tai Chi Palace was decorated with lights and colorful lights and was full of joy, but Xianchi Palace was lagging behind half a beat at every step. The little energy that everyone had originally raised due to the improvement of Zhaoyi's condition was slowly worn away and replaced by It was a bigger panic: Could it be that Zhaoyi had actually injured his roots, and even if he saved his life, he wouldn't be able to get better? Royal Physician Huang still came every day to ask for pulses and prescribe prescriptions, but he was famous for being cautious and reticent, and refused to say another word to anyone. Dr. Shan from the Junior Department of the Imperial Medical Office came less often, but his expression became even worse on the way there.

Not only that, within a few days, misfortunes never come singly. Even Yiyi's body began to feel a little unwell, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and sometimes she couldn't even go out. A gloomy atmosphere gradually enveloped the entire Xianchi Palace. Even though Emperor Gaozong still visited Xianchi Hall every day and received constant rewards, it could not dispel the dark clouds in everyone's hearts - the emperor's favor may last for a long time, but his pity will not last long. The days passed by day by day, and in the blink of an eye it was New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, the Holy Emperor hosted a banquet for all ministers to stay up late in the year, and thousands of people in Chengtian Gate performed Nuo dances to drive away the epidemic. On New Year's Day, the officials outside the palace went to the Taiji Hall, while inside the palace, the concubines gathered in the Zhengzheng Hall. There was no need to describe all the bustling and bustling events in detail. But for the people in Xianchi Palace, those noisy sounds only made people feel extremely desolate. Although peach charms were hung outside the door and new lights were installed everywhere, the entire Xianchi Palace was like an isolated island drifting in the land of celebrations. Even though there was all kinds of joy outside, there was still silence inside the door.

 On the ninth day of the first lunar month, it was the little princess's full moon ceremony. Xianchi Hall was still quiet, with no intention of taking care of anything. Several rumors gradually spread in the palace: some said that Wu Zhaoyi was injured during childbirth and was now too haggard to see people, let alone manage banquets; some said that the little princess was disfigured since she was born and had no face to invite her. People watched the ceremony, and some people said that the little princess has not opened her eyes yet, maybe she is blind...

 Amidst the swirling rumors, the fifth year of Yonghui's reign has finally come to an end. On the twentieth day of the first lunar month, the sky rarely became clear. Emperor Gaozong went to Liangyi Hall as usual to listen to matters. When Liuli took Yueniang to Mrs. Wu's place, Mrs. Wu was sighing out the window, "If you think about it, we have no money this year." How did you get out of the gate of Xianchi Palace!"

Liuli couldn't help but sigh as she thought back on the panic and desolation for more than a month. Maybe it was a psychological effect. When she looked at Wu Zetian, she always felt that her body was not incapable of leaving the room, but the imperial doctor always said that she had to rest and not work any more. People outside couldn't see her, so they would naturally make various guesses, and the matter couldn't be explained... I heard Mrs. Wu smile and say, "It will definitely be a sunny day today, why don't we go for a walk by the West Sea? I heard that it will be a sunny day." Someone in the palace is fishing on the ice!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Cuimo Xiangyu and the several maids serving in the room nodded. Liuli looked at the clear sky outside the window, and her interest couldn't help but rise. Mrs. Wu took several people to Wu Zetian's palace, but the wet nurse had not left yet, and Wu Zetian was holding the little princess and teasing her. Seeing Mrs. Wu coming, she handed the little princess back to the wet nurse.

I don’t know if it’s because the little princess is too weak, but there are very few people who can really get close to her in the Xianchi Palace, and the seven or eight people always follow her when she moves. Even Liuli has only seen the little princess from a distance a few times. She can vaguely see that this girl's face is always yellow, and she seems to always cry, but her voice is a little weak. At this time, she was in the nurse's arms and hummed a few more times.

She was in a daze, but Mrs. Wu had already mentioned that she wanted to go out for a walk. Wu Zetian laughed and said, "I'm afraid these days have exhausted you, but the New Year has not been a good one either. Remember when we were in Guangyuan, which time did we have a good time? Don’t you want to go shopping until dawn during the Lantern Festival?”

Mrs. Wu showed a look of yearning on her face, and sighed for a while, "You are the same, just think that every day is the Lantern Festival."

The two sisters joked for a while, then Mrs. Wu excused herself and walked out happily. As soon as she arrived at the door of the main hall, she saw a young **** running in in a panic. Mrs. Wu hurriedly called his name and called, "You What are you running around about?”

The little **** gasped and replied, "The Queen, Her Royal Highness the Queen said she wanted to come see Zhaoyi and the little princess, and now Feng Jia is almost at the door."

Mrs. Wu couldn't help being surprised, and hurriedly followed the young **** back to the west hall. Liuli was even more shocked than she was. She couldn't help but stand there blankly, and finally recovered and chased after him.

When Wu Zetian heard the Queen's arrival, before Wu Zetian could speak, Mrs. Wu said, "Now that you have managed to take care of yourself better, you should be able to take care of everything. Who knows what her intentions are when she comes? Why don't you just say that you have taken medicine?" Go to sleep and I'll help you block her!"

Wu Zetian was silent for a moment and slowly smiled, "Her Royal Highness the Queen finally came to Xianchi Palace. She wanted to see me and my daughter. How can we not let her get what she wants!"

Liuli stood behind Mrs. Wu, looking at the impeccable smile on Wu Zhaoyi's face, she felt her heart was both cold and hot at the same time, as if it was about to jump out of her chest.

  p.s. Thanks to Le Youyang for the tip. Point your fingers...pink votes. If there are two more votes, we will add more. If there are more votes today, we will add more in the evening. Alan also wanted to quickly finish the most famous and **** palace fight drama in history, and then the heroine could finally use her intelligence to fight for a small life with Pei Jiu.

By the way, I'm sorry, the title "Her Royal Highness Shu Fei" was mentioned earlier in this article. This is wrong. Only the queen, queen mother and prince will be called their highness. According to the rank of the harem of the Tang Dynasty, it should be "Mrs. Shu Fei" , it was too laborious to change the Qidian VIP chapter, so I won’t go back and change it. I would like to apologize to everyone ("Empress" is a title that only came after the Song Dynasty, and "this palace", uh, basically only exists in TV dramas).

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