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Chapter 152 Flowers in the open air (Part 2)

Cui Mengzhang watched the wife and maid's backs in a hurry. She didn't know which wife the other party was after the chat.

"Is it a wife of the founding Marquis and Mrs. Pei?"

Cui Mengzhang turned around and spoke a girl with a graceful and graceful figure like a lotus from the water. She had a woman's hair bun and a pomegranate flower hairpin. She followed her two mothers, holding a little girl who was about to be in her year of dancing. She was like a little carved jade, with a little cinnabar between her eyebrows, like the jade girl in front of Guanyin throne.

"I am, you are..."

Woman: "My husband is Wu Yue, the minister of Dali Temple, and his mother's family is Hedongliu. It seems that my family has some distant relationship with your elders. It's just that my younger sister and I often pray for blessings in the temple, and I don't know much. If I don't dislike calling me Qingchi, it's my sister Chengxin."

When she mentioned her name, Cui Mengzhang remembered that the Cui family in Boling and the Cui family in Qinghe were indeed in-laws, and Liu Qingchi and Liu Chengxin were said to have encountered lotus blooming in front of the Buddha when they were born. There was also a Taoist monk from the capital who was named "A stone alone clouds peek at the appearance, and the bright moon shines on the Zen heart". The bright moon in Qingchi is like Zen heart and Kongming, which also corresponds to this name. The two sisters were extremely smart since childhood. Later, they were sent to the temple to practice with their hair. It was not until Liu Qingchi grew up that the two sisters were able to leave.

Later, Liu Qingchi married the current Dali Temple Minister, and it is said that Lord Wu is about to be promoted.

This is not the reason why Liu Qingchi came here. The key is that his father-in-law seemed to have said...

Liu Chengxin and Pei Shuo have an engagement!

It was the late one who married the Liu family back then.

Thinking of Pei Shuo, Cui Mengzhang felt uncomfortable again, "Qingchi, let's talk while walking."

...

Sun Changxin walked another way to meet the eldest princess. The eldest princess called over and sat down. The small hall here could see everyone in the garden.

The eldest princess took out the glass bottle and shook her wrist. The clear liquid swirled in the glass bottle. The bottle reflected light. Sun Changxin looked at the eldest princess curiously and saw her handing the bottle to her: "This is the rose and dew made by a maid in my house. It is said that it can be cooked with roses and steamed mountain spring water. During this period, you can't use makeup powder, just use the clear dew to pat your face every morning."

"How can this work?" Sun Changxin subconsciously pushed back: "It's too expensive."

The eldest princess: "You are my niece-in-law and my old friend who can talk about everything. You are more expensive than roses and dews, please accept it."

However, Sun Changxin had to accept it. She looked at the eldest princess shyly, and opened the rose dew as she nodded in agreement. Suddenly, a rose fragrance swelled from the bottle. She could smell the sweet fragrance without getting close to her, and her mood suddenly became better.

"Zhuang Xuan, thank you." She tightened the silver lid and put it in her sachet, but was afraid that she would spill it out on the road, so she put it into her sleeves with the sachet.

"Why are you welcome? This kind of rose dew can be consumed. The maid from my palace made three portions of rose dew, which can be eaten. One portion is used with filtered rouge and steamed in a pot. The rouge produced has the fragrance of roses, and there is only a few drops, and it is wiped back to your wrist, collar, and ears. It can replace the sachet and smoked clothes." The eldest princess said, and when she said this, she looked at the ladies in the garden, she was eager to move:

"How should I show off to them?" The eldest princess wanted to show off for the first time in her life, but she didn't know how to get it.

Sun Changxin was amused and laughed. He held this flower viewing banquet to show off his maids’ ability to make rose dew. Then he thought about it. Rose dew is a rare product in the capital. Winter has passed, and spring is the best time to make fragrant dew. If you successfully make rose dew, jasmine dew, and magnolia dew come into being. In summer, it will be the turn of lotus dew, orange leaf dew, autumn osmanthus dew, winter acid tangerine dew, plum blossom dew, all kinds of topics will be discussed all year round.

"Hey, Zhuang Xuan, are the sour orange fragrance dew you sent and this rose dew made by the same maid?" Sun Changxin asked, "That's simple. If you invite a few ladies to drink rose dew, they will be curious when they smell the fragrance."

"That's the reason." The eldest princess smiled and waved her hand to send the maid to invite the familiar ladies to sit.

Without her speaking, the ladies praised the princess for its good flowers. The maids brought a few rose honey water. The white porcelain filled the clear red plum soup, and there was a faint mist. There was no need to get close. The rich fragrance had already told the guests what it was.

Several ladies stopped chatting, picked up the white porcelain cup at the same time, smelled the smell first, and then tasted it lightly: "Is it a combination of roses and tea? It seems that I can't taste the tea."

"The method similar to the method of frying snow with plum blossoms."

"No, if it is 'Plum Blossom Fried Snow', the soup color will not be similar to that of the red plum, and it should be more inclined to be reddish or cherry-like."

Several ladies had no choice but to argue, they turned their eyes to the eldest princess and the master said justice.

The corner of the eldest princess mouth raised, "The method is not complicated. Use a small spoon to pick up the rose dew and stir in honey water. It can nourish the skin every day. This kind of dew is not sold on the market, and the roses selected in it are not the most gorgeous in the garden. It is ordinary, and it is made of roses that are used for ordinary pastry fillings."

Rose and dew are mixed with honey water.

Several ladies looked at each other, feeling that the white porcelain bowl on their hands were more expensive, and they seemed to drink gold, and they savored it carefully.

"After the blessing of the eldest princess, we can taste the rose and dew given by the emperor, which is really a blessing in our three lives."

Princess: "Madam, you are wrong. This is made by my maid."

“…”

“…”

"How is this possible? The fragrance is not bad for the rose dew given to the emperor!" One of the ladies couldn't help but be excited, "The wife lost her composure."

The eldest princess finally felt how they were showing off their dew with pride, and they were very comfortable! "It's okay, I understand." She smiled and bent her eyes, "I didn't believe it when the maid made it, but the fragrance was really good."

She was so happy that she generously asked the palace maid to bring the bottle of rose dew that was particularly complicated. She only opened the lid and the fragrance was fascinating. Even though one of the wives was good at making incense and her husband's family was also an imperial merchant who supplied spices, she couldn't smell the aroma for a while, and she felt that she was in a sea of ​​roses and relaxed.

Mrs.: "The eldest princess has many talented people, and I can't meet."

The eldest princess: "Where is it just a product of the maid's whim. It consumes both time and a lot of materials. Unlike the powder and dew produced by Mrs. Ning's Suxin Pavilion, it is paid attention to by the female family in the capital."

Mrs. Ning raised her heart, and she didn't know what the princess said was intended, so she thought to herself.

Sun Changxin saw a cat with a bright fur in the flowers, curiously moved to the railing and hugged his abdomen with both hands, and looked at the cat close up.

The cat was determined to rush to the butterfly, and no one was watching it.

The butterfly seemed to tease the cat, and flew east to the moon arch, flapping its wings to attract the attention of the little white cat.

It stopped and it was also accumulating its strength, swearing to pounce on the butterfly.

A sudden pounce—

"oops!"
Chapter completed!
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