Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

I followed Chen Rong Xinyue and walked around to her residence. Her room was bigger than Muxiangyuan's, but it also had a living room and two rooms. She placed a table where Tu Shanjing had placed her zither by the window, on which she casually placed some small items for dressing, such as rouge, indigo, lip balm, and powder, and on the corner of the table was a large round bronze mirror.

She sniffed as she entered the room, handed the hand warmer to the maid next to her, frowned and said, "Why hasn't this smell dissipated yet?!"

The maid who was standing outside the room wiping the cabinet with a handkerchief came over and said, "Miss, we just opened the doors and windows for quite a while. We can't leave it open any longer. If we do, the room will get cold and we're afraid you'll catch a cold. We just dipped the handkerchief in the fragrance you love to smell, and then wiped the furniture with water. Please bear with it for a while, the smell will be covered up soon."

Chen Rong Xinyue rolled her eyes, sat on the stool outside, and said, "If she sends something in the future, don't bring it into the room first. Open it outside to see what's inside and then report to me. I'll bring it in only when I say so."

The maid nodded repeatedly and made her a cup of scented tea. She took a sip, put it on the table, and then looked at me: "Where were we just talking about? Continue to tell me."

She didn't let me sit, and I didn't dare to sit either. I just wanted her to make me forget about what I saw and heard on the way. Otherwise, I didn't dare to reveal anything about the black iron and saltpeter powder.

She stood there and talked for a long time. I was hungry and finally heard the voice of the maid knocking on the door, asking her to get ready for the banquet.

She opened a red sandalwood box on the table. I looked at it from a distance and saw it was full of treasures. She took off the red gold and pearl earrings and replaced them with a pair of green jade drop earrings. The jade was emerald green, swaying between her ears, which was very eye-catching.

She then took out a pair of golden necklaces with colorful tassels and ruby ​​necklaces, and tried them on her neck. She looked up and asked me, "Does it look good?" I saw that she had put all the decorations on her clothes, which made them look a little crowded, so I couldn't help but persuade her, "It looks really good! You can tell at a glance that they are priceless treasures! But I see that the pair of earrings on your ears are also very valuable, and one is red and the other is green, so they are bound to be a little bit competitive. You are naturally beautiful, and you will look stunning in anything you wear."

As the saying goes, flattery never wears out. She held the ruby ​​necklace and smiled: "You are so sweet! I won't wear it!" Then she put the necklace back into the rosewood box.

After thinking it over for a while, she finally took out a golden palace belt with white jade beads and tied it around her waist. She stood up and turned around, and asked me, "If I don't wear it on top, I can wear it on the bottom, right? How is it? Does it look good?"

I smiled and said, "It looks good, it makes the young lady's waist look slender, and she looks so graceful!"

She smiled from ear to ear and waved at me: "You are amazing, you never praise people in the same way! Come here, I am in a good mood, I will dress you up too!"

I shook my head repeatedly: "Miss, please don't embarrass me! I am just a maid, how can I bear the cost of your precious jewels? I also have to serve tea and water. If I bump into your treasures, you can't afford to compensate me even if you sell me ten times!"

She rolled her eyes, thought about it, and said, "That's right! Never mind, I'll put on some makeup for you!"

I wanted to refuse again, but she wouldn't let me. She pulled me over and led me to the dressing table. She pushed me down, tapped my forehead with her finger, and said coquettishly, "Don't refuse me again! If you do, I'll be angry!"

I could only smile and reply, "Then, it's all up to you, Miss."

She picked up a box of rouge and said with a smile, "That's more like it! Here, this is Jiangxuezhai's rose pearl mica rouge, twenty taels of gold for a small box. The most difficult thing is that only twenty boxes are produced every year during the rose blooming season. I still asked someone to leave one box for me. Give it to you!" After that, she took a small picking stick, picked out a small piece of rouge and applied it on the back of her hand, then picked out another small piece and placed it in the palm of my hand.

Since I came here, I have not used any other makeup products except the cream and powder I put on my face every day. I have no place to show my makeup skills. It happened that there were ready-made products today, and I had time, so I put some on my lips and cheeks. There was a little left, and I was afraid of wasting it, so I suddenly had an idea and raised my hand to apply it to the end of my eyes and smudge it, trying to create a charming fox-style tipsy makeup that was popular a few years ago.

She stared at me and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, your makeup looks a bit like that red fox!"

I smiled slightly and replied, "Miss, please don't forget that I am originally from the fox clan." It's just that I don't know if my original form is a red fox.

She clapped her hands and laughed, "Yes, yes! I actually forgot about it! Oh, by the way, can you draw me a pear blossom makeup like the one Zhen Huan painted on her forehead?"

I smiled on my face, but in my mind I was thinking, how did I draw that flower?

He took the pen and drew a similar one for her according to his memory. She looked at herself in the mirror, left and right, and looked very satisfied. At this time, another maid came to invite her outside, saying that Master Fenglong and Master Jing had already taken their seats. Master Fenglong urged the young lady to go quickly.

Chen Rong Xinyue pursed her lips and said, "My brother is just impatient! He doesn't understand girls' minds at all! How can he rush to get ready right after telling them to! Do you think girls can be like him, just put on some clothes and go?"

I smiled and didn't dare to say anything. Master Fenglong is not someone a servant like me can comment on casually.

She carefully drew her eyebrows and put on a layer of powder, then stood up, put on a soft wool brocade cloak, and walked out of the room with me and her maid.

The banquet was held in a hall not far from the garden. From a distance one could see servants carrying wine and food entering one after another.

I followed Chen Rong and Xin Yue. When we first entered the hall, Tu Shanjing and Feng Long didn't notice me. It was only when Xin Yue sat down and I was visible behind her that they both looked at me.

Tu Shanjing said nothing, but there was a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Feng Long exclaimed in amazement: "Huh?! Isn't this Lanxiang?! Why is she so... like this... tonight?" He scratched his head, unable to find the words.

Chen Rong Xinyue gently pushed me forward and said with a smile, "Brother, don't act so pretentiously in front of Brother Jing! How about my rouge? Doesn't it look good? It's worth my two days of teasing you to find Master Yin through the back door, right?"

Feng Long replied with a smile: "It's worth it! I think it's worth it!"

I walked gently to Tu Shanjing's side. He looked up and met my gaze, then whispered, "It looks good."

My face suddenly felt hot and I felt drunk before I even drank. I lowered my head, not daring to look into his bright eyes, and tried to cover up my shyness by pouring him some wine.