yellow door

One day, after lunch, Wen Mu was reading in the study as usual, and Chang Xiu was about to go out with a tea tray next to his desk, when he suddenly heard him ask, "Why haven't you smelled the scent of medicine on you recently, but the medicine Run out?"

Chang Xiu's footsteps paused, then she turned around and said with a smile: "Your Highness's words are strange, there are so many mosquitoes and insects in the sky in September, the medicine is expensive, no matter how good it smells, it can't be used as a fragrance The medicine is still there, I just put it away and wait for the next year to use it again, so it is not a waste of this good thing."

Wen Mu pursed his lips noncommittally after hearing the words: "People say that mosquitoes are as fierce as tigers after autumn, and I still think that I can smell that fragrance for a long time. It has a light smell, which is better than other fragrances and powders. It’s a lot. It’s just that you’re saving too much, and the things in such a small box can still be used until next year.”

It turns out that Wen Mu not only loved beautiful things since he was a child, but he was also surprisingly sensitive to smells.Chang Xiu also stayed with the fifth prince for a long time, only to realize that the big reason why he didn't like the servants to be close to him was the smell of the eunuchs.

When eunuchs enter the palace, most of them will cast off before they grow up at the age of thirteen or fourteen. In this way, even if they become adults in the future, their voices can be beautiful and clear.The imperial court also had express regulations on the entry of eunuchs into the palace. Purification cannot be done privately, otherwise offenders will be punished.There are two families in the capital who have been in the business of purifying for generations, and they are eighth-rank officials of the imperial court.

Eunuchs are originally handicapped people. After cleansing, they cannot control defecation. When they are in a hurry during the day, they often enuresis, and the urine flows out of the body, soaking their pants, shoes and socks. No wonder.

Some eunuchs with easy affairs have their own residences, and they will clean them in time and put on clean pantyhose; eunuchs with cumbersome affairs, even if they don’t have time to wash and change clothes, they will always have spices on their bodies to cover up the smell.Only the eunuchs below are exhausted after running errands and sweeping physical work all day, so they don't care about enuresis, and often go back to sleep at night, waiting for their bodies to "dry in the shade". Sweat...

For some reason, most of the eunuchs in the palace always smelled of urine and stinks.But as the saying goes, "You don't smell its fragrance when you live in the orchid room for a long time, and you don't smell the smell when you live in Baoshi for a long time", except for those who serve in front of the nobles, or the princes with high grades, how many eunuchs will pay attention to their own smell ?

However, Wen Mu has an extremely sensitive sense of smell since he was a child. If the eunuch cleans himself cleanly and there is no peculiar smell on his body, then that's fine. He came across this mixed smell, which really made him vomit.

The Prince's Mansion is not bigger than the Imperial Palace, but eunuchs are not uncommon, because when he was in the Prince's Mansion, he occasionally met such eunuchs, Wen Mu didn't like eunuchs serving in front of him since he was a child, and because of this, he even smeared eunuchs by ordinary courtiers. The smell of powder and dew, I'm tired of it.

As for Chang Xiu, he was originally from a great family, so he paid more attention to his own care than ordinary eunuchs.When he first entered the palace, although no one had mentioned these secret ways to him, since he found out that he had occasional minor incontinence, after experiencing the embarrassment and indignation at the beginning, he tried his best to drink less water every day. Usually, no matter how thirsty he is, he can endure it. He never touches soup when he eats. When he has porridge, he only breaks half a steamed bun and swallows it slowly. A trip to the house.It was also fortunate that he was too young when he entered the palace, so he was not given any physical work, so he was kept clean all the time.

If we only talk about the eunuchs who are good-looking, smart, courteous, and obedient, Chang Xiu is not the only eunuch in the palace. The main reason why Chang Gui accepted this child who was not admitted to the palace as his apprentice was because I value the self-control and endurance that he had at such a young age.

Chang Xiu entered the palace in the first month of the second year of Zhenbao, and arrived at Zhaoyang Palace in September, and because he was favored by the fifth prince, he was more able to take care of himself, and he also looked down on the palace. Of the spices that people could get, when he was working beside the fifth prince, he always had a more refreshing saponin smell.Because of this, Wen Mu liked him to serve him more and more.

It's rare for Wen Mu to like a certain fragrance, as usual, it's just to please the master, Chang Xiu might as well put some of that ointment on her body because it's a waste.Only this time, he looked at Wen Mu with some embarrassment, and then said in a low voice: "Didn't some people say, 'Mosquitoes after autumn can't fly for a few days'? You still remember these words. Besides... ..."

Before he finished speaking, he hesitated to speak, and in the end, he finally closed his mouth, only lowered his head and was about to turn around and walk out.

"Hey, what are you talking about? Your temper is getting worse. Have you ever talked to the master like this, and you want to leave before you finish talking?"

Wen Mu stood up from behind the desk, walked up to him again, and looked down at him.

"You're hesitating, not like you usually are. Is there any reason why?"

"No, Hanxiu was just thinking that such a precious ointment must be cherished and used to live up to the master's wishes." Chang Xiu nodded. Although Wen Mu couldn't see the expression on his face, he could hear it. There was obvious weakness in his words.

"It took so long to say that it's expensive now?"

Wen Mu chuckled and snatched the plate from him with one hand, but lifted his chin frivolously with his thumb with the other hand, and said, "In front of your master's face, there are two holes! What's going on? Tell me! If you don’t explain clearly, you don’t have to go out of this door.”

"It's nothing wrong." Seeing Wen Mu like this, Chang Xiu's lips puffed up in worry, "It's just that Hanxiu is not careful in handling things, and some things are not carefully thought out. Now it's just that there are mistakes and corrections, and there are no mistakes. Barely."

"People on my face, why don't I know what's wrong? Who is talking behind the scenes? It seems that the last time I punished someone, it didn't teach me anything in this temple."

Wen Mu laughed more and more recklessly: "Let's listen to it, let me see, what interesting words are there?"

"It turned out that Hanxiu was wrong too," Chang Xiu said with a worried face. He tilted his head, as if he was thinking about how to answer, and after a while, he replied with some hesitation, "The medicine given by the master is expensive. Han Xiuyuan didn't expect , so I just scribbled. A few days ago, when Sister Hongyu came to deliver things, she asked me if I used the things that the Empress Dowager gave to the master, and said that the smell of medicine had spread to Feixia Hall."

It is an exaggeration to say that the smell of medicine spread to Feixia Palace, but Hongyu's words clearly indicated Chang Xiu, he often applied that ointment, the smell was unusual, people could smell it, and he was afraid that he would report it to the imperial concubine went.

Wen Mu raised his eyebrows lightly when he heard the words, his tone seemed casual, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"I gave it to you just to tell you to scribble. What do you care about these people? It seems that there are quite a few people in my palace who tipped off the news."

"Madam is also concerned about His Highness." Now that she has answered the master's words, Chang Xiu might as well say a few more words.

Chang Xiu stepped forward, reached out to take back the tea tray in Wen Mu's hand, turned around and put it on the tea table next to him, then bent down to straighten his belt, before saying: "Your Highness is your mother's treasure, Now that you live alone in the palace, the empress is of course very concerned about it. It is only reasonable for some servants to want to please the empress with this."

As he spoke, he paused for a moment, then straightened his waist to straighten Wen Mu's clothes, then stared at Wen Mu's chin and said, "Besides, Hanxiu manages the palace alone at a young age, and has an important position." But it’s not surprising to be blocked by others, to be jealous and make small mistakes. Since Hanxiu came to Zhaoyang Palace, besides serving the master, the master often only called Hanxiu to arrange chores in the palace. It was Hanxiu's fault for not being cautious, so why should Your Highness be angry with those slaves?"

"It's you who's suing, but it's me who deceived the queen mother." Wen Mu rolled his eyes, grabbed Chang Xiu's hand, and said with a light smile, "It's you, who only takes care of everything on yourself. If I don't find that you have lost the smell, I don't ask, and this matter will pass like this, but?"

"It was originally Hanxiu's fault. Although the master is kind, sometimes he can't help but act a little casually. As the head servant, Han Xiu is far from thinking about the master, and he can't share his worries. On the contrary, he is causing trouble for the master. It’s because Hanxiu didn’t fulfill her duty.”

Chang Xiu raised her head slightly, and her head, which was half a head shorter than Wen Mu's, was tilted up because of her face, just for Wen Mu to see the tip of his slightly raised eyes, with a touch of beauty.

"Your Highness, don't even think about those villains. Even if you don't have this guy, there will always be someone who wants to show his face. Even if you catch such a thing, you can't finish it."

Seeing Wen Mu narrowing his eyes slightly, Chang Xiu gently withdrew his hand from his hand, bowed his head and said: "It was time to read a book, but His Highness heard Han Xiu talk about these nonsense things, people saw it, and it was time It should be said that the master has been led away from learning."

Chang Xiu turned around and took the tea tray from the coffee table, bowed slightly, and said respectfully: "Since the fourth prince was succeeded in the middle palace, the empress has paid more and more attention to His Highness's studies, and even the Feixia Palace has become more quiet in recent days. Your Highness must not I was distracted by other things, especially small matters between slaves and maidservants. Otherwise, it will be Hanxiu's fault if I delay my homework."

Jianwen Mu didn't speak again this time, he bowed again before exiting the inner room.

Because when Wen Mu really studied hard, he always concentrated his mind and didn't like to be disturbed by others. Chang Xiu followed him for a long time, and he knew his temper.When he arrived in the outer room, before going out, he looked back again, and saw that Mu had already sat behind the desk, he closed the door behind him, turned around and left the study.

Chang Xiuben went out with a tea tray, and was about to send things to the tea room, when she walked along the corridor, she saw Liu Sui'er coming up to her with a smile on her face.