Chapter 46 Makeup
The weather is very good, the sky is blue and cloudless.
There are potted chrysanthemums placed under the corridor, one pot after another, blooming in full bloom.
In the peace vat in the yard, the remnants of the flowers have been cleared away, leaving only an empty vat.
The maid brought Zhuang Qingyu and Zhuang Qingchan in, "Sister Ning (Sister Ning)."
"Why are you sisters here?" Jiang Changning asked with a smile.
"Come to add makeup to you." Zhuang Qingyu said with a smile.
When Jiang Changning saw Zhuang Qingyu, who was now dressed as a woman, her brows no longer had the slight sadness that she had when she was a girl, and he knew that she had lived a very comfortable life in the past ten days after marriage.
Jiang Changning let the Zhuang sisters into the Nuan Pavilion, and the maid brought tea and left.
Zhuang Qingyu put the brocade box on the Kang table, "Sister Ning, I know you have always liked jade, so I will give you a piece of jade material. Do you like it?"
Jiang Changning opened the lid of the box and found a large piece of jade inside. The germplasm was delicate and transparent, and the color was bright and pure. "Thank you, second sister. I like this piece of jade very much."
"As long as you like it, the Liu family is in the jade business, wait..." Zhuang Qingyu wrung his handkerchief.
She is not the kind of person who is all-rounded and has some words that she still cannot say.
"I'll go to your shop another day to take a look and pick out a few more pieces of good jade. Second sister will give you a real price." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
Zhuang Qingyu looked at her gratefully and said, "I'll give you the most realistic price."
Yesterday, Liu Zhen knew that she was coming to add makeup to Jiang Changning, so she specially found this piece of jade from the warehouse to replace the gilt flower hairpin she had prepared.
She knew that she was the concubine of a third-grade official and was married into a merchant's family. Although she was marrying down, her life would not be easy if she had no support.
In the past ten days, the Liu family has been very kind to her. She cherishes this day very much, and she is willing to please her cousin for the Liu family.
Instead of trying to please her biological father and aunt, she would rather please her cousin.
"Sister Ning, this is my makeup for you." Zhuang Qingchan placed a brocade box on the Kang table and placed it in front of Jiang Changning.
"Thank you." Jiang Changning opened the lid, and inside was a set of pearl noodles.
Each pearl is as big as a thumb and exudes a lustrous luster.
Such a set of pearl headbands requires a lot of money to buy.
Jiang Changning and Zhuang Qingyu looked at Zhuang Qingchan at the same time. This was not a good thing she could get.
Zhuang Qingchan smiled, "After all, I am going to be the wife of the prince. Old lady, the master also hopes that I can become a third-class wife in the future. No, it was Zhuang Cairen who helped me. He gave me a lot of good things and said that he would wait until I leave.
When I am a child, I will prepare a generous dowry to remind me of the good things about my family."
"Here you go, just take it. When you get to the palace in the future, you don't know what the situation will be like, so it's always good to have more things with you." Zhuang Qingyu said.
"When you went to the palace, I was afraid that my status would be difficult for the palace to give you makeup. Now that you are here, I will give you makeup." Jiang Changning raised his voice, "Fangju."
Fangju opened the curtain and came in, "Girl."
"Go and get the makeup I prepared for the fourth girl." Jiang Changning ordered.
Fangju turned around and went out again. After a while, she brought in a small brocade box.
Jiang Changning gave Zhuang Qingchan the same makeup as he gave Zhuang Qingyu, a stack of five hundred taels of silver notes. "If you have money with you, you can spend it how you want."
"Sister Ning, thank you." Zhuang Qingchan did not shirk. All the dealer gave her were items, and she had no cash on hand.
Sometimes, she needs to buy something with money, and she also needs money to reward her servants. Jiang Changning's gift of a silver note is what suits her best.
Jiang Changning stayed with the Zhuang sisters for lunch before asking Xiulan to send them out.
The next day, Zhuang Qingmei and several girls from Xifu came with Sun Huihui and Qian Li, but Zhuang Juxiang did not come.
Zhuang Juxiang had been a candidate for a concubine, but she was afraid of causing Jiang Changning's displeasure, so she didn't let her come.
Jiang Changning has lived in Beijing for six years, has only gone out a handful of times, and has not made many friends.
Jiang Changning was a little surprised when he saw Sun Huihui and Qian Li coming over, but he immediately understood the reason.
He received them politely, allowed them to have lunch, and then sent them away politely.
As the day for Jiang Changning and Prince Jin's marriage drew closer, Song Yirou became even more irritable.
On this day, the tea maid obeyed her instructions and served her a cup of hot tea.
Song Yirou didn't know whether she was too thirsty or absent-minded, so she picked up the cup and drank.
"Poof" she spat out the tea in her mouth, smashed the tea on the tea maid, and cursed: "Bitch maid, do you want to burn me to death?"
The maid serving tea was wearing a jacket, so she was fine, except that half of the tea splashed onto the back of her hand, which immediately became red.
But she didn't dare to cry out in pain, so she knelt down and kowtowed, "Girl, please forgive me, girl, please forgive me."
Song Yirou walked over and kicked her hard several times.
The maidservant was kicked to the ground, gritting her teeth and not daring to say a word.
The other maids stood aside and watched tremblingly, not daring to go forward to persuade him.
Ever since the wedding announcement, Song Yirou has been in a irritable state and loses her temper at every turn.
Mrs. Song Er did not dare to let her out, so she beat the slaves and scolded the maids in the yard all day long, making the whole house uneasy.
"Girl." Song Yirou's nanny, Mrs. Chen, walked in, "You all go down."
The two maids who were friends with the kicked maid quickly stepped forward, helped the tea serving maid, and left the room with the other maids.
"Nanny, are things done?" Song Yirou asked impatiently.
Mrs. Chen replied: "Don't worry, girl, everything is done."
"On the day of the wedding, Jiang Changning made such a big mistake that she would never be able to raise her head in public." Song Yirou smiled sinisterly.
Song Yirou knew that it would be impossible for her to marry the King of Jin again. She did not dare to blame the Queen Mother for proposing the marriage, but she could not bear to blame the King of Jin who she loved, and she hated Jiang Changning for being able to marry the King of Jin.
The Song family are all smart and would not condone her mischief, but the Song family did not expect that Song Yirou could not instruct others, but she could instigate her nanny.
As soon as the master and servant came together, they came up with a vicious plan to harm Jiang Changning.
We were sitting at home, and Jiang Changning, who had suffered a disaster from the sky, was talking to Jiang Nan.
Jiang Nan held a booklet in her hand, "Girl, this is your dowry list. Do you want to add more?"
"Uncle Nan, this is already enough, no need to add more." Jiang Changning frowned.
"Girl, you are going to marry into the palace and be the mistress, so the dowry must be generous." Jiang Nan had already prepared an extremely generous dowry for Jiang Changning.
When it was known that Jiang Changning was going to marry into the prince's palace, the dowry was increased by three points.
Although the girl has no father or brother to rely on or sisters to help support her, she has a group of loyal servants and a generous dowry, and she is confident enough to marry into the palace and is not afraid of anyone.
"If you change this first step, the palace should reward you with something." Jiang Changning flipped through the booklet.
Chapter completed!