"I bought this candy figurine on the street. It's in the shape of a cat. Do you like it?"
Shi Qian and Hong Xing entered the room. The candlelight was bright. She handed the cat-shaped sugar figurine to Hong Xing, and held the remaining five-shaped sugar figurine tightly in her own hand.
Hong Xing took it, looked at it curiously for a while, and was overjoyed: "It's not like we haven't eaten candy before, but this is the first time I've seen one that imitates an animal!"
She took a lick and the sweet taste made her feel good. Suddenly, she noticed that there was something hidden behind the young lady.
She pretended to be unaware and slowly walked to the side, as if she wanted to sit in front of the charcoal brazier. But after taking two or three steps, she ran straight behind the young lady and with the help of the candlelight, she could see clearly what was behind her.
She opened her eyes wide and looked carefully before the young lady noticed.
After realizing what it was, Hong Xing immediately revealed a teasing smile:
"Wow, young master, why are you secretly hiding Xiao Wuzi!"
"No way! It's just a sugar man." Shi Qian glared. She knew that if the maid saw it, she would definitely tease her!
This was the important reason why she wanted to hide the sugar man from the maid.
However, she underestimated Hong Xing's sharpness and thought that she could take it to the bedroom without anyone noticing.
"I can see clearly, it's Xiao Wuzi."
Hong Xing bit off a piece of the cat's paw, chewed it up and swallowed it with her mouth closed, then continued:
"My dear, after all this time, you are still so easily shy?"
It's been nearly half a year, and only with Shi Qiang's sensitive and shy personality would she still blush at the slightest teasing after such a long time.
Shi Qian lowered her eyes slightly: "Every time I see Xiao Wuzi, I become uncontrollably shy, and I can't change it..."
"Oh my, my lady, the sugar man is melting." Hong Xing exclaimed, "It must be because the room is too warm, the sugar man can't stand it."
"Ah?" With this reminder, Shi Qian realized that the originally firm sugar was now showing signs of softening. She was afraid that if she didn't take any measures, it would "die" in front of her.
"What should I do?" She was flustered and her brain seemed to be blocked by heat. She couldn't think of any way to remedy the situation for a moment, so she had to ask the maid for help.
Hong Xing: “….”
She paused, then opened the window and signaled the young master to put the sugar man outside:
"The temperature outside is low, and if you leave the sugar man outside, he will definitely be frozen alive."
It was as if the sugar man was a real person. Shi Qiang, who was extremely nervous, suddenly burst out laughing, "Hong Xing is really smart."
She did as she was told and put "Xiao Wuzi" outside the window.
But keeping your hands raised all the time is not a solution. Not only will the cold wind from outside the window bring in snowflakes, but even the room, which has finally been warm, will cool down rapidly.
Soon, Qian's finger bones were frozen red. Seeing this, Hong Xing quickly found a vase without flowers and asked the young lady to insert the candy stick into the vase and put the vase outside the house.
Hong Xing closed the doors and windows and said embarrassedly:
"My lady, you can't leave the candy in the house. If you miss Xiao Wuzi, you can open the door and take a look. He is right at the door and can't run away."
Shi Qian's cheeks turned red: "I won't miss him!"
Hong Xing did not continue teasing the thin-skinned young lady, and nodded along with her: "Yes, you won't miss him, you just want to go out occasionally."
Shi Qiang: “…”
No matter what she said, she would be ridiculed, so she simply chose to shut up.
Hong Xing said, "I will go and boil some water for you."
Only concubines in the harem, unless they were of extremely high status or came from extremely wealthy families, were qualified and able to build a small kitchen in their own palace and cook for themselves. Otherwise, they could only eat three meals a day prepared in the imperial kitchen, and they would take as much of what the imperial kitchen prepared according to their respective ranks.
However, there are still some stoves and pots for bath water, otherwise everyone would go to the same place to get it, and by the time they get it back, the hot water would have already cooled down.
Hong Xing went to boil water, and Shi Qian took out the rouge and powder that Chu Qi bought for her today and placed them on the dressing table.
The way to use rouge and powder is to apply a little with your fingers and blend it in the right place. The same goes for lip balm, which will not come into direct contact with the human body.
For this reason, Shi Qiang's cosmetics have always been used together with Hong Xing.
Therefore, Shi Qian did not tell Hong Xing about the extra cosmetics.
She arranged the lip balm and facial balm, and her mind uncontrollably recalled the words that the owner of the rouge shop had said during the day when she praised Xiao Wuzi as a loving husband and a good man.
Shi Qian covered her face, feeling both sweet and sad.
I want to be Xiao Wuzi’s wife.
I want to be his wife...
But, unfortunately, her love was deep but her fate was short. She was first a concubine in the harem, secondly, the eldest daughter of the Shi family, and finally, she was herself.
There were too many things that were beyond her control, but she didn't keep her original intention and didn't stick to her bottom line.
The relationship between her and Xiao Wuzi has come to this point. Even if there is no substantial progress between the two, based on the current relationship, if it is discovered by the emperor or anyone in the palace, as long as she agrees to have an affair with someone and defiles the harem, she will surely die without a burial place, and her entire clan will be implicated...
Knowing this, Shi Qian still did not stop herself from meeting Xiao Wuzi.
Once, twice, three times, until the heart is completely lost and can no longer be pulled out.
Hong Xing has boiled some hot water, please go and take a bath.
In fact, few people in Yan State are luxurious enough to take a bath every day. Generally speaking, they only take a bath once every two or three days.
But Shi Qian was influenced by Chu Qi and knew that he had taken a bath every time he came. Shi Qian felt that her behavior of not taking a bath was not worthy of Chu Qi's serious treatment, so she gritted her teeth and joined the ranks of those who took a bath every day.
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