Chapter 76 Can she also be a beauty?
Li Qingluo was so weak from the pain of having her two ear piercings.
I was lying in bed, ready to fall asleep, when the candle in the room flickered and suddenly went out.
From the darkness, a somewhat familiar voice rang out again: "Miss, please, our master."
Li Qinglu clenched her fist and slammed it heavily on the bed.
Do you even want people to live?!
What kind of deity insists on eating at night?!
When she stood in the kitchen of Guiyuan again, Li Qingluo looked dazed.
Last time she came, she thought she could repay the kindness by cooking a meal.
Unexpectedly, the masked guard who brought her back said, "Our master ate very well tonight. Next time, we'll have to trouble you again, young lady."
Next time?
There's going to be a next time?
She then realized that a life-saving debt could not be repaid with just a meal!
Or perhaps she made something that tastes bad tonight?
But her conscience bothered her, so Li Qingluo sighed and could only roll up her sleeves again.
The mute slaves busied themselves happily on the sidelines, helping out.
Li Qingluo quickly joined in as well.
Tonight, she saw some fresh mushrooms in the kitchen, so she made a pot of fresh mushroom and chicken soup in an earthenware pot.
I stewed a jar of cured pork chunks with smoked bamboo shoots.
Knowing that the young man preferred light food, I stir-fried two more side dishes.
Li Qingluo had been researching a yam and purple sweet potato pastry at the General's Mansion these past few days. Seeing that all the ingredients were available here, she steamed one as well.
After everything was done, it took exactly one hour.
The mute servant came in with a piece of paper and said that the master had not yet returned, so there was no rush to serve the dishes.
Li Qingluo was surprised: "It's so late, and he's not even going to have dinner yet?"
Unbeknownst to her, Duan Rongshi had not eaten anything all day, not just dinner.
So, in fact, she was invited by Zhuiyu on her own initiative.
Li Qingluo wanted to leave, but the masked guard had disappeared. At this time, a curfew had been imposed in the city, and she was afraid she wouldn't even be able to leave the city.
So she could only rest by the small table by the kitchen window.
After lying there for a while, she unknowingly fell asleep...
The soft moonlight shone on Li Qingluo, gently illuminating half of her profile.
A string of pearl earrings gently dripped onto her now fair and radiant cheeks.
The girl breathed evenly, her body rising and falling with her movements.
Clearly, she had already fallen into a deep sleep.
Duan Rongshi stood outside the window and stared at her for a long time.
It's like looking at a painting...
Back in his room, Duan Rongshi looked at the table full of food and Zhuiyu who had come over to him. He threw away the hot handkerchief he had been wiping his hands with and said, "Give him ten lashes. Go and collect them tomorrow."
Although Zhuiyu was bitter inside, he knew that his master never liked others making decisions for him without his permission, so even though he was being punished, he quickly thanked the master for his kindness.
As long as the prince can have a good meal, what do ten strokes of the cane matter?
Seeing that the prince had already sat down to eat, Zhuiyu said again, "Your Highness, I have found out that Yang Qinwu of the Imperial Guard, his sister died in the Li residence a year ago. At the time of her death, she was pregnant with Li Kechuan's child."
"Furthermore, Yang Qinwu had been actively seeking help to find his missing sister, but now he's suddenly stopped. I suspect he knows the truth, which is why..."
Duan Rongshi: "It seems that he has indeed taken revenge. Then it's not unjust that Li Kechuan lost a leg."
"But I've heard that Yang Qinwu is usually a big, burly man. How could I possibly come up with such a clever way to take revenge?"
He thought of Li Qingluo.
Duan Rongshi has heard a lot about her these past two days.
Since she returned to the capital, he has known almost everything that has happened to her in the General's Mansion, both big and small.
She was indeed quite capable, and even more tenacious than he had imagined.
The fact that she dared to jump into the Qinhuai River alone and survive after soaking in it for almost a whole day is something no other woman in the entire city of Jinling could do.
She is intelligent and decisive.
She's a very determined girl.
Although there was no evidence of Li Kechuan's broken leg, Duan Rongshi had a hunch that she was involved in the matter!
Now, she actually dares to get involved in the affairs of Pei Sanlang!
This is getting more and more interesting.
He wanted to see what else she could do next.
Li Qingluo woke up in the middle of the night and found herself back at the general's mansion.
She let out a long sigh. Clearly, her ability to protect herself was still too poor. It seemed that her grandmother would have to find her an even more capable master.
The next day.
Madam Pei specially instructed Zhang Mama to personally do Li Qingluo's hair, makeup, and hair.
Seeing that she had already pierced her ears and shaped her somewhat rough eyebrows, Zhang Mama nodded in satisfaction.
"Young lady, please don't mind that this old servant is clumsy and rough, but it was this old servant who did the old lady's makeup when she was young!"
"Our old lady was quite beautiful when she was young. Although she loved to practice martial arts, she never lost when attending banquets in Nanjing."
She applied powder and rouge to her face, drew her eyebrows, and combed her hair.
Beautiful hairpins and hair ornaments were placed on the hair bun.
A pair of white jade earrings were gently hung up.
She wore a jade bracelet on her wrist and a jade pendant around her neck.
Even her nails were being carefully coated with nail polish by a sparrow, making each long, manicured nail appear pink and shiny.
Finally, after applying lip rouge, Li Qingluo looked up at herself in the bronze mirror.
Bright as the rising sun at dawn, dazzling as a lotus emerging from clear water.
So, she can be a beauty too.
Li Qingluo put on a new blue and white dress and went out.
Because the weather had turned cool, she also wore a light blue cloak.
After meeting up with Madam Pei, upon seeing her dressed up, Madam Pei was naturally very satisfied and nodded repeatedly: "Luo'er, you are exactly as Grandmother imagined! Good child, dress up when you should in the future. A girl should be so vibrant and beautiful, so as not to live in vain!"
Li Qingluo's eyes welled up with tears as she thought of her past life.
"Yes, Grandmother."
The grandfather and grandson arrived at the gate, where Li Qingluo saw Madam Qu.
Is she going to the old lady's birthday banquet at the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion today?
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