Chapter 30 Gift
After the Cold Food Festival, Asui resumed his studies and went to Hongwenguan as usual.
After seeing the children off at noon, Yun Wan turned around and went back the way she came.
It rains a lot in spring. It was sunny yesterday, but this morning the sky was gray and hazy, with no sunlight and it was surprisingly hot and stuffy.
After walking for a while, Yun Wan broke out in a light sweat. A layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, and the collar against the back of her neck was slightly darkened. Her skin, as delicate as jade, turned a light pink, and she looked as beautiful as a peach or plum, radiant with the light of pearls and jade.
He took out a handkerchief and pressed his forehead. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew and Yun Wan shivered all over. He looked up and saw that the sky was changing unpredictably and thick clouds were gathering, which made people feel stuffy.
Yueya exclaimed, "Madam, it looks like it's going to rain heavily. Should we go back quickly?"
Yun Wan agreed and quickened her pace.
The weather suddenly changed. The moment the two stepped into the courtyard, bean-sized raindrops fell from the sky, crackling down, and the rain gradually became heavier.
The servants of Cuiwei Garden hurriedly moved the things that had not yet been put away into the house.
Inside the house, Yueya fetched a dry towel and wiped Yunwan's hair, muttering, "The weather has changed so quickly. Fortunately, we got back quickly, otherwise we would have been caught in the rain."
Yun gathered her clothes, frowned slightly, and ordered, "Get me some clothes."
Her body felt sticky, especially her back, which was covered with sweat. The inner shirt stuck to her skin, making her feel uncomfortable. Yun Wan couldn't wait to change it.
Yueya quickly took out clean clothes from the vermilion lacquered cabinet with carved patterns of the Eight Immortals and put them behind the screen for Yunwan to change into.
Clothes that have been fumigated with incense are dry and comfortable, exuding a faint fragrance, and they are much more comfortable to wear.
Yun Wan's brows relaxed as she listened to the sound of rain hitting the window lattice outside. She said softly, "It's been hot and cold this day. You should change your clothes to avoid catching a cold."
Sudden changes in temperature are the most likely to cause evil wind to invade the body. If you are not careful, you will catch a cold.
Yueya smiled and said, "Don't worry, Madam. I won't have to worry about it."
She bent down to pick up Yun Wan's clothes, folded them one by one and prepared to take them for washing.
She sighed in her heart, wondering if the lady was the reincarnation of a flower fairy. Other people's clothes would always have some odor after they sweated, but the lady was different. Whenever she sweated, there was always a strange fragrance on her body, which smelled very good.
But the lady herself couldn't smell it and thought they were making fun of her.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew outside, causing the persimmon tree in the yard to squeak and drop leaves all over the ground.
Yun Wan's eyes were filled with worry. "I'll go check and see if the spices drying outside the incense room have been moved in. And the two pots of flowers under the eaves."
"Don't worry, Madam. This morning, I noticed the weather wasn't right, so I had them moved inside."
Yueya said this as she went out holding the clothes.
As soon as he went out, he met Yue'e, who was looking for Yunwan.
"lady!"
Yue'e closed her oil-paper umbrella, shook off the water droplets on her body, and came in panting.
"What's up?"
Yun Wanzheng sat down, holding the cup of hot tea and taking a sip slowly.
Yue'e said anxiously, "When I closed the window just now, I found a large box outside the incense room, but I don't remember there being such a thing in our yard."
Yun Wan paused, then turned to look at Yue'e with a puzzled look in his eyes: "Box? What's in it?"
Yue'e: "I opened it and took a look. It looked like some kind of spices. I was afraid it would get wet in the rain, so I ordered it to be moved into the incense room. Could it be that Madam Hu sent it here?"
But she didn't remember anyone from Yunxiang Pavilion coming over these past two days? Yue'e felt strange.
Yun Wan wasn't quite sure. She put down her teacup and stood up: "Go and take a look."
On the floor of the incense room, a two-foot-long black official leather box is particularly eye-catching. The box is painted all over and the wood used seems to be rosewood. There are floral and bird patterns carved on all four sides, and the details are inlaid with mother-of-pearl gems for decoration. It is very exquisite.
Just from this box, Yun Wan could tell that it was of great value and was definitely not the one that Madam Hu usually used to send people to deliver things.
Boxes for storing things are easily bumped, so she usually uses ordinary mahogany boxes.
Yun Wan felt confused.
The box was not locked, with only a lock resting lightly on it. She bent down and opened it.
As Yue'e said, what caught the eye was a row of incense boxes, with wisps of fragrance overflowing from the boxes.
Yun Wan opened one of the boxes and was stunned.
The box contained the camphor that she had always wanted but had difficulty buying.
In addition, other boxes contain precious and rare spices such as Jin Yan Xiang, Feng Sui Xiang, Cha Wu, Yue Lin, etc.
When I turned over to the bottom of the box, I even found five bottles of rose water in glass bottles!
Yun Wan's breathing stopped.
Rose water is produced in the Kingdom of Daqin. It is made by steaming exotic rose flowers into water, which accumulates and becomes fragrant. It is stored in glass bottles. The fragrance is rich and thorough and lasts for a long time.
Because it was a tribute from an exotic country and its quantity was extremely rare, this rose water has always been priceless. There was once a saying: "A drop of rose water is worth a hundred gold!" This shows how precious it is.
Yun Wan had also tried to imitate it, but although Da Qi had many varieties of roses, the fragrance was not as strong as that of roses from foreign countries, so the aroma was lacking.
Even the noble ladies in the palace could hardly get one bottle, but now she had five bottles!
This can't possibly be the work of Madam Hu!
A light flashed through his mind, and Yun Wan searched carefully again, and finally found a note in the bottom compartment of the box.
It is written on it:
"Mrs. Lu, please accept this gift from the Seventh Master with peace of mind."
Seeing her clutching the note in a daze, Yue'e asked curiously, "Madam, what's written on it?"
Suppressing her turbulent emotions, Yun Wan casually put the note into the pouch at her waist and shook her head lightly: "It's nothing, it was indeed sent by Madam Hu. Pick these up and put them away. Don't let them get wet."
"As for these bottles of rose water..." Yun Wan hesitated for a moment and continued, "Put them in my room."
Yue'e stared at the glass bottles with a horrified expression: "Is this the legendary rose water? A bottle of rose water worth a thousand gold?"
Yun Wan nodded and said with a smile, "If you like it, take a bottle and share it with Yueya."
Upon hearing this, Yue'e quickly waved her hands: "No, no, no, this is too valuable. How can we, the servants, take advantage of you, Madam?"
They are lucky enough to be able to look at such expensive things and feast their eyes on them, how can they have the nerve to accept them?
Yun Wan: "Worth a thousand gold is just an exaggeration. Besides, I can't use it all by myself, so I'll just let you have a taste."
Although rose water is good, it is just a novelty for Yun Wan. Using too much will affect her sense of smell when making perfume. She rarely applies perfume on weekdays and likes to keep her body fresh for this reason.
Seeing her insistence, and knowing that Madam rarely used incense and was always generous to them, Yue'e smiled and said, "Then I thank Madam in advance! I never thought that I would be able to use this rare thing in my lifetime!"
You know, many dignitaries can't afford this thing, but she didn't expect that a little maid would be lucky enough to use it first.
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