"She is the eldest daughter of the first-rank Minister of Rites, of noble status, and the legitimate mother of the emperor's eldest grandson. It is inevitable that your father values her. Since you know that your father values her, you should just turn a blind eye to her in the palace." Zhao said slowly, pausing and frowning. "But her jealous temper is really not to be tolerated. Now she is so arrogant and domineering. If she becomes the mother of the country in the future, won't your six palaces be empty?"
Zhong Mingzheng was so busy that he bowed and asked, "Does mother have any good ideas?"
"Don't you have a ready-made house outside? I'll pick a few good ones and send them to you." Zhao smiled and patted Zhong Mingzheng on the shoulder. "When they are pregnant with your child, your mother will be in charge and assign them to you. They are just a few concubines. No matter how domineering Da An is, she will not dare to disobey my wishes. At that time, I will send a few powerful maids to serve you. When you have more children in your house, she will naturally know how to advance and retreat. Of course, she will not dare to be so domineering anymore."
"Mother has a solution. Thank you very much!" Zhong Mingzheng was overjoyed when he heard this. He bowed to Zhao.
"Bah! You're obviously a pervert!" Zhao smiled and slapped Zhong Mingzheng lightly on the back of the head.
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June 20, 1934
Ningguta.
The prefectural government office.
After all, the medicinal materials in the prefectural government office were good and sufficient. Fang Chengyin had only been back in Ningguta for five days when the wounds on her back had scabbed over. After lying in bed for so many days, she was finally able to get out of bed. Although Fang Zuotang repeatedly asked her to lie down for two more days, how could she stay there? So when Fang Zuotang went to the front yard government office, she hurriedly got out of bed.
"Miss, why are you up?" The maid came in with water to help Fang Chengyin wash up. She was startled to see Fang Chengyin had already gotten out of bed. "Miss, please go back to bed. I have brought you the medicinal food. I will feed you the medicinal food after I have washed you up."
"No, if I keep lying like this, I'll get moldy," Fang Chengyin disagreed. She immediately washed her face with a towel, then sat down in front of the dressing table while humming a little tune, "Why look in the mirror so early in the morning? What kind of flower fragrance do you use to comb your hair? What kind of pollen do you put on your face? What kind of flower red lip balm do you put on your lips..."
"Miss, why are you so happy today?" The little maid looked at Fang Chengyin and took out osmanthus oil to comb her hair with a smile.
"Finally I can get out of bed, so I'm naturally happy," Fang Chengyin continued to hum as she painted her face in front of the mirror. "I got up early in the morning and looked in the mirror. I combed my hair into a sweet-scented osmanthus scent, applied peach blossom powder on my face, and put rouge on my lips to make them red like apricot blossoms..." Seeing the maid in the mirror fetching a hairband, Fang Chengyin said hurriedly, "Don't tie my ponytail today. Comb my hair into a double spiral."
"Yes," the maid put down her hairband, took out a comb, and combed Fang Chengyin's hair while asking curiously, "Miss, are you going out today?"
Fang Chengyin has always disliked red dresses and loved hairdos since she was young. She would tie her hair into a ponytail eight out of ten days. It was only in the past two years that she grew up and started to pay more attention to it. However, as long as she was at home, she never wore her hair in a bun. She always tied her hair into a ponytail, which was light and neat.
"I'm not going out," Fang Chengyin carefully applied rouge in front of the mirror. Looking at her rosy cheeks, she felt a little strange. She turned her head and asked the maid, "Do you think I put on too much rouge?"
"Not much, just right," the maid looked at Fang Chengyin's rosy face and couldn't help but sigh, "Our young lady is really naturally beautiful. She just put on a little rouge and she looks better than the brides outside!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Fang Chengyin immediately sent the maid to help, but her face became even redder. She absentmindedly took out the lip balm and asked casually, "What kind of hair bun is popular among brides nowadays?"
"The most popular is the high bun. Whether in the city or the countryside, brides now wear high buns. My cousin got married last month and also wore a high bun. But my cousin has a big face. When she wears a high bun, her whole face is exposed, which makes her face look even bigger. I don't think it looks good, but her husband's family is very happy. They say that a beautiful face is the most auspicious for a husband." The little maid was busy combing her hair. She looked at the mirror and smiled again, saying, "But our young lady has the most iconic oval face and fair skin. She will look especially good in a high bun."
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