Chapter 49 The Servant Forgot to Feed the Fish
The Regent's breathing stopped.
"She's gone."
I don't know whether he was confirming with Xishun or stating this fact.
He felt uncomfortable when he heard the news that she was leaving, but he didn't know why.
It’s just that his eyes seemed to be able to see through the window what was happening in the Xingyue Pavilion.
"She told you that she came to say goodbye to me?"
"Yes, but Miss Bai said that the prince glared at her coldly..."
Regent: I did glare at her.
It was because of her that he couldn't sleep at night.
In my dreams, she was falling into the hot spring with her skirt fluttering.
How could he not be angry when his mind was disturbed by a little woman?
Even though I am angry, I should have come back tomorrow, but I always feel like going home.
He came back in a hurry, but she was gone.
Oh~
"Does she know when the king will return?"
"I thought you would be back tomorrow, but I didn't expect you to come back overnight."
I can't even wait for him for a day. It seems that I am just using him and don't like him at all.
"Block the back door tomorrow."
"Ah? Why?"
"You block the way when I tell you to, why are you wasting your time talking!"
He agreed happily, but his brain obviously did not follow the Regent's thoughts.
Still immersed in the fact that Miss Bai was sad.
"Your Majesty, Miss Bai is obviously sad. What should we do?"
The Regent stroked the beads on his wrist and said nothing.
After a long while, he finally uttered a few words:
"Where's the fish tank?"
Xishun said quietly, "My Lord, you asked me to throw it away a few days ago."
The Regent raised his eyebrows, looking intimidating without even getting angry, and his icy breath rushed straight to Xishun's crown.
"You throw it away when I tell you to?"
Xishun's knees went weak: "Your Majesty, I am guilty of not following your orders to throw it away. I didn't throw it away. I kept it in the wing next to the study."
Suddenly, he thought of something.
"ah..."
Shu Feng was also listening nearby, looking at him with dissatisfaction: "Why don't you go get the fish tank? What are you yelling about?"
"I...I seem to have forgotten something very important."
"What?"
"I forgot to feed the fish these days..."
After saying this, he ran out, not daring to look at his master.
The aura around the Regent became even colder, and Shufeng also ran away following Xishun.
We had a brazier lit, why was it so cold?
When he arrived at the wing room, Shu Feng found that he not only forgot to feed the fish, but also forgot to light the fire pot.
Seeing that tiny anchovy floating on the water, I was almost upset.
You have to know that once a fish turns over, it is dead.
Xishun wailed and ran to the pharmacy holding the fish tank: "Doctor Han, help!"
In the coldest days of winter, being pulled out of bed is an unbearable thing.
Doctor Han kicked Xishun angrily and said, "I can only treat people, not fish."
"But I have to be saved. If I can't, the prince will kill me."
Doctor Han was helpless as he couldn't take the fish's pulse. According to Xishun, the fish must be suffering from hunger and cold.
If there wasn't grass under the fish tank, it would have died long ago.
He also had a headache and sprinkled some breath-inducing powder into the fish tank.
"Life and death are determined by fate."
Xishun held the fish tank back to Mingye Courtyard and heated up the house. He did not dare to close his eyes the whole night and stared at the fish tank closely.
Fortunately, it didn't turn over.
Early the next morning, he stood in front of the Regent's bed, holding the fish tank, trembling, "Your Majesty, he's alive."
The Regent took the fish bowl and saw the anchovies swimming happily. He didn't say anything, just stared at them in a daze, and didn't care that Xishun almost starved the fish to death.
Xishun slipped out and went to catch up on his sleep.
Shu Feng smiled mysteriously and went quietly to look for the pearl.
......
Here, Feicui came into the mansion early in the morning.
"Miss, I have bought two shops in total. One sells high-quality rouge and powder, named Ningxiang Pavilion, and the other sells ordinary rouge and powder, Taohuafang. It opened three days ago."
"According to the young lady's recipe, the rouge we make is of very good quality. In the future, our profits will be considerable."
The rouge and powder made from the girl's recipe, as well as some skin care creams, have unique scents and are very popular, so they have no problem getting repeat customers.
"Thank you for your hard work. First, establish a firm foothold in the capital and make a name for yourself. We can then open branches further south."
"Yes, I have an idea. If we want to expand in the future, we need to have our own workshop, and it is safest to control the raw materials ourselves."
Feicui is ambitious, and she will definitely open her shop in various cities in Dongxi.
"You are right. This is my plan. Take a look."
My mother's dowry also included a farm, where she could grow flowers and rent a yard to use as a workshop. All the people she hired signed a life contract, and each person only knew part of the recipe, so there was no need to worry about the recipe being leaked.
Jade was amazed at her plan.
"The girl is really a business genius. If she wasn't trapped in the backyard, she would have achieved great things."
"It's just that I'm afraid that flowers won't survive near the capital in winter."
Bai Qinghuan also thought of this situation. The capital city is located in the north and has distinct four seasons, so it is indeed difficult to grow flowers in winter.
"There are also farms in Jiangnan, and they have also ordered people to plant flowers there."
Back then, the dowry that the An Ning Marquis's Mansion gave to Lu Wanning was truly a treasure trove of red. It was estimated that half of their entire fortune was given to her as a dowry.
Unfortunately, Bai Changhao didn't like Lu Wanning's closeness to her parents' family in recent years. Lu Wanning devoted herself to Bai Changhao and became somewhat estranged from the An Ning Marquis' Mansion.
Fortunately, a few days ago, Lu Wanning took the initiative to come to the house and admit her mistake, and the relationship eased a lot. She also allowed Bai Moxuan to study at the clan school in the An Ning Marquis Mansion.
If there was a chance, she would also like to repay the An Ning Marquisate.
She arranged things in an orderly manner and also gave Feicui an important task, which was to collect information.
Even though those who buy rouge and powder are all women, the information they know is sometimes unexpected.
Then I went back to my desk and continued writing and drawing.
Everything she knows will slowly be revealed. If she doesn't want people to think of her as a monster, then these things must have a source.
She found a thick blank page and changed the font, using a regular script commonly used by men to write down what she knew in her mind bit by bit.
At the end of the page, he signed his name as Kongshan Jushi and carved an airplane out of a white radish, which he then dipped in red ink and stamped on it.
If Bai Qingyou saw it, he would definitely recognize it at a glance.
She looked at the book she had spent a whole day writing and shook her head:
"That won't do. It's obviously new writing."
So she had to make it look old, and if anyone asked, she would say that she bought it by chance at a bookstall.
She also knows how to make books look old, and she also did some research on fake antiques in her previous life.
First, I kept flipping through the pages and folding the corners of the books.
Then lightly brush the edges of the pages with light tea to give the paper an old color, simulating the traces of time.
After the tea has dried, use fine sandpaper to gently sand the edges of the book to make it look worn.
Then place the book in a humid environment for a while and let it dry to allow the paper to deform slightly.
It may not be able to fool experienced people, but it can fool ordinary people.
All this would take at least a few days, so she could do it slowly, brushing it with light tea and then leaving it on the table to dry.
Seeing that she had been busy all day, Zi Yan brought her a bowl of eight-treasure soup.
"Girl, take a break and eat something to fill your stomach."
Bai Qinghuan rubbed his sore wrist and ate some hot eight-treasure soup, only then did he feel his stomach come back to life.
"Miss, go to bed early. Dianmo Pavilion will open tomorrow, and you have an appointment with Princess Changle."
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