Deputy General Wu took Su Qian back to the courtyard, and a maid came over immediately, "Take this young master Su down to bathe, and then prepare breakfast. Don't neglect it."
The maid bowed and said, "Yes, Master Su, please follow me."
"Thank you."
"You are too polite, Mr. Su. You can just call me Xiaolu."
Su Qian: "Xiaolu?"
The maid looked at her doubtfully and said, "Yes, this is the name given to me by the maid who bought me into the mansion."
Su Qian thought, no wonder the name is so sloppy?
"What was your name before you came into the mansion?"
"I was bought into the mansion when I was five years old. I don't remember what my name was before." Xiaolu asked in confusion, "Master Su, what's wrong?"
Su Qian smiled and replied, "You are so beautiful, and you are wearing this light blue dress, the two complement each other very well. The name Xiaolu really doesn't suit you."
Xiaolu was stunned. She had never expected someone to say such words to her. "Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Su. This is the first time someone has said such words to me."
"You're welcome. I'd also like to ask you to find me some clothes so I can change into them, and also prepare my bathing supplies."
"This is what I should do. My dear, please don't be polite. Please wait for a moment."
Su Qian: "Okay."
Xiaolu went out to make arrangements right away, but she was quick and had everything ready for her in no time.
"The fragrant soup is ready. Please come in, my lord. I'll go out first." Su Qian didn't know if it was because of the hot water or something, but she saw that Xiaolu's face was slightly red.
But she didn't take it to heart. She hadn't taken a bath for several days, and now she could finally have a good wash.
Slowly sinking into the bath water, she sighed, "Comfortable~"
They even prepared bath beans. Su Qian grabbed the bath beans and smelled them, and found a faint fragrance.
In modern times, Su Qian was very interested in Han culture. At that time, she had also heard of bath beans, which were made by grinding soap beans and pig pancreas into a paste, and then mixing it with various high-end medicinal herbs and spices. It was a bath product that only dignitaries could afford.
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When Xiaolu came knocking on the door, Su Qian had just put on her clothes. She touched her chest and found that it was tied tightly with white cloth, so it was not easily visible.
"Come in."
Xiaolu opened the door and came in with a food tray: "Mr. Su, breakfast is ready for you."
Su Qian wiped her hair: "Put it down, I'll use it later."
"good."
Su Qian saw from the mirror that Xiaolu put down the food tray but did not leave. "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
"My dear, let me wring out your hair for you so that you don't miss your breakfast."
How to twist?
Su Qian had always been curious about how ancient people dried their hair after washing it. Now that Xiaolu volunteered, she decided to let her try.
"Okay, then come on."
Su Qian got up and went to the table to have breakfast. The breakfast was quite simple, a bowl of vegetable porridge and a portion of toasted Hu pancake.
Su Qian originally thought that this pancake was just an ordinary flatbread with no taste, but she didn't expect that it contained eggs and salt, and it tasted salty.
“This scone is fragrant, crispy and delicious.”
Xiaolu was twisting her hair with gauze, changing it after each wet piece, "My dear, eat slowly. If it's not enough, I will make more for you."
Su Qian was so surprised that she almost choked: "Did you do this?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I thought the food was made in the kitchen and you were just responsible for passing on a message. I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good."
Xiaolu smiled shyly, "My lord, you are too kind. I am busy in the kitchen, and the meals we make on weekdays are all in fixed quantities. I was afraid that you would have nothing to eat after you bathed, so I made them myself."
Su Qian: "After this meal, go to the kitchen and tell them, so that I don't have to bother you to cook it yourself later."
Xiaolu was stunned: "It's not a problem for the servant."
Su Qian interrupted her: "Don't keep calling me a servant. Since you have a name, just call me by your name in front of me."
Xiaolu changed more than ten pieces of gauze to help Su Qian twist her hair, and after repeating this process, she was almost done. "Your servant...ah, no...Xiaolu wants to..."
Su Qian turned around: "What are you thinking about?"
"Xiaolu would like to trouble you, my dear, to help me choose a name."
Su Qian hesitated for a moment: "Naming? I've never done this before, I'm worried that you might not like it."
Xiaolu was a little excited: "As long as it's a name chosen by my husband, Xiaolu likes it. And... and there won't be a more perfunctory and ugly name than Xiaolu."
As she spoke, she leaned forward and bowed solemnly, "Please grant me your blessing, my dear."
Su Qian stood up and helped her up: "Hurry up, this is not difficult to do. You don't have to be so serious. I will help you get one."
She walked around the corridor and thought of something: "The river is filled with autumn shadows and wild geese are just beginning to fly. I take a pot of wine with my guests to Cuiwei."
"How about calling her Cuiwei?"
Xiaolu murmured to herself, "Cuiwei, Cuiwei."
"Thank you, my dear. Xiao... uh, Cuiwei likes this name very much."
Su Qian: "As long as you like it."
Vice Admiral Wu walked through the doorway and said, "Oh, it's only been an hour since we last met, and you've already changed the name of the prefect's maid."
Deputy General Wu still couldn't change his habit of patting people on the shoulder. "You kid, you're quite capable."
Lu Huan also came in, and Su Qian immediately went forward to greet him: "General, how did you discuss it?"
Lu Huan: "We've basically reached an agreement. There are still some minor matters that need to be dealt with. Next, we'll distribute the tasks to everyone and spread the false news that needs to be spread. Then, we'll set the trap."
Su Qian breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."
Su Qian didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Lu Huan’s look at her was a little strange.
She thought, maybe he still didn't quite trust her and was a little afraid of her.
Su Qian was busy changing the subject: "By the way, General Lu and Deputy General Wu, have you had breakfast?"
Deputy General Wu touched his empty stomach and said, "Not yet. I just finished the meeting and I'm a little hungry now. I'm just about to go."
"Then go and have your meal."
Lu Huan nodded and walked out of the room, followed by Lieutenant General Wu.
Suddenly Lu Huan stopped, and Lieutenant General Wu almost stumbled. Puzzled, he asked, "General, why did you stop?"
Lu Huan turned around and asked him, "Deputy General Wu, did you think Su Zhao looked like a woman with her hair down just now?"
Lieutenant General Wu was always carefree. "That boy, with his delicate skin and tender flesh, does look like a woman. But when I searched him last night, I noticed that his chest and abdominal muscles are well-trained. It's just that his frame is naturally narrow, so no matter how much he trains, it's still that size."
"Although he looks a bit feminine, when it comes to intelligence, how could a girl, who spends years in her boudoir writing and embroidering, be as clever as him?"
Lu Huan seemed to be thinking about something, his eyes were blank, "That's right."
"Yes, you really worry too much."
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