Although it is winter, the Linyue Pavilion is as warm as the spring sun.
There were three things, a stove and a bottle, on a high table painted with gold and lacquer. Song Lingzhi was curled up on the chaise longue by the window, watching Qiuyan preparing perfume below her.
The turquoise green gorilla felt curtain was lifted, Bai Zhi walked gracefully with her skirt lifted, and as soon as she entered the warm room, the faint fragrance filled the air, refreshing her heart.
Bai Zhi couldn't help laughing and glanced at Qiu Yan: "You are so good, hiding here and being lazy, and not even adding water to the teapot when it's empty."
Qiuyan didn't care. Relying on Song Lingzhi's support, she shook her head and made a face at Baizhi.
"Then the maid will add more tea. I... can't be replaced by the maid."
Bai Zhi came over curiously: "I want to see what you are doing?"
Seeing the small glass bottle with a silver thread cover in Qing Qiuyan's hand, Bai Zhi was surprised: "What is this? Why is the water so fragrant?"
The contents of the bottle are clear and transparent. When you take a closer sniff, you can smell a faint floral fragrance.
Bai Zhi was surprised: "This is... Jasmine?"
Song Lingzhi leaned against the blue satin pillow, smiled and nodded. She was holding a small gilded enamel hand warmer: "Try the bottle next to it."
Bai Zhi followed suit: "Is this... Mei Xiang?"
Song Lingzhi chuckled and nodded, "This is made by Qiuyan crushing winter plums, adding two cents of rainwater from last year's Grain Rain, two cents of agarwood, and three cents of camphor."
Bai Zhi curled her lips and said, "No wonder it's the fragrance of this flower. I was just thinking that the plum blossom scented cakes bought from ordinary rouge shops are not as good as this."
Qiuyan sneered: "How can that plum blossom cake compare to mine?"
The lid was opened, and Qiuyan poured two or three drops onto her sleeves. She raised her arm and said, "Smell it again. Do the plum blossom cakes you bought before have this flower fragrance?"
Bai Zhi smiled happily: "Of course not, and those fragrant cakes can't fumigate clothes, they are not as useful as yours. The girl said before that she would send you to the spice shop, now I think it was right."
Qiuyan covered her mouth and laughed: "You always said I was confused in the past, but today it's your turn. Wei Ziyuan just left this room. If I leave again, you will be the only one serving the young lady. What will that look like?"
After saying this, Qiuyan looked up at the self-ringing clock on the ten-brocade window, and was surprised: "Strange, usually at this time, Wei Ziyuan would have come back early, why is he not here today?"
Upon hearing this, Song Lingzhi also looked towards the yard.
Red plum blossoms bloom in the snow, and three or two maids are sweeping the snow in the yard, but Wei Ziyuan is nowhere to be seen.
Song Lingzhi called out softly, "Send someone to the accounting office to ask if something has happened."
Bai Zhi bowed and replied "yes".
Just as I passed the rosewood screen inlaid with jade, I heard the jingling of jade pendants and the sound of boots tapping on the ground outside the courtyard.
The felt curtain was drawn up, and Wei Ziyuan still looked like he was going out at noon, except that he had an oil-paper bag in his hand.
Bai Zhi took the oil paper bag. Wei Ziyuan did not step forward, but just stood in front of the fumigation cage. After the coldness on his body faded away, he moved in front of Song Lingzhi and stood with his hands hanging down.
Song Lingzhi was still leaning on the chaise longue, and said lazily: "Why did you come back just now? The old accountant wanted to keep someone..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard Bai Zhi from behind the screen holding something in her hand. The oil paper package had been unwrapped by her long time ago. Bai Zhi specially found a lacquered wooden tray, personally carried the item in her hand and handed it to Song Lingzhi.
Bai Zhi smiled and said, "The other day the young lady said she wanted to eat some, and it happened to be served today. It's still hot."