Just think of it as Xiao Huayong only caring about the people working outside, and only looking at the loyalty but not the ability of the people serving him.
Zhenzhu lowered her eyes to hide her worry. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had impure motives, but their princess was not interested in matters between men and women and had no intentions, so she could not see the Crown Prince's evil intentions at all.
However, the princess has temporarily decided to marry into the Eastern Palace. Being too rigid will not be conducive to the future relationship between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the princess. Moreover, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's current evil intentions are to please the princess and find ways to get close to her, so Zhenzhu will not point it out.
"Zhenzhu, go and prepare some Pingzhong leaves, and Hongyu go to the storehouse to get some brocade suitable for His Highness, and I will sew a pillow for him." After thinking it over, Shen Xihe felt that a pillow would be more appropriate.
"Princess, do you think this one is good?" Hongyu brought a batch of black horses with patterns of gold and silver threads, and the patterns were exactly Pingzhong leaves.
This kind of brocade was made for Shen Xihe when he visited his uncle in Jiangnan. The largest cloth shop in Jiangnan knew Shen Xihe's preferences and specially hired the best weaving ladies to make it for Shen Xihe.
Shen Xihe had used the other base colors to make bedspreads and quilt covers, but this one had a darker base color and Shen Xihe had never used it. Especially since the black and gold were interwoven, it was not suitable for ordinary people to use, so Shen Xihe just put it in the box.
It would be most appropriate to give it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince now.
Shen Xihe reached out and touched it. It was shiny and delicate, with a thick feel and exquisite patterns. "Use it."
Since Xiao Huayong wanted her to do it herself, Shen Xihe did every step without any help, from selecting Pingzhong leaves, drying the leaves, matching them with other medicinal materials, cutting and sewing.
During this period, Bu Shulin recovered from his injury and went to the Princess's Mansion every few days. One day, Bu Shulin brought a beautiful box to Shen Xihe: "I accompanied Niao Niao to visit the silver shop today, and saw this. I guessed that you would like it, so I bought it."
Shen Xihe opened it and found a jade-back comb. The jade-back comb is a kind of hair accessory, which is very popular among the girls of this dynasty. From the age of 15 to the time of marriage, almost no girl did not use the jade-back comb. The jade-back comb is made of gold, silver, jade and ivory.
The comb that Bu Shulin gave her was made of top-grade white jade. There were exquisite patterns on both ends of the comb. On the left was a carved Pingzhong leaf pattern, and on the right was a butterfly spreading its wings ready to fly. A huge bright red gem was embedded in the top middle.
It was luxurious and exquisite, and felt cool in the hand. Shen Xihe really liked it and couldn't help playing with it for a while. After fiddling with it for a long time, the jade-back comb not only became warm, but also emitted a very faint fragrance.
Shen Xihe handed it to Bu Shulin: "Smell it."
Bu Shulin glanced at Shen Xihe's expression, unable to tell whether he was happy or angry. He leaned in and sniffed, but could not smell anything: "No strange smell."
Shen Xihe sniffed it again: "Red Jade."
Hongyu had the most sensitive sense of smell among her maids, but she didn't smell anything wrong when she took it with both hands.
"Yo Yo, what do you smell?" Bu Shulin knew that Shen Xihe's sense of smell was extraordinary.
"It's the smell of burial incense." Shen Xihe gently put the jade-back comb into the box, no longer feeling the joy he had when he first saw it.
"Hide incense?" Bu Shulin misunderstood the word, "Is hiding incense harmful to people?"
That shouldn't be the case. Tibetan incense is an extremely precious synthetic incense, which is full of precious medicinal materials from Tubo and Shu. Ordinary people can't afford it. Her rough father bought some to try on his elegance and fell in love with the smell. However, the price was too high, so he could only stiffen his neck and say, "I only like the smell of men's sweat!"