Qingchuan History

Chapter 42 Xia Ye's Interpretation

"Is there the plant you mentioned?"

"No."

Gu Xinglang took a sip of tea and looked at her indifferently.

"But the combination of plants in the courtyard makes sense." She paused, reviewing the words she had practiced for half an hour in the afternoon, "I will finish speaking later, and I will ask you a few questions. You can choose not to answer, But please forgive me for being abrupt. Because Xueyin is just discussing the facts."

Gu Xinglang nodded: "Okay."

She walked back to the imperial study and took back a piece of paper and a pen from the desk.

"I'm very bad at painting, I can only comprehend it, don't you laugh at me." She was a little embarrassed, so she picked up a pen and wrote the words "Cooking Rain Palace" on the northernmost end of the paper.

I don't know if I've seen her cold and calm look too much, every time I see her embarrassed, Gu Xinglang finds it cute, the corners of his mouth can't help but raise, reminding himself that this kind of emotion is very dangerous——

So she collected her expression, quietly watched her draw some circles, some lines, some shapes on the paper, and then listened to her slowly say:
"Assume this is the vestibule of the Boiled Rain Palace. The only area where plants are planted in the lady's palace is the vestibule. If Mrs. Jin hadn't quietly set up a garden in an invisible place, then what I saw today is all."

She began to point to the things on the drawing with the tip of the pen.

"Into the courtyard, there are several blue and white porcelain pots on the west side, with rosemary in them." She wrote "rosemary" next to those circles.

"Is this a flowerpot?" Despite the warning, Gu Xinglang still raised his eyebrows looking at those circles that were too sloppy.

Ruan Xueyin was planning to strike directly at the vital point in one go, but she was so offended by his words and the expression on her face, she frowned and said, "I can only understand what I said, why are you like this?"

This sentence really looks like coquettishness, if it weren't for the fact that she frowned in annoyance, Gu Xinglang would have believed it.

He shook his head helplessly and smiled, "Go ahead."

"There are some flower stands on the east side, white mandalas in bloom." She wrote "mandala" next to those lines.

"A datura is a climbing plant?"

"No, it's a tree. But because it's relatively short and the branches are thin, the big flowers hang down during the blooming season, and it's easy to make the branches bend too much. It's even more dangerous in a storm, so many people will set up some light flower stands. Supporting the branches during flowering."

"You know a lot."

Ruan Xueyin smiled slightly: "Small tricks."

The starlight in the sky shone brightly on her porcelain-like face, and the moonlight pierced through those light lake blue veils, revealing her fair skin faintly through the veils.The albizia julibrissin on the cuffs glows with silk threads at night, which is more three-dimensional and delicate than in the daytime.

"Acacia flowers are well embroidered."

Ruan Xueyin was taken aback for a moment, thinking that there were no silk julienne flowers in it.Then she noticed the word "embroidered", looked at the cuff and said:

"Yunxi said that there should be embroidery no matter what, and the people in the manufacturing office also insisted, saying that the wife's palace skirt is not embroidered, which is not in compliance with the rules. I really don't like the patterns on the clothes. I think the silk tree flower is simple and looks refreshing. Use it."

"The pattern of Albizia Julibrissin is also commonly used in the palace, because it has a good meaning." He took a sip of tea and said leisurely.

Ruan Xueyin nodded: "It can be seen from the name that there are very few flowers in Yitou. It can also calm the nerves and relieve depression, nourish blood and reduce swelling, and has high medicinal value."

Gu Xing stared at her for a moment: "Go ahead."

"Continue to move forward. There is a ylang-ylang tree on the west side. There are three trees in the entire Boiled Rain Hall. The other two trees are behind the main hall. Because they are tall, they can be seen from the front courtyard."

She wrote "Yilan" in three places on the paper.

"Going forward, there is a flower garden on the east and west sides in front of the main hall, and there are verbena and dog rose respectively in it."

Gu Xinglang thought: "These plants are rare in the palace. I have never heard of a name like dog rose. It seems that datura will not be planted in the palace."

Ruan Xueyin nodded: "Not to mention the palace, it's the courtyard of common people's homes. Flowers and trees like Dog Rose and Yilan are rare. There are tens of thousands of roses, and those in Mrs. Zhen's palace are all more famous than Dog Rose, and their ornamental value is also higher. It is taller. As for Yilan, this kind of flower likes warm places, and it is mostly distributed in Baiguo, Qi, and Yin. Mrs. Kejin is from Weiguo, and she actually planted three trees in the courtyard."

She suddenly realized that there was a loophole in this deduction: "Or, these ylang-ylang trees existed before? I was thinking too much?"

Gu Xinglang thought for a moment and said: "It is true that she transplanted it after entering the palace. At that time, she said that she must smell the fragrance of this flower before she can sleep peacefully."

"However, a tree like ylang-ylang cannot survive in a place like Cangwu where the winter is long and severe. In other words, it is impossible to plant a ylang-ylang tree in Weiguo. Because it can't live for half a year after planting it. How could she treat it Does the smell of this flower form a dependency?"

"You guessed that she has medical knowledge, so is it possible that she knows this kind of flower, loves its smell, asked someone to find it in the Three Kingdoms in the south, and then processed it in a special way to leave the smell?"

Ruan Xueyin thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible. This is what I will tell you next."

She pointed to the paper again with the tip of her pen, "Make strong wine with dog rose and drink it; extract flower oil from verbena and ylang ylang-ylang and smoke it with spices, or burn it in an incense burner, or use water to diffuse the scent to permeate the room, all of which will achieve the same effect." effect."

She circled these three things and wrote four words: Emotional.

Gu Xinglang's expression changed.

Ruan Xueyin did not change her face, "Rosemary itself does not have this effect, but once mixed with verbena or ylang-ylang flower oil, the latter two effects will be doubled." She circled rosemary, and finally pointed the tip of the pen at Datura :
"Datura is highly poisonous, but if used in small amounts and soaked in wine, drinking it will help people to affect emotions. For example, if someone is crying, you will be more likely to cry with him; if someone is laughing, you will be more likely to laugh with him. It’s even more intoxicating in itself.”

When she finally finished speaking, she put down her pen and raised her head with a calm expression, except for a faint blush on her cheeks.

Gu Xinglang's expression was not so good, he stared at her and said in a low voice, "You said you still have questions to ask me?"

"Yes."

"ask."

Ruan Xueyin hesitated a little, "After the summer, your majesty often stays at the Boiling Rain Hall, will you drink a kind of wine called Yantaozui?"

"She said it was a special wine from her Cangwu family, and she would make it every summer when the roses were in full bloom. Recently, she brewed this jar herself. Although this wine is a bit strong, it is sweet and fragrant, and the entrance is full of floral fragrance. Have a drink at night Really good."

"Then, every time you finish drinking, do you have any other feelings?"

Gu Xinglang looked at her: "Do you know what you are asking?"

His eyes were piercing, brighter than the stars, hitting her face at this moment, making people flustered.She calmed down and said:

"As I said just now, Your Majesty can choose not to answer."

Quieter than night.It seemed that even the air in the Wan Lan Hall had stagnated.

"Indeed."

he suddenly answered. "But it's hard to tell whether it's because of the wine, or the smell of the room you said. Since I stayed overnight, some things will happen naturally."

After Ruan Xueyin understood this sentence, she felt even more embarrassed, "But Mrs. Jin is not the only wife in your Majesty, so we can compare."

(End of this chapter)