Beauty is too weak to be bullied

Chapter 258
Du Qingtan stood outside the duty room with downcast eyes, begging in a low voice.

"Eunuch Nie, please pass it on to me, I really have something to see His Highness."

The handsome young eunuch is hard-hearted: "Your Highness is busy, please wait."

Du Qingtan took a deep breath, forcibly resisting the urge to knock someone over with a punch, and calmly stood aside: "Okay, then I'll wait."

She came here early in the morning just to ask for a leave of absence so that she could be with Du Shi and Tuantuan.

However, after waiting for more than an hour, I still haven't seen Li Dai.

OK!She waits!

A gust of cold wind blew, her nose itched, and she couldn't help sneezing.

Then it got out of control, so that tears blurred my eyes.

Cai Lan was very worried: "You are not sick, are you?"

Last night, a poor woman had a high fever and couldn't find a doctor, so Liu Po ​​asked Du Qingtan for diagnosis and treatment.

So Cailan's worries are justified.

Du Qingtan also felt uncomfortable, as if she was a little chilly, so she didn't want to delay any longer.

According to experience, people who have not been sick for a long time, once they get sick, minor illnesses are also menacing.

But as soon as she took a few steps, Eunuch Nie stopped her: "Your Highness told you to go in."

Du Qingtan originally thought that Li Dai was taking the opportunity to manipulate her, but he didn't think there were other people inside.

It was a woman in her 20s with a dignified appearance, dressed in low-key and plain clothes, and also brought a maid.

Li Dai respected this woman very much, so he first introduced Du Qingtan to her: "Doctor Meng, this is the Du Qingtan I mentioned to you."

Then he said to Du Qingtan: "Come and meet Dr. Meng! She is the direct descendant of Mr. Sun, and she has been taught by Mr. Sun's side since she was three years old."

Du Qingtan was at a loss for a moment, although she didn't know who Mr. Sun was, but seeing Li Dai's respectful appearance, she also looked solemn and saluted seriously.

Doctor Meng held Du Qingtan's hand with a smile, and said gently: "There's no need to be too polite, we will often work together on errands in the future, and I hope you and I can work together."

Du Qingtan understood this time, this expert was probably invited by Li Dai.

"Doctor Meng came from a long distance. He must be tired. The king has already arranged a proper residence. You need to fix it first and come to pick you up after you have made follow-up arrangements."

Li Dai looked at Du Qingtan, and said in a deep voice: "Light up the incense in the incense burner, and I will send Dr. Meng out."

Doctor Meng had already turned around, but when he heard this, he turned his head and gave Du Qingtan a serious look before leaving.

Du Qingtan stood still, it seemed that things had changed.

Her seventh-rank female officer, I'm afraid it will be ruined.

Eunuch Nie came in to clean up the tea bowls and other things, and seeing her standing still, he said, "Your Highness asked you to burn incense! Why are you standing still?"

Du Qingtan turned to look at him: "I don't understand these elegant things."

She knows how to make sachets, but she doesn't know how to burn incense. Of course, if she just lights the incense and sticks it in to let it burn by itself, she can.

But obviously, Li Dai's request is not that simple.

Eunuch Nie stared at Du Qingtan, apparently unwilling to believe it: "Aren't you from a famous family? You don't even know this?"

Du Qingtan said badly: "A poor man with a famous name comes from a miserable background. What can he know about burning incense? It's good if he has food. Otherwise, I can work so hard?"

On the contrary, Eunuch Nie remained silent. After a while, he said in a low voice: "It's not easy for you, otherwise you should stay at home and enjoy the blessings. Come, our family will teach you."

The fair and clean little eunuch put away his arrogant face and showed a bit of sincerity and consideration, making him very likable.

There are fingertip-sized incense pills in the silver-gilt incense box. The taste is slightly bitter and slightly rosin, which is Li Dai's usual fragrance.

Eunuch Nie said: "This is the Qingyuan incense that His Highness likes to use every day. If you want to enter the palace to serve nobles, you should also know about incense."

There are too many skills to overwhelm one's body, not to mention that anyone who has a little spare money and status likes to burn incense and incense.

Du Qingtan still understood this truth, she thanked Eunuch Nie sincerely, and learned to burn incense under his guidance.

The censer is a Boshan furnace made of green jade. Eunuch Nie boasted: "This is an ancient relic from the previous dynasty, and it is a treasure bestowed by the emperor."

Du Qingtan looked at it curiously, but didn't dare to touch it with his hands, for fear that it would be damaged and he would not be able to pay for it.

Mr. Nie picked up a small piece of charcoal with chopsticks and put it in the incense burner.

"This is a special cake for burning incense. Your Highness likes to use longevity cake every day. This one is specially made with yellow dandelion, dried hollyhock flowers, dried eggplant root, and jujube meat. It has to go through three processes in total."

Du Qingtan secretly cursed corruption.

At this moment, Li Dai walked in: "Back off."

Eunuch Nie quickly put down the chopsticks, saluted, and withdrew.

Li Dai said indifferently: "You don't know how to be sweet?"

Du Qingtan didn't feel any embarrassment, and said straightforwardly: "The family is poor, so I am busy making ends meet."

Li Dai was silent for a moment, and said, "I thought you were omnipotent. After all, you can fight, escape and ride a camel, play tricks, make money and treat diseases."

The gentle and jade-like King Langya finally revealed his bitter and mean side.

Du Qingtan said seriously: "Thank you for your compliment, Your Highness. If you didn't say it, the students don't know that they know so much."

"..." Li Dai has lost his temper, but he has to admit that Du Qingtan already knows a lot more than most people.

He sighed, and put on the warm and jade mask again.

"Let me teach you. Otherwise, if you enter the palace in the future, if you are lucky enough to get the favor of a saint, you will be by your side. The saint asked you to burn incense, but you can't, and the opportunity will be someone else's."

Du Qingtan bowed and did not object.

"Incense is inseparable from incense ashes, and incense ashes also need to be specially made. You don't need to understand these in detail for the time being, you just need to know its use."

Li Dai's slender fingers clasped on the green Boshan stove, showing a luxurious beauty.

"The incense ash in the furnace can only be changed once a month. If the incense ash is loose, it can nourish the fire, and if it is tight, it can anneal. If you are a master, use the incense ash skillfully, and the incense will not go out all day long."

"First spread the incense ash on the bottom, then burn the incense cake red, put it in the furnace, wait until the surface of the incense cake has a yellow coat, and then cover it with incense ash.

Poke some holes on the incense ashes, put mica pieces or silver leaves on them, put the spices on them, and the cigarettes curl up, and the low back is long..."

Li Dai finished the demonstration and asked Du Qingtan to do it again.

Du Qingtan was originally a little impatient and impatient, but after some operations, his mentality gradually calmed down.

Li Dai looked at her slender, white fingers and drooping eyebrows, and felt restless in his heart.

The fact that the prince made her a matchmaker with Dugu Wuqiu has become a well-known story among the princes and nobles in Luoyang.

Someone even told the story to the saint, but the saint just smiled and said, "Very good."

Li Dai took a deep breath and said, "What do you want from me?"

Du Qingtan hurriedly said about the leave.

　and also.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)