phoenix knot

All the rouge and pollen that could be found in the Ruide Palace were piled up in front of him, and he also used the writing brush on the desk to paint the paint. Su Mingyue first asked the young man to wash off the thick layer of rouge and powder that had been smeared on his face, and then held it with one hand. Holding the boy's chin and holding the pen in one hand, he first carefully observed the plain face, as if to confirm every feature.After looking up, down, left, and right, she only started to put on makeup a little bit, and she didn't use much makeup, just a few strokes, turning the boy's eyes into a girl's.

"Do you have a razor?"

Everyone looked at each other, the queen took out something from her sleeve, not a razor, but a sharp dagger. "Is this available?"

"That's great." Su Mingyue took the dagger, and carefully scraped off the young man's excess eyebrows, trimming the shape of his eyebrows.

In just a cup of tea, the boy has already turned into a girl, and with a slight adjustment of the hair bun, it is more beautiful and charming than ordinary girls.

Wei Xiangwan said: "Oh, my sister Mingyue still has such a skillful hand. The eyebrows you draw with me are just perfunctory."

The queen and queen mother also gave each other a wink, and they seemed very satisfied with Su Mingyue's craftsmanship.

Su Mingyue said: "Both my parents love to watch operas, singing with thrush eyebrows in spare time is considered boudoir fun, being a boudoir lady in Su's mansion has nothing to do all day long, my sister, sister, maid and mother-in-law and I just play these things on weekdays. It is a joke for the queen to be such an unrefined thing and a trivial skill.”

"Don't underestimate this trivial skill. What is passed down in the world is the hard work of the craftsman in the end, the ingenious building utensils, and the lifelike calligraphy and paintings."

The queen mother also said, "You don't need to be humble, I see that these concubines in the palace are also busy all day long, they also play with rouge and gouache, and they have to dress up every day, which is still very inferior to your craftsmanship. Far. A craft is a craft.”

The queen said again, "Now can you dress him up as the man in the painting in the shortest time possible? The more resemblance the better."

"Yes." Su Mingyue agreed, and was about to order another basin of water, but the queen stopped her, "No, I don't have a chance to fetch you water to wash your face this time."

Su Mingyue thought for a while, stared at the man in the painting for a while, and made another move.She first smeared the eyelids with cream powder to cover part of the original makeup, then thickened and thickened the eyebrows, raised the eyebrows, and wiped off the original cinnabar lips with a handkerchief, "The outline of this boy's face is slightly different from that of the person in the painting." They are very similar, but it is not difficult. If time is tight, you can apply the cinnabar lightly."

"That's right, it's better for the original girl to be plain-looking and not eye-catching."

It took only a moment, and the hair bun was removed, and the jade crown was tied up, and the man in the painting seemed to come out.

"There's not enough time to change clothes," said the queen.

"After the rainy season, the weather is very hot, and the underwear and clothes can be simple and simple, like this..." Su Mingyue put on the tulle burqa that was prepared aside for the young man and tied it around his waist, "His biggest The flaw is that he is underage and his stature is not enough, it is best to prepare thick-soled official boots for him, the kind that military students often wear when singing operas, but they can be sewn thicker, and the height will be comparable."

The queen nodded, "You are thoughtful." After finishing speaking, she turned her head and said to the maid, "Lianxiang, write them down one by one, and prepare everything tomorrow, let Miss Su think about what else to take care of."

The queen turned around and asked Concubine Shu, "Do you think it's okay?"

Concubine Shu said: "The last time I saw Emperor Huiwen was five years ago. It's really hard to say whether he has grown into the person in the painting in five years."

The queen mother got up and said: "This is almost my son, but this adventure, there are many dangers, there can be no mistakes, how sure is the queen?"

"Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin is on the verge of failure. I cannot assure you that I will succeed."

The Queen Mother closed her eyes with a look of despair.

"But..." The queen clenched her hand tightly, "It is me and the others who are in danger. Emperor Huiwen must be unscathed. If he makes a mistake, King Liao will lose his bargaining chip."

The Empress Dowager opened her eyes again, facing the empress' firm eyes.

"Come here, take Wei Changzai back." The queen ordered, "Xiyu, you and Wei Changzai will take Xiao Moxue and Cheng Jiayin to the Qianqing Palace to wait. When the emperor comes down from the morning court today, take him to Changle Palace, let the emperor decide."

Concubine Shu barely suppressed her smile, all the concubines were so jealous and weeping, the emperor must comfort this one, caress that one, then it must be different, the empress herself would have left it clean.She got up and beat her waist and legs, and said with a blessing, "I'm tired too, so I'll take my leave first."

The attitude was a bit arrogant, and the queen didn't take it seriously, and even nodded to her as a thank you and goodbye.

"You stay." The queen said to Su Mingyue.

The sky was dimly bright, and there were only five people in the hall, the empress, the empress dowager, the young man, Su Mingyue, and a trusted maid, Lianxiang.

"The king of Liao is good at surprise attacks. He has gone around Shandong, passed Zhili, captured Taiyuan and Dingzhou, and now only the water of the Yellow River can stop the army. He marched quickly, did not set up a palace along the way, and lived and boarded in the big tent of the military camp. This time, The five of us are going on a visit, except for the Empress Dowager Xu, the rest are maids and attendants. I am afraid that someone from the King of Liao will recognize my appearance. No one recognizes me, so I have to make some noise to make them notice me. We entered the tent of the king of Liao..." The queen spread out a piece of white paper on the table, sketched it with an ink pen, and embellished it with a ink pen, "Liao The king faces south and sits at the head, the queen mother faces north, and I will wait on the left and right. When Emperor Huiwen enters the table, the queen mother faints immediately, and I will help the queen mother enter the inner room from here to rest for a while..." The queen said, marking a path with a Chinese ink pen "Su Mingyue changed Qingyu's clothes. At this time, I came out to look for Emperor Huiwen. He must be under heavy surveillance. I led him into the inner tent to meet the queen mother. People from the king of Liao came to pester me. I suddenly pulled out my dagger and opened the tent." Dao, push Emperor Huiwen out of the account. At this time, the fake Emperor Huiwen in disguise fled outside the account, and my people took over the fake Emperor Huiwen, but really, I just hid him in the rattan basket next to the account. After everything is safe and the tiger is removed from the mountain, the porter in the kitchen will move away the rattan basket covered with firewood. If there is any entanglement, Su Mingyue, you are the second way of blinding your eyes. Those who practiced martial arts have never seen such a beautiful lady, they will definitely step forward to help you, forgetting to describe the vulgar porter. This is the first step."

After finishing the arrangement, the queen removed the first blank paper and spread out the second blank paper, "Next is everyone's escape route, and this is the only one. You should remember it well. If you are captured by the king of Liao, you will not be able to deal with the aftermath." " She looked at everyone on the left and right, took out a small medicine bottle from her sleeve, and poured out five red pills the size of mung beans inside, "It's still too late to regret it now."

Su Mingyue stared at the pill, terrified, this trip was so dangerous, it was only one out of ten of what the queen said, and there were so many unforeseen surprises in the real calamity.

The maid Lianxiang took a pill without saying a word, she was probably used to being a dead soldier, there was something else on the side of the neckline, and the pill just fit into a small pocket.The young man named Qing Yu behaved chicly and took the second pill.The queen mother stretched out her trembling hand, but she took the pill firmly. This is to save her own son. The once ruler of this empire must not become a chess piece in the hands of others, to be slaughtered and bullied .The queen put the pills back into the bottle, and there was only one left.

Four pairs of eyes looked over at the same time and landed on Su Mingyue.

"It's okay, you are a pampered official lady, you don't have to take risks with us, I can't promise you anything, I can only say that as long as I can afford it, I will give you whatever you want."

Su Mingyue panted a lot, and the time to decide her fate had come. In the past ten years of peaceful days in the Su residence, her mother's face had faded, and her father, who was talented but also heartless, had a sweet smile on her face. Su Jingzhi, the charming and lovely Hong Ling, these images flashed one by one, what does she want?In fact, I didn't think about it, it's not so eager to go back home, as long as I don't get bullied by Concubine Hui here.What exactly does she want?She didn't know it at all, and she didn't think about it at all.But she knew that from now on, her fate would change, as long as she followed the queen, as long as she accomplished this, as long as she received this pill.

Su Mingyue didn't hesitate any longer, and reached out her hand to take the pill.

The rest of them all smiled happily.

Su Mingyue made a gesture to swallow the pill, which made the empress dowager turn pale with fright, and hurried to stop her.

She giggled coquettishly, "This poison is actually real!"

Qingyu smoked from the seven orifices, "Seeing blood seals your throat! No, you will die immediately when you meet saliva." Su Mingyue shrank her neck and looked at the pill carefully, "I'm nervous, it's okay if sweat sticks to my skin ?"

"It doesn't matter, at most dizziness and nausea, some symptoms of poisoning." Lianxiang said: "I will sew it to the neckline for you later, it is very convenient to swallow."

The queen gave her a blank look.

Su Mingyue saw that these people were very close, they hadn't been with each other day and night for many years, they definitely didn't have such a tacit understanding.

"Oh my goodness, Xiyu has replaced Su Mingyue. This trip doesn't involve any danger. Wouldn't it be that she escaped a catastrophe? It's really cheap for her!"

The queen rolled her eyes again, "In the future, you will be rewarded for your merits and deeds. Just see if she is upset."

Su Mingyue thought of another question, "If I refused to give in just now, then I know your plan..."

The rest of the people looked over one after another, and Su Mingyue patted her chest, "Have I already died once, such as killing someone to silence me or something?"

The queen smiled, and then her eyes showed a fierce look. A pair of iron-like hands suddenly pinched Su Mingyue's neck, lifting her up like a kitten or puppy, "If you are loyal to me , I will give you whatever you want, and I will definitely live up to you; if you dare to betray me, not to mention that you can escape from birth, even if you become the concubine of the Liao Dynasty and become the queen of the world in the future, I still have a way to take it. Your life."

Su Mingyue only felt a jolt all over her body, the strength and temperature from her throat spread to her limbs and bones, even if she was strangled to death by the empress, she felt that she got what she wanted, and she has no regrets in this life.