I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

After offending the eldest prince, Zhao Fangyu thought about it carefully.

She had heard many rumors about the eldest prince from the eldest lady. He was indeed as Meng Yanzhen said, stubborn, self-willed and extremely stupid. If he had not been born into the royal family, he would have probably been imprisoned long ago.

It's a pity that he had a good reputation and was born into a good family, so now it is Zhao Fangyu who is in a difficult situation.

Unable to return home, female officials had to be at least 25 years old before leaving the palace, otherwise they would have to be pardoned.

With Meng Yanzhen around, it would not be difficult to ask for a pardon for her, but she would not have enough bargaining chips after returning home, and she was afraid that the old bastard Zhao Minshan would still be targeting her.

The eldest prince and Zhang Yingying in the palace were both staring at her. Zhang Yingying was stupid, vicious, and had no ambitions, so she was easy to deal with. She could be dealt with by tricking and coaxing her.

However, the eldest prince and the third prince were also involved, so these easy-to-deal-with fools became difficult to deal with.

Zhao Fangyu was once again oppressed by power. He drew a line with a thin brush and smiled gently.

"The Queen will hold a banquet next month. The venue is not far from our Sutra Hall. Don't neglect it."

Hongzhu nodded and said okay.

She remembered that in the original novel, Zhang Yingying had been the center of attention at the Queen's flower banquet.

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Two days later, Zhao Fangyu was on duty. During these days, neither Zhang Yingying nor the eldest prince came to the Sutra Hall again. Everything was as peaceful as usual, as if everything that happened that day was just a coincidence.

When Pei Yan arrived, Zhao Fangyu was standing in front of the shelf sorting books.

The thirteen-year-old girl wore a well-fitting round-collar official robe, her hair combed neatly into a single bun, and two pearl hairpins and a few fresh jasmine flowers made her look even more gentle and lovely.

"Pei borrowed a book last time and came here today to return it."

Pei Yan handed the book to Zhao Fangyu and tapped the cover with his index finger as if inadvertently. Zhao Fangyu seemed not to notice and turned around and put the book aside.

Pei Yan did not stay long. He turned around, borrowed a new book and left. The two of them had no other interactions, and the pair of eyes staring at him outside the hall gradually looked away.

"Hongzhu? Where did you go?"

Hongzhu came back with the kettle with great effort: "I saw that the railing outside the door was covered with dust, so I thought of wiping it off, so I went to the lotus pond to fetch a bucket of water."

The lotus pond was the same lotus pond where Zhao Fangyu fell into the water that day, but his fall did not alarm too many people.

Zhao Fangyu stopped asking questions, but what was on his mind was that the eldest prince actually planned to let her die quietly in the deep palace, so he must have a backup plan.

Now that nothing has happened to her, the eldest prince must either stop or take action again.

Zhao Fangyu was waiting, waiting for the eldest prince to kill her again.

Seeing Hongzhu's sweaty forehead, Zhao Fangyu stepped forward to wipe it for her: "Anyway, there's no one in the hall, so just take your time."

Hongzhu stuck out her tongue coquettishly, and carried the bucket to the door to wipe the door railing. When she turned her back, she naturally did not see Zhao Fangyu's sudden smile.

"Have you finished using the pearl cream you bought last time? My cousin gave me a new pearl cream. I'll give you a bottle."

Hongzhu widened her eyes in surprise. She didn't expect that such good things would happen to her one after another.

Before she could wonder, Zhao Fangyu said, "I am the fourth child in my family. My fifth sister is half a year younger than me. You are about the same age as her. In my opinion, you are the same age as my sister."

After saying that, Zhao Fangyu gently pinched Hongzhu's round face and said, "She is naughty and not as well-behaved as you. If I could choose, I would really like you to be my sister."

Hongzhu's little face suddenly turned red, and as she looked at Zhao Fangyu's smile, her face was brighter than the petals outside the window.

She thanked him softly and took the pearl cream.

Everyone in the Sutra Hall has a portion of this pearl cream, and each person has a different box.

The one with red beads was a small red-glazed porcelain jar, the one given to Zhao Fangyu was inlaid with pearls, the one given to another female colleague was made of mother-of-pearl, and the one given to the little palace maid who followed her was a small green-glazed porcelain jar.

Hongzhu was lost for a few days, but was comforted by Zhao Fangyu with a few plates of snacks.

She originally thought she was the special one...

Zhao Fangyu smiled and pinched Hongzhu's earlobe and shook it gently: "You are a little fool. You didn't hide from others when you used the pearl cream, and let them come to me. I can't refuse to give it to you."

"But it's not a big deal, just a few jars of pearl cream."

Hongzhu looked at Zhao Fangyu with envy. A can of pearl cream cost so much money, but Zhao Fangyu just casually gave away several cans...

In the evening, Zhao Fangyu went to Yanyun Palace where Meng Yanzhen was.

As soon as you enter the side hall of Yanyun Palace, a pleasant jasmine scent hits you in the face.

There was no one around, so Meng Yanzhen took Lan Ye and slowly took out the fresh jasmine that had been left for a day from the condensed oil.

"As you said, it has been smelled 36 times."

Zhao Fangyu looked at the huge wide-mouthed bowl used to grow lotus, which now only had a thin layer of oil left. He leaned in to smell it and said, "It's done. Bring the bergamot oil that was just made yesterday, as well as the almond oil and beeswax that have not been used before."

The hall was covered with several layers of gauze curtains, making it difficult for outsiders to see clearly what was going on inside.

Zhao Fangyu used a small ceramic stove for boiling medicine and began to make incense.

I methodically placed the small purple clay pot that I usually used to make soup on the stove, slowly added water, put the bamboo tube filled with condensed jasmine oil in it, and then poured in the bergamot essential oil, almond oil, and beeswax that I made yesterday...

Finally, melt it all and pour it into the empty small jar prepared in advance.

This is jasmine ointment, but it is different from ordinary jasmine ointment. The one made for Meng Yanzhen contains bergamot essential oil.

Bergamot has a unique shape and a light mixed citrus aroma. Generally, wealthy families will place a large plate of bergamot in the hall as a natural fragrance.

Therefore, it is not surprising that such things appear in Yanyun Hall. Zhao Fangyu makes incense differently from others. Others at most make it into powder and make it into sachets, but Zhao Fangyu crushes it, presses out the oil in it, and makes it into essential oil.

By adding jasmine essential oil, beeswax and almond oil in a certain proportion, you can make a snow-white, lustrous ointment.

After the ointment in the small jar condensed, Meng Yanzhen couldn't wait to pick out a little from it, rub it on his wrist and smell it.

The light jasmine scent has a hint of sweetness, and if you smell it carefully, you can also smell the sweet and slightly astringent scent of bergamot.

Lan Ye tried to record it. The fragrance could last for two days!

Meng Yanzhen looked at the small jar in surprise, then looked at Zhao Fangyu who was holding the lychee syrup in front of her and sipping it slowly, and she realized that her cousin had been living a good life in recent years.

How much trouble can you save by having such a worry-free sister around?

"Are you going to use this against him?" After sending everyone away, Meng Yanzhen pointed to the location of the eldest prince's palace and said, "This ointment is not enough to help you defeat him."

Zhao Fangyu naturally knew that he could not overthrow the eldest prince with just a jar of ointment, but this jar of ointment was enough to deceive that group of fools, and they flocked to it.

The women in the harem naturally come to compete for favor.

Meng Yan is really favored and has a child. The people in the harem will definitely trace the origin of the ointment.

These ladies cannot shake the eldest prince's foundation, but if they persuade him too much, the eldest prince will suffer.

After drinking the tea, Zhao Fangyu started to boil lard again, preparing to make new ointment:

"The Queen will hold a banquet in a few days. I would like to ask my cousin to help me then."