The man was about forty years old. He had a masculine face, grayish-brown hair, and was not tall.
He was dressed simply, but he did not look like a eunuch in the palace, nor did he look like an attendant of some noble or minister. He looked like a gardener who was in charge of this herb field.
When he saw Yun Sheng, a look of amazement flashed across the man's eyes.
However, that was all. Soon, his eyes returned to normal.
Yun Sheng secretly saw this in her eyes, but she did not say anything.
"Master, why do you say that?" Yun Sheng looked around.
"Miss, this must be your first time attending the Azalea Banquet. No wonder you don't know the history of this herb field and Tai Yang Palace." The middle-aged gardener was serious as he turned the soil in the herb field.
"What does this herb field have to do with the Azalea Banquet?" Yun Sheng did not understand.
"Miss, why do you think the Azalea Banquet is called the Azalea Banquet? That is because azaleas weep blood. Legend has it that azaleas are evil flowers. After being stained with blood, they will bloom even more enchantingly. Over the years, people would die at the Azalea Banquet, and those dead people would be buried in this herb field. "
What he meant was that he was going to use human flesh and blood as fertilizer for the flowers.
After the gardener finished speaking, he looked at Yun Sheng with a probing look, as if he wanted to see the fear on Yun Sheng's face.
A princess who did not know magic or dou qi would be scared out of her wits if she heard such a thing.
However, Yun Sheng disappointed him. She glanced at the medicinal field and said with a smile, "It's the cycle of nature. Many people have died in this medicinal field, but many people have also been saved. It's quite miraculous."
"Don't you think it's too cruel to use artificial fertilizer?" The middle-aged gardener was surprised.
"The weak are prey to the strong. If you and I were people who cared about flowers, how would we have the chance to stand in this herb field and chat? However, Master, you shouldn't have planted the Six Leaf Dark Epiphyllum and the Jasper Grass together. These two grasses are Yin and Yang. Planting them together will affect each other's growth. "As Yun Sheng spoke, she pointed to a corner of the medicinal field.
"You know medicine?" The middle-aged gardener no longer looked down on Yun Sheng.
This woman was far more powerful than her harmless appearance.
"I know a little." Yun Sheng smiled and told the gardener how to plant a few herbs.
The gardener still wanted to say something, but he glanced behind Yun Sheng and continued to turn the soil, leaving his back to Yun Sheng.
Yun Sheng wanted to ask more questions, but her nose twitched slightly. She smelled an unfamiliar fragrance of cosmetics in the air.
"Oh, this can't be the princess from the eastern capital, right? Princess, why did you lower yourself to come to such a dirty place?" Behind her, a chattering female voice drifted over.
"Young Mistress Qing, you don't know, but I heard that before Princess Donghuang was recognized, she grew up in the countryside. Perhaps she felt a sense of closeness to this place. You saw her chatting with the gardener just now. It's true that birds of a feather flock together," another female voice said.
Just by smelling the fragrance of all kinds of expensive cosmetics, Yun Sheng knew that there was more than one person here.
Now that she was in the Later Qin palace, she would have to compete with those Later Qin noblewomen.
She furrowed her brows slightly and turned around unhappily. The moment she turned around, Yun Sheng put on the most standard royal smile on her face.
Not far away, a few noblewomen walked over.
In the middle of the crowd was a young woman wearing a golden cloud dress and a golden buyao with a hundred birds in her hair. This group of upper-class Qin women had heavy makeup on, and as they walked, they were graceful and charming.
The palace banquets of Houqin were a place for women to compete with each other. From their appearance to their clothing, there was nothing they could not compare to.
When they saw Yun Sheng, they more or less looked at her with disdain.
But when they saw Yun Sheng's appearance again, they couldn't help but widen their eyes.
In particular, the woman in the most gorgeous golden dress had a look of resentment in her eyes.
Yun Sheng didn't recognize the woman in the golden dress, but that woman recognized Yun Sheng.
She was the first wife of the Later Qin Major General Qing Meng of General Wudi's household. This woman was also from a prominent family in Later Qin. She had always been popular among the noblewomen because she had married into the Qing household.
She had just entered the palace and heard from Qing Qiang's coachman that Princess Donghuang had gone to the back of the palace alone.
She had heard that her husband's right hand had been crippled by Prince Dugu for taking liberties with Princess Donghuang.
She didn't blame her husband. Instead, she felt that Princess Donghuang was a seductive vixen. She planned to teach Yun Sheng a lesson when the men weren't around.
Along the way, Qing Qiang couldn't help but add fuel to the fire and talk about the bad deeds of this lowly princess from the Eastern Capital.
She said that she was a good-for-nothing princess from the commoners, and that Prince Dugu had abandoned her on the first day of marriage and chased her to the most remote courtyard in the Crown Prince's household.
With these rumors and Qing Qiang's embellishment, these noblewomen from Later Qin had already formed an impression in their hearts.
This princess of the Donghuang Dynasty was a lowly woman who liked to seduce men and was also a good-for-nothing. They had to be wary of her to prevent their men from being seduced by that vixen.
When they arrived at the herb field, the noblewomen saw Princess Donghuang chatting with a lowly gardener.
Looking at Yun Sheng's plain dress, these noblewomen looked down on her even more.
But when Yun Sheng turned around, all the noblewomen felt their eyes light up.
The azaleas in Tai Yang Palace were already bright enough, and these noblewomen from Later Qin had also dressed up meticulously. But the moment Yun Sheng turned around, those colorful azaleas dimmed a little.
This so-called princess from the commoners.
Bright black eyes, shapely eyebrows, feathery eyelashes, white and flawless skin that exuded a natural faint blush, and lips that were neither thin nor thick were like the most enchanting red azaleas, delicate and alluring.
This woman was so beautiful that she didn't seem like a mortal.
Would Prince Dugu neglect such a rare beauty?
These noblewomen were all from noble families, and although they usually flattered Qing Qiang, they weren't stupid.
"The princess is wearing soul crystal earrings," one of the noblewomen said with sharp eyes. She saw the red color on Yun Sheng's earlobes.
In an instant, the group of noblewomen surrounded her.
"It's really soul crystal earrings. I heard that only Master Moyin can make these earrings. Even Qing Qiang only has one pair."
"I heard from my man that a few days ago, he accompanied Prince Dugu to custom-make a pair from Master Moyin …"
The group of noblewomen who had been mocking Yun Sheng looked at each other as if their tongues had been bitten by a dog.
The earrings that Prince Dugu had personally found someone to custom-make were not worn by anyone else in the Qing Mansion, but only by Princess Donghuang.
Didn't this mean that the prince had a special liking for Donghuang?
"Your Highness, Your Highness, your skin is really good. Only Your Highness is worthy of this earring." This group of noblewomen was not stupid. They immediately changed their tone and were all like ants that had seen honey. They abandoned Young Madam Qing and surrounded Yunsheng.
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