Chapter 28 The sachet
The wind of this night was particularly violent. When it was in the middle of the night, it began to rain. The raindrops. .h.i.t the window and the plantain in the yard, making miserable sounds.
Shu Huan's sleep had always been good. She belonged to the kind of person that would fall asleep very quickly when her head touched the pillow. However, tonight she didn't know whether it was because the rain was too heavy or that the porcelain pillow underneath her head was too hard, in short, no matter how she slept, it felt uncomfortable. She turned around for the whole night. When the sky got a bit light, she couldn't lie down anymore. She quietly rolled out of bed and pushed the window open.
Fresh air with drops of water immediately blew in and reduced her tiredness and sleepiness by half.
Shu Huan then propped up her chin at the window and stared at the lotus pond outside.
The raindrops dripped down the leak. From time to time, they would fall into the tank and frighten some red dragonflies.
She was just starting to find it interesting, when she suddenly felt something heavy on her shoulder. She turned and saw that Gu Xiran had gotten up and put a coat on her shoulder.
"Where did you go last night?"
Shu Huan moved her eyes away, "Didn't go anywhere. Just took a walk in the residence."
Gu Xiran frowned slightly. Suddenly, he pulled her sleeve and sniffed, "What kind of scent is this?"
Shu Huan laughed, pulled back her sleeve and answered, "I don't understand about fragrances. You ask me, how would I know? Presumably, it's the fragrance that concubine Yun burned yesterday. It was sweet and pleasing to smell, but I also don't know the name of that fragrance."
"Yun Yan?" Gu Xiran raised an eyebrow with an expression of wanting to say something but hesitated. He walked to the incense burner and looked at it. He shook his head and said, "It's not this scent."
Shu Huan was surprised. She took two deep breaths. Suddenly she remembered that this was the scent of Wonderful Redwood of Yingge. It was cool and elegant and not something other fragrances could mask. No wonder there was a quote that was called "Redwood perfume to dye clothes"!
The two just said a few words when they were interrupted by a maid. After, they washed up, Shu Huan went to old madam's to pay her respects in the rain.
This was a rule that even thunder couldn't break not to mention rain. Even if it was snowing or knives pouring down, she couldn't not go. However, the mood of walking slowly in the rain with a paper umbrella was very cla.s.sical. It was just that they didn't have shoes for the rain. The embroidered shoes were soaked and felt uncomfortable.
Old madam had probably become accustomed to her (SH) early retreat. Plus, the fact that recently there wasn't any news that Gu Xiran's illness got worse, so, she probably thought that this granddaughter-in-law wasn't too unlucky. Hence, she turned a blind eye and wasn't as stern as before. Therefore, after she paid her respect and had breakfast with old madam, she came out of Pine Crane Hall.
The surprise was that when she walked to the entrance, she was called by Gu third miss Gu Xuan. She timidly handed her a pair of shoes and said in a low voice, "Tomorrow is second big brother's birthday. I think that he presumably doesn't want people to go bother him because he needs to take care of his health. I need to bother second sister-in-law to give these shoes for him. It's my kind feelings for him."
