Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 11 Sachet
"Are you the sisters from the Qiu family?" Feng Caixing, a young girl with a pair of bright eyes and a smile, greeted them crisply.

The Marquis of Changchun's Mansion and the Earl of Yongqing's Mansion do not have much contact. This is the first time that the Qiu sisters have been invited to a banquet at the Marquis of Changchun's Mansion. They thought they would be quietly accommodated, but Feng Caixing's enthusiasm surprised and delighted the sisters.

"This is Miss Qiu Er..." Someone who was familiar with both sides introduced them.

"Hey, isn't Miss Qiu Liu here?" Feng Caixing asked after they got to know each other one by one.

The second girl Qiu Xuan vaguely understood that the second girl Feng's enthusiasm was actually her curiosity about the sixth sister, and she said politely: "The sixth sister just came home from a long journey, and she is a little tired. Grandmother feels sorry for her and asked her to take good care of her body before going out."

"Is that so?" Feng Caixing's eyes flashed with disappointment, and his enthusiasm disappeared. Of course, he did not act rudely and ordered people to make arrangements for Qiu Xuan and the others.

Looking at Feng Caixing's departing back, Qiu Fu bit her lip and said, "What do you mean? If Qiu Heng doesn't come, we are not considered guests?"

Qiu Xuan knew that her fourth sister was spoiled and was afraid that she would lose her temper in such an occasion, so she hurried to comfort her: "Sixth sister was found thanks to the wife of Changchun Marquis. Second Miss Feng must have heard her mother mention it, so it is natural for her to be curious about Sixth sister."

"So we were able to come here because of Sixth Sister?" Qiu Fu felt even more unhappy.

Even though Qiu Xuan had a good temper, she still wanted to roll her eyes.

The wife of the Marquis of Changchun is the biological sister of the Princess of Kang County, and she usually visits the Yongqing Marquis's Mansion. Who else could have invited them to the Feng sisters' invitation if not because of the sixth sister?

I just don't know whether this curiosity is well-intentioned or malicious.

Qiu Xuan thought so because many noble ladies came over and asked about Qiu Heng in every sentence.

"What's Miss Qiuliu's name?"

"I heard that Miss Qiu Liu was adopted and raised by a family of mountain people in the south. Is she used to living in a mansion?"

"Is Miss Qiuliu as pretty as her sisters?"

……

These noble ladies all controlled their tone very well, but Qiu Xuan frowned secretly.

No matter how hard he tried to hide it, he couldn't hide his contempt for Sixth Sister. You have to know that if you respect someone, you won't ask them questions.

Qiu Xuan gradually fell silent, and the third girl Qiu Yun took over the conversation.

Feng Caixing returned to her sister and whispered in her ear: "What a pity, I didn't get to see Miss Qiu Liu."

Feng Caiyue glanced at her sister and said, "Put away your curiosity and don't let the girls from the Qiu family have any ideas."

Feng Caixing raised her chin towards Qiu Xuan and the others and said, "Sister, don't talk about me. Look how curious you are."

He was found after being lost for ten years, and was only found by his mother by chance. How could I not be curious?

Feng Caiyue looked at the noisy scene, shook her head slightly, and walked over.

"So lively."

"Sister Feng." The noble ladies greeted Feng Caiyue.

Feng Caiyue nodded in response and greeted the Qiuxuan sisters one by one: "There are quite a lot of sisters here today, and I am not able to greet them all properly."

"Miss Feng, you are too polite." Qiu Xuan greeted her.

A noble lady asked, "Didn't Princess Jiayi come today?"

Princess Jiayi is the daughter of Prince Kang and the cousin of Feng Caiyue.

Feng Caixing smiled and said, "My cousin is at a critical stage in her research on Yiweixiang and has no time to go out."

Princess Jiayi is obsessed with the art of incense and is well-known in the circle.

This obsession will not be criticized, but rather considered elegant.

Even in this garden where the banquet was held, various incense burners were placed on high tables in every corner, emitting lingering fragrance.

Speaking of incense, Feng Caiyue took a light sniff and took Qiu Xuan's hand: "I was wondering where this elegant and subtle fragrance came from, it turns out it was brought by the second Miss Qiu. What kind of incense does the second Miss Qiu use?" The fragrance bag Qiu Xuan carried with her was the one given by Qiu Heng.

She was attracted by the special fragrance, but she didn't expect that Miss Feng would notice it.

This seemed to be an opportunity to make Sixth Sister famous.

Qiu Xuan's heart moved slightly, and she took out the sachet to show the other girls: "Today I only wear the sachet that Sixth Sister gave me."

Feng Caiyue was surprised: "Miss Qiuliu did it?"

"Well, Sixth Sister's adoptive parents make a living by collecting incense."

"Can you give me a closer smell?"

Qiu Xuan handed the sachet to Feng Caiyue without hesitation.

Feng Caiyue reached out to take it, not caring at all about the roughness of the sachet's fabric, and put it to her nose and sniffed it.

After a moment, she returned the sachet and said sincerely, "This fragrance is very well blended. Miss Qiu Liu has extraordinary attainments in the art of fragrance."

"No way, it's not difficult for ordinary people to prepare incense materials, but it takes a master to make and blend incense?"

The women couldn't believe it.

It's not that they look down on others. Masters of incense making need to be familiar with the characteristics of various spices and keep trying to improve their incense making skills. However, many spices are expensive, so how can ordinary people practice with them?

"There is always someone better than you." As the host, Feng Caiyue stopped the doubt and had an idea.

If Miss Qiu Liu really had such attainments, perhaps she could help her cousin solve the problems she encountered, so that her cousin wouldn't be so obsessed with fragrance that she wouldn't even leave the house.

"Hey, Miss Qiu Wu's scent is also nice, the same as Miss Qiu Er's." Feng Caixing suddenly said.

Qiuying blushed all of a sudden and stammered, "I also wore the sachet that Sixth Sister gave me." But she quietly lowered her hands and used her sleeves to cover the sachet hanging around her waist.

On the way back home, Qiu Fu, who was furious, sneered: "Fifth sister wanted to wear the sachet given by sixth sister, just like second sister, openly wearing it, why did she change the skin of the sachet?"

I saw that the sachet that Qiuying deliberately covered up at the flower banquet was made of fine silk, which was the material commonly used by noble ladies.

Qiu Ying was embarrassed by the retort and couldn't help but say, "The sachet given by Sixth Sister is indeed nice."

She couldn't bear to give up the unique fragrance, but also thought it was inconvenient to wear the sachet in public, so she changed it into a sachet bag.

Originally this was nothing, but compared with her second sister who calmly wore the sachet given by her sixth sister in public, her behavior seemed ugly.

"A sachet is worth so much thought. Have you never seen good things before?"

Qiu Yun listened to her fourth sister bullying her fifth sister and quietly moved away from Qiu Fu.

She was actually also wearing the sachet given by her sixth sister, but she was afraid that her fourth sister would be upset if she saw it, so she placed it very close to her body so that the fragrance would not be obvious.

Qiu Xuan, who was always gentle, lowered her tone and said, "Sixth sister's sachet was even praised by the eldest daughter of the Changchun Marquis's Mansion, so how can it not be a good thing? People outside heard that Sixth sister came from the countryside and were waiting to see something new. Fourth sister, aren't you happy that Sixth sister has the ability? Do you want those people to laugh at our mansion?"

These words made Qiu Fu furious, but she had no way to refute them.

"Where is second sister going?" Qiu Ying asked when she saw Qiu Xuan turn around and walk in another direction.

"Go to Lengxiangju and thank Sixth Sister."

Qiu Ying hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Third sister, fourth sister, I haven't been to Lengxiangju yet, so it's a good opportunity for me to go with second sister to take a look."

Seeing the two of them leave, Qiu Yun looked at Qiu Fu.

Qiu Fu's face was covered with frost. She flicked her sleeves and left, heading towards Lengxiangju.

　Ah Heng did not appear, but it was an important foreshadowing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)