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"Princess, you're finally back."

The moment Zhang Yun and Xiao Feng stepped into the gates of the princess' mansion, Yue Er seemed to have been waiting for them for quite some time. When she saw Xiao Feng, her face was immediately filled with astonishment. She couldn't help but cover her mouth as she laughed: "Young Master Xiao, where are you going …"

"Where else can I go? Of course it's to be a laborer for you beautiful noble princesses!" Xiao Feng said with a helpless expression.

After returning to the mansion, Zhang Yun felt that he had gone a little too far. Thus, Xiao Feng could not help but feel his heart ache for Xiao Feng. He stretched out his hand to take the item off Xiao Feng's neck and said, "I, I accidentally bought so many things. Even I do not know …"

Xiao Feng really had the urge to go on a rampage.

Xiao Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head. But then again, all the food and drinks that he ate today were provided by Zhang Yun. Even if he put in some hard work, it didn't seem like he would lose out.

With this thought, Xiao Feng instantly became elated and smiled, "I can only say that I am unlucky. I really can't think of anything else. "

"Come on, take everything to my room." She then turned to Yue'er and said, "Yue'er, go instruct the servants to prepare dinner."

"Yes, princess!" Yue Er agreed before turning around to leave.

"… …"

When Xiao Feng once again entered Zhang Yun's room, he no longer had that uneasy curiosity from before. However, he was still impressed by Zhang Yun's best friend. This noble princess' bedroom was still as simple and unadorned as before. It did not look as luxurious or as rich as he had imagined – perhaps it was influenced by the family's traditional thought of saving money.

Zhang Yun could not help but roll his eyes at Xiao Feng when he saw him looking around his room, "What are you looking at? "Hurry up and put everything down."

"Oh …" Xiao Feng returned to his senses and placed the items on the table.

Zhang Yun could not wait and began to admire his "spoils of war". He opened a box of rouge and asked Xiao Feng, "What do you think about the color of this rouge?"

How could Xiao Feng understand these women's things? He shook his head.

Zhang Yun then put the rouge box back, and took out a bottle of glazed Rose Dew. Lifting the bottle to his nose, he took a whiff, and a sweet smell immediately assaulted his nostrils.

"Then how about you smell this bottle of Rose Dew? Is it fragrant?" Zhang Yun then asked Xiao Feng.

This time, Xiao Feng did not refute Zhang Yun's words, but said: "I think you spent quite a bit of money to buy this bottle of Scented Dew, right? Just with this kind of dewdrop, who knows how many in the Song Dynasty would be better smelling and more fragrant than this! "

According to historical records, in the fifth generation of the natural rose perfume finished products were brought to China. By the Song Dynasty, the formation of a limited scale but stable import, known as rose dew, big food rose water, big food water. During the Northern Song Dynasty, perfume distilling technology spread to Panyu (now Guangzhou), where it developed a very important local perfume manufacturing industry, which quickly spread to Fujian and Zhejiang regions.

However, the special roses of the Islamic world were not introduced to China at that time, so Guangzhou could only replace them with Suxin flowers and jasmine flowers, which were also native to Persia, and Fujian and Zhejiang regions could only use citrus flowers and osmanthus flowers as raw materials. Mr. Yang Zhishui's "Glazed Bottle and Rose Water" gives a wonderful and important explanation of this history.

Therefore, there is a Song people's Maopeng "Butterfly Love Flower" description of "rain does not have a clear autumn smell. Sick autumn cup, do not wake up sleepily. First change the quilt. "Rose is moist and fragrant."

However, due to the limited number of Rose Dew imported from overseas and the extensive use of Rose Dew by the Chinese people, the two have created a huge "gap" in the supply and demand of Rose Dew, thus causing the price of Rose Dew to only be high and not low.

This has led to the emergence of many local counterfeits. As for ordinary commoners, they could only buy a few counterfeit goods and even some other fragrant nectar from their own properties. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the perfume industry developed so rapidly that almost every household could use the local nectar that was not inferior to the imported ones.

It was also in this era that Rose Flower began to be used in women's makeup.

And then there was Yu Shou-tao's "Guang Kao Wang Guodong Met Rose Lu Yi Yun", which wrote, "Beauty Xiao Jing Yutai, Immortal Chuan Cheng Fu Pingping. The exterior image of the sparkling and translucent glass bottle does not wait for the wax to be sealed. "

"… …"

Zhang Yun really wanted to slap Xiao Feng, and said snappily: "Those things can be compared to this? This is from a country far away in the West... "I've wasted my breath asking you this question."

"Then let's talk about your father. You must be wondering why I agreed to go with you to Mongolia, right? " Xiao Feng sat on the chair and said with a smile.

Zhang Yun was puzzled, but she did not want to bring it up. She was afraid that if she spoke too much, it would affect Xiao Feng's decision.

"What do you think of this matter?" Zhang Yun also sat down, looking nervous as he pursed his lips.

"You don't have to be nervous. Since I've promised you something, I will definitely not go back on my word. " Xiao Feng smiled, "I think that you are hiding something from me. So, I don't want to follow you around in a daze, do you understand me? "

Zhang Yun's eyelids twitched as he looked at Xiao Feng with an unsteady expression, as if he had been seen through. He said, "You, you already know?"

Xiao Feng thought to himself: "This is just my guess …" To be more specific, I hope that Miss Zhang can explain it to me. "

Hearing that, Zhang Yun bit his lips as he hesitated.

Xiao Feng's finger lightly knocked on the table but he did not press on.

"Actually, I didn't mean to deceive you." Zhang Yun finally spoke up, she took a deep breath and looked apologetic, "Actually, the real reason father called me back isn't because mother is sick." Instead … It's for me to marry me to a man I don't know. "

Xiao Feng frowned and said: "Then who am I here?"

Zhang Yun raised his head and looked at Xiao Feng's expression. He looked hesitant and shy as he said, "I-I said it already, don't be angry!"

"Tell me about it first." Xiao Feng said.

"Actually, before this, I had already received a letter from Father Khan, in which he also wanted me to go back and marry the son of that Zakho. I had never met this man, nor did I know if he was tall, short, fat or thin, or ugly, or if he was not, how could I have readily agreed to such a request from my father. So I said to my father that I already had someone in my heart. My father, Khan, was a generous man, and when he heard me say so, he did not press me. "But let me find a time to bring my lover back so that he can have a look and see if he likes it …"

Xiao Feng finally understood that Zhang Yun knew that his mother was sick and did not rush back immediately. That was just an excuse.

When Xiao Feng thought of this, he seemed to already have an answer in his heart. He said with a bitter smile: "Princess, don't say that I am the one you love?"

"I... I had to. Father Khan has already allowed me more than a month, this time if there is no explanation, father Khan will be angry. You know, my father, Khan, as the highest authority on the prairie, was naturally dignified and irresistible. " Zhang Yun said timidly.

Zhang Yun's words could be considered as admitting Xiao Feng's words.

Xiao Feng was truly speechless. He had been sold for being ignorant, and without knowing it at all.

"You, please don't be angry, alright?" Zhang Yun looked at Xiao Feng as if he was afraid that he would be unhappy.

Xiao Feng sighed and said, "Since things have already come to this point, what's the point in getting angry? Do you want me to just leave? But I promised to go with you to meet your father, Khan... Sigh, I can only blame myself for being too naive and not knowing that I was tricked. "

After saying that, Xiao Feng shook his head and sighed.

Hearing that, Zhang Yun, who was sitting on the opposite side, struggled in his heart. When she thought about how she was unable to explain it to her father and, more importantly, how she had always had a good impression of Xiao Feng, she didn't know when, but she had started to like him.

Today's dialogue was a confession to Xiao Feng, but it was also a confession. However, from Xiao Feng's appearance, it seemed that he did not have any intentions of liking her …

Thinking of this, Zhang Yun felt a sense of sadness. Frustration, loneliness caused her to be overwhelmed by emotions for a moment … Tears fell from the corners of his eyes.

Zhang Yun leaned on the table and started to cry …