He Linwan nodded at Mu Lanping, and before she could speak, Chu Rong'er "giggled" and said, "Ah Wan and Sister Mu are good friends, and Miss Sixteen is Sister Mu's cousin, with this fate, the two of you will definitely be able to get along well in the future." ”

"Oh?" Mu Lanping looked at Mu Wanping with some confusion, "Are the eldest sister friends with this He girl?

Mu Wanping glanced at He Linwan and said in a flat tone: "How long have you been back in the capital?" Miss He went to Beijing with her parents five years ago, and she only returned to Beijing at the beginning of the year, and it is common for you not to know. ”

Mu Lan nodded calmly and said with a smile: "I see! No wonder the eldest sister hasn't come out to socialize much these days, but today she agreed to this appointment, I thought it was a little strange before! ”

Chu Rong'er, a serious owner, smiled a little reluctantly when she heard this, in order to hide her embarrassment, she hurriedly welcomed everyone inside, and several people followed Chu Rong'er into a courtyard.

This yard is not very big, but the yard is planted with plum blossoms all around, and after entering the house, the maids have opened the windows on the east, west, and south sides, and the eyes are full of spring plums that are blooming brightly, and the fragrance of plum blossoms is also coming to the nose.

"This is the Plum Garden, and this season is the most suitable place to make tea and enjoy the flowers. Chu Rong'er said a little smugly, "In addition, there are lotus gardens, chrysanthemum gardens and peony gardens, but unfortunately those courtyards are still being repaired, and the flowers are not yet blooming, otherwise I will take you all to have a look." ”

Mu Lanping walked to the window to enjoy the scenery of the plum garden, smiled when she heard Chu Rong'er's words, and said casually: "Your scenery here is not bad." ”

Chu Rong'er was about to smile and be modest, Mu Lanping turned her head and said to Mu Wanping with some nostalgia: "When I just walked in, I remembered my family's Four Seasons Garden in Jiangnan, and I still drew drawings to repair the garden myself." It's a pity that I can't bring it to the capital with me. ”

Mu Wanping looked a little lacking in interest, and casually comforted: "Isn't it okay if you build the same one in the capital." ”

Chu Rong'er asked curiously, "Is the Four Seasons Garden the same as my yard?"

Mu Lanping glanced at Chu Rong'er and smiled: "It's almost, but my mother has a house slave who is good at tending to flowers and plants, so the seasonal flowers and trees in the garden can bloom all year round." When I entered the door just now, I saw that you had put some potted flowers and plants from other seasons outside, and I thought that your garden was the same as my garden of the four seasons. ”

Chu Rong'er blushed a little when she heard this, and said embarrassedly: "I bought the pots outside at a high price." ”

Mu Lanping nodded, and appropriately gave Chu Rong'er a step, "The capital is not warmer than the south of the Yangtze River, and it is a little difficult for flowers and trees to bloom all year round." ”

The maids moved a low table and put it by the window, and put on the futons and tea utensils.

He Linwan asked, "Cousin, is this going to make tea?"

Chu Rong'er looked at Mu Lanping, her smile was a little stiff, "Brewing tea has been popular in Beijing recently, and I heard that it also came from the south, presumably the sixteenth girl is very good at this?"

Mu Lanping glanced at the tea set on the low table, and said with a smile in Chu Rong'er's slightly nervous gaze: "The recent wind of making tea has indeed come from our south, but I only know a little bit about it." ”

Mu Lanping, who temporarily learned the way of making tea and wanted to show her elegant demeanor today, breathed a sigh of relief, but she still waved her hand to let the maid remove all the utensils for making tea, and said to Mu Lanping: "Then we still don't make tea today, I remember that I just got a few taels of good Junshan tea a while ago, let's drink this today." ”

Mu Lanping smiled and turned his head to talk to He Linwan, "I heard that Miss He has been in the east a few years ago?"

He Linwan was a little surprised by Mu Lanping's attention to herself, she nodded, "Well, my father is in Donglin. ”

Mu Lanping wanted to continue to say something, but Mu Wanping interjected: "Okay, let's come over for tea, don't you talk so much?"

Mu Lanping seemed to listen to Mu Wanping's eldest sister's words, and when she heard this, she stuck out her tongue, sat down next to Mu Wanping, and beckoned to He Linwan, "Sister Ah Wan also come and sit, I still want to hear you talk about the customs of Donglin later! I grew up in Jiangnan, and this time I came to the capital all the way I have walked the farthest distance, I envy you very much that you can go to the border to see, but unfortunately I am afraid that I will not be able to realize this wish in my lifetime." ”

Mu Wanping looked at the plum blossoms outside the window, and said in a light tone: "Accustomed to the prosperity and singing and dancing of the south, where can you stand the barrenness and turmoil of the border land?

Mu Lanping blinked at Mu Wanping, and said suspiciously, "Big sister knows a lot about the border land?"

Mu Wanping pulled the corners of her mouth, lowered her head and drank tea.

Chu Rong'er kept wanting to interject when they were talking, but she didn't know where to join the topic, and she was about to give He Lin a look to the evening envoy and ask her to build a shelf for herself when the maid came in and reported that a few more guests had arrived.

Chu Rong'er, Mu Wanping and Mu Lanping apologized, and then got up to pick up the guests, but this time she did not welcome them out of the garden, but stood outside the plum garden to greet them.

This time, five women came, all of whom were the wives of Chu Rong's husband, Jun Chu Hanlin's colleagues. Hanlin Academy is a noble place, and there are some small Hanlin who have the same family background as Chu Hanlin and rely on the imperial examination to enter the office.

The five girls who came today were big and small, but they all seemed to be looking at Chu Rong'er, and when they came in, they kept praising how exquisite the design of the garden was, and Chu Rong'er swept away the caution in front of Mu Lan's plane in front of them, and smiled extremely reserved and proud.

He Linwan glanced at the attitude of the three women towards Chu Rong'er, and understood what Chu Hanlin and Chu Rong'er had in mind. With Chu Hanlin's background, it is difficult for him to integrate into the family circle in the capital, so he wants to win over these colleagues with ordinary family backgrounds to form his own power. The Mu family sisters who came here today are the steps for Chu Rong'er to establish her prestige.

Sure enough, when the three women heard Chu Rong'er introduce that Mu Wanping was the wife of the prince of Anguo or their friend, they were even more careful about Chu Rong'er's attitude.

Chu Rong'er was secretly proud, but Mu Wanping said: "I came here because I heard her mention that Miss He would come over today when I met Mrs. Chu last time, and I wanted to catch up with her because I hadn't seen Miss He for a few years, so I came to disturb her." Miss He, let's go for a walk in the plum garden, Mrs. Chu and all of you, please take a walk. ”