The courtyard where Zhao Tao lives is called "Step Flower Garden", this place garden is as its name, the entrance is an atrium full of flowers and plants, there are not a few rockeries in it, as far as the eye can see, the ice and snow can not cover the verdant branches one after another, it is the evergreen trees of the four seasons are unwilling to be lonely and poke their heads. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The snow is obviously higher than the ground, so you can imagine how lively and prosperous it will be in the spring of the next year.

Not only that, but the floor tiles and railings are also carved with various floral patterns: entwined peony, entwined peony, folded branch crocus, and joint jewelry......

Because it was still snowing, they did not walk up the cobblestone path of the atrium, but along the doors of the verandahs on the left and right.

The verandah here is the same as the flower room, sealed with glass, and the ground dragon is connected underground, and it is warm as spring when you walk in, and it is not cold at all.

Outside the cloister, there is a beauty to lean on, and naturally no one leans on this season - so there is a row of ivory red, tooth white glaze pattern hexagonal flower pots lined with red flowers and green leaves more and more vivid, at a glance, the opening is red and hot, and it is very close to the atmosphere of the New Year.

Zhao Tao's makeup led everyone into the house, and the maids were busy undressing their respective masters.

"Although this Jinzhai Cuimei is not famous, I love this taste. Ordering someone to make tea and serve fruit, Zhao Taoxiang greeted, "You can taste it! If you don't like it, I have several other kinds of tea that my grandmother has rewarded here." ”

Sheng Weiqiao and the others naturally couldn't say they didn't like it, so they took a sip of the sweet white glazed heron lotus flower tea bowl and said: "This tea is green and clear, standing up like a beautiful eyebrow in the water, and it tastes sweet and refreshing to drink, no wonder you like it." ”

Zhao Taoxiang also recommended snacks that came with the tea: "This snowflake crisp is fried in oil, and I always feel a little greasy when I eat it alone, but it is just right with this tea." ”

When a few people had refreshments, Sheng Weiqiao and his entourage had to look at her boudoir - but saw that this room was covered with green bottom folded branches and four seasons flower patterns woven with gold and gold, probably because there was a thick curtain on the door in this season, there was no screen in the door, only in the hall inside, there was a red inlay luodian openwork carved with a back pattern and a low couch with black lacquer engraved curly grass pattern inlaid with mica in the middle of the lady's hairpin flower picture of the floor seat screen.

This Sheng Weiqiao's eyes turned casually on the picture of the hairpin lady, and he recognized one of the girls wearing a spiritual snake bun, wearing a jade step, and wearing a white, green, and purple triple coat, it was Zhao Tao's makeup, which was smiling and bowing her head and inserting a peach blossom into her temples.

"My fifth brother likes Danqing, and last spring, when we sisters were playing in the garden, he saw him and drew it. Zhao Taoxiang noticed her gaze and introduced with a smile, "After that, I thought it was good, so I asked someone to put it in this screen." ”

Sheng Weiqiao looked at it again, only to find that the position of the picture in the center of the screen was originally two pieces of glass, and it was thought that there was a mechanism set up, and the inner picture scroll could be changed at will.

"The beauty is picturesque, and of course it has to be depicted as a memorial. She praised with a smile, she didn't see much emotion on her face, but she remembered the advice of Sheng Sleeping Crane, and didn't want to get too close to the Zhao family, but she secretly admired the youngest girl in the picture in her heart - it should be Zhao Taocheng, the third lady of the Zhao family, Zhao Tao's cousin, the one that looks like a national color and natural fragrance is bright and beautiful!

Sheng Weiqiao is also a very beautiful girl, this Zhao Taocheng is not so beautiful that she is ashamed of herself, but Sheng Weiqiao's temperament is peaceful and clean, not aggressive, she is the kind of quiet, delicate, delicate, and even a little naïve and childish beauty;

"If this girl appears in the crowd, even if she is surrounded by people like me who are not inferior to her appearance, but at a glance, the first thing she notices must be her. Sheng Weiqiao thought silently, a little regretful, "If it weren't for my brother saying that I couldn't get too close to this Zhao family, I really wanted to see her with my own eyes!"

But I didn't know that in the back hall at this moment, Mrs. Qin was leaning crookedly on the hidden sac of the side of the longevity character pattern with the ink ink at the bottom of her teeth, and was talking to Mother Ge: "What do you think of the girls we saw today?"

Mother Ge knelt on the pineapple wood plum blossom pattern gilt foot on the couch, held a small jade hammer and gently beat her legs, and said softly: "You are willing to ask such a sentence, obviously you are somewhat satisfied." Otherwise, even if you have seen it, you don't bother to mention a word. ”

"You know my mind. Old Madam Qin smiled slightly and said, "What do you think about telling him to Xiao Wu?"

The little five she said is the son of the Zhao family's big house, and the author of the picture of the lady's hairpin in the Zhao Tao makeup room, Zhao Li, the fifth son of the Zhao family.

His father, Zhao Shi, is the eldest son of Mrs. Qin and the old lady of the Zhao family, the sibling brother of Princess Gaomi, and married his childhood sweetheart's cousin Qiu Shi when he was a teenager, and the relationship between the couple has always been very good.

The two gave birth to eight children before and after, but three of them died in infancy, and the ones who survived were the eldest son Zhao Shan, the eldest lady Zhao Taojiao, the second son Zhao Fang, the fifth son Zhao Li and the third lady Zhao Taocheng.

It's a pity that Qiu's health in the early years was not very good, although after careful recuperation after marriage, it has improved a lot, but one after another to have children, it seems to have drained the energy, not long after Zhao Taocheng was born, she died of illness.

At that time, Mrs. Qin and Zhao Shi were very sad, and even Zhao Shi had been staying in Northern Xinjiang all these years in order to avoid touching the scene, and he had never come back - the Zhao family's poetry and books were heirlooms, and Zhao Shi was admitted to the imperial examination, although he was not as famous as his younger brother Zhao Xuan, but he was also famous.

However, in the middle, he went around and around, but he put pen to paper, and now he is the deputy commander of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the official is the Huaihua general of Zhengsanpin.

Because the eldest son and second son of the Zhao family are men, they were called by him to go to northern Xinjiang a few years ago to sharpen.

However, the fourth son of the concubine, Zhao Bu, and Zhao Li, who was still young at the time, were all left by the old lady Qin, along with the two daughters Zhao Taojiao and Zhao Taocheng, all of whom grew up with the old lady and have been living in the Zhao Mansion.

This Zhao Li is eighteen years old this year, his sisters are all quite beautiful women, and his appearance is not bad.

It's just that because I'm obsessed with Danqing, I don't pay much attention to my homework.

was supervised by his uncle Zhao Xuan, and now he only has the fame of a showman - a showman at this age is also very remarkable in ordinary people, but it is not enough in the Zhao family.

Both Mrs. Qin and Zhao Yu were dissatisfied with this, and repeatedly ordered him to give up Danqing and concentrate on his schoolwork, but Zhao Li usually has a mild temper, but he did not give in when it came to preferences, and even once made trouble to the point of breaking with his family.

It is precisely because of the stiffness that he is about to be crowned now, and the marriage has not been decided - the family is patronizing and correcting his direction, and there is no time to discuss marriage to him.

Later, he really refused to change, Zhao Xuan was afraid that he would force this nephew to run away from home, and it would be difficult to explain to his brother when the time came, so he could only hold back his temper and persuade Mrs. Qin to calm her anger.

When Mrs. Qin saw this situation, she also knew that this grandson was not thinking about the imperial examination, and she had made up her mind to study to the end in Danqing - the Zhao family had four sons and two daughters, and the second room Zhao Xuan and his wife had three sons and one daughter: the third son Zhao Bai, the sixth son Zhao Han, the seventh son Zhao Du born to the concubine, and the second lady Zhao Taoxiang.

Zhao Li's other brothers, regardless of their qualifications, are all serious and motivated, and strive to maintain and inherit the lintel of their own scholarly door.

So Zhao Li really couldn't help it, and Mrs. Qin could accept it after she was angry, but she was worried about his future: "Xiao Wu doesn't like articles, he likes to paint." However, throughout the ages, there are many people who have been rich and noble through the imperial examination, and how many people have no worries about food and clothing from Danqing?"

This is the truth, many famous Danqing families, when they are alive, are often destitute and poor, displaced all their lives, and their wives and children are often very depressed.

A few of them were developed during their lifetimes, and some of them were because they first took the test for fame and then became famous as Danqing, or they inherited the rich family property of their ancestors.

Zhao Li was addicted to it, and he couldn't think of the future, but Old Madam Qin couldn't help but plan for him, "Our family remembers the ancestral teachings, although it has been a leader for several generations, it has never been involved in bribery, and it is a little thing that has been accumulated, which is considered rich in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is nothing in the high gates of Chang'an." In their generation, not counting the dowry of girls, there are seven male heirs alone. Even if the two concubines can't share much to go, there are still five remaining concubines. ”

"Xiao Wu is not the eldest son, even if he can get more shares than his concubine in the future, it must be limited. ”

"This child's mind is immersed in his little preference, where does he know the art of management? He is also a person who sees a painting he likes and tries to buy it and figure it out...... This kind of temperament really worries me, once our elders go, the children will divide up and live their own lives, and this child is afraid that in a few years, his share of the family property will be ruined, and won't he have to live a hard life in the future?"

Old Madam Qin sighed, "The third lady of the Sheng family, although her current family background is a little worse, but her brother dares to come to Chang'an to participate in the Spring Festival at this age, it can be seen that she is an outstanding one, and her mother's family may not be unworthy of associating with our family in the future;

Mother Ge said: "Sheng Shixiong is famous for favoring the eldest son, since this third lady Sheng is deeply favored by Sheng Lanci, as long as she marries the fifth son, if she wants to fight in the name of General Zhou in the future, are you still afraid that Sheng Shixiong will not do his best for our side?"

But she also reminded, "It's just that the sons and ladies of the Sheng family are all living in Ning Weihou's Mansion now, and the children under Ning Weihou and his wife are all at the age of saying that they have not yet married." If the Ningwei Hou Mansion also planned to marry the Sheng family, they were close to the water and the building was the first to get the moon - the old slave heard that the son of Ning Weihou came to Chang'an on the Sheng family's boat. ”

"That's what I thought, and I didn't want to get married right away. When Mrs. Qin heard this, she shook her head slightly and said, "Although Xiao Wu is unwilling to advance in the imperial examination, the most outstanding daughter of some families is not very willing to give it to him, but with our family's family and reputation, there are more people who want to marry us, especially Xiao Wu is still a son-in-law!"

"Although this Miss Sheng San is good-looking, and her family background is also satisfactory to me, but after all, she has only come to Chang'an, and she has to observe the specific character for a few days before she can draw conclusions. Otherwise, if you find out that something is wrong after marrying, won't it hurt Xiao Wu?"

He raised his chin forward, "Isn't her brother here today, and he is receiving them with Ning Wei Hou Shizi, who is receiving them by the third, fourth, and fifth children?"

Mother Ge's heart moved when she heard this, and said: "The eldest son of the Sheng family and the prince of Ning Wei Hou both came to Chang'an to catch the exam. ”

"After all, it's my Zhao family's voice that matters the most. Old Madam Qin understood what she meant, and said calmly, "If these two children are really talented, Xiao'er won't cheat them because of such an idea of peach makeup, but if they are such flashy people, Xiao'er won't show favoritism because of their visit today—my Zhao family's current status and reputation rely on generations of people who have been saved by abiding by their ancestors' teachings, self-denial, and teaching their children strictly, how can they be wasted?"

Jinzhai Cuimei: Green tea, the name and description refer to Baidu Encyclopedia, I haven't drunk it......

Snow Crisp: From "Wu's Feed", the method is to melt in a small pot of oil, filter, stir-fry the noodles, stir well to the point that it is not thin or thick, remove from the heat, sprinkle white sugar, put it in the fried noodles, stir well, and form a place. Press up, roll it out, and cut it like an eye block.