- "Mrs. Zhan, but what did I play wrong?"

"No, no. Chun Tao came back to her senses and smiled apologetically: "Mr. Zhen, I'm sorry, I just lost my mind." ”

The pianist called "Mr. Zhen" is actually very young, only thirteen or fourteen years old. She bowed her head slightly, and also smiled: "I should say I'm sorry, it's me who played too boringly to distract you." ”

"No," Chun Tao hurriedly waved her hand and blurted out: "It's not boring at all, it's that I'm stunned when I see you." ”

The piano master was stunned for a moment, and his slender jade fingers stroked the birthmark on his right cheek, then lowered his head and lowered his eyelashes: "It's all my fault for being careless and forgetting to put on the veil, which frightened you, madam, please forgive me." ”

Seeing her cautious and panicked expression, Chun Tao felt even more guilty, and sighed: "I was just thinking, if there was no birthmark, Mr. Zhen didn't know what kind of rich and noble family he would marry!"

She said this sincerely, because it came from the heart, and there was no hint of pretense to welcome her.

Not to mention this thrilling beauty, Mr. Zhen is already rare among women because he can read and write, and he is proficient in music and rhythm, and he can play well with a good hand. Even if you marry a prince and marquis, it's not a mismatch, right?

As soon as the words fell, the pianist raised his eyes to look at her, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and there was a faint sadness in his eyes.

Chun Tao gently pinched her thighs.

Look at her mouth!

What did she say?

If Mr. Zhen's family had never changed, everything would be easy to say, but now that her family is in the middle of the road, how can she marry a wealthy family?

Isn't this secretly trying to persuade people to make small ones?

But people are from a good family, and there is still a maid around them, it doesn't seem like they have been lowly since they were children, how can they lower their prices to be concubines?

Thinking about it, Chun Tao slapped her mouth and said to the piano master: "Mr. Zhen, don't be surprised, I sometimes speak somehow, what I think in my heart, I just say it in my mouth, and I never think about it." My grandfather used to say the same about me - I swallowed a rolling pin in my stomach and went straight to my stomach. ”

"Mrs. Zhan laughed," the pianist was not complaining, Ying Ying smiled: "You are fast-talking, straightforward and frank." ”

Chun Tao also laughed.

She loves Mr. Zhen's temperament, quiet and gentle, not self-contained or proud.

Unlike those who are in Deyi Fang Pavilion, they can recognize two or three words, and they can make a few limerick poems, and one or two eyes will grow to their foreheads, and they will never look at them who don't know how to read.

Chun Tao let down her guard against the person in front of her early in the morning, she took a sip of tea, held the cup in both hands, and said seriously: "Mr. Zhen, let's be honest with you - I am not 'Mrs. Zhan'." ”

"Huh?" the pianist actually guessed a few points, but he didn't say anything: "Your master is not surnamed Zhan?"

"It's true that my lord's surname is Zhan," Chun Taowan smiled: "But I'm not a lady, I'm just a concubine." ”

"Oh. There was nothing unusual on the violinist's expression, only a calm bow.

Chun Tao's heart warmed, maybe no one could say what was in her heart for too long, so she couldn't help but say more: "Actually, even the concubine is not counted, and the one who has not given tea is just an outer room." ”

The violinist tilted his head slightly, frowned lightly, smiled faintly, and laughed at himself: "You are so worry-free about food and clothing, not like me, shabby, even the heirlooms have to be sold for money." ”

Quietly, she led the conversation to the point where it mattered.

Chun Tao woke up to this, and hurriedly leaned over and asked, "By the way, the white jade pendant you said last time, did you bring it today?"

The pianist nodded, took out a small bag of things from his arms, cherished it, and carefully handed it to Chun Tao.

Chun Tao received it in her hand, opened the outermost linen, and inside was a silk bag, she took out the jade pendant inside, pinched it and held it in front of the window, and looked at it carefully in the light.

"Hmm......" The jade pendant has a smooth texture and is flawless. She nodded lightly: "It's a very good jade." In the past few months, she has followed Zhan Xiaoyi's side, seen a lot of beautiful jade, and slightly practiced her eyesight for appreciating treasures.

The pianist said: "The so-called 'gold in troubled times, beautiful jade in prosperous times'." This was purchased by the ancestors when they still had money to spare, and they were used to pass it on to the next generation, and if they wanted to pass on their children and grandchildren, if they could, they would definitely choose the best. ”

"Hmm......"

Chun Tao hesitated slightly.

The violinist only said the most attractive point, and did not urge her, waiting for her to think about it slowly.

After a moment, Chun Tao took a breath lightly, made up her mind, and smiled softly: "Mr. Zhen, wait a minute, I'll order someone to get the money." ”

The violinist bowed deeply to her and said gratefully, "Thank you, Madame Zhan, for your generous help." ”

Chun Tao hurriedly helped her up: "Thank you, your jade pendant is indeed worth the price." As she spoke, she glanced at the maid beside her, asked her to go to the account room first, and motioned for the pianist to sit down: "Mr. Zhen, if you don't dislike it, you can call me 'Spring Peach'." ”

"Lady Chuntao. ”

The violinist did not overstep and accepted her kindness, but still added the word "madam".

Chun Tao was comfortable to hear this title, and she asked again: "I don't know what Mr. Zhen's name is?"

"The little woman's name is 'Ping'an'. ”

Chun Tao didn't expect Mr. Zhen's name to be so customary: "'Ping'?"

"Exactly, the 'peace' of 'entering and exiting peace'. ”

"It's a well-meaning name. ”

Chun Tao had no choice but to praise like this.

While waiting, she couldn't help but play with the beautiful jade in her palm, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and she couldn't put it down: "It's so beautiful!"

After a while, she suddenly shook her head lightly and sighed: "Unfortunately, it's not actually the one my master is looking for." ”

"Oh?" Zhen Ping'an raised his eyes and pretended to be surprised to look at Chun Tao: "Does Master Zhan have a designated style?"

"What he wants is a pair of 'phoenixes'," Chun Tao turned the jade pendant sideways: "Mr. Zhen, you are a bird." ”

Yue Bird is the name of the peacock by the ancients.

"It's really a bird. My ancestors came from Quang Nam West Road, and Yue Niao was the auspicious bird over there. Saying that, Zhen Ping'an apologized: "On that day in 'Yuliangyuan', I heard you and the shopkeeper say that you were looking for a white jade pendant carved with an auspicious bird pattern, so I recklessly stepped forward to talk, which was really rude." ”

Chun Tao smiled slyly: "It's okay, I'll just think I'm seeing through my eyes, and when the master sees that he doesn't want it, he can only reward me." ”

"Thank you Madame for your understanding," Zhen Ping'an took advantage of the situation and asked with a smile: "I take the liberty of asking, why does Master Zhan have to be 'Phoenix'?

"It's not my lord who asked for it, but a friend of his asked him to find it. ”

"To be able to make Master Zhan so attentive, this friend must not be simple. ”

Zhen Ping'an bent his lips and smiled, guiding Chun Tao to say more without a trace.

Sure enough, Chun Tao's words box was opened: "Yes, the master privately called him 'God of Wealth', and he obeyed his words." ”

"'God of Wealth'?" Zhen Ping'an shook his head lightly, pretending not to believe it: "Even Master Zhan has to obey him?

……