The envelope in his hand has not been opened yet, and he can smell a smoky fragrance from a long distance from his nose, which makes Yue Xi feel disgusted!

"This is an invitation from Orchid Garden, and this year's Yaju is two months later than in previous years." Liu Hualou glanced at the things in Yue Xi's hand and said indifferently.

"Why don't you take a look? I heard that the owner behind this orchid garden is the current Queen Mother? Yue Xi handed him the envelope and said with a smile: "The face is not small! Even the invitation card of the Queen Mother was sent to your house. ”

Liu Hualou stretched out his hand to accept the invitation, but there was no joy on his face, but he sneered: "Prince Yue, take a look for yourself!" ”

He sat cross-legged behind the desk in front of Yue Xi, took out a small knife from the pen holder to pick open the wax side of the envelope, took out the plain invitation card inside, and handed it directly to Yue Xi's eyes without looking at it.

“？” Why did you accept the invitation from the Queen Mother, as if you were still angry?

Yue Xi was suspicious, but he was not polite, he took the invitation and opened it to understand that the inside and outside were plain and elegant letters, and the content was very simple, except for the name of Liu Hualou written on the forehead, there was only one date and hour, and even the place of the payment and the meeting was not written.

It's a bit far-fetched to say that such a thing is an invitation, and there are only two words in the whole article: arrogance!

It's no wonder that Liu Hualou has such an attitude, people with lowly status are also people, if the Queen Mother gives a condescending order, he may not be the slightest bit annoyed. It's the only one who wants to pretend to be elegant and can't let go of his identity and face to make such an invitation card that makes people feel as disgusting as eating flies!

After reading the invitation inside and out, Yue Xi leaned over and took the envelope on the desk and put it back again, without saying much.

"People like us are not even as good as pigs and dogs in the eyes of those people!" Liu Hualou glanced at the invitation, and picked it up under the overpowered inkstone in disgust, making it out of sight.

Yue Xi leaned back, just against a cushion placed next to the wall behind him, and still didn't answer.

She had nothing to say. I also understand that Liu Hualou hates such gatherings. But I still have to accompany the sadness of the smiling face to socialize.

"Childe, the water is boiling." The voice of the curtain came from downstairs, and it sounded a little nasal, a voice that only came after crying.

Since the master ordered him not to go up at will, the half-grown son could only stop downstairs.

He didn't look down on Yue Xi, but he didn't want to offend his son-in-law for such an inconspicuous man.

After all, a benefactor is a benefactor, and these days he may not run to the spring breeze every day, and after a few days, he will never climb the threshold of his house again if he has a new love.

Curtain Yu thinks that he is smart and beautiful, and there is no need to compete with the one upstairs for a while.

"Hmm." Liu Hualou responded lightly, picked up his robe and got up and went downstairs, and after a while, he went upstairs with a big tray: "Don't hang the lanterns these days, five days later, the party in Orchid Garden, we have to play music according to the rules of the street in March, and we have to get together to practice during the day." ”

"Yes." The curtain answered downstairs, and waited for a while to see that the master had no more instructions before pouting and returning to his room.

Liu Hualou put the tray on the table, and wiped his hands with the wet cloth towel placed inside before fiddling with the purple clay pot and tea cup......

Yue Xi closed his eyes slightly and looked at him with a graceful posture towards himself, and couldn't help grinning: "It's really troublesome, wash and brew the tea, let's talk for a while." ”

"Tea can make people idle and quiet, and the smell of tasting is endlessly interesting." Liu Hualou raised his eyes and squinted at her, and unconsciously brought out a variety of amorous: "If the tea is a thing, the delicate spirit of Ou Fujian, the spiritual endowment of Zhong Shan Chuan, the stagnation of the placket and stagnation, and the clear guide and harmony, then the non-mediocre children can know it." The middle is leisurely and clean, and the rhyme is high and quiet. ”

"Shh Yue Xi's face immediately showed a disapproving expression: "I don't understand this, I only know that I drink tea when I am thirsty, only Sven people like you have to make drinking tea so troublesome, and you have set the rules and rituals......"

It seemed that the more he talked, the more bored he felt, Yue Xi shook his head again, but he no longer complained.

"My son-in-law is strange." Washing tea, making tea, scalding the teacup, and pouring the first two brews of tea into the fair cup, Liu Hualou handed the hot teacup to Yue Xi: "Smell it." ”

Yue Xi glared at him, took back his two straight thin legs to coil them, reached out and took the fair cup, poured a cup of tea first, and handed it to Liu Hualou, holding the fair cup with a 'bang' and a big mouthful: "Why am I strange?" ”

......He looked at the cup in Yue Xi's hand and then looked at the small tea cup in front of him and was stunned, and then said: "Yue Gongzi doesn't like tea ceremony, how can he love tea?" Could it be just ......"

Halfway through his words, he stopped, but Yue Xi said disappreciably: "Could it be that he is a vassal and elegant person?" ”

"I don't understand these so-called Taos, I only understand one thing: drinking tea is drinking tea."

She glanced at Liu Hualou casually, and took a big sip of hot tea with the big fair cup before continuing: "It's still the same sentence, someone can be idle and make up such a set of forms, I can only say that they are idle." I drink tea because tea quenches my thirst, it works for fitness, and it refreshes my mind......"

"As for those things that have to be cultivated and tasted by tea, they are things that are done by learned people, I am a person who does not learn and has no skills, so Xiaoyanagi, let's take a big sip, how happy......"

Liu Hualou held a small tea cup, lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time, until the tea in his hand was a little cold, and he drank the tea all: "Why do I always can't argue with what you say?" The tea ceremony has been handed down for thousands of years, during which how many literati have praised and sung this way, why does it change the taste after passing through your mouth? ”

"Thousands of years ago, literati and artists chased Xu Shi ......" Yue Xi pointed to his head, meaning that the original tea ceremony may have pursued the spiritual level, and the later it went, especially the tea ceremony

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Later, especially after the tea ceremony spread, people paid attention to the form, where is the Tao?

"That makes sense!" Liu Hualou nodded in agreement, not to mention anything else, the tea ceremony poetry and songs on the street in March were prevalent, and many of them were famous and famous, but are these people really elegant? It's not just to get more yellow and white things.

"Yes, let's not talk about this, when you have like-minded partners and have time, waiting for you to be coquettish, if you have the leisure, why don't you tell me about the elegant gathering in Orchid Garden."

"Yaju...... Hehe! Liu Hualou took a sip of tea in his mouth and couldn't laugh, he quickly blocked his mouth with his hand, and it was not until the tea was swallowed that he smiled and said: "After listening to Gongzi Yue's opinion on the tea ceremony, now I am talking about the word Yaju, even if I feel ridiculous!" ”

"Such gatherings take place every year." After laughing, he said with a stern expression: "As Gongzi Yue said, the owner of Orchid Garden is the current Queen Mother. ”

"Most of the time for Yaju is held in March every year, and this year it is held in June, and it is said that it is ......" He looked at Yue Xi and said in a deep voice: "I heard that someone is sick, and it has not gotten better until recently." ”

Someone is sick? Hearing him speak in such vague words, Yue Xi lowered his head and was silent, it was not a matter of a day or two that Ying Su was not in good health, this kind of thing seemed to be known to the people of Dazhao, so as soon as Liu Hualou spoke, she had already thought of the face that was so beautiful that she had no friends.

"Those people who can enter the Orchid Garden every year, the ladies of the famous families in the imperial capital, and some literati and writers who are very disdainful of the son-in-law......"

"Hey! Don't say that......" Yue Xi raised his head this time and immediately interrupted him: "I don't look down on the literati and artists in the world, I also admire those literati who have real talent and learning!" ”

Liu Hualou listened to her words and smiled noncommittally.

"You still don't believe me?" Yue Xi raised his voice and said.

"Then Gongzi Yue, can you tell me which one in this imperial capital can be regarded as a real talent?"

Yue Xi was stunned by his question, and after thinking about it for a long time, she still didn't think of a person's name, so she had to say with a hippie smile: "It's too much, where can I finish it in a while!" ”

Liu Hualou smiled again, but he didn't feel sorry for her anymore.

"Xiaoliu, you said that those young ladies from famous families in the imperial capital will go to Lanyuan?" This is what Yue Xi is most concerned about.

She had been wandering around the Han Xiang's Mansion for two days, but she was still not allowed to enter.

She couldn't even enter the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, how could she see Han Er......

"What does Gongzi want to do?" Although Liu Hualou still had a smile on his face, his tone was obviously alert.

"Of course it's to see the beauty!" Yue Xi's eyes widened and said, "If you want to see all the beauties in the imperial capital at one time, probably only in Lanyuan." ”

"That man...... Rarely go to Orchid Garden. Liu Hualou obviously didn't believe Yue Xi's explanation, and he said carefully: "I have been to Lanyuan four times, and I have only heard that he has been there once. ”

"How do you still hear about it? Aren't they all in Orchid Garden? ”

"The people on March Street, as well as those outside the palace, are not allowed to enter the inner courtyard, we just play a few tunes in the water pavilion outside."

Liu Hualou said softly.

"That's boring...... Yue Xi leaned back on the cushion in disappointment, and said with a big grin: "I can't even go into the inner courtyard, how can I see the beauty?" I also said to hang in with you and see the excitement. ”

As long as he can enter the Orchid Garden, he will have a chance to catch Han Er, and Yue Xi now just asks Liu Hualou to let go and take her in.

As for the rest, it can only be taken one step at a time.

However, Liu Hualou lowered his eyebrows and shut up, made a posture of only drinking tea seriously, and refused to agree to her lightly.

In line with Yue Xi's thoughts, Liu Hualou can't completely trust Yue Xi, and it is not difficult to bring her into Orchid Garden, but if she really goes in and causes trouble, it is possible that she will lose her head!

Liu Hualou has a head, although he has a good impression of Yue Xi in his heart, he doesn't dare to take his life to please Yue Xi.

……

After a solid night's sleep, Yue Xi left the spring breeze early in the morning.

On March Street, where there are not many pedestrians, there are a few men with weak legs and feet who walk sporadically, and at first glance they look like overindulgent men.

Yue Xi looked at them, touched his smooth cheeks again, and walked towards the street with a smug face.

"Housheng, are you still going to Beicheng?" As soon as he walked out of the street, a voice that seemed to be a monk's acquaintance greeted Yue Xi enthusiastically.

"Well, go back." Yue Xi smiled and nodded, got into the carriage he was riding in yesterday, and said secretly: This handlebar-style eye is really good......

People walk on two legs, and Yue Xi is also prepared with two hands.

Regardless of whether Liu Hualou agreed to take her to Lanyuan or not, she got a chance to find a move near the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The fat sister walked miserably, and she couldn't let her wait too long in the underworld......

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