Chapter 139: Xinlan
In the middle of the month, Song Hengyuan sent another post to the ministers, saying that the orchid planters in the palace had cultivated a new orchid, and he was going to set up a banquet to invite the ministers to the palace to enjoy the orchid. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
A large family from King Jing's Mansion was also summoned into the palace. It was the first time for Song Chen to see Song Jin and Yun Yuan wearing medicinal hairpins at the same time, his heart moved, anyway, the piece of jade brought back from Xiaojiabao had not been used up yet, and he originally planned to give Su Miao other styles of ornaments, so why not use it to play such a one-to-one hosta? Song Jin and the others are inferior, and if you don't look at them in particular, you may not notice them. He wants to make the most unique look, so that when they wear it together, won't everyone know that he and Miao Miao are a pair?
Song Chen's eyes lit up in Su Miao's eyes, she thought that he was envious of the medicine hairpin on the other party's head, so she stabbed him: "You don't need this, I am equivalent to your medicine hairpin!" ”
What Su Miao said was that every time she went out, she tasted all the food and drink before letting Song Chen eat it, and others thought that she was more arrogant, and she even had to eat something first, but in fact, it was because she wanted to try whether there was anything abnormal about those foods.
Song Chen naturally understood what Su Miao meant, and when he heard this, he looked at her very gently: "That's right! That's why I'm going to stay with you all the time......"
Su Miao: "......"
Song Chen and Su Miao are eye-catching wherever they go, Song Chen has been sticky to Su Miao wherever she goes, at this moment, it will be a little regardless of the occasion, the people in King Jing's mansion are used to Song Chen's appearance in front of others and in front of Su Miao, but other people are not used to it! Their impression of Song Chen was still stuck in the cold and handsome young man who had a handsome face all day long, and at first glance, when they saw that he still had such a gentle smile, they all opened their mouths as if they had seen a ghost.
"Ahem!" Song Jin coughed a few times, and beckoned Song Chen and Su Miao to sit down at his table, he was not frightened by Song Chen, but when he saw those people with a ghostly expression, he couldn't hold back his joy.
The banquet did not begin until later, and at this time they were all in the imperial garden, admiring the flowers while waiting for the main purpose of entering the palace - the pot of new orchids that had been waiting for a long time. There are usually some stone tables and stone benches that can be used to sit and enjoy flowers or rest in the imperial garden, and now it is winter, and those stone benches are covered with soft cushions. As soon as Song Chen and Su Miao sat down, Yun Yuan leaned over and bit Su Miao's ear: "That pharmacist from the Rejuvenation Hall is missing!" ”
Su Miao sat up straight, distanced herself from Yun Yuan, and looked at her: "What about the other two?" ”
"My second brother asked someone to find Ouyang Li to promise a lot of money, but he refused. He said that although this herb is not fatal, once used, it will harm people...... "Yun Yuan lowered her voice and continued, "Qiu Luo is said to have been out for half a year and has not returned yet. ”
"The clue is broken." Su Miao pondered, "Although it is very likely that the source is that Huang Yaoshi, the other party is obviously prepared. ”
"It doesn't matter. Actually, I'm a little vaguely guessing, I'll be on guard. Yun Yuan said.
Yun Yuan didn't pick it out, and Su Miao didn't ask, she didn't mix it up. If Yun Yuan hadn't mentioned it, she wouldn't have spoken.
Of course, Song Jin had already seen the new orchid, and he was describing it to Song Chen at the moment, after Su Miao's story, he always felt a little familiar after listening to Song Jin's words......
"Patterns on the petals?" Su Miao asked, "Shouldn't it be like the pot of 'Shengshi Phoenix Feather' you gave to Master last year?" ”
"It's different." Song Chen said lightly, "This is a light yellow-green petal with a pink pattern of different shades, although it is the same lotus petal and the same yellow stamen, but it should be two varieties." ”
"I don't know if the emperor is still short of money to build ships." So Su Miao came to a sentence.
Song Jin and Yun Yuan were a little inexplicable, but Song Chen understood what Su Miao wanted to do: "Don't worry." Isn't the orchid viewing festival coming? There may be more new varieties at that time. The "Shengshi Phoenix Feather" that Su Miao mentioned last year that he gave to his master last year was what he saw at the Orchid Appreciation Conference last year.
Master said last time that he could let Song Hengyuan owe him favors, and he had better not owe them favors. He understood what Master meant. It's easy to repay the silver, but it's hard to repay the favor, so don't use the favor if you can solve it with the silver. Song Hengyuan is a person who loves orchids, and he is not short of money, if he is willing to accept the exchange of silver for orchids, it must be because of favors. Last year, Su Miao donated silver, and then got the Suguan Lotus Ding, and at the beginning of the year, on the way to the Sea Country, they easily cleaned up the "pirates" who had been entrenched on Cape Island for many years, so they finally repaid the favor. Su Miao is not very transparent in terms of human feelings, he has to look at her.
While speaking, Song Hengyuan also arrived. He saw the four Song Jin sitting together from a distance and seemed to be talking happily, and he was very happy. He originally wanted to support Song Chen to become Song Jin's help, but now that he doesn't need to push him, the two seem to have a friendship, so they are naturally very happy to see it.
Song Hengyuan arrived, and today's protagonist also appeared. Sure enough, it is a brand new variety, Lin Jin Xilan, there are a lot of bluegrass in Tianjian Peak, Song Chen has never seen such a plant, sword-shaped leaves, tree-shaped flowers, light yellow-green petals, yellow or red vertical lines, slender and elegant, amazing.
Song Chen sighed secretly in his heart, but his performance was still silent.
Su Miao didn't study the posture and flower type of orchids, so she simply felt that it was beautiful to her eyes. She looked at Song Chen and saw that Song Chen didn't say anything, so she didn't say anything.
A group of people had already gathered around this Xinlan to appreciate it carefully, Su Miao and Song Chen had good eyesight, they were already standing behind, and after watching for a while, Su Miao directly pulled Song Chen to sit on the stone bench on the side: "Ah Chen, what do you think the emperor will invite us to eat?" ”
Song Chen couldn't help but smile: "Miaomiao, what do you want to eat?" Twilight Dancing Fish? ”
Su Miao shook her head, if the twilight dancing fish is not the same as before, only the palace can eat it, and now the average big family can also ask someone to buy this kind of fish, Su Miao has eaten it a few times in the Jingwang Mansion, and the dried fish of the twilight dancing fish that she made in Haiguo before were originally transported to Snow Lan City with other dry goods for Lin Yi to deal with, Lin Yi learned from Su Miao's housekeeper Sanbao in Zhonglu City that she liked to eat it, so she kept it. Every time she went back to the house over there, she would make it for her.
Except for some festivals, there are specific foods, the dishes that come and go in the palace banquet are actually similar, other people may think that they are already very delicate and delicious, but Su Miao feels sparse and ordinary. Her taste is more acceptable to the south, preferring light and original leaves, and many dishes in the palace banquet look very expensive, and the process used is very complicated, but in the process has unconsciously lost the original flavor......
After eating the palace banquet that was exquisite in the eyes of some people, but indifferent in the eyes of Song Chen and Su Miao, everyone left the palace and went home.
When leaving the palace gate, Su Miao rode a horse and walked two steps to the side to the window of the carriage where Yun Yuan was sitting. The curtain of the window was immediately lifted, and Yun Yuan's face appeared in the window: "Sister Su." ”
"Sister Yun, I'll go to the house tomorrow to look for you." Su Miao winked at Yun Yuan's big eyes, "I did what I mentioned to you last time." ”
Yun Yuan nodded in understanding: "Okay, tomorrow I will ask the cook to make more snacks, and you can bring a few boxes back then." "The last time Song Jin and they invited Song Chen and Su Miao to taste the craftsmanship of their newly invited southern chef, Su Miao was not surprised by other dishes, but they liked a crispy and soft-filled dessert made by this chef, and Yun Yuan remembered it in his heart.
"Okay!" Su Miao is also welcome.
The last time she was in the Prince's Mansion, she mentioned to her that her face had just recovered from poisoning, and she couldn't use ordinary rouge gouache, and even the ones sold in the rouge shop were not used for the time being, and she would make another recipe of balsam for her, but because the same material that needed to be used was not good, so it would take a few days. The kind of material that Su Miao said was missing was actually a kind of chamomile that Xiao Jingyu brought back from the west some time ago. Xiao Jingyu is very keen on taking care of her appearance, she saw someone in the local area using this small chamomile juice to apply when her face was sunburned, and the effect was immediate, so she also picked some used to make a special skin care balm, and felt that it was very useful, so she sent someone to send more than a dozen young branches to Su Miao, so that she could try to cultivate in Dalan and collect seeds. Su Miao planted these small chamomile in the forest house, and after the flowers bloomed, she studied them in detail and found that the sexual taste of this small chamomile was very peaceful and had a soothing effect. She had already noticed that some people seemed to be particularly uncomfortable with a particular flower or herb, and after using it, not only did it not work, but even caused a rash on the face, and if she used this chamomile to make balm, those people could use it.
The first batch of flowers, except for a few picks for the study of medicinal properties, the others are old and ready to be used to keep seeds. The skin care balm made for Yun Yuan has to wait for the second batch of flowers.
Even in the second batch, Su Miao only picked a dozen flowers and made a box of balsam and a box of rouge for Yun Yuan. Anyway, after these two boxes are used up, Yun Yuan will be able to use the ones she usually makes in the rouge shop.
The news of Yun Yuan's poisoning really spread, and many concubines who were good friends on weekdays came to visit. Yun Yuan is not a flamboyant person, but different recipes have different smells, and ordinary people will inevitably ask her about what balsam she uses.
Yun Yuan didn't say anything about Su Miao, since Su Miao didn't make things and sell them in the store, that is, she didn't want to show them in front of others. Anyway, she asked for a secret about Su Miao's help in curing the poison, and no one knew, so Yun Yuan only said that it was a gift from the master who the prince invited to help her treat the poison last time.
Yun Yuan said lightly, but soon some well-intentioned people guessed who the master in her mouth was. After all, when Song Jin went to find Su Miao that day, many people saw it. (To be continued.) )