The next day, Yan Xiaoyue got up and asked Jin Qiao to go to Yang Mansion again to pick up Xiaoxiao.

At that time, Yan Xiaoyue sent Xiaoxiao to the closed moon fast, and took Jin Qiao to the first floor alone, and as soon as she arrived, she saw Zhao Cheng looking left and right at the door.

Zhao Cheng saw Yan Xiaoyue walking forward happily, "Miss, you can come, my master has been waiting for a long time." ”

Yan Xiaoyue nodded, "I came by walking today, so I was delayed for a long time." ”

"It doesn't matter, my master has time today." Zhao Cheng smiled, can he run out of time? After receiving the news yesterday, he postponed all the staff members he was going to meet with today until tomorrow.

After going upstairs, Zhao Cheng led the two into the closed room, which was still the room that they had often met before.

"Hello Lord Ning!" Yan Xiaoyue greeted the salute generously and sat opposite the prayer for peace.

Qi Anning looked up, an indescribable meaning flashed in his eyes, raised his hand and poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Yan Xiaoyue.

Yan Xiaoyue glanced at it, "Won't it still be Kuding tea?" ”

A smile flashed at the corner of Qi Anning's mouth, "Kuding tea is so unpopular with you?" ”

"Didn't I say earlier that I don't like bitterness the most?" Although Yan Xiaoyue said this, she still raised the cup in front of her and took a small sip, and sure enough, it was still bitter.

Putting down the teacup, Yan Xiaoyue got to the point, "Does the prince know about Katuoguo?" ”

"Of course you know, the largest nomadic country in the North."

"Then their crown prince married the princess of the Bell tribe this year, you should also know, right?"

Qi Anning nodded, he had only received the news not long ago. Katuo has always been a confidant in the north of the Great Zhou, gathering absolute power, most of the nomadic tribes in the north have married the royal family of Katuo, so it is also a relatively normal thing for the princess of the Bell tribe to marry Katuo in his opinion.

At that time, if it weren't for the fact that the Katuo Kingdom was also in civil strife, I was afraid that Emperor Zong's acquisition of the Great Zhou Dynasty would be much less land. So you can't afford to slow down anything to the north.

Yan Xiaoyue didn't know what she was suspecting? I just vaguely feel that something is not right. Then he took out the paper drawn according to the pattern of the carpet of the Jin Palace, and unfolded it for Qi Anning to see.

Qi Anning first glanced at it curly and then raised his head, just wanted to say something, and after looking at the cautious expression of the woman opposite, he also looked at it carefully. His brow furrowed. Not so sure: "This, this is like a common pattern in the north, it's a dance, I've seen it before." ”

Yan Xiaoyue handed the pattern of her carpet to Qi Anning again. "Have you ever seen this pattern?"

Qi Anning looked at it. The brow furrowed even tighter. Pick up the two and compare them, and put them down after half a ring, "Is there any difference between these?" And you made a special appointment with me for these two patterns? ”

"I don't know if I'm overthinking. A few days ago, my brother came back from Katuo again. By chance, she met the newly married princess of the Bell tribe, who exchanged a unique blanket for ten silk horses. And yesterday, at the snow banquet of the Jin Palace, I also saw a blanket of the same material from the princess of Jin, but the pattern on the blanket was different. ”

Qi Anning stared at Yan Xiaoyue, "A unique blanket? Princess Jin also has one? ”

"The blanket was woven from the purple lambskin of the royal family of Katuo, and the long rolls of wool of the Bell tribe, and Princess Gu Na said that the first batch was the dowry she brought, and the quantity was very small, except that she was only possessed by the prince and king of Katuo."

Qi Anning fiddled with the drawings in front of him, "Does this pattern have any special significance?" ”

"The first one is on the blanket of the princess of Jin, and the second one is on my blanket, as far as I know, the people of the nomadic tribes are very good at singing and dancing, and they will hold large songs and dances when they encounter celebrations or sorrows or sacrifices and prayers, but the various dances are different. My blanket is woven with a harvest dance, as for the one of Princess Jin, I believe the prince can figure it out. ”

Qi Anning compared the two drawings again, and it could be seen that the skills of the painter were not weak, with Mr. Yang's fine brush painting style, he looked at Yan Xiaoyue with a smile, and gently folded the drawing paper and put it into his arms.

"I'll let people find out when I go home, no matter what's going on, I still have to thank you, you have a heart."

Yan Xiaoyue lowered her head to avoid Qi Anning's gaze, picked up the teacup and took a big sip, but her whole face was wrinkled with bitterness.

Qi Anning laughed out loud, and handed it to Yan Xiaoyue with another set of tea sets, "This is the tip of the bud brewed with the spring water of Huguo Temple, you can taste it again." ”

Yan Xiaoyue looked at the two sets of tea sets on the table, took a sip slowly, and raised her eyebrows, "Well, this is not bad." ”

After speaking, his eyes glared, "Since there are bud tips, why do you still give me Kuding tea first?" ”

Qi Anning smiled faintly, "I thought you would find the bitter Ding delicious." "The tone and expression of the speech are not visible elsewhere.

Yan Xiaoyue's expression was also extremely relaxed, "Lord Ning, you are really a noble person who forgets things, I said earlier that I don't like bitter tastes." Okay, Lord Ning, I told you what I wanted to say, and as for the follow-up, I can't control it. I'll leave first if I have something to do today. ”

Qi Anning hurriedly said: "It's almost time to eat, don't you eat first?" ”

"No need, today I made an appointment with Xiaoxiao and, I, Xianggong have dinner together, the time is almost up, I'll leave first." Yan Xiaoyue rarely talked about Jiang Siyan in front of King Ning, and after saying it, she felt that there was nothing else to say, so she quit.

As soon as I went downstairs, I met Xiaoxiao with Xiao Tao coming over, hurriedly greeted him, pulled Xiaoxiao upstairs, and instructed Jin Qiao: "You go down and wait, just bring it up directly when you see the eldest young master." ”

"Why did my sister leave first?"

"There's something to deal with, so let's go first. By the way, do you have any jewelry? ”

Xiaoxiao took a box from Xiao Tao and opened it, "Sister, look, this is my makeup gift for the British public five mothers to marry, what do you think?" ”

Yan Xiaoyue picked it up and took a look, a pair of butterfly hairpins with silver twisted silk, although not precious enough, were exquisite, especially the pair of tentacles that were blown out, trembling and agile.

"This is very good, it is enough for a friend in the boudoir to send this, and this pair of hairpins also needs a dozen taels, right?"

Yang Xiao'er said with a smile: "Sister, it's clumsy now, the shopkeeper only charges me eight taels of silver." ”

Yan Xiaoyue raised her eyebrows, and then smiled, "Then did Shopkeeper Li say how much silver does this pair of hairpins cost on weekdays?" ”

Yang Xiao'er tilted her head and thought, "It seems to be said, it sells sixteen taels on weekdays." Then his eyes opened, "Sister, why is the shopkeeper selling it so cheaply?" By the way, he also said let me help him say a few nice words in front of you! Won't this cause trouble for my sister? (To be continued.) )