Wind whimpered through the air.

The fruits on both sides of the road drooped low, and the half-ripe apricots fell to the ground.

"Mrs. Shen, don't come unharmed!" King Jin looked at the two Yingying figures in front of him, shook the fan in his hand, his gaze stopped slightly on Xiao Wu's body, and finally landed on Shen Qingli.

This woman is obviously richer than before, and the makeup on her face is becoming more and more exquisite, with a thin waist and a flowing skirt that moves slightly with the wind, still as if she is going to ride the wind.

He stopped, the corners of his mouth curled up at her.

Shen Qingli stepped forward to bless his body, then retreated to the side and was silent, but Xiao Wu stepped forward and asked calmly: "Are the princes and adults going to enter the palace?" ”

"Exactly, since we are here to serve the sick, of course we have to serve in front of the emperor with all our hearts." King Jin said with a smile, "If you are free, you can go with us, most of the peaches and apricots in the palace are ripe." ”

The two asked and answered, but they couldn't see any ambiguity.

Xu You raised his eyebrows, looked at Shen Qingli, and asked with a complicated expression, "I don't know what the young lady thinks?" ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Shen Qingli immediately responded.

She just wanted to go to the palace to have a look!

"Hehe, let's go!" King Jin smiled heartily in a good mood and strode out.

Shen Qingli held Xiao Wu's hand tightly and followed behind.

Mu Yunting has been dealing with business in the palace for the past two days, maybe he will run into him again!

Through the guò layer by layer of door guards, the four of them entered the palace gate.

Xu You stopped, pointed to a cobblestone path that branched off from the road under his feet, and said: "From this path, after crossing the lake, it is the back garden, the peaches and apricots over there are ripe, you go first, and we will look for you later." ”

"There are many trees in the garden, don't get lost!" King Jin said with a smile.

"You're busy with yours, let's go pick some peaches and apricots." Xiao Wu smiled, dragged Shen Qingli and walked over.

The two of them stepped on the cobblestone path, turned a corner, and a pool of blue water immediately appeared in front of them, the water was flowing, and ran merrily downstream, and the lake curled with a turquoise corridor leading to the opposite bank.

On the other side, there are peach trees all over the ground, and apricot trees on the slopes.

Red peaches and yellow apricots hang in clusters on the branches, a prosperous beauty, and the rich fruity fragrance refreshes people's hearts and lungs, making people forget everything in the world.

"There are so many fruits, I can't eat them all, so I have to take them out and sell them, right?" Shen Qingli picked a red and purple peach casually, took out a handkerchief and wiped it and ate it, the taste of the pure natural and pollution-free fruit is delicious, not to mention the thin skin and juicy, the color is also natural and pure red, eating in the mouth, there is a faint fresh taste of grass and trees lingering between the lips and teeth.

"Where is the use of going out to sell, I heard that there is a winery in the garden, which specially brews fruit wine and rewards it to the concubines in the palace." Xiao Wu also ate the peaches in his hands with relish, and he didn't notice that the red juice was splashed on the placket on his chest, and he picked the red apricots on the branches by himself.

Several women in palace clothes walked out from the depths of the fruit tree with bamboo baskets, and when they saw the two of them, they respectfully stepped forward to give blessings in turn, and those who could enter this garden did not need to ask, they were naturally noble ladies.

"Are you all from the winery?" Xiao Wu asked nonchalantly.

"Yes!" One of the women, dressed in peach, stepped forward generously and said, "This is not far from the winery, if the two nobles don't like the smell of the winery, they will go to have a cup of tea and rest." ”

In the depths of the fruit forest, there was a faint sound of a man's voice, and Shen Qingli heard what seemed to be the voice of the prince of Jin, so he turned his head and said to Xiao Wu: "Auntie, let's go over and rest for a while before leaving!" ”

"Then let's go and sit down!" Xiao Wu didn't seem to hear the voice over there, and without thinking about it, he took Shen Qingli's hand, and the two followed the pink woman behind him towards the wine shop.

In the depths of the forest, a courtyard with red tiles and blue walls suddenly appeared, and three big characters were written above the gatehouse: Linglong Wine Workshop.

Fruity aromas mixed with notes of sake lees greet you.

Sweet and glutinous with a hint of spiciness.

"Two nobles, please." The woman in peach made an inviting gesture.

The two walked in, sat down in an octagonal pavilion in the middle of the courtyard, the pavilion was surrounded by two red-painted railings, the railings were engraved with exquisite dragon and phoenix patterns, there was a spring in the rockery in the middle of the courtyard flowing out of the cracks in the stones, like a small waterfall hanging on the rockery, the wings in the four rooms were exactly the same, the doors and windows were all depicted with the patterns of flowers and birds without exception, and they were all exquisite.

An old woman in a gray dress was squatting with a wooden scoop, engrossed in the spring, scooping the water from the rockery into the barrel beside her.

"Two nobles, please use it slowly." The woman in peach clothes respectfully stepped forward to serve tea.

Xiao Wu found the juice on the placket, and was a little embarrassed, and the woman in peach clothes immediately said: "There are spare dresses here, which can solve the needs of the nobles, if the nobles don't dislike it, please come with the slaves." ”

"Li Niang, you wait for me here, I'll go change my clothes." Xiao Wu had to get up.

Shen Qingli nodded: "I'm waiting for my aunt here." So saying, he got up and walked freely in the courtyard, and when he saw that the old woman was still squatting there and receiving water without raising her head, he walked over curiously.

The old woman raised her head slowly, an old wrinkled face came into view, the dense wrinkles seemed to tell the endless vicissitudes of life, the hair between the temples was gray, and there was a wooden hairpin obliquely pinned to it, the wooden hairpin was shaky, as if it was about to fall off at any time, her cloudy eyes stared at Shen Qingli for a moment, stunned for a moment, and then a faint smile rose at the corner of her mouth: "Are you curious about the one qiē here?" ”

Her voice was low and hoarse, as if it had been deliberately squeezed out of her throat.

"Exactly." Shen Qingli smiled at her, squatted down beside her, and asked, "Old man, do you use this water to make wine?" ”

"Hmm." The old woman nodded, her eyes fell on a small red mole on her wrist, and said slowly, "Only the water in this spring can make authentic Chongguo seed wine, so when it is the season of winemaking, the old slave will stay here day and night to receive water." ”

"I see." Shen Qingli glanced around the courtyard and asked, "This winery has been around for many years, right?" ”

"It's been forty-three years!" The old woman gestured and sighed, "The old slave has been here for forty-three years!" ”

It turned out to be a sake brewery left over from the previous dynasty.

"I heard that there used to be a Concubine Rong living here." Shen Qingli asked.

"The old slave is Concubine Rong's personal maid." The old woman said bluntly. R1152