Ning was both surprised and delighted.

She lives alone all the year round, except for the Seven Princes in the courtyard, there are only two rough envoys and a maid, and her life is hard and lonely. On weekdays, he passes the time by studying incense.

Although Concubine Qing cherished her, she couldn't come to visit often because of her identity. Now that Xia Qingyun is willing to communicate with her about the art of incense, and can learn the tea ceremony, she is naturally happy.

"It's just that the capital is far away in my courtyard, and there is nothing to entertain, as long as the county lord doesn't dislike it."

Xia Qingyun smiled and said: "The courtyard is quiet, there are books and paintings, piano and incense, plus tea, it is naturally interesting, and it is a good place for self-cultivation." By the way, I heard from the Seven Princes that there is also a plum garden called 'Zhaoyun', and I don't know if I can still enjoy the plum blossoms now. ”

Ning said: "Just after the season, although there are still a few late jades, most of the plum trees in the yard have sprouted and grown leaves, and the artistic conception of appreciating plum blossoms has been lost. ”

Xia Qingyun smiled unmindfully, "Then we will decide, after the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year every month, I will come to the other courtyard to learn incense from Zhaoyi and exchange tea ceremonies." ”

The third princess held her cheek with one hand, looking a little lonely, "Alas, I can only have this kind of good life in my dreams in the future." ”

As soon as the sound of the piano turned, the Seven Emperors played a song "Yangguan Three Stacks", which dyed everyone's mood with a little bit of sadness.

The third princess waved her hand and said: "Seventh brother, let's change the song, I haven't left yet, don't get these period Ai Ai, people will panic when they hear it." ”

The Seventh Prince smiled indifferently, his slender fingers gently picked up the strings, and played a song "Spring and White Snow".

and the drizzle outside the window, the sound of the piano is loud. With light smoke curling, Xia Qingyun brewed one tea after another without distraction.

Everyone seems to be on the top of a mist-shrouded mountain, overlooking the vitality of the earth in early spring, and it is like a heavenly palace with ethereal clouds, forgetting all kinds of troubles in the world.

On the way back from the courtyard, Xia Qingyun asked the eldest princess, "I didn't expect that there was such a deep relationship between Concubine Qing and Ning Zhaoyi. ”

The eldest princess patted Shan'er, who was sleeping in her arms, and said, "She also saw Ning Zhaoyi's frustration, so she gradually became cold. There are many concubines in the harem, and there are intrigues. If she doesn't be cruel to others. Someone was even more cruel to her. ”

Xia Qingyun nodded silently, speechless all the way.

The days that followed were busy and fulfilling.

The auction in Hejian County was unexpectedly hot, with more than 100 merchants vying for 10 places, and finally sold for 50,000 taels of silver per store.

The ten places are the rich lands of the provinces. The contract is signed. Operators must strictly follow the management regulations of Qingyun Xuan. Qingyunxuan will send a special person to make an unannounced visit every quarter, and if there is a violation, it will be ordered to rectify, and if it does not comply, it will be delisted and the contract will be cancelled.

Turn. Qingyunxuan had to send corresponding tea masters, pot masters, tea chefs, etc., and added management personnel to assist in the early stage, until the operation of the tea house was on the right track three months later and then withdrawn.

Yiying's tea, tea utensils, tea sets, and tea tables are all provided by Qingyun Tea Garden, which are sold to various chain stores at a price 40% lower than the market price, and sent people to escort them directly to the store.

Those who open a shop only need to invest money, take care of local relations, and learn to manage the teahouse after finding a suitable shopkeeper.

There was the reputation of the lord of Taiping, and they all believed that as soon as their shop opened, the silver would flow into their pockets like water.

Although the price of 50,000 taels of silver is expensive, it is only a one-time payment, and there will be no other fees in the future.

In addition to the matter of the teahouse, Xia Qingyun also instructed Qingguo Qingye and a few people to sow corn in a large area in the Ruyi Treasure Pavilion, and Dad and Qingmei and others also came in to help.

Seven or eight county towns need at least 100,000 catties of fine seeds to be sufficient. The crops in the treasure pavilion ripen quickly, and a stubble can be harvested in more than ten days.

The corn kernels must be carefully screened to ensure that the grains are full of good seeds before they are bagged.

After more than a month of busy work, seeing that spring is returning to the earth, the day of sowing is coming. Xia Qingyun hurriedly asked Qingguo and Qingye to lead the team, and borrowed more than a dozen family members from Zhenguo Gong to escort corn seeds to various places.

The house in Hejian Zhuangzi was also preliminarily built, and Xia Qingyun took Qingmei and others to visit the market more than a dozen times before they prepared all the furniture.

Because the mother has to move to Zhuangzi after giving birth, Mrs. Zhenguo and Mrs. Huguo have to go to live in the past, so everything is inspected by Xia Qingyun personally, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.

Xia Qingyun had to run to the river every three or five days, which made the two mothers feel distressed, and when she was at home, she changed her way to cook delicious meals for her, for fear that she would be hungry and thin.

Mrs. Zhenguo always smiled and said, "If Bowen comes back and sees that you are thin, you can't blame us for not taking good care of you?" ”

Xia Qingyun blushed when he heard this, and lowered his head silently to pick up the food.

In his spare time, Xia Qingyun also went to the Beijing suburb courtyard to study incense and tea art with Zhaoyi Ning. The Seventh Prince sometimes accompanies him, sometimes he goes out to run errands, but as long as he is there, he has to personally send Xia Qingyun back to his house every time.

The third princess sent people to ask the date from time to time, and as soon as Xia Qingyun went to the other courtyard, she also took the fourth princess to run with her and study with her.

Ning said with a smile: "It's good for the third princess to learn, the barbarian side is close to Nanyang, rich in all kinds of spices, the princess may be able to open a shop in the south in the future, sell tea downstairs, sell incense upstairs, and give herself a few fat powder money." ”

The third princess pouted and said, "I'm also a barbarian princess, they can always afford fat powder money, right?" But I'm still going to open this store, not for anything else, just to have a thought. Drinking tea and smelling incense, I can think of the days I spent with you. ”

Her wedding date is set for the eighth day of September, but in half a year, she will marry away from home. Others looked distressed, but she herself seemed to be nothing.

Xia Qingyun knew that her temperament was the same as that of Concubine Qing, she buried her deepest feelings in her heart, and she would not reveal it. However, Concubine Qing showed coldness, while the third princess was a little more uninhibited.

On this day, Zhen Guogong brought back a letter, which was written by Si Hongbowen, saying that the convoy had gone all the way to the border, and was about to enter the hinterland of the grassland. Presumably, the capital has bloomed in spring, but the side plug is still snowing and cloudy. Only at the end of the letter, I asked Xia Qingyun and her mother how they were well.

Xia Qingyun was a little dissatisfied in his heart, he wrote so much, and only one sentence mentioned himself, which was inevitably depressing.

She was a little suspicious in her heart, could it be that Tuoya pestered Si Hong Bowen and messed with his heart. After thinking about it, I felt that I was a bit of a philistine. Si Hong Bowen has known her for so long, and he has never heard of indiscretion in women, and he should believe that he is.

In fact, during this time, Toya really didn't pester Si Hong Bowen anymore. Whenever she had time, she would go to Batu's carriage, or look through Batu's collection of books, or ask him about the customs of Persia and Qi.

It's just that at night, when she looks at the stars in the sky, she will say to herself in her heart that she must take her destiny into her own hands! (To be continued......)