The Seventh Prince shaved the tip of Shan'er's nose dotingly, "Well, Shan'er is a little beauty." ”

"Uncle Seven likes Shan'er, so is it okay to marry Uncle Seventh when Shan'er grows up?" Shan'er put her arms around the neck of the Seventh Prince, blinking her big eyes innocently.

The Seven Princes laughed out loud.

The eldest princess who was walking in front heard the laughter, and turned her head to see Xia Qingyun also looking at Shan'er with a smile, walking side by side with the Seventh Prince, like a loving little couple. The eldest princess lowered her eyes slightly, turned her head and laughed with the Ning clan casually.

The third princess was holding a piece of dim sum and teasing the white parrot, and when she saw them coming in, she threw the dim sum into her mouth, brushed the slag in her hand and smiled: "You guys are here, my aunt has been waiting for you for a long time, and we are not allowed to enter the tea room." ”

Xia Qingyun couldn't help but glance at her when she called Aunt Ning. Ning explained with a smile: "I have been handkerchiefs with Concubine Qing since I was a child, and I entered the palace in the same year. The courtyard is deserted, and only Concubine Qing in the palace thinks about our mother and son, and often sends some clothes and food to eat. ”

Xia Qingyun smiled and nodded, looking around the room, there were several ink flowers and birds hanging on the wall, there were two azure plum bottles on the table by the window, and there were a few silver willows and ink plums inserted in them, the tables and chairs were all made of ordinary wood, and some of the corners of the table had been ground to reveal the background color, which showed that the years of use were not short.

Only the rosewood carved table on the couch and a magpie plum embroidery screen with a red sandalwood base vaguely show the wealth and honor of the owner.

There was a small brazier under the collapse, and it was warm and cold in early spring, and it was a rainy day, and the house seemed a little cold. Ning asked the Seventh Prince to carry Shan'er to the couch, and took a copper hand stove for her to hold in his arms. Only then did he beckon the eldest princess and the others to sit down.

Ning said with a smile: "Every time I drink tea, I always think about what kind of immortal characters can make fragrant tea that contains the aura of heaven and earth. ”

Xia Qingyun replied with a smile: "Zhaoyi has won the award." I heard that you are good at incense, so you bring some flower dew, and I don't know if you can use it. ”

As he spoke, he took the brocade box handed by Qingmei and handed it over. Ning opened it and saw that there were three delicate jade bottles inside. Pick up one and remove the plug and sniff lightly. His eyes lit up.

"Citron?"

She happily opened another bottle, and a fresh fragrance overflowed from the mouth.

"It smells so good!" Shan'er wrinkled her little nose and shouted, and Ning smiled: "This is gardenia dew, fragrant but not greasy." ”

She held up the last jade bottle. Sniffed the plug under the nose. He frowned slightly. Sniffing again, he said happily: "Is it witch hazel?" This is extremely rare, and the county lord really has a heart. ”

"It's good if Zhaoyi likes it." Xia Qingyun replied with a smile. Ming Xue'er handed over a large bamboo box, which contained the standard set of Qingyun Tea Garden: a set of rosewood tea utensils, a small red clay pot, six hand-painted blue and white hat cups, and two cylinders of tea leaves.

Xia Qingyun said: "Last time, I promised the Seven Princes to send some Golden Needle Black Tea in Luomei Villa, but then I forgot about it when I was busy, and I asked Zhaoyi and the Seventh Prince not to be surprised." ”

"Where." Ning was very grateful, "The eldest princess and the county lord can come to the tea party today, which is already a great appreciation. I've heard Yu'er mention your tea ceremony a long time ago, and I'd love to ask you for advice. ”

The Seventh Prince interjected: "Last year, Concubine Qing gave a box of white peonies and a box of jasmine tea, and my mother liked it tightly, especially the white peony, and she was willing to take it out and drink it when she tasted the fragrance. When I heard that I met you at Luomei Villa, my mother kept talking about inviting you. ”

The third princess leaned over and smiled at the eldest princess: "It turns out that we are all accompanying guests today, and she is the main master!" ”

Xia Qingyun asked with a smile: "The third princess's craft flower tea is very good, you can figure out a new style when you come in, and bring it for us to pass by?" ”

"That's nature." The third princess smiled proudly and shook the box in her hand, "Blue is better than blue, today is an eye-opener for you." ”

"The tea room is ready, please move." Ning got up and invited.

The tea room is located in the ear room, and there is a wall of fire from the small kitchen next to it, so you feel warm as soon as you enter the room.

The interior is somewhat similar to the tea room in Xia Qingyun's Ruyi Treasure Pavilion, with pu straw mats on the floor, a low rectangular table in the middle, and several futons around it.

On one of the walls are two landscape painting banners, the left wall is a bookshelf, and the high shelf on the right wall is full of bottles and cans of different sizes, which are thought to be used by Ning's incense making.

Ning invited Xia Qingyun to sit on the top to make tea, the eldest princess and Shan'er sat on one side, the third princess and the fourth princess sat opposite, and he moved a small table and put incense utensils.

There was a knock at the door, and the Seventh Prince walked in with a Jiaowei qin in his arms. Ning said with a smile, "How can there be no sound of the piano when you taste the tea and smell the fragrance, so let Yu'er stroke the piano for us." ”

"I'm tired." Xia Qingyun bowed slightly, picked up the tea tube on the table and looked at it, almost all of them were sold in the Huangfu firm, and the best of them was given by Concubine Qinggui, so he got up and ordered Qingmei outside the door to take some more tea from the carriage.

Xia Qingyun specially asked his father to weave a delicate bamboo basket, in which there were all kinds of tea leaves, and he took them with him wherever he went.

The third princess pushed the box in her hand to the middle of the table, "Master, there is still mine." ”

Xia Qingyun saw that the third princess was thoughtful, and even brought the glasses together, and said with a smile: "Then let's start with yours, admiring the flowers in the water, tasting tea, incense, and listening to the piano, it is really a fairy-like enjoyment." ”

The third princess wrapped different types of flower tea with silk threads of various colors, and she picked an orange one and handed it to Xia Qingyun.

"This is called the full moon of flowers, and it uses nine jasmine and one calendula."

With the melodious sound of the piano, a faint fragrance wafted in the room, the white silver needles in the cup stretched out, and a wreath of jasmine flowers as white as jade slowly floated from the bottom of the cup, like a round of bright moon in the sky. Under the full moon, a marigolda blooms, its petals gently swaying with the waves.

The Ning clan saw the craft flower tea for the first time, and looked at the glass in surprise, "When did the third princess learn such a wonderful craft?" ”

The third princess covered her mouth and chuckled, pointed at Xia Qingyun and said, "My master is sitting there and let her comment." ”

The fourth princess hurriedly said, "My sister stayed up for several nights to make it. ”

Xia Qingyun poured a cup of freshly soaked jasper fairy for the two of them, "If you can make this flower with a full moon, you will be considered an apprentice." ”

The third princess smiled brightly, "My aunt likes it too, so why don't you teach her too." ”

Ning smiled lightly, but looked at Xia Qingyun silently.

Xia Qingyun knew that she was embarrassed to bother herself, so she smiled and said, "Zhaoyi is good at incense, why don't we two change it?" ”

Ning was stunned, not knowing what she meant.

The eldest princess coaxed Shan'er to eat a melon seed, raised her eyes and smiled: "The meaning of the Taiping county lord is to let you teach her Hexiang, and she will teach you the tea ceremony." (To be continued......)