Liu Caichun followed the maid to the study of the princess Xue Tao, she walked up to the third floor of the main building, Xue Tao stepped forward and smiled: "How is the residence, are you still satisfied?" ”

Liu Caichun hurriedly bowed and said: "Very good, picturesque, simply beautiful, thank you princess for arranging!" ”

Xue Tao smiled: "Go to my study and talk!" ”

Xue Tao led her into the study, Liu Caichun was a little surprised, I rarely heard that women have a study, of course, not absolutely, she also has a study, and her father arranged a cabin for her as a study on the ship.

The princess's study is very atmospheric, separated by a six-leaf white jade rosewood frame screen, Chen Shaoyou also has a four-leaf Nanmu frame screen, he often boasts that it is a priceless treasure, but compared with the princess's screen, it is simply like a cloud of mud, regardless of jade, wood, height, width, and quantity are far inferior, and she found that the upper painting of the screen turned out to be the authentic handwriting of Yan Liben and Wu Daozi, inscribed by Zhang Xu.

She was immediately attracted, walked up and looked at it carefully, she was almost obsessed, Xue Tao smiled: "This was originally placed in my husband's study, it is my husband's treasure, I really like it, so I snatched it." ”

Liu Caichun then remembered that this was the princess's study, she was reluctant to retract her gaze, and when she heard that it was snatched up, she asked curiously: "Isn't the prince angry?" ”

"Angry at what?" Xue Tao was puzzled.

Liu Caichun said cautiously: "You just said to snatch it over, he.... Isn't he angry? ”

Xue Tao chuckled, "It's useless for the husband to be angry, he can't fight me, he can't fight me, no matter how reluctant he is, he can only obediently give up, I said I like this screen, he can't do it, he has to carry it on my back, I don't like other men to enter my study, he can only serve me personally." ”

Liu Caichun listened a little messy, this is completely different from what she has seen and heard!

Xue Tao saw the confusion in her eyes and knew that she was confused, but this kind of thing couldn't be explained clearly, just like her mother couldn't understand it until now, she didn't bother to explain.

"There are three full rooms in my study, two of which are book stacks, I won't take you to see them, let's go sit outside."

The two walked out of the room, outside is a pavilion, the pavilion is not big, but can enjoy the lake and water, the ground is covered with a soft carpet, there is a wide couch on the carpet, for three people to sit, the corner is a beast-headed bronze incense burner, which is faintly burning frankincense, and the cigarette curls to repel mosquitoes.

The two of them sat down on a soft couch, and in front of them was a table, on which were placed several fist-sized pieces of exquisite jade, and the surface of the crystal white jade had a colorful red skin.

"This is jade?" Liu Caichun pointed to a few pieces of jade.

Xue Tao smiled and nodded, "This is Kunlun jade seed material, my husband calls it Khotanese seed jade, it is produced in Khotan Town, it is different from the jade pendant and jade ring we usually see, this is a natural rough stone, without any carving and polishing, it is a flawless mutton fat jade, and the red skin is also as bright as the morning glow." ”

Liu Caichun picked up a piece and looked at it carefully, and exclaimed: "It's really white and greasy, and the beauty is flawless!" ”

"If you like it, I'll give you a piece when I go back, my husband has collected a lot, but most of them belong to me, and I also love them very much, they are the essence of heaven and earth condensed."

"Then thank you, Princess!"

The maid brought them sencha, and Xue Tao smiled: "How does the tea in Chang'an compare with Jiangnan?" ”

Liu Caichun picked up the teacup and tasted it carefully, she was surprised: "This is Master Jiaoran's tea!" ”

"You can actually taste it?" Xue Tao's eyes were full of approval and curiosity.

Liu Caichun said with a smile: "I often discuss poetry with Master Lu Yu and Master Jiaoran, Master Li Zhi is also there, and I will inevitably drink tea when discussing poetry.

The tea of Master Kyaukran pays more attention to the tea quality itself, commonly used well water, mellow tea taste, generally white porcelain, more brown like ink, porcelain white like snow, black and white, so you can know it with a taste. ”

"Listen to your words, better than ten years of reading, it turns out that you have to pay attention to the unity of water, tea, and utensils, the previous tea is drunk in vain, my husband prefers to drink milk tea with a bamboo tube, the same as cow drink."

Liu Caichun covered his smile and asked, "Why don't you see His Royal Highness King Jin?" ”

"I usually don't see him during the day, but I come back at night to eat, and if there is a war, it's not uncommon to see him for months."

Speaking of this, Xue Tao put away his smile and said in a deep voice: "This time, I invited you to come to the house for a few days, but I actually have something to ask for." ”

"But for the son-in-law?"

Liu Caichun had already guessed that inviting herself must be for Guo Weiwei.

Xue Tao nodded, "I want you to teach the little girl to paint, she has loved painting since she was a child, I taught her, but I feel that her style is different from mine, she is more suitable for ink painting, I am good at figure painting, I know that Miss Liu's ink painting is good, can you point out the little girl?" ”

Liu Caichun was a little embarrassed, if she came to the palace as a Xixi, she would not be able to perform in Chang'an, but the princess was gracious, and she also liked to live here.

Let someone else sing it! There are also several singers in their troupe, and they are also very famous in Jiangnan, so leave the opportunity to be famous in Chang'an!

She thought for a while and said, "At most, it will only be one or two months, it's too long, we have to go back to Jiangnan." ”

Xue Tao said with a smile: "Then let's talk about it, in two months, I will pay the girl 1,000 yuan to moisten the pen." ”

Liu Caichun was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand, "It's too much, a hundred times is enough!" ”

"You don't care about this, you should still have the maid's luggage! Pack up and move over. ”

"It's already packed, there is only one personal maid, called Little Radish, the princess will send someone to pick her up and the luggage, and I will write a letter to my father to explain the situation."

At this time, Xue Tao thought of a most critical question, "The girl is married, and she has a husband?" ”

Liu Caichun is already twenty years old, and there are very few people who are not married at her age, but Xue Tao has a woman's intuition, and Liu Caichun is still a virgin.

Liu Caichunqiao's face flushed, shook his head and said: "Originally, I had a marriage contract with the son of the Zhou Jialing Troupe in Yuezhou, but the relationship between the two families deteriorated because of competition, and the Zhou family simply quit the marriage last year, and I am not currently married." ”

Xue Tao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said with a smile: "Okay! I asked Vivi to come over and apprentice. ”

.........

It was already late for Guo Song to return to the mansion, and he participated in the discussion of the Counselor's Building on the arrangements for the imperial examination next spring, which was the number one event in the spring of next year, and everyone discussed it until the evening.

He went back to the study and sat down tiredly, his body was not tired, the main thing was that there were too many things that gave him a headache.

At this time, Xue Tao came in with a cup of hot tea and asked with concern, "Have you eaten, I'll let the kitchen send it over." ”

Guo Song waved his hand, "After eating, everyone has eaten a light meal, and their stomachs are not very hungry, so there is no need to be busy." ”

He picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea, and said with a little surprise: "How is it white porcelain?" ”

"I only learned today that to drink Master Jiaoran's tea, you need to use white porcelain, the tea soup is like ink, and the white porcelain is like snow, which makes it more elegant to drink."

"It's also worthy of it, who taught the lady?"

"Liu Caichun, has your husband seen her?"

"It's the very famous Jiangnan singer, I've heard of it, but I haven't seen it, Zhang Lei said that she will perform in Chang'an for a month."

"I'm afraid she won't be able to perform."

Xue Tao smiled: "She lives in our house now!" ”

Guo Song was stunned, and said for a while: "The lady invited her to sing?" ”

Xue Tao was angry and laughing, obviously her husband proposed to invite her to teach Weiwei to paint, but now he forgot about it, he had no intention!

"She is a famous talented woman in the south of the Yangtze River, not only singing well, writing poems well, ink painting is a must, I have officially hired her as a Xixi, teaching Weiwei painting for two months."

Guo Song then remembered that he seemed to have said this, and he hesitated and asked again. "Would Vivi be willing?"

"Weiwei admires her very much, she has started classes this afternoon, the two get along very well, she lives in Baihe Building, do you want to go and see her?"

As soon as Guo Song turned around, the White Lotus Building was next to his study, separated by more than ten zhang, and through the window, he saw that the lights in the White Lotus Building, which had been idle, were turned on, and there seemed to be a figure shaking and cleaning up the bed.

"It's too late, let's do it another day! I'll visit her another day, she's Vivi's master after all, and I should meet her. ”

Xue Tao was secretly amused in his heart, but his husband did not understand the banter in his words.

Guo Song didn't take Liu Caichun to heart because Zhang Lei told him that Liu Caichun was in his thirties, and women over thirty years old, I am afraid that except for Ying Caihe, he was not interested in anyone else.

(End of chapter)