Zhao Jun, Pingjiao, Li family

Today is 20 days since the puja at Sanguang Temple. The original three-day stay was delayed due to the puja and has not yet started.

Tuoba Shen stood alone on the observation tower, standing by the railing and looking at the houses in the city. On the desk behind him spread out a picture of a lady with a third of the drawing, and on the side were several volumes of books, as well as a few slender sticks of charcoal, pen and ink, and drinking utensils. And Lu Guang and Liu Teng, who were originally serving on the side, were sent away by him.

These days, Tuoba Shen is not sure whether the imperial court will hold him accountable for tampering with the Yulin Army, and he is not worried that it is false. It's not that he regrets it, he just doesn't want to go back to Beijing in disgrace. He came out to avoid the limelight, and if he returned to the capital because he was countered by local officials, he would become the after-dinner conversation of Quanping City.

It was not his wish to quarrel with Feng Shang to the point of rebellion, it was really this Feng Shang who was too much, and he actually wanted to coerce him with the fact that he had tampered with the Yulin Army, asking him to be a middleman to bargain with the Li family.

Feng Shang wants to get it, if he goes to be a middleman and says good things to Feng Shang, of course the Li family will give this face, but why should he give Feng Shang this face? He didn't plan to bow his head to curry favor with the Feng family, let alone a Feng Shang. Moreover, he didn't want to be a middleman, he didn't want to lose the principle of fairness for his own little things, and villains like Feng Shang were not worthy of him giving up his principles.

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Dressed in a floor-length skirt, Mrs. Li walked in the corridor, and the two maids, Xi Lian and Xi Zhu, took turns carrying a square bamboo basket behind her, and in the bamboo basket was the bamboo meat soup made by Mrs. Li's mother, Lu. These bamboos were obtained yesterday, because bamboo fruits are very rare, so Lu personally cooked a spoon for her husband and daughter, and by the way, prepared a meal for Tuoba Shen for her daughter to send over.

Mrs. Li walked around the corridor and looked at Tuoba Shen standing on the railing on the observation tower. On the third day after sending Sanguang Temple, before returning to Xiangzhou, Li Anshi, the ancestor, personally instructed her to entertain His Royal Highness the Prince. This matter can be regarded as a bit difficult for her, foreign guests have always been entertained by the elders of the family, and there is no reason for her to let a boudoir daughter entertain foreign guests. I just thought that His Royal Highness the prince would come once, and he might not be able to see each other a few times in the future, so he agreed.

Tuoba Shen was thinking about when the will of the capital would arrive in Zhao County, when he heard the sound of climbing the stairs, turned to look, but saw Li Niangzi coming up first, and several maids behind him also came up one after another.

"Your Highness is well!" Li Niangzi said solemnly

"Mrs. Li is fine!"

These days, Mrs. Li often comes to visit, chat, and sometimes the two will travel together, which is much closer than when they first met.

Li Niangzi waved her hand and motioned for Xi Lian to take out the bamboo soup in the bamboo basket.

"This is the bamboo soup made by my mother today, and I have made more of it, and my father and mother have instructed me to send some to His Highness. The bamboo number is the food of the phoenix, which is very rare, and His Royal Highness will taste it. ”

"Madame is kind, please thank me on my behalf when the lady goes back." Tuoba Shen did not postpone it, and stepped forward to put away the picture scrolls and books on the table.

Mrs. Li also stepped forward to help clean up the tea utensils on it, looking at Tuoba Shenzheng's half-scrolled picture scroll, which depicted a beautiful girl about the same year as her, the girl was wearing a long skirt with a pleated skirt on the floor, and was standing in the pavilion by the pool, holding the willow branches hanging from the willow tree by the pavilion in her hand, and smiling at the cruise ship on the pool.

The painting method in this unfinished scroll has never been seen before, but it is realistic and tight. It is very different from the current painting workmanship, and it is obviously not painted with pen and ink.

I don't know who this woman is. Could it be his unmarried concubine of the Xingyang Zheng family?

Mrs. Li didn't ask the curiosity in her heart, but just helped Tuoba Shen clean up the tabletop, and Xi Lian took out a porcelain jar full of bamboo soup, a jade bowl and spoon, and a plate of small bamboo shoots from the bamboo basket. The porcelain jar was steaming hot, and it looked like it had been delivered after it was ready.

"Lady hasn't used it yet, has she?"

Li Niangzi stopped the movement in her hand, raised her eyes slightly, and said lightly: "I'm afraid that if I put it on the stove for a long time, I will hurt the smell of soup, and if I put it for a long time, I am afraid that it will be cold and lose its taste. ”

"In this case, can I borrow your mansion to be a landlord and invite the lady to enjoy the delicacies?"

The lady herself is useless, willing to send it to him first, Tuoba Shen will not be greedy and ignore the hard work of other women, it is better to take this opportunity to express gratitude. These days, Mrs. Li can be said to be quite dedicated to him as a guest, and it can be said that she has already repaid his "kindness". If he continues to admit it, he will be embarrassed.

Li Niangzi listened to Tuoba Shen's invitation, her face was blushing, she lowered her head slightly, and did not reply.

In ancient times, there was a saying that men and women did not sit at different tables, not to mention strange men and women, even biological brothers and sisters would also sit at separate tables. Eating with men is even more intolerable.

Tuoba Shen didn't have any thoughts of blaspheming her, but he was really embarrassed to let him use the soup alone, and in front of so many people, especially women.

Seeing that Mrs. Li blushed and didn't speak, Tuoba was stunned for a moment, and his heart moved, knowing that he had said something inappropriate, and sent an inappropriate invitation. Suddenly embarrassed.

The maids Xi Lian and Xi Zhu, who were standing on the side, also looked at each other a little, and looked at the little lady together after looking at each other.

Mrs. Li is also exquisite, and she is a little embarrassed when she looks at Tuoba Shen. Hurriedly let go of the strangeness in his heart and bowed his head gently.

Tuoba Shen is not an ordinary guest after all, and she has been in contact with Tuoba Shen for many days, and her feelings for him are different from those of ordinary foreign men, so she doesn't feel much embarrassed.

Seeing Mrs. Li's consent, Tuoba Shen breathed a sigh of relief, but did not dare to say more kind words. Pour the remaining tea from the teapot into the porcelain plate on the side of the pot, and hold the spoon in the porcelain pot to take the soup into the teacup.

Li Niangzi saw that Tuoba Shen used the tea cup to serve the soup with her own hands, and hurriedly reached out to help, of course the jade bowl should be used by His Royal Highness, and this tea cup is still good for her to use.

However, this lamp was used by His Highness......

"Ahh Mrs. Li snorted softly and withdrew her hand.

It turned out that in her heart, her jade hand accidentally touched the porcelain jar.

Tuoba Shen heard Li Niangzi's soft cry and saw Li Niangzi touching the wall of the porcelain jar. In a hurry, he stretched out his hand to take Li Niangzi's jade hand and take a look. When she was three inches away from Li Niangzi's wrist, she remembered that this was not a previous life, even if it was not appropriate to do this in a previous life, let alone the present. It was to quickly withdraw his hand.

Why did you make such unruly actions one after another?

Tuoba Shen regretted it in his heart, and really wanted to slap himself.

Li Niangzi was also frightened by Tuoba Shen's actions, and she couldn't care about the pain in her hands for a while. The other hand covers the reddish wound.

Fortunately, I was not caught in the end, otherwise I would not be ashamed to die. Thinking of this, Mrs. Li's face turned red and she wanted to turn around and run away.

The two were at a loss when they heard footsteps from downstairs. Tuoba Shen guessed that it should be Lu Guang and Liu Teng who came. I also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, raised my eyes and glanced at Mrs. Li, seeing that she didn't dare to look at herself.

"Your Highness!" Lu Guang and Liu Teng hurriedly went upstairs, panting slightly: "Your Highness, someone has come from Beijing, it is Shangshu Zheng Langguan who came by order of His Majesty." ”

Zheng Yi! Why is he here?

Since Zheng Yi is here, he can't be lazy, not to say that he is Zheng Niangzi's father, just to say that he is now an angel under the king's orders, so he can't be lazy.

"Mrs. Li, I'll go to see Gong Zheng first, and I'll leave first." After Tuoba Shen finished speaking, he hurriedly went down the viewing tower with Lu and Liu.

Mrs. Li listened to the footsteps of Tuoba Shen going downstairs, thinking about what had just happened. Moved to the side of the railing, looked at Tuoba Shen who was haunted in the corridor, turned around and saw the bamboo soup on the table again, and sighed deeply.

The maids Xi Zhu and Xi Lian stepped forward and stood on the left and right of Li Niangzi, and glanced at each other with some worry in their eyes.