Chapter 13 The Tea House
The room is not big, the bamboo curtain is lowered, and only a little light is cast in, casting layers of light and shadow.
Ronghua's face couldn't really be seen in the light and shadow.
"My subordinates have seen the girl, what do the girls command?"
Ronghua took out the letter in her sleeve, walked to Ran Dong and handed it to Ran Dong, and with Ran Dong's puzzled eyes, she straightened her waist and said condescendingly: "Personally send it to Shangjing Taiwei's Mansion." ”
Ran Dong's eyes widened slightly, he couldn't understand why Ronghua wanted him to do this, he had never had a relationship with this high-ranking princess, and today was the first time he was so close to her.
Ronghua took a fancy to Ran Dong's slight words in Shangjing, her fluttering phoenix tail provoked, and rubbed her eyebrows sarcastically, "What? This palace still can't call you? ”
"Your Majesty doesn't dare."
Ran Dong knelt on the ground, his forehead resting on the cold ground.
Ronghua could see at a glance what Ran Dong was worried about.
"You can just go."
The implication is that Rong Shen will handle it here.
Even if Ran Dong was reluctant, he still respectfully accepted Ronghua's order.
"Now."
When Ran Dong said goodbye and closed the door for Ronghua, he heard Ronghua's gentle voice.
Ran Dong left a slit in puzzlement, looking at Ronghua through the slender crack in the door, only to see Ronghua's clear phoenix eyes like a deep pool of clear waves, looking straight at him, Ran Dong felt that he was transparent and was seen cleanly.
Ran Dong hurriedly lowered his head, avoiding the oppressive phoenix eyes, "Your Majesty has the order." ”
When Ronghua saw that the person was gone, he tilted his head back and put his hands on his eyelids to block the light. Remembering the wind with a slightly inquiring look and what she said:
"Girl, this letter is said to be for you, but it is written from Yuyuan, and the slave is worried that there is something wrong, but he is afraid that it is an important letter, so he still brings it to you. You say, do you want to ......?"
The force is still too weak, and it's okay to go to Beijing, but she can't move an inch when she gets out of Beijing, but fortunately, she came to deploy it in person, and she wants to come faster.
"The wind."
As soon as Ronghua called, there was a faint sound of footsteps, getting louder and louder.
"Girl, what's wrong?"
Falling into the eyes of the wind, Ronghua sat upright and elegant at this time.
"It's not good to be stuffy in the house, I want to go out for a walk, you prepare."
Although Laifeng was a little surprised, he still went to tell the coachman to prepare the carriage.
Ronghua doesn't like to go out, he is in-depth and simple in Beijing, even if he goes out of the palace, he is secretive and almost does not show up, and now he will be bored? But when Laifeng thought of the huge palace, he could understand it compared to the narrow courtyard.
Ronghua didn't expect to go out on a "whim" and meet Rong Shen who came back from outside.
After not seeing him for a few days, Ronghua took the initiative to greet him: "Brother." ”
Rong Shen bowed his head and responded, "Are you going out?" ”
"Exactly."
Rong Shen frowned, "It's better to go out less, so as not to encounter any danger." ”
Rong Hua looked at Xu Zhang, who was following Rong Shen, and his eyes were thoughtful.
"With Xu Zhang, it will be fine."
Ronghua said to Xu Zhang: "Xu Zhang, did you say it?" ”
Xu Zhang lowered his head and replied respectfully: "My subordinates will definitely not let the girl have an accident." ”
Since Ronghua had made up his mind, Rong Shen couldn't bear what Ronghua did, so he could only nod and turn his head and instruct Xu Zhang: "Follow the girl." ”
"Thank you, brother."
"No need, since you want to go out, let's go early and return early while it's still early."
Ronghua responded one by one, and when Ronghua turned around and got into the carriage, Rong Shen suddenly said, "You come back earlier, I have something to tell you." ”
Rong Hua lifted the curtain and nodded at Rong Shen, "Okay." ”
After saying "yes", he lowered the curtain and the carriage drove leisurely. Xu Zhang didn't care about anything, and as soon as he came back, he led people to follow the carriage.
"Girl, where are you going?"
"Let's find a teahouse."
Xu Zhang pondered and instructed the coachman to go to a teahouse in Baixian. It's not a big place, but fortunately, it's clean and clean, eating and drinking, and the three highnesses didn't say anything when they went down, so they should be okay if they were fresh.
"Xu Zhang."
Xu Zhang subconsciously responded, "The minister is here." ”
After answering, he came back to his senses, and Ronghua was calling him.
Xu Zhang thought for a while and asked cautiously, "Is there something wrong with the girl?" ”
"It doesn't have to be so formal."
Xu Zhang did not respond.
"It's time to leave?"
"Hmm."
The knuckles of Ronghua in the dim carriage lightly hit the palm of his hand.
Xu Zhang waited for a long time without hearing Ronghua's reply, and that heart was finally able to be put down.
"Shopkeeper, have a clean compartment and serve two pots of the best tea!"
"Oh, here we go!"
The shopkeeper with a sheep's whisker crackled and calculated, knew Xu Zhang, knew that he was a guest who couldn't be provoked, and hurriedly beckoned Xiao Er to take them up.
Ronghua with a curtain, this "breezy and flowing" small teahouse is indeed clean, and the lobby is also scattered with two or three people, all of whom are men who look like scholars wrapped in cloth bags on their heads, boiling a pot of water and pouring it on the tea leaves, and suddenly a burst of tea fragrance spreads, which makes people feel refreshed. In addition, the bamboo building, the bamboo table and the bamboo chairs, and the bamboo plant, the bamboo fragrance is mixed with the tea fragrance, and this small tea house is even more elegant.
"Yay."
Laifeng smiled narrowly, and took out a few strings of money to Xu Zhang, "Reward for the shopkeeper." The girl said yes, that's good. ”
When Xiao'er saw it, he was happy, with a smile on his face, and bowed, "The noble man comes with me, this is the best compartment in our teahouse, the tea sets are all equipped one by one, the water for boiling tea is the flower dew in the morning, although the tea is not a precious tea, but it is the new tea this year." ”
Ronghua nodded, sat down cross-legged, lowered his head and remained silent.
Come and take Xu Zhang with humor and they retreat.
Xu Zhang was a little disapproving of letting Ronghua stay alone in the cubicle, looking at Laifeng, "Laifeng." ”
The wind drove the people out, closed the door of the cubicle, and pulled down the bamboo curtains.
She turned around and raised a standard smile, "My lord, the girl is quiet." ”
The implication is to let Xu Zhang step down.
Xu Zhang looked at the coming wind, and the coming wind pushed back without fear.
"Good."
Xu Zhang flicked his sleeves and turned around to guard the door of the compartment, his face dark and gloomy.
With a bend of her lips, she is very good.
In the compartment, Ronghua took off the curtain and picked up the spout pot to strain the tea set on the table. Boiling water was poured on the frosted tea set, and the color of the tea set was dark, and a hot air with churning mist spread.
She opened the clay pot, broke off a piece of tea cake, wrapped it in cotton yarn and stuffed it into the tea bowl, and took a pestle to grind the tea leaves carefully. Grind the tea leaves into slag and then into foam. After this effort, Ronghua's hands were sore.
The wrist was raised, and the wide sleeves with dark red edges slid down to the elbows, revealing the arms, and the fine white skin was only visible on the skin near the palm of the hand, and there was no blood, as if he had never been out.
Ronghua pulled his wide sleeves, took a spoon and poured a large spoonful of tea foam into a tea bowl, lifted the long-spout pot and slowly poured half a bowl of boiling water, and the tea foam churned up with the injection of boiling water, forming a small whirlpool.
Ronghua insisted on a tea whisk, stirred along the whirlpool without hurry, and slowly swirled the white foam of the tea bowl, forming a paste-like white foam with low middle and high around it, which did not disperse for a long time.
Ronghua put down the tea whisk, picked up the tea bowl, looked at it a few times, and finally put it down.
"The wind."
The guard in the compartment asked smartly, "Girl, do you want a slave to come in?" ”
"No, you call the shopkeeper for me."
"Whoa."
Laifeng summoned Xiao Er, saying that he was looking for a shopkeeper.
After a while, the voice of the wind sounded, "Girl, the shopkeeper is here." ”
"Let him in."
The wind opened the compartment and put the shopkeeper inside.
The shopkeeper haha, cautiously entered the compartment.
"A girl is a woman." Xu Zhang looked at the wind and said.
Lai Feng smiled, "The girl's orders are still listened to by those of us who are slaves and maids, do you say that is the truth?" ”
"If something happens to the girl, you will bear the brunt."
"It's natural."
The shopkeeper was a little surprised to see Ronghua, Ronghua nodded at him, and pushed the bowl of tea he ordered over, "What does the shopkeeper think?" ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly withdrew his eyes and looked carefully at the bowl of tea in front of him that was covered by white foam.
"Good girl! This white foam gathers but does not disperse. ”
The shopkeeper looked up at Ronghua and smiled.
Ronghua stepped back, his wide sleeves covered half of his palm, only his fingertips were exposed, his jade-white fingertips rested on his knees, and Ronghua seemed to smile, "Really?" ”
"Yes."
"It's not mountain spring water, and it's three boiling waters, and seven soups are omitted when ordering tea, which is good?"
The shopkeeper stroked his whiskers with a smile, "That's a girl." ”
Ronghua smiled lightly, this is not bad, she was born in the royal family, she has been prosperous all her life, in order to pass the time, she has learned a lot of these literati and elegant things. I can't say I like it, but it takes a lot of time, and it's just suitable for her.
"How much does the shopkeeper's teahouse cost?"
The shopkeeper's face smiled even more, "The girl wants to buy this teahouse?" ”
"Hmm."
Ronghua didn't seem to want to speak, and his phoenix eyes drooped.
"This breeze and flowing water is the painstaking work of the old man's life......"
"You're still the shopkeeper."
The shopkeeper stroked the sheep's whiskers again and again, "I can't make a lot of money in this teahouse." ”
"It's okay, I'm not short of a few dollars."
"Why did the girl buy this teahouse?"
"When I come back in many years, may it be the same today."
The shopkeeper's dumb words.
"Make an offer."
"Three hundred and eighty taels of silver."
"Okay."
The shopkeeper was wondering if he should add a small change, thinking that so many girls would at least bargain, and then he would refuse to sell it. But...... Sure enough, rich people just don't care about the money.
"It's a title deed."
Ronghua raised his eyelids and took the title deed without any problems. But...... Ronghua looked at the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper smiled like an old fox, "Someone wants the old man's teahouse all day long, and the old man thinks that there will always be a big wrongdoer, so he takes the title deed with him." ”
Is she wronged?
Ronghua pulled his cheeks, got up and said to the shopkeeper: "I hope only you and I know about this matter." ”
The shopkeeper waved his hand, "Don't worry about the owner, the old man has no wife and no children, and he is alone, and he is not a person with a long tongue." ”
Regarding the shopkeeper's change of words, Ronghua thought badly: If he knew that he had gotten on the thief ship that had taken over the heir, would he still think that he had made a profit?
Ronghua tore off a purse and threw it to the shopkeeper, "The silver ticket is inside, you can take a look." ”
The shopkeeper opened the purse, and when he saw it, his legs were a little weak, and his eyes were straight when he looked at Ronghua, "The owner, this, this is five hundred taels!" ”
Ronghua threw a fuss look at the shopkeeper, "Three hundred and eighty taels are yours, and the rest are from the teahouse." There are also patterns engraved on the plaque according to the style on the purse, and the subtle dots are engraved. ”
Although he didn't know what Rong Hua meant by this, the shopkeeper still nodded, glanced at the purse and put it in his clothes.
A willow branch is wrapped around a black character that resembles a swimming dragon.
"Out of this door, the shopkeeper has to take care of himself."
Ronghua phoenix's eyes were raised, and the shopkeeper was silent and smiling.
"Girl."
Laifeng was a little surprised to see Ronghua come out without a curtain.
"Go back."
Laifeng retracted his face, and said, "Oh." ”
Xu Zhang hurriedly greeted the groom and prepared to go home.