Lu Xiyu and Saihan's personalities are very contrasting, one is subtle, the other is unrestrained, and they are completely people from two worlds, perhaps, this contrast adds a mysterious color to the perception of each other, thus achieving the acquaintance of the two.

The similarity between the two is reflected in the dress, at this moment, they are exchanging private words about their daughter's family over the dress.

You can't be so kind to a Tartar, can you? Zhu Qiming looked at Lu Xiyu and muttered secretly, slowing down his steps.

Lu Xiyu and Saihan stopped talking and let go of their hands.

Saihan approached Zhu Qiming's side, looking at that expression, it seemed that he didn't regard himself as an outsider at all! "It turns out that this sister is your husband's daughter, no wonder I feel close when I see her."

That's what I said! It seems that you are an acquaintance in the other courtyard, and Lu Xiyu is just a newcomer!

"My mentor, oh, is the father of Sister Xiyu, who entered the Shi and the first Shi, was the leader back then, and was only one step away from the champion. Mr. Lu is a real scholar of my Ming Dynasty, unlike your ······." Words like "unsuccessful" and "half-hanging" poured into Zhu Qiming's mouth, and at the last moment, the figure of the man in the cloak flashed in his mind, so he still retained a bit of respect for the man in the cloak, "Mr. who doesn't dare to show his true face." ”

Saihan habitually puffed out his cheeks, but he was only a little unhappy, and a hand unconsciously put on Zhu Qiming's arm. "For so many years, I have never seen the true face of my husband, listening to his lectures is like listening to the sound of chanting from a distant place, which is extremely unreal, so I am always thinking about other things in my head, and I don't have to worry about going to school, and I am always reprimanded by my husband afterwards. But Sir is really a well-educated man, and you are not allowed to underestimate people! ”

Lu Xiyu looked at the hand that Saihan landed on Zhu Qiming's arm lightly, and there was something strange in his eyes.

Zhu Qiming hurriedly left Saihan and walked to Lu Xiyu's side, and Lu Xiyu habitually turned his face slightly.

"Sister Xi Song is the best among the women in my Daming Boudoir Pavilion, the subset of history is all learned, the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all fine, if you have her talent, it can also prove that your husband is a well-educated person."

Saihan glanced at Lu Xiyu, then looked at the piano case, his mouth pursed, and there seemed to be a grievance in his eyes, and then he raised his neck and said: "I want to compete with this sister in riding skills, fists and feet!" ”

Zhu Qiming shook his head, "Riding and fist and foot kung fu are not talents, what are the benefits of women learning?" Do you want to go to the house and uncover the tiles? Look at what the gentleman who didn't dare to show his true face taught you to be! ”

Saihan's mouth pursed higher and higher, and tears were about to fall, "No one has ever dared to bully me, you, bad guy!" ”

Lu Xiyu glanced at Zhu Qiming, and said angrily: "This sister is a distant guest, you are a prince, why do you speak lightly and seriously!" ”

He Ye hurriedly stepped forward, "Fang is fine, why are you uncomfortable at this moment?" Princess Saihan didn't practice the piano in the past, if she learned from others for a while and then competed with others, Princess Saihan would be a blockbuster! ”

A sentence seemed to reach Saihan's heart, and he saw Saihan's neck raised and snorted at Zhu Qiming.

He Ye walked to Saihan's side, and his tone was extremely soft: "Princess Saihan, let's move somewhere else?" ”

"No, I don't want to go anywhere else." Saihan instantly had a bright smile on his face, walked to Lu Xiyu's side and grabbed Lu Xiyu's hand, "I learned the piano with my sister, and when I heard my sister's piano, my heart was drunk!" ”

This turn of events came too suddenly, who are these people! However, in the barbarian state, some people admire Chinese culture, which is not a good thing, not to mention that with Lu Xiyu dragging Saihan, he, the prince, will be free, how can he not be optimistic about it!

It's just that it's almost lunchtime, and I can't let Saihan go hungry, right? The monarchs and ministers of the court obviously didn't expect this layer, and they had to rely on him, the prince, to deal with the aftermath. Shang Shan Jian is not something that anyone can call, and now he can only let the Shang Food Bureau of the female official department prepare meals, anyway, the emperor has no concubines, and the Shang Food Bureau usually only needs to wait for the emperor to eat, and he is idle.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiming raised his eyes to look at He Ye, He Ye bowed down and said, "The concubine went to ask the Shangshi Bureau to prepare a meal." ”

Zhu Qiming finally got out and called Xiao Xizi to the main hall: "Xiao Xizi, I heard Yun Niang say that she ordered someone to send a jar of spring water not long ago, where is it?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, it's still buried in the ground in the East Pavilion Courtyard."

"Go to Kaifeng and send it to Xianxi Palace as soon as possible."

"Yes." Xiao Xizi ran out as soon as she slipped away, scratching her head as she ran, as if she was worried about the heavy big jar.

Zhu Qiming stared at the incomparably gorgeous blood jade on the case, and thought of King Yu in his heart. How do you meet him? Alas, it's a little harder!

picked up distracting thoughts, took out a rectangular brocade box from the cabinet, and did not instruct Yin'er and Qu Qing on the side, personally took the brocade box, and walked out of the courtyard quickly.

Entering the Xianxi Palace, there was no queen mother in the main hall, and there was no red knotweed, only a few little palace maids came forward to greet them. Suddenly, the curtain flickered, and Meizi appeared from the inside and gave Zhu Qiming a blessing.

"His Royal Highness the King of Yue has come down, and the Queen Mother is still talking about Her Royal Highness in the morning. Oh, the Queen Mother went to the Buddha Hall, and it's time to return it. ”

Zhu Qiming handed the brocade box to Meizi, "Then serve tea to the Queen Mother, and use this tea." ”

"Oh." Meizi took the brocade box, turned around and put it on the high desk near the inner room, and turned back to Zhu Qiming's side, "Your Highness, just a little chamberlain sent a jar with a sweaty head, saying that it was sent by His Highness, I don't know what it contains?" ”

"Water." Zhu Qiming smiled indifferently, "You quickly order someone to burn it." ”

Meizi was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Your Highness is different from others, slaves and maids are stupid, and they don't know that there are people in this world who give them water!" ”

Meizi chuckled all the way to the inner room, busy for a while, and returned to the main hall. "Your Royal Highness is really careful, every time the Queen Mother returns from the Buddha, she has to use a cup of tea before lunch, rest for half an hour after lunch, and drink tea for the next two hours."

Zhu Qiming raised his eyes to look at the furnishings in the main hall, and saw that there were no paintings in the hall, and there was no piano case.

"Does the Queen Mother always use tea in the main hall?"

Meizi nodded, "The Queen Mother wanted to clean up a room to use as a tea room, but every time she ordered someone to do it, she gave up again, and turned it over and over several times." ”

At this time, there was a boiling sound of water in the inner room, and there was also a sound of light footsteps outside the door.

Seeing the figure flickering, the Queen Mother slowly stepped into the door, followed by Red Lily.

"Qi Ming, you came just in time, the mourning family still wants people to call you, don't go anywhere today, just have lunch in Xianxi Palace."

"Yes, Qi Ming listened to the orders of the Queen Mother."

Zhu Qiming accompanied the Queen Mother to the front of the seat and took a seat, the Queen Mother pointed to another seat and said with a smile: "The main seat over there is reserved for the emperor, and this side seat is reserved for you, you don't have to stand, sit down." ”

"Empress Dowager Xie."

Zhu Qiming turned around and took a seat in front of the side seat, visually checked the distance, and found that the side seat was facing the Queen Mother, and the two sides were a few feet apart.

The Queen Mother shook her head slightly, "Don't always thank you, so as not to be born." ”

Meizi came out and served tea to the Queen Mother and Zhu Qiming, and then stood beside the Queen Mother. Hongli glanced at Zhu Qiming's side and silently walked into the inner room.

"I heard that you are accompanying the envoys of the foreign domain, and the mourning family thought that you were not in the other courtyard, and they were worried that they didn't know where to call you, but you came by yourself, very good, very good."

Why did the Queen Mother know that I was accompanying a foreign envoy? Calmly facing the two glances in front of him, he wanted to distinguish whether the affinity in the queen mother's eyes was superficial or from his heart.

"Qi Ming happened to accompany the guest into the other courtyard."

The queen mother seemed very calm as expected, and only added a half-smile to her face, "Oh, it seems that the mourning family is worried about it in vain!" ”

Why don't you ask if the envoy is a man or a woman? Can a foreign man get into the harem? Zhu Qiming had some doubts in his heart, but it was inconvenient to reveal it, so he had to turn his head to look at the tea cup.

The queen mother's eyes moved to the tea cup and stretched out her hand to open the lid, but she saw a white mist rising, and suddenly, the fragrance of the nostrils spread.

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, and the muscles on her face that were briefly tense immediately relaxed, and a deep sense of pleasure appeared between her eyebrows and eyes. "When did you have more of this tea in Xianxi Palace?"

"Queen Mother, this is sent by His Royal Highness King Yue." Mei Zi replied.

Zhu Qiming just smiled slightly, "This is Dongting tea from Suzhou Mansion, picked before and after the Qingming Festival, and it is this year's new tea." ”

"The emperor is busy with court affairs and has no time to take care of the trivial matters in the palace, and it is inconvenient for the mourning family to ask for anything, so the mourning family has to wait until May and June every year to use new tea, but this is the beginning of summer this year!" The Empress Dowager sighed, and a trace of doubt immediately appeared on her face, "Dongting tea? Made in Suzhou? Isn't Dongting Lake in Huguang? ”

Zhu Qiming said with a smile: "Back to the Queen Mother, this Dongting is not the other Dongting, this tea is produced in the east and west Dongting Mountains of Taihu Lake in Wu County, Suzhou, so it is named." ”

"It's no wonder that the Queen Mother doesn't know Dongting tea, in the past, the Queen Mother used Mengding stone flowers produced in Jiannan and Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots produced in Huzhou. The tea leaves in Xianxi Palace are kept by slaves and maids, and slaves and maids have never heard of Dongting tea. Meizi was surprised.

The queen mother raised the cup and took a sip near her lips, her eyes lit up, she glanced at Zhu Qiming deeply, paused slightly, took two sips in a row, and then put down the teacup, slowly closed her eyes, and looked intoxicated.

Of course, Zhu Qiming did not know that more than 250 years later, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty traveled to Taihu Lake and gave Dongting tea the name "Biluochun", and since then Biluochun has been famous all over the world. But he learned from Ni Niang that Dongting tea also has a very interesting common name.

"The Queen Mother, according to legend, there is a nun on the side of Dongting Mountain who went up the mountain to visit the spring, picked a few pieces of tea leaves, and after making tea, she was fragrant and blurted out: 'My mother, the fragrance is terrifying', this matter is well-known in the local area, so Dongting tea has an additional common name, that is, 'scaring people'."

"Scaring people?" The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then hid her face and laughed, and the pendant on her headdress shook for a while.

The laughter of the poor palace maid was touched, and she didn't dare to laugh uncontrollably, so she could only hold her belly with one hand and cover her mouth with the other, trembling there, as if she was convulsing.

"Vulgar, vulgar, vulgar ······" The queen mother called several vulgar words in a row, and then she couldn't stop laughing, "As the name suggests, the tea is really fragrant." However, if you want to say this tea, how can you get a fragrant word! In terms of color, fragrance and taste, all of them can be called the best in tea! After finishing speaking, he hid his face and laughed, and spit out five words intermittently: "My mother!" ”