Xie Daoqing got off the carriage after entering the mansion, and saw Cheng Yue smiling and greeting with all the wives and concubines in front of him, and saw that Cheng Mansion was lush everywhere, elegant and quiet, and couldn't help but praise: "Yue'er, your place is really good, the old body should have come early." ”

Cheng Yue stepped forward and hugged Xie Daoqing and said with a smile: "Since the queen mother likes it, then don't leave when you come, it's good to stay here for a while." ”

Xie Daoqing said with a smile: "That's not good, there is no master in the palace, the Quartet is uneasy, and the rules of the ancestors are unbreakable." ”

Cheng Yue said with a smile: "The queen mother is too worried, so she can just use her son's retainers as a palace, what is there to mess with?" Da Song is not so weak, and he can't help it. ”

Xie Daoqing's heart moved, yes, this place is not far from the palace, and it is not a bad rule to live for a few days. Political affairs have their own ministers of the DPRK and China, what are you worried about? How can a mother go to her son's house and stay for a while and then leave? Of course, it will be a few days away. I'm getting older, and I'm really tired of staying in the palace all the time, so it's better to live in another place.

Cheng Yue said again: "The queen mother only cares about staying, so that the sons have the opportunity to fulfill their filial piety, the nobles in the palace work weekdays, you can take turns to come here to accompany the queen mother, and take a break, it is also a rare opportunity." The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the sons and daughters, not everyone can come in, let alone play, so let alone compensate the nobles as the sons. ”

The concubines behind Xie Daoqing were so happy that they almost cheered, this is the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, I don't know how many delicious and fun there are, they all looked at Xie Daoqing with their eyes, looking forward to her nodding.

The royal family of the Song Dynasty did not always stay in the palace, and the West Lake was so beautiful that the emperors and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty often boated on it. Sometimes they live by the West Lake or on an island in the middle of the lake. It's not uncommon to spend a few days outside. I had a good time, and there were people who didn't go back to the palace for more than a month.

Xie Daoqing became more and more shaken, and Cheng Yue said again: "Queen Mother, Erchen still has a newly made ivory mahjong tile here, which is made of leftover materials for the piano, and will be played by Erchen with his mother." Also, Erchen also wrote some other songs, which were not suitable for singing in the palace. When the queen mother stayed, the sons sang to the queen mother, and the eight concubines could also take turns singing and dancing for the queen mother and all the nobles. There are also some dishes that are not passed down here, and the sons will personally cook for the queen mother. ”

Xie Daoqing was persuaded by Cheng Yue, patted Cheng Yue's hand and said, "Okay, it's up to you." If you are filial, I will disturb you for a few days. The reason why Xie Daoqing agreed was because she understood that Cheng Yue didn't need to please her like this, although she was the empress dowager, she had nothing to give Cheng Yue. Cheng Yue is more out of concern for her. But she didn't know that Cheng Yue actually had other plans.

All the concubines smiled happily. Exchange excited glances with each other.

Cheng Yue smiled and said, "Erchen obeys." He turned to Chen Baohe and Ding Niang and said, "The two saints and the nobles are going to spend a few days in my house, you go and prepare, and I will accompany my mother to rest." ”

Chen Baohe bowed down to receive the order, and wanted to go back to the palace to get some things, and he would take them over after the emperor and King Yi finished their classes. Dingniang didn't know what Cheng Yue's intentions were, but it was always a good thing, and she also took Mrs. Luo down to prepare.

Cheng Yue held Xie Daoqing's hand, followed by nearly a hundred concubines and palace maids and his own concubines, plus a bunch of attendants, and walked into the back hall and took a seat.

This time, Xie Daoqing learned the lesson of Concubine Yang Shu, except for the palace maids, everyone has a chair.

Everyone sat down, and Cheng Yue instructed Mrs. Song to serve tea. Mrs. Song went down carefully, and soon brought Cheng Yue the new tea made according to the method of roasting tea in later generations. This tea has just been successfully tried and produced, and the quantity is not much, only Cheng Yue and his wife and concubine have drunk it a few times.

Xie Daoqing and the concubines saw that the tea served was different from what they drank on weekdays, and the heart Dao Cheng Yue really lived up to his reputation, and even drinking tea was different from others, so he must taste it.

Slowly taking a sip of tea, everyone's face showed a look of appreciation. Quan Jiu couldn't help but say, "How is this tea made?" It has a different taste, and it is better than the current tea.?

Cheng Yue smiled and said: "The minister of this tea can not say, he can only tell the sage that the tea making is done by the minister himself, and there is no fake hand to anyone, this is the way for the minister to make a fortune, and the minister is planning this matter." ”

Quan Jiu couldn't say anything when he heard Cheng Yue come again, and said helplessly: "Why is the secret of the Metropolitan Governor always very special, and he can't say anything." ”

Cheng Yue said with a smile: "It's not that the minister doesn't believe in the Queen Mother, it's just that the minister has the principle of the minister, and what can't be said can't be said, there are no exceptions." ”

Xie Daoqing drank the tea with a smile, and interjected: "This tea is good, Yue'er, is there anything superfluous?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "Erchen's tea has just been made, and Erchen is trying the tea these days to see if it can be put for a long time, and when Erchen tries it, it can be sent to the palace for the queen mother to enjoy." ”

Xie Daoqing nodded and said, "It's okay, but it doesn't matter if you try it or not, it's delicious now." ”

Cheng Yue nodded again and again and said with a smile: "Okay, since the queen mother likes it, the son promises not to let the queen mother cut off this tea." ”

At this time, Mrs. Luo came in to report to Cheng Yue, and Xie Daoqing saw that there were several people in Cheng Yue's concubine room, so he asked Cheng Yue to introduce herself. Cheng Yue asked several later concubines Lilac, Mei'er, Wang, Yu, Sun, Zhang Shufang, and Ye Yiyi to come forward to meet one by one.

Xie Daoqing put on his glasses and looked at the concubines carefully. Seeing that the cloves were amazingly beautiful, Xie Daoqing couldn't help but praise them. I heard that Mei'er was a nun before, Xie Daoqing took a few more looks, and even praised this woman as no less than Lilac. Wang, Yu and Sun are also rare beauties, and Xie Daoqing gave Cheng Yue a thumbs up. As for Ye Yiyi and Zhang Shufang, Xie Daoqing has an impression, their identities are sensitive, Xie Daoqing only doesn't know, and Cheng Yue is also vague.

Almost all the concubines knew the two girls, and seeing that they were radiant, it seemed that they were very happy with Cheng Yue, and they couldn't help but feel envious. Especially the fourth lady, her tender gaze never left Cheng Yue's body.

After the introduction, Concubine Yang Shu said curiously: "Why don't you say that the governor has two concubines?" ”

Cheng Yue looked at it, it turned out to be the two ladies of Song Luo, the two ladies were busy saluting Xie Daoqing, Cheng Yue said with a smile: "These two ladies are the mothers of my concubine Wan'er and Gillian, and now they are the stewards of the inner and outer houses in my house, not my concubines, so I have never let them meet." ”

Concubine Yang Shu sighed and sighed: "I see. The two little ladies knew their backgrounds, and the Governor should take good care of their family and not let them suffer any more. ”

The two ladies were embarrassed when they heard this, and their hearts had already been taken care of on the bed, how could they be better? With a red face, Shi Li stepped aside, and gave Cheng Yue a sneering glance.

The corners of Cheng Yue's mouth flashed with a hint of a nonchalant smile, and said, "Yes, the minister should carefully follow the instructions of the concubine." ”

After eating tea, Cheng Yue led Xie Daoqing and the concubines to play around in the back house. The garden of the back house of Chengfu is naturally different from the palace, and the area is vast, there are many places to play, Xie Daoqing is tired of walking, and he is very happy to go after resting.

Chen Baohe returned to the back house and reported to Xie Daoqing that he had taken the emperor and King Yi over and was about to enter the mansion. Cheng Yue went to the gate of the mansion to greet them again.

Zhao Xian's guard of honor is also much more streamlined than before, he is a child, and he thinks this is better. When I saw Cheng Yue, I was happy to throw myself into Cheng Yue's arms. King Yi was older, and he watched happily from the sidelines. These days, Cheng Yue's joyful teaching method has made Zhao Xian not afraid of him at all, and he is getting closer and closer to Cheng Yue.

Cheng Yue hugged Zhao Xian for a while, but put him down, took one in one hand, and took them to the back house to see Xie Daoqing, Quan Jiu and Yang Shufei.

At noon, Cheng Yue opened twenty tables, and personally cooked a few dishes for Xie Daoqing to taste, and also made a special silk-drawn taro for Zhao Xian and Yiwang Zhao Yu. Zhao Xian and Zhao Yu ate happily, Xie Daoqing and Quan Jiu on the side were greedy, and Cheng Yue had to promise that he would make it for them at dinner.

Some of the private dishes in Cheng's Mansion didn't even have Yaleju, and all the concubines were smiling and envious of Chengfu's life.

After lunch, Cheng Yue played the piano and sang a few songs for Xie Daoqing, all of which were love songs of later generations, including "New Love" and "New Mandarin Duck Butterfly Dream", Xie Daoqing and the concubines almost didn't go crazy, the fourth lady looked at Cheng Yue's eyes were already flooded with spring love, Cheng Yue couldn't stand it, and he was always worried that others would see what clues, and his plan would be frustrated.

After Cheng Yue finished singing, Xie Daoqing's hands turned red and praised: "Yue'er's songs are always different, but each song is extremely beautiful, but the lyrics are sad." ”

Cheng Yue laughed with Xie Daoqing for a while, Xie Daoqing was old and needed to take a nap to rest. Mrs. Song has already sorted out Cheng Yue's main room for Xie Daoqing's use.

Cheng Yue accompanied Xie Daoqing to his bedroom, Xie Daoqing saw the unusually large bed, and asked in surprise: "Yue'er, do you like to move when you sleep?" Why is this bed so big? ”

Cheng Yue glanced at Mrs. Song, who was smiling secretly, and had no choice but to say: "Erchen does not sleep honestly, in order to prevent falling to the ground, let the beds in each room be extra large, so that the big bed can rest well, haha." ”

Xie Daoqing didn't know what was going on, she had never slept in such a big bed in her life, and she felt fresh, so Chen Baohe waited and went to bed.

Quan Jiu took care of Zhao Xian and also went to take a nap. The concubines played at will in the back house, and Cheng Yue prepared refreshments everywhere, cakes were the most basic, and more importantly, there was juice that Cheng Yue had not sold to the outside world. Because it is not easy to keep that thing fresh, Cheng Yue only makes it at home for his wife and concubine to drink.

When the concubines first saw the juice, they didn't know what it was, and after they tasted it. One by one, they fell into madness again. It's the height of summer, and there are all kinds of fruits, not only their own juices to drink, but also all kinds of wonderful flavors mixed together. Cheng Yue also prepared ice cubes, which were even cooler after putting in the juice, and the concubines ate and drank in the back house, enjoying the happiness they had never had. (To be continued......)