A taste of fragrance in Beijing

It is noon, the most lively moment of the restaurant, the wine is fragrant, mixed with the taste of the food, and the taste buds are opened.

The lobby downstairs is noisy and noisy, but it does not affect the private room on the second floor, and a staircase seems to separate the two worlds and leave all distractions out.

Fox Xiaoqi looked at the woman in front of her, a dress with a green gold and silver thread auspicious cloud pattern, covered with white light yarn, sprinkled on the windowsill to reflect a little bit of glow, delicate and sweet, but she couldn't hide the grace and nobility in her bones.

Fox Xiaoqi remembered this woman, more than a month ago, in the back mountain of Yanchong Temple, when the apricot blossoms were blooming, she came from the flowers, dyed with the delicacy of apricot blossoms, like a fairy. I just don't understand why she suddenly asked someone to stop her and invite her into the restaurant.

Mu Ping turned her head and glanced at the maid beside her, the latter Fuli retreated, closed the door, and only Hu Xiaoqi and Mu Ping were left.

Mu Ping smiled at the corners of her mouth, personally raised her hand and poured a cup of tea for Hu Xiaoqi, tilted her head slightly, showing a little cuteness, "Can I call you Sister Xiaoqi?" ”

Hu Xiaoqi rubbed the body of the teacup with both hands, his eyes were half-drooping, although he smiled, he couldn't laugh at the bottom of his eyes: "The county lord is called so, I don't dare to take it." ”

The window was open, and the breeze blew up waist-length hair, Mu Ping pressed it with her hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Yuan Che told you." The tone was affirmative, and the eyes were not as hostile as they were when they first met.

Fox Xiaoqi is not good at playing guessing games with people, so he raised his head and said directly: "If it's because of Prince Chun, the county lord can go directly to him and tell me that it's meaningless." ”

Mu Ping didn't seem to care much, lowered her head and took a sip of tea, but suddenly changed the topic: "The young lady that Xiaoqi saw just now was the young lady of the Shen family, and when everyone thought that she would be the most outstanding talented girl in the capital, she suddenly got a strange illness. Since Hu Xiaoqi was unwilling, Mu Ping changed his name quickly.

Fox Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows, thinking that Mu Ping saw it upstairs, and was even more curious about how to mention the woman just now, but he heard Mu Ping chuckle lightly, and said: "Little Seventh girl, don't get too close to her, people say that the eldest lady of the Shen family is called filth and leans over, and the approacher is ominous." ”

The tone was light, and he couldn't tell whether it was mockery, or a simple retelling, Hu Xiaoqi laughed without emotion, "Thank you for your kindness, I came to inform me." ”

Mu Ping supported her head with one hand, making her head tilt slightly, "What, Little Seventh Girl doesn't believe it?" ”

Hu Xiaoqi raised his eyes, his black pupils made the sun shine very brightly, his eyebrows were sparse, and the smell of herbs on his body was faint, lingering between the two, "Other people's affairs have nothing to do with me." ”

Mu Ping pursed her lips and smiled, and her fingers flicked the water in the tea with the tea lid, "Little Seventh Girl is a doctor, I don't know if she can heal people's hearts?" ”

"People's hearts?" Hu Xiaoqi felt that this girl was really out of the way when she spoke, and she didn't know what she wanted to express, she thought that she would inevitably embarrass herself, but after such a few words, she was really confused.

"I think what destiny is ominous, the reincarnation of the evil star, is mostly nonsense." Mu Ping's fingers curled a strand of hair and slowly wrapped it around her fingers, "Shen Yue is blind and deaf, and she is cleaner than some people." ”

Hu Xiaoqi couldn't hear what Mu Ping wanted to express, so he simply didn't speak, just lowered his head and drank tea, but before he knew it, a cup of tea would bottom out.

Mu Ping saw it and poured it again, "Little Seventh Girl likes this kind of cloud tea?" ”

Hu Xiaoqi: "......" She really drinks casually, after all, words are not speculative.

"I'll send you some when I go back, the tea leaves in the house are all sent from Zhuangzi in the spring, and they are all fresh." The glow dyed Mu Ping's face, and a white hosta hairpin on her jet-black hair was bright and moving, flashing with smart colors.

Hu Xiaoqi coughed dryly: "No, I don't usually drink much tea...... she turned the teacup in her hand and changed her sitting posture, always feeling that their relationship was not to the friendship of sending tea.

But this Haoyue county lord is a little strange, come to the restaurant to drink tea? Why not just find a tea house.

Mu Ping was not reluctant, and suddenly said: "Brother Yuan Che likes this kind of tea, he said that Yunwu tea tastes sweet and fragrant, not as bitter as that. ”

Hu Xiaoqi's eyebrows moved, and he said in his heart that he had finally come to the point, and sure enough, he came for Mu Yuanche, "Oh." ”

This reaction didn't see anything, Mu Ping said to herself: "I used to always pester him, and he didn't think I was making trouble, but I haven't seen him for a long time, he began to avoid me, little seventh girl, you say, is he a little annoying." ”

“…… It's okay. What can Hu Xiaoqi say, she doesn't want to deal with Mu Ping.

Mu Ping seemed to be interested, "When I was a child, Brother Yuan Che always got into trouble, always kneeling in front of the Linde Palace, once happened to encounter a snowy day, the emperor discussed things with people in the imperial study, and as a result, he forgot about him, and when he went out, Brother Yuan Che directly turned into a snowman, and the remaining two eyes were moving, and when he saw the emperor coming up, he almost didn't scare people to death......"

Xu is she thought it was funny, Mu Ping giggled, and Hu Xiaoqi listened, the corners of his mouth twitched, obviously it was deliberate, he had been so bad since he was a child.

Mu Ping finished laughing and asked, "Little Seventh Girl, do you also think Brother Yuan Che is very funny." ”

Playful? Hehe...... Hu Xiaoqi thinks that no one is more annoying than Mu Yuanche, especially the dead skin who is shameless and relies on her family not to leave.

Mu Ping's eyes rolled and leaned over a little: "Then you...... How did you meet Brother Yuan Che? ”

Hearing this question, Hu Xiaoqi's mind instantly turned to the first meeting, Mu Yuanche deceived her into a ginseng, look, this person is so annoying.

Mu Ping said a lot, Hu Xiaoqi casually responded to a few words, and when a conversation came down, Hu Xiaoqi didn't say a few words, but drank a lot of tea.

It was Mu Ping's maid who sent Fox Xiaoqi out, and when she went down the stairs, Fox Xiaoqi touched her stomach, she came to the restaurant to drink tea and was actually full?

When the maid went back, Mu Ping held the cup of tea and looked out of the window, until the door opened and closed, she turned her head, her expression became cold, the sweetness and coquettishness were gone, and it was replaced by a restrained and noble.

The maid beside Mu Ping was accustomed to the two faces of Mu Ping's front and back, and Fu Li said: "County Lord, that girl has already sent ...... away" After speaking, she looked at Mu Ping without saying anything.

"What do you want to say?" Mu Ping's fingers rested on the edge of the teacup, and the white water vapor slowly spread out in mid-air, condensed on the fingers, and a drop of water beaded on the fingertips, rolling on the fingertips, making the fingers more tender and white.

The maid folded her hands on her waist, thought for a while, and said: "It's just the shopkeeper of a medicine hall, why should the county lord take her to heart, King Chun is the prince in the end, and the marriage is always the emperor's decree, so it will not point to that girl." ”

Mu Ping's long eyelashes drooped a little, covering the sky light falling inside, and her eyes became deep, "It's enough for him to like it." ”

"The county lord...... ......The maid frowned, she really felt that the status of a medicine hall shopkeeper was low, how could Prince Chun look at such a humble woman.

"Yinmi......" Mu Ping's palms of both hands were attached to the teacup, and the tea gas sprayed on her face, and the water vapor was dense and dissolved on her eyebrows, making her eyes misty, "The Queen Mother's birthday is coming." ”

Just said Mu Yuanche, suddenly turned here, the maid was stunned for a moment, and then said: "On the twenty-fifth of next month, in a few days, the envoys from other countries will soon arrive." ”

Originally, the birthday of the Empress Dowager Zhao, of course, people from other countries would not come to celebrate, but the war with Beidi a few years ago has reached the present, and it was originally in a stalemate, because the emperor finally sent Yan Xun to the northwest to guard, and it didn't take long for Beidi to retreat to the border city, and also lost a city.

Beidi's people came, and after Xiliang waited and watched, he decided to send envoys over, first, to see if the two countries had plans to marry, and whether it would have an impact on their country, and secondly, to mainly feel the situation, for fear of losing the opportunity.

The Three Kingdoms gathered in Dazhao, although Dongling is separated by the sea, but if the Three Kingdoms unite, especially Xiliang, who has specially cultivated 100,000 sailors, it is natural to come and see, so as not to make peace with the Three Kingdoms, which is not good for Dongling.

Mu Ping said in a low voice: "Xiliang is the king of Qing." ”

Yinmi couldn't understand Mu Ping's expression, but after serving for a long time, she could always guess one or two, and at this time Mu Ping suddenly mentioned this, Yinmi was surprised: "The county lord ......" She was dumbfounded and said: "You don't want to ...... Xiliang is a long way away, and I heard that the Qing king has been sick for a long time and will not live more than twenty-five ......"

Mu Ping saw her fuss and chuckled: "What are you excited about?" ”

Yinmi bit her lip and said, "Didn't the county lord and Prince Chun set a doll since he was a child...... The emperor has valued the county lord since he was a child, so he is naturally reluctant to let the county lord go to such a place to suffer. ”

Mu Ping snorted lightly: "No matter how important you are, there is no princess precious." She recognized her status, the emperor gave her the status of county lord because her grandfather and father exchanged it for military exploits, and it can be said that the name of this county lord is stained with the blood of her father.

From a young age, under the fence and looking up to people, how could she be really innocent, but she just faced the sun and carefully hid everything in a corner of her heart.

This time, Beidi and his relatives sent a princess, I don't know which prince or minister's son to marry in the end, and Xiliang through the news, it is actually the Qing king that few people have seen, according to this meaning, I am afraid that the Jokhang side will marry a valuable daughter in the past, at least the status should not be too low, otherwise the Qing king will not mention it, and it seems to look down on Xiliangguo, after all, this kind of marriage is not a simple marriage, it is related to national politics.

As for Dongling, there was some soy sauce, but he didn't say anything about getting married.

There is only one princess of the right age in Dazhao now, who is deeply favored by the emperor's concubines, and the most likely one is of course Mu Ping, who has no father and no mother, and has been favored by the emperor for so many years.

"Yinmi, do you think the royal kindness is so good?" Mu Ping lowered her head and took a sip of tea, the tea was warm, the sweetness was light, and it seemed to be a little astringent and lingering between her lips and teeth.