Su Jiao looked at the two people standing behind her through the mirror in front of her, and couldn't help but smile slightly, "Like Diecui and I, we are both women who stayed in the inner house first, and I really don't know much about the details of this kind of case, it is really worthy of Mu Rong You are staying by Huai'an's side, and you are thinking comprehensively enough." ”

"Madame, don't make fun of the slave maid, the slave and maid are just talking casually, my lord, he should have deeper considerations, and the slave and maid don't dare to figure out the minds of the masters." Mu Rong's face stiffened when she told Su Jiao, she was a little embarrassed, and she was a little worried that she had misunderstood, so she quickly explained.

"I know, I'm just complimenting you on your cleverness." After all, the identity of a fake eunuch like Xiao Huai'an will definitely not be known to so many people, and if Xiao Huai'an is really interesting to Mu Rong, he will not be willing to send it to serve him.

Su Jiao stretched her arms slightly, and unconsciously really had the demeanor of the ancient queen house's mother.

As she was talking, she held a large vase of fiery red pomegranate flowers outside, and ran in with light steps.

Su Jiao rubbed her cheeks, which had not completely disappeared, and saw the pomegranate flower in Mu Hibiscus's hand without paying attention, she almost turned her head in a panic, and asked the rouge in Mu Rong's hand to touch her eyes.

"Oh, I specially kept this pomegranate to take care of it, and waited for two months to eat the pomegranate, why did you cut it for me? But it's pretty good. ”

Su Jiao smiled and pulled down Mu Rong's hand, stood up and walked to the table with distressed eyes, holding the bouquet of fiery pomegranate flowers, not knowing what to say.

Mu Hibiscus touched the back of her head a little embarrassed when she said this, "The slave maid saw that there were no flowers in the lady's house, so she wanted to cut a few to decorate them, and besides this, nothing else in the yard is beautiful." ”

"That is, there are other flowers," Su Jiao sighed distressedly, and suddenly raised her head, "What other flowers?" ”

Hibiscus thought for a moment and nodded, "Heather." ”

"Stone ...... Nan. Su Jiao was a little overwhelmed to pronounce these two words, and then gasped.

The heather, known as the hooligan in the flowers, if you want to cut it out and insert it in a bottle, it is better to grieve these pomegranates first.

"Then forget it, how ugly the white flowers are, or the red festive." Su Jiao smiled reluctantly, knowing that the hibiscus and the others must not understand the connotation of this heather, and she was completely embarrassed to explain it to them.

"But I still feel distressed when I look at it, and the best thing to see is the only one that is open now. I said that your adults are afraid of choking on pomegranate seeds, so there is such a pomegranate in the whole backyard. ”

"Huh?" Mu Hibiscus was stunned by Su Jiao's question, slightly opening her mouth and not knowing how to answer, and Mu Rong was even more unceremoniously covering her mouth behind her and snickering.

"Ma'am, aren't you joking? My lord, how could he be afraid of this. ”

"Haha, I'm just talking." grew up as a eunuch in front of everyone, but he was called a wise and martial artist, which is quite interesting.

Su Jiao couldn't help but smile in her heart, while Hibiscus looked at her smiling face and played with the pomegranate flowers on the vase very boringly.

"Then, if Madame doesn't like the slave maid to use these flowers in a vase, only this flower blooms best at the moment. However, there is a large pomegranate forest to the west of the city, which was planted by the imperial court, and I don't know if Madame is interested in going over to see it. ”

"Chengxi? Isn't that the private property of their family surnamed Zhang, how did it become the imperial court again? "This attraction is quite famous in the original text, it can be regarded as a big scene, and it is impossible for me to remember it wrong.

Su Jiao's face was full of puzzlement, so Mu Hibiscus was stunned when she heard it, and then Mu Rong explained, "That's the case, although the owner of the pomegranate forest is surnamed Zhang, this Zhang Yuanwai and Lord Zhang of the household department are cousins, so when Miss Zhang got married that day, he gave this pomegranate forest to the government as a congratulatory gift." ”

Zhang Yuge got married, and the congratulatory gift was not given to the Zhang family or Xu Rulie, but it was specially given to the government, is this determined that Xu Rulie can become the prince? Thinking about it this way, I have the hope that the five princes will be able to ascend to the throne.

Su Jiao pursed her mouth, thinking in her heart, she came back to her senses and nodded, "It's okay, since they have all become public, wouldn't it be a pity not to take a look, then Mu Hibiscus, you go and prepare, let's have breakfast outside in a while, and go over by the way." ”

"Yes." When Mu Hibiscus heard this, she ran out again happily, and Mu Rong shook her head imperceptibly, looking as if she deliberately wanted to see the scenery.

After a while, Su Jiao got dressed, drove by Mu Hibiscus, and everyone bought a few buns on the road, drank a bowl of soy milk, and then turned around and went to the west of the city.

Although Zhang Yuanwai's residence is in the secluded north of the city, he is also a well-known wealthy merchant in the city.

In addition to the granges on the outskirts of the city and the restaurant market in the city, his industry is almost all over the edge of the capital. Only a few industries such as antique trinkets have not set foot in them, giving the city vendors a chance to breathe.

Su Jiao waited for the time for the carriage to travel, calculated the distance, opened the curtain of the carriage, and couldn't wait to see what kind of grand scene the legendary large pomegranate forest covering an area of more than five miles was.

There is also a provenance of this pomegranate forest, the original owner of the pomegranate forest wanted to pray for his wife, and he spent ten years planting it alone, but he still couldn't prevent his wife from dying because of a serious illness.

Later, Zhang Yuanwai saw that the feng shui here was good, so he bought it and prepared to use it as a park or scenic spot, and he could only enter it for a fee.

Then in the second half of the original book, Xu Rulie wanted to establish prestige in the hearts of the people of the world, and there was a desperate struggle with the Japanese spies here.

Su Jiao thought like this in her heart, and unconsciously saw the tributary of the North River that meandered from the north of the city. Looking up along the tributary, the small slope is full of pomegranates.

The pomegranates here bloom early, and many of them have already withered, bearing the rudiments of small pomegranates, and through the cracks in the branches of the pomegranate forest, you can also see the gate out of the city in the west of the city not far away.

In this way, the time and place are favorable, the transportation and people are all ready, and Zhang Yuanwai sent this forest out, and he was really willing to do it.

"Wow, it's beautiful." When she arrived at the gate of the pomegranate forest, Su Jiao stepped out of the carriage and looked at the standard red and green that was full of them, and she felt that it was a little good-looking, which showed that it was not a problem of people's matching, but the difference in materials.

"Hibiscus, can you cut a few flowers here and bring them back to the bottle, and we won't have to harm the only pomegranate tree in the back garden in the future."

Su Jiao opened her arms and wanted to smell the fragrance of the flowers, but unfortunately there was no smell. is also surnamed Shi, and the pomegranate is much more restrained.

"It should be possible, anyway, this forest is now for the people who live around here to come to enjoy the flowers and pick the fruits. After a few months, the fruit will be fruited, and the lady can bring a basket over. ”

Hibiscus parked the carriage under the shed on the side, and brought a pair of scissors with him. The corners of Mu Rong's eyes twitched, and she was a little worried that she had finished cutting all the flowers of other people's trees, so she hurriedly stopped her.

"The fruit is still counted, and when it blooms, so many people have cut all the flowers, and I am afraid it will not bear fruit."

"That's right, we can't squeeze it like this, wait for a few months, about September, and we will reach the hibiscus flower in our scourge backyard." As she spoke, Su Jiao and Diecui looked at each other and smiled.

"Wood, hibiscus." Mu Hibiscus was stunned when she heard this, put away the scissors, and gathered around Su Jiao, "Madam, how cute Mu Hibiscus is, let's look at the pomegranate." ”

"It's really no big or small, as a subordinate, you dare to shout so much with your master."

Hearing this, Su Jiao pursed her mouth and smiled slightly, but before she could speak, a woman's voice came from nowhere, and she hurriedly waved her hand at Mu Hibiscus.

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean it."

"You are Su Jiao, who married the eunuch traitor Xiao Huai'an some time ago? It is unreasonable to dare to push my third brother's marriage contract. As soon as the words landed, the woman chased after her and spit out another sentence, and the sound of footsteps was approaching on all sides.

Su Jiao turned around, Mu Hibiscus hurriedly opened her hand in front of her, and everyone looked in the direction of the source of the sound, only to see a little girl in a pink palace dress, walking slowly with lotus steps, she raised her chin slightly, obviously arrogant.

Su Jiao looked at the little girl thoughtfully and nodded, then stretched out her hand and pointed, "Who is this?" ”

In fact, just by looking at this little girl's dress, Su Jiao had already guessed the identity of the person, but it was just that this little girl was too impolite, so she should be hung out and taught her how to behave.

As soon as the little girl heard this, her eyes immediately widened, her eyebrows were upside down, one hand was crossed on her waist, and the other hand pointed angrily at Su Jiao, "You are the daughter of a little servant of the Ministry of Officials, and you are fortunate to marry the Inspector Zhongcheng, and you don't even know about this princess?!" ”

Hearing this, Su Jiao pulled the hibiscus and couldn't help lowering her head and chuckling, "You have already said it, I am the daughter of a little waiter, and I have never seen anything in the world, how can I recognize you, if you don't report yourself, of course I have to ask myself." ”

"You!" Xu Ruru gave Su a momentary pause, and forgot to put down her right hand when she held it up in place. Even Luo Ying, the maid beside her, couldn't help but help echo, "Princess, what she said makes sense." ”

"Princess Ben naturally knows, she needs to say it." Xu Ruru came back to her senses and patted Luo Ying lightly, only then did she remember to withdraw her hand, raise her chin again, and try to look down at Su Jiao condescendingly.

It's a pity that Su Jiao is taller, Xu Ruru looks like this, and she looks up with a feeling of weakness.