The back kitchen of the General's Mansion.

"Miss, the old lady is really, today is obviously the day when the Jin Wangfu came, but I asked the young lady to come to the back kitchen to watch, if the old man was not at home, where would the young lady suffer from this kind of wretchedness."

In the back kitchen of the General's Mansion, Bi Tao was busy preparing tea and snacks for Jiang Nianhan, while complaining incessantly. After all, she is a little girl, before she was reused by Jiang Nianhan, she was only responsible for some chores of watering flowers and sweeping the floor, and she was pressed by Liu's mother and other senior people, so she has always been straightforward when she speaks, and she has no heart.

Jiang Nianhan is leisurely, she is a person who practices martial arts, and her appetite is much greater than that of these ancient ladies, she likes to run to the back kitchen on weekdays, and pour some of her favorite snacks, and now she eats happily with a cup of tea and two plates of snacks.

"Miss, don't just eat, His Royal Highness King Jin is coming today, you have to see it no matter what, otherwise Miss's lifelong event-"

"Shh Jiang Nianhan suddenly stretched out his finger to stop Bi Tao's words, got up and walked to the door of the back kitchen.

She vaguely heard the noise in the main hall, probably because Concubine Jin and Mo Shuyan had arrived.

"Alright, the people are already here." Jiang Nianhan instructed the busy servants in the back kitchen, "According to what the old lady said, now first serve tea and rinse your mouth, then serve two cold dishes and two hot snacks, and then add some fresh fruits, and finally serve a clear tea to nourish your body, today is a distinguished guest, you all be careful not to make mistakes, otherwise——"

"Otherwise, my second young lady will suffer, it is nothing more than a punishment of grounding or copying scriptures, you guys, the beating is light, what kind of trick is the old lady, you should know much better than me."

Fortunately, although the old lady is not very good, the prestige of the idea of pretense is still there, and all the subordinates nodded one after another, and no one dared to show their snubbing on their faces.

Because it was not a formal banquet, the old lady deliberately chose the guest in the back garden of the general's mansion, at this time, it happened that not long after the beginning of spring, the peach trees and willow trees in the garden were budding and blooming, the birds chirping, and the breeze was drunk, which was a good place for exquisiteness.

"Don't be polite, try the dim sum in our house, this first dish is the fragrant cloud peach blossom cake made of peach blossoms in the garden, accompanied by the above good Dian Gong white tea, slightly bitter and sweet, which is very suitable." The dim sum was served on the table, and the old lady greeted Concubine Jin while saying to Concubine Jin.

Compared with this all-round extravagance, the old lady and Concubine Jin are simply different from each other.

Today's small banquet is arranged in the pavilion, for fear that the nobles will catch a cold, and the pavilion is also covered with soft and thick long wool Persian blankets.

Concubine Jin is a distinguished guest, and she sits on the top seat with Mo Shuyan, while the old lady, Yun Niang and Jing Jue accompany her at the bottom; Jiang Liu'er, Jiang Lanzhi and Bao'er, who was held by the nurse, set up a small table and sat down to eat, drink and chat.

Everyone knows that the purpose of Concubine Jin and Mo Shuyan this time is to choose a daughter-in-law who is worthy of the name of Princess Jin, so Jiang Liuer and Jiang Lanzhi deliberately changed into the most fashionable dresses and jewelry, and their lips and cheeks were also smeared with rouge as clear as peach blossoms, and from time to time they peeked at King Jin who was sitting on the guest of honor.

Mo Shuyan was indeed handsome and extraordinary, and even if he searched for it with a lantern in the entire Liang Dynasty, he could not find a husband as kind as him—unfortunately, he did not show any interest in any of the girls present, but only sat upright, sipped tea, and occasionally answered a question or two from the old lady.

The old lady was such a good person, she naturally saw that Mo Shuyan was not interested, she turned her head and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, concubine, look at me, I am old, and my memory is not good, and I forgot to introduce my two little granddaughters." Lan Zhi is sixteen this year, she is a quiet child, she loves to caress the piano and cook tea the most on weekdays, and she is also very popular; Liu Er is a little younger, just this year, and her temperament is also lively, but her homework has never fallen, and the female moral and female commandments are very familiar, and she has recently begun to learn to embroider and manage accounts. ”

Large families choose daughters-in-law, others are still secondary, housekeepers manage accounts, female red embroidery, virtuous and virtuous are the first few to pay attention to, as for the old lady's words, they are poking at the heart of Concubine Jin, plus Jiang Liuer and Jiang Lanzhi's appearance follows Yun Niang, with white skin and round face, and they are blessed faces, so they have her heart even more.

Concubine Jin's eyes softened a little when she looked at the two girls, she scooped a spoonful of snacks, and smiled politely: "The old lady has a lot of people in the family, but I don't know what the prince wants." ”

Seeing the concubine's approval, Jiang Lanzhi's heart moved, she got up and said with a bend of her eyebrows: "Grandmother praised the little girl, but the little girl heard that the concubine and the prince were visiting today, and specially prepared a good tea, and I would like to dedicate it to the prince and the lady to taste and advise." ”

She has always been quiet, and since she was a child, she has been guided by a famous teacher invited by Yun Niang at a high price, and she has some experience in tea art. The concubine was born in a nobleman, and it is rumored that Mo Shuyan is also a tea lover.

Under an order, several girls immediately presented the prepared tea, tea set and boiling water, today Jiang Lanzhi deliberately changed into a light and elegant snow-blue shirt like a gauze, and the small plum blossoms printed and dyed in ink were embellished among them.

I saw that her hands were as white as jade, and she looked good on the rosewood tea table. The boiling water pours slowly, and after three brews, the tea fragrance overflows.

Jiang Lanzhi held the teacup in both hands, slowly walked to the guest of honor, and when she approached Mo Shuyan, a strand of her broken hair was blown to the side of her face by the wind, and before she could hold it with her hands, she suddenly felt that her feet slipped, and the tea that rolled in her hand was knocked over on Mo Shuyan's body.

"Bold!"

Mo Shuyan, who had barely spoken since he had been seated, finally spoke, and anyone could see that his handsome angular face was blue with iron on it, and his slightly beating eyebrows were like an ominous sign when the storm hit.

He is wearing a black embroidered crane pattern today, because it is a spring feast, this big cloth is a luxurious and fragile silk fabric, at this moment a cup of hot tea poured on his chest, just the crane eyes at the bright and smooth sterling silver silk to stain.

Jiang Lanzhi only felt that her knees were weak, and despite the fact that the ground was full of smashed teacup porcelain pieces, she knelt down directly, with an irrepressible cry in her throat and eyes: "The prince is angry!" Little...... The little girl didn't mean to offend ......"

Today's tea, everything was seamless, she would never fall for no reason, someone must have been a hindrance from it-

But she peeked around, there was no one outside the pavilion, and the people were all standing at the foot of the steps to serve, Jiang Liu'er was sitting in a dignified seat, who else could deliberately harm her?

For a while, no one answered, only Jiang Lanzhi knelt on the ground and shook like chaff, and even her knees were cut by sharp porcelain slices.

Seeing that Jiang Lanzhi was terrified, the old lady had to cough a few times, and said: "Useless things, I like you most on weekdays, you are smart and clever, with sharp hands and feet, why did you see the princess today, and you were so rushed that you couldn't even offer tea?" Hurry up and prepare new clothes for the prince! ”

She saw that Jiang Lanzhi was ashamed and afraid, her cheeks were flushed, and she was afraid that she would not be able to justify it, so she simply asked her to do something to atone for her crimes, which could be regarded as finding a step for her.

Concubine Jin didn't buy it, she was inconvenient to be angry, because of her noble status, it was inconvenient to deal with juniors, but the corners of her somewhat loose mouth were tightly pursed into a line at the moment, seeing that the old lady was clearly reproachful, but in fact, she couldn't help but sneer: "The general's mansion is a family of military generals, and I see that the girls are also like a military general." ”

With this ridicule, Jiang Lanzhi was so embarrassed that she almost burst into tears, and was about to get up to prepare new clothes, but she heard someone outside the pavilion: "Third sister, what's wrong?" ”

A woman in a goose yellow shirt slowly walked into the pavilion, different from Jiang Lanzhi, Jiang Liuer and others who were dressed up, she was obviously a homely look like a boudoir daughter. Her hair was only pulled up with a hairpin, but she just folded a delicate peach blossom from the garden and embellished it in her hair, which made the delicate color between her eyebrows and eyes more lively and smart.

It was clear that the atmosphere in the pavilion was still stagnant, and it looked like it was about to erupt, but Jiang Nianhan's appearance was like a breeze, and even Mo Shuyan, who was angry, calmed down a little.

"It's her! She must have deliberately tricked my sister into hitting the teacup! Without waiting for others to react, Jiang Liu'er was the first to point out, "Grandmother clearly told you to go to the back kitchen to watch, why did you come here at this time!" There must be a ghost in my heart! ”

Jiang Nianhan didn't pay attention to it, just looked around with a pair of apricot eyes, and then said to Bi Tao behind her: "The third sister missed the teacup and injured her knee, you can help her back to the room to take medicine; Also, the prince's clothes were stained by tea, and it just so happened that I had a home-cooked dress in my room, which was made for my father, and I didn't have time to send it out. ”

These words were appropriate and detailed, and Concubine Jin couldn't help but glance at her more.

At the same time, Mo Shuyan's gaze also stayed on Jiang Nianhan's body - thanks to Bai Yihe's repeated mention of this little-known little woman every day, if you look at it carefully, you really feel that she is naturally unpretentious and does things properly. said that his body shape is similar to Jiang Chenglin - although on the surface, the two have different identities, but Jiang Chenglin is the most brave and good general in Daliang, Mo Shuyan is a person who practices martial arts, and naturally has three points of respect for him, not to mention that Jiang Chenglin is Jiang Nianhan's father, and women compare men with their fathers, which can often satisfy the man's self-esteem.

"Old lady," Mo Shuyan looked away and said in a deep voice, "I came to your mansion as a guest today, why is General Jiang Chenglin's daughter not in the seat?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the system in Jiang Nianhan's brain sounded "ding"-

"Congratulations to player Jiang Nianhan, the target of the strategy: Mo Shuyan's favorability has increased."