In the water pavilion by the lake.

Huo Wenlin watched the girl arrange two rows of ten or twenty cups, personally held a glass jar, sandwiched the stained plum blossoms with silver tweezers, and put two in one cup.

Put the plum blossoms, straighten up, and see that among the people around the long case, there were no Wang Ji and Xie Pei, so he hurriedly raised his hand and greeted: "Sixth sister, Ah Pei, fourth sister of the Li family, come here, this tea is the best when the boiling water is washed down!" ”

Wang Ji, who was sitting in front of the window near the water, looked at Li Ran, Li Ran stood up, and walked to the long case with Wang Ji and Xie Pei.

"Alright, it's time to fill the water!" Huo Wenlin suppressed her excitement and motioned to her mother-in-law standing by the tea stove outside the pavilion.

The mother-in-law carried the boiling silver kettle and poured the water into the snow-white porcelain tea bowl in turn.

There are more than ten or twenty tea bowls in a row, three percent have no change, three percent have expanded at most half, and three percent have bloomed flowers, but they are far less beautiful than when Huo Wenlin watched Mrs. Shao make tea.

"How so? I tried it at home, so good, how could this be? ”

Huo Wenlin almost shed tears, not because she had no face or anything, she was just sad because she didn't do it and failed.

Li Ran looked at the half-unfolded plum blossoms in the cups in front of him, hesitated, and asked Wang Ji in a low voice, "What is this going to do?" ”

Wang Ji pulled Li Ran, stepped back, and said with a low smile: "This is a flower tea pickled in honey, Sister Lin didn't do it well, but if it was done, it was also good-looking and not delicious, and it was not interesting." ”

"Well," Xie Pei smiled and said in a low voice: "This is our old method, with roses, or woody incense, at dawn, pick the buds that seem to be open, wash and wipe them clean, use honey stains, when making tea, put one or two flowers into it, and take a tea." ”

"She learned this from Madame Shao." Wang Ji glanced at Xie Pei and explained to Li Ran in a low voice.

"Our home roses and wood incense are taken from their rational qi to relieve depression, and can warm the heart, what is the meaning of plum blossoms? It's really ......" Xie Pei didn't finish his sentence, and was slanted back by Wang Jiao.

"Is Mrs. Shao here? Where? Next to him, Huo Wenlin tried tears with a handkerchief, looked at Yang Yu and asked Mrs. Yang.

"Here, in the small flower hall next to it, talk to Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Gao Shangshu."

Mrs. Yang knew that Huo Wenlin and Mrs. Shao were very familiar, so she smiled and signaled, and called a little girl and asked her to take Huo Wenlin over.

"What's the point?" Li Qingrou watched Huo Wenlin go out with the little girl, stretched out her head, looked at the tea bowl on the long case, and wondered.

"I'll see, it's not interesting, you have to learn this to be interesting." Gao Guiying pinched the handkerchief with two fingers, slanted at Huo Wenlin's back, and pouted.

"What does it mean to learn this?" Li Qingrou didn't understand.

"Alas, this is not obvious, who is Mrs. Shao?" Gao Guiying glanced at Li Qingrou with a bit of condescension.

"Mrs. Shao is Mrs. Shao." Sun Miaoniang crossed Gao Guiying and blocked her.

"Mrs. Shao is General Xie's aunt." Gao Guiying squinted at Sun Miaoniang even more condescendingly, and this sentence raised her voice.

Hearing General Xie's three words, Li Ran, who had already sat back, turned his head to look at the group next to the long case.

"General Xie is so good-looking, and he is a general." Seeing that no one answered, Gao Guiying raised her voice and said again.

"If you don't say it, I didn't even think that General Xie was good-looking, so I thought that General Xie was majestic and a little scary."

Yang Yu, the second lady of the Lu State Mansion, was only eleven, and she didn't hear the meaning of Gao Guiying's words, and when she heard her say how good-looking General Xie was, she laughed and laughed.

"General Xie is good-looking, but who dares to ...... General Xie won't laugh. ”

Cao Qian, the fourth lady of the Cao family, laughed along.

"Sister Gao really dares to think about it, don't you say it, I never thought of it, that's General Xie!"

"You don't dare to think about it, but it doesn't have to be that people don't dare to think about it, they are the little ladies of the county king's mansion, but they don't dare to think about it." Gao Guiying shook off her handkerchief and pouted.

"Arlene definitely didn't think so, I haven't heard her talk about General Xie. General Xie, that's General Xie, you really dare to talk nonsense! Li Qingrou said unceremoniously.

"Sister Rou'er is really, how can you say this kind of thing? I can't tell you no, you think...... People aren't like us. ”

Gao Guiying smiled in her words, her voice was low, and she leaned at Sun Miaoniang.

"Miao Niang, if you, General Xie came to your house to ask for a kiss, would you like to?"

"How is that possible!" Sun Miaoniang was taken aback.

"What about you, fourth sister?" Gao Guiying turned her head and asked the fourth lady, Cao Qian.

Cao Qian let out a long sigh, "You're daydreaming!" General Xie won't laugh, how scary...... How good-looking General Xie is, majestic and good-looking, if it were you, would you be willing? ”

Cao Qian didn't answer Gao Guiying's words, and asked back.

"Of course I will, don't you?" Gao Guiying held her head high, looking unafraid.

"General Xie won't be ...... anyway General Xie is so majestic and good-looking, General Xie doesn't have to laugh, I'm willing, hey, if it's ...... I'm going to have to be crazy with joy! ”

Cao Qian said while laughing.

The little ladies around were excited by this topic, and they talked about how majestic and good-looking General Xie was, and whether General Xie would laugh or not, he really asked for a kiss...... Alas, it's crazy!

Wang Ji couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and while laughing, he suppressed his voice and said, "It's quite happy to talk about it at this time."

Once, in the palace, it was like this, speaking of General Xie, it happened that General Xie passed by, and it was far away, and it was almost impossible to see people clearly, which scared them one by one, and they didn't dare to come out, and there were a few people, and their faces were white. ”

Xie Pei's face was not very good, he lowered his eyes, and said in a low voice: "As soon as the wife heard that General Xie was mentioned, she shed tears and said...... Bitter. In the last sentence, Xie Pei's voice was so low that Li Ran almost couldn't hear it.

Wang Ji stopped talking, and after a while, he sighed lowly.

General Xie is bitter and pitiful, and she has also happened to hear it once or twice from the gossip of her aunt and mother-in-law.

Li Ran lowered her eyes and sipped her tea, her thoughts flying far away.

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In the evening, seeing everyone away, Mrs. Liu slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile with her eldest daughter-in-law Xie Wen: "Finally, there is no big mistake. ”

"A-Niang has worked hard." Xie Wen stepped forward to support Mrs. Liu.

"The fourth lady, did you take a closer look?" Mrs. Liu asked in a low voice.

"Well, it's extremely rare, determined, smart and smart, and a generous and tolerant person, that is, it's too quiet, what does Daddy think?" Xie Wen also lowered his voice.

"He didn't say it." After a pause, Mrs. Liu looked left and right, "After the incident of Jin Mingchi, good news came later, and after two or three days, your father came back and said that he had taken a good look at Brother Chen's daughter-in-law, and it was the fourth lady."

I was shocked at the time, the fourth lady still didn't know if she was alive or dead. Your father said that she was fine, okay, and she would be able to return to the capital in half a month and a month, and said that when she came back, let me find a chance to take a closer look, and I would do it. ”

"That must be something after Jin Mingchi's incident, so that Daddy can see the good of the fourth lady." Xie Wen said in a low voice.

"Well, I think so too, your father, you know, he has accurate vision and careful thinking, over the years, what he is most worried about is Brother Chen's daughter-in-law.

Alas, Brother Chen'er is not better than his eldest brother, his temperament, you have also seen it, say weak, and stubborn, smart is smart, but his father said that he often can't see through big things, alas, his temperament is too delicate, his daughter-in-law is really sad to death. ”

"Ah Niang," Xie Wen was silent for a moment, looked at Mrs. Liu and said: "Si Niangzi is an unswerving person, this one can be seen clearly, she is a silent person, she can not speak for a few days, such a person, no matter how good she is, if she doesn't get along, she really can't get along."

Brother Chen's temperament doesn't like to talk, and he also makes up his mind in his heart, which is extremely difficult to change.

It's okay for the fourth lady and Brother Chen to get along, but if they don't get along......"

Mrs. Liu's brow furrowed as she listened.

"Let's not talk about whether we get along or not, we really want to be together, these two, A-Niang thinks, who will take a step forward first? Who will speak first? Xie Wen continued.

"You say this, I'm also worried, this matter, I have to discuss it with your father at night, this fourth lady, not only he takes a fancy to it, we take a fancy to it, this matter, Brother Chen must take a fancy to it, and the fourth lady must be willing, otherwise ......"

Madame Liu wrung her eyebrows and thought for a moment, and then made up her mind.

"Hmm." Xie Wen hummed in a low voice, "That's what I thought. ”

There was another sentence that she didn't say.

She felt that this fourth lady, that firmness, gave her a feeling of extreme determination without fear of death, if she didn't want to marry, then no one could marry back.

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In the palace of Hejian County, Princess Du got out of the car in the second gate, sent her daughter Huo Wenlin back, called her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cao, and said: "The third brother has taken a fancy to the fourth lady of the Li family?" ”

Mrs. Cao was stunned, "Why did A-Niang say that?" ”

When Mrs. Chen of the Marquis Mansion of Chang'an said those words, she was not in the Big Flower Hall.

Princess Du said the words of Mrs. Chen in a few words, "...... Do you really like it? Mrs. Chen, that person, never talks nonsense, you say, what is this called? Is that fourth lady easy to marry? This third brother, what kind of madness is this? ”

"A-Niang, don't worry, Mrs. Chen wants the third child to set the third lady of their family, and she looks at the third lady...... Maybe she's thinking too much.

It's time for the third child to come back, call him over and ask, don't you know?

If you don't ask about this, the third child will definitely not be able to say it, and if you ask, the third child will definitely not be able to say it. ”

"Also, come here, see if the third master has come back, let him come to see me." Princess Du hurriedly ordered to go down.

Huo Wencan came over quickly, Princess Du changed her clothes here, and before her face was cleaned, Huo Wencan arrived.

Princess Du hurriedly waved her hand, withdrew her mother-in-law, and left only her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cao, looked at her son, and asked anxiously: "Mrs. Chen said, have you taken a fancy to the four ladies of their family?" ”

"Huh?"

Huo Wencan didn't expect his mother to ask such a question, stared at his eyes, and subconsciously looked at his sister-in-law, Mrs. Cao.

Madame Cao was looking at him eagerly and curiously, holding her breath and waiting for his reply.

"Hmm!"

Huo Wencan looked away, raised his head slightly, looked at the kang screen behind her aunt and above her head, and hummed with great certainty.

"Huh? How did you? What is this called? Those four ladies, that ......"

Princess Du didn't expect her son to admit it so neatly, and she was a little stunned for a while.

Mrs. Cao glared at Huo Wencan, her eyebrows were high, she looked Huo Wencan up and down, and found for the first time that she, a little uncle, was extremely handsome.

"You said, my family affairs, I have to take a fancy to myself first, Daddy said, as long as I don't make a big difference, I am in charge of my family affairs, and the prince also said that I am in charge of my family affairs.

I've been talking about letting me make my own decisions, and now I've taken a fancy to myself, what's wrong?

You don't usually worry all the time, saying that I can't see anyone, what if you don't like it, now, I like it, it's a good thing, right?

The Marquis of Chang'an Mansion is right with us, the four ladies...... How nice, right?

Not only is it not a big deal, but it is suitable anywhere, right, sister-in-law? ”

Mrs. Cao was asked by Huo Wencan's abrupt question, and she asked.

"You, you ...... You're this, you're ......"

Princess Du was shocked by her son's announcement, and slapped her chest with one hand, full of excitement or anger, she couldn't say it anyway.

"A-Niang, don't worry, A-Niang drink tea, A-Niang, don't worry."

Mrs. Cao hurriedly held the tea to Princess Du, stroked her back, and gave her a sigh of relief.

"You kid! What did you fancy ...... Well, what do you call it? ”

In the last sentence, Princess Du looked at Mrs. Cao and called.

"A-Niang, this matter, this, you take a breath first, let's say this, A-Niang, think about it, think about it first."

Although Mrs. Cao thinks that her little uncle actually has a good vision, her courage is even more rare. However, at this time, she didn't dare to speak for Huo Wencan, she was in a hurry, what if she was angry with the princess?

"He has his father, I can't control him, with his father, you sit down, you write me a letter now, write a letter to his father, and tell his father, this matter, this is what his father is used to! I can't take care of it, let his daddy take care of him, there is his daddy! ”

Princess Du found the direction with great accuracy, and repeatedly ordered to take the paper, pen and ink, and pointed to Mrs. Cao, asking her to sit down and write a letter quickly.

Huo Wencan raised an eyebrow, watched the little girl quickly take a pen and paper, stretched out her head to look at his aunt, and laughed dryly, "Then, I won't bother Auntie to write a letter, I'll go back first, Auntie writes well, sister-in-law writes well." ”

Princess Du ignored him.

Madame Cao waved at him and winked again, signaling him not to worry.

Huo Wencan walked out of the main courtyard, lifted the placket of his robe, ran back to his courtyard in one breath, rushed into the courtyard gate, and hurriedly shouted: "Quick! Grind ink! ”

He also has to write a letter quickly, he has to write a letter well, he has to make it clear to his father before his aunt's letter, he has to hurry up before his aunt, and persuade his father to come to his side!

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At the lotus appreciation party of the Lu Guogong Mansion, Mrs. An and Mrs. Xie have always been gone, and they are all brought by the second grandmother Ming and the third grandmother Li Qingli and the sixth lady Wang Ji for a day.

The two grandmothers and the three of them came back from the Lu Guogong Mansion and entered Mrs. An's room together.

Grandma Ming Er and Wang Ji said a word to me, and Mrs. An and Mrs. Xie said that the person who would pay the lotus party about this.

The third grandmother Li Qingli has always been unable to talk, and she thinks she understands what the second grandmother and the sixth sister said, but she doesn't understand why they laugh at them, and she doesn't understand why they laugh if she thinks it's funny.

The sixth lady Wang Ji talked about Huo Wenlin's pickled plum blossom tea.

Li Qingli listened attentively, she could understand these words best: Sister Lin'er's plum blossom tea is not ready!

When Wang Ji said that Gao Guiying asked if he would marry General Xie, Mrs. An sighed lowly, "Will you do it?" It would be nice if you could get to the point of being willing or not. ”

Li Qingli didn't understand this sentence, and locked up General Xie, she was too interested in this topic, and couldn't help asking: "Why can't you get to the point of being willing or not?" ”

"This family affair is not related to it, because General Xie is unwilling to marry, and he has never mentioned this matter, where is he willing to do it?" Grandma Ming explained with a smile.

Li Qingli sighed softly, this time I really understood.

The meaning of the sixth sister's words, the little lady in the capital, the one who wants to marry General Xie the most, but General Xie doesn't want to marry.

The sixth sister wants to marry the most, and it's also General Xie, right?

This is the ......

Li Qingli's eyes were shining, could she help with this? Do your best for their royal family?

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