Chapter 27 Green tea reigns supreme
After staying in the palace for two days, the queen mother was in a much more cheerful mood, and she also knew that the Zhenguo Mansion could not be without the main mother, and it was inconvenient to stay longer, so she allowed the eldest princess and Yunshang to return to the house, and the eldest princess and Yunshang said goodbye to the queen mother and the emperor in the early morning of the same day, and went out of the palace. Yun Sheng looked at the officials who came to the court and was slightly stunned, "Miss? Zijuan called softly
Yunshang smiled and said, "I got up early today, I'll rest, call me when you arrive." β
"Yes" came over for about an hour, the carriage slowly stopped, and Hongyu just wanted to call Yunsheng, but found that Yunshang opened her eyes in time.
"Miss has arrived."
"Hmm" Yun Sheng stretched and said, "I've been a little tired in the palace recently, and I've gotten up early." β
Zijuan said with a smile: "Miss has worked hard these days, and after a while, the slave maid will inform the kitchen to stew longan soothing soup, and Miss will sleep well tonight." Saying that, he picked up the heavy curtain in front of the carriage, and got out of the carriage carefully by Hongyu, the old lady, General Xia and Xia Yunxuan all went to the court, and the housekeeper Xia greeted him in front of the house, and the eldest princess and Xia Yunshang returned to the mansion hand in hand, and the eldest princess left for two days.
Yunshang is not idle, after entering the palace, the queen mother, the emperor, and the queen all have rewards, and they need to be booked and put into the warehouse, and since the age of ten, all the affairs in this cloud pavilion are handled by themselves, together with the two silk shops outside, a medicine shop, and a separate garden, they are also not allowed to rest.
"I've Seen Miss"
"My mother and I have not been in the house for the past two days, you have worked hard, Zijuan"
"Yes, Miss"
"A tael of silver per person"
"Thank you, Miss" The maids and mothers-in-law are all happy in their eyes, not to mention the high level of the town's mansion, the personnel are much simpler than other mansions, and the master is a kind person, as long as you are careful to serve this year, it is enough to spend. Thanksgiving for the reward.
Yunshang smiled and nodded, it is still comfortable to go back to the house, and the palace is always worried about making mistakes and doing mistakes, and they are all uncomfortable.
"Miss is back home today, do you need to go to the main hall for lunch?" Lan Rui asked with a smile
"Well, I guess I don't have to arrange a small kitchen to prepare it first. Get the accounts, and I'll check them. Yunshang thought for a while and said
"Yes, the slave will go and get it."
After entering the main room, Yunshang lazily leaned on the beauty couch and looked at the accounts of the various shops presented by Lu Qiao, and after looking at it for a long time, he saw that the income of each shop was good, and the harvest in the other garden was gradually rising, so he was also relieved. Put the accounts aside and close your eyes and recuperate.
When Lu Qiao saw it, he carefully poured a cup of rose Pu'er and put it on the small table next to the couch and said, "Miss is tired, I've seen it for a while, let's drink some tea and soup." By the way, Miss Chu sent a post yesterday, saying that she wanted to invite Miss to watch the play, but she forgot about it at this time. β
Hearing Chu Mengxi's name, Yun Sheng slowly opened his eyes, hatred flashed, and he spit out heavily: "Big sister? β
"Yes, Miss Chu invited Miss Demengyuan to watch the play, Miss wants to reply?"
"Well, go back to the post, and it means that you will meet in the Japanese Dream Garden." A hint of coldness appeared in Yun Shang's eyes, and he said slowly.
-Early the next morning-
"Miss, which shirt are you wearing today?" Hongyu commanded the maids to line up the various colored clothes, only to feel that the room was a little brighter, and all the maids stood in the wing room to wait for Xia Yunshang to choose.
Yunshang put down the teacup, glanced at it lightly and said, "Which one is the concubine?" β
"Yes" to be chosen, the other maids withdrew from the main room with the clothes in their hands, and Hongyu and Lan Rui served Yunshang and dressed up.
I saw that the silk and ink hair was combed into a weeping cloud bun, embellished with flowing moon flowers and red gold flowers, with red gold dots and green peacocks shaking in two steps, a delicate lotus slowly bloomed in the center of the eyebrows, the face was thin powder, the red lips were lightly touched, and still wore a red gold hundred life locks, and the jade arm was equipped with a gilt lotus white jade bracelet, wearing a concubine-colored silk water pattern peacock open screen embroidered Shu brocade skirt, the waist was blurred with flowers and clouds, and the white jade and red gold exquisite balls were falling.
Out of the Xiyun Pavilion to the side of the house gate, take the Qingcong carriage to open the side door and go out of the house.
"Zijuan"
"Yes, Miss"
"Have you ever brought your head?"
"Miss Hui brought it, Miss rest assured."
"Hmm" Yunshang nodded, chatted with Zijuan and Lu Qiao for a while, and crossed the main street to the front of Demengyuan, only to see a group of people waiting in front of Demengyuan, and the first was a man wearing a lotus lotus color satin and a gilt crown. When the carriage stopped, the man stepped forward and said, "Welcome to Her Royal Highness the Princess." β
This person is the head of Demengyuan, and he received a notice from Princess Yunshang and the concubine of the Qingguo Mansion as early as yesterday afternoon that he wanted to come to watch the play.
Yun Sheng heard the voice, nodded, and the curtain was lifted by the green warp, and Zijuan helped her get out of the carriage: "The class master doesn't need to be polite, I don't know if Miss Chu has arrived." β
"Back to the princess, Miss Chu is already waiting in the elegant hall. The grass people lead the way. β
"There is a class master."
"Princess, you are polite, the princess can appreciate the light to come to Xiaoyuan, which is a blessing for the grass people." The class leader said with a smile. Yun Sheng smiled and followed the class master to the elegant hall.
"That's Princess Yunshang, huh? It's so beautiful to look at. A man in the crowd of onlookers said in admiration.
"Isn't it? Look at that outfit, it's really dazzling. β
"No, that random piece of jewelry is enough for us to eat for more than half a year."
"It's a pity that she covers her face, look at the two girls next to her, but they are all beauties, look at that figure."
"Hey, what are you drooling here, be careful that your knows about going home and pumping you."
"Haha~" The crowd of onlookers saw Yunshang and his party enter the garden, and they felt that it was not lively to watch, so they also dispersed.
Watching the crowd of onlookers gradually disperse, he took a sip of tea with Bayar, who was sitting upstairs, Miss Chu? Who is this?
Yunshang entered the elegant hall, and saw Chu Mengxi drinking tea in the hall, combing his hair through the clouds, wearing a pair of pink peonies around the silk pendant beads and jade steps, wearing red gold hollow butterfly earrings in his ears, a lake-blue Mandarin Duck brocade dress, embroidered with a winged blue bird on the right shoulder, and the slender tail extended to the chest, modifying the figure of Aya Luo, and a cloud-shaped pendant jade pendant around the waist, and the sound of jingle came from getting up.
"The third sister is here." Chu Mengxi said with a smile.
Seeing Chu Mengxi's smile, the memories of his previous life came to his heart little by little, and his heart ached.
"Third sister, who is this clothes for?" "The cheap concubine of the Marquis of Ningguo's mansion, how dare you not kneel when you see a nobleman!" "Third sister, borrow the tiger talisman for use." The voice of the past life suddenly appeared.
That luxurious dress, that arrogant face.
Although it is not the first time to see Chu Mengxi in this life, it is the first time in such a separate occasion, and I only feel that my heart is like falling into the fire, and it is uncomfortable.
Yunshang closed her eyes to hide the hatred in her eyes, and after a while, she returned to clarity, "Big sister has been waiting for a long time. β
"I've just been here for a while." Chu Mengxi said with a smile.
Yun Sheng walked towards Chu Mengxi with a smile on her face, only to feel that her clenched hand loosened a little with every step, and when she walked in front of Chu Mengxi, Yun Sheng had already adjusted her mentality, and said a little apologetically: "Big sister has been good recently, and I don't know why the emperor's grandmother's always peaceful temperament turned out to be ~ The big sister was wronged." β
The smile on Chu Mengxi's face stiffened slightly when he heard this, and said, "I think it's because I chose the wrong tune, which annoyed the Queen Mother." β
"Hey~ The eldest sister doesn't know, after the palace banquet, the emperor's grandmother was not in a good mood, and even the uncle was quite worried. So I kept my mother for one more day to relieve my boredom. Yunshang said with some distress
Chu Mengxi was shocked, the Queen Mother was in a bad mood after the palace banquet? The emperor is also worried? Could it be that the queen mother and the emperor were offended because of a song? It is said that it will not, it is not taboo to talk about the phoenix and the phoenix in this banquet, and I specially asked my mother and grandmother when I returned home, but I have never heard of such a taboo, what?
Xia Yunshang looked at Chu Mengxi's confused and worried expression, and felt relieved in her heart, this is the feeling of teasing and playing, in your previous life, you have always kept me in the valley, teasing me, and watching my laughter and sorrow are all under your control, aren't you happy? Happy? How about I arrange it for you today?
Yunshang looked at Chu Mengxi in embarrassment, looking like she wanted to speak and stopped, tangled with the silk handkerchief.
"What does the third sister know?"
"Uh, well, I don't know if I can say this," Yunshang said sullenly as she looked down at the tea cup in front of her
"Third sister, how can there be anything that can't be said between you and my sisters, or in the hearts of the third sister, my sister is nothing?" Chu Mengxi pretended to be angry and said
"How so." Yun Sheng raised her eyes and looked at Chu Mengxi hesitated, pursed her lips, turned her head and motioned for Hongyu to close the door, and then whispered: "I was also very puzzled that day, so I quietly asked my mother." The mother said that it was related to a concubine. β
"Concubine?"
"Well, it's Concubine Song who died two days ago."
"This? How is it related? β
"Big sister, do you know who Concubine Song is?"
Chu Mengxi shook his head, not to mention that he was just a concubine who had just passed away, even the concubines in other mansions might not know about a concubine's past.
Yunshang took a sip of tea and said: "This Song Taifei is the daughter of the former emperor's concubine, born beautiful and good-natured, it is said that she is very favored by the first emperor, and then my own grandmother, that is, after the first Chu Guifei entered the palace, she was very favored by the emperor, and the first emperor's favor for Song Taifei was thin, it is said that because of the competition for favor to poison the grandmother, the grandmother was in childbirth, and the imperial grandmother was furious, and did not wait to tell the emperor to directly deprive it of the title and put it into the cold palace, and the Song concubine seemed to often play the phoenix in the cold palace, and the day of her death was also ......"
Yunshang looked at Chu Mengxi in embarrassment, "I think it's the imperial grandmother who listens to the sound and thinks about people." β
After hearing this, Chu Mengxi only felt that the alarm bell in his heart was loud, if Xia Yunshang thought about such a thing, Xia Yunshang would not lie, so he also committed the taboo of the Queen Mother, thinking that the Queen Mother had a deep relationship with the first Chu Guifei, and personally raised the eldest princess to grow up, and the person who reminded the Queen Mother was Concubine Song, so ......
"Fourth sister, I didn't know that this actually touched the Queen Mother's brow. What did the Queen Mother say when she left the palace yesterday? β
"Big sister don't have to be nervous, the imperial grandmother is the most reasonable, I don't think I will really annoy the big sister."
"Really?"
"Naturally, take it seriously, big sister rest assured." Looking at Chu Mengxi's thoughtful expression, Yunshang didn't mind, she tasted tea by herself, looking at you suffering like this, I was in a good mood, hum, with the temperament of the eldest sister, I still have to check it, right? It's okay, just look it up, and what you find will be what I told you, and you will never know the real reason.
"Thank you, fourth sister, for telling me."
"How do you and my sisters see each other, but after all, this involves the royal family, so ......"
"Well, don't worry, third sister, I'll save it."
Yun Sheng nodded as if reassured, and replied, "Hey, I didn't see the fourth sister today." β
"Yao'er is also here, but now she is downstairs, saying that she wants to go and see what the backstage looks like." Chu Mengxi said with a smile, but his heart was full of disdain, where was he going to see the backstage, obviously he was going to meet his lover, and he knew that he had specially arranged a hero to save the beauty today, so he was worried that his lover would not really fall in love with Xia Yunsheng. It's really unproductive.
Went backstage? Can Chu Mengyao's temperament really deign to go backstage? I'm afraid I'm going to meet someone else. Yunshang lowered her head and drank tea, hiding the edge in her eyes.
-Downstairs Private Room-
"Yinlang" Chu Mengyao looked at the man in front of him with a shy face, it was the scumbag Li Chengyin. I saw Chu Mengyao combing her hair in a concentric bun, wearing a pair of tired silk flowers inlaid with treasure hairpins, earlobe Nanzhu appliquΓ© earrings, wearing a light purple flower-sprinkled floating brocade skirt, and a smoke shadow gauze belt around her waist. Because he is still half a year younger than Yunshang, his figure does not seem to have grown, and a pair of peach blossom eyes are looking at Li Chengyin, who is wearing a blue bamboo pattern.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, Yao'er has become more and more beautiful, has Yao'er missed me these days?" Li Chengyin smiled and shook Chu Mengyao's soft hands and asked.
Chu Mengyao had a blush on her face and nodded, "Don't you want me to take a good look at me?" In the past few days, I've been getting lovesick. β
Chu Mengyao raised her head with a smile, just met Li Chengyin's lips, and looked at each other for a while, Chu Mengyao only felt that she was wrapped in honey, and the sweetness was about to overflow, Li Chengyin climbed up Chu Mengyao's slender waist with her left hand and hugged Chu Mengyao tightly in her arms. The right hand stroked Chu Mengyao's hair bun, and only when both of them felt that their breath was short, they let go.
Li Chengyin looked at Chu Mengyao's somewhat red and swollen lips, smiled and raised his hand to rub the delicate red lips and said, "Yao'er is really delicious, but it makes me want to stop, and I only think about how good it would be to marry soon." β
Chu Mengyao listened to this word of marriage, only to feel even more happy in her heart, and said shyly: "As long as Yinlang has such a heart, Yao'er will be content." β
Li Chengyin looked at Chu Mengyao's shy appearance, but what he thought in his heart was not sweetness, but, this Chu Mengxi is really, didn't he say that he wanted to impress Xia Yunsheng? Why did you bring Chu Mengyao here, what if Chu Mengyao showed something bad and good things? No, I'll have to bang it well.
"Hey, it's a pity that I'm not the identity of the prince, and I always feel that I am not worthy of my Yao'er."
"Nonsense, how can it be? In my heart, Yinlang is the best man in the world, and the identity of the son of the world is not important. β
"No, it's important, in my heart, Yao'er deserves the best in the world, and I will work hard to give my Yao'er the best life, including the position of the princess."
Chu Mengyao only felt very happy when she heard the position of the princess, although she loved Li Chengyin, it did not mean that she could let go of the temptation of the position of the princess, thinking that she would salute Xia Yunshang and the eldest sister in the future, she was still unhappy in her heart. "If there is Xia Yunshang to help, I believe that the position of the son of the world will inevitably be Yinlang's, but in my heart~"
"How's it going?"
"I'm worried about Yinlang, you will like Xia Yunsheng." Chu Mengyao said with a slight grievance
"Silly girl, how could I fall in love with Xia Yunsheng," Li Chengyin took Chu Mengyao's right hand and put it on his chest, and said gently: "I only have you in my heart, my heart is so small, how can I still pretend to be someone else." What's more, you helped me so much, and even more so that I was willing to suffer these grievances, how could I forget. β
Chu Mengyao lowered her eyebrows and smiled: "I don't believe it. β
"How can Yao'er not believe me, how about using it to represent my heart?" Li Chengyin took out a pair of gold-inlaid jade and red spikes from his arms and put them on Chu Mengyao's right hand, "My heart Yao'er is willing to accept it?" β
"Hmm~" Chu Mengyao smiled and carefully put away one of the concentric knots in her arms. Said shyly: "I should go back, the eldest sister and the fourth sister are waiting." β
"Wait, I gave Yao'er a concentric knot, won't Yao'er give anything back?" As he spoke, he pointed his finger at his cheek, looking at Chu Mengyao expectantly, Chu Mengyao smiled shyly, pecked lightly on Li Chengyin's face, turned around and lifted the corner of his skirt and trotted out of the elegant hall quickly, and went upstairs from the stairs on the side. Li Chengyin looked at the disappeared corner of his clothes, closed the hall door, and smiled reassuringly. looked at the concentric knot in his hand, put it in his sleeve without care, and sat down to taste tea.
A person disappeared silently in the dark, and after a while, Li Chengyin fell asleep with a cup in his hand and tilted his head, and the tea in the cup was sprinkled on the table, but it was like a landscape painting, and it was sprinkled on the ground of blue and white stone along the corner of the table.
"How?" A man dressed in black on the ridge asked, looking at another, slightly shorter man.