Jing'an Birthday Banquet (I)

What came in was the jade book.

The two ignored her, and Lian'er continued to talk to him in her husband's arms, when the jade book didn't exist: "Why is it different?" ”

He grinned and said, "It's a lot sweeter than usual, and it used to be rose-flavored, but today it's not." ”

She deliberately got closer to him in front of the jade book, "Add honey, I know you're not honest, and I've prepared it for you, hehe."

He smiled helplessly and tapped the tip of her nose: "If you're naughty, then you..." The boundless favor overflowed in the house.

"Young master." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yushu irritably.

Xinjie frowned, as if he had just noticed a girl standing here now, and said impatiently: "Yushu, didn't the young grandmother let you all go to the tea house to play?" Jing An and my eldest brother have prepared a lot of fun today. You go for a walk, and you don't have to wait here. ”

Although Yushu was unwilling, but the master was unhappy, she could only quickly bow her head: "I know, Yuping and they went over first, I'm afraid that there is something you need to take care of here, come and have a look." ”

"No need, you go over and play first, my young grandmother and I are about to go out, let's walk around the garden slowly, no one needs to follow, don't come and disturb if it's okay." Aoki Garden is not far from the Aoki Tea House, and when I bought it at the beginning, it was also because the two places were very close, and it happened that someone wanted to make a move, so Xinjie wanted to buy it, so as to reduce the direct journey of his wife from home to the Aoki Tea House. Today's weather is good, so I can take a walk there.

But if you want to go around alone with your wife and don't want to be disturbed, Yushu's face is not very good-looking, she didn't speak, she gave her master a little blessing, and she didn't even look at Wan Ning, and went out with a dark face.

When she was far away, Xinjie asked softly, "Do you suspect that she was planted to spy on us since she was a child?" ”

"Maybe, maybe it's not that simple, maybe this girl is more than just a girl. ”

Xinjie looked at her: "Are you sure you're not jealous?" Smiled slyly.

His wife raised her eyebrows and looked at him: "Do you think this kind of person is worth it?" ”

The husband gently pinched her face: "Although I like you to be jealous of me, I want the lady to be happy and enjoy life." ”

"yes, enjoy the time we both have together." This kind of time is too precious, and she clasped her husband's arm: "Let's go, go around the garden, you, the owner of the Aoki Tea House, haven't inspected your business for a long time." ”

"With such a capable proprietress as our Lian'er, are you still worried about business?"

So, she put a small box of rouge, hand towels and other small things into a small cloth bag, held it in her hand, and went out with her husband. No matter what tomorrow will bring, they will join hands today to enjoy the sunshine, floral fragrance and sweetness of this moment.

When they arrived at the Orchid Garden, Xintian and Jing'an had already arrived, the Tang family's Xinyuan and Xinyang had also arrived, and many royal children had already arrived. Xintian intercepted them at the door: "You two are the real hosts, a boss and a hostess, why did you arrive at this time, later than the guests." ”

"Big brother, "Since marrying the third brother, the name of Xintian has also changed." What you said is not right, today is your birthday for Jing'an, we just lend you a place, you are the master today, princess, you say yes, right? Wan Ning smiled at Jing An, Jing An thought that she had seen too many beauties in the palace and felt that she was amazed at the moment, and she was stunned for a while, and she didn't have time to answer.

"Come on, you're so sharp-tongued, I can't talk about you, but there are a lot of people here today, you should at least come over early to help greet you." Xintian is still preaching in a serious way.

Lian'er glanced at the stereotypical Xintian with some helplessness, and was a little helpless: "What, is there something wrong with the arrangement?" Guests are not well greeted? What about Ding Dayong? I'll let him come over in a moment, and you teach him slowly. ”

"Don't listen to him, they're doing a good job, it's just that he doesn't see you two and he's just worried." Jing'an was more honest, and hurriedly came over to tell the truth: "And several of my brothers, and other cousins are here, and they all want to meet you, you are a celebrity in the capital these days." Lian'er understood that Jing An's heart could not completely forget the fact that Xintian had pursued her, and although she tried her best to be friendly with them, she would still involuntarily hit her. As everyone knows, she often embarrasses Xintian by doing this.

And these royal family members and children of the family want to see her fake, and they want to add some talk to their boring lives. Look at what this woman who was almost killed by Yixiang back then, and provoked Yixiang and Yiyi's brothers to turn against each other back then, not to mention that she was plotted by Lan Xin a few days ago, it will become one of their hot topics. In this regard, he is really not worthy of Xinjie, and his existence makes him face the curious eyes of these people. This is a great disservice for a man of his stature, at this time, she would rather not be his wife. Xinjie understood what she was thinking, and the hand that grabbed her waist tightened a little. "Let's go in, aren't you too hot to stand in the sun?"

When he took his wife into the hall, everyone turned around, she was the absolute focus today, not Jing'an, who was doing longevity. Although there is no jewels on the body, it is unconventional in terms of temperament and dress. She now knew why he cared so much about dressing her up today, he just wanted to tell the man who came that his wife was a noble, generous, loyal, beloved woman, and to preserve her reputation with his own conviction. A month ago, when Jing'an and Xintian came to discuss the banquet with Lian'er, Xinjie was still far away in Jiangnan, and there was no date for his return, but now, although they experienced these absurd things, at least they appeared in front of everyone together. And it seems so intimate, so harmonious, it is not the appearance of the outside world to speculate.

The garden of the Aoki Tea House in the capital was not originally built by them, but was taken down by them from the descendants of Mrs. Zhenguo. Originally, it was a garden for a wealthy merchant in the early days, and it was located in the quiet Xicheng, surrounded by the courtyards of officials and merchants. Two streets away is Xishi Street, where many people trade in flowers, birds, insects and fish every day, and there are also some famous calligraphy and painting workshops in the capital, as well as teahouses and restaurants where literati gather. The original wealthy merchant liked the garden scenery very much, so he bought all the courtyards around it, divided the garden according to the difference between the southeast and the northwest, and built many different small courtyards according to the styles of different regions in the southeast, northwest and northwest districts.

Soon after the Great Zhou Dynasty moved its capital to this city, the wealthy merchant was old and sold the garden to the Marquis of Zhenguo at that time. Zhen Guohou is also a person who loves gardens, and spends his life expanding this garden. But the Marquis of Zhenguo began to wither from the time of the first emperor, three generations have only one single transmission, to this dynasty, only one daughter, after the marriage, Mrs. Zhenguo felt that she lived in a huge garden too empty and lonely, and the cost of maintaining the yard was quite high, so she intended to transfer the garden, and moved to a small courtyard in the south of the city to live, so that it was closer to the married daughter's house. When Mrs. Zhenguo wanted to sell the garden, because she felt sorry for her husband's hard work, she wanted to find a buyer who had good taste and understood good things, so as not to spoil things. So it didn't sell well on the market. She just wants to find someone to put it on to someone she thinks is appropriate. Of course, the young master of the Baihuatang next to her garden was one of her first choices.

Adjacent to this courtyard is a large nursery, which Baihuatang bought two years ago as a flower workshop in the city, specially used to grow some precious spices, and also a place where some precious flowers and trees are transported from other places and distributed and transferred before being sold.

The other end of the nursery is next to the Suigetsu Nunnery, and the nuns of the nunnery value Baihuatang as a place to help the weak, so they are very helpful to Baihuatang, and everyone gets along very well. The host of Suigetsu Nunnery has a good relationship with Mrs. Jinguo because of the empty master. So when Mrs. Jinkook told her that she wanted to sell the garden, she was the first to come to them.

At first, they thought about using it as a further expansion of the nursery, but after seeing it on the spot, their thoughts changed, such gorgeous pavilions, exotic flowers and plants, just used as a flower garden, it was a waste, anyway, the original Aoki Society in the capital was a small place, so they took it down by themselves, and turned it into a large Aoki Society, which was provided for tea guests to play, and at the same time, Baihuatang could use this large courtyard as a flower garden and workshop. Xinjie's Yuehuaxuan has been doing very well in Beijing, Xianyang, Luoyang and Hangzhou in recent years, accumulating a large amount of cash, and is thinking of opening another branch or doing something else, which is just an opportunity. So it was smashed in a big way.

After the plate was put down, it was slightly renovated, and the large courtyard was configured as a meeting place for independent rental, and many small halls were converted into small private rooms for three or five confidants to chat and drink tea. The large living room in the original front yard will be turned into an ordinary large room, and some tables and chairs will be placed for ordinary guests to drink tea here. The pond in the courtyard is the living water that flows through the nursery from Longtan Temple, there are not only ornamental fish in the pond, but also some secluded waters are separated by bamboo gates to raise all kinds of edible fish, which can be used by the guests here to cook on order, and even those who are interested can be hung and cooked, and the extra can also be supplied to Yuehuaxuan.