Return to the capital

Return to Capital (I)

By the time Xinjie returned to Fuxi River late at night after finishing his errands outside, Li Feng had already left with Xiyuan and his party. When he took over Xiyuan and his party at the Fuxi River ferry, he even understood the neatness and exquisite thoughts of the Bai family girl, and felt sorry for Xintian for a while. When he returned to the capital, he immediately wrote a three-page long letter to count the number of Li Shi.

Not to mention how aggrieved Li Shi was when he received his father's scolding, just look at the days when these little two people were blending oil in honey. Gu Hua left early the next morning because there was something going on in Chizuru Valley. On the bank of the Fuxi River, under the moon before the flowers, among the flowers in the hot springs, you can see the scene of shy flowers from time to time. But within a few days, the good days were disturbed by Yiyi's letters. Jingzhong is very lively because of the harmony of the Ruan brothers and sisters, as well as the various calculations of other princes. Yiyi is naturally unwilling to face these troubles alone, let the good brother soak in the gentle township, send someone to send a letter to urge several times in a day, but the return date is always undecided, and in the end can only say that the brother will not return to Beijing, and the prince will recommend you as the son-in-law of Nanyue.

When receiving such a threat, the two were working together to make a new flower tea recipe, and Xinjie wanted to throw it into the water and ignore it, but Lian'er stopped him: "If it is really for me to waste the right thing, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life." ”

Xinjie sighed, This woman is too sensible: "Then promise me all my requests tonight, and we will leave tomorrow." ”

Lian'er, who had not yet recovered from her tiredness at the beginning of the boat, was sleepy, and the rocking of the boat made her feel like she was sleeping in the cradle, and sometimes it seemed as if she had returned to the warm embrace of her parents and mother. When Sweet Fragrance woke up, she found that the person who offered this embrace was quietly hugging her and staying by her side. His martial arts skills were too high, and she knew that some of her movements might have already awakened him, but this person liked to be by her side, so he often refused to open his eyes. And this handsome face was indeed lovely, so it left a small mark on his lips, and tempted him to no longer pretend to be asleep and took the initiative to ask for it. When she tried to sneak away again, the man was like an octopus and entangled her so firmly that she couldn't hide.

"Don't try to slip away from me for the rest of your life." This is the admonition that the man gave her. And such a solid and warm embrace made her really want to slip away.

On the day they abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, Lian'er found that it was not the chauffeur of the Tang Mansion who came to pick them up at the dock, but the chariot and horse sent by the shopkeeper of Yuehuaxuan. After Xinjie placed Lian'er in the car, he also sat in the car to accompany her, and watched the scenery of Shangjing along the way. After being away for more than four years, she came back here again, which made Lian'er feel like a world away. The Zhou family's Wanning rescued by Xiao Jiu was long gone, and when she woke up in the small courtyard full of osmanthus and chrysanthemums, it had nothing to do with the cold court and the endless power dumping. And at this time, her heart and body all belonged to the man next to her.

"We don't go to the Tang House, we have our own yard in Beijing, but it's a little smaller."

The yard is indeed small and exquisite, with no extravagant furnishings, only crisp and unpretentious furniture, numerous flowers and trees suitable for the local weather, and a decent study full of books. The people have been here for many years, and a few days before they received a notice from the master that the master's room was newly furnished, and that a place to stay was prepared for the people who came with Xianyang.

Xinjie happily pulled Lian'er in: "We're home." "This is where he settled in the capital, and with the arrival of Lian'er, he feels that this has become his real home, his world, and Lian'er will be the hostess here. Lian'er felt Xinjie's joy of being able to give her beloved woman a home, although she felt that she should have another room with her current status, but she was unwilling to break the warm atmosphere that rippled between them.

However, Liu's mother reminded Xinjie when no one was around: "Miss Biao hasn't passed the door yet, why don't you arrange another place for her to live, and let the people look like that." After a few days, the eldest young master and the ninth young master have both arrived in the capital, or let her live back in the old mansion, and her reputation will be better. ”

Although Xinjie was annoyed in his heart, he also knew that Liu's mother was helping him maintain the reputation of the two of them, but it was reluctant to let Lian'er stay away from him and live in the old mansion: "You go and ask Zhou's mother to clean up the cottage next to the study, and tell them that I live over there, I gave this yard to Lian'er, and she will be the owner of this place from now on, this is her home in the capital." Ming'er asked Xing'er to take my name card to Shuntianfu and asked them to change the deed to Lian'er's name. ”

It's okay for Mother Liu to think about it, at least there is a saying on the surface, as for where this baby young master wants to run at night, the subordinates can't care. She is also very proud of her young master. Isn't it true that a woman marries just to live and work in peace and contentment? Although she heard that Miss Biao was very rich, she received a lot of bonus silver from Baicaotang every year. But after all, hers is her own body and silver, and her young master is willing to give her a place to settle in this capital where every inch of land is valuable, no matter what happens in the future, she has a place to stay. The young master seems to be casual, but he is actually quite thoughtful.

Back in the capital, Xinjie is extremely busy, and he rarely sees people during the day. She never asked him where he went, whether it was the prince or Pingluan Pavilion, those were not for her to take care of. After returning to Beijing, she didn't even think about going to see the crown prince and the empress dowager. She is no longer Zhou Wanning, she is just a little woman beside Xinjie, helping him with the affairs of Aoki Tea House and Baihuatang.

Soon after, due to a coincidence, after they set up a large garden to prepare for the Aoki Tea House, Lian'er's daytime became even busier. Although the affairs of the main hall of Baihuatang are complicated, because they are all about helping the weak and helping the poor, she also manages them with sincerity and enthusiasm. A few months ago, she had already given the recipes of various flower fat fragrance powders that she had developed for many years to the sisters of Xianyang and Luoyang Baihuatang, and asked them to carefully make them with Baihuatang's own unique raw materials, coupled with the efforts of other hall owners and girls of Baihuatang, she had accumulated quite a variety of boudoir boutiques, and finally borrowed a small façade in Yuehuaxuan in the capital, and set up a fat powder balm counter, which was sought after by all kinds of nobles who went to the banquet there. The newly opened Baihua embroidery workshop on Zhengqing Street has gradually begun to have business at the door. After she took over, Baihuatang was not only more orderly, but soon attracted the attention of noblewomen and princes and nobles in the capital, and whether they were sincere or not, these people who needed to show kindness from time to time also gradually took it as a talking point after tea and dinner, and showed off whether or not they patronized the business brought by these good shops.

The quiet courtyard in the back street of Nanqin in the capital has become Lian'er's home. In addition to going out to Baihuatang to deal with affairs and preparing for the establishment of the Aoki Tea House, she spends all her time in this home, carefully arranging the master's room and study to make the home more warm and comfortable; Prepare a variety of new snacks and delicacies, wait for the new jie from a busy day to come back, the two of them eat happily together, take a walk in the courtyard, and then practice swords and read books together. Although Liu's mother reminded Xinjie to arrange a bedroom next to the study for him, he never really used it for a day. After a busy day outside, what I want to do most is to stay with her all the time, where will I be willing to separate. The people have followed Xiaoxiao and him for many years, and they are naturally happy to see that the young master has finally settled down and has a home, with such a capable and kind housewife.

At the beginning of Xianyang's assistance to Lian'er's qi training, Xinjie faintly felt that there was something special about the internal force in Lian'er's body, but he couldn't figure out why, he just felt that it seemed to be particularly harmonious with his own internal qi. When they got here, the two got along day and night, and no longer went back to their rooms to practice internal skills, and Xinjie found that Lian'er was not practicing the basic Tang Sect internal skills, but the Liantai Jinggong that her aunt had improved. In addition to the surprise and surprise, he was even more sure that giving Lian'er to him was planned by his grandmother a long time ago.

When they arrived in the capital, their grandmother had already sent a letter saying that they had gone to northern Xinjiang to visit old friends, and that it might take a year and a half to come back, and let Xinjie take charge of all affairs in the capital. Grandma, when the overall situation is about to move, disappears into self, and it looks very weird. Xinjie couldn't think of any mechanism hidden here by his grandmother, but Lian'er reminded him that it might have something to do with Shiye Khan, but neither of them confirmed it. The words of Shiye Khan are almost taboo in the Tang Sect. There were rumors on the rivers and lakes that it was not Tang Wen who Chen Biyan was happy about, but someone else. Some people say that this person is a certain genius in Jiangnan, and some people say that it is Shiye Khan. There are also rumors that Tang Wen didn't like Chen Biyan back then, and marrying her was just the words of his parents' matchmaker, and Tang Wen had another lover. It's just that Chen Biyan is harsh, so Tang Wen didn't dare to marry his beloved woman and go home as a concubine, but just kept an outer room. There are even more powerful rumors that Chen Biyan was angry that Tang Wen had an outer room and wanted to monopolize the power of the Tang family, so he sent someone to kill Tang Wen and the woman. And relying on his sister to be the queen mother, not only extinguished the hatred in his heart, but also occupied the Tang Gate. But they are all rumors, specifically, no one dares to touch their heads in front of Chen Biyan.

Now Xinjie is waiting for his grandmother to come to Beijing to arrange his marriage, but her old man went to northern Xinjiang. As for whether Shiye Khan had something to do with his grandmother, and might even become his step-grandfather, he really didn't care, because whether it was within the Tang Sect or from his father's words, as well as some facts in the past Tang Sect, he couldn't find a reason why this grandfather deserved his extraordinary respect. However, none of this is important to him at this moment, what matters is his marriage to Lian'er. Remembering the puzzle that his grandmother had set for them, it also reminded him that his grandfather suddenly and mysteriously summoned him on the eve of his departure from Hangzhou, although he had clearly refused to allow his grandfather to arrange any marriage for him, and was unwilling to get involved in any affairs of Yumen, let alone exchange his marriage for any status in Yumen, but he didn't know if his grandfather would stop there. He didn't want Lian'er to know about these things, so as not to add to her trouble.