Ouyang Zheng bypassed the red sandalwood landscape embroidery screen and entered the inner hall.

The inner hall is spacious, there are nine screens of red sandalwood inlaid with marble flowers and birds in the middle, and in front of the screen are Zhang Hua Nan ancient broken patterns inlaid with jade three screen couches, and four red sandalwood open-carved chairs are placed on the left and right sides of the lower head, and four coffee tables with carved cloud head patterns are placed in the middle of the circle chairs.

Princess Luoxi and King Yin Chengzong of Chengjun sat opposite each other on the couch, and there were two round boxes on the couch in the middle. In the inner hall, only the princess's personal maid Maple Leaf stood aside and served.

"The dignified county king actually came to our mansion to fight the autumn wind? Spreading the word can damage your prestige. Ouyang Zheng's voice was low and gentle, but there was no smile on his face, and a joke was too serious, which made people shudder.

Yin Chengzong was holding a string of white incense beads in his hand and talking to the princess with a smile, when he saw Ouyang Zheng coming in, he put the beads on his wrist and got up to greet him, "Wenxuan, the princess and aunt didn't say no, when did you become so stingy." This is not the Luoxi Mansion, you are calm and careful to scare people. ”

Ouyang Zheng realized that he had been thinking about things all the way, his face was serious, and he pulled the corners of his mouth, but he was a little uncomfortable, ignored Yin Chengzong, bypassed him and sat opposite Princess Luoxi, looking at the round box, "What is it?" ”

The princess smiled and pushed the box in front of him and said, "The next person came to present the gift list of the Zhenyuan Marquis's Mansion, and it happened that Zicheng came over and saw that there were two incense products inside. You know that he is a lover of incense, and when he sees a fragrance that he has never seen, he can't walk, which doesn't make people take it to him to see, but he didn't expect it to be a rare thing. ”

Ouyang Zheng's eyes also fell on the round porcelain box, the fine white cotton was compacted, and more than twenty blue-green lotus leaves no more than an inch wide were scattered on it, three or five pieces were clustered together, and some were scattered, and the pink and white lotus flowers bloomed on the leaves, and there were three or two flower buds hidden between the green leaves and white lotuses, and two grass-green dragonflies fell on the lotus, adding a bit of interest to this lotus pond.

The elegant lotus fragrance escapes, such as walking in the quiet lotus pond of the night moon, and the wisps of fresh air cleanse away the irritability and enter the heart.

Ouyang Zheng was stunned for a while, and then heard the princess sigh on the side: "I don't know what this lotus incense is made of, the taste is pure, it's just that this type is too exquisite, it's like the real thing, I like it when I look at it, if I put it on the stove and smoke it, I'm really reluctant......

Ouyang Zheng came back to his senses, didn't speak but nodded slightly, and glanced at another pear box, which was divided into four grids, displaying four-colored beads, each bead was round and full, with a variant longevity pattern engraved on it, and the string of ropes was tied with five bats.

On the lid of the box, a hairpin on a plain paper fell into Ouyang Zheng's sight, the handwriting was neat, and the pen was delicate and a little soft, thinking that it was from a woman's hand.

"This string of beads is incense? Or fragrant wood? "Ouyang Zheng has used beads made of fragrant wood, but the texture is not as delicate as this, and he can't tell whether this is wood or incense pills for a while.

With a "flutter", Yin Chengzong couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

"What fragrant wood, this bead string can be used as incense or can be worn daily. Even my shop can't make such a good quality. Well, I smelled it, and there are more than 20 kinds of materials, and the dozen or so kinds written on this note are just materials that are mostly taboo with other medicinal materials, so they are mentioned separately, as for the real materials...... That's the secret ingredient. The general incense beads are more black, but also for the purpose of burning incense, there are red incense beads with cinnabar on the cochin, yellow, white, Bodhi three colors are very rare, this incense beads are tight, better than the fine sandalwood beads. ”

Ouyang Zheng glanced at Yin Chengzong's wrist, raised his eyebrows and said, "Not only are your eyes poisonous, but your nose is smarter than a dog!" I didn't get a single one before you got it. Since I took my mother's birthday gift, I will give a bigger share to make up for it, otherwise it will ......"

Yin Chengzong hurriedly pulled his sleeves to protect his wrists, looked at Ouyang Zheng with round eyes, for fear of being robbed by him, and nodded vigorously to reassure, "This string was rewarded to me by the princess and aunt, and I will give my aunt a big gift another day." Don't stare at me like that! ”

"Alright, what do you two care about? It's rare that Zicheng has something that catches his eye, and if he gives it to him, what kind of gift do you need? Wenxuan, since it's a good thing, you can also pick a string. ”

The princess looked at Ouyang Zheng with a smile, her son doesn't smile on weekdays, and he doesn't pay much attention to these things outside his body, so he rarely asked two more questions today, so he mentioned it in pass to see if he liked it. I didn't expect Ouyang Zheng to really take it, I didn't expect her to mention it just now, Ouyang Zheng stared at the four-color bead string and frowned, as if he was hesitating, not knowing which one to choose.

The princess secretly said that she was surprised, and when she saw Ouyang Zheng holding a string of bodhi colored incense beads, she looked at it again and again, and asked, "Hey, what is the difference between this string of incense beads?" ”

Yin Chengzong also looked over, staring at the bead string in Ouyang Zheng's hand very curiously, and subconsciously touched his wrist, the text came too fast just now, he didn't come and take a closer look, the string of rare Bodhi color is also different from others, is it from the hand of a real master?

"It's no different. I'll just pick this one. Thank you, Princess! Ouyang Zheng hurriedly put the beads on his hand.

He knew in his heart that there was indeed something different about this bodhi-colored string of beads. The bottom one of the incense beads has two more small bamboo leaf carvings than the others, and you can't find them if you don't look carefully. For some reason, he decided to choose this string as soon as he saw the difference between this and the others.

"Speaking of which, what's going on in Mufu? I heard that the girl of the Xiao family was pointed out to the king of Thailand. But I vaguely remember that Lord Yin's mother and Concubine Xian connected to the sect...... "The princess's words are not finished, but the meaning is very clear, the Mu family is suspected of committing taboos by stepping on two boats like this."

Ouyang Zheng glanced at Maple Leaf, and Maple Leaf immediately retreated, leaving the three of them to speak in the inner hall.

"Concubine Xian didn't make any effort in this matter, otherwise the Mu family wouldn't have found me." Ouyang Zheng turned the bead string on his wrist, "I haven't been in Beijing these days, what do you think about the affairs of the Xiao family?" ”

"On the day of the Lotus Festival, the princess of Thailand made a post, and it happened that she was unhappy and didn't succeed. Later, the Xiao family was assigned to marry, and some people said that the recipe for the Queen Mother was not found by the Xiao family. I didn't care about it, but when I saw these ...... today," the princess pointed to the box on the small table, "I guess that the Mu family is afraid of suffering, so I have the heart to show goodwill." ”

"Aunt Princess, the Xiao family's gift list also includes sandalwood, musk deer, rose water or something, but it is far worse than the Mu family's. The Mu family is not only showing goodwill, but it is clear that they have suffered a secret loss, afraid that the Queen Mother and the King of Thailand will forget the benefits of his family. Yin Chengzong yawned and raised his eyelids, "Mu Da is also called 'loyalty' in his name, I think he is a wall grass." ”

The princess frowned slightly, looked at Ouyang Zheng, and asked, "That Wenxuan, what do you mean?" Can you explain it to your father? Don't be taboo. ”

Ouyang Zheng was silent for a moment before he said, "Mother doesn't have to worry. I know this. I will go to my father's place, and I don't have to come forward in this matter. ”

The princess bowed her head and chatted with Ouyang Zheng about the birthday banquet. Ouyang Zheng saw that she was tired, and pulled Yin Chengzong to salute and leave.

As soon as he got out of the hospital, Yin Chengzong came up with a hippie smile, "Wenxuan, show me your string of beads?" ”

"Go, I got a bunch, and I want to ask for it again. I'll go to my father, and if you want to go, you might as well go all the way. With that, Ouyang Zheng grabbed Yin Chengzong's arm and was about to drag him along.

When Yin Chengzong heard that he wanted to see King Luoxi, he quickly broke free, waved his hand and said, "If you don't look at it, it's not enough, stingy!" You have been used to being told by Old Lord Ouyang since you were a child, and I don't want my ears to suffer. I'll go back first, and I'll come back on the fifth day of the new year! ”

Yin Chengzong ran away with a cigarette, and Ouyang Zheng didn't forget to shout behind his back: "Don't forget to return the salute, otherwise you won't be able to run next time you come." ”

Yin Chengzong just didn't hear it, and his steps were faster. After he swaggered out of the palace and got into the carriage and lowered the curtain, the smiling look on his face faded instantly, and he whispered to the outside of the car: "Go and check, where is the origin of the incense recipe offered by the Xiao family, and who made the incense that the Mu family sent to the Luoxi Palace?" ”

The rain outside the car was getting heavier, the raindrops hit the roof of the car, crackling, the handlebar whipped, the carriage started slowly, and the other guy who followed the car was nowhere to be seen.

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