Sheng Mingzhu nodded, Guan Ping saw that she was not interested, and she didn't say what she wanted to say. He only rubbed her head, "I haven't closed my eyes for four days, how can I see that you are much sleepier than me." ”

"Master Hou is engaged in national affairs every day, so I am idle all day?" Sheng Mingzhu said, "There are so many things in the house, big and small, if I let go, it will be messed up a long time ago." Guan Ping only echoed what she said, but she really didn't close her eyes for a few days, she couldn't do it, and she didn't wait for Jin Zhi to come, so she fell into a deep sleepiness.

This time, seeing that he was really asleep, Sheng Mingzhu didn't bother him, he got off the bed by himself, sat on the side and read a book.

The time was not early, and it was sleepy in the afternoon, and I didn't realize that it was already sunset. Sheng Mingzhu looked back at Guan Ping, he hadn't gotten up yet, the golden branch had already come, the tray in his hand was holding the soup, stepping on it, quietly, he looked at Guan Ping on the couch again, pinched his throat and said, "Madam, do you want to wake up Master Hou?" ”

Sheng Mingzhu shook his head, "No need." This soup won't cool down for a while, and you've been busy all day, so go down and rest. ”

Jin Zhi nodded, and then retreated.

——

A few days ago, the prince gave that order, and he also had some hope in his heart, after all, the hero was sad to pass the beauty pass, not to mention that Lin Qingyan was still a friend of Guan Ping when he was poor. Even if he doesn't succeed, he won't lose anything - now that the talisman is in his hands, he doesn't want to calculate the camp as he did then.

The throne has been vacant for a long time, if it continues to be like this, it will be his accession to the throne in the future, what will the world think. Whether an emperor ascends the throne or not depends on the face of a courtier.

Lin Qingyan was still thinking about whether to act, but the prince's side urged him several times, and he was obviously impatient.

"If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid the prince thinks I'm going to turn back."

The weather has been hot these days, Lin Qingyan is just an aunt, although there is an ice basin in the house, it is not so cool, especially now that she still has something in her heart. Bihe was also anxious on the side, just watching her keep fanning the wind with a beauty, after all, Bihe is just a maid, her vision is limited, and now she is completely ownerless.

"So what to do? Do you do what the prince orders? ”

Lin Qingyan looked at Bihe and said sarcastically, "Didn't you say that you were going to be honest with the Marquis of Dingguo before?" Bihe hung her head, how could she not know that the prince and the marquis of Dingguo were existences that they could not afford to offend, and she used to just think that Miss Ruo had some friendship with the Hou Ye, or that she was threatened by the prince, maybe she could arouse some pity from the Hou Ye.

But now the prince is urging, if there is nothing to answer, and he can't have a showdown with the Marquis of Dingguo in a short time, isn't he waiting for the prince to come to the door. Lin Qingyan was also really a little upset, looking at the door frame for a while, the cicadas chirped continuously at noon, a little noisy, she thought about it, and finally said, "I'll go and deliver a letter to Master Hou in a while, and see if I can pull people over." ”

Lin Qingyan hung his head, and he was a little annoyed in his heart. She understood that Guan Ping had no love for her, but she kept her in the house and didn't touch her. At first, Lin Qingyan couldn't figure it out, but now that the prince is pressing step by step, as the concubine of the Dingguo Marquis's Mansion, the male owner never touches her.

In the past, Lin Qingyan might have felt that Guan Ping cherished her, but at this age, she should understand everything. Bihe nodded, "After a while, the slave maid will ask someone to deliver a letter to the Hou Ye." ”

Lin Qingyan nodded, and then took out the medicine given by the prince from the dressing table, "If you can be invited, you will go to the kitchen with me in a while, I will cook with my parents and make soup for Hou Ye today." Bihe originally bit out, but was stunned for a moment when she heard the words, and happened to watch Lin Qingyan hold up the packet of medicine.

——

The night breeze is a little cold, and today's wife doesn't know what kind of temper she plays, so she doesn't care about him. Guan Ping originally planned to go back to deal with political affairs, but was stopped by the little guy next to him, saying that Aunt Lin had made soup tonight, and asked him if he had time to go to her yard to sit. Guan Pingyuan didn't know when she planned to start acting.

"Back to her, I said I'll go later."

After that, he quickly returned to the study. Bihe quickly went to Qinghui Courtyard when he got this letter, and went to the kitchen with Lin Qingyan again, saying that it was a soup made by himself, and the play naturally had to be done.

Guan Ping arrived here in the middle of the night to Lin Qingyan.

Lin Qingyan's personality may not match her name very well, but the room equipment is as her name suggests, very plain and bland. There were not too many lights in the middle of the night, only a few candles were placed on the stage, and when Guan Ping walked up the steps, he saw the beautiful woman sitting alone in front of the bed under the moonlight.

She was dressed in white, and when she looked at it from such a distance, she really looked like a fairy from Yaotai. It's a pity that it's a fairy with red dust in her heart. Guan Ping thought, his footsteps were slightly raised, the person had already walked in, Lin Qingyan happened to look back at him, the lights were slightly dim at the moment, Lin Qingyan was no longer the young girl she was back then, she was now over twenty-five, and her skin had some flaws.

But now the dim light hides everything, and her whole person looks very soft.

"Master Hou is here", got up from the chair, and she hurriedly poured tea for Guan Ping.

"After waiting for Hou Ye for a long time, I thought that Hou Ye would not come. It's just that the soup in the pot is already cold today, and it is being taken by Bihe to heat it up, and the Hou Ye will wait for a while. ”

Guan Pinglai's original intention was not to drink soup, of course he was noncommittal, but just glanced around, "Why is it so dark?" ”

Lin Qingyan smiled, and after pouring tea, he sat opposite Guan Ping again, his eyes were soft, "Have you forgotten, when the concubine was still in the alley building in the past, it was very dark all year round." Back then, Hou Ye never thought it was bleak there, and often went to find a concubine, and now the concubine still remembers a long conversation with Hou Ye and the scene of enjoying the wind and the moon. ”

When Lin Qingyan talked about the past, Guan Ping also remembered something in his head. Back then, he was just a high-spirited young man, but Lin Qingyan was the Oiran attracted by countless wealthy families in the alley building - but he was also a beauty, Guan Ping also spent some effort to coax the beauty to make her happy, and said some useless sour poems.

"Master Hou, your favorite tea when you came to me back then."

This tea was gone three or four years ago, and the taste is a little astringent, which is not suitable for the taste of today's Dawei nobles. The reason why he became famous back then was just because Lin Qingyan, the top brand in the alley building, was so much that the dignitaries and nobles voted for a thousand gold and a beautiful man, and Guan Ping didn't do it back then, so he drank a lot of bitter tea when he went to the alley building.

"It tastes the same as it did back then."

Guan Ping said, Lin Qingyan's eyes suddenly became sad, "Yes, this tea is still the same as before, but it is not the same as before." She looked at Guan Ping, and her eyes turned red.

Guan Ping hung his head, and as soon as Bihe came out of the inner room at this moment, a fragrance spread to the entire room, "Your craftsmanship is also very different from before." He smiled and said this.

I didn't know how to say the sensational remarks that Lin Qingyan had prepared, and I was worried about whether Guan Ping had seen something. Bihe had already walked to the table with the tray, probably because he had a ghost in his heart, and now he looked at Guan Ping's feet and trembled, Guan Ping glanced at her, Bihe retreated suddenly, and Lin Qingyan, who was bluffing, was startled and glared at Bihe.

I was worried that Guan Ping would see something, so I went to see his face, and I was relieved when I saw nothing.

"It tastes good." Guan Ping Road.

Lin Qingyan smiled and was about to speak, but Guan Ping spoke again, "Lin Qingyan-Qingyan, I used to think that you liked to drink that bitter tea because of your name." "To be precise, Lin Qingyan, the Oiran, did not amaze him as he said, and it was this name that surprised Guan Ping at first.

The famous prostitutes in the alley buildings who are not touched by the world are not interested in the wealth and nobility of the dignitaries next to them. It is particularly in line with the cynical Guan Ping back then - and no matter what the situation is, Lin Qingyan had such a period with him back then - but unfortunately the old lover didn't wait for him to soar, so he didn't hug the pipa.

"After you got married, how are you doing?" Guan Ping asked.

Lin Qingyan's eyes turned even redder, and he touched the handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the tail of his eyes, "Master Hou still resents my behavior back then?" The concubine was just a last resort-" Guan Ping didn't give her a chance to continue, and uncovered the soup on the table, "A bowl of soup, if it is delicious, people naturally like to drink it, but if it enters the mouth of others and spits it out for me to drink, do you think I still want to drink it?" ”

Lin Qingyan's face changed suddenly, and he also had his own Qinggao in the end, "Since Master Hou said so, why did he need to welcome the concubine into the mansion in the first place, just to humiliate the concubine today?"

Guan Ping looked at the bowl of soup, the soup spoon was placed on the side, and he stirred it slowly, as if it was pulling the tendon in Lin Qingyan's heart.

——

Sheng Mingzhu didn't sleep well in the second half of the night, ate a little less at noon, and woke up hungry.

It happened that Jin Zhi was still doing embroidery work, and he didn't sleep, so he followed Jin Zhi to the kitchen. In the dead of night, the people in the kitchen left, only the old cook who usually watched the stove was still there, Jin Zhi was very familiar with him, and he patted him on the shoulder when he walked over, "Uncle Chen, do you have anything else to eat?" Madame got up in the night and wanted something to eat. ”

The man known as Uncle Chen was originally sleepy-eyed and woke up by the golden branch.

As soon as I started to do it, I saw a person wearing a red cloak standing at the threshold of the kitchen, and when I looked at it, it was my own wife, who wanted to get up and salute, and was called out by Jin Zhi, "Okay, Uncle Chen, I ask you if there is any food in the kitchen, is Madam hungry?" Sheng Mingzhu also said, "You don't have to do any courtesy, it's in the middle of the night." ”

Uncle Chen touched his head, "Madame is hungry in the middle of the night - the nobles don't dare to eat overnight, and the ready-made ones are really impossible to do now, if Madame can wait, the villain can knead the dough for Madame, but it will take some time." Sheng Mingzhu's face was slightly downset when he heard this, he was very sleepy, and he didn't bother to come out if he wasn't hungry.

It just so happened that Uncle Chen patted his head, "I remember that Aunt Lin came to the kitchen to make soup at night today, and it seems that there is still left." ”