One day, the Lin family came over, sat on the third floor and talked with Xia Qian for a long time, and Xia Qian's whole person became a pillar of ice.

"Impossible, that miracle doctor was found by me and Huo Zun, it can't be a liar!" Xia Qian looked at each other in disbelief.

Lin sighed, and finally stuffed a letter into Xia Qian's hand.

Xia Qian opened the letter and was completely dumbfounded.

This is a letter written to Huo Zun by a general in the East Wing two months ago, the content of which is to cooperate with Huo Zun to find a "miracle doctor", pretending to treat Xia Qian's illness and coaxing her to be happy.

"This letter was found yesterday in his bookcase when I visited him in the Ten Thousand Cavalry Camp. It's not that my mother is embarrassed for you, it's our Huo family that can't just run out of incense! Lin's words were like crying and begging.

Despair, unprecedented despair spread under Xia Qian's eyes, she stared closely at the white jade floor tiles under her feet, feeling that she was back to the scene when she first met her mother-in-law on the second day of the wedding.

That was waiting, hearing that Lin said to divorce his wife, she was happier than anyone else. Now, just taking a concubine is enough to make her upside down and hurt her liver and intestines.

"Your father doesn't agree with this, and Teng'er won't do the same, but I can't help but plan for him as a mother and you as a wife. Our north courtyard has always been empty, there was a fight there a few years ago, and the yin qi was too heavy. But the house in the northeast corner is clean, the feng shui is good, and the newcomers live there when they come. I won't allow her to enter the West Courtyard, nor will she come to the teahouse, so I won't bump into you! ”

Xia Qian heard the meaning of her words: Concubines are necessary, and people have been chosen.

"The princess has just passed away, and when the emperor is sad, he is somewhat angry with Huo Zun. Is it too urgent to take a concubine at this time? ”

Lin took Xia Qian's hand and smiled mysteriously: "At this juncture, Huo Zun can't calm down, and this matter is easy to do." Besides, with the princess, he must not be so ruthless to women. It will take three or five months to get married, and the emperor's anger will disappear by then! ”

Sure enough, she was a mother, and she felt his son's temperament clearly.

When it comes to this, Xia Qian has nothing to say.

Lin's routine for dealing with his son is vulgar and old-fashioned, but fortunately, they are interlocking and target the weakness of the two men in the family.

"I listen to my mother!" For the sake of love, she confessed.

Lin got up and went to the Ten Thousand Cavalry Camp, took advantage of Huo Zun's inattention to put the letter back in its place, and told him that Xia Qian was unwell.

Xia Qian's body was already weak, and she didn't need to pretend to have typhoid fever and brain fever at all, and after Huo Zun went back, she only said that she had suffered from the wind cold and had already drunk the medicine.

After that, he went back to the teahouse every day, and came back to see her whenever he had time during the day.

Everything is the same as before, but Huo Zun is silent a lot, and the smile on his face is less pitiful.

Several of them understood that Xingping's tragic death was expected, but they didn't expect that when this day really came, it would be unforgettable for everyone.

In the past seven years, one has been sad and crazy, and the other has been hiding hard and cold, and now that she is dead, she has lived into his heart with a thought other than love - guilt.

The bitterness in Huo Zun's eyes, Xia Qian could understand and feel it, but she didn't know how to comfort her.

She was very glad that she didn't rush forward that day, otherwise the three of them might be embarrassed after Huo Zun appeared, Xingping might not bite him so carelessly, and Huo Zun probably wouldn't have held her on the street for so long.

Three days later, the apprentices arranged by the Lin family came to the tea house.

This person has bright eyes and bright teeth, a sweet voice, and the beauty is also a shy peach to make Li.

When you look closely, you have the demeanor of everyone's ladies, and your every move, smile and smile is much more noble and elegant than that of her singer.

The woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Xia Qian, reporting that she was a distant relative of the Huo family.

"The leaves are pale, the white dew is frost, the so-called Yiren are on the water side!" Xia Qian's gaze fell on her face, as if admiring and sneering.

The other party's mansion was three rings: "The young lady praised it falsely, the little girl was born in an ordinary family, and she didn't read much, she didn't know anything except some female infrared, and she wasn't an Yiren." If it weren't for the old man who had calculated that I had a good body and was easy to conceive, he would definitely not pity me! ”

Xia Qian chuckled lightly and revealed her identity: "Meng Pujia, sixteen years old, the daughter of Meng Huaiyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry." Although it is rarely seen in the boudoir, the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, song and tea are all fine, and they can be regarded as somewhat famous. You six knocks on your head, you really torment me! ”

Meng Pujia's face was shocked, and the body that had just stood up knelt on the ground with a "poof".

Although she was lazily sitting on the bed, Xia Qian's voice was not kind at all: "Women with good stomachs are all over the street, and the threshold of the Zhenguo General's Mansion is not something that anyone can climb into!" Say, why let me help you! ”

"The young lady forgives the sin, it was the old lady who asked me to say this, saying that staying in the tea house like this is not easy to arouse suspicion! I have a sincere heart for Young Master Huo, since I saw the imperial capital three years ago, I have been thinking about it, and I hope that the young lady will be successful! The woman slammed the floor like a kowtow.

After just seven years of obsession, and another three years of obsession, Xia Qian was silent for three seconds.

If it weren't for the fact that the two magpies had followed her for a few days, saying that this person was well-behaved and docile at home, she would have coaxed her away for the incident that had just played with her.

"For the matter of taking a concubine, I still have a more suitable candidate in my heart, although that person is not from a good background, but he must be able to receive some favor when he marries. Since my mother intends to choose you, I can't say anything, but if he snubs you after marrying, don't blame me for not being kind enough to remind you! ”

Xia Qian said slowly, first, to try the other party's determination, and secondly, to be strict with her status at home, warning the other party not to carry her behind her back these days in the teahouse.

"The young master and the young lady have a deep relationship, and the little woman has heard about it for a long time. Don't worry, young lady, I grew up in a deep boudoir, and no outsiders have ever seen me, even Huo Shaoye, who didn't see my face clearly back then. Although this matter was arranged by the old lady, the little woman was really willing, and if she was lonely and old in the future, she would never complain! ”

After a few days of earth-shaking pain, I thought it wouldn't hurt anymore, but I didn't expect it to hurt faintly at this moment.

She didn't want to say anything, and told the other party to follow her to learn tea art.

Everyone was puzzled about Xia Qian's personal apprenticeship, Xia Qian hooked her lips and smiled, saying that she had a bad sense of taste and smell, and it was easy to train a newcomer.

Meng Pujia already knew some tea ceremony, and it was not difficult to train, and she taught her a few simple fancy tea samples, and within a few days, the other party was already able to make it.

"From today onwards, you will make his evening tea!" Xia Qian commanded.

In the evening, Huo Zun took a sip of tea, raised the corners of his eyebrows slightly, and asked, "Who made this tea?" ”

"I've been sleepy these days, and it's like lying in bed early. This tea was made by one of my new apprentices, and everyone said it tasted good, so I asked her to cook it for you first, and then I will cook it for you when I am better. ”

"Well, if you're not in good health, just rest for a few more days. Five days later, I have two days off, waiting to come back with you! ”