Chapter 18: The Autumn of Mulan (I)
Chapter 18: Mulan Autumn (I)
"Oh?"
Ouyang smiled, lowered his voice and said in Zhiyun's ear: "Master Zhang and Hengchen have always been picky, and this time they are actually willing to write couplets for this teahouse...... Why don't we go in and quench our thirst? β
The tea is really good, of course, it can't be compared with the tea in the Zhiyun Botanical Garden, and it is far worse than the tea rewarded by the saints in the palace, but the craftsmanship of Dr. Tea is good, and he is also attentive, and there is an old gentleman with gray hair in front of him, and the environment is also lively, even if it is not the top good water and good tea, drinking it in the mouth, it has a different taste.
"That's He Qing's shop, right?"
Leaning on the head of the building, Ouyang tasted tea comfortably, and looked down casually, in front of a delicate two-story building on the east street, there were five-color lanterns, and the firelight was connected, forming two quaint big characters - 'Xianbao'.
Zhiyun glanced at the lively scene in front of the small building and smiled: "That kid is a clever person, although he is not as fast as Tong Hui in magic, but he is also a leader in the Floating City, and he has a flexible brain, unlike those noble brothers who were born with a golden key, he always thinks that Shang Jia is a lowly thing, and disdains it. Sell these scraps. β
"July told me, I thought that one day the things in the floating city would be released, and there was nothing wrong with letting these children test the water first, so I agreed, but I didn't expect that after only two years of work, he actually opened the store into the capital......"
Ouyang smiled: "It's not surprising, it's human nature to hunt for curiosity, a fairy island as big as yours pokes in the air, but the secrecy is very good, making it difficult for people to peep, and suddenly there is such a place to sell things on the fairy island, how can those nobles not rush to it." β
Although it is said that the things they sell are all scraps, even if the alchemy works are scrapped, they will have their extraordinary-for example, the most common first-level work in the floating city, the glazed lamp tree, belongs to the application of magical botany, the flowers that bloom on the small potted plants, and the fruits that bear fruit form diamond-shaped glass-like crystals, which automatically glow at night, the light is colorful, and the brightness can also be adjusted, which is a very interesting decoration, and is occasionally used for lighting.
It is not difficult to cultivate the glass lamp tree, but, because it is a first-class student, the first-time arrival, the yield rate is only 15%, most of them either can't shine, or the luster is too dim......
This night, the two of them enjoyed the night view of the capital while drinking a belly of tea, and as a result, their spirits doubled, and they played until the crowd on the street dispersed, and then they reluctantly went home to rest.
I slept too late last night, and today Zhiyun was inevitably a little in good spirits, and it was dawn, so I asked July to serve her after washing her face, and changed into a silver-red gold silk flower crepe embroidered colorful dandie cheongsam.
Sitting in front of the dressing table, combing her hair from July, lazily touching her sideburns, bathing in the rare warm sunshine, Zhiyun smiled: "It's a little late today." β
July took a gold-inlaid and jade-inlaid bat hairpin from the jewelry box and inserted it diagonally into the root of Zhiyun's bun, and picked up a few bead flowers made of pink pearls the size of rice grains, carefully put them on for his master, looked left and right, and then smiled: "Where is it late, when the master got up, I specially instructed him, saying that he wanted the master to sleep more time, so that the slave and maid should not disturb it." β
There was a bit of lightness in her tone, obviously knowing that her master was very much loved by the prince, and she was happy.
Zhiyun smiled and didn't say anything, and after a while, the meal was set up in October, and Zhiyun used a bowl of ordinary, but pearl-white, fragrant rice porridge, added a few mouthfuls of tender spring bamboo shoots, and then sat in the main hall and waited for everyone to come to greet her.
Every day in Prince Yong's mansion is no different, it's not that Zhiyun doesn't want to go back to the floating city, it's just that in the Mulan Autumn Festival in May this year, Kangxi specially issued an order to ask Yinzhen to take Zhiyun with him, and now that the New Year has passed, Zhiyun will go out for five months this time, and Honghao will stay in the palace again, so he must make arrangements.
So, Sifujin, who has always been lazy, rarely got up diligently, and beat the group of warblers Yanyan who should be beaten hard, and got several powerful talismans for his own son, and also made a bunch of various emergency potions, which made Ouyang cry and laugh, and repeatedly said that Honghao had the manpower he specially arranged around him, and there would be no danger, besides, he came to this dynasty from the beginning, the first thing was to renovate the backyard, and it can be said that there is no safer place in the entire capital than Prince Yong's mansion.
It's a pity that the words can't be too full, Ouyang just made a promise, and the next day, the third elder brother Hongshi made people break their heads.
"Fujin, you can be the master of the slave and maid, in case there is a good one in Hongshi, the slave and maid will not live......"
"What are you talking about, the third elder brother is a noble man, and he is blessed, how can there be any if" Zhiyun scolded angrily, looking at Li Shi, whose eyes were swollen from crying, and his face was haggard, and then he looked at Hongshi, who was full of blood and had a pair of round eyes, and stared at Honghao with stubbornness and shame, and turned his head again, glanced at the baby Lele who was snuggled up to her, blinked in confusion, and only revealed the word 'innocent' on his body, coughed, and said with a smile, "Hurry up, Ask the imperial doctor to come and show the third elder brother, don't leave a scar......"
After a while, the imperial doctor came, only saying that the wound of the third elder brother looked scary, but it was actually not serious, and it would not leave a scar after taking the medicine.
When Li left the main courtyard, July snorted and was happy.
Zhiyun shook her head, glanced at the embroidered October who was sitting solemnly on the side without raising her head, coughed, and said, "Okay, don't gloat, you girl, you should really learn from October...... There is also Lele, E-Niang is to see that you are steady, so you learned to play with your brothers and sisters at a young age, at home, don't you put away all your toys, do you hear?"
Seeing his mother's face, Lele's head drooped, his little face turned red, and he nodded.
Zhiyun didn't feel anything, so much so that Cui Momo was so distressed that he hugged him over, kissed, and coaxed for a long time, "Fujin, how can we blame our little brother, little brother is rollerblading in his own house, it is the third elder brother who took the little brother's roller skates to play without asking, and then accidentally knocked on the wall, and his head broke and bleed, what is the matter with our little brother?" β
Zhiyun sighed, the house where Lele played the game, there were more than 20 magic circles on the periphery alone, running every day, where could a child in Hongshi easily enter? It must have been this little showmanship that brought Hongshi in to play, and this was the accident.
As soon as he looked up, Zhiyun saw that Lele's eyes were also a little timid, obviously he already knew that he was wrong, so he sighed, took his hand, snorted his little head, and said in a low voice: "Hao Lele, you are a smart child, you have to understand, your room and your game room, those are all private places, the reason why Eniang built a separate house and game room for you, and the other little brother Xiao Gege only has one public use, just for your safety, in the future, don't take people in casually, In particular, you can't show the things you brought back from the floating city to others, do you hear that? β
A mere roller skate, but the group of students in the floating city think it is fun, to make games and travel tools, not even magic is applied, of course it is not an important thing, it doesn't matter if it is given to Hongshi, but, who can guarantee that as Honghao gets bigger and bigger, the things in his room will always be this kind of toy, in case there is every dangerous magic prop for others to see or touch, wouldn't it be easy to cause trouble?
Lele nodded obediently, although he is young, he is actually very stable, as long as Zhiyun speaks, whether he understands or not, this child will always remember it well.
The next day, Zhiyun first punished Lele Xiaodouding for writing 500 big characters, and then asked July and October to take out a lot of fun things, such as roller skates, small sports cars, three-wheeled and two-wheeled skateboards, and give them to Hongyun and Hongshi, teaching them how to play, and He Qing's Xianbao store simply sold these toys.
As the days passed, the weather became warmer day by day, and the day of Mulan's autumn harvest arrived.
In the 40th year of Kangxi, on the first day of the fifth month, it rained yesterday, and it was sunny today.
Zhiyun took July and October, sitting in a gorgeous carriage, looking out through the windowβthe clear blue sky, the translucent white thin clouds, the song of the warblers, the fragrant spring grass, a picture of vitality, bright flowers and willows.
was enjoying the beautiful scenery, but saw Ouyang coming over, and said in a low voice: "I also want to get in the car......"
Zhiyun was stunned, and saw that he was wearing a cyan fur gown, with a straight figure, riding a tall brown horse, very powerful, turning his head on one side, avoiding the eyes of outsiders, but grinning: "Hmm, this horse was given by the emperor, and it is uncomfortable to ride......"
Zhiyun covered her mouth and reluctantly swallowed back her laughter - well, even if it is his own omnipotent big *OSS, he is not really the emperor who grew up on horseback, he has traveled over the years, sometimes he uses a teleportation array, sometimes he takes a flying car, a flying house, etc., even if he goes out on an errand, follows the emperor on his southern tour or goes to Mulan Qiuqiu, he also takes a carriage, or rides his own horse, and the horses are specially domesticated riding beasts, which will automatically adjust their bodies to make the lord feel comfortable, but this time...... Kangxi is kind enough to do bad things.