Chapter 81

081 how to scare off wild bees and butterflies

Only the old lady naively felt that Zhou Lingyun was enough to match the king of Wu.

Shen Qingru smiled and asked aster to give the servant girl a hundred dollars to send her away. Slowly, she continued to concentrate on cooking tea.

"Miss, let's go quickly. Don't neglect your Highness the king of Wu." Ziwan secretly worried about his master. The old lady's heart is well known in the prime minister's house now. Your Highness the king of Wu is elegant and handsome. She is really a good husband candidate. Why don't you care about her little sister at all?

Do you want to sit back and watch his highness King Wu robbed by Zhou Lingyun?

"I'm afraid grandma would like me to go later." Shen Qingru focused on the small urn in his hand. Ziwan and others had already set up a small mud stove and took a blue and white porcelain urn. This urn contains the snow water collected on the plum blossom after the first snow last year. It has been buried underground for a whole winter. Now it has just been unearthed. As soon as Kaifeng mud, a faint fragrance of plum blossoms came to my face.

Shen Qingru introduced the snow water in the urn into the white clay pottery stove, asked Shen Xi and Chaoyang to open the drawer and took out a plain white porcelain pot. In the porcelain pot was the Longjing tea given by the emperor last time. As soon as the pot was opened, a fragrance came to his nostrils. In the white and greasy porcelain pot, pieces of tender tea are like sparrow tongue, dark green in color and emitting bursts of faint fragrance.

Shen Xi nervously holds the porcelain pot to Shen Qingru. Since the last return of Lingyuan temple, she obviously feels the different attitude of Shen Qingru towards her. With Shen Muyun's scandal spreading in the mansion, Shen Xi became more and more nervous. Nine times out of ten she has already known about her betrayal of the eldest lady to take refuge in her wife, but the eldest lady doesn't say a word. It's not like her asking for guilt. She only asks her to hand over the personal service to Chaoyang.

The eldest lady's attitude confused her, as if a sharp sword was hanging over her head all the time, and Shen Xi was very anxious. She hesitated several times whether to be honest about what she had done. Shen Xi comforted herself that the eldest lady was a broad-minded woman who knew she had difficulties and would forgive herself.

The water vapor is dense. When the water boils, Shen Qingru takes the boiling water and injects it into the cup, and then pour it into the white water. After a moment, the water vapor gradually becomes thinner. He scoops out a cluster of delicate dark green tea tips from the tea pot with an exquisite porcelain spoon, drags them with a spinning net, filters them with clean water, and then puts them into the water.

The tea leaves in the cup swim like fish. Longjing tea is characterized by light green color, strong tea aroma and sweet taste. The tea leaves spread out in the boiling water, restored the vitality of the past, and became more and more crystal clear. The leaves at the bottom of the cup, like crabs and orchids, like flags and guns, sink at the bottom of the cup and shake gently. The water in the cup presents a new green color, like a pool of green waves.

Shen Qingru gently sniffed the intoxicating aroma of tea and drank a mouthful of tea.

Xiao Qijun, king of Wu, quietly tasted fragrant tea and his eyes fell on a mural in the distance. He didn't bother to pay attention to what the grandparents and grandchildren were talking in front of him.

Xiao Qijun knew what the two men were thinking. He wanted them to get out of his sight and do what they should do. It's really inconvenient for him to say such words. We should always consider the face of Shen Qingru and Prime Minister Shen. After all, these two people are Shen Qingru's grandmother and cousin.

He reluctantly gave a color to the Minister of rites around him and motioned him to rescue. The elder of the three dynasties in the Ministry of Rites has long been cultivated into a human spirit. He was tired of the cheeky old woman and the little girl who flirted in front of his highness like a peacock, but he reluctantly endured it because of his Highness's face. Now your highness doesn't want to bear it. Don't blame him for his impoliteness.

The Minister of rites pulled the gray beard and asked suspiciously, "I said, old lady, why hasn't the Lord of Anning county come for so long? Did your servant not bring the words, old lady?"

The old lady's complexion was heavy and a trace of displeasure flashed across her eyes. She was matchmaking Lingyun and his Highness the king of Wu. Why did the old lady have no eyes like this?

The old lady smiled with her face, but her heart complained about Shen Qingru's slowness: "your highness and Shangshu, please sit down for a while, and I'll urge Qingru myself. Lingyun, please treat your highness King Wu for me." the old lady winked at Zhou Lingyun.

Zhou Lingyun understood and carefully went to Xiao Qijun to pour tea for him instead of the servant girl. Seeing that the king of Wu was staring at a painting on the wall, Zhou Lingyun deliberately showed off his talent and learning. With a pair of bright eyes, he explained the origin of the painting and calligraphy on the wall in detail, hoping that his Highness the king of Wu would praise him for his wisdom and erudition.

You know, at the beginning, Shen Muyun's intelligence and talents were praised by the crown prince, and Zhou Lingyun was always unconvinced. She is conceited, talented and learned. Her appearance is no less than that of Shen Muyun, but she didn't have the opportunity to see these noble CHILDES and show them to them.

Why didn't his Highness the king of Wu praise himself? Zhou Lingyun was confident and evil. When he finished, he saw that the king of Wu had no expression on his face and couldn't help feeling a little uneasy. Isn't she good enough?

No, her voice is deliberately softer and her tone is more gentle than usual. His Highness the king of Wu has no reason not to praise her. Is it your highness who is fascinated

The Minister of rites looked at the paralyzed face of King Wu and almost laughed. He was sure that if his highness didn't want to see Shen Qingru, he would have left long ago. He would never stay here and try to listen to the grandparents and grandchildren nagging in front of him.

Your highness, your highness, should you say you are infatuated or infatuated?

The Minister of rites looked at the seemingly calm but depressed face of the king of Wu and felt that he had the obligation to rescue his Highness the king of Wu.

"Little Miss Zhou, come to the old man." the Minister of rites warmly greeted Zhou Lingyun and winked at the king of Wu.

Your highness, please learn. In the future, if you are entangled by these unintelligent wild bees, waves and butterflies, you may know how to get out.

Zhou Lingyun was stunned. He skillfully went to the Minister of rites and bowed his knees: "Lingyun has seen the Minister of rites. Please say hello to him."

"Oh, little girl, your eyes have been looking at his Highness the king of Wu, and now you see my old man." the Minister of rites joked with a smile, and two red clouds flew up on Zhou Lingyun's face.

How can the minister speak so directly? To make people feel embarrassed, he looked at Xiao Qijun uneasily.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, little girl. Everyone loves handsome husband. I walk around the street with his highness King Wu. How many little girls can see my old man in their eyes?" the Minister of rites laughed.

"Shangshu is happy with the king again." Xiao Qijun stood with his hands down and spoke faintly. There was no angry mood in his voice.

The Minister of rites quickly apologized: "I dare not. I just want to tell the little girl that people can't just look at their appearance."

"For example, our Royal Highness the king of Wu is handsome and elegant, and charms thousands of girls. But his highness is not only handsome, but has the little girl heard of the heroic deeds of his Highness the king of Wu?"

"Yes, of course. Your highness wiped out the Huns and swept away the Japanese pirates. Who knows the fame all over the world?" Zhou Lingyun looked at the king of Wu with shame and fear, and his eyes were full of worship.

"Ah, yes." the Minister of rites stroked his gray beard and fell into memories: "in those days, the old man rewarded meritorious generals in the army in the name of his majesty. He saw the valiant demeanor of his Highness the king of Wu and heard of his heroic deeds."

"Your Highness the king of Wu has courage..." the Minister of rites told Zhou Lingyun His Highness's heroic deeds one by one.

"The barbarians of the frontier fortress cried and shouted to surrender. His Highness the king of Wu just disagreed and directly took them all to bury them alive. More than 10000 people were buried at one stop at Jiayuguan. All those who were alive and dead were buried alive on the spot. It was useless for anyone to beg for mercy and killed them all."

The Minister of rites scratched his head and continued to sigh.

"Your Highness the king of Wu is kind and righteous... Our little soldiers who died in the war are just those who have been married. Those who have not been married are one big girl... They are directly put in the little soldier's coffin and buried with one. Our little soldiers have a company on huangquan road. Where do you find such a considerate general? Can soldiers not fight to serve him?"

The Minister of rites took a sip of tea,

"The disadvantage of his Highness the king of Wu is that he attaches too much importance to friendship. I think the big girls behind him can circle around the capital for three times. One of them is very crazy. He went to the battlefield with his Highness the king of Wu and can't stop it. He peed on the first day of the battlefield, caught the plague and cried out to come back. Who do you think can have time to send her back? His Highness the king of Wu is merciful and takes advantage of her one day I burned my breath first, put the burned ash into a bottle and give it back to their family. Their family is very grateful to his Highness the king of Wu... "

Zhou Lingyun's face had turned pale.

The Minister of rites sighed: "Your Highness King Wu is so affectionate and righteous, but God treats him poorly. I think the princess Wu appointed by your Majesty was weak when she was not married. Your highness was very worried and deliberately

I went to visit Princess Wu's house and played with her for a while. If I remember correctly, your highness took the soldering iron, nail board, green dragon Yanyue knife and Zhangba snake spear to play with Princess Wu. It is said that Princess Wu shares the same interests with her highness and loves these toys. Unfortunately, she was jealous of beauty. Princess Wu died of illness within a month. I heard she shouted before she died Don't kill her... "

"What a pity," the Minister of rites sighed, looking pale and almost shaky

Zhou Lingyun stressed: "Oh, little girl, don't get me wrong. Princess Wu died of illness. Our Highness has absolutely no hobby of domestic violence..."

"Little girl," the Minister of rites lovingly looked at the girl in front of him and said kindly, "I think you are smart and beautiful. You are a good match for his Highness the king of Wu. Why don't you let my old man be a medium?"