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Coughing lightly, Shen Yunxing shifted his gaze away, "Master, the water is ready, where is your tea?"

Shen Yunxing shrugged his shoulders, feeling helpless. Placing the kettle on the table, Shen Yunxing saw that Ye Yuning was looking at him curiously. He could not help but spread his hands and said: "Why is Third Miss Ye looking at me like that?"

"I'm just curious, why would Young Master Shen be here?" Ye Yuning asked with his watery almond-shaped eyes.

"Since I was bored in Yin Zhou City, I came here to play chess with the Grandmaster. We have known each other for many years, so we can be considered friends who have forgotten our time. " Shen Yunxing shifted his gaze, trying his best not to look at Ye Yuning.

The two of them sat there quietly. Occasionally, their eyes met, and Ye Yuning would only smile back at them.

After a while, Master Jingkong came back with a few bamboo cups.

Walking to the side of the table, Master Jingkong took a cup of hot water and slowly poured it into three bamboo cups. A special fragrance suddenly came out of the cup and spread out.

The bamboo cup was carved from a section of bamboo. The green color on the surface of the cup had turned slightly yellow. It was obvious that it had been carved for a long time. However, this yellowish color, not only did it not fade, it instead accentuated the delicate fragrance of the tea.

In the water, the leaves were as sharp as bamboo leaves. Ye Yuning blew it a few times, carefully taking a sip from the bamboo cup.

At first, there was a hint of bitterness in the taste, but it was quickly replaced by the fragrance of the tea. Even after the tea entered his throat, the fragrance still lingered around his mouth and cheeks.

This was the first time Ye Yuning had drank such a fragrant tea, and her eyes couldn't help but light up as she drank a few mouthfuls more.

"It has the fresh feeling of Longjing before the rain, and the smooth and tender tips of Xinyang hair. The most wonderful thing is that astringent smell, it is just like an odd contrast to the fragrance of the tea itself." After Ye Yuning appraised it, she felt that all the pores on her body were feeling extremely comfortable.

Wonderful! Wonderful! I never thought that Miss Ye was actually someone from the same world! " Master Jingkong was ecstatic, he clapped his hands and laughed.

Ye Yuning smiled slightly: "I lived with Yi Zu and my foster mother when I was young. Yi Zu has good wine and adopted mother's good tea, even I know how to taste them." Li Yanqing and Li Haitang had given Ye Yuning a deep impression.

"Yi Zu?"

"Yi Zu's name is Li Yanqing. Wen Family and the Li family from Yun Prefecture have always been good friends. When I was young, my body was weak and sick, and I couldn't even be cured by a famous doctor from the Yin Zhou, so my mother sent me to the Yun Prefecture Li family to raise me. I only returned to the Yin Zhou when I was ten years old. " Ye Yuning said with a gentle smile.

"Li Yanqing? Imperial teacher Li Yanqing? " Master Jingkong's expression suddenly changed, "Then, your foster mother, is her maiden name Begonia?"

Ye Yuning nodded, then saw that Master Jingkong's hand that was holding the teacup started to tremble uncontrollably. Curious, Ye Yuning could not help but look at Shen Yunxing and ask with his eyes.

Shen Yunxing shook his head, he did not know what was going on.

After a long while, Master Jingkong recovered and revealed a bitter smile.

"Thinking back to many years ago, I lost my composure. "It seems that I still haven't cultivated to the peak!" Master Jingkong's tone was dejected.

Ye Yuning wasn't clear about the secular world in which he spoke of, but she could guess that it was related to her foster mother. Her foster mother, Li Haitang, was also a wondrous woman who had led the way in the past. She was already over thirty years old, but she had never married anyone.

Ye Yuning sized Master Jingkong up, her gaze suddenly becoming weird. Upon closer inspection, this master had a pair of phoenix eyes, a tall nose and full lips, and a rather elegant appearance. However, her face was weathered, making him seem slightly older than her actual age.

"He should be around forty." Ye Yuning thought.

Ten-odd years ago, this Master Jingkong should have been in the prime of his life, could it be that the fact that his foster mother was still unmarried, had something to do with him?

Countless of guesses emerged from the bottom of Ye Yuning's heart, but she could not help but ask: "Master, you recognize my foster mother?"

Master Jingkong laughed bitterly, but there was a hint of longing in his smile.

"Mrs. Haitang, who doesn't know? Twenty years ago, she was still a young girl before her prime. When she had just entered the imperial city, she had caused quite a stir, attracting the Wealthy Class aristocrats to fight each other for her. However, she was stopped by Mister Li. "

Ye Yuning immediately perked up her ears. She didn't know much about her foster mother's past, she only knew that her foster mother had once entered the palace more than ten years ago and almost became a concubine.

Ye Yuning originally thought that it was because she had entered the palace that no one proposed marriage with her. After all, it was rumored that His Majesty had a favorable impression of his foster mother. He'd even bestowed her with the title of 'Madam of the First Pin' after she left the palace. However, no one knew what the truth was other than the foster mother herself.

Just when Ye Yuning thought that it was difficult to find a person to know about her foster mother's past, Master Jingkong suddenly stopped talking and did not speak anymore. To Master Jingkong, that memory must be part of a sad past.

Ye Yuning regretted bringing up this topic.

However, Master Jingkong quickly collected his emotions and asked Ye Yuning: "Just now, Miss Ye said you want those peony seeds? I'll take you to see that little monk! "

"Thank you, Master." Ye Yuning immediately bowed to express his thanks.

After packing up, Master Jingkong left the bamboo forest with Ye Yuning.

Once they left the bamboo forest, Ye Yuning saw Fei Qing anxiously standing beside the green stone to look around.

"Fei Qing!" Ye Yuning called out to Fei Qing.

Fei Qing was pleasantly surprised to see her, and quickly ran over, "Miss, where did you go? I have been waiting here for almost two hours. Didn't you agree to let me go for a quarter of an hour? " Fei Qing was full of complaints.

Ye Yuning pulled her hand, with an apologetic look, she blamed herself and said: "I picked up a handkerchief and got lost. I met Young Master Shen and this Master Jingkong, and sat with them."

Fei Qing heaved a sigh of relief, and noticed the two people behind Ye Yuning, and immediately bowed respectfully.

Naturally, she wasn't blaming Ye Yuning, she was only worried for her safety.

Shen Yunxing folded his arms behind his head, and chewed on a piece of bamboo leaf, lazy and indolent. Fei Qing opened his eyes wide, thinking back to the last time when Ye Yuning fell into the water, he bowed to Shen Yunxing once again.

Last time, it was thanks to Young Master Shen saving my Young Miss. Madam had once said that if you meet Young Master Shen again, you must invite Young Master Shen to the Ye's Mansion.

Shen Yunxing raised his sword-like eyebrows: "No need to thank me, I was just passing by."

"I never thought that the two of you would have such a fortuitous encounter. Hehe, fate is truly mysterious and hard to describe!" I think you two will have more interactions in the future. " Master Jingkong laughed and said.

Ye Yuning felt that there was something in her words.

Shen Yunxi giggled, "Third Miss Ye and I are indeed fated to meet. You saved me once, and I saved you once again. Both of our lives were saved by the other party, so you should cherish them well! "

"Young Master Shen is joking." Ye Yuning twisted his finger, why did it seem like Shen Yunxing was implying something?