Qingchuan History

Chapter 41
Seeing so many people present, Shangguan concubine didn't seem to get angry, and said coldly: "From now on, Xiwu and Pinxuan will only take care of the bedroom, and no one else will be allowed in." After saying that, he glanced at the little maid, "Take her down .”

I saw Xiwu winking at another older court lady, presumably it was Pinxuan that Shangguan concubine was talking about, so Pinxuan summoned two maidservants to come over, and brought the offending young maid down.

Ruan Xueyin didn't get along with Shangguan Concubine much, and she knew that she was more than just the charming young lady she had seen on the surface, so she was not surprised by her behavior like this.But Duan Xirun has probably never seen her like this—although she endured not to make a big move, her face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost at this moment, cold and cold, which made people nervous.

"Well, Sister Jin, let's continue to drink tea in the front hall. Let Xiwu take someone to clean up here. You will be angry if you look at it."

At this moment, Shangguan concubine realized that she was looking bad, and she smiled and said, "That's fine. The servants don't understand the rules, so you can see jokes for nothing."

"The maidservants are all trained, and this kind of thing can happen in any palace. A few days ago, the little girl in my palace broke the vase I brought from my mother country. It's not just forgetting. It's already broken , I can’t fight back, just take it as a good omen.”

Shangguan concubine smiled and said, "You can comfort people."

Duan Xirun smiled and said: "My mother and concubine often say that people must learn to live with themselves. If you don't embarrass yourself, others will not be able to embarrass you."

When Ruan Xueyin heard this for the first time, she found it quite reasonable, thinking that such a mother and concubine, no wonder she could raise such a daughter.

"However, what kind of powerful wine did Sister Jin make, and she hid it in the dormitory? Aren't you afraid that we might find out and ask you to drink it? The name is also nice. I just heard from Xiwu that it's called Yantaozui?"

Embarrassment flashed across Shangguan's concubine's face, and she said coquettishly: "Where is the good wine? I have never used flowers in wine. It was the first time I tried it. I was afraid that you would see it as a joke, so I put it in the bedroom." .”

In Ruan Xueyin's mind, the wine on the ground and the pink flowers lying in it turned white, and she always felt that she was about to remember something.

But it got stuck there, and couldn't get over it no matter what.

They chatted for a while, seeing that the time was almost over, Duan Xirun and Ruan Xueyin stood up and said goodbye.

The three of them walked to the entrance of the main hall, Shangguan Concubine and Xirun were still playing, Ruan Xueyin stood still, and looked at the vestibule again from this direction:
Datura, ylang-ylang and verbena on the east side;

On the west side there are rosemary, ylang ylang and dog rose.

Some of them are cool in nature, some are hot in nature;

Some are poisonous, some are non-toxic;
Some cure insomnia, some cure cough, some promote qi and blood circulation, and some relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

It seems that the appearance is different, the function is different, and it seems that there is no relationship.

But if they are processed in a certain way, they may produce the same function.It is the function of the dog rose to make spirits.

At this time, she finally realized suddenly, and pushed open the door that had been in her heart since she entered the Boiled Rain Palace.

At night, the light chariot from the Wanlan Palace stopped under the Yuehua Terrace, and Di Yan led a group of palace people to wait quietly.

On the Yuehua Terrace, Ruan Xueyin was collecting the obsidian curtain, while Yunxi was packing up everything except the obsidian curtain: books, tea sets, pens, inks, papers and inkstones. While tidying up, she said:

"Ma'am, since the ladies have entered the palace one after another, the servants have not seen anyone picked up by the emperor in a sedan chair. And they will come to pick them up every other day or two. The servants are really happy to see it."

Ruan Xueyin turned her head and saw that she was smiling quite sweetly, she actually had the sweetness on Duan Xirun's face, and said inexplicably:

"What are you happy about?"

Yunxi's smile became stronger: "Although I have never seen it twice, I feel that the picture of your majesty and his wife together is very happy. I don't know why."

Ruan Xueyin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, thinking how to explain the three words "together", I can't tell you that he and I are talking about serious things, and every thing is not trivial, and we can't finish talking every night.

Sometimes she was also surprised, in fact, every night the topic was very clear, but those two things always talked for an hour.And if she hadn't had to go back when the time came, she could have continued.

Usually, after she finishes speaking, he asks questions and she answers, and sometimes there will be differences of opinion; if the root cause of differences of opinion comes from values ​​while talking, it will take a long time to debate on values.

If she's the only one with new leads that night, it's over.If he happens to get some new news, this process will be repeated in reverse.

The most terrible thing is that they are all people who have read books since they were young, and they often go off topic while talking. Either someone quotes classics, or someone makes parallel comparisons, and soon extends a topic to boundless.

Several times, Ruan Xueyin broke out in a cold sweat, because according to this method of chatting, sooner or later she would have to reveal a lot of things about Pengxi Mountain.

But I have to go.

Regarding the matter of medicine, the teacher told me to investigate; and regarding the matter of borrowing things, it is time to ask.

It's just that once the matter of borrowing something happens, it is likely to consume a lot of energy.This is the main reason she has not spoken so far.

All the things in his mind were in a hurry, and the sedan chair had already landed at the gate of Wanlan Hall.She entered the imperial study room, and without any surprise, Gu Xinglang was grading papers.

Probably already used to it, he didn't look up when he heard her footsteps, and continued to draw and make notes.Ruan Xueyin has been here for so many days, and she has become more and more at ease. She first went to the ebony bookshelf to pick a book, then walked to the tea table where they talked every night and sat down, calmly flipping through the book in the warm light from the floor-to-ceiling candlesticks around her.

The tea table is on a small open-air platform on the east side of the imperial study.This design is very strange, because the imperial study room is a separate building with a very high space and only one floor, so this terrace is just a similar terrace extended by opening half of the east wall.

Still on the terrace on flat ground.

Just to show its function as a terrace, it is slightly elevated by one level, at most two inches higher than the ground.

He was critiquing papers in front of the desk, and she was reading on the balcony. This image didn't last many nights.Soon after, there was an extra soft couch on the terrace, and the picture changed to her looking at the stars with a black jade mirror.

Talk about this night.

After Gu Xinglang finished approving the last paper, he got up and walked to the balcony to sit down.Di Yan has changed the tea and went out.The stars are bright tonight.

"Have you been to the Temple of Boiled Rain?"

"Ah."

"how?"

"Two things. First, can you check Mrs. Cha Jin's mother?"

"Why?"

"Ms. Jin can make a dim sum that is about to be lost in the Yin Kingdom. When I was in Pengxi Mountain, the teacher often made it for us. I am sure that what I ate in the cooking rain hall today, according to her, was taught by her mother. Hers is very authentic. But she said her mother is from Wei country."

"It is also common for food to spread among different regions."

"That's natural. But Mrs. Jin said that there is no second person in Cangwu City who can make it, which means that this dim sum has not been introduced to Cangwu."

"Or her mother has been to Yin country."

Ruan Xueyin looked at him with clear eyes.That's what she means.

"To learn a certain food preparation method in a place, it is definitely not enough to visit there for a day or two. At least you have to stay for a while."

Gu Xinglang nodded. "What about the second one?"

"The plants planted in the Boiled Rain Palace are indeed strange."

(End of this chapter)