Jiaochu

Chapter 65 The fragrance of tea in Mingcuitang ([-])

On the other side, Zhao Ce deliberately antagonized Su Shi. He stretched out his chopsticks to block the dishes that Su Shi wanted to pick. As a result, Ye Lingxi personally picked the dishes into Su Shi's bowl. He felt that it was boring and stopped acting like a monster. Ye Lingxi was willing to focus on Su Shi, so she said this:

"Have you all heard that the old lady in Uncle Dongping's mansion is gone?"

Ye Lingxi: "..." Is it appropriate to talk about this while eating...
"I've heard about it too, just a few days ago. The old lady is over 90." Ye Xingye said.

Ye Lingxi: "..."

"Hey, do you know that Rong Jue's eldest sister is getting married. She is marrying Liu Hong, the eldest son of the Minister of Punishment. She will get married next month." Zhao Ce said.

"I've seen Liu Hong before, and he doesn't look very good." Ye Xingye lowered his voice at this point, "I also heard that he teased other girls on the street, scaring them so much that they cried. It happened that Yan Fei That kid passed by and gave him a lesson." He asked Su Shi again, "Were you there at that time? I see that you two usually stick together, so you must have been there too."

Su Shi replied awkwardly but politely: "Young Master Liu is indeed a little too much."

Zhao Ce said disdainfully: "You can just tell me that you are just watching the excitement. Why are you pretending to be so polite here?"

Ye Lingxi said: "Brother Su is right. Besides, it's enough for Brother Yan to take action. That Young Master Liu should be taught a lesson to see if he dares to do bad things in the future."

Zhao Ce sneered and said, "What's so great about it? But he showed off his martial arts skills, and in the end he was punished by his family. He was locked up at home by his grandfather for a month and was not released."

"Isn't Mr. Rong a good friend of the prince's brother? Why doesn't the prince's brother persuade him not to let his eldest sister marry such a person?" Ye Lingxi said.

Zhao Ce was at a loss for words for a moment, and then said: "It's a big matter of marriage, parents have ordered a matchmaker, and the betrothal gift has been collected. Can't we still return it?"

Ye Lingxi was a little surprised when he heard the words "parents order matchmaker" from Zhao Ce. After all, the other party didn't look like someone who would accept his fate. If he didn't cause some trouble, he would be sorry for this dude. Two words, but in the last life, Zhao Ce married her obediently, and there was no news of him crying, making trouble, and hanging himself three times. Instead, she cried, made trouble, and hanged herself three times to force her father to submit, and went on a hunger strike to show her resolve. Recalling the last time, She was really ashamed of herself because of the strange operation that had blinded her heart with lard.

After dinner, Eunuch De asked someone to arrange a carriage to take Zhao Ce and Su Shi back to their home. Ye Xingye also returned to Ganquan Palace.

The orange-red sunset faded away, and the sky showed a clear and light blue, as quiet as water, with a hint of coolness.

Ye Lingxi was swinging in the yard, with He He and Bell slowly pushing behind her. Her father and mother were playing chess in the palace. She felt a little redundant to stay there.

A figure walked in from the shadow of the hanging trees outside the palace gate. Ye Lingxi looked at the horizon in trance. The other person's footsteps were so light that he didn't hear any sound.

Hehe and Lingdang didn't notice anyone coming in at first. When the person approached, they realized that they were about to step forward to salute when the person made a silent gesture.

The swing was still swinging slowly, and Ye Lingxi didn't notice that the person pushing the swing behind him had changed.

It wasn't until Concubine Lan sent Ye Lanchen out of the palace and Ye Lingxi slipped off the swing and ran over that she realized someone was following her. When she looked back, it turned out to be her second brother. Who knew when he had slipped in?
"Where are you going, father?" Ye Lingxi raised his head and asked with his big eyes flashing.

"Father, there are still memorials to approve." Ye Lanchen said with a smile.Ye Lingxi warned seriously: "Father, you should go to bed early after finishing the approval."

"Okay." Ye Lanchen patted Ye Lingxi's little head lovingly, looked at Ye Lingjue behind her and said, "Ling'er, come with me, I will test your homework."

After Ye Lanchen left with Ye Lingjue, Concubine Lan also led Ye Lingxi back to the palace.

On the way, Ye Lanchen asked him a few questions about articles and poems, and Ye Ling absolutely answered fluently. Ye Lanchen also talked to him about the Ministry of War's plan to forge weapons.The largest iron mine in the north is under the jurisdiction of the King of Zhenbei. At the beginning of each year, a batch of the highest quality iron ore will be sent to Beijing as tribute. This year has already been paid tribute. Should the King of Zhenbei send people to send the iron ore here or the imperial court? Fortunately, the ministers in the DPRK have different opinions. Ye Lanchen wants to hear Ye Lingjue's opinion.

"I heard that it will snow in the north before August, and it will be extremely cold. My father can take this opportunity to send people to send some warm clothes to the soldiers. If you have letters from relatives and friends, you can also bring them with them."

Ye Lanchen smiled and patted Ye Lingjue's shoulder as if expressing appreciation and affirmation.

When he went to court the next day, Ye Lanchen asked Yan Cheng to take people to the North to transport the iron ore back. Later, he summoned him alone in the imperial study room and ordered two things. One was to wear warm clothes and letters from relatives and friends, and the other was to Give the King of Zhenbei and his family large and small rewards and an imperial edict of commendation.

After going to court, Ye Lanchen went to Weiyang Palace. Seeing that Ye Lingxi was not there, he asked Concubine Lan. Concubine Lan replied that she had gone to school. Ye Lanchen originally asked Ye Lingxi to rest for two more days. Seeing that she liked studying so much, he decided to go to Weiyang Palace. It's up to her.

Not long after Ye Lanchen sat down, Concubine Xiao came, accompanied by the green jade that came to deliver bird's nests last time. This time, Lu Yu didn't take anything in her hand, but there was an extra ice mirror in the room. Concubine Xiao said that it contained fresh food. Lychees were sent by her father.

Concubine Xiao asked someone to open the iceberg and take out a plate of fresh lychees. The pink shell was still letting out cool air, and the raised lines on it seemed to be inlaid with pearls, which was particularly fresh and attractive.Concubine Xiao personally peeled off one and held it with a handkerchief and handed it to Ye Lanchen. Ye Lanchen took it and tasted it and said it tasted good and asked Eunuch De to send some to the study.

Master Xu was teaching and did not notice that Eunuch De came. Eunuch De was waiting outside the door for Master Xu to finish speaking before speaking. When Master Xu saw it was Eunuch De, he came out and asked what was going on. Eunuch De asked Xiao Anzi to put the ice on the ice. Open it to reveal the fresh lychees inside.Master Xu saw that it was lychee. Yesterday he happened to read a poem about lychee. Now that he saw the real thing, he admired it with great interest and didn't pay much attention to what Eunuch De said.

When Grandpa De asked someone to carry the ice mirror in, everyone in the study stretched their necks to look at this fresh object.

Seeing Rong Jue and the others making a fuss, Zhao Ce seemed to be showing off: "This is called Bingjian. I also have one at home."

"Is it the same as this one?" Jin Yao asked curiously.

Zhao Ce said: "It's bigger than this. Put some grapes and watermelon in it and take it out after half an hour. It will taste cool."

"Where can I buy this ice mirror? I'll ask my dad to buy one when I get back." Jin Yao said.

Zhao Ce said: "Go to Zhenbaozhai and have a look. If there's nothing there, there's no need to go elsewhere to ask. You can't figure it out by yourself. I'll go ask with you after school."

"Count me in." Rong Jue said.

"I'll go too," Chen Ping said.

(End of this chapter)