Strange Tale of Qingluan

In the afternoon, Su Zhongming wanted to go to the Royal Garden to relax, and the guards also wanted to follow him, but fortunately, Bao Qin's identity was Lou Tianying's personal servant girl who came here to serve Su Zhongming. This trip, only Bao Qin followed, Su Zhongming was in a very good mood pleasure.

"Bao Qin, you don't know. Before I went out to relax, I was always followed closely by them. No matter where I went, I didn't have any mood to relax." Su Zhongming confessed while walking.

Bao Qin who followed behind him smiled slightly, and replied: "My lord really understands the elegance of relaxation. The person who relaxes must walk in the palace with someone who also wants to relax, so that he can feel comfortable. Otherwise, it will always feel too much." Got a tail in the way."

Hearing this, Su Zhongming couldn't help agreeing: "You're right! That's exactly how it feels!"

In the blink of an eye, the entrance of the imperial garden was within easy reach. Su Zhongming suddenly stopped and said, "I don't know if Yu Jia is busy there at this time."

Baoqin thought for a while and suggested: "My lord, why don't you go to Qiufang Palace for a walk?"

Su Zhongming was stunned: "Qiufang Palace? What is Qiufang Palace?"

Baoqin replied, "Yujia and Nanny Lin are living there."

Su Zhongming suddenly remembered, and said: "Last time, Yu Jia said that she grew up in the Leng Palace since she was a child. This Qiufang Palace...is the Leng Palace?"

Baoqin said truthfully: "It must be. I have only been in the palace for a few days, and I am not very familiar with the halls in the palace. I have never been to the Qiufang Palace. I only met Yujia last time and said that I lived in the Qiufang Palace. of."

Su Zhongming thought for a while, and then said: "I have visited the Imperial Garden a few times, why don't we change to a fresh place, let's go to Qiufang Hall to have a look." After saying that, he turned around and changed his way.

Baoqin smiled and followed her away.

After several times of inquiring along the way, the two finally found the Qiufang Palace in a remote place in the palace.

I saw that the walls were very old, no matter how small the gaps were, they were filled with green moss, the tiles were also full of moss, the corners of the high eaves had long since collapsed, and the vermilion lacquer of the pillars had long since cracked and faded. The corners of the walls were also overgrown with weeds, creating a gloomy scene.

When Su Zhongming and Bao Qin first arrived, the broken door was open, so they stepped inside without hesitation.

"The so-called cold palace turned out to be an abandoned palace. It seems that no one has cleaned and repaired it for a long time. Is it convenient for him to live here?" Su Zhongming said as he walked deeper.

Before Baoqin could answer, an old woman's voice suddenly came from the front: "Who are you? How did you come here?"

Su Zhongming turned his head and followed the prestige. There was an ancient pagoda tree about five meters to the left. Under the tree stood an old woman holding a broom.

He thought it was the old nanny who spoke just now, so he said, "Excuse me, are you Nanny Lin?"

As precise as a quick arrow hitting a bull's-eye, that old mother is none other than Mother Lin.

Taking a look at Su Zhongming, Mother Lin wondered: "This old slave has a low status, and now he is no longer working in the Queen Mother's bedroom. How did you know about this old slave, and what is the purpose of coming here?"

Baoqin took a step forward and replied, "I'm here to look for Yujia, I wonder if he's here?"

Nanny Lin glanced at her, with a bit of vigilance in her eyes: "What do you want him for?" After finishing the sentence, before waiting for a reply, she turned around and walked towards the old palace.

Bao Qin hurriedly said: "Yu Jia and I have known each other for a long time, but I just entered the palace recently, I ran into him on the way, told him that he lived here, and made an appointment to visit him."

Nanny Lin stopped, turned her head, and said, "Come in, it's cold outside."

Bao Qin smiled happily, stepped forward, and Su Zhongming, who was standing behind him, followed silently.

After entering the hall, before he sat down to rest, Su Zhongming saw Nanny Lin busy making tea. Although she didn't seem very enthusiastic and bright, she was considerate. Su Zhongming couldn't help feeling that Yujia's life was simple and full of warmth.

Nanny Lin took out a box from an old cabinet, and said before opening it: "This tea was given by the Queen Mother to the people in the palace with a limited number of rewards when she sent the princess to Wen Kingdom for marriage. I have always cherished it, although the tea is not new now, I hope you don’t mind, this is the only thing that this old slave can entertain.”

Su Zhongming said generously: "It's okay, since you cherish it so much, just put it away, I can drink plain water."

After hearing this, Baoqin couldn't help answering: "My lord, how can you say that? Drinking plain water will lose your status..."

Su Zhongming replied: "Boiled water is just tasteless, but it is also tea, and it is also tea."

Mother Lin got a little closer to Baoqin, and asked, "Who is this young master? The accent of a foreigner doesn't sound like someone from the palace."

Baoqin only looked back at Su Zhongming quietly, then replied with a smile: "He, Your Majesty wants to marry him as the first male queen of Taoxia Kingdom."

When Nanny Lin heard the words, she blurted out without thinking: "Nonsense..."

This conversation happened to fall into Su Zhongming's ears, his eyes could not help but glow, he was silently moved in his heart, he interrupted and said: "Does Mother Lin also think this matter is absurd?"

Nanny Lin replied: "When the queen mother was still a queen in the past, it was absurd to have a harem for male concubines. At that time, the old slave didn't dare to have any thoughts of his own just because he was doing things in the bedroom, but he felt very helpless in his heart. The appointed new king is also so absurd, perhaps, the blood of the royal family is like this."

Su Zhongming secretly laughed in his heart: He Xiao, this bastard, has no blood relationship with Lou Linrou at all!But as the saying goes, the so-called "smells like each other", that's why they work together and become a nest.

The fire burned the teapot very hot, and the lid of the pot was lifted by the continuous heat, making a gurgling sound, and thick fog was produced from the narrow water outlet.

Bao Qin glanced back at the teapot and reminded, "The water is boiling."

After saying that, she stepped forward, intending to take the teapot out of the fire.Seeing this, Mother Lin quickly blurted out: "Be careful of burning your hands!"

Baoqin smiled and said, "It's all right." As she spoke, she took a piece of old cloth from the side to wrap the handle of the teapot, deftly removed the hot teapot from the fire, placed it on the thick cloth on the table, and then Zhizhi asked Su Zhongming: "Master, do you really want to drink boiled water?"

Su Zhongming smiled and said: "I brought dried plums out." He took out his skirt and waist, and found a small paper bag. When he opened it, five black dried plums appeared, with a sugar-soaked aroma. Tangy.

Nanny Lin brought two old but intact porcelain cups, Baoqin took one first, and carefully poured boiling water into it, while Su Zhongming gently dropped a dried black plum when the heat began to diffuse.

The candy aroma condensed all over the body, after falling into the boiling hot water, it immediately diffused with wisps of hot air.Mother Lin couldn't help but said: "I don't know why, although this old servant smells the aroma of this tea for the first time, he still feels happy."

Su Zhongming blurted out: "This is refreshing! This is what this dried plum is for!"

Baoqin took the second cup and filled it with boiled water, and then Su Zhongming handed her the dried plum in his hand.Baoqin declined gently: "How dare you ask for your dried black plums, you brought them out to relax."

Su Zhongming made some calculations and said, "When I came out, I ate one, and just now I put another one into your cup. If you put another one into your cup, there are still three left when you go back. You can eat another one while walking, then when you go back to the hall, there are still leftovers."

Baoqin was a little overwhelmed, and said helplessly: "Young master's arithmetic really makes Baoqin speechless to refute." Immediately, following his wishes, she picked up a dried plum and gently put it into the cup.

Su Zhongming looked up at Nanny Lin, and asked, "Nurse Lin, do you want one too?"

Nanny Lin declined: "This old slave is already old, and his teeth are already useless, you can put them away."

The words fell, a series of footsteps approached, the three of them turned their heads, six eyes happened to meet two eyes, Yu Jia was stunned, and then quite pleasantly surprised, blurted out: "Why... are they all here?!" Sniffing again Sniffing the air, "What is this smell? Sour and sweet, like grass..."

Su Zhongming said brightly: "It's just in time, would you like a cup of ebony tea?"

Yu Jia asked curiously, "Black plum tea?" Immediately, she understood what the smell was when she entered the hall, she was not as polite as Nanny Lin, and Shuang quickly agreed, "Okay!"

Mother Lin was helpless, but knowing that they had something to talk about, she walked away.

After the three of them took a sip of ebony tea together, Yu Jia said: "I heard that His Majesty has already started to organize the wedding ceremony, and he didn't even invite someone to calculate the auspicious day. He was in a hurry. The minister advised that this is not good, but His Majesty dismissed it." , and announced that the salary would be withheld, to make an example to the monkeys! Because the Queen Mother was there, the opposition was silenced."

After the words fell, both of them stared at Su Zhongming.

Su Zhongming was taken aback for a moment, and only asked: "When will the wedding ceremony start?"

Yu Jia replied, "I heard it's tomorrow."

Su Zhongming couldn't help but said in his heart: That bastard must be going to hold the wedding tomorrow even if I don't agree!I have to get out of this bitter trick without hurting my own flesh!

Yu Jia looked at Bao Qin, and couldn't help but wonder: "By the way, why did you bring Mr. Su with you? Did you meet on the way, or?"

Baoqin replied: "When I enter the palace, I am working in the palace of the young master, so I follow the young master as a matter of course."

Yu Jia became even more curious: "Didn't Your Majesty invite you into the palace because he wanted you to serve as an errand? Why did you become Mr. Su's side instead? Or, His Majesty felt that those court ladies were not suitable to serve Mr. Su, so Did you go out of your way to invite you into the palace to honor Mr. Su?"

It's easy to cause disaster, but it's difficult not to say it, so Baoqin had no choice but to understate it: "When you enter the palace, who will you serve, you will also get a salary, so don't care too much about the cause and effect?"

Yu Jia heard this, but she also felt that it was reasonable, so she echoed: "That's true. Before I had decided what I wanted to do, I was arranged to work as a gardener in a flower factory. You don't know Mr. Su, planting Twenty slaps will be made if there is not one camellia of [-] bachelors! If a precious peony is planted to death, it will be beaten fifty times with a stick!"

Listening to this, Baoqin couldn't help laughing.

Yu Jia hurriedly said to her: "Bao Qin, don't laugh, everyone in the flower factory has been slapped on the mouth and beaten with a board."

Su Zhongming deliberately asked: "Then have you been slapped with a slap and a board?"

Yu Jia said frankly: "It's not that there is no such thing, every time it is Mother Lin who intercedes for me. However, I also feel quite guilty. I can't always ask Mother Lin to intercede, so I try my best to plant good flowers and dare not make mistakes. Such a mistake."

They didn't know that Nanny Lin was standing quietly outside the hall, listening quietly for a long time, and hearing Yujia's words, the corners of her drooping lips with light wrinkles couldn't help but rise slightly. Inadvertently, there was a thin warmth in his eyes.

Half an hour later, Su Zhongming came out of the hall with his Baoqin, and as soon as he got outside the door, he happened to meet Nanny Lin, who was accompanied by Nanny Lin to the gate.

While Yu Jia was still busy packing the cups and teapots in the hall, Su Zhongming asked: "Does Yu Jia know about his own life experience, has he ever asked about his own life experience?"

Nanny Lin replied: "I asked when I was a child, but he was an orphan since he was born. I only told him that he was an abandoned child. At that time, he was still secretly squatting in the corner and crying. After so many years, I have gotten used to it. Cry again."

Su Zhongming asked by the way: "Why did you name him Goudan in the first place? This name..."

Nanny Lin replied: "This old servant has never read any books, and he doesn't even know the words, but he only heard that his name can give him a long life. This old servant doesn't want anything else, he just hopes that this child can live safely."

Knowing this, Su Zhongming just smiled lightly.

When they reached the gate, Nanny Lin also asked, "Did you come up with the name Yujia?"

Su Zhongming turned around and replied, "Yes."

Mother Lin said gratefully: "It's a good name! It's a good name! This old slave has a faint feeling that this name will bring him great luck!"

Su Zhongming only smiled again, and stopped talking, then stepped forward and leisurely returned to Yimengzhai with Baoqin.

The author has something to say:

The house is finally quiet

I can write with peace of mind

No wonder many authors stop writing after giving birth

I can't write with a baby by my side

It must be the holiday now.

but for my health

I fell asleep before the New Year's Eve bell rang...

Come back after the Chinese New Year and change the name...