The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 56: Unknown Spring Tea
Nian Shilan wore her hair in an ordinary bun today, with only a few pearl flowers pinned on it, and she didn't even wear pendants on her ears.

She was wearing a half-new oleander pink jacket, with a jade-colored skirt underneath. The handkerchief in her hand was also jade-colored. She looked so comfortable.

The color of the Impatiens on her hand looked a bit awkward if it was dyed alone, but it matched Nian Shilan's face, which was more beautiful than any flower, and it seemed extremely appropriate.

In the past, Nian Shilan always wore Manchu dresses. Although she was of Han Chinese origin, in order to integrate into the Manchu people in the capital, the Nian family's daughters often wore Manchu dresses.

Since Nian Shilan married into Prince Yong's palace, she mainly wore Manchu clothing in her daily life.

Today I wore Han women's clothing, but there was a kind of beauty that was different from the palace and royal family's.

Yinzhen was also stunned when he saw Nian Shilan walking gracefully into the front yard.

It was new. The women in the palace actually wore Han women's clothing, which was different from the ordinary ones.

Nian Shilan walked up to Yinzhen, bowed politely, and when Yinzhen called her, she stood quietly in front of him.

Yinzhen stretched out his hand, and Nian Shilan obediently placed her slender hand in Yinzhen's palm.

Yinzhen gently held Nian Shilan's hand and spoke.

"Why are you so well-behaved today? I am not used to it."

Nian Shilan finally couldn't hold it back anymore and burst out laughing, covering her eyes and eyebrows with a handkerchief.

When she had laughed enough, she took off her handkerchief and looked at Yinzhen with a pair of mischievous eyes.

"Master, you don't like obedient women? It seems that you are willing to pamper a spoiled girl like Shilan?"

Yinzhen couldn't help but flick her cheek.

"You are becoming more and more unruly. It turns out that you were being so well behaved today just to deceive me."

"My master has hurt me. My skin is so delicate, and my master is willing to treat it badly."

Nian Shilan took the hand that Yinzhen extended and shook it gently, acting coquettishly.

Yinzhen's eyes were full of smiles. When Nian Shilan looked into his eyes, she only saw her own shadow.

"This dress looks good today, but the material doesn't look fresh. Ask the embroidery shop to make a few more for you to wear in rotation."

Yinzhen looked at Nian Shilan's oleander pink jacket and said.

Nian Shilan lifted up her skirt and stretched it, turned left and right, and asked Yinzhen.

"Master, are you not angry? I don't know what happened to me today, I just wanted to wear this dress, so I wore it."

"Wear it if you want. You are beautiful and you look good in anything. Manchus and Han people are one family. From now on, you can wear whatever you want, except when the whole palace is having a banquet."

Yinzhen smiled.

"Thank you for your love, Master. I am honored to be here, Shilan."

Nian Shilan said this with a charming smile and bowed as if to express her gratitude.

Yinzhen grabbed her.

"Just sit still. I got the best 'Unknown Spring' tea today, and I specially asked you to come and taste it."

"Don't know spring? Don't know what spring is. Spring has already passed. It's a pity that the master is ill this spring. He really doesn't know spring."

Nian Shilan said as he took the teacup from the eunuch. "You are naughty. This is Wuyi Queshe, also known as Wuyi Queshe. It is picked in late spring and roasted before the beginning of summer. The yield is very small, only about 20 to 30 kilograms per year. So it is only sent to the palace as a tribute. Today, I went to pay my respects to my father and mother, and only got half a kilogram of this tea. As soon as I returned to the palace, I asked someone to call you to taste this tea."

Yinzhen also picked up the teacup, took a sip, and tasted it. The tea had a clear and distant fragrance and a soft taste, worthy of being a tribute tea.

"I don't know anything about tea. It's fine if it doesn't irritate my throat. But I see that my master is happy today. Is it because of this half pound of tea?"

Nian Shilan gently placed the teacup on the table, and Su Peisheng hurriedly added water.

Yinzhen skimmed off the tea foam with the lid of the teacup and spoke casually.

"It's not all because of this tea. Your brother followed General Fei Yanggu to fight against the Dzungars. He rode alone with a spear and broke into the enemy camp. He captured the enemy's main general Mamut alive, which greatly damaged the enemy's morale and won a great victory. The Dzungars suffered heavy losses and retreated to heal their wounds. Your brother has made a great contribution!"

When Nian Shilan heard this, her face was filled with joy.

But in my heart, I know very well that this is inevitable.

The rise of the Nian family in the previous life also began when the second brother Nian Gengyao followed the Anbei general Fei Yanggu to conquer Dzungar.

She also knew that after this battle, the wise Emperor Kangxi appointed Fei Yanggu as the first-rank General of Fubei, which also made Yixiu in the previous life more confident.

Just as Nian Shilan was thinking of this, she heard Yinzhen speak.

"Since your brother has made great contributions, the emperor will naturally reward him. When the emperor heard that Nian Gengyao rode alone with a spear into the enemy camp, he was very impressed. He has promoted your brother to the position of deputy commander of the fourth rank guards, rewarded him with 100 taels of gold, and gave him a black iron spear."

Having said this, Yinzhen stopped talking and took a sip of the tea.

Nian Shilan had a confused and innocent expression on her face: "I don't understand this, but a fourth-rank official should be a very high official, right?"

"You are obviously very smart, but you pretend to be stupid in front of me. Your father is the governor of Huguang, a second-rank official, and you are also the eldest daughter of an official family. Don't you usually listen to these things?"

Yinzhen was helpless and stretched out his index finger to touch Nian Shilan's forehead. He felt that she was very cunning, like a little fox.

Nian Shilanfang smiled, turned around, picked up his teacup and drank tea.

"Master, you are so boring. When I was still a boudoir girl, I heard that men like innocent girls. Why do you want to expose them?"

"Because you're not pretending. Okay, let's get down to business. Your brother has been promoted. I've sent a gift to him. You should go back to your parents' home to congratulate them. I'm free tomorrow and will go back with you."

Yinzhen's face regained its serious expression.

"My Lord, do you really favor me to this extent? I am really worried. According to the rules, the commander of this expedition to Dzungar is Lady Fujin's father, Lord Fei Yanggu. Why doesn't my Lord have to go to the General's Mansion of Anbei to congratulate him first?"

Nian Shilan asked in confusion.

Logically speaking, Fei Yanggu was Yinzhen's father-in-law, so why would he go to his concubine's house instead of his father-in-law's house first?

Yinzhen said calmly, "Fei Yanggu has been conferred the title of First-Rank General of Fubei. I'm afraid the threshold of the General's Mansion has been trampled recently. I won't go to join in the fun for now. I have also prepared a gift, and Fu Jin will deliver it. Why should I worry about it?"

Seeing that Yinzhen didn't seem to care much about the affairs of the Ulanara family, Nian Shilan shut up and stopped asking.

But the doubts in my heart gradually grew bigger.

It would be fine if Yinzhen didn't care about the dignity of his successor wife Yixiu, but could it be that he didn't care about his legitimate wife who died young?

Everything that happened in the previous life showed all the time that Yinzhen was very worried about the one who died young.

Nian Shilan told Yinzhen some boring things, amused him for a while, and accompanied Yinzhen for lunch before returning to her Cheng'en Garden.

(End of this chapter)