The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 23 The Secret (1)
The old lady had a loud voice, and when she yelled out, the side concubines who were talking in their hearts were shocked.The women wanted to go to Cui Chashui after hearing the words, Zhao Jing knew that these people were usually very particular, but the maids who served guests and made tea in the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion didn't understand anything, so she ordered a little girl who often followed her around in a low voice. The palace lady said: "Go to the tea room and make tea, don't use the usual tea for guests."

The little palace lady understood, and followed the wives to the tea room. The faces of the side concubines also improved a lot, but seeing their reluctance, it seemed that they came here because they were extremely reluctant, and they couldn't hide it. That trace of impatience came.

"I heard from the prince that you arranged the funeral of Mrs. Marquis Wu'an, so I wanted to come over to have a look, but I couldn't get up a few days ago, so I delayed until today."

After everyone took their seats, the Princess Regent spoke indifferently. Her voice was a little dry and hoarse, which was the kind of voice that had been burnt out after drinking Chinese medicine for a long time.For some reason, Zhao Jing felt a slight pain in her heart after hearing her words, and seemed to have an indescribable feeling.

"The concubine's health is not good, she can just take care of her at home. The prince has already been here two days after Mrs. Hou's funeral."

Zhao Jing didn't know what the concubine meant. She was here to commemorate Mrs. Marquis Wu'an, but the meaning in her words seemed to come to see her specially. Zhao Jing herself couldn't figure it out. It's because I think too much, she really doesn't have any special friendship with the Princess Regent.If there is really a special friendship, it was about five or six years ago. It rained heavily on the day of the palace banquet. For some reason, the princess forgot to bring an umbrella, so she changed clothes under her. Speaking of which, That's not much affection.

"He came because he came, and I came because I came, how can we be the same!" The expression on Wang Hao's face was very indifferent, only the brows slightly moved occasionally during the conversation, but it could also be seen the elegant demeanor of that year.

"You are in poor health, why bother to make this trip, you don't have to let the old man watch and worry, and the stove in the side hall is not warm, why don't you sit back, princess?" Mrs. Xu is an honest person, seeing that the princess is so sick With a sickly look, he couldn't help opening his mouth.

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of impatience on the faces of the side concubines grew a little more.The concubine raised her head and looked at those people, hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said: "Let's go another day, the weather is not good today, and it's going to snow again outside, so we'll go back to the house first."

It was indeed snowing again outside, and the little maid's tea was brewed and brought over.Zhao Jing looked at the pale face of the regent princess, and personally offered a cup of tea: "Prince first drink a cup of tea to warm her body, and then leave in a hurry, don't be in a hurry at this moment."

According to Zhao Jing's speculation, these side concubines definitely didn't want to take a walk, but because they knew that the princess was coming, and they were afraid that the regent would dislike them for not being virtuous enough after returning to the mansion, so they reluctantly followed , Naturally, I hope to show my face and leave.Fortunately, what Zhao Jing used to entertain them was good tea from the palace, and the little palace maid had mastered the heat, so drinking a cup of hot tea could relieve some of their dissatisfaction after all.

"In that case, then I'll finish drinking this cup of tea before leaving." Seeing that the faces of those people seemed to have calmed down, the princess nodded and lowered her eyebrows to take a sip of the hot tea.

The old lady Xu also took a sip, and immediately tasted the difference in the tea, she just asked curiously: "This little girl, looks no different from the maids in our house, why does the tea taste so good? But it’s different? It’s true that those who come out of the palace are good!”

Zhao Jing has been in Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion for more than ten days, so she naturally knows that although the Marquis' Mansion is rich, it has no foundation.As for the tea Mrs. Xu usually drank, it must be good tea. From the good tea, it can be inferred that Marquis Wu An is a filial son.It's just that such a good tea was wasted for nothing if it was given to her.

"The old lady, stop praising her. What does she know? It's just that the tea and water she uses are good." Zhao Jing saw that the old lady sipped down the tea, and the tea had bottomed out, so she got up herself and walked to the coffee table beside her. On the side, he lifted the Xi Shi pot and filled another one for her.I saw that the tea color was clear without any variegation, following the flowing water of Fenghuang's three nods, the fragrance of tea wafted up, which already made people intoxicated.

(End of this chapter)