Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 212
Xia Zhen glanced away at him, "Go and see for yourself."

"It's winter, it's freezing to death, and I'm not happy to go out." Liu Zaicheng smiled, "Just talk about it!"

Just as Xia Zhen was about to reply, his eyes accidentally glanced at the corner of the hall. The little lady holding the pipa actually looked like a daughter-in-law. He frowns suddenly, and then glances at the other people in the hall.

"Xia Zi'an, what are you looking at?" Seeing that he was silent, Liu Zaicheng followed his gaze and looked around, "Want to meet some friends? Find me, I know them all."

"Know?" Xia Zhen turned to look at him, "Here, who do I not know?"

"Ah..." Liu Zaicheng was taken aback by what he said, "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing, just listen to your ditty."

Liu Zaicheng wanted to talk to Xia Zhen, Xia Zhen was called over by the big horse, and he curled his lips, "Another one treats me like a child, so boring."

Dafu Ma Jiexuanqi introduced several high-ranking sons to him, "This is the second son of the Minister of the Ministry of War..."

Xia Zhen nodded and smiled.

"This is Hubu Zhidu..."

"This is the son of Old King Xu, King Huainan..."

……

They are really powerful and powerful, and they introduced a lot. Xia Zhen smiled and bowed to each other one by one.

Liu Zaiwen sat on the side, watching Da Fuma introducing people to Xia Zhen, and he really stayed in Beijing and never left. Could it be that the Holy One wants him to be a prince in name only?
During the excitement, someone sang at the door: "The king of Yancheng County has arrived—"

Along with the singing, all the sounds of silk and bamboo, ditties, and dancing stopped, and all the actors retreated to the side, making way for the entrance to the main hall.

"Zi Li, why are you here so late?" Dafu Ma Jiexuanqi hastily stepped forward.

"Some business, late." Liu Zaili strode into the hall.

No matter if they were the children of the royal clan or the rich and powerful sons, they all stepped forward, greeted and saluted enthusiastically. Liu Zaili's identity, status, and honor were undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

Xia Zhen stood aside, watching the lively scene, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, clearly feeling the wantonness and abundance of the other party on her own territory.

Through the stars, Gong Yue looked at the stars that were alienated from her, and Liu Zaili smiled lightly: "Xia Zian, long time no see!"

Although Xia Zhen had a smile on his face, he was three points guarded, seven points cold, and dared to snatch his little daughter-in-law. His ability to stand here patiently was already the greatest courtesy to him.

Both of them were heroes who assisted Emperor Yuantai to ascend the throne. Xie Xuanqi thought that they would be chatting and laughing, but he didn't expect that the situation would be like fire and water. Could it be that there was some rift between the two of them somewhere that he didn't know, or even fighting?
"Sit, sit, everyone sit." As the host, Xie Xuanqi broke the silence, waved to everyone, "Sit here, Zili."

The people were not fools, the delicate atmosphere between the two quickly made them feel that there was gossip, but unfortunately, although the fire of gossip was flourishing, they did not dare to show it.

Liu Zaiwen sat down with the crowd, and suddenly caught sight of the little lady holding a pipa in the corner of the hall, where did she seem to have seen it?Why are you so familiar?

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After discussing the clothes, the ladies finally let Ma Min'er go, talking dryly, she picked up the teacup and drank it, drinking the water in the cup in one gulp, the maid hurriedly stepped forward to refill the tea.

"Thank you!"

The maid was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded and bowed, "Princess Princess, you are polite!" She stepped aside as she spoke, feeling a little flattered, and when she looked at Princess Beijun again, she always smiled with kindness.

Feng Luoyao also looked at Erniang Ma with a smile on her face. No wonder her grandfather liked her. Like her grandfather, the higher the position she was in, the more modest she was towards others, which made people feel respectable.

Princess Rainbow Dash sat next to her elder sister, "Sister, when are you going to enjoy the flowers?" She wanted to see her sweetheart, and only when viewing the flowers would the male guests and the female guests be close enough to see each other.

Why doesn't the eldest princess know what she's thinking, "You, don't you have a few chances to meet him? I still want to see him all day long, so I'm not ashamed."

"Sister, you and your brother-in-law are married, and you can see each other every day. Of course you don't know my suffering."

"You..." The eldest princess shook her head and sighed almost invisibly, she wanted to open her mouth to say something, but she choked on the words, yes, she has passed through the ages, and she has been in love, then she will know what she is now suffering.

Seeing his sister's complexion, Yun Baoma immediately asked in a low voice: "Sister, did your brother-in-law bully you?"

"No, don't talk nonsense."

"Then why are you unhappy?"

"It's nothing, I'm a big princess, I have to be dignified, I can't laugh and laugh all day like a little lady like you."

Rainbow Dash pouts: "Sister, you are just too serious, making brother-in-law afraid to approach you."

"What do you know, little lady?" The eldest princess's face became more serious.

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you anymore, I'll go play with them." Rainbow Dash and her sister would stand in the cold or turn their faces every time they couldn't say a few words, it was really boring, she found someone else to play with.

Seeing her younger sister leaving her as if fleeing, the eldest princess felt furious, why did everyone look like a wolf when they saw her, she was so scary, she squeezed the veil in her hand secretly, to suppress the irritability in her heart.

Rainbow Dash came to Ma Erniang's side, "What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about flowers."

"flower?"

"Yeah, didn't you invite us to look at the flowers?" Ma Min'er smiled.

Yun Baole said: "Let's go, let's go to see the flowers." She said to the little ladies around: "Let's go, let's go to see the flowers."

"Okay..." All the little ladies agreed one after another.

The princess waved her hand and said, "Come here, take everyone to see the flowers."

"Yes, princess."

"I'm going to arrange lunch, everyone, feel free."

"Thank you, princess." Everyone saluted in unison.

Without the eldest princess, the little ladies are much more lively, Yun Bao took Ma Miner and others to walk in the front, and said while walking, "Before lunch, let's see the flowers in the greenhouse, and after lunch, let's go to the forest to see the plum blossoms. "

"Are there any plum blossoms?" Ma Min'er said, "Plum blossoms usually bloom in the first and second months of the new year. Are there any plum blossoms now?"

"Oh, I was wrong, it's wintersweet." Rainbow Dash replied with a smile.

I said, Ma Min'er said: "Lamei is also beautiful."

"It looks better in pieces." Rainbow Dash said, "The wintersweet in my sister's mansion is the most planted in the capital. Every year, everyone will be invited to appreciate it."

It turned out that it was like this, and it seemed that she didn't invite her on purpose. Ma Min'er felt that the pressure in her heart was lessened, so she blurted out, "Can you pick some?"

"Yes, how much do you want? I'll ask someone to pick it for you."

"No... not much, I just think it's fun and I want to pick it myself."

"Yes, I think it's fun to pick it myself." Rainbow Dash followed suit.

……

It's fun, it's fun, it's really boring, Zhao Yuning, who is often the protagonist of flower shows and banquets, has been following Yun Bao and Feng Luoyao today, and has no chance to talk to them.

On the one hand, she really couldn’t get in the conversation, on the other hand, for some reason, thinking of the assassination that day, Zili’s attitude towards Ma made her feel uncomfortable, and this discomfort became anxious because she hadn’t seen her fiancé for a long time , and even breed jealousy that you don't even know.

I heard that the Grand Duke's Mansion invited his fiancé Liu Zaili, why didn't he see anyone else?Could it be that he was on business again and couldn't come?Thinking of not seeing her again, Zhao Yuning looked even more listless. She didn't even bother to answer the other girls talking to her.

The masters have their own interests and thoughts, and the servants are busy with their feet, shuttling back and forth in the aisles and halls. Among the servants who came to live, some people quietly quit the entourage to pick wintersweet flowers?This is a great opportunity.

Not long after they left, everyone arrived at the greenhouse and flower shed.It's really a big deal, it's worthy of being a princess' mansion, it's really rich and generous, in the two-meter-high greenhouse, it's as warm as spring in March, and there are all kinds of precious flowers blooming, and the variety is dizzying.

"My brother-in-law loves flowers." Yun Bao said proudly seeing Ma Min'er's surprised eyes.

"I can see it." Ma Min'er smiled at her, and thought to herself, she not only loves flowers, but also likes to burn money. She doesn't know anything else, but the few pots of top-quality orchids that catch my eye are probably worth thousands of taels of silver in each pot. ,Really……

"Is there anything you like, I'll ask my brother-in-law to give you a pot?" Princess Rainbow said generously.

No... before the word was spoken, Ma Min'er stopped, and hurriedly ran towards a certain flowerpot, God, what did I see?Ha ha……

Yun Bao and the others were frightened by the way Ma Miner raised her head and laughed loudly, "Ma Er...mother..."

"Uh..." Laughing too flamboyantly, Ma Min'er quickly straightened her body, "Princess—"

Rainbow Dash looked at her puzzled.

"Can you give me this pot of flowers?"

Rainbow Dash followed her gaze, and a pot of flowers full of red bumps came into view, and she took a step forward, "It's red and red, it's not bad, there are two pots in the palace."

Ma Min'er didn't care if there was anything in the palace, "Can you give it to me?" She was concerned about this, and looked at Princess Rainbow with earnest eyes.

"This is a rare item brought over from the sea, I'm afraid I can't be my brother-in-law's master." Rainbow Dash smiled apologetically.

Uh... Ma Min'er quickly turned her head and approached the red bumps, "It seems that some of them are already ripe and some are dry, can you let me pick them off?"

"Withered?" Rainbow Dash leaned forward, "Do you want seeds?"

"Yes, can you?"

"This... I have to ask my brother-in-law."

"Oh." Ma Min'er was a little disappointed, but patient, "Hey, don't men come to enjoy the flowers?"

"Should have come," Rainbow Dash said.

Flower show, flower show, but it is necessary to have a meeting. If the young man and the young lady are not allowed to meet, why do everyone in the capital spend so much effort on these things? Isn't it just to create opportunities for young people who have no partners? People have the opportunity to find husbands and wives, and the major families can also marry smoothly. It is great to kill two birds with one stone.

"Come here, go and see if brother-in-law has brought any male guests." Rainbow Dash lived at the top of this chain, and of course knew the ultimate purpose of the flower fair, so she quickly asked the girl to invite someone.

The little ladies who stayed behind heard that the lords were coming, all of them blushed with excitement, and they all secretly arranged their clothes, and those who had their hair cut in a bun, all of them were strictly waiting.

-

Mei Ruo'er saw those noble young masters leaving the hall, from excitement to disappointment, she was extremely depressed, holding her pipa, she was most afraid that someone would tell her that the work of the princess mansion is done, you go back.She cautiously followed behind the crowd, paying attention to the movements of the stewards.

The steward who brought them in asked the steward of the princess mansion with a smile on his face, "Steward, do you still need these actors? Do you want them to go back first?"

"Just wait!"

"Yes!" The steward was very happy when he heard that Jean was waiting, and hurriedly took his players back to the room specially prepared for them, "Don't move around, I'll go and ask if you have any lunch at noon."

"Yes, steward."

The steward left, and the tense actors all breathed a sigh of relief, and each found a place to rest. Mei Ruoer didn't grab the stool and leaned against the wall. She leaned against the wall to rest. , a sentence suddenly came from my ear, "There is a chance in the afternoon."

She turned her head suddenly, but the speaker had already sat on the other side.There were three or five people sitting on the bench on the other side, and she had no idea who was talking in her ear just now.

Any chance this afternoon?what chance?

-

Fifty or sixty flower-appreciators crowded the flower sheds to the brim. Everyone stood in front of the red pimple flower pots and listened to Mr. Fu Ma talking, "This was brought back to me by someone who went overseas to do business. , very precious."

"Come from overseas, of course it's very expensive." Ma Min'er grinned.

"In the past few years, I have collected seeds and planted them, but not many survive."

Hearing this, Ma Min'er's eyebrows almost stood upright, "Master Fu Ma, you just want to appreciate this small red...fruit...?"

"Yeah, it's red, don't you think it's very festive?"

Uh... We really don't understand the rich people's world. It's hard to live a few plants that are obviously very good in your hands. However, Ma Min'er doesn't care about this now, showing a sweet smile, " Master Fuma, these red fruits have shriveled up, can you give them to me?"

"You want seeds?"

"Yes, can you give it to me?"

"..." Mr. Fu Ma Xie Xuanqi looked at Xia Zhen with a smile on his face, but he didn't speak.

Xia Zhen just wanted to reach out and pick it up, but her young daughter-in-law actually held up the jade water drop around her neck to everyone, "Does my jade water drop look like it?"

Uh... Everyone was frightened by the determination of Princess Beijun to want things from others, does this also have something to do with it?

Ma Min'er looked at Dafuma with a smile, with a face like how dare you refuse?I was secretly happy. Fortunately, when I was dressing this morning, the jade water droplets were hanging on the outer layer of the clothes. If I usually wear them next to my body, do I know that I will use them today?That's really spiritual.

Everyone looked at the crystal clear jade droplet in her hand, and then at the fresh and tender little red fruit. Not to mention, it was a bit like it. Although the pointed end of the red fruit was pointing up, they were all in the shape of water droplets. (Hee hee, have you guessed what the red waterdrop-shaped plant fruit is? Changtian Wen Laogeng, Glacier also used it, haha... cover your mouth and laugh!)

- 1000 years later

Hyundai Ma Min'er came out of the design department, stood at the door and looked, the street was full of traffic and crowded, everyone was walking alone with a cold and blank face.

It turned out that she was not alone alone. She took a deep breath, raised her hand and looked at her watch, "No, I'm going to be late for class!" She quickly went down the steps and walked to the bus stop.

Just when the first bus arrived, she followed the bus on a small height, squeezed together with the crowd, enjoying the feeling of being crowded and lonely, holding the bus handle with one hand, and unconsciously touching the jade water drop on her heart with the other hand.

Outside the car window, the scenery is flying, and inside the car, people are silent. She lowered her head and sighed secretly. Why does the independent and free life still make people so tired?In a blink of an eye, I saw the image in the jade water drop.

"Han--" she cried out in shock.

Everyone on the bus looked at her together.

Hyundai Ma Miner hurriedly picked up her mobile phone to answer the call in embarrassment, everyone looked away, she breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to look at the image of Yu Shuidi,
Hanlai stood in the crowd, his gaze was just like the first one she saw when she just woke up, affectionate but without showing any trace, who was he looking at, was he looking at his ancient self?

But I’m in modern times, you said you were on a business trip and haven’t come back for many days, did you go to ancient times?For some reason, thinking of this, Hyundai Ma Miner suddenly panicked.

"Master, stop...stop..."

With a creak, the bus arrived. Hyundai Ma Miner got off the bus and ran, took off her high heels and ran forward. Half an hour later, she ran to the Dibao Office Building. When she reached the door, she ran towards the elevator entrance. Press the button.

"Miss, miss, do you have an appointment?" The lady at the front desk ran over to stop her.

"No!" Hyundai Ma Miner replied anxiously while pressing buttons.

"Sorry, we can't let you in without an appointment."

"You can't go in there."

"Miss……"

"Call Madam..."

"Husband..." The front desk lady asked in surprise, "Are you..."

"I'm Jin Hanlai's wife."

"Jin... Mrs. Jin..." The front desk lady remembered that she had seen President Jin's family portrait. The people in the photo looked like this, but the temperament was wrong. The people in the photo were gentle and graceful, not like they are now... …

"Fa... What a daze, take me to him quickly."

"Yes... I'm sorry, Mr. Jin hasn't come to the office for a long time."

"what?"

"He... he seems to be sick."

Modern Ma Min'er collapsed on the ground, "I just knew...I just knew that he loves me so much...loves me so much, he won't..."

The lady at the front desk dialed the phone number of the chief assistant, "Madam is here!"

"Have you talked much?"

"I... I accidentally said that."

"Didn't President Jin not let you talk about it?"

"But I'm also a woman, I think my wife..."

"Okay, stop talking, I understand." The chief assistant hurriedly closed the file and went downstairs.

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"Haha..." Dafu Ma Jiexuanqi was convinced, "Siblings are amazing, they can think of anything in order to get seeds."

Ma Min'er put down Yudi and smiled at him, "Master Fuma, I have a relationship with this kind of seed, so you have to give it now."

"Give it... If you don't, I'm afraid Xia Zian will hammer me flat, haha..."

Hearing that he let go, Ma Min'er went to pick the seeds of Chaotian pepper without hesitation. Don't look at the small fruit, but there are many seeds in it. If you pick a few, you can plant a small piece of land, and then from a small piece of land to a A large area, haha... Finally, you can use cornel as a hot pot seasoning!

All the ladies felt ashamed for her when they saw the princess of Beijun entering the city like a countryman. face doting.

Oh……

Zhao Yuning was so sour that tears almost fell, biting his lips secretly, looking at his fiance in the crowd, he was so tall, handsome and graceful that she couldn't take her eyes away, but his eyes were looking up at the Xia family couple, making her frustrated.

The sweet Princess Rainbow quietly moved to Zhuang Hao's side, and gave him a light bump, which means, I think so too.

Zhuang Hao laughed, and secretly patted her, meaning, don't follow her bad example.

Rainbow Dash didn't understand her sweetheart's hint, but when the other party patted her lightly and responded to her, she felt happy, grinned cheerfully, and booed, "Er Niang Ma, are you going to take my brother-in-law's Pick off the safflower fruit!"

"No, just a few." Seeing that there were no more mature seeds on the plant, Ma Min'er straightened up and turned around, put the seeds in Xia Zhen's palm, and said with his hand, "Look, just These few."

"God, let me say a few more words, I don't think Xia Zi'an can let go of his big hands." Liu Zaicheng added trouble to this guy.

Ma Min'er glared at him, "Little prince, I will remember this."

"Don't stop!" Liu Zaicheng said with a smile, "I just said it casually." In order to please Ma Erniang, he immediately shouted, "I saw red fruits in other places just now?"

"Where is it?" Ma Min'er asked in surprise.

"I'll take you there!" Liu Zaicheng was so proud that he shook his head.

"Oh." Ma Min'er followed Liu Zaicheng to the other side of Nuan Nuan, oh, Mai Ga De, it's another good thing, she turned her head, "Xia Zhen..." grinning, meaning I want this fruit.

Xia Zhen raised her eyes and smiled, "Liu Zaicheng, you pick it."

"Oh, okay." Liu Zaicheng stretched out his hand happily to pick the virgin fruit, and was knocked down by the big horse before his hand touched it, "Hey, hey, brat, this is my house, not your Prince Liang's mansion .”

"Hee hee..." Liu Zai hugged Da Fuma's arm like a dog's leg, "Brother Zi Qi, I am a dear brother, our friendship... right... right..."

"You brat, don't even think about taking my fruit as a gift."

"Brother Ziqi..."

Ma Min'er took advantage of Liu Zaicheng's efforts to pester Dafuma, and quickly picked one that was ripe, took out her own handkerchief, wiped it, took a bite, wow, it was really tender, juicy, delicious, and the other half was stuffed immediately To Xia Zhen's mouth, "It's delicious!"

Xia Zhen ate the red fruit handed over by his daughter-in-law. It was hot in the greenhouse, and his mouth was dry, and he ate it to quench his thirst.

"taste good or not?"

Xia Zhen nodded.

Oh my god, the young couple of the Xia family sprinkled another pinch of dog food in front of everyone, it's really... really sour and sweet.

Liu Zaicheng was stunned, "Ma Erniang, why didn't you eat it just now, why don't you eat it now?"

"Is that different from this one just now?"

"Ah... aren't they all red fruits?"

"It's not the same. The shriveled one just now, how can you eat it? Look at this round and round one, it has juice at first glance, so of course it can be eaten."

Liu Zaicheng turned his head, "Brother Ziqi, have you eaten?"

"I... I grow flowers, never thought of eating the fruits of flowers?"

Ma Miner immediately asked, "Pomegranates are grown as flowers, don't you eat pomegranates?"

... There seems to be nothing wrong with these words. Da Fuma raised his eyes, and his eyes were filled with inquiry. Xia Zi'an's wife definitely knows the usefulness of these two potted flowers. The problem is, he asked someone to find these two potted flowers back from overseas. How did she get them? knew?
Xia Zhen couldn't allow others to explore his little daughter-in-law, so she lightly opened her thin lips, "There are a lot of weird things from the Western Regions in the market in Liangzhou Prefecture." It means that we have already seen it.

(End of this chapter)