The water in the soup bottle in the tea room was boiling.
When it boiled for the third time, Ye Qingchen picked up the soup bottle, poured the hot water from the bottle into the tea bowl.
At the same time, he picked up a bamboo stick and flicked it to order some tea.
Xu Pingqi sat quietly, looking in the direction of Ye Qingchen, but his eyes did not fall on him, but looked through the window at the fallen tea tree.
When receiving the tea from Ye Qingchen, Xu Pingqi asked: "Is Ren Shu down?"
"Before you came here, I just received the news that I was awarded the honorary title of Taichang Temple and signed a letter to observe and judge the official affairs in Suzhou." Ye Qingchen told Xu Pingqi the news without any scruples. As he spoke, he also bought himself a cup. Tea.
"Congratulations." Xu Pingqi put down his tea bowl and held his hands in congratulations.
Ye Qingchen smiled, looked around the objects in the tea room, and sighed: "I have to move all the things in the house back again."
Then he asked: "Where is your eldest brother?"
"You also know that my eldest brother has been preparing to be sent abroad. The specific appointment order has not been released yet. I estimate that he will not go to Liangzhe Road, maybe Weinan Road." Xu Pingqi looked at the tea bowl in trance when he spoke. After the imperial examination, he also Getting ready to go out, but not yet thinking about where to go.
Ye Qingchen was surprised when he heard the word Weinan, and then shook his head in relief and said: "I never thought that he would prepare for the imperial examination so seriously, and I never thought that he would aspire to become a practical official. He Always do something unexpected.”
"As long as I want to do it, there is nothing wrong." Xu Pingqi smiled slightly and drank the tea in one gulp.
"Let me know when you've confirmed the time to take office, and I'll send it off to him then. After all, I still have his Xiaoguan." Ye Qingchen said half-jokingly, weighing the short Xiaoguan around his waist, which was a gift from Xu Pingyi not long after he entered Beijing. For him.
Xu Pingqi smiled and said, "Maybe you can set off earlier than my eldest brother."
"Then let him give it to me instead!" Ye Qingchen was amused. He put his hands behind his back, raised his head and laughed non-stop.
After drinking tea, the two of them didn't change places. They just asked people to bring the bookcase over, took out Song Qi's poems and studied them carefully.
Xu Nuo got tired from standing behind and coughed.
Xu Pingqi looked like he suddenly remembered her and winked at Ye Qingchen.
Ye Qingchen looked at Xu Pingqi doubtfully, followed his gaze to the boy behind him, stared at it for a moment, and suddenly recognized Xu Nuo.
He hurriedly stood up and bowed to Xu Nuo. As he moved, the desk was knocked crooked by his legs, and the paper on which he wrote the lyrics fell to the ground. Xu Pingqi shook his head, picked up the paper, and straightened the desk.
"I don't know if the Sixth Lady is here, but Dao Qing is rude." Ye Qingchen said.
Xu Nuo clasped his fists in return and said, "Fifteenth Lang, this is not your fault. Just sit down. It's hard to explain if someone sees you saluting a boy."
"Sixth Madam, I wonder what's the reason for coming here?" Ye Qingchen sat down calmly, raised his head and asked Xu Nuo.
Xu Nuo saw a hint of embarrassment on his fair face, coughed again, and spoke his thoughts very quickly.
Ye Qingchen's reaction just now was entirely because he was surprised that he didn't notice that there was a woman following Xu Pingqi, and it was Xu Liuniang who he was very familiar with, so he was a little panicked.
After sitting back, he quickly adjusted. Faced with what Xu Nuo said, he thought for a while and said: "Miss Chuntang is very good, and Zhaoning has reached the age to marry. It's just that he and I Growing up together, I have never regarded him as a servant. To be honest, although he is extremely respectful to others, he is still a bit arrogant in his heart. He also makes the final decision in marriage. I will tell him your proposal, If he intends to marry Chuntang, I will reply to you as soon as possible and ask my aunt to help him come to propose marriage."
He spoke extremely sincerely because he really couldn't help Huang Zhaoning make the decision.
They had almost the same food and clothing since childhood. His father wanted to adopt Huang Zhaoning as his adopted son several times, but he was always rejected. That's why he said Zhaoning was a bit arrogant.
"Has he ever seen Chun Tang?" Xu Nuo asked.
Ye Qingchen thought for a moment, shook his head, and said blankly: "This... I don't know."
When Xu Nuo heard this, he frowned and stopped talking, and the tea room suddenly became quiet.
Xu Pingqi saw that it was very difficult for the two to communicate, so he said, "They have met before. During the Double Ninth Festival in Suzhou, Sixth Sister, you took Chun Tang, and Fifteenth Master also brought this boy named Zhaoning."
Xu Nuo nodded and said, "I don't know if he remembers Chuntang. Why don't I draw you Chuntang's appearance and you show it to him."
I don’t know whether this Zhao Ning values color or talent.
If it is a heavy color, any young man will be moved when he sees Chuntang's appearance.
If it's about talent, Chuntang can read accounts and is one of the best female workers, so she is definitely the best candidate.
If he hesitated or refused, it could only mean that this person was ungrateful. She was reluctant to hand over Chun Tang to such a person.
When Xu Pingqi heard that he wanted to paint portraits again, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "Why don't I paint them? I'm sitting down anyway."
Fifteenth Lang has also seen the Wang family's painting of a broken chrysanthemum. There must be no more people who know that Sixth Sister's painting technique is the same as that painting.
Before lunch on the second day, Xu Nuo received a reply from Ye Qingchen.
Huang Zhaoning is willing to marry Chun Tang.
This letter was written by Huang Zhaoning himself. The good handwriting and the sincerity in the words made Xu Nuo even more satisfied with him.
After getting the letter, she hurriedly went to see Lu to tell her the good news, and asked her for help in arranging Chuntang to be betrothed, and Lu agreed.
After returning to Mingjin Pavilion, Xu Nuo told Chuntang about the matter. He hid it for a long time before showing Huang Zhaoning's letter to Chuntang. Just as Chuntang was amused and blushing, Qiyue rushed into the house and said nonsense. The spirit is missing.
"Madam, the servant from the Hu Mansion came here to send a message, saying that Mrs. Hu Sanni is missing. Please help her look for her. He also said that if she is in our house, just send someone to the Hu Mansion to let her know." Qiyue ran in a hurry. He was panting when he spoke, but he forced himself to say these words in one breath.
Xu Nuo was stunned, and the joyful expression in the play disappeared in an instant.
In the past few days, she went to look for Hu Ling twice, and the maids said that their wife was asleep.
Xu Nuo knew that Hu Ling didn't want to see anyone, so he thought of leaving her some space to slowly adjust.
But he never imagined that she would disappear.
"Does Beijiang know?" Xu Nuo asked.
"The Hu family also sent word." Qi Qiyue said.
Xu Nuo nodded. The marriage between the two families was almost settled. If something happened to Hu Ling, he must inform Zhu Shang.
But the Hu family may not know about Zhu Shang's injury and the reason for it.
Xu Nuo arranged for someone to check Hu Ling's whereabouts and went to find Ji Xuan himself.
Although Hu Ling didn't see anyone else, Ji Xuan was her doctor, so she had to meet him, maybe he would know something.
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