Just as Zhou Wencun was hooking up with Luo Yaqing, Xu Shichu also met several princes and concubines. They were very polite to the Prime Minister's wife, whose family background was unknown, but they all meant to win over Xu Shichu, which made Xu Shichu a little impatient. , so he separated from them early and wandered around Princess Ande's garden alone.
The garden in Princess Ande's mansion is naturally full of flowers. This is the time when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, so the garden is filled with chrysanthemums of various colors.
But to Xu Shichu, whose yard is filled with all kinds of flowers, it doesn't matter. After all, the pingpong chrysanthemums planted in her yard include pink, yellow, white, burgundy and green.
"Why do you keep looking at me?" Xu Shichu asked unbearably, turning around and staring at a young lady not far from him.
When the young lady saw that she had been caught, her face turned red and she said sheepishly: "Mrs. Luo, please forgive me. Madam has a fairy-like appearance. She is a rare beauty. I really couldn't help it, so I looked at it a few more times." Eye...I was the one who was offended."
When Xu Shichu heard this, she raised her eyebrows. The young lady's eyes were pure and her tone was sincere. It was obvious that what she said was true. She immediately understood that this was a face control person.
Xu Shichu was also a beauty person himself, and besides, the lady just looked at him a few times, and had no ill intentions towards her, so he said: "It doesn't matter, I also like to look at beauties, you can look at them as you like."
Anyway, she is not a man, no one will say that she is lustful.
"My husband is the Minister of Rites. My surname is Li. I like the incense in Madam's Zuixiang Pavilion very much. I have collected almost every kind. I change one every day. Each one is refreshing... Ever since the drunken incense in your house After the store opened, I never bought anything from other spice shops again..."
Mrs. Li was a generous and kind-hearted woman. She took a fancy to Xu Shichu's appearance, so she blew her talk around the Zuixiang Pavilion non-stop. The key was that she blew it so truly and truly that Xu Shichu was embarrassed to interrupt her.
"I really don't know how smart your perfumers are, Madam. They can concoct so many kinds of novel spices. Many of them I can't smell what materials they are made of. Oh, I'm sorry, I don't covet Madam. Your spice recipe! I, I just said it casually..."
Mrs. Li explained hurriedly, her face turned red, for fear that Xu Shichu would misunderstand that she was inquiring about the spice formula.
Seeing her anxious look, Xu Shichu laughed and said, "Don't worry, I didn't misunderstand, and even if you really know the formula, you can't mix the fragrances in my store. After all, there are many raw materials that only I have. "
"Really? Madam, you are so amazing!" Madam Li, who was less than 20 years old, sighed with a childish tone, looking at Xu Shichu with bright eyes.
Xu Shichu felt soft at the sight of her doggy eyes, and he couldn't help but speak out: "I have planted many novel flowers for fragrance in my yard. If you want to see them, you can come and have a look. "
"That's great, I want to see it!" Mrs. Li didn't wait for Xu Shichu to feel annoyed about what she just said. Then he couldn't wait to respond, "Madam, I have promised you that I will send a message to your house another day."
"Okay, just come." Xu Shichu saw her so happy and thought that receiving a little fan was not a big problem, so he agreed.
After she arrived in this world, she was busy recuperating her body and doing business, and did not spend time on socializing. Therefore, she didn't even have anyone who could be called a friend at this time. It happened that Mrs. Li was quite innocent and sincere, and Xu Shichu felt that there was It’s also nice to have such a talkative friend.
After making an appointment with the very interested Mrs. Li for a visit, Xu Shichu walked to the lotus pond and happened to see Zhou Wenxun flirting with Luo Yaqing with sweet words. The other little girls were also attracted by his handsome and elegant appearance and "excellent literary talent" Attracted by his talent, everyone was blushing.
Zhou Wencun's exaggerated and careless flattery can only deceive a little girl who is not experienced in the world. If an older person sees his expression and hears his words at this time, he can His insincerity could be seen at a glance, but unfortunately only Xu Shichu, an "elder" who was destined not to interfere in his stepdaughter's marriage, could see it.
Xu Shichu turned around and left, not disturbing the interaction between young men and women.
On the third day after the eldest princess's flower-viewing banquet, Mrs. Li, the Minister of Rites, came to visit Xu Shichu as promised.
As soon as she entered Xu Shichu's yard, her eyes widened in surprise, staring blankly at the colorful and colorful flowers in the yard.
A purple flower like an ear of wheat, a pink flower like a string of wind chimes, a small red flower hanging upside down like a golden bell, a round yellow flower ball the size of a baby's fist...
Mrs. Li seemed to have entered a fairyland full of flowers. Everywhere she looked were flowers of various colors, which made the world colorful and dazzling, making people feel refreshed and relaxed just looking at them.
"Wow! What kind of flowers are these?" After Mrs. Li was shocked, she didn't even bother to go into the main hall to meet Xu Shichu, and just wandered around the blooming flowers.
Xu Shichu understood that she was fascinated by the fairyland-like scenery among the flowers as soon as she entered the door, so he did not show any courtesy to her, and simply asked the maids to move the tea and snacks to the pavilion in the yard, where you can watch all kinds of things in the yard. Flowers and plants.
Xu Shichu watched Mrs. Li shuttle among the flowers like a butterfly, and did not interrupt her. He waited until she walked around the yard and came over with unfinished thoughts, and then said: "If you like it, I can give you one or two kinds." , let you go back and plant it yourself."
Mrs. Li immediately held Xu Shichu's hand excitedly: "Really? Thank you so much! I like everything here..." Then her expression suddenly dropped, and she looked at Xu Shichu's expression intently, "I I don’t know which two to choose, can I have both?”
Xu Shichu glanced at her lightly: "What do you think?"
So Mrs. Li immediately understood that she couldn't be too greedy, and said with a pained face: "Then I have to choose carefully. It's really difficult to choose. Each one is so beautiful, and many of them are varieties I have never seen before. Woolen cloth."
"They are all flower seeds that I tried my best to find from foreign merchants. It's normal that we haven't seen them here." Xu Shichu said calmly.
"No wonder! Are such beautiful flowers used to make incense? How surprising! I thought that only cinnamon, sandalwood, cedar and the like can be used to make incense. I didn't expect that such delicate and gorgeous flowers can be used to make incense. Use the flowers.”
"What's weird about using flowers to make fragrance? Don't we also have commonly used osmanthus, rose, and magnolia here? These flowers are the same, but they have different fragrances and different production methods." Xu Shichu said.
"That's right." Mrs. Li said with longing on her face, "It would be great if I also had a yard full of flowers and plants like this..."
