May 15th, Jingxuan Tea Party.

Jingxuan Lake is located fifteen miles southeast of Beijing. Its upstream water source is a branch of the Qinhuai River. The lake is vast, clear and shallow, making it a scenic spot for people to relax in the summer heat.

In the 19th year of Hongwu, the Xu family, Duke of Wei, built a villa on Jingxuan Lake. They buried bricks and stones at the bottom of the lake to build a foundation, and built houses on the stone foundation. The houses were dotted on the lake, with dozens of them. And the foundation was excavated.

The sediment was piled up into multiple sandbars in the lake. Rockeries were placed on the sandbars and various flowers, plants and trees were planted. These sandbars became small islands with pleasant scenery.

Egret Island, Partridge Island, Parrot Island and Luoyan Island are the four sandbars with the largest area and the most beautiful environment on the lake. They may have quiet and dense woods, or delicate and soft lake beaches, or colorful gardens, or mature

patches of reeds and melodiously chirping waterbirds.

These houses built on the water are connected to several major sandbanks by stone bridges, wooden bridges or covered bridges. Since the lake is only less than four feet deep, many types of trees are planted directly on the bottom of the lake to provide shade for the houses and covered bridges.

The whole building is shaded by trees.

After Zhu Di entered the capital, due to the fall of Xu Huizu, the Jingxuan family was given to Lan Feng by Zhu Di and renamed Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. Lan Feng made peace with it once he came, and let the new housekeeper Chu Xingyu recruit various families.

There are a total of sixty or seventy servants and maids, most of whom are young and beautiful girls. They are described as pleasing to the eye and beautiful, and they live up to his reputation as a "romantic talent".

On this day, at the "request" of Queen Xu Miaoyun, he held a tea party at the Hou Mansion. In addition to the Queen's personal attendance, he also invited 13 Beijing officials or ladies from wealthy families to come to the house to enjoy tea. The entire tea party started in the morning and was served at noon.

There will be refreshments and a dinner party in the evening, which will not end until everyone admires the moon at Jingxuan Lake.

According to Queen Xu's wishes, Lan Feng needs to have more contact with the thirteen invited ladies within this day, and select one of them before the end of the moon viewing. In the end, Queen Xu will make the decision to marry him, and his life will be

The big thing is finally settled.

What kind of tea party is this? It's clearly a blind date! These ladies, Lan Feng, all know each other. If we meet alone, they all have their own cuteness, but if thirteen of them come together... they are so cute.

Damn it!

They won't fight, right?

Lan Feng complained endlessly, but he could only do as he was told. Fearing that he could not cope with it, he simply invited Lan Qiao from Yueyang in the name of preparing for a lifelong event, and also invited Ling Yu, Fei Feng Yueming and other old acquaintances, as well as several Beijing

All the best officials in the family came to the banquet to help him share the pressure of the blind date.

The Lanqiao family arrived yesterday, and early this morning, the invited guests started arriving one after another.

Although the thirteen ladies from Beijing have their own backgrounds, they did not bring their elders with them as guests today. Each of them only had a few maids accompanying them. They were all dressed up beautifully. From makeup to clothes and accessories, a lot of thought was obviously put into it.

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The main venue of the tea party was located in a peach forest in Luoyan Island. Everyone sat on mats under the peach trees, admiring tea, flowers and the lake view. Lan Feng looked at the beauties from various families arriving in a colorful way and sighed:

"It was my negligence. I should have delayed the start of the tea party by an hour or two."

Chu Xingyu said in confusion: "Why did the master say this?"

Lan Feng blamed himself: "Look at these girls, they must have spent a lot of time dressing up. Judging by the time, they probably got up before dawn. I pride myself on spending money, but this time I gave these girls a hard time.

Let’s go back.”

"They are willing to work hard to dress up. They are all here for the position of mistress, and it is reasonable for them to put in some hard work." Chu Xingyu blinked and smiled, "How are you, master? Is there any young lady who is you?

What impressed me the first time I saw it? I’ll go and please you first, lest she really become the mistress and bully my slave in the future.”

Lan Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Let me see, maybe the second young master doesn't really cherish flowers, but he doesn't want to start having headaches too early, so that's why he said this?" With a sweet smile, Hua Yuxi and Feng Yeling reached out to Lan Feng behind their arms.

joked.

In order not to steal the limelight from these ladies attending the party, they deliberately dressed simply, wearing dark clothes and only a little makeup, but they could not hide their beautiful and elegant looks.

Lan Feng glanced at them: "It's true to say that I have a headache. There are so many beauties coming to the meeting. If I'm not attentive, I'll look careless. If I'm attentive, I'll inevitably feel like I'm favoring one over the other. How can it be possible to get even rain and dew without leaking?

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"Second Young Master, what you said is wrong." Hua Yuxi smiled and shook her head, "There is no need to have equal exposure to things like blind date. Second Young Master, just follow your own wishes and choose the two or three girls who are most suitable for you to have more contact with them.

, just maintain basic courtesy to other ladies."

Feng Yeling also smiled and deliberately lowered his voice and said: "I was chatting with your servant here last night and I heard that a new Allure Ranking was released in the capital recently. Three of the thirteen ladies who came here today were on the list.

People from the new list. You have lived in the capital for a long time, so you naturally know these things better than we do."

"The New Allure List is created by those boring people. The main reason is that all of your beauties are getting married, so naturally there will be a few new people coming in." Lan Feng scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Those three are famous on the list.

The girls, one is the eldest daughter of the Shangguan family who is in charge of the household department, her full name is Shangguan Lingmeng, the other is Nangong Huaijin, her family is a minister of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and she is also my direct subordinate, and the other is Su Qianqian,

My father is the largest stone merchant in the capital, and his family is extremely wealthy."

"Tsk, power, wealth or beauty, grace, well-behavedness or cuteness, even I can't wait to meet these sisters." Hua Yuxi smiled slyly, "These girls are willing to come to the meeting today. It's up to you to choose. You

Just have some fun."

Lan Feng showed an expression that said, "It doesn't hurt if you stand and talk." He bared his teeth and said, "Stop talking about me. Where is my eldest brother?"

"Maybe he hasn't gotten up yet." Hua Yuxi spread her hands and muttered nonchalantly, "He just reunited with Xue'er yesterday. Their separation was better than their wedding, and the fire was burning endlessly."

Lan Feng was about to say something else when he suddenly heard the sweet voice of a young girl calling from behind him: "My little lady is paying my respects to Mr. Hou."

Turning around, I saw that it was Shangguan Lianmeng who had recently been on the Allure List.

Hua Yuxi and Feng Yeling also looked at her curiously, but seeing that she was fifteen or sixteen years old, her graceful figure, pink makeup and jade face, coupled with her elegant and elegant demeanor, gave her a very...

With her unique temperament, even the Fenghua duo, who are used to seeing all kinds of beauties, couldn't help but fall in love with her.

Shangguan Lianmeng handed a peach blossom to Lan Feng and said with a smile: "Seeing that the peach blossom was blooming luxuriantly, the little girl thought that the Marquis was busy with his affairs and had no time to appreciate the flowers, so she took it upon herself to break one and wanted to borrow the flower to offer to the Buddha and give it as a gift.

Mr. Hou, you can enjoy a rejuvenation with Mr. Hou."

When she saw Lan Feng taking the flower, she moved to the two girls Fenghua, Yingying bent her knees, gathered her skirt and saluted, "I've seen Sister Feng and Sister Hua."

Before the two Fenghua girls could return the gift, they saw another girl running towards her: "Okay, Sister Shangguan, you are so cunning, you actually came here to have a private meeting with the Marquis. Come back with us quickly, we need you over there."

Let’s start the poem, with peach blossom as the title.”

Although this woman was startled, she was innocent and innocent, and her face was pure and beautiful. On the bridge not far away, there was a quiet and bookish beauty who was equally dignified and beautiful. I wonder if these two women were Su Qian.

Qian and Nangong Huaijin.

After the three girls left, Feng Yeling sighed: "Seeing generations of girls grow up, I really feel that I am old. There is no shortage of beauties in the world, and we are afraid that we will be photographed to death on the beach.

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At this time Chu Xingyu came to report that Princess Zhu Yuluo of Lin'an and shopkeeper Xun of Tiancha Villa had arrived. Lan Feng said sorry, then took the peach blossom in his hand and followed Chu Xingyu to the entrance of Bieye.

Hua Yuxi silently recited "Shopkeeper Xun", looked at each other with Feng Yeling, and followed Lan Feng for a few steps. From a distance, she saw Princess Zhu Yuluo of Lin'an standing on a covered bridge at the entrance of the villa.

Accompanied by the man, Shi Shiran walked towards Luoyanzhou.

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"That's..." Hua Yuxi felt suspicious and couldn't help but take a few steps closer.

"Xunshu" was a false identity made up by Zhu Yuluo for Lanqiao when he came to Beijing. He was also the shopkeeper of Tiancha Villa who was responsible for selling Jiangpu tea.

That day Lan Qiao followed Liu Yueyao into the Goddess Tower. In order to prevent her from recognizing him, he put on a man's human skin mask, which was the appearance of the man in front of him.

So it was thought that another person wore a mask and appeared next to Zhu Yuluo as "Shop Manager Xun" and came to the meeting with her.

"I heard that His Highness has made a new batch of Jiangpu tea. It is a good product that has never been available before." Lan Feng welcomed the two of them into a private room and said gratefully, "I am holding a tea party today. If I don't have enough tea, I will give it to you."

This stuff is really embarrassing."

Zhu Yuluo nodded slightly, and shopkeeper Xun took out a can of tea leaves from his sleeve, opened the lid and handed it to Lan Feng. The latter picked up a handful of tea leaves, sniffed them first, and said with emotion: "This aroma is better than the previous Jiangpu tea."

Rich, yet clear but not greasy, it is definitely not a vulgar product.”

"In my free time these past few years, I have been studying the improvement of tea-making technology in Jiangpu." Zhu Yuluo smiled slightly, "After three years, I finally made this new batch of tea, which is different from the previous Jiangpu tea. Well, that's it.

Let’s call it Yongle Jiangpu Tea. This is the first year it’s been on the market, so not many people are lucky enough to have tasted it.”

"It's such an honor for me to have such a fine treat to entertain guests!" Lan Feng beamed with joy.

"Where." Zhu Yuluo said modestly, "I also want to use your opportunity to let everyone comment on it and promote the name of our Yongle Jiangpu tea."

"I'll tell you to go down now." After Lan Feng said that, he stood up and opened the door to find Chu Xingyu.

Unexpectedly, Hua Yuxi was lying outside the door listening intently. As soon as he opened the door, the former was caught off guard and fell directly in. Feng Yeling, who was standing a little further away, held his forehead and looked blind.

Seeing that Hua Yuxi was about to fall over, shopkeeper Xun, who was sitting next to Zhu Yuluo, suddenly moved and reached out to hold her up. A soft energy immediately emerged, causing Hua Yuxi to slow down her fall and take this opportunity to regain her balance.

"Who are you?" She looked at Shopkeeper Xun in front of her suspiciously, "Where did this mask come from? Why are you following me..."

She was so excited that she almost blurted out "Why are you following my mother?", but she quickly stopped when she remembered that she was Hua Yuxi at the moment.

"Xiao Shu, long time no see." Shopkeeper Xun grinned, and it was the voice of Mr. Hongyi Li Qi.

Hua Yuxi said in a trembling voice: "Dad, you are back."

Three years ago, Li Qi ran away on a ship and escorted Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen, Queen Ma, Crown Prince Zhu Wenkui and Princess Zhu Qingying overseas. Once he left, he was never heard from again.

Unexpectedly, today, he would turn into shopkeeper Xun of Tiancha Villa and appear next to his mother again.

She opened the window and took a look. After confirming that there was no one else around the hut, she asked, "Dad, when did you come back?"

"About two months ago." Li Qi, pretending to be shopkeeper Xun, said with a smile, "His Majesty has made all the arrangements. I really miss you mother and daughter, so I want to come back and see you."

"No, dad is lying." Hua Yuxi curled her lips and said, "It's been two months, and people don't know that dad has come back. He even said he missed me, but he clearly only misses my mother."

"I left quietly back then, claiming that I died of an epidemic due to an accident, and my body was burned. If Li Qi no longer existed in the world, if I suddenly reappeared, someone would definitely be suspicious of what happened back then." Li Qi sighed,
To be continued...