pear blossoms fall to the end of the night

It was night, Jing Li was resting in the gazebo after dinner, reading with a book in his hand, Bai Xiwan walked over.

"Look at you, Yi Miao said that the injury is still not healed, so she's bothering you here again." Bai Xiwan held a pot of tea in her hand, and filled Jing Li's cup without waiting for Jing Li to speak, "I just asked I asked Fei Jing, saying that this Longjing tea is the new tea of ​​this year, it is perfect for relieving tiredness and digestion after a meal."

Jing Li put down the book in his hand and said, "You are now the prime minister's younger sister, so leave these tasks to the servants."

Bai Xiwan didn't answer Jing Li's words directly, but instead pushed the teacup on the stone table towards her and said, "You often, what's so different about this tea."

Seeing this, Jing Li knew that he couldn't read the book anymore, so he ordered Fei Hua behind him to put it back in the study, picked up the teacup, and took a sip. As soon as he took a sip of the clear tea, it was rich in sweetness and warm in aroma. It filled his mouth in an instant, and Jing Li couldn't help squinting his eyes to savor it carefully, "I never thought you would have such a skill."

Bai Xiwan blushed a little more after being praised, "In order to cook this pot of tea, I spent a lot of effort, taking the lotus dew in the morning, the cold well water, and the rain at midnight. The water from Ueki, The spring in the ground and the rain without roots, these three can be mixed together to make excellent tea. Longjing tea leaves are fresh and tender, and the water should not be too boiled. Let the boiled water dry for a while, and use a thin, transparent glass pot to brew. It tastes like this. If you make tea from the snow on the plum branches in winter, it will be another taste."

Jing Li didn't expect that such a cup of tea would take such a long time, she was quite moved, she smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm used to being simple in the mansion, and the servants don't have so many delicate thoughts, and they even forget about themselves Originally, he was a prime minister who could be a little bit corrupt without any objection. By the way, what about Zheng'er, I have been ill these days, and I haven't seen this child well. He is alone in the prime minister's mansion and has no playmates. , will you feel lonely?"

Bai Xiwan still smiled softly and shook her head, "A few days ago, the old lady ordered the housekeeper to send a lot of toys, and Zheng'er couldn't put them down."

"You and this child have suffered a lot. Now that you are in the prime minister's mansion, you can ask for anything."

"Hey." Bai Xiwan sighed quietly, "Although Zheng'er is your adopted son in name, I see that you really treat him as your own child. It's just me, the child's mother, who has been treated as a son of mine. You are on guard."

Jing Li was taken aback, "Why would you say that?"

Bai Xiwan sat closer to Jing Li's side, put her hand on Jing Li's arm, and as expected, Jing Li dodged a little, "When you were young, you were afraid of falling asleep alone at night, and you always chatted with me under a quilt. Are you no stranger to even this little touch now?"

Jing Li avoided Bai Xiwan's gaze, "The past is the past, the present is the present, the past will not change, but the me now is not the me I used to be."

"Didn't I say that in my eyes, you will always be Ah Cha, you still like to drink Longjing, you still like simple attire, and you don't like luxury, except for your taste and temperament, you are still the one I remember. That kind-hearted Ah Ka."

"Are you kind?" Jing Li asked back, "Maybe you don't know how many innocent people I have killed after becoming Jing Li."

"Is that why you hate yourself so much?" Bai Xiwan stared at Jing Li and said, "Is that why you wrap yourself up and push away even the closest people? Acha, you always say that I am bitter, but in fact I don't suffer, during those years in the Qin Mansion, even if I didn't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes, I still had Zheng'er to accompany me, but you, you are so lonely, for revenge, planning alone, rushing ahead alone, Even if you were injured, Princess Fanqing just came to see you. You haven't changed, you just became colder and lighter. I don't know what you went through to make you like this, but when you were in Yuzhou, You will soft-heartedly help a child who you don't know, and you will hide Qin Hanyan's rebellious remarks about usurping the throne to protect Zheng'er and me from being implicated, these... I will keep it in my heart."

Bai Xiwan held Jingli's hand, her eyes filled with tears, "Ah, I'm not complaining, I'm just heartbroken. I feel sorry for you living like this, and I want to be close to you like before."

Bai Xiwan's words touched Jingli's heart and stirred up thousands of waves, which could not be calmed down for a long time. If... if this person was by her side all these years, wouldn't she be lonely and cold?

Jing Li picked up the teacup in front of him and took another sip of tea, "This tea is really good."

Bai Xiwan burst into tears and laughed, "Then I'll brew it for you tomorrow."

"it is good."

"Then, it's done, I don't want to be your sister in name only, so don't refuse me anymore."

"it is good."

Bai Xiwan happily leaned on Jingli's shoulder.

"By the way, I have some doubts about one thing." Jing Li said suddenly.

"What's the matter?"

Jing Li said solemnly: "When you were in Yuzhou, you once wanted to make a deal with me, saying that you had evidence of Qin Ye's crime in your hand. You lived such a difficult life in the Qin Mansion, how could there be evidence of Qin Ye's crime?"

Bai Xiwan said, "Actually, you have wanted to ask for a long time."

She stood up, walked a few steps, turned her back to Jing Li and said, "Actually, I was not as miserable as you imagined in the Qin residence. Ye only has one daughter, Mrs. Qin is jealous, and Zheng'er, the eldest son of a concubine, is not only embarrassing but also dangerous, Zheng'er and I live in Zhuyuan. On the surface, we are not favored, but it is actually an act of survival."

Jing Li remembered that when she was in the Qin Mansion, the servant girl said that Bai Xiwan was raped by Qin Ye after she was drunk. A beautiful woman like Bai Xiwan has a jealous wife on the top, and a servant girl who bullies the good and fears the evil. , it is not easy to live in the Qin Mansion with a child for so long, Jing Li walked up to Bai Xiwan, shook her hand, and comforted her: "When you come to the Prime Minister's Mansion, no one will bully you."

Bai Xiwan smiled sweetly, "It's all over, by the way, the day Wei Young discovered your identity, it seems... Ouyang Feishuang came here."

"Ouyang Feishuang?" Jing Li suddenly felt that the name was a little strange.

"Probably came to ask Wei Young to intercede with Ouyang Chao." Bai Xiwan said, "But before Wei Young came back to find her that day, she left in a hurry."

There was a hint of sarcasm on Jing Li's face, "That's right, it's a pity that the queen mother intervened in this matter, which gave the Ouyang family a chance to live."

"About this point, don't you already have an idea?" Bai Xiwan said with a smile.

Jing Li was a little surprised, "Oh? How do you know I have an idea, tell me?"

Bai Xiwan went to the stone table and sat down again, poured some tea on the table, dipped her finger in the tea and drew on the table, "The Ouyang family and the Chu family are big families with deep foundations that have gone through several dynasties. It will not be eliminated overnight. The core figures of the Ouyang family are probably Ouyang Yi and Ouyang Chao. Although the Chu family only has Chu Qin, this person is much smarter than Ouyang Yi, so the two families are on par. It represents the power of the two parties, and the other power is you, Ah Ka."

Speaking of this, Bai Xiwan wrote down a character on the table, and then wrote a character next to the character, "The reason why you will play a decisive role in helping the empress ascend the throne is not because of wealth or power. , but in the soldiers, that is, the hussar general Zhou Shan who guarded the border. I remember that the best friend who was released by Mr. Song was called Zhou Xian. I don’t know what the relationship between General Zhou Shan and this Zhou Xian is. But there must be a great origin, Zhou Shan controls a hundred thousand troops, and also left an elite team to protect the emperor in the capital, in fact, the controller of this team is you."

"Three legs stand side by side and are unbreakable. It is very difficult to break this deadlock, but there is an accident in the middle. This accident is Chu Huairou. Chu Huairou entered the palace and was favored by the empress. The Chu family has risen. Even if Chu Qin wanted to keep a low profile, but The other members of the Chu family may not be willing to listen to him, and the Ouyang family is not a vegetarian, and their relationship with the Queen Mother seems to be unusual. Therefore, the Ouyang family must find ways to suppress the arrogance of the Chu family. Leverage strength to fight, fan the flames, let the two fight fiercely, and finally reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Jing Li seemed a little shocked by Bai Xiwan's analysis, and she said after a while, "You guessed right, but with me here, the Ouyang family won't feel at ease against the Chu family."

Bai Xiwan poured water and wiped away the traces on the table, "Why is Ah Sheng so stupid at a critical moment? Isn't there a saying that success is also Xiao He and defeat is also Xiao He? Why can't Ah Cheng succeed and lose Zhou Shan?" .”

Jing Li let out a long breath, "I understand, but you have only been in the capital for such a short time, and it is really not easy to understand these things so thoroughly."

Bai Xiwan still smiled, "Ah, there is no need to doubt, the situation in the court is clear at a glance, and the rest, I have done a long time of homework, thanks to Nanny Li for all the help, otherwise I wouldn't be like this Get it soon."

That's right, Nanny Li is also an old member of the Song family, so she and Bai Xiwan naturally know each other.