There is no phoenix

Shui Ruoyang said: "Girl Yu, this place is not bad. It's the best place to read, write and rest. Let's rest for a while. I just saw that the peach blossoms in the back mountain are all in bloom. Are they all from your family?"

Lin Zhong smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the mountain behind this house and the 20 mu of land in front were bought together back then. My elder brother said that the house will be modeled after our old house in Gusu, so a lot has been rebuilt, but those bamboos and peach trees were planted later."

Shui Yiyi at the side said: "Father, my son wants to see the peach blossoms right now."

Shui Ruoyang said with a smile: "Forget it, since we are enjoying peach blossoms, let's go together now."

Lin Zhong led the crowd out of the gate of the mansion, and walked up the path on the hillside, where there were peach blossoms everywhere.Li Bing looked at the peach blossom grove in front of him, smiled at Daiyu and said, "Princess Lin, could it be that your hometown also has many peach blossoms?"

Daiyu smiled and said, "Miss Li, there are a few peach and pear trees planted in the backyard of our hometown in Gusu, but not many. In Jiangnan, most people plant some peach, plum and pear trees in front of and behind their houses. Chunsheng's family here It is our Lin family who know that my parents and I like Tao Yuanming's poems. My father once sighed that one day when he retired and returned to his hometown, he would plant a large peach blossom in his farm, but in the end my father I didn't wait until that day, Chunsheng remembered these, so after coming here, I planted these peach trees."

Miaoyu said: "No wonder Sister Lin wrote so many peach blossom poems, so there is such a story."

Shui Yiyi said: "There are so many peach blossoms, it's really beautiful. Father, I'll go back and draw a pair of peach blossoms, and then draw us, do you think it's okay?"

Shui Ruoyang smiled and said: "Yiyi, good paintings need to be matched with good poems. Girl Yu, since Miaoyu said that you have written a lot of peach blossom poems, how about reading one for everyone to comment on?"

Shui Rong hurriedly said: "Father, Daiyu and sister were still in Jia's mansion at that time, they were homesick every day, and those poems they wrote were really sad."

Li Bing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, looking at these peach blossoms, I think of Wu Rong's poem "Peach Blossoms."

Shui Yiyi hurriedly asked: "Ms. Li, why didn't I know that there is Wu Rong who wrote peach blossom poems? Where did he come from?"

Li Bing smiled and said: "Princess, I'm talking about Wu Rong of the Tang Dynasty. He wrote it like this: The trees are full of tenderness and redness, and the ten thousand branches of red are shining in the spring. How to make a thousand-year-old reality will show the world's natural beauty ?”

Shui Yiyi nodded and said: "It's really good. Father, I will start drawing when I get back. Sister Miaohuang and Fourth Sister-in-law will both help. I want to draw the biggest picture of peach blossoms."

Daiyu smiled and said, "Sister Huang, you don't want to paint it as a dowry, do you?"

Shui Yiyi looked at Daiyu with a smile and said: "Sister-in-law Si, you always laugh at me, so I don't want to make the dowry myself. I will give it to my father. If my father doesn't want it, I will give it to the prince."

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Sister, are you biased like this? Why did you send the father and the prince to the crown prince and you didn't think about sending me?"

Shui Yiyi smiled and said, "Fourth brother, why have you become narrow-minded? I sent my father off because my father had to read the memorial every day and didn't have time to play. The same is true for the prince and brother. They can only be busy with government affairs in the palace every day." , When you are in a bad mood, looking at such a large painting is like watching a real scene? Fourth brother, you and fifth brother can freely go to see whatever you want, and there is Mrs. Wang to accompany you, don't say look at it Peach blossoms, you want to see fairy flowers from all over the world, I'm afraid you are the only one who doesn't want to, there is nothing you can't see."

Shui Ruoyang laughed and said, "Good Yiyi, my father loves to hear this. From now on, the things you draw will be given to my father and your prince brother. When my father comes out today, your prince brother will probably want to I'm busy with those booklets."

Feng Ziying asked Lin Zhong: "With so many peach blossoms, I don't know how many peaches I can bear."

Lin Zhongdao: "In the past few years, there have been at least a few thousand catties of peaches every year. In May, those vendors in the capital will pick them by themselves. We only keep some of them for ourselves, and we also make some dried peaches ourselves."

Miaoyu smiled and said, "Ziying, didn't sister Lin give our dried peaches last year?"

Lin Zhongdao: "Half of last year's peaches were given away. If you like, come and pick peaches anytime around the Dragon Boat Festival in May. They are the freshest."

As everyone said, they had already entered the peach blossom forest. Lin Zhong told Daiyu and Chunxian to say, "Yu'er, you can accompany everyone here for a stroll. I'll go back and see how the preparations are going."

Daiyu hurriedly nodded in agreement, Lin Zhong took his leave first and turned to leave.

Shui Ruoyang looked at Shui Rong and said, "Rong'er, didn't you say we're going back to Jasper Garden for dinner?"

Daiyu hurriedly said: "Father, Brother Rong and I have already ordered to have lunch earlier, and we will go back after eating, there will be no delay."

Shui Rong also said: "Father, it's rare for you and Niangniang Li to come out like this. We just eat here and then go back there. Sister Daiyu's food here is very good."

Daiyu also said: "Father, the dishes here, the chickens and ducks are all raised by Mrs. Chunsheng, the fish are also from my own fish pond, and the vegetables are grown in the yard. The Suzhou cuisine cooked by Mrs. Chunsheng is really good."

Seeing that Shui Ruoyang was still hesitating, Shui Rong smiled and said: "Father is worried about Emperor Han? The children have a nanny, we can go shopping when we come out."

After hearing this, Shui Ruoyang could only laugh and said: "Forget it, I won't spoil everyone's interest, so let's take a good look at this paradise."

At this moment, Shui Yiyi trotted forward, looked at the people behind with a smile and said, "Father, Empress Li, Fourth Brother, Fourth Sister-in-law, Sister Miaoyu, Brother-in-law Feng, come quickly, look, where is that over there? "

Miaoyu pulled Daiyu up, followed quickly, and looked in the direction of Shui Yiyi's finger.Miaoyu smiled and said: "Sister, let me tell you, the mountain over there is the Muni Temple, and I used to meditate there."

Shui Yiyi said: "Sister Huang, isn't that place beautiful?"

Miaoyu smiled and said: "It's not beautiful, but it's really a good place to recuperate. Your fourth sister-in-law also accompanied me to meditate there for a few days. Over that mountain, there is the Jingxi Military Camp."

Shui Yiyi asked in surprise: "Sister Huang, you said that is the Jingxi Military Camp over there? How do you know?"

Miaoyu looked at Feng Ziying and Shui Rong who were approaching, and smiled but did not answer.

Shui Yiyi hurriedly grabbed Daiyu and said, "Sister-in-law Si, have you and Sister Miaoyu been to the Jingxi military camp?"

Daiyu also blushed and said: "Sister Huang, the Jingxi military camp is full of big men, how could Huangjie and I have been there?"

Shui Yiyi looked at Miaoyu again, Miaoyu had no choice but to say: "Sister, you don't know, I lived in the Muni courtyard for a long time, the masters told me."

After hearing this, Shui Yiyi blushed when she saw Miaoyu say these words, and hurriedly laughed and said, "I know, Sister Miaoyu, fourth sister-in-law, you two are embarrassed to say, are you two and my fourth brother still married?" Brother-in-law Feng’s marriage was arranged in the Muni Academy? I remember that my fourth brother trained in the Jingxi military camp for several years. My fourth brother and brother-in-law Feng must have met you on the road, so you decided to marry for life, yes no?"

Miaoyu Daiyu was embarrassed when she heard this, Miaoyu hurriedly said: "Sister Huang, that's not the case, we didn't come out at that time."

Shui Yiyi smiled and said: "Sister Miaoyu, if not, then how did you know each other? My fourth elder brother originally wanted to propose marriage to him, but he just didn't agree. But as soon as he met the fourth sister-in-law, he made up his mind Marry the fourth sister-in-law, and no woman will fall into his eyes."

At this time, Shui Rong heard it, and hurriedly said: "Sister Huang, what are you talking about, and you are talking bad about me."

Shui Yiyi took a few steps forward, supported Shui Ruoyang, looked at Shui Rong with a smile, and said, "Father, you judge me, I didn't say anything bad about fourth brother. I just heard from Sister Miao that she and fourth sister-in-law are both seeking I have been in a nunnery, so I asked them if they met Brother-in-law Feng and Fourth Brother at that time, so they were tempted."

Shui Rong smiled and said: "Yiyi, you think that everyone is like you and Zhang Jian, and if you know each other by chance, there will be fate. If your fourth sister-in-law is so easy to fall in love with, your fourth brother and I will not get married until we are 19 years old."

Seeing Shui Rongshui Yiyi's brother and sister teasing each other, Daiyu smiled and pulled Miaoyu aside to enjoy the flowers and talk.

It was already noon when a group of people came back to Daiyuan to admire the flowers.Lin Zhong and Chunsheng had already set up a table in the lobby and another table in the flower hall, waiting for everyone to come back for dinner.

Juan'er is now 11 years old. She has learned a lot of housework from her parents, and she and Chunxian brought hot water for everyone to wash their hands and faces.

Everyone sat down, Shui Ruoyang looked at the sumptuous dishes on the table, and said with a smile: "When I saw these Jiangnan dishes, I remembered the dishes I ate when I went to Jiangnan with Taizu several times. It has been more than 20 years, and time has passed. It's too fast, I'm getting old now."