Chapter 436 I can make her play around with me with just a little bit of effort
Shen Lingyi said: “This tea is a little hot, I will try the county master’s craftsmanship later.”
Qiao Yihuan smiled and said, "That's fine, but I really like drinking hot tea. I always feel that the tea flavor is stronger."
Shen Lingyi smiled and complimented: "What the county lady said makes sense. Everyone has their own way of drinking. The best one is the one that suits them!"
Qiao Yihuan said nothing more and picked up the teacup under Shen Lingyi's expectant gaze.
Just when he was about to take a sip, he suddenly stopped. Qiao Yihuan lowered his eyes and looked at the steaming tea in the cup. Suddenly, he felt that something was wrong and became suspicious.
Just now, Shen Lingyi looked at herself expectantly, expecting herself to drink it.
She was the one who took the initiative to bring up the tea, and asked the maid to get it without waiting for me to say anything, leaving me no chance to refuse.
She has been badly harmed by Qiao Wanyan during this period, so she has to be careful to avoid being harmed unknowingly.
Thinking of this, Qiao Yihuan put down the teacup and said with a smile: "But sometimes you should try new things. For example, I am waiting for the tea to cool down and try the taste of the herbal tea."
Shen Lingyi remained calm. Qiao Yihuan carefully checked every subtle expression on her face, but did not find any panic or frustration on her part.
Shen Lingyi nodded, "What the county lady said makes sense. By the way, county lady, when is your birthday? If it hasn't happened yet, I've been chatting with the county lady and I want to prepare a thoughtful gift for you."
Qiao Yihuan pursed her lips and smiled: "My birthday is on the 18th of this month, but I haven't celebrated it yet. But I haven't celebrated my birthday in a big way since I was a child, unlike my sister who always invites ladies in Beijing to a banquet for her birthday every year, and it's extremely grand and extravagant."
Shen Lingyi thought: You are a concubine's daughter, and you want to make a big fuss about it? I'll punish your uncle! You don't deserve it!
Shen Lingyi said: "Why is this the case? After all, you are also a lady of the Qiao family. How could Mrs. Qiao ignore you so much?"
Qiao Yihuan shook her head and smiled bitterly: "I'm used to it so I don't feel wronged anymore. After all, I'm not as good as my sister in terms of being a legitimate daughter. It's reasonable for mother not to value me."
In her entire life, she had met Jin very few times.
I have always lived in the courtyard of Mingxiang Pavilion, and even during the holidays my father would not let me go over to eat with them.
Jin was a business woman and seemed to have a good idea about business. She was still busy with business matters after getting married.
Merchants are considered the lowest class of people, but my father never stopped me and allowed Jin to expand her business.
In her memory, she occasionally saw Jin walking hurriedly past with a radiant look on her face.
Compared with Jin, my wife is so dim that she is almost invisible.
That is the confidence and courage that only those who are loved have.
She doesn't treat herself harshly like other mistresses because she doesn't care about herself at all.
My father deliberately kept me away from Jin and did not come in front of her...
An eyesore.
People are always unsatisfied. She was already much better off than the daughters of ordinary families. She had no worries about food and drink and a good monthly salary. But when she saw her younger sister, who was also a daughter of the Qiao family, leading a disgusting life, the resentment in her heart accumulated over time and turned into resentment.
"Now that you are the county lady, I think the Qiao family will not refuse to hold a birthday party for you just for the sake of face, right?"
Qiao Yihuan: "Who knows? But I don't really care. I've gotten used to it over the years."
No? Why not?
I am no longer the concubine's daughter with little influence. How could a cautious man like my father leave any handle for people to ridicule him secretly?
She would wait patiently for the Qiao family to prepare her birthday party in a lively manner, so that everyone in the capital would know that she was different from before.
In future banquets, those ladies would only surround her and give her hypocritical compliments instead of surrounding her, Qiao Wanyan!
The two chatted for a while, and the tea gradually got cold.
Shen Lingyi would glance at the tea from time to time, and when she saw that the tea was no longer steaming, she felt a little excited.
"County Lady, the tea is cold. Would you like to try the tea I brought? If you like it, I will give you some more when you return to Beijing in the future."
Qiao Yihuan became even more suspicious. With such a strong purpose, there must be something added!
Before he could finish the words "I'm not very thirsty now, I'll drink later", he saw Shen Lingyi pick up the teacup and take a sip calmly.
Qiao Yihuan was a little surprised. She guessed that her excuse of not liking herbal tea was a lie. The real situation was that something was added to the tea and she didn't dare to drink it. But she didn't expect that she would drink it just like that?
He drank half a cup of tea in one sip, without any pretense.
Shen Lingyi raised her eyebrows, "This pre-rain Longjing is really good. Brother is thoughtful and specially found such a delicious tea for me. Hey? Why doesn't the county lady drink it?"
Qiao Yihuan heaved a sigh of relief, as she had scared herself.
This girl from the Shen family looks innocent and has no grudges against me, so why would she harm me for no reason?
He approaches me, but it's just because he sees that I'm the county lord now and wants to curry favor with me.
After talking for a while, he was really thirsty now. He drank half a cup of tea in one gulp.
Shen Lingyi asked, “How?”
"It is refreshing and smooth, with a sweet aftertaste lingering in the throat. It is really a good tea."
Shen Lingyi smiled and said, "It's good that the county lady likes it. I will come to you tomorrow morning to have breakfast together. I will bring some for you then."
"Thank you very much."
"Why are you being polite? It's getting late. I'll go back first. The county lady should also go to bed early."
Qiao Yihuan did not stand up to see them off as she did in the past. She just nodded slightly and asked Xiaoying to see them off.
After everyone left, Qiao Yihuan picked up the teacup again and drank the remaining tea.
It is indeed a good tea.
When Shen Lingyi returned to the Zen room, her fingertips were trembling with excitement.
Chu Lu said: "Miss, you are smart. You took the antidote before going to the county lady. Otherwise, the county lady would still be a little skeptical and dare not drink it!"
Shen Lingyi sneered, "She's just a concubine who has never seen the world. I can kill her with a little bit of thinking."
Chu Lu was relieved. "Young lady is great! The medicine is very powerful. The county lady, a girl, will definitely not be able to bear it. No matter who she finds, we can make a big deal out of it. Then the young marquis will definitely not like her anymore."
Speaking of this, Shen Lingyi felt even happier.
Turn off the lights so that you can pay attention to what's going on over there.
I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well tonight. But this kind of restless sleep makes Shen Lingyi a little fascinated.
It's a sense of accomplishment that comes from calculating someone's success.
The Guo Temple was very quiet at night, with the sounds of frogs and birds croaking from time to time.
The temple, which should have gradually fallen into sleep, suddenly appeared with a brilliant fire.
There was a fire in a meditation room in Huasheng Temple.
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