Chapter 294 Moving into Piaomiao Mountain Residence
Cui Si bought crabapple flowers, and she and Yanzhi each got a string of candied haws. Finally, she bought a few bowls of sweet bean soup, even the bowls were bought together.
When she returned to the carriage, she held a crabapple branch in one hand and a candied haws in the other. She sat down and asked Yanzhi to distribute the sweet bean soup to everyone.
Yan Xingchuan also got a bowl.
"Try it. It's made with red beans and sugar. It tastes pretty good."
Because there were too many people, before entering the city, Yan Xingchuan asked Yun Kui to take a group of people into the city first to settle down, leaving only one carriage and five or six personal guards. Fearing that he would be recognized, Cui Si asked him to wait in the carriage and did not let him get off.
Yan Xingchuan took a sip from the small bowl. The soup must have been soaked in cold water, so it was a little cold and tasted sweet. The beans were cooked long enough and were very sticky. He liked it very much.
"How is it, not bad?" she asked happily.
"good."
"If you like it, ask Yanzhi to make some more and add more sugar."
Yan Xingchuan didn't like eating sweets before, but Cui Si had coaxed him before, saying that life was too bitter and eating something sweet would make him feel good. Over time, he actually started to like eating sweets.
"Okay." Seeing her so happy, Yan Xingchuan felt happy and a little confused for a moment. He had never seen her so happy in all the days he had been with her.
"So happy?"
"You have good governance here, and the people live and work in peace and contentment."
Cui Si's happiness naturally came from here.
The war has only been over for half a year, and the people can finally settle down and live a peaceful life. What a happy thing it is.
"That's true." Yan Xingchuan felt a little proud after hearing this. "Everyone is living a good life, and after the selection began, some of the discordant voices have disappeared. Ah Si, you are really amazing."
The most amazing thing is his wife, who was able to come up with the method of assessment and selection of officials. Unlike before, becoming an official depended entirely on recommendations, and ordinary people had no chance to make a name for themselves.
Now that everyone has hope, they naturally accepted the change of monarch quickly and sincerely defended Northern Yan.
"It's just repeating what others have said." Cui Si did not dare to take credit for it. This was the achievement of several dynasties. It gave ordinary people a way out and also alleviated the situation of the aristocratic families in power as much as possible.
Cui Si took a bite of the candied haws. The outside was sweet, but the inside was so sour that it made her teeth fall out.
She frowned and her mood suddenly became depressed again.
The imperial examination is like a hawthorn wrapped in sugar, with only a thin layer being sweet. Not many people can eat it, and many people work hard for their entire lives, only to be able to eat the sour and bitter hawthorn.
But she thought about it carefully and felt that it was good enough that some people could eat candy and some people could eat hawthorn. It was better than having nothing and no hope at all.
Thinking of this, her slightly frowned brows relaxed again.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing." Cui Si shook her head. "Let's go. I'm a little tired."
"Okay." Yan Xingchuan asked the driver to drive to the villa where he lived. Just over half an hour later, they arrived at their residence.
He got out of the carriage and offered her his hand to help her down.
"I lived in Piaomiao City for a while before, but it was too noisy to live in the provincial government office. The military advisor saw that there were some vacant houses in the city, so he ordered them to be cleaned up and given to me to stay in temporarily."
"I've already had the main courtyard cleaned up. If you see anything that needs to be changed, I'll have it done right away."
What kind of person is the King of Northern Yan? In Northern Yan, he is the pinnacle of power. No matter where he goes, someone will always arrange the best accommodation for him. Of course, there will also be many beauties for him to choose from. As long as he is willing, it is no problem to marry seven or eight of them.
Cui Si looked up at the name of the villa in front of her, called 'Piao Miao Shan Ju', and shook her head: "No need, I will only stay for two days. When I have rested enough, I will go to find my third and fifth brothers."
"Then I'll go with you. It's just right. I also need to see how they are doing in building the border defense."
"If you have nothing to do, then come together."
Cui Si walked into the courtyard, entered the door, turned around the screen wall, and there was a spacious garden in front of her. She had to walk along a wide road before she reached the second gate.
Song Lu had come earlier with the guards to clean up the courtyard. When he heard that Cui Si had arrived, he ran over here quickly.
"My lady, my lady, you are finally here!"
Cui Si despised her: "It's only been a while since we last met, why are you so excited?"
Song Lu immediately cried, "My dear, you don't know. I'm in this strange place, and you're not around. I'm scared. I'm afraid you won't want me anymore."
"Look at you, that's all you can do." Cui Si reached out and tapped her head. "If you don't want to leave, how could I possibly want to leave you?"
Song Lu sobbed, "My lady, I feel relieved now that you say that."
Somehow, Yan Xingchuan felt a little envious, envious that these two maids could stay with her forever.
"A'si, go in first." Yan Xingchuan reminded.
"Yes, stop crying and go in first. I'm really tired after running around on the road for so many days. Can you please leave me alone for a while?"
When Song Lu heard this, she stopped crying.
She wiped her tears with her hand, then helped Cui Si walk inside. "Please come in, my lady. The main courtyard originally had everything. I just cleaned it up and put away the things you are used to."
Yan Xingchuan thought she was meddling and trying to steal someone from him, so he glared at her.
Unfortunately, Song Lu didn't pay any attention at all. Even if he stared with his eyes popped out, no one paid any attention.
Soon, the group arrived at the main courtyard.
The houses in this courtyard are tall and elegant, and the courtyard is spacious with trees, flowers and plants planted in the middle. As it is spring now, when you look up, you can see a sea of colorful flowers in the courtyard, and butterflies are dancing among the flowers.
Cui Si took a look, then continued walking along the bluestone road, and soon arrived at the main house facing north and south.
The group walked up the stairs, entered the door, and arrived at the bright living room where they lived and received guests.
The hall is tall, and is furnished with tables, chairs, screens, chests of drawers, and potted plants, which are very elegant. Looking up, I can also see a painting of sleeping crabapples in spring hanging on the wall.
In March, the crabapple trees are in bloom, with clusters of flowers temporarily placed on the branches. A woman in a crabapple-red dress is drunkenly lying on a low couch under the crabapple tree. Next to her is a low table with a wine jug and wine glasses on it.
The wind blew, and a few crabapple flowers were blown down, and another one just fell into the wine glass that was half full of wine.
There is also a poem on it:
In spring, I sleep under the crabapple blossoms, in my drunken dreams, not knowing where to return.
But this courtyard and this person look so familiar...
"This is you." Yan Xingchuan suddenly spoke, looking at the painting and said, "When I was quiet earlier, I was thinking about you.
I think of the crabapple tree in the Chunhua Courtyard of Yayuan. On spring days, you would lie on the couch under the tree, drink a couple of glasses of wine, and when you were a little tipsy, you would get drunk and fall asleep beside the crabapple tree.
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