Queen's Development

Chapter 44
The wind and snow outside had stopped, and occasionally a lump of snow fell, making a "pop", breaking the silence of the night.

Lin Jia had already fallen asleep on the Babu bed, and Yuzhi also lay down on the brocade couch in front of the window.

Before going to sleep, Yuzhi suddenly remembered what Alan had just heard.

A Lan said that according to Meng Wanru's confession, the county magistrate Mr. Hu went to Xinglin Medical Center to check his pulse. Meng Wanru smelled the strange smell on Mr. Hu, so she asked for the medicine.

The more Yu Zhi thinks about it now, the more she feels that something is wrong, Mr. Hu is born like a sick beauty, how could he use such an overbearing aphrodisiac?If he really used it, would he still be able to survive until now with all his beard and tail?

Besides, it is obviously impossible for Mr. Hu to bring the aphrodisiac to seduce Meng Wanru. Since it was not for the purpose of seducing Meng Wanru, why did he bring the aphrodisiac to see Meng Wanru?

After sorting out the matter, Yuzhi only thought of one possibility - Hu Yingzhi knew that the Meng family's father and daughter had been treating the county yamen house, so he borrowed a knife to kill people, and used Meng Wanru's hands to harm Lin Jia!

Thinking of this, Yu Zhi hurriedly said: "My lord, the more I think about it, the more I am wrong. I always feel that Mr. Hu is deliberately harming you. You should be more careful in the future!"

Lin Jia lay curled up sideways under the blanket.

His body is too weak, although the house is warm with earth dragons, but he still feels the coldness emanating from the inside out, even if the bed is warm, it can't relieve it.

Hearing Hollyhock's voice, he said "hm", afraid that Yuzhi might not have heard it, he answered again: "I will be careful."

Hearing Lin Jia's voice, Yuzhi felt weak, knowing that his body was weak and difficult to endure in winter, she couldn't help but sighed quietly, and planned to continue looking for ways to make Lin Jia healthy.

The next morning, Lin Jia was dealing with business in the study when Dr. Meng came.

As soon as he entered the study, Dr. Meng knelt down, kowtowed to Lin Jia a few times and said, "The little girl is stubborn, she has done the heinous thing! The adults are kind and forgive the little girl, the villain is very grateful!"

He also said: "The villain has already planned to recruit his apprentice Qin Haiming as his son-in-law, and the wedding date is set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!"

The daughter did make a mistake this time, and no matter what she said, she had to take responsibility for her mistakes, so Dr. Meng made the decision and recruited his apprentice Qin Haiming.

Qin Haiming is tough and honest, so he should be able to control Wanru.

Although Lin Jia hated Meng Wanru, she admired Dr. Meng, who had excellent medical skills, and said with a warm smile, "If you have a happy event, please be sure to post it to Lin."

He said a few words of comfort, and personally sent Dr. Meng out.

After Doctor Meng left, Lin Jia told A Lan: "Prepare a generous gift and send it to Doctor Meng, congratulations on Miss Meng's wedding."

A Lan agreed and went to make arrangements.

Lin Jia felt a little stuffy in her chest, so she walked to the inner room of the study behind the screen, pulled out the latch of the back door, opened the door and looked out.

Outside the inner room is a small courtyard, where a wintersweet is planted, and the wintersweet is blooming, and the cold fragrance is wafting faintly with the cold air.

Smelling the cool fragrance, Lin Jia's chest felt better, but her body felt cold.

He put his arms around his chest, and thought: Yu Zhi likes wax plum fragrance, she should like this place, next time I will bring her to have a look.

She loves reading so much, she can read here too.

After thinking for a while, Lin Jia closed the back door, walked around the screen, sat in front of the desk and started drawing.

He wanted to design an aisle so that Yuzhi could come over from the aisle and come to study in this small study after leaving the gate of the inner courtyard.

As soon as Lin Jia finished drawing the drawings, Yang Xin, the new Confucian teacher, came. It turned out that Yang Xin had designed the drawings for repairing the county school and used them to discuss with Lin Jia.

After unfolding Yang Xin's drawings, Lin Jia was inexplicably admired - Yang Xin was definitely buried in this small place of Zhao County!

He looked at Yang Xin with a smile, and prepared to observe again. If Yang Xin is reliable, he can take it for his own use...

Lin Jia ordered Ah Qing to invite He Lianshan and Hu Yingzhi over to discuss the repair drawings of the county school with Yang Xin.

Hu Yingzhi hurried over from the county magistrate's office, and went directly into the courtyard of the outer study on the east side of the magistrate's main hall.

The courtyard of the outer study is small and beautiful, with privets planted all over the courtyard. Although the house is a bit old, it is quite quiet.

After being notified by the servant, Hu Yingzhi entered the study and found that Lin Jia, He Lianshan and Yang Xin were already waiting for him in the study. There was a square table in the middle of the study, on which was spread out a densely drawn design drawing.

There was a sandalwood tea table on the table next to it. On the tea table was a small red clay charcoal stove and a set of porcelain tea sets. Lin Jia's servant, A Chi, was sitting behind the table, boiling water for tea.

The scent of tea lingered in the room, warm and moist, which made Hu Yingzhi feel relaxed, and he saluted with a smile: "Your Excellency, I have seen you!"

Although Lin Jia knew that Hu Yingzhi was not a good person, but admired Hu Yingzhi's ability to get along with others, and wanted to solicit him, she turned her head and said with a smile, "Master Hu, come and look at the drawings drawn by Master Yang!"

Hu Yingzhi agreed and walked over.

The four of them were a little cautious at first, but as the debate and discussion deepened, they gradually let go of their arms, studied earnestly, and tried to convince each other.

It was not until noon that the drawings were finalized.

Lin Jia said with a smile: "It's already noon, everyone don't leave, please do yourself a favor and stay for a light meal. In the afternoon, we will go to the county school to investigate together, and construction will start on the sixth day of the first lunar month!"

The three of Hu Yingzhi naturally stayed behind from Shanruliu.

Not long after, Yuzhi and Qingcha came over each carrying a food box.

When Hu Yingzhi saw Yuzhi, his peach blossom eyes flashed, and he smiled slightly.

When Yuzhi was setting the meal, she also saw Hu Yingzhi, and thought of Hu Yingzhi's handsome face, but his vicious mind, so she took another look at Hu Yingzhi.

Unexpectedly, Hu Yingzhi also raised his eyes to look at her, and their eyes met.

Hu Yingzhi never knew what it means to be shy, so he smiled slightly at that moment.

Yuzhi is not a shy person, so she looked at Hu Yingzhi's eyes in deep thought, and found that Hu Yingzhi's eyes were black and white, very clear.

Lin Jia saw it from the side, felt that Yuzhi and Hu Yingzhi seemed to be flirting with each other, felt sour in her heart, and said lightly: "You all step back, Achi and Aqing are waiting here!"

Yuzhi and Qingcha agreed and retreated together.

Seeing this, Hu Yingzhi thought to himself: It seems that Mr. Lin cares about this pretty little maid, but this little maid's thick black and beautiful eyebrows are soft and docile, and the roots of the eyebrows are not messy, very neat, clearly still looks like a virgin, and Lin At first glance, Jia looks like a cucumber egg, and I'm afraid it's also a virgin...

The lunch was prepared by Mrs. Xu and Yuzhi together. Three meat and three vegetables plus a West Lake beef soup, the taste is light and delicious, very delicious.

After everyone finished eating, Lin Jia got up with a smile, sat behind the bar table, and prepared to make tea for everyone.

The water on the red peat stove boiled, bubbling and bubbling.

Lin Jia scalded the exquisite green porcelain tea set with boiling water, then used silver tweezers to pick up some hair tips and put them into the green porcelain teapot, and then poured boiling water into the green porcelain teapot.

After smelling the fragrance of tea, Lin Jia poured out the tea in the pot and refilled it with boiling water.

Hu Yingzhi and the others watched Lin Jia making tea with a smile, and were amazed at Lin Jia's noble posture and graceful movements.

Hu Yingzhi looked at the exquisite sandalwood tea table with a smile, then at the exquisite bisque porcelain gap, and the top-quality Maojian with excellent color and fragrance. Born...

Thinking that Da Zhou's national surname is Lin, and Lin Jia's surname is also Lin, Hu Yingzhi's eyes became darker and darker.

Lin Jia held the biserite teapot and rotated it gently, and waited until the fragrance of the top-quality hair tip slowly overflowed, then picked up the teapot, carefully poured light green and clear tea liquid into the four biserite teacups, and served them one by one with a smile. To He Lianshan, Hu Yingzhi and Yang Xin: "Please taste it!"

Hu Yingzhi picked up the teacup and took a sip, reconfirming that he had never tasted such a good Maojian.

He has always been good at tea, and he is willing to spend money on tea, and he loves Maojian very much. He can basically be sure that what he drinks today is the top quality Maojian from Gongshang!
Hu Yingzhi looked at Lin Jia with a smile: "Master Lin, good tea ceremony! Good tea!"

Lin Jia wanted to attract Hu Yingzhi, so she smiled lightly and said, "My uncle is good at tea, and I built a special ice bank to keep the tea. Lin likes Maojian, so my uncle ordered someone to give it to Lin every three months. Somebody brought Maojian."

He Lianshan didn't think about it so much, picked up the teacup and drank it down, only feeling a bit bitter, but the aftertaste was sweet.

Hu Yingzhi and Yang Xin are both caring people.

Yang Xin also felt that Mr. Lin seemed to have a very strong background.

They all remembered the folk rumors, that Yongtai Emperor Lin Yuanpai loved the tea ceremony, and specially built an icehouse to store good tea from all over the country.

The royal lineage of the Great Zhou Dynasty is weak, and the Yongtai Emperor Lin Yuanpai has never had an offspring. The heir to the throne may be chosen from among the cousins. Could it be that Lin Jia is also His Majesty's cousin?

Thinking of this, Yang Xin looked at Lin Jia with bright eyes.

Hu Yingzhi looked at Lin Jia with some inquiring eyes.

Now is the time of the resurgence of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are a lot of talents in the court. Talented people can no longer stand out as easily as in troubled times. If Lin Jia is really the cousin of Emperor Yongtai, they will take refuge in Lin Jia at this time, but the last good timing...

The four of them sit facing each other drinking tea and chatting. When the chat gets to the point of intoxication, everyone replaces wine with tea and plays guessing games. The loser composes poems or sings besides drinking tea.

Lin Jia lost for a while, and said with a smile: "Let me sing Cao Cao's "Duan Ge Xing" for everyone!"

After that, he straightened his body, tapped the sandalwood tea table with his slender white hands to beat the time, and began to sing: "Singing to wine, what is life like? It's like the dew in the morning, the past is bitter..."

When she sang "Qingqing Zijin, caress my heart. But for the sake of the king, I have pondered it so far", Lin Jia's clear voice turned low.

Lin Jia's voice was a little low when she sang "The moon and stars are thin, the black magpie flies south, circles the tree three times, what branch can be relied on".

When she sang "Mountains never get too high, and seas never get too deep. The Duke of Zhou vomits his nourishment, and the world returns to his heart", Lin Jia's voice turned generous and tragic again.

Hu Yingzhi, He Lianshan, and Yang Xin heard this, and their intuition was overwhelming. Yang Xin stood up first, followed by Helian Shan, and finally Hu Yingzhi hesitated a little, stood up too, and said in unison, "We'll wait for you!" Willing to follow the adults!"

Lin Jia smiled slightly, and said: "Lin is not talented, and he is really lucky to be supported by three people. Although he can't 'I have a guest, let me play the lute', but he can also 'talk about the banquet'! Let's first How about going to explore the county school, and then go to Li Baiju to get drunk?"

The crowd applauded.

Yuzhi and Qingcha came over to get the food box, and happened to overhear the conversation between Lin Jia, He Lianshan and the others outside.

Qingcha was still a little ignorant, but Yu Zhi felt her heart surge when she heard it, and said in her heart: I was born as a woman, if I were a man, I would definitely follow the son and make some achievements!
(End of this chapter)