2, father and daughter

Cheng Yuanjia asked her maid Zhener to take a set of exquisite purple sand tea set from the room where she lived, and scooped out a spoonful of dark green tea leaves from a small white jade hollow porcelain bottle with plum blossoms, and carefully brewed it.

Cheng Yuhang looked at his daughter's elegant and soothing movements, and his heart was quiet. Since his wife's death, this daughter has been the only link between the Cheng family and the royal family. No matter how busy he is, he has to take time to accompany his daughter, so that she can feel his love for her as a father. This is not just for My daughter, and even more for herself. Her daughter is destined to have an extraordinary status in the future. Even if she can't become a queen and princess, she can become a first-class life. With her aunt, the empress dowager and her father-in-law, Prince Qian, she can't do it even if she wants to marry someone with a lower status.

After a while, a cup of fragrant tea was put in front of Cheng Yuhang.

"This tea is made of red jade tea produced in southern Fujian, which produces only three catties a year. It was specially sent to me by my grandfather last year. The water is taken from the mountain spring of Tianqing Mountain in Junzhou, which we passed yesterday. Father, drink it and see if it tastes good.

Cheng Yuhang smelled the fragrance of tea and nodded and said, "Good tea, smell its taste first, thick but not greasy, and then look at the brown color, clear and elegant, it can be seen that it is definitely a good tea." He took a sip and praised again, "The entrance is clear, the fragrance is full of the mouth, and it's good tea."

Cheng Yuanjia also poured a cup for herself. She took a bite of the sketch and nodded slightly and said, "It's barely enough. Tea is a good tea, but the water is a little bad. Unfortunately, I can't bring good water to make tea on the way. I can only make do with this kind of water."

Cheng Yuhang shook his head and smiled bitterly. His daughter is extremely picky about everything and strives for a perfect personality, which is almost the same as his wife.

In fact, this is not intentional by Cheng Yuanjia. As a trueist, she is a perfectionist, otherwise she will not make the magic weapon into a simple and gorgeous ring, which has not changed even after reincarnation.

When the father and daughter were sitting in the cabin drinking tea with a smile, another teenager came in from the outside. This teenager's appearance is not outstanding. At best, he can see it. However, it seems that there are always people who are not aware of themselves. With this ordinary appearance, he has to pretend to be romantic. On the cool boat, he still shakes the folding fan coquettishly.

"Father, sister, you will enjoy it. You can smell your tea from afar. Why don't you call me?" The visitor shook his head and tried to show a tasteful image.

"It's a waste to give you a drink. What else can you taste besides drinking water soaked in tea?" Cheng Yuanjia scorned him mercilessly and said, "This tea is a rare thing that is hard to buy, and I don't want to waste it on people with no taste like you."

Cheng Yuhang looked at the visitor and said, "Yuan Jue, I didn't ask you to go to the shore, say hello to the local officials, and arrange the inn for the night. When did you return to the ship?"

The visitor is Cheng Yuanjue, the eldest son of Cheng Yuhang. When he saw his father's question, he quickly replied respectfully, "I just returned to the ship. This place is under the jurisdiction of Tangzhou. According to today's wind speed, we can reach Tonglin County, which is at the junction of Tangzhou and Jingji in the evening, so I asked the local county magistrate to arrange a fast horse and go to Tonglin County to arrange an inn first. . "

"Hmm." Cheng Yuhang nodded and said, "In this way, you can arrive in the capital before dark tomorrow. I haven't been to the capital for more than three years. I don't know if anything has changed.

"Father." Cheng Yuanjia said on the side, "After arriving at the capital, I want to live directly in Qianwang Mansion. The yard where my mother lived before she left the cabinet has been kept for me. That yard is extremely elegant, and I like it very much."

"Okay." Cheng Yuhang did not refuse and said, "The house is always your home. When you are homesick, remember to come back. After settling down, I will pick you up into the palace and send hello to the empress dowager.

Cheng Yuanyu is on the side, and her face is gloomy and uncertain. Although he is the eldest son and his father is clearly paving the way for him, no matter how hard he tries, Cheng Yuanjia, the direct sister, will always be on his head. It was like entering the palace to meet the empress dowager. His father also had this idea, but was rejected by the empress dowager. The reason was that his mother was a maid who sold herself to the Cheng family. Later, because she gave birth to a son, she could be accepted as a concubine. This kind of concubine was not qualified to enter the palace. As for Prince Qian, the two of them love their granddaughter so much that they have nothing to say. As for his granddaughter's half-brother, he has nothing to do with them. Even if they kneel in front of them, they don't bother to look up. What's more embarrassing to him is that although his father is in a high position, because he has no relationship with the title, he does not expect to get the title by his father. Unless he can take the scientific examination and get tickets to the officialdom, even if his father tries to help him unblock the relationship, he can only be a rich businessman who has something to do with the court. Many times, he once fantasized that he was the princess's son. Such an identity, after stepping into the officialdom, can at least reach more than four grades, as well as the privileges of imperial relatives. Unfortunately, these benefits can only be thought of in dreams, and reality is always cruel.

The different identities doomed them to enjoy unequal treatment, so Cheng Yuan Jue has been very jealous of this sister since she was a child. She always provoked her intentionally or unintentionally, in exchange for she always sneered at him with a high tone.

It's like now that she can sit opposite her father and talk to her father, and he can only reply respectfully and dare not be far away from him. Otherwise, if he loses favor in front of his father, he will be completely finished.

Cheng Yuanjia cleaned up all the tea sets on the table, asked the maid Zhener to put it back in her cabin, and asked Zhener to get a warm jade carved clean bottle.

"Father, I think it's a little inconvenient for you to move these days. Is it because the water vapor on the ship is too big that you have rheumatism again?" Cheng Yuanjia handed the small bottle in his hand to his father and said, "This is the potion I have prepared for you. Even if it can't be cured, it can temporarily relieve the pain. Father, you can try it."

"Good daughter." Cheng Yuhang was very moved. Not many people knew about his old rheumatism, and he never mentioned it in front of his daughter. I really felt a little heavy rheumatism on the boat these days. I didn't expect my daughter to be so careful and adjust the medicine for herself.

"The eldest sister is not a doctor. Is it really okay to drink the potion configured like this?" Cheng Yuanyu said suspiciously on the side.

"I believe in Yuanjia's ability." Cheng Yuhang did not doubt it at all and said, "Last year, she gave me some medicinal soup to treat stomach cold. After drinking it, I never got sick again, so I absolutely believe in Yuanjia's medical skills."

Cheng Yuanjue flattened her mouth and didn't believe that this 12-year-old girl really had any medical skills.

Cheng Yuanjia didn't care what this annoying concubine thought, but he retreated to his father and returned to his cabin.

The appearance of the official ship is quite large. In fact, the internal space is not very spacious. Except for the two cabins, there are only two large and three small rooms that can accommodate people. The largest room was occupied by Cheng Yuanjia, and Cheng Yuanjue could only live in a small room with another accompanying official of the Cheng family. When he arrived at the inn on the shore every night, Cheng Yuhang insisted on giving his daughter the best room to live in. Even because his daughter liked to be quiet, Zeng Qiang ordered all the residents around the inn to spend the night elsewhere, and the Cheng family spent the cost of staying in the inn. This kind of doting made Cheng Yuanyu jealous and crazy, but there was nothing he could do. As long as she was by his father's side, no matter how hard he tried, he could not get his father's attention.

Time flowed with the water of the canal in Cheng Yuanjue's jealousy and Cheng Yuanjia's indifference. The next evening, the official ship successfully docked in the capital.