184 Slap in the face
The essence of the tea competition in Bianjing is also tea fighting, which is different from Suzhou tea fighting, where the contestants do not compete at the same time, but in accordance with the order of registration, and everyone will have a tea taster to make a corresponding evaluation after ordering tea.
She promised to sign up before the competition, so she was the last one, and she probably counted the time, so that she could wait for her to order tea at noon.
Hearing Xu Xu's sarcasm, Xu Qian turned her head and glared angrily: "You, Xu Liuniang, you will have a good look in the future!"
For Zhang Xian, Xu Qian really hated him to the core.
If it weren't for him, her father and grandmother wouldn't have married her so quickly, and she would have had the opportunity to come to Bianjing half a year earlier and meet Ding Mo.
The day before she arrived in Bianjing, she heard that Ding Mo had become a first-class jinshi, and she was both happy and sad in her heart.
The joy is that she is not wrong, and the sadness is that the distance between the two is getting farther and farther.
Xu Yu smiled, ignored Xu Qian's threat, and said word by word: "I will accompany you to the end, but today I hope that the fourth sister will pay attention to the reputation of the Xu family, don't mess up." ”
Xu Qian's face turned dark when she heard this.
In the past six months, she has a grudge in her heart, and there is no progress in the tea ceremony at all, but there is a tendency to regress because of her poor mood.
Now that I come to participate in the tea fight, I actually have no bottom in my heart.
The tea people stepped forward one by one, sat down on the table after giving the salute, held their breath, and began to order tea with their best tea utensils and this year's new tea.
Sweat dripped from the foreheads of everyone who ordered the tea, and they sat respectfully waiting for the evaluation of the tea taster.
The spring breeze is blowing slowly. But it can't cover the restlessness in people's hearts.
Although everyone knows that this tea man competition is a competition for the noble lady Lang Jun to enhance his reputation, there are also ordinary people who come to the competition with a glimmer of hope.
If you can compete in the tea people and get a good ranking. In the future, they will definitely be invited by dignitaries and nobles as guests, and they will no longer have to live the poor life they have now.
If you make a mistake when ordering tea or if you are too low in the ranking, it will be even more embarrassing in the days ahead.
It's a matter of success or failure.
This year, the three Jinshi Yijia were all invited by the eldest princess of Sui to be tea tasers, and the three of them sat together, each wearing a brocade robe, wearing a jade crown, and holding their heads high. It was not a scenery that attracted the attention of many people present.
Of course, it also includes Xu Qian's gaze.
After Xu Qian sat down, her eyes drifted to Ding Mo's side from time to time. Although she didn't keep staring at Ding Mo, she promised to know that there was only Ding Mo in her eyes.
Seeing Xu Qian's appearance, Xu Promise couldn't help sneering in his heart.
Today's Ding Mo. Xu Qian is afraid that she will not even have the opportunity to pay her respects.
The end of the day. A lady in navy blue sleeves read out Xu Qian's name.
Hearing this, Xu Qian raised her head, first smiled slightly, then stood up with her sleeves brushed up, and walked towards the big bill.
When she walked over, two servants brought her tea set, and she thanked her, and then gave a gift to the tea taster. Finally, he sat down on the mat and slowly rolled up his sleeves. Start cleaning the tea set.
Xu Qian's every move reveals the grace that everyone should have, and there is no mistake in etiquette, and her appearance is extremely good, and several tea drinkers have a good impression of her.
Only Lu Shi had a faint sadness on his face.
The daughter she has loved for 14 years has not seen her for half a year, but it has changed a lot.
There is a touch of enchantment in every move, and there is no original elegance and beauty at all.
Lu Shi looked at Xu Qian motionlessly, and Xu Qian also raised his eyes and glanced in the direction of Lu Shi, and his gaze met.
Xu Qian quickly retracted her gaze and lowered her eyes.
Mother, why are you all disappointed in your eyes, don't you think your daughter has grown better in the past six months?
Xu Qian's appearance has opened up a little more in the past six months with Aunt Du, and only the word "delicate" is left between her movements and demeanor.
Xu Qian made a peach blossom tea play, and the picture on the tea soup was extremely exquisite.
Today, many tea people who participated in the competition took peach blossoms to make tea operas, but no one made such a delicate pattern as Xu Qian.
Therefore, when she put down the tea set, she was praised by sharp-eyed people.
Xu Qian couldn't help but show a smug look behind her when she heard this, and glanced back at Xu Yue, with provocation and contempt in her eyes.
She has always been the excellent one, and she promised to learn the tea ceremony for more than a year, so how could she beat her??
However, when the maidservant girl was about to give her tea to the tea taster with the tray, the peach blossoms on the tea soup suddenly burst, and the original delicate pattern slowly dissipated as the tea soup foam decreased.
The tea drama disappeared in an instant, and this scene made many people frown, and the maid who took the tray was even more puzzled.
This kind of tea ordering skill is really unbearable to look at.
Xu Qian's expression froze, and her fists were slowly clenched, but because the sleeves were rolled up, she could only let go again.
Wandering gaze......
The corners of her mouth twitched twice after half a ring, and when she looked at the eyes of those people, she forced herself to smile and separate the tea from the big teacup for the tea taster to taste.
At the same time, he said: "Er was impressed by the beauty of the peach blossoms in the house, and he got carried away for a while and ordered the tea opera of the peach blossoms.
As soon as her voice fell, there was a lot of buzzing in the courtyard.
The people who participated in the competition naturally didn't want Xu Qian to do it again, but the final decision rested with the eldest princess of Sui.
The eldest princess of the Sui Kingdom did not answer immediately, but picked up the tea that Xu Qian had just ordered, sniffed the aroma and took a sip, and then put down the teacup with a shallow smile on her face.
Xu Qian saw the eldest princess of Sui looking at her with a smile, and the whole person was a lot more relaxed, and the eldest princess was willing to give her a chance!
What a blessing, so lucky!
I heard that this eldest princess was not easy to contact, but I didn't expect her to fall into the eyes of the eldest princess.
If she can get the blue eyes of the eldest princess, then she doesn't need the backer of the county lord of Jiaren.
Time came and went, and she finally met her nobleman.
Xu Qian was happy in her heart, but she heard the eldest princess of Sui Guo say: "Xu Liuniang, it's not just a matter of tea opera, the aroma of the tea you ordered is insufficient, and the aftertaste is lacking when drinking. ”
Xu Qian heard it like five thunders, and even directly said that the tea she ordered was not good!
So how should she stand in the future?
The tea that was originally an advantage has been denied, what should she do in a place like the capital?
Xu Qian returned to the place where she had been sitting in a daze, without the slightest blood on her face.
Promising to see her like this, he didn't make matters worse, but just raised his eyes to look at the county lord of Jiaren not far away.
The county lord of Jiaren is wearing orange sleeves today, with delicate makeup painted on his face, and a golden hairpin in his hair, but at this moment, he has a weird smile on his face, and he has goosebumps on his face. (To be continued......)