Chen Wu said: "But no, this rain flower tea is said to be the Jin Yuan Emperor, there is an old woman, every morning carrying a pot of tea along the street to sell, the people are rushing to buy her "rain flower tea" soup to drink, the strange thing is that this old woman from early in the morning to the evening, the pot of tea soup is not reduced. The old woman gave all the money from the sale of tea to the poor and lonely, and the poor people were grateful to her. The officials at the time knew the news and sent someone to arrest the old woman and put her in prison. Early the next morning, the old woman was gone. Later, the area around Yuhuatai began to be full of lush green tea plantations. The color, fragrance, taste, and shape of Yuhua tea are good, her appearance is round green, the cord is tight and straight, the peak seedlings are quite beautiful, with white hair, like pine needles, the aroma of the tea soup brewed is rich and elegant, the taste is fresh and mellow, the soup color is green and clear, and the bottom of the leaves is tender and bright. It was a surprise for a while.

Since then, Yuhua tea has become a well-known tea in the world, and it has no price for a while. Speaking of this, Chen Wu paused for a moment and replied: "Don't hide it from Your Highness, these old slaves are in this palace, trusted by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and they have some silver taels, but they still can't buy this Yuhua tea." ”

Yang Zheng was secretly taken aback, if he said that ordinary people couldn't afford this tea, he would believe it, firstly, the people had no silver, and secondly, this Yuhua tea was made with kung fu to make it rich and elegant, the taste was fresh and mellow, the soup was green and clear, the bottom of the leaves was tender and bright, and ordinary people didn't have that kung fu, let alone those utensils? But Chen Wu is the eunuch next to Zhu Zhanji, in charge of the imperial eunuch, and he is in a high position, so he can't help but drink this tea soup, which can't help but make him curious? “

Chen Wu seemed to see his thoughts, and smiled and said: "It's not that you can't buy it at all, it's just that this tea is a tribute tea, Nanjing is not big, and it is not small, but there are only hundreds of acres of land for planting this kind of tea trees, and the annual tea is only a hundred catties. “

Yang Zheng then understood why this tea is so difficult to do, the quantity is not much, but there are many people who drink tea in the world, not to mention the royal relatives in the capital, it is the big and small officials of the Nanjing Mansion, which one doesn't want to drink a sip of this high-quality tribute, and the price of Yuhua tea is getting higher and higher? “

"Although the prince is very good at Yuhua tea, he knows that this Yuhua tea is not easy to come by, and he rarely drinks it on weekdays, but when the officials of the six ministries come, he will always have a cup with the officials of the six ministries, and the civil and military officials of the six ministries know it, so the old slave, let His Highness taste it first and try the taste today-?" Chen Wu said cautiously.

Yang Zheng was not thirsty, but what he said was so good, as if it was difficult to find in the world, his heart couldn't help but give birth to a taste of the thoughts, seeing that Chen Wu passed the tea soup through the water a few times, after handing over the second good tea, he copied it by the way, uncovered the lid, just glanced at it, and saw that the tea soup was green, clear, and the aroma was quiet, and the few tea buds floating in the cup stood upright, floating up and down, like jade, so he nodded secretly: "Under the fame, it is really true?" “

Yang Zheng approached the teacup and gently blew it twice, and immediately a faint fragrance went straight into his nose, as if it could refresh his heart and spleen, making people feel refreshed.

Looking good and smelling fragrant, he couldn't wait to take a sip, and said in his heart: "If I hadn't made this copycat version of the prince, where could I drink such an expensive tea soup?" “

I took a small sip with my mouth and swallowed it slowly, refreshing my heart, leaving a fragrance on my teeth and cheeks, mellow taste, sweet aftertaste, and couldn't help but say loudly: "Good tea, good tea?" Since I was a child, it was the first time I drank such a delicious tea soup? It seems that this fake prince is not bad? “

Chen Wu saw his actions of drinking tea, the techniques were extremely in place, but he was also satisfied, pointed a few times, and said: "When the officials of the six departments of this tea soup come, the prince will make a cup for no one, and when His Royal Highness drinks tea, his movements are slow and calm, you have seven points of charm now, and those officials can't detect anything wrong?" ”

Yang Zheng didn't expect that he already had seven points of charm in this level, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy.

"Father-in-law, what should I learn next?" Yang Zheng drank the tea soup in the cup and asked softly.

Chen Wu followed Zhu Zhanji's daily living habits, speech and demeanor, so that Yang Zheng was familiar, seeing that it was past the afternoon, it was the time for Zhu Zhanji to eat every day, nodded at Yang Zheng and said, "Your Highness, please pass the meal?" ”

"Isn't that a meal? Is this lunch or dinner? Yang Zheng looked outside the hall, the sun was already in the west, it was ten minutes of dusk, it could not be regarded as afternoon, nor evening, this was the first time he had eaten, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Your Highness, please pass on the meal?" Seeing that he was stunned, Chen Wu raised his voice slightly.

Yang Zheng immediately came back to his senses, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Damn, do you care if he eats lunch and dinner?" “

"Passing the meal, huh?"

Chen Wu immediately turned around and shouted outside the hall: "Your Highness is passing on food? "The voice is long and long.

"Passing the meal—?" After a while, one after another outside the hall was passed down.

"Your Highness - please move to the Zhonghe Temple!" Chen Wu said respectfully.

Although Yang Zheng had been to the Zhonghe Palace, looking at the expression on Chen Wu's face, he also knew where it was, so he nodded and said, "You lead the way in front, right?" ”

Chen Wu answered and walked out first.

The two entered the Zhonghe Hall one after the other, taking advantage of the free time on the road, Yang Zheng asked a little about the etiquette of the prince's meal, and then he knew that the prince, as the prince of the country, did not eat three meals a day, but two meals, that is, breakfast and dinner, the prince ate with the Son of Heaven when he ate, and he was the only one himself, and ate alone in front of the special table, which was called "eating alone" by the people. Of course, he is not completely alone, and there will be eunuchs waiting beside him-serving eunuchs. Because there are so many dishes, the table is full, and the dishes in the distance cannot be reached during the meal. But don't worry, when the prince eats, he doesn't have to pick up the dishes himself, the eunuch will deliver them to his mouth.

In addition to these eunuchs, there will also be people standing not far away who listen to the reward, such as favored ministers and eunuchs. When the prince doesn't want to eat, or is happy for a while, more often than not, he can't finish eating, so he will give the food to him. Those who are rewarded can only eat at a separate table standing up. Because it was rewarded by the emperor or the crown prince, even if you were not hungry and didn't want to eat, you had to eat it, and it had to say "it tasted great."

In the early days, the emperor would have a band to entertain when he ate, but in the Hongwu Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like these, and the entire Ming Dynasty never used them.

Yang Zheng couldn't help but be a little nervous when he ate the prince's meal for the first time, and after he entered the palace, the eunuch who had been standing outside the hall opened his voice and shouted: "Pass the meal-?" The voice was sharp and long, stopping in his ears, extremely harsh, grandpa, just having a meal, no need to be so exaggerated.

Just when he felt a big headache, he only heard a sound of footsteps, looked up, and saw all the eunuchs walking in neatly, these eunuchs lined up with red lacquer boxes in their hands, and quickly brought all kinds of dishes, meals, soups, etc. to the table, and placed them in accordance with the prescribed positions, and the irrelevant personnel retreated one by one, leaving only the eunuchs who served the meal.

When Yang Zheng was looking at it in surprise, he suddenly heard Chen Wu on the side say in a low voice: "Please take a seat?" ”

Under the guidance of Chen Wu, Yang Zheng walked into the dining table and sat down, ready to eat, four eunuchs stood behind him, Yang Zheng glanced at it with some concern, and said: "I don't need you today, there is Gonggong Chen, right?" ”

Chen Wu knew what he was thinking, and waved his hand to the four eunuchs, and the four of them bowed and retreated.

Chen Wu stood behind Yang Zheng instead of the four eunuchs, and an older eunuch gave the prince a dish after glancing at Yang Zheng. The dining table is generally composed of three tables in the north-south direction, and the middle table is for the emperor or prince to eat, mainly placing a few seasonal fresh vegetables and fruits. There are also a few cases next to the dining table for the emperor and the prince to reward, the emperor and the prince think which dish is particularly delicious, say "reward", the dish will be put on several tables, and later put into a food box with boiling water and warmed, and sent to the rewarded official's palace or concubine's palace. These procedures, when Chen Wu came just now, the two of them deliberately walked slower than usual, and he knew almost half of it, so he was not as surprised as he was at this qiē in front of him.

When the dishes were arranged, the old eunuch took out from his waist a silver sign, half an inch wide and three inches long, which shone in the light and was very dazzling.

The eunuch put the silver brand into each dish, and when he saw that the color had not changed, he put his mind at ease, there were many dishes on the table, and the eunuch was busy for a while, and there were beads of sweat overflowing on his forehead, in order to avoid the sweat on his head, his breath fell into the dish, and the eunuch moved very slowly and carefully.

After two cups of tea, the eunuch had finished trying all the dishes, and when he saw that the silver sign had not changed color, he stepped aside and breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, another eunuch came up, carefully picked up a pair of silver chopsticks from the table, and tasted each dish, which was called "tasting". After verifying that it was correct, he nodded at Yang Zheng.

"Damn, as a prince, you have to eat like this before others can eat it? This way of eating is a loss that everyone in their previous lives was very envious? Yang Zheng was very disdainful, and then he stretched his neck and took a look.

There are a lot of large and small plates on the table, which are subdivided into eight main dishes, four side dishes, plus hot pot, porridge, soup, etc., adding up to about 20 items. Since the emperor's family meals are strictly in accordance with the ancestral family law, I am afraid that there is no interest in eating, but it is just a pomp and program.

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