The queen mother was at the head of the hall, her posture was graceful and luxurious, Princess Changning sat at the bottom of the queen mother, and when she saw her walk in, she raised her eyes and smiled at her, and Chu Yueqing also bowed slightly.

Mrs. Ou sat in the second position on the left hand side of Princess Changning, and when the chamberlain announced that "the fifth princess has entered the palace", her eyes were slightly raised, but she did not look in the direction of Chu Yueqing, but picked up a cup of tea and gently put it to her mouth and sipped it.

Chu Yueqing walked to the center of the hall, curtsied, and said, "Erchen has seen the queen mother. He turned sideways towards Concubine Hui and said, "Concubine Hui." ”

The queen beckoned to her and said affectionately: "Qing'er will sit with Changning." ”

Chu Yueqing responded with a smile and walked to Princess Changning and sat down.

Princess Changning patted her hand and said in a low voice, "Don't be nervous. ”

Chu Yueqing raised his eyes to look at her and smiled faintly.

After she sat down, everyone in the hall did not focus on her, but continued to talk about the previous topic, "... This year's tea merchants have all entered Beijing, when is the tea party scheduled? The queen sighed lightly: "The Huangshan Maofeng that the palace got last year, there are only one or two left, I don't know which tea merchant won the tea at this year's tea party?" ”

Concubine Hui smiled beside her and said, "There is still last year's tea tanhua in my sister's palace, Wuyi rock tea, if my sister doesn't dislike it, my sister will let someone send it to my sister's palace." ”

The queen mother chuckled and said, "This palace doesn't like to take people's favor, besides, this tea party is about to start, but it can't get good tea?" ”

Concubine Hui still had a light smile on her face, and said, "What my sister said is very true. ”

"Isn't it?" At this time, a lady sitting at the head of Concubine Hui said with a hearty smile: "Imperial sister-in-law, I just arrived in Beijing yesterday, passing by Yunlaiju, I smelled the fragrance of tea lingering on the tip of my nose from afar, if it wasn't for the promise of the imperial sister-in-law in previous years, you will not make a move on any tea merchant before the tea party, I would have gone to the tea merchant to snatch their good tea back to the Dingguo Marquis' Mansion!" ”

Princess Changning suddenly smiled and said to the woman: "Auntie, according to Changning, you didn't grab it before you said that." ”

The lady opposite turned out to be Emperor Mo's own sister, the eldest princess of Roujia.

Chu Yueqing casually raised his eyes and glanced at her. She didn't have much impression of the eldest princess of Roujia, but she knew a little about her life preferences.

She is more than ten years younger than Emperor Mo, and when Emperor Mo ascended the throne, she was only seven years old, and she became the youngest eldest princess in the history of Daqi, and her status was extremely noble. At the age of fifteen, he married Xia Xigong, the son of the Marquis of Dingguo, and gave birth to a son Xia Xi the following year, when Xia Wei was three years old, the eldest princess of Roujia had another daughter, named Xia Xi. Since then, both children have been in place. Three years later, Lao Dingguo died of illness, and Xia Xigong inherited the throne, but handed over the military power in his hand the following year, and took his wife and children to travel in the mountains and rivers every year, experiencing the various states of the world.

I heard that the family of the eldest princess of Roujia has not returned to Beijing for a long time...?

So, why did the eldest princess of Roujia come back this time? Is it for the tea party she was talking about, or is there a reason for it?

There was a sudden burst of laughter in the hall, interrupting Chu Yueqing's thoughts, and the eldest princess of Roujia pointed at Princess Changning with a smile, and said: "As far as you love to reveal your aunt's shortcomings, those tea merchants are also twisted, so you have to keep those few catties of good tea and not sell it to the palace, can the palace still have less of their silver!" ”

The queen mother picked up the teacup, blew it gently, and said, "I can't let you buy it, otherwise our only fun all these years will be gone!" ”

The eldest princess of Roujia glanced at the queen mother and said, "Fun? What's the fun? ”

Princess Changning said: "The queen mother has been bored all these years, so she organized this family to gamble on tea." If you buy all the good tea, won't they lose their fun? ”

"Gambling on tea?" When the eldest princess of Roujia heard this, she became interested and said, "What kind of gambling method?" ”

Changning said: "In fact, it is very simple, that is, everyone gets together every year, and everyone bets on it to see which tea can win this year's first tea?" Whoever presses it right, the queen mother will give half of the tea that was elected as the first tea this year to the right person. ”

"Tea!?" When the eldest princess Roujia heard this, her eyes instantly lit up, and she said happily: "Then I will also participate!" ”

The queen smiled when she heard this, and said: "Roujia, the winner appreciates the tea, but the loser is also punished." What chips do you have to bet on this palace? ”

The eldest princess of Roujia thought for a while, then took out a hairpin from her hair and said, "I only brought this hairpin today, but there is a whole set of heads and noodles in the house, and when I return to the house, I will send it to the imperial sister-in-law!" ”

The sapphire on the hairpin shines. The natural edges and corners on it emit a dazzling light from time to time, and the discerning person knows that it is worth a lot at a glance.

The queen mother was silent for a moment, and said: "Roujia, you have to think about it, if you lose, your hairpin will be the winner?" ”

The eldest princess of Roujia smiled and said, "It's just a tricky face, and the imperial sister-in-law is still afraid that I can't afford to lose?" Besides, this little thing is a trivial thing compared to good tea. ”

The queen mother announced that Lu Ji came in, and said: "You take a note on paper, what tea you put on, and what you use to make notes, you must remember it clearly." ”

Lu Ji owes herself, so she took a pen and paper from the side, walked to the ladies of each family one by one, crouched on the desk, and wrote down what kind of tea each family likes.

Chu Yueqing is not proficient in the way of tea, looking at the various types of tea on the rice paper, after a little thought, he chose the same Huangshan Maofeng as Princess Changning.

Lu Ji finally walked up to the eldest princess of Roujia, and the eldest princess of Roujia glanced at it, then pointed to a certain place and said, "Just choose this." ”

Lu Ji was shocked, but she didn't dare to say much, and responded: "Yes, eldest princess." ”

After everyone wrote it, the queen mother ordered someone to bring a small box, and then put the rice paper in it: "This thing is jointly kept by the palace and Concubine Hui to ensure its fairness." Wait until the fifteenth day of next month, when the tea party is over, and let's see the results. ”

With that, the queen handed the key to the small box to Concubine Hui.

Concubine Hui took it and said, "Thank you sister for your trust." ”

After a while, a trace of tiredness appeared on the queen's face, so she waved her hand and said, "The palace is a little tired, you all disperse." Changning, you stay. ”

And they all bowed and withdrew.

Chu Yueqing also walked out, but at this moment, Princess Changning whispered in her ear: "Wait for me outside." ”

Before she could think about it, Changning had already gotten up and walked towards the queen.

Chu Yueqing came out of the hall.

Outside the hall, Moori was waiting for her with Mrs. Ou.

"Auntie, why did the queen summon you to the palace today?" At this time, everyone had dispersed, only the eldest princess of Roujia remained in the palace, and Concubine Hui also stopped the third princess and asked her to go with her.

Mrs. Ou said: "I don't know what the queen means, I stayed and waited for you to talk about Moori." ”

Chu Yue was clear and said, "When does my aunt want to pick up Moori?" ”

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The first update~ (to be continued.) )