Chapter 16 The Book of Red Leaves

The next plan should be steamed flower dew. It has to be spread out on the outside. Princess Xueyi took the lead and walked out.

She walked in a way that seemed to be angry and fleeing.

She didn't comment on the strange topic of the Seventh Prince and Zhu Ying just now, but she avoided it directly.

The Seventh Prince and Zhu Ying glanced at each other, and they both felt strange.

When steaming the flower dew, Yunzhou had to come empty. The atmosphere between Princess Xueyi and the others was not harmonious enough. What kind of person is Yunzhou? How can you not feel it? Princess Xueyi didn't want her to know now, and was trying to find an excuse to avoid it, but a palace person suddenly lost her manners.

The people of that palace were convicted, and they had just entered the palace as slaves not long ago. Now it's really the end of the world, the rules are not so thorough, even such a palace person can serve in front of a serious master, although it is far away, but she suddenly cried loudly, fell to the ground, and attracted everyone's attention.

With her such a hit, she is in the arms of Princess Xueyi. The princess called for details. The people of the palace were frightened to death at first, and they didn't dare to say it anyway, but the first few masters were all very sensitive, and finally asked her out-

It turned out that she was Yu Qiushan's concubine. After Yu Qiushan was convicted, she was unlucky, and Mrs. Yu let her enter the palace to serve hard labor.

In fact, she was born as a daughter, because she was lovesick, she loved Yu Qiushan's heroism, and did not hesitate to stoop to follow Yu Qiushan, which was already aggrieved enough, and she was no longer willing to settle materially. Mrs. Yu asked. She lost her temper and refused to buy it, saying that she would steam it herself, so she put a set of utensils, and the material was also of the highest quality. The search for steamed flower dew is not inlaid with gold and treasures, but always pottery and bamboo. However, pottery and bamboo are also particular about the quality and inferiority. She always wants the best. It made such a fuss, ruined how many flowers in the garden, and didn't steam out any good things, and then I bought it outside. The price is her own makeup.

Such a pampered concubine. Once the family was ruined, he was just kicked into the ranks of slaves by the master's mother. Mrs. Yu didn't really sell her to the rough outside, she was already very polite. She is here, looking for steamed flower dew here. It's the same as what she had purchased. Take a closer look. It was her set, which was originally intended to be sold by Mrs. Yu first, and then dedicated to the palace.

She touched the sorrow. I don't feel crying and gaffe.

Even a chaotic person like Zhu Ying somehow sympathized with her, held her by the hand, and said to Princess Xueyi and the others: "I let her go back and be quiet?" ”

Princess Xueyi agreed.

Zhu Ying helped the golden concubine to retire temporarily. Yun Zhou looked at the bamboo tube pottery urn and smiled at Princess Xueyi: "I have heard the homemade incense in the palace for a long time, and they are all the eldest princess and the third emperor Ji Hui Lan Xin. How fortunate is the concubine, today can bow to its prosperity. ”

These crepe words, in other words, are all artificial. That is, it's okay for her to say it.

Princess Xueyi also politely said: "The princess is a false praise for this palace." The fragrance in the palace is good, all of them are blessed by the Three Emperors, and the palace is just for fun, so it's just fun. ”

Yun Zhou nodded and said: "It was originally the Third Emperor Ji Zhong Lingyuxiu, and he was personally taught by the Queen Mother, so he naturally came out of the dust." If the eldest princess is so noble and humble, it is even more important for the concubine to learn. ”

The palace people have put the steaming ou and bamboo pipes all in place.

The so-called steamed flower dew is to put all the flowers into the ou, seal and steam steadily, and steam out the sweat of the flowers. Flower sweat is discharged through the tube, and when it is cold, it condenses into dew drops, which is the essence of flowers. A big Ouzi, steam out a small cup, the flower soul is all condensed in it, the flowers in the Ou can no longer be used, and they have to be opened and replaced, the cost is both many, time-consuming and huge, so it is called rare.

This is just flower dew, and if you want to refine it and make it into the flower essence that Princess Xueyi said, it will be even more troublesome.

There were also palace people who brought over plates of ice and snow and applied them to the pipes, which also helped to condense. The bamboo pipe coil is constant for three turns, and the flower gas has come out in the ou, which is cold, and the beard is condensed into dew droplets. Trickling down, bits and pieces falling into the pottery urn.

Princess Xueyi said: "It's a pity that these bamboo pipes are sealed, if the top can be opened, I will borrow it to flow water, it will be much more interesting." ”

Yunzhou responded: "The moon is cloudy and sunny, and the world is difficult to complete. ”

The Seventh Prince wanted to say: This is not the case.

In the dream, the girl named Yunhua had other ideas.

At that time, everyone was much more lively, and even Tang Jingxuan was there-Cui Heng was comforted by Yunhua's soft words, and he was in a much better mood, and he didn't kill Tang Jingxuan-because there were many people, both men and women, and it was inconvenient to mix together, so they were divided into two courtyards. The bamboo pipe has three turns, which are coiled in two yards. The courtyard of Yunhua steamed incense, flowed to the courtyard of the Seventh Prince, and fell into the pottery pot on the Seventh Prince's side. The pottery ou followed half a circle of bamboo pipes, and flowed back to the courtyard on the other side of Yunhua, which was half open, so that people could see the dew and smell the fragrance.

The dew drops are transparent, faintly breathing, and if you want to say fragrant, they are extremely light, and ...... Why doesn't it look like a floral scent? The bamboo bones are loose, and the water is snowy. ”

The second flower came again.

This time, it came out of the second turn of the bamboo pipe, which was generally subject to condensation, fell into the second pottery urn, and reflowed to the courtyard over there. This time, the fresh air is stronger, and it is really rosin!

At the behest of the Seventh Prince, the maid who was light and healthy grabbed the autumn shelf in the courtyard, climbed straight to the tree, and kicked the wall with satin shoes with leaves and branches and pearls, and smiled to the other side and asked: "The clear stream is murmuring, is it from Songbian?" ”

The maid over there replied crisply: "Yake heard the strings and knew it, and it was really from Matsube!" ”

It turned out that Yunhua did not use flowers, but cut the pine wood, peeled it, cut it into small pieces, and then added the washed fresh pine needles to steam it together, and increased the fire and water outside the ou, and the steam blown into it was several times more than the ordinary steamed flower dew, so the bamboo pipe should be added with ice and snow to be condensed enough. In this way, the first batch of water condensed flowed back to Yunhua Courtyard, and Yunhua borrowed the fire outside the Ou to burn it again, and re-burned the steam, and the steam entered the pipe, and then condensed again, and the rosin fragrance became much stronger. If it is three times, the truffle condensed at the end, the aroma is already very strong, but because the pine itself is an elegant wood, it is so strong, it is still pure, and there is no sweetness that can not be dissolved.

At that time, Yunzhou was also there, applauding and singing: "Good, good." Replace flowers with pine, and you can see the wind bones. Steamed flowers with wisps of fine steam, slowly bulging into the ou, in order to maximize the concentration of the essence of flowers, the six sisters are the opposite, the atmosphere is surging, only for the fragrance of flowers, the petals are thin, to enjoy the fragrance of the fragrance, without corrupting the incense, so the use of gas must be slow, but the quality of pine is restrained and firm, but it is not as good as the atmosphere of steaming, the army transits, in order to force out the fragrance of the wood. In this way, there is a lot of water, the water taste is thin, and the quality is rough, so after collecting the first turn of water, it is necessary to refine it and burn the steam from this coarse water. The incense soul is lighter than the water soul, one is heated and escapes first, the first turn of coarse water has not been boiled for a long time, there is only water left in the second Ou, the incense soul is into the second turn, and then condensed, it is already much purer, and after three refining, see the essence and see the alcohol, and the time spent is more than half of the time compared to refining the flower dew. Sixth sister, this law is very good! By extension, it has been emulated by the Quartet. ”

Yun Hua said suddenly: "Hua'er just thought that in the fourth sister's book on winemaking, there is a mention of distillation, and at first glance I dared to try it here, and spread the pipeline, which is nothing more than making everyone laugh, and the fourth sister analyzed the principle so clearly for Hua'er, it is really a bit of iron into gold." ”

At this time, the two courtyards are foggy, the aroma is steaming, the first turn is still constantly out of the new steam in the pine Ou, a Ou is steamed, the pipe is connected to the second Ou, the previous Ou will be removed to change the loose material, the left and right this steam is impure, so just take it away, don't have to be as careful as waiting for the flower dew, to remove the fire and seal the tube to change the material, just afraid of running a wisp of steam, it is dozens of hundreds of flowers steamed in vain.

The steam in this pine pot is endless, the ice and snow in the condenser tube are gradually melting, the maid is constantly changing the new snow, the condensed water is bubbling back into the fire, the incense soul is steaming, and the second turn is condensed into a fragrant spring, and then to the third turn, and the finished truffle dripping is in the courtyard of the Seven Princes, and the Seven Princes can either keep it for themselves, or they can divide some of the last bamboo pipe and flow back to the Yunhua Courtyard. This design is more intimate and easy-going. And the three turns of green bamboo pipes are bubbling and bubbling, pleasing to the eye and ears, refreshing the nose and heart, and it has become an unborn scenery.

The maidservant girl at the head of the wall in the courtyard of the Seven Princes chirped like a bird and asked how she had come up with such a new method. Here, Hulu and Mingxue had already seen that their hands and feet were itchy, and they asked the master to nod, and the two of them went up to the tree to reply. There is no swing shelf here, but Mingxue climbed a good tree with a small hand, and first rubbed it up like a monkey, and even pulled and dragged it to help Hu Lu go up. Hu Lu sat firmly on the tree, face to face with the maid over there, it was convenient to speak, and took Yunzhou's words as the basis, added some minus, and reported a crispy piece of Beijing to the maid.

The maid is also a native of Beijing, generous, flexible, the report of the hulu, and the scenery of Yunhua Courtyard that she herself saw, returned to the Seventh Prince, the Seventh Prince stroked his palms and smiled: "A handful of pine wood, two places to add incense, although not face-to-face, sound and color exchanges, this time I feel that the two courtyards get along, but it is more emotional than eating and drinking in a room!" -- But I hate that there is no Momiji to pass the book. ”

So they really plucked the leaves, carved verses on them with eyebrow knives, and passed them back and forth in harmony. Zhu Ying must have seen this in her dreams?

The Seventh Prince suddenly returned to reality, Zhu Ying had settled the concubine and came back.

Raising her eyes and looking at the bamboo pipe, Zhu Ying glanced at the Seventh Prince, and raised her hand to support the hairpin on the sideburns.

The Seventh Prince knew that Zhu Ying had also dreamed of that scene.

If it's a dream, how can two people dream exactly the same? If it's not a dream, why is there such a subtle gap from reality?

Zhu Ying sat down safely beside Princess Xueyi.

In the dream, Princess Xueyi was not there. At that time, Zhu Ying had already flirted with Yunhua Mei, and Princess Xueyi was jealous, so she avoided it. (To be continued......)