Chapter 436: Tea Tasting Conference
Liu Hong suddenly mentioned that Ye Chen's wedding before and invited a large number of people to congratulate him, which had already been revealed, and Liu Hong followed Zhang Rang's hand and also killed him, and now he is re-щ... lā
Ye Chen couldn't figure it out for a while, and at the same time, the ministers couldn't figure it out.
"The minister is guilty, please punish your majesty."
It doesn't matter what Liu Hong wants, since he is found guilty, he has to confess his guilt quickly.
"Hmph, okay, since you have confessed your guilt, then you have to admit punishment." Liu Hong snorted coldly and said: "From now on, get rid of Ye Chen, the townsman of Jinxi, and don't snub the princess in the future, otherwise the punishment will be doubled." ”
These Ye Chen knows what Liu Hong is going to do, he is not easy to say about the queen, if he does, for the sake of face, Ye Chen must die, the queen must be abolished, and the prince must be demoted, this is what Liu Hong wants most, but he can still do this, otherwise He Jin may take the risk of doing Huo Guang once, maybe he will raise troops to force the palace and let Liu Wei succeed to the throne.
But Liu Hong was very unhappy, it was rumored outside that Ye Chen had cuckolded him, he was the emperor, if it was ordinary, whether it was true or not, he would just cut Ye Chen directly, at least he would be demoted to a commoner and driven out of Luoyang, but now he has to be reused.
Therefore, Liu Hong cut Ye Chen's title, but kept everything else.
Liu Hong left after giving the order, Ye Chen was still kneeling on the ground, and he didn't stand up until Liu Hong left.
"Haha, Ye Chen, you also have today."
The one who laughed at him was the Yanguan surnamed Cai, who sued Ye Chen for being promoted, and he was full of pride.
"Hmph, it's not far from death, and I'm still laughing." Ye Chen glanced at him and said.
Some of the other officials understood all this, and they all looked at the official surnamed Cai with pity.
Today, Liu Hong took Ye Chen's title, which proves that he cares very much about these rumors, this official dares to say it openly in the main hall, if Liu Hong admits this and kills Ye Chen, it is not to say to the world that he, the emperor, has a green hat.
It's very simple to promote this Yanguan, Yanguan can chase after the wind and catch shadows, you can sue anyone, according to the law, you are innocent, killing Yanguan has a bad reputation, and the emperor doesn't want to fall into this crime, but after being promoted, he is no longer a Yanguan, and it doesn't matter if he kills him on any charge.
Many people understand that Ye Chen's pass has passed, and the emperor will not do anything to him.
Ye Chen left, but the Yanguan stood in disappointment, and the enthusiasm for promotion was extinguished at once, and it was replaced by a burst of fear.
No matter how sluggish he is, he understands that the emperor is not trying to promote him, but to trouble him, and now that he has no talisman of Yanguan, how will the emperor deal with him?
Ye Chen won't understand his suffering, and even if he does, he will think that he deserves it, why should he find his own stubble.
Ye Chen walked out of the palace, he behaved very relaxed, in fact, he was really relaxed, at least the crisis had passed.
It is estimated that the turmoil this time will stop, no one dares to mention it again, I don't see that the emperor has stretched out his fangs, who dares to mention it again, then it is looking for death.
After Ye Chen arrived home, he began to prepare for the tea tasting conference, but in fact, he was almost ready.
The next day, when Ye Chen held a tea tasting meeting at the Ye Family Restaurant, he and Zhang Qing went to the Ye Family Restaurant to prepare early.
The tea tasting meeting is scheduled for the afternoon, and this time is just right to drink tea, not early, nor late.
In the afternoon, guests began to come.
"Greetings to the three generals."
Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun actually came hand in hand, but it's normal to think about it, they have a common experience, they have exterminated the yellow scarf together, and it's normal to meet together.
"Haha, General Ye, I haven't seen you for a few years, you are really more stylish."
A few people exchanged a few words, and Ye Chen invited them in, and some of the guests had already arrived, and they all came up to greet them one by one.
Then a few important guests arrived, and they had already heard that Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun would be there, plus He Jin, so they all came to cheer, not for Ye Chen, but to brush up on their presence in front of these bigwigs.
"Lord, this is Prince Wang Yun, who happened to be in Luoyang recently." Zhang Qing introduced a half-old man to Ye Chen.
Today's Wang Yun's reputation is already very high, but it has not reached the peak yet, Ye Chen has long paid attention to this person, and Wang Yun's name has to be paid attention to Ye Chen, but he has not really dealt with it.
Ye Chen didn't expect Wang Yun to come.
"Haha, General Ye, it's polite."
Wang Yun actually saluted Ye Chen first, although it was not a formal ceremony, this Wang Yun's status was higher than him, he used to have a title, but the title was more than the third duke, but now he has no title, and his status is really inferior to him.
Ye Chen hurriedly returned the salute and politely invited him in.
After that, many guests came, many of whom were important ministers of the imperial court, among whom the high-ranking of course He Jin, and at the same time the general office of the royal bank.
After the others almost arrived, Ye Chen began to preside over the tea tasting conference.
Tea sets have been set up on the table, the guests are seated, and then it is time to start making tea.
The second floor has been renovated, specially prepared for this tea tasting conference, there are many elegant seats, all the guests are gathered together, and not in the private room, fortunately there are not many guests invited this time, just dozens of people, because this year's tea will not be much, maybe the autumn tea will be more, but spring tea, brought to Luoyang is only a few hundred catties.
Xiao Er began to come up and wash the tea set with the boiling water that had been prepared.
These tea sets are all fired according to the tea sets of later generations, and they don't understand it, so they all observe it curiously.
"Hey, how is this tea one by one."
"yes, shouldn't the tea be a piece of black?"
"This tea still has a green color, how is it made?"
Xiao Er took out the tea, and immediately attracted everyone's attention, they really haven't seen this kind of tea, the tea in this era is all tea cakes, and the tea is simply pressed into a piece.
The tea that is pressed into pieces of black is of course very poor, and more importantly, the tea has been destroyed.
"Wow, it smells so good."
"Well, a fresh fragrance makes people feel refreshed when they smell it."
"Is this the smell of tea?"
Ye Chen looked at their intoxicated appearance, very proud, it seemed that it would be difficult not to make money.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this tea is different from the previous manufacturing methods, and this tea preserves the original taste of the tea very well." Ye Chen attracted everyone's attention and continued: "To taste tea, you should look at its shape, smell its direction, taste its taste, now everyone has seen the appearance of tea, and you can smell a little fragrance, now let everyone taste it." ”
The fragrance they smelled just now was actually the most fragrant, but at that time, it was just the first to brew and wash the tea leaves, and the fragrance had not yet fully emitted.
After Ye Chen finished speaking, the guy began to open the lid, and a strong fragrance wafted out, and for a while, the room was full of the fragrance of tea.