From time to time, the palaces will jointly hold talent conferences and invite the emperor to watch, also in order to better show the talents of the concubines to the emperor, so as to pamper them.

The theme of this time is the tea art competition, which is held in the palace of Queen Ji Qiang.

After the theme was announced, the beauties of the palace were working hard to prepare, hoping to attract the emperor's attention with their talents, although they knew that the emperor and the queen had a deep relationship, and the chances of getting involved in it were not great, but they always had to try.

Liu Rou also changed her previous habit of sticking to Xia Jingnian and practiced alone in the palace.

Xia Jingnian breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't clearly refuse the person sent by the King of Nanyang, and he was afraid that Ji Qiang would be angry, so he was caught in a dilemma.

Fortunately, now that she has been distracted by the tea art competition, he finally has the opportunity to get along with Ji Qiang.

"Why, you have time to see me today?" Xia Jingnian has always had no distinction between respect and inferiority in front of Ji Qiang, so Ji Qiang can say such things without angering Xia Jingnian.

Xi'er and Leng Xiang secretly wiped their sweat, after so long, they still couldn't get used to Miss's disrespect to the emperor, if they were someone else, they would definitely be ordered by the emperor to deal with it.

One of the parties was lying relaxed on the beauty couch, twisting the cut fruit with her slender jade fingers, tasting it carefully, her cherry lips were slightly open, and her eyes were like silk.

With dark eyes, Xia Jingnian motioned for Xi'er to go down, walked over and hugged Ji Qiang, lowered her head and rubbed her neck.

"Qiang'er." Xi'er closed the door carefully, Ji Qiang softened in Xia Jingnian's arms, saw him twist a piece of fruit and feed it, opened his mouth and took his fingers into it.

Xia Jingnian withdrew her fingers and kissed her in front of her, her face was flushed, and she still couldn't face the flirtation in love frankly.

"I have no intention of Liu Rou, it's just that she was sent by the King of Nanyang, it's not easy to be alarmed, Qiang'er, you know me, I only like you."

Ji Qiang naturally knows, so even if she is angry, she will not make it difficult for Xia Jingnian, Liu Rou will definitely provoke herself in this tea art competition, and it will not be too late to clean her up when the time comes.

And now, it's better to cherish the time between the two of Xia Jingnian, she smiled and leaned over to kiss the person behind her and exchanged an intimate kiss.

Three days passed, the tea art competition came as scheduled, and the beauties of each palace wore gorgeous clothes, drawing eyebrows and eyes, just to win the emperor's love.

The judges of the tea art competition are composed of ministers, which is also a sign of the emperor's fairness to the court.

Under the call of the guards, the beauties of each palace entered the palace to meet them, the concubines showed their own merits and graceful demeanor, Xia Jingnian sat firmly on the dragon chair unmoved, and her expression was calm.

Next to her was the position of Ji Qiang, the queen of the main palace, and everyone saluted her again, and her demeanor was dignified so that the ministers could not make mistakes.

It was Zuo Xiang who presided over the tea art competition, and at the signal of Xia Jingnian, he got up and had a loud voice, which spread throughout the palace.

"The old man is not talented, by the grace of His Majesty, to host the tea art competition, here, the old man announced that the competition has officially begun, and the first participant is invited, Liu Meiren."

Liu Rou was wearing a goose yellow light shirt today, green silk pulled up a hairpin with plain glass beads, wiped lightly on her face, leaned over and saluted and smiled at Xia Jingnian.

"Concubine Liurou." Her every move was useless, Xia Jingnian's face did not change, and he stretched out his hand to signal her to continue.

Gritting her teeth secretly, Liu Rou restrained her expression, still looking weak, standing in front of the table in the eyes of everyone, turning her hands over, and placing the tea set lightly. Huaxia Chinese

The small stove next to her has been lit, and the porcelain white teapot is faintly wafting up, permeating in front of Liu Rou, blurring her face, and she smiles slightly in the haze, like a fairy descending to earth.

Twist the jade spoon to scoop up the turquoise tea leaves, add the tea cup, pick up the porcelain white teapot and add water to it, the action is smooth and pleasing to the eye.

The tea leaves float and rotate in the water, stretching the leaf body, the tea is light yellow, and the faint tea fragrance wafts in the air, which makes people feel shocked, and they can't help but want to taste the tea in the cup.

The tea was watered in the cup carved with fish playing lotus leaves on the wall of the cup, and Liu Rou motioned to the palace maid to come and distribute the tea.

Some ministers couldn't wait to try it, and after drinking, their expressions were relaxed, and they sighed, good tea.

The right phase tasted it carefully, pondered for a long time and commented, "The tea fragrance is light, the entrance is sweet and sweet, the tea color is beautiful, and the tea art of Liu Meiren is really good, but..."

His turn made everyone else look at him, and Xia Jingnian and Ji Qiang on the main seat showed their faces.

"It's just that this temperature still needs to be hot, it's a little higher, and the entrance is a little hot, but to be able to do this, Liu Meiren has put a lot of effort into it, and the old man admires it."

The right phase is sleek, and she will naturally not offend others when she speaks, and Liu Rou will not be displeased when she listens to it.

Except for the right minister, the rest of the people were unanimously praised, and Liu Rou inevitably became proud, and demonstrated to Ji Qiang in a soft and subtle tone.

"Your lords have praised it, and the concubine thinks that the queen's craftsmanship must be better than that of the concubine."

seems to be praised, but if Ji Qiang is not as good as her, she will definitely be looked down upon by the courtiers.

Ji Qiang squinted, she really didn't feel wrong about this woman, she was not a simple woman, not as weak as she appeared.

Under Liu Rou's intentional guidance, everyone showed that they wanted to see Ji Qiang's tea art, without the panic she expected, Ji Qiang always looked like she was smiling and watching the play.

Hearing her words, he just came to the table, and after Zuo Xiang recorded Liu Rou's score, he ordered someone to remove Liu Rou's tea set and replace it with himself.

Steaming the mountain spring water, taking the carved copper pot, putting a tea leaf into each of the plain teacups, and pouring the tea cup when the mountain spring water boils to a certain temperature in the puzzled eyes of everyone.

The tea leaves in the cup slowly unfolded, blooming a pink flower, the tea fragrance overflowed, faintly with the fragrance of flowers, everyone seemed to be placed in the imperial garden.

Xi'er Leng Xiang stepped forward and sent the tea to the tables of the courtiers, and Xia Jingnian's cup was sent by Ji Qiang himself.

"Good tea, good tea, I can taste such good tea in my lifetime, and I have no regrets in my life."

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu praised again and again, fluttering like a fairy, and the rest of the people also looked intoxicated, Liu Rou was unwilling, and tried it, but she had to admit that Ji Qiang was better.

"The tea color is clear, the tea fragrance is aftertaste, the heat is just right, the queen mother, this tea is flower tea?"

Ji Qiang smiled lightly, nodded, and Xia Jingnian beside him said with a smile, "I usually love the queen's tea art, and every time I have a headache and feel upset, it is the queen's tea that makes me feel relaxed." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled tacitly, Xia Jingnian reached out to hold Ji Qiang's hand, she shook it back, her fingers interlocked, Qin Se and Ming.

But it made Liu Rou feel dazzling, and she couldn't wait to step forward and separate the hands of the two and take Xia Jingnian for herself, but in the end, reason made her calm down and not regret it.