Huai Sleeve heard Concubine Yu say this step, slightly raised her eyebrows and whispered: "This is the brewing technique of hairy crabs, this step flushes the water like a heavenly sound, enlightening people's minds, it should be: Fahai listens to the tide." ”

As soon as the words of Huai Sleeve fell, the crescent moon couldn't help but say in a loud voice: "I think the words spoken by the master are better!" ”

Everyone sitting in the hall originally held their breath to watch Concubine Yu's tea art, Concubine Yu was also focused on the tea in her hand, and suddenly heard the crescent moon suddenly say this, her hand shook and the water splashed out, Concubine Yu "Ah! The ground screamed.

Huai Sleeve was also surprised, she originally said it unintentionally, but she didn't expect to be listened to by the crescent moon, and the crescent moon watched the tea ceremony quietly all day, how could she suddenly raise her voice...... Huai Sleeve didn't have time to think about these for a while, and his first reaction was to raise his eyes to look at Kangxi and Xiaozhuang.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was still sitting firmly on the phoenix couch, but Kangxi had already stood up, looked at Concubine Yu with anxious eyes, and asked softly, "Has Concubine Yu been scalded by water?" As he spoke, he instructed the palace maids and eunuchs standing on the side to come closer to check.

Kangxi immediately turned his head and scolded sharply: "Crescent Moon, you are too presumptuous, everyone is quietly observing the tea art, why are you so ignorant of etiquette?" ”

Crescent Moon hurriedly got up and walked out of her seat, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Please Uncle Huang to calm his anger, Crescent Moon didn't hold back for a while just now, and he spoke loudly and disturbed everyone, and Crescent Moon knew that he was wrong." After that, he kowtowed three times to Kangxi and Xiaozhuang.

At this time, the female eunuchs of the palace had already examined Concubine Yu, and they were only frightened, but fortunately they were not burned, and reported to Kangxi.

Kangxi still said to the crescent moon with a slight anger on his face: "Fortunately, Concubine Yu is fine, why don't you go and compensate her quickly." ”

"Yes!" The crescent moon kowtowed to Kangxi and Xiaozhuang again, got up and bowed down to Concubine Yu and said, "Please forgive Concubine Yu's recklessness when she was young and offended Niangniang." ”

Concubine Yu hurriedly raised her hand and said with a smile: "Princess, please get up quickly, it's just an unintentional move, it's nothing." ”

The crescent moon was not polite to her when she heard this, straightened up, turned around and sat down.

Kangxi reprimanded with a heavy face: "I haven't let you return to the throne yet......" Just about to reprimand, Xiaozhuang opened his mouth and smiled: "Forget it, it's just an unintentional sentence, Concubine Yu has forgiven, the emperor will not pursue it anymore, and it is not easy for her to sit obediently at this time today." ”

After Xiaozhuang finished speaking, he smiled kindly at the crescent moon. Rhetorical asked: "Crescent, what did you just say?" Can you tell me that again? ”

When the crescent moon heard Xiaozhuang's inquiry, she suddenly became interested, and completely left the fault just now behind, and said: "Ancestor, I just heard my master say a word, which is so good, I can't help but say it." ”

After the words of the crescent moon fell, he turned back to Huai Sleeve and said, "Master, what did you just say?" I forgot, you say it again to the ancestors. ”

When Huai Sleeve heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and replied: "The slave knows that she was reckless just now, but she has no intention of offending the mother, and I ask the emperor and the queen mother to forgive ......."

"You didn't make a loud noise, you didn't make any mistakes, you just said the words that made the crescent moon so excited, get up and talk back." Xiaozhuang said.

"Thank the Empress Dowager for her forgiveness." He got up with his sleeves in his arms, thinking that what he said just now was a word to correct Concubine Yu's mistakes.

At this time, everyone was watching, and the emperor was also present, if there were mistakes and omissions in the steps of Concubine Yu, not only Concubine Yu was disgraced, but even the emperor had no face, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "The slave maid also knew a little about tea art before, but I heard that there was a step of 'Fahai Tide Watching', but I had never heard of this step, and it can also be called 'high mountains and flowing water' just now, this step will pour hot soup down on the high beam, and the water is like a natural sound, and it is really like a wisp of clear spring out of the mountain stream, called' 'Mountains and flowing water' is really a wonderful plan, the slave and maid couldn't help but praise, and hoped that the emperor and the queen of heaven, the emperor forgave the slave and the maid for being shallow in learning. ”

Huai Sleeve just said the sentence "Fahai listens to the tide", and everyone didn't notice that Concubine Yu's face changed slightly.

After Huai Sleeve finished explaining, Gu Zhenguan, Chang Ning and Zhang Tingyu, who were sitting next to Kangxi, looked at each other and smiled, all of them were clear, only Su Malagu on the other table next to him looked at Huai Sleeve with a smile and nodded slightly approvingly.

Xiaozhuang said with a smile after listening to Huai Sleeve: "The emperor held this tea art performance for everyone to cultivate their self-cultivation, and by the way to increase their knowledge, today's tea art performance even I have benefited a lot, and so on is beneficial to the heart, and there is no fault, so take the girl back to your seat." ”

Xiaozhuang said to Concubine Yu again: "If Concubine Yu is fine, please continue, I am still waiting to eat the good tea you brewed!" ”

Concubine Yu replied and continued with the unfinished steps.

Slowly picked up one of the three cups and moved it to the nose and sniffed it and said: "This step is called the lotus pond smelling incense, it is the second smell, the tea soup in the cup ripples like drinking soup in summer, and the bowl is like a lotus leaf with a long fragrance, so it gets this elegant name." ”

After speaking, he poured the tea juice in the two Sancai cups into the delicate Shuchai Sanyou pot, and then recited the words in his mouth: "This step is called: Jade Liquid Moving Pot" and then poured the soup from the Shuchai Sanyou pot into the smelling cup again, and said: "This step is called Manna Pu Descending." ”

Then he gently buckled the tea cup on the mouth of the smelling cup, and said: "This step is called: covering the world." Carefully placed it in the tray, and slowly walked to Xiaozhuang and Kangxi again.

"Please the Empress Dowager, the emperor each holds a lamp," said the tray, first stretched out the tray in front of Xiaozhuang, and Xiaozhuang took one.

Concubine Yu then handed another lamp in front of Kangxi and said, "Long live the lord, please." ”

When Kangxi picked it up, Concubine Yu said softly: "This step is also called: Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang." As he spoke, a pair of soft eyes were swirling against the water, and Kangxi also smiled, and a soft color flowed from his eyes.

"Please turn the cup of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor over like this." Concubine Yu said as she gestured to guide her.

After Xiaozhuang and Kangxi finished doing it, Concubine Yu smiled and praised Xiaozhuang: "The Empress Dowager is really like Huilan, such a flipped gesture, her fingers are spread like lotus tea petals, and it is the name of this step: Hibiscus out of the water." ”

"Oh?" Xiaozhuang looked at his gesture holding the cup and smiled: "Sure enough, it is as its name suggests, well, I like this step, the lotus Buddhist holy relic, I usually worship the Buddha." Naturally, it is related to the sacred relics of Buddhism. ”

Concubine Yu hurriedly answered: "What the old ancestor said is extremely true! Then he said: "Please ask the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to slowly lift the incense cup and smell its fragrance again." Kangxi and Xiaozhuang still did the same.

Concubine Yu always said in her mouth: "The aroma inhaled at this time is the essence of the tea from the heavens, the earth, the sun and the moon condensed in the branches and leaves, and then slowly brought out by the water vapor. ”