Huai Sleeve whispered in the crescent moon ear and said: "You look carefully at the pot, the shape is a bundle of firewood, and the dozens of firewood that are bundled are made of finely carved pine stems, plum villages, and bamboo branches mixed, in which the two ends of the natural derivative branches of Meizhuang are divided into spouts and handles, the structure is natural and quite interesting, the middle section of the bamboo pole knots that have not yet protruded, cleverly used as the decoration of the pot lid, and the trapped firewood is a delicate and bent bamboo tip that can be used as a rope, this pot carving is exquisite and delicate, The lines of the pine bark are vividly visible, and it takes the meaning of the three gentlemen of the 'pine, bamboo and plum' years and the cold to describe the noble character, so if this pot is not as I expected, it should be the masterpiece of Chen Mingyuan, a famous pot maker. ”

The crescent moon listened to Huai Sleeve's explanation, and stared intently at the pot and looked at it carefully, and admired Huai Sleeve's erudition more and more in his heart.

At this time, the Wuwei palace maid had already set up the tea sets one by one, and she still retreated in order.

Just when the sleeves carefully tasted the newly placed exquisite tea set in front of him, suddenly a sonorous and crisp pipa sound in the ears remembered, the rhyme was tactful and smooth, and the sleeves listened carefully, and the music played was the famous ancient song "East Mountain on the Moon".

In the misty music, a beautiful woman dressed in a gorgeous costume is introduced. Huai Sleeve was stunned, this woman was the concubine Yu who walked side by side with Kangxi that day.

I saw her move the lotus step lightly, tactfully turn her waist, Qianqian's thin waist is as graceful and charming as the wind swinging willow branches, the hairpin ring on her head is dingdong, and the golden steps are shaking and moving, which is very luxurious. When she stepped into the hall, the strange fragrance on her body suddenly overflowed, and everyone in the four seats was addicted to it.

Huai Sleeve frowned slightly because he was not used to smelling the heavy fragrance, and the spices produced in the Central Plains were mostly light, and he guessed that he must have smoked his clothes with the spices of the Western Regions.

At the end of the song, Concubine Yu danced and bowed down.

Kangxi smiled and asked gently, "I don't know what good tea Concubine Yu brought us for her personal performance?" ”

Sure enough, she was glamorous and had a good temperament, and she thought to herself.

"The concubines are clumsy, and they are not used to fiddling with these delicate things, but that day I looked through the posts that I signed up for, and saw that all the women and concubines were actively participating, and the concubines thought that if the concubines were still lazy at this moment and refused to be the queen mother, the emperor and all the relatives and nobles added some fun, so the emperor's usual mention of the concubines and the emperor's grace, therefore, the concubines offered ugliness to add some fun to everyone." After speaking, Yingying bowed down again.

Although Concubine Yu's body is missing, her beautiful eyes are warm until they are sent into Kangxi's eyes.

Huai Sleeve sighed secretly in his heart: The clever tongue is tactful, coupled with the flattering eyes like waves, how can he not please the emperor?

Kangxi said gently: "Then it's hard to work for Concubine Yu, let's start." ”

Concubine Yu slowly walked into the back of the tea sea and sat down, like green jade fingers lingering between the cups, like a newly formed lotus root, rich and graceful.

Huai Sleeve looked at the princes of the Eight Banners opposite, stared at the figure of Concubine Yu for a moment, and saliva flowed out, if it wasn't for the estimation of the royal majesty, I am afraid I don't know how to be presumptuous.

Huai Sleeve smiled lightly, and a trace of casual contempt appeared on his lips, and he closed his gaze and continued to watch Concubine Yu's tea art.

Although the tea selected by Concubine Yu is also oolong tea, she is better than several others, and she chose Golden Gui, one of the famous four oolong teas in Anxi, Fujian.

There was a palace maid next to her who brought a white porcelain basin, Concubine Yu cleaned her hands and said: "Golden Gui is a famous product in oolong tea, tea is a holy spiritual thing, before brewing, you must first wash the mortal dust, so that the dryness to the qi convergence, the heart becomes peaceful and stable, in order to experience the tranquil charm of tea." ”

Kangxi listened to it in his ears, and couldn't help nodding his head slightly with a look of approval, concentrating on enjoying Concubine Yu's tea ceremony.

After cleaning her hands, Concubine Yu picked up the fire needle and gently plucked the charcoal fire in the red clay oven a few times, and the charcoal fire suddenly became blazing, and Concubine Yu said: "The next thing is to watch the fire and wait for the soup, quietly watch the fire phase in the charcoal stove, and comprehend the shortness and ......brilliance of life from the burning fire" While speaking, the soup in the copper pot has been tumbling.

Concubine Yu put on a tea towel, slowly lifted the pot of water and placed it on the copper rack and said: "As the saying goes, the most difficult thing for sencha is Hou Tang, which needs to be boiled until 'Yongquan Lianzhu' is the best." ”

"It turns out that there are so many famous halls for boiling water?" The crescent moon carefully looked at the tea art performed by Concubine Yu, and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.

"The next step is: crane bathing" This dish has been explained by everyone when they made tea art, but it is just a step to wash the tea set, and Concubine Yu will not explain more, only carefully washed.

"This step is: Oolong enters the palace." Concubine Yu picked up the teaspoon and put a few tea balls in the two white jade scalded Sancai cups, covered the lid, and shook the cup.

He didn't forget to explain: "This step is the most important, and it is called: shaking the ou and shaking the incense." While the Sancai cup is still warm, the tea is evenly heated in the cup, which can shake out its dry fragrance. ”

As he spoke, he raised another Sancai cup and shook it a few times at the same time, put it in a small tray, and personally brought it to Xiaozhuang and Kangxi and bowed: "Please ask the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to smell the dry fragrance for the first time." ”

The Empress Dowager and the Emperor each picked up a lamp, gently opened the lid of the cup, and a warm fragrance suddenly overflowed, Xiaozhuang nodded and said: "It is really much stronger than the fragrance brewed directly on weekdays!" ”

Concubine Yu waited until Xiaozhuang and Kangxi smelled the incense, took the cup before returning to the position, opened the two cups, and rushed into the hot boiling water into the Sancai cup with the technique of hanging pot high, the water column was like silver, pouring down towards the jade cup, like a waterfall in a mountain stream, Concubine Yu slowly said: "This step is: high mountains and flowing water." ”

"This step was supposed to be 'Milky Way Waterfall'" Huai Sleeve was fascinated, and when he heard that there was a mistake here, he unconsciously whispered.

Huai Sleeve's voice was extremely low, and others couldn't hear it, but Kangxi just took this word into his ears, his eyes drifted to the side, and seeing that Huai Sleeve was still focused on the soup, Kangxi couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips slightly.

The water has been poured into the white jade cup, Concubine Yu gently picked up one of them, scraped off the pale yellow foam that made the tea with the lid of the cup, and then rinsed the lid with the head of the cup to soak the soup, and someone on the side couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Why did you pour the tea, what a pity?" ”

Concubine Yu smiled lightly and said: "This is the first bubble, called the wind blowing clouds, the first shot of golden cinnamon is used to warm the tea, so it is usually not drunk." Everyone nodded in understanding.

Concubine Yu then poured boiling water into the two Sancai cups for the second time, and when flushing, she still gently raised the handle of the pot, and explained: "This step is to pour warm soup again, which is called: refill nectar." ”