Meng Xianya smiled lightly, "What did Miss Xia say, this tea ceremony is known to everyone in the northern country, Miss Xia is the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the future princess of the quasi-world, if she can't even cook this little tea, wouldn't she be smiling and generous?" ”

Xia Mengning looked at Meng Xianya who was smiling, and knew that today she was trying her best to toss herself, and today in front of so many people, she couldn't come with her, thinking of this, Xia Mengning smiled and said: "Since the side concubine said so, the little girl has no choice but to be respectful and obey her fate." ”

After Xia Mengning finished speaking, she reached out to take the teapot on the table, but Meng Xianya immediately reached out to stop her, "Hey? Today, it is not for Miss Xia to wash her hands and make tea, but for Miss Xia to taste tea. ”

As he spoke, he handed over the teacup he had drunk, and said with a smile: "This tea cooking work is inevitably rough, if Miss Xia does it in front of everyone like this, I am afraid that she will lose her identity, and the concubine has heard that people who really understand the tea ceremony will know how this tea is cooked after just tasting a sip of tea, why don't you show us this stunt today?" ”

As he spoke, he smiled and handed over the teacup he had drunk, "Miss Xia, please." ”

Everyone was stunned, this teacup was obviously drunk by Meng Xianya, and now let Xia Mengning drink it again, which means that she is rewarding a slave maid, after all, these famous ladies all know that the meals that they can't use up will be rewarded to the maid, but Xia Mengning is the future princess, how could this Meng Xianya humiliate her in front of everyone like this?

can look at Meng Xianya's expression again, it doesn't seem like a joke at all, everyone can't help but guess in their hearts, this Meng Xianya is a side concubine, and in the future, Xia Mengning will be the princess when she enters the palace, if she is trained in advance, she should be the princess, but looking at the princess just now, she obviously likes Xia Mengning very much.

At this time, a group of noble ladies sitting below had already started talking.

"You say, where did this concubine come from with such courage to dare to embarrass Miss Xia so blatantly?"

"Shhhh What else could it be, it must have been instructed by the princess, this is knocking on this daughter-in-law who has not passed the door in advance, but the princess has always been kind, and she must not be able to come forward in person, this Miss Xia, but she is planted. ”

Everyone said one by one, Meng Xianya still stretched out her hand, but her arm was sore after a while, so she was replaced by the little girl behind her.

Zheng Yuxiu obviously heard everyone's discussions, and couldn't help frowning, she didn't like this daughter-in-law, but she couldn't show it in front of others, she was the main mother, how could she do such a thing as a daughter-in-law who spoke out before she passed the door.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yuxiu couldn't help but glance at Meng Xianya, and said with a smile: "Today we are the host, Miss Xia is the guest, how can we make the guests embarrassed?" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Meng Xianya with deep meaning in his eyes.

Meng Xianya didn't care in her heart, this bullshit princess just had a name on her, and she wanted to scare herself with this matter, hum, no way, today she Meng Xianya has to take revenge for the day.

Thinking about it, Meng Xianya smiled and said: "It's not right for the princess to say this, Miss Xia is a person from our house sooner or later, and the princess says this, doesn't she recognize Miss Xia's identity?" ”

Xia Mengning sat calmly on the chair, the expression on her face did not change at all, she just looked at the argument between the two in front of her lightly, without a trace of panic.

Zheng Yuxiu Rao is literacy is good, she can't help but blacken her face, this Meng Xianya is embarrassed by herself everywhere today, maybe her usual temper is too good, and she doesn't know when she will get used to this kind of arrogant temper of Meng Xianya.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yuxiu said coldly: "Presumptuous, a little side concubine, dare to talk back to me like this, are there any rules?" Do you want Concubine Ben to invite a few teaching grandmothers from the palace to discipline you strictly? ”

When Meng Xianya heard this, her face turned pale all of a sudden, she was not afraid of this Zheng Yuxiu, what she was most afraid of was the teaching in the palace, all of them seemed to come from hell, and the slightest rule could not be wrong, remembering that she was almost killed by those old witches when she first entered the mansion, Meng Xianya trembled in her heart and hurriedly shut up.

Xia Mengning smiled at this time and said: "The side concubine is so gracious, if the little girl doesn't accept it, I'm afraid it will be criticized." ”

Speaking, in the surprised look of everyone, he took the teacup held by the little girl, opened the tea lid with his bare hands, lowered his head to smell it gently, and then put down the teacup and smiled: "If the little girl is not wrong, the side concubine's tea should be added mint, Huoxiang, lotus leaves, bamboo hearts, loofahs, pomegranates, cinnamon chrysanthemum, this tea soup is clear in color, and there is a slight sweetness in the distance. ”

After Xia Mengning said this, everyone in the audience couldn't help but admire, whether it was right or not, just this insight, you can see Xia Mengning's research and attainments in tea, Xia Mengning looked at the unwillingness on Meng Xianya's face, and said with a smile: "The little girl can only guess so much at present, if there is still something missing, but please spare the concubine." ”

"You ......" Meng Xianya was angry, but she couldn't lose her sense of proportion in front of everyone, so she had to look at Xia Mengning hatefully, turned her head angrily, and kept silent.

Zheng Yuxiu smiled: "I didn't expect Miss Xia to study the tea ceremony so well, just by looking and smelling, you can see so many doorways, which really makes Concubine Ben admire." ”

Xia Mengning hurriedly lowered her head and said respectfully: "The little girl only knows a little about the tea ceremony, and her father likes to drink tea, so she has been exposed to it since she was a child. ”

Many of the ladies present couldn't help but nod, everyone with a discerning eye knew that Xia Mengning was just a concubine before, how could she be loved by the prime minister, but Xia Mengning was praised in front of people, but she gave this credit to her father without reservation.

"Well said!" At this moment, a voice came not far away, everyone looked up, it was Changsun Zhi and a group of male guests, followed by Changsun Yun is Changsun Yun, today Changsun Yun is wearing a white dress embroidered with gold thread and dragon, which makes him more and more upright and handsome.

Many of the ladies present even forgot to cover their faces with handkerchiefs, just looking at them like this makes people easily lose their souls.

Zheng Yuxiu hurriedly stood up and saluted, and the eldest grandson smiled and said, "No need. ”

As she spoke, she walked to the front, and the little girl hurriedly added a chair, and the eldest grandson sat on it and said, "At today's luncheon, this king specially ordered someone to take hundreds of kiwi fruits from the hot city thousands of miles away, so that everyone can try them. ”

Kiwifruit is very precious in the north, the hot city, is a small city far in the south, the climate is hot all the year round, the city lord there once gave the kiwi fruit as an offering to the emperor, then became famous, for a time, everyone praised, unfortunately, this kiwi fruit seems to be able to grow only in the tropics, so many businessmen seized this business opportunity, and brought the seeds of kiwifruit to the Central Plains to cultivate, but the gains outweighed the losses.

For a while, this kiwi fruit became famous, and it was not something that could be eaten with money, but now when I heard Changsun Zhi say this, everyone was smiling, after all, it was also a blessing to be able to taste what the emperor praised.

There was still some time before noon, everyone sat together in twos and threes and talked, the daughters were undoubtedly discussing with each other which son-in-law had at this children's tea party, and how many beautiful fabrics had been imported from which cloth village had entered yesterday, and these princes and grandsons gathered together, but they all focused their eyes on Xia Mengning, who had outwitted Meng Xianya's plan just now.

Behind the screen, a man in blue shook the folding fan in his hand, and said elegantly: "This Miss Xia used to be young, but now that she has grown up, she is so captivating, it is really admirable, I dare to pack a ticket, this is guaranteed to be the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life." ”

Many people on the side were echoing, Zheng Donglin, the youngest son of Zheng Guogong, who had spoken for Xia Mengning at Xia Zhikang's full moon wine that day, said: "You just saw Miss Xia's beauty, but you can know that on the main hall of the palace that day, Miss Xia made a snowy night picture, at that time was still limited, Miss Xia was original, this picture was also praised by the emperor, at that time I remember that Miss Xia also mentioned a poem, what is it called........."

Many of the men are the children of ordinary officials, and naturally they don't have that identity to enter the palace to attend the banquet, and now hearing Zheng Donglin say this, he has already been aroused, but now Zheng Donglin stopped at a key place, everyone thought that he was deliberately creating an atmosphere, and they all shouted for him to hurry up for a while.

Zheng Donglin stretched out his hand and patted his head, "What's the name, I really forgot it...... Don't worry, I'll think about ......."

"Green ant new brew wine, red clay small stove, late day snow and snow, can you drink a glass of nothing?"

A voice came, and before everyone could react, they heard Zheng Donglin say: "Yes, yes, that's the ......"

A few men couldn't help but read it carefully a few times, and then reacted: "What a poem! ”

At this time, everyone turned around and saw that it was the eldest grandson of the second son of the prince's mansion who spoke just now, Zheng Donglin said with a smile: "I didn't expect the second son to remember, it can be seen how well Miss Xia's poem is written......

Everyone agreed, but the eldest grandson who was sitting on the side looked a little gloomy, and this poem was also very amazing when he first heard it, so he recited it every day.

Thinking of the woman's calm demeanor and unfazed temperament on the top of the main hall, the eldest grandson couldn't help but feel a little inferior, he was a concubine, one level shorter than the eldest brother, and he couldn't take the military rank twice, on the other hand, the eldest brother, although he was a little unruly, but he was born rich and handsome, a good martial arts, and so favored by the emperor, if he was a woman, I am afraid that he would also choose a man like the eldest brother to accompany him for a lifetime.