Chapter 129: Yuhua Tea
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On the first day of the fourth month, An Guogong's fiftieth birthday, the nobles of Kyoto all went to congratulate him with heavy gifts, and Su Jinli and his wife also brought a white jade Bodhisattva.
As soon as they got out of the carriage, the Song Yi brothers and sisters greeted them.
"Your Royal Highness, the princess, please come inside!" Song Yi smiled with a spring breeze.
"What are you polite to me!" Gu Mingjue frowned slightly, and then said: "You and I are brothers of life and death on the battlefield, uncle's birthday, I want to come!"
Hearing this, the smile on Song Yi's face deepened, and he hurriedly apologized: "It's me who is wrong, Ming Jue, you and your sister-in-law go in quickly!"
At this time, Gu Mingjue showed his face, and sent the little servant to hand over the white jade Bodhisattva and other gifts to the subordinate who was in charge of receiving gifts in the Anguo Mansion before pulling Su Jinli and walking inside.
"There are so many guests today, and you are here to welcome them! The two of us went in by ourselves! Gu Mingjue looked at the traffic outside the door.
Song Yi followed his gaze, and naturally saw the steady stream of Xungui carriages, and he was not polite to him, smiled a little apologetically and let the couple go in by themselves.
Because of his deep relationship with Song Yi, Gu Mingjue didn't need a little girl to guide the way at all, and took Su Jinli to shuttle through the brilliant and elegant Anguo Mansion by himself.
After walking for two quarters of an hour, they came to a courtyard full of roses, and the little man who came with them hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this rose courtyard is a place for female guests, you ...... It's not easy to get in! โ
After that, the little guy waited nervously for Gu Mingjue to reply, for fear that he would pull Su Jinli in like this.
"Your family has already said it when you handed over the post, don't worry, I will only send Li'er to the gate of the courtyard!" Gu Mingjue explained with a light smile.
He knew that the Anguo Mansion had separated the male guests and female relatives before the feast began.
Hearing this, the little guy immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly smiled and said, "That's good!"
"Lady, go in!" Gu Mingjue said gently.
"Hmmm! You should go to the Gentleman's Pavilion earlier! Su Jinli bowed.
Today, the ladies are temporarily housed in the Rose Courtyard planted with pink roses, while the men are temporarily seated in the Junzi Pavilion full of Gentleman's Orchids.
Gu Mingjue dotingly sorted Su Jinli's windswept sideburns before he whispered: "Hmm!"
Then the husband and wife reluctantly separated, and after Su Jinli entered the Rose Courtyard, Gu Mingjue strode away.
When Su Jinli entered, there were already a lot of people sitting in the courtyard, and she saw the eldest princess Shunyi and Yun Yang from a distance, and when she saw Yun Yang winking at her, she walked over there.
At this time, Song Ling, who was entertaining female guests in another place, also found Su Jinli under the reminder of her sister-in-law, and then quickly arranged for Zhang Rumeng in front of her to go to find Su Jinli.
"Li'er has seen her mother and sister!" Seeing that there was no one around, Su Jinli ignored his humility and directly called him intimately.
As soon as the words fell, the eldest princess Shunyi, who was talking to Yunyang, immediately smiled and squinted, and said continuously: "Good boy, come to my mother's side!"
Su Jinli smiled, and then went to sit down in front of the eldest princess of Shunyi.
As soon as she sat down, the eldest princess of Shunyi said with concern, "How about joy?"
Although she already has several grandchildren, for the pair of dragons and phoenixes born to Su Jinli, the eldest princess of Shunyi is still very painful.
As soon as the child was mentioned, Su Jinli's face was overflowing with a kind of mother's unique tenderness and love, and she said softly: "The two of them are very good, and they have been mellow these days!"
Hearing this, the eldest princess of Shunyi was immediately happy, and said happily: "Hmm! The child is only cute when it is rounded! After all these days, I'll go see them! โ
As the mother and daughter were talking, they heard a slightly cold female voice say, "Li'er came really early today!"
When they raised their eyes, they saw Song Yi, who was rarely dressed in red, standing in front of them.
"Hehe, Song Shibo's birthday, I want to come early! Eat a lot of good tea from your Anguo Mansion like this! Su Jinli smiled lightly.
An Guogong is an elegant gentleman, very fond of tea, not to mention that colleagues are used to finding good tea to give to An Guogong, that is, Emperor Yongli, every time he gets good tea, he will reward some to An Guogong, so Anguo Mansion received a lot of good tea.
As soon as the words fell, Song Ling and several people were amused by her naughty words, even if they were as cold as Song Ling, there was a little smile in their eyes.
She turned to the personal girl behind her and said, "Go to the treasury and get the Yuhua tea that my father collected to make tea for the Seventh Princess!"
Yuhua tea is the tribute tea of the neighboring Yuan Kingdom, its taste is fragrant and mellow, the color is green, and it is the holy product in the tea.
However, its output is too small, so it has become a special tribute tea for the royal family of the Yuan Kingdom, and ordinary people are beyond the reach of the dust, which can be said to be priceless.
An Guogong also got some Yuhua tea by chance, and Song Yi now ordered someone to take out this tea, which can be said to attach great importance to Su Jinli.
It's a pity that Su Jinli doesn't understand tea at all, and after listening to Song Ling's words, he only said urgently: "Remember to make a few more pots for everyone to taste!"
Song Ling: "...... "What do you think is this rare treasure?" Grab a handful?
Yun Yang saw that he was as cold and quiet as Song Ling, and he was also speechless by Su Jinli, and he couldn't help but laugh.
But she also understood the preciousness of the rain flower tea, so she relieved the siege and said: "Li'er, you are very greedy!" If Ling'er complies with your wishes, I'm afraid that if the guests disperse tonight, they will be served by the Anguo Public Family Law! โ
Su Jinli was stunned, this tea is so precious?
Although she didn't say it, her eyes betrayed her.
Seeing this, Yunyang shook her head helplessly, she had forgotten that Li'er knew what tea was!
After sighing, Yunyang kindly told Su Jinli about the origin of Yuhua tea and its status in tea.
At this moment, Su Jinli was completely stunned.
She just heard that An Guogong had a lot of famous teas in his collection, so she made a joke, but she didn't expect Song Ling to directly order someone to take such a rare tea to explain to her!
I can't complain that she said to bring a few more pots, Song Ling would have such an indescribable expression......
"Ahem, Ling'er, I'm joking, don't take it seriously!" She said embarrassedly.
Song Ling nodded lightly and said, "Well, it's okay!"
After that, he went to another place to entertain the guests.
"Yunyang, why didn't you say it earlier! Makes me such a big ugly! As soon as Song Ling left, Su Jinli couldn't hold back and said angrily.
What a shame it is! She only thinks that Yuhua tea is just a tea with a nice name!
"Hahaha! You're going to give me a chance to explain! Yun Yang smiled unmoved.
As soon as Song Ling finished speaking, she and her mother didn't have time to exclaim, so Su Jinli asked people to soak a few more pots.
Hearing this, Su Jinli also thought of what she had just said, and was a little anxious, and didn't give Yunyang a chance to speak, so she couldn't help but sigh: "Alas! What a shame! โ
"Li'er, Mingjue is well versed in the tea ceremony, you better learn from him!" The eldest princess of Shunyi said lovingly.
As Su Jinli, it is inevitable to deal with all kinds of famous teas on weekdays, and she will inevitably make jokes if she doesn't know anything like this, so it's better to learn better.
"Uh-huh! I'll go back to school! Su Jinli said firmly.
I lost such a big person in tea today, even if the eldest princess of Shunyi didn't say it, she also had the heart to learn the tea ceremony, otherwise she would be embarrassed in the future.
Less leaning, there was a maid with Yuhua tea up, Yunyang's eyes were cold when he saw the three teas.
Then he said happily: "Mother, we are stained with Li'er's light today!"
The eldest princess of Shunyi immediately nodded in agreement.
Isn't it, such a precious tea, even as the sister of Emperor Yongli, she has never drunk it a few times!
Because of Yunyang's introduction, Su Jinli has deeply realized the preciousness of Yuhua tea, and when he saw the tea, it was not as tasteless as in the past, so he quickly got up and took a lamp, and tasted it carefully as Gu Mingjue drank tea.
When she took a sip of tea into her stomach, she only felt that it was fragrant and refreshing, but she didn't know how to do it anymore, and she also understood that this was good tea.
"The color is like jade, the taste is sweet and fragrant, and the entrance is moist, it is really good tea!" Yun Yang closed his eyes and said.
The eldest princess of Shunyi chuckled and said: "This tea is actually sweeter than the palace itself, and the water for making this tea should be flower dew!"
As soon as the words fell, the girl who came up with the tea hurriedly smiled and groaned: "The eldest princess is so amazing!" I can even drink this water as flower dew! โ
In the face of the girl's praise, the eldest princess of Shunyi smiled, but Yunyang immediately became interested and hurriedly asked, "What kind of flower dew?"
She didn't even drink it, but she felt that it tasted better than what she had drunk in her house before.
Hearing this, the girl continued to laugh and said, "Back to the county lord, it's the aged plum blossom snow dew!"
After speaking, Yunyang immediately realized, she said, this water has a cold fragrance, she thought it was mountain spring water!
It turned out to be the snow on the petals of plum blossoms!
"Cooking tea with snow water from plum blossoms is really elegant!" Su Jinli exclaimed.
A layman like her only thinks that Aoxue Hongmei has a strong iron bone, and she looks extremely beautiful, and she doesn't know that she can collect the snow water on her flowers to make tea!
"Hahaha! With such a clever mind, I'm afraid it's Miss Song! The eldest princess of Shunyi asked with a smile.
Although An Guogong loves tea, he is a man in the end, and he doesn't have such a delicate and delicate mind!
Sure enough, the maid nodded and said, "It's the water that our eldest lady collected in the first snow ahead!"
"Hmm!" Shun Yi bowed his head, and then continued to taste the tea.
Seeing that the three of them began to drink tea seriously, the maid hurriedly resigned: "There are too many distinguished guests today, so the slave and maid will retire first!"
"Hmmm! Let's go and help your young lady entertain the guests! The eldest princess of Shunyi waved her hand.
The maid saluted gratefully, then turned and hurried away.
The three of them chatted over tea, and by the time they had finished the last drop of tea in their cups, the courtyard was already full.
"This tea is so delicious!" Su Jinli is still unfinished.
As soon as she finished speaking, a refreshing voice sounded in her ears: "What kind of good tea did Li'er drink with my sister-in-law behind my back!"
"Shihan, Ye Yun!" Yunyang and Su Jinli said in surprise.
"You two come and sit in front of the palace!" The eldest princess of Shunyi smiled at the same time.