Chapter 343: Hesitation
"Can you make the tea?" Liu Xinlan looked at Xiahou Ying hesitantly.
"When my aunt was making tea just now, I was watching from the sidelines, and I probably already knew what to do." Xiahou Ying replied with a light smile.
Liu Xinlan looked at Xiahou Ying, and saw that her eyes were clear, her bearing was open, and she seemed to be really confident, and she was not sure whether she would really know or fake for a while.
"Since you say so, then make me a cup of oolong tea first." Liu Xinlan said coldly.
"Yes!" Xia Houying nodded, walked to the side of the desk, and began to make tea.
I saw that Xiahou Ying first cleaned the tea set in an orderly manner, and then began to follow the order in which Liu Xinlan made the tea just now, one by one, and the process was not bad at all.
Seeing this scene, even Liu Xinlan couldn't help but secretly admire Xiahou Ying's meticulous observation, in less than a day, the person in front of him seemed to have learned his tea-making skills.
After a while, the unique rich aroma of oolong tea lingered in the whole room, and Xiahou Ying put the faint red tea soup into the tea cup, and then buckled the lid and brought it to Liu Xinlan.
"Auntie, please taste." Xiahou Ying handed the teacup directly to Liu Xinlan, but handed over the lid on it first.
Liu Xinlan glanced at Xiahou Ying, and a flash of light flashed in her eyes, but it was fleeting, and then she took the tea lid and put it in front of her nose and smelled it.
A rich and sweet aroma penetrated into her brain all the way down her nose, making Liu Xinlan suddenly feel that her whole mind was much clearer, and she couldn't help but nod secretly.
Drinking tea has always paid attention to smelling before tasting, the so-called smell, the natural smell is the aroma. Tea artists can volatilize the aroma of tea to the extreme, so that people can indulge in it just by smelling the fragrance.
Although the tea brewed by Xiahou Ying has not yet reached the point of transformation realm, it is extremely rare. Therefore, as soon as this fragrance was passed, Xiahou Ying passed it smoothly.
After smelling the fragrance of tea, when Liu Xinlan looked at Xiahou Ying again, her expression was no longer as indifferent as at the beginning, no matter what the purpose of the person in front of her was, and what he had to do with the Holy Queen, but at least in the matter of the tea ceremony, this person was a manufacturable material.
A female official like Liu Xinlan, who has made up her mind to die in the palace, actually looks down on fame and fortune. After entering the palace for many years, she watched how many people were favored for a while, but in the end she ended up with a straw mat shrouded body.
For Liu Xinlan, doing her own errand well is her only creed. And if there is anything else to think, it is that I hope to find a successor for my tea-making skills......
Since the advent of the two saints, female officials have risen in the palace. Liu Xinlan was originally just an aunt in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, but because of this tea-making skill, she was appreciated and transferred to the South Study.
Over the years, she has been looking for a successor, but unfortunately, most of the people who came to the imperial tea room had other purposes, and few of them really wanted to learn the art of tea......
Liu Xinlan took the tea cup from Xiahou Ying's hand, looked at the clear and crystalline tea soup in the cup, and thought to herself, "Regardless of whether this new tea maid has ulterior motives or not, at least she is really learning to make tea with her heart, which is already rare......."
In the end, Liu Xinlan didn't drink the tea soup handed to her by Xiahou Ying, but stood up directly, "Okay, today is the exam for the two of you, I hope you won't let me down!" ”
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