Chapter 213: The Art of Cooking Tea
"Princess Jin'er said and laughed-" Kou Shu waved her hand slightly, and the red jade bead earrings on her ears swayed back and forth, looking very eye-catching: "I am very sparsely populated, but I am not going to bully Princess Jin'er with a piano, Concubine Shu is just carrying this piano with me." ”
Although Princess Jin'er nodded on the surface, she obviously didn't agree with Kou Shu's words very much in her heart.
Kou Shu also said more, slowly glanced at the concubines below, as if she suddenly remembered something, raised her head slightly towards the audience, and said, "Xu promised to be here today?" ”
On occasions like this, the concubines with high positions are bound to be there, but Xu Lingwei is a promise, and under the identity, it doesn't matter if he is not there, so Kou Shu has such a question.
Hearing Kou Shu suddenly ask about Ling'er, the Queen Mother's eyebrows moved slightly, she originally felt that Ling'er was very much like her own Anping, but then for some reason, she felt that the two were far apart, so she was not enthusiastic about Ling'er at the beginning, but in any case, Ling'er was still a little similar to Anping, and when she suddenly heard Ling'er's name, she still paid a little more attention.
A figure in the audience moved slightly, and then came out of the ranks, knelt respectfully in front of Kou Shu, and said, "Back to the queen's mother, the concubine is here." ”
"Who are you?" Princess Jin'er looked at the person who came out and frowned.
Xu Ling is the position of promise, the red and purple clothes are not worn, and today is a foreign country to make such an important occasion, it is not to wear too plain, it is Xu Ling today wearing a honey-colored silk double cloud goose suit, the lower body is wearing a jade flower crepe skirt, and the head is simply wearing a pair of cloud-foot pearl tendril hairpins, compared with others, what is worn is extremely plain and light, but it has its own taste, it looks beautiful and refined, and a smile is soft and moving.
A smile flashed in Kou Shu's eyes, and she turned to Princess Jin'er and said aloud: "Princess Jin'er has come to my Daxuan for a few days, what do you think of the tea in my Daxuan?" ”
Princess Jin'er was slightly stunned and nodded: "My Nanzhao is located in the plain, with more wind and sand and less rain, so the tea trees cannot grow very lushly, and the tea leaves produced are sweet with a little bitterness, but the tea leaves tasted by these Japanese princesses in Daxuan are fragrant with a hint of sweetness, but they are much better than my Nanzhao." ”
Kou Shu smiled slightly and continued: "The tea I Daxuan is a must, Princess Jin'er can know that the production and production of tea is extremely complicated, and Gezhou, where Xu promised to be located, is famous for producing and making tea. ”
"Oh?" When Princess Jin'er heard this, she was a little more curious about the promise in front of her: "So, you can also make tea?" ”
A smile quickly crossed Kou Shu's lips, and her eyes immediately turned to Song Jinyan's side, but she was a little cold, she had been helping Song Jinyan to work hard in exchange for the peace of the harem now, but Song Jinyan did this to herself again and again, don't blame yourself for making a family ugly inside and outside the city.
Waving her hand, Kou Shu seemed to be amused by Princess Jin'er's innocence, and said softly: "Princess Jin'er said that tea-making is something that ordinary people do, and besides, although this tea is delicious, the tea-making skills are extremely complicated and boring. ”
"What does Empress Daxuan mean?" Princess Jin'er raised her eyebrows, and looked at Kou Shu with her hands on her waist.
Kou Shu smiled slightly and said, "Princess Jin'er, have you ever heard of cooking tea?" ”
"Cooking tea?"
"Exactly," Kou Shu nodded, and continued: "The so-called cooking tea, is one of the tea ceremony, how to cook the tea leaves of the master, show the color and fragrance of the tea in front of the people who use the tea, is an extremely advanced knowledge, a good tea cooking master, can use the rain and fog produced by cooking tea, the scenery of the landscape, like a fantasy, beautiful." ”
"And such a strange ability?" Hearing this, Princess Jin'er couldn't help but widen her eyes, nodded like pounding garlic, and said, "This princess wants to see, who will?" ”
"Princess Jin'er forgot," Kou Shu pursed her lips: "This palace just said that Xu promised to be born in Gezhou, presumably it is difficult to promise it, right?" ”
When everyone heard this, they all nodded.
Although Kou Shu asked Xu to agree to cook tea, this is really not a very excessive request, you must know that the skill of cooking tea is for laymen to see the excitement and insiders to see the doorway. And this princess Jin'er is a layman at first glance, and she can be bluffed in just three or two clicks, not to mention that Xu promised to be born in a state and county like Gezhou, where every household can cook tea, even among the concubines here, everyone knows a little bit.
To say a little too much, Kou Shu can be said to have given Xu Yu a chance to show his face.
Hearing Kou Shu's words, Xu Ling's body trembled violently, as if he didn't expect Kou Shu to make such a request, raised his head, his eyes flickered, and after a while, he spoke: "Queen Mother, today is the distinguished guest of Nanzhao, and the concubine's small tea cooking skills are really difficult to wait for the elegant hall." Besides, when the concubines have been in the palace for a long time, the skills of cooking tea have been quite rusty, if Princess Jin'er is really interested, you might as well wait for the concubines to be ready, and then invite Princess Jin'er to the palace for a gathering. ”
As soon as Xu Ling's words were spoken, everyone's expressions were a little cold, especially the Queen Mother on the stage, whose face had sunk a lot.
"It's okay, it's okay," Princess Jin'er patted her chest boldly, and said: "This beauty doesn't have to mind too much, this princess just wants to see her vision, this princess has seen a lot of singing and dancing, this is the first time I've heard of this tea, so you can come and show a show for this princess." ”
Princess Jin'er opened her mouth and looked at Xu Lingdao in front of her.
Kou Shu smiled faintly, a hint of pride flashed in her eyes, that Xu Ling was an imposter at all, he was not born in Gezhou, and he had not been trained and nurtured by the family, how could he be able to cook tea. I had already expected that this promise would not be accepted. Originally, he had many ways to test Xu Ling, but a few days ago, Yuan Ming told him a news that changed his mind, those secret guards outside the Changle Palace were not sent by the spies of the enemy country in the palace to follow him, but the people buried by Song Jinyan beside him.
It was only because Yuan Ming had seen Yan Yi that he inadvertently discovered about it.
Song Jinyan treats himself like this, don't blame him for embarrassing him in full view today. Kou Shu's heart moved slightly, but when she saw Song Jinyan looking at her meaningfully, she obviously saw that something was wrong with this matter.