Chapter Ninety-Five: The Tea of the People

"Your Majesty, it is rumored that the person who can taste the third cup of tea is currently only judged by Li Zhi, is it true?" Concubine Zhou looked at the third cup of tea on the table, and the old emperor stroked his beard, "That's true."

"The third tea ...... this year," the old emperor stroked his beard thoughtfully, and his cloudy eyes burst into a sharp gaze, "It's quite difficult!"

"Quite difficult?" Concubine Zhou was full of interest, "Presumably this tea is one in ten thousand!"

"It's really one in a million, and even the widow was quite shocked when he first drank it!"

Concubine Zhou was thoughtful, and her apricot eyes were raised, "Then the concubine must taste this tea."

The old emperor recalled that he had met the Dao Master of the Immortal Wind Dao Bone in that pavilion, and the tea of the people that the Dao Master had invited him to drink, and his brows were frivolous, "If anyone can taste it, there will be a reward!"

When everyone heard this, they asked the tea masters for the third cup of tea, and suddenly the tea masters scattered around were busy boiling the pot, and Qiu Tian didn't care about the old emperor at all, she had to put all her energy on the competition for the first talented woman in the world, otherwise, her death-free gold medal would fly completely.

In order to avoid dying for the gold medal, for the sake of your own life, even if the odds of winning are low, you must fight hard.

If Xu Song hadn't run back and told her, the major gambling houses outside the palace had opened their markets one after another with the gimmick of the world's first talented woman, and the odds of Zhou Qingyun's success in defending the title were one to one; Zhao Er's odds are one to two; The odds for the second princess are one to four; Others are paid 1 to 10; She was the only one who was taken out of the gambling house and set the odds at 1 to 100 alone.

From this odds, it can really be seen that the people are not optimistic about her strength, and Qiu Tian was not optimistic about her own strength, but she didn't want the original owner's strength to be as bad as she imagined, and even deliberately hid it.

may not be as good as Zhou Qingyun, but her strength should be about the same as Zhao Er, but this odds really hurt her self-esteem.

Suddenly, everyone in the Imperial Garden tasted tea with sad faces, and even the third tea was helpless when it was judged by Li Zhi, and shook their heads at everyone who was expecting him to taste it.

She took a sip of the third cup of tea, raised her eyebrows, and said in her heart: Isn't this the Dragon Ball hanging green?

Well?!

Is this the tea that the people often drink? What is there to guess?

The old emperor stroked his beard and glanced at the people with sad faces, he guessed that no one could taste this good tea today, but he didn't want to see Qiu Tian when his eyes fell on him, but this girl was in a happy mood and swallowed melon seeds, "Qiu Tianβ€”β€”"

"Yes!" Qiu Tian choked for a moment, stood up tremblingly, looked at the old emperor, and said in his heart: Don't you give melon seeds?

The old emperor changed his previous kind appearance, and sat down to look at Qiu Tian, "Have you guessed what this third tea is?"

"Guess?" Qiu Tian frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, the courtiers don't understand your words."

"Don't understand?!" Concubine Zhao's voice raised a degree, "Don't you know how to pretend to understand and attract everyone's attention?" Concubine Zhao said this with a hint of a smile, and the ministers immediately charged Qiu Tian with "grandstanding".

The nobles and ladies around Qiu Tian laughed at Qiu Tian for not being able to do enough and grandstanding, and waited to see her have "good fruit" to eat.

"Sister Zhao is so aggressive towards a female doll, people who don't know the character of Concubine Zhao's sister still think that her sister is deliberately finding fault and taking revenge on Xiao Jiu!" The queen smiled thoughtfully at Concubine Zhao, but this smile made Concubine Zhao smile weakly, "What's the matter? My sister misunderstood!"

"Your Majesty, the concubine is just worried that this girl is used to it, and she unknowingly collided with Your Majesty......

Concubine Zhao was afraid that the old emperor would think that she wanted revenge and aggressively pursued Qiu Tian, so in order to stop being grounded, she changed her voice and said softly: "Qiu Tian, Your Majesty asked if you guessed what this tea is?"

"Do you need to guess?" Qiu Tian was stunned and asked, "Isn't this tea very common?"

"Common?" Zhao Er sneered, "Qiu Tian, this is the tea of the palace banquet, and it is a rare product in this world."

"How dare you say it's common? Don't make people laugh out of their big teeth!"

The audience, who was originally silent, had a lot of discussions because of the word "common" Qiu Tian, and two factions were formed, one group questioned Qiu Tian's stiffness

Made, empty rhetoric questioning factions.

One faction is the faction that supports the common ones that Qiu Tian said, the two factions cite scriptures and argue, and those who are a little more rational are neutral and watch the show, but after Qiu Tian slightly reminded Li Zhiju and Zhou Qingyun that the two of them carefully studied the soup color and smell of this third tea.

"Little Jiu! What kind of tea is this?" The queen tasted a few sips, but still couldn't taste this tea, "This tea is fragrant, the soup is slightly yellow and bright, the taste is fragrant but not astringent, the aftertaste is not only sweet, but also a faint jasmine fragrance rises, lingering in the mouth for a long time."

The queen's shallow description helped everyone understand the color and aroma of the third tea, and they couldn't help but praise the queen's extraordinary ability to taste tea.

According to the queen's description, Zhou Qingyun quickly searched for the specific name of this tea in her mind, but in the end she found nothing, she couldn't help but look at Li Zhijuan's side, wondering if Li Zhijuan had thought of that tea.

But Li Zhiju still didn't find the tea species corresponding to this third tea, and his brows frowned and he didn't say a word.

"Your Majesty, is this tea really that hard to guess?" Qiu Tian looked at everyone's sad faces, and looked at the queen curiously.

"Isn't this tea made of inferior white tea as a tea plant, harvested from the buds of tea trees in early spring for one year, and made by crossing double and single-petal jasmine flowers. The finished product is full of silver quills, and it is made into the shape of a pearl ball, which is known as the Dragon Ball."

The old emperor, who was leisurely drinking tea, choked on a sip of tea when Qiu Tian said this, and frowned, "How do you know this tea seed?"

"Dragon Ball Tea?" Everyone questioned in unison, and the tea master was forced to look at everyone, picked up the note under the third cup of tea, opened it to everyone, and the words "Dragon Ball Tea" appeared in front of everyone.

Suddenly, everyone was stunned and looked at Qiu Tian in disbelief, but the next moment, the entire Imperial Garden seemed to explode, and they talked about Qiu Tian, even Zhou Qingyun, who looked down on Qiu Tian, was even more impressed by her.

Qiu Tian shrugged his shoulders in the face of the old emperor's surprised and curious eyes, "Back to Your Majesty, this Dragon Ball tea is extremely common in the tea stalls of folk teahouses. And this dragon ball tea is also divided into Tai Chi dragon ball and insect feces dragon ball.

"What we drink now is Tai Chi Dragon Ball, and the biggest difference between Tai Chi Dragon Ball and Insect Feces Dragon Ball is that Tai Chi Dragon Ball is sweet and jasmine-scented, while Insect Feces Dragon Ball is fruity and sweet." Qiu Tian explained casually, but her eyes quickly swept over the appearance of countless people who mocked her for speaking in vain.

Subsequently, when she withdrew her gaze, she looked at the curious old emperor and reluctantly explained: "Insect feces dragon ball tea, the aroma is not as fragrant as Tai Chi dragon ball, the taste is mellow, the soup is burnt yellow, the aftertaste is slightly astringent, and the fruity sweetness lingers in the mouth, and it is often eaten with rice cakes, which has a unique flavor."

"Ask Miss Qiu, how is this Worm Dragon Ball made? Why do you say it's a common tea, but none of us have ever drunk it?" Li Zhiju followed the yarn tent and bowed deeply to Qiu Tian, eager to learn and ask for advice.

This move immediately won Qiu Tian's favor, but it was precisely because of this move that Zhou Qingyun completely hated Qiu Tian.

"Dragon Ball tea is a common tea, but today all the important ministers of the court, the sons of the family, and the royal nobles are all present here...... With an extraordinary status, how can it be the cheapest Tai Chi Dragon Ball tea in the tea stall of the teahouse, or the worm feces dragon ball tea drunk by the dock coolies to refresh the spirit?" She frowned and sighed.

"We are pretentious, we are not used to drinking the tea of the people, and now we need Your Majesty to wake us up and return to the basics, we are ashamed, but Your Majesty is sympathetic to the people of Limin, Your Majesty Shengming, God bless my dynasty, long live my emperor!"

"God bless my dynasty, long live my emperor!" She flicked her sleeves and bowed deeply to the old emperor respectfully, but at this moment the audience was silent, no one followed the trend, no one discussed, as if she pressed the pause button, which made her embarrassed and didn't know what to do.

"Your Majesty, God bless my dynasty, long live my emperor!" Lian Tongtong, who was the first to react, shouted.

And this chant was like thunder, waking up countless people, "Your Majesty Shengming, God bless my dynasty, long live my emperor!"

"Your Majesty, God bless my dynasty, long live my emperor......

Suddenly, the people in the entire imperial garden knelt on the ground, calling the old emperor Shengming, coaxing the old emperor to be happy, full of folds

Zi's face smiled, "Let's all get up!"

"Thank you, Lord Ron!" After everyone thanked him in unison, they all stood up and looked at Qiu Tian, Qiu Tian held her breath, and pretended to be calm and glanced at everyone's gaze towards her.

When she was about to sit down slowly, the old emperor leaned forward, "Qiu Tian, I'm also quite curious, how is this Worm Dragon Ball made?"

Qiu Tian raised her eyebrows, and her memory was instantly pulled back to a certain show "Taste of Country X" in the 21st century, when she saw the production picture of this insect Dragon Ball, and the whole person was not good.

"Xiao Jiu, why don't you reply quickly?" The queen looked at the stunned Qiu Tian and reminded.

Qiu Tian frowned and nodded, and said stubbornly, "The production method of this insect dragon ball is also very simple, and the common people will pile up edible wild vines, green tea leaves, fragrant leaves, and longan leaves together, so as to attract a small black worm that specializes in eating these leaves."

"Hey...... Zhao Concubine couldn't help but make a disgusted voice, "Isn't this insect dragon ball just eating little black worms?" How can you get your mouth?" When everyone heard this, some people couldn't help but vomit, but this was just the beginning.

Qiu Tian frowned, "Concubine Zhao, you misunderstood. Insect Dragon Ball, as the name suggests, is, not a worm!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't hold back their stomachs and retched, and even the old emperor's face darkened a little, "Qiu Tian, what you mean by this, that is to say, I drank, that is ......."