Chapter Seventy-Eight: Tea in the Court
The courtiers who can enter the Xuanzheng Hall are all carefully selected people who claim to be extremely intelligent, but they are helpless about this matter.
Emperor Qianwu couldn't help but think of Li Changfeng.
If it were Li Changfeng, what would he do if he encountered this situation?
With Xiao Jiu's ingenuity, maybe there is a way, right?
Thinking of this, Emperor Qianwu suddenly felt that the arguments of the courtiers in the hall were a little harsh, and his heart was irritable.
But as an emperor, he could only listen patiently, and he couldn't argue a result until the scattered dynasty, so he could only discuss it again tomorrow.
After retiring from the dynasty, Emperor Qianwu came to Fengyi Palace.
Empress Murong saw Emperor Qianwu's frowning, so she asked softly: "Your Majesty seems to be in a bad mood, I don't know why I am worried, let's see if the concubines can share a share of the burden for Your Majesty." ”
Emperor Qianwu rubbed his eyebrows, and said with a headache: "There is a flood in Shangzhou, and we need silver taels to help the victims and strengthen the embankments, and there are barbarians in the barbarian state, and we need silver taels and prepare grain and grass, but the treasury can only take out a mere 100,000 taels of silver now, a drop in the bucket, what do you say is good for me?" ”
Emperor Qianwu usually encountered no matter how big things were, he always behaved calmly and calmly, and would not show his true thoughts to others.
It is only here that Queen Murong will confide in his heart so unscrupulously, which shows how much he loves Queen Murong.
Hearing this, Queen Murong couldn't help frowning.
She doesn't have any good ways to deal with this, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and she never interferes in anything outside the harem, which is why she is deeply trusted by Emperor Qianwu.
She also knew that Emperor Qianwu was just talking, and he didn't really want to get any useful strategies from her, so she said softly: "How can a concubine and a woman understand these military affairs?" ”
Saying that, Empress Murong came behind Emperor Qianwu, gently placed her slender hand on Emperor Qianwu's temples, and rubbed it with neither light nor heavy force, and said gently: "The concubine only knows that Your Majesty is the heaven of this great Qian, the heaven of the concubine, and the dragon body Kangtai can determine the country and the country, and the problem will always be solved." ”
The originally tense muscles on Emperor Qianwu's face gradually relaxed, and he closed his eyes with an expression of enjoyment.
"You......"
It's all in plain sight.
Empress Murong smiled lightly and changed the topic to say something light.
"Xiao Changning fell asleep when he came back yesterday, and he didn't wake up until dawn today, and when he got up, he could shout that he wanted to go out to play, saying that the palace was boring."
Referring to that cute little guy, Emperor Qianwu couldn't help but show a smile: "There are indeed many interesting places outside the palace, and that child in Jianye loves Changning again, and takes her to play wildly everywhere, saying that he was a little unhappy when he wanted to go back to the palace." ”
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Next, the two chatted about some trivial things that were short, light-hearted and pleasant, and Emperor Qianwu became more and more relaxed, and finally fell asleep.
Empress Murong sighed lightly, sent someone to bring a thin blanket to cover it, and sat aside to accompany her.
For three days in a row, the agenda of the Korean meeting was still the matter of raising money to deal with the floods, but there was still no effective strategy.
This made Emperor Qianwu's mood even heavier.
this day.
When the court meeting was resting halfway, Emperor Qianwu looked at Gao Dali, and Gao Dali nodded quietly.
Immediately, Emperor Qianwu coughed lightly and said loudly: "Your Qing family must have been thirsty, and a batch of new tea in the palace has a very unique taste, which will quench your thirst and refresh your family." ”
The ministers bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”
After arguing for so long, the courtiers were indeed a little thirsty.
However, most of the courtiers did not take it to heart when they said that Emperor Qianwu had an extremely unique taste.
When there are only a few kinds of tea today, the way of boiling tea is also fixed, even if the quality of the palace imperial tea is better, how good can it be?
Soon, a large number of eunuchs entered with trays, and suddenly the unique fragrance permeated the entire hall, and the eyes of the courtiers suddenly lit up, and their spirits were also lifted.
"Curious scent!"
"Fresh and elegant, very unique indeed!"
"I've never smelled this tea before, it's so tempting!"
"I just don't know what it tastes like when you eat it!"
As the head of the hundred officials, Feng Qujian received the first cup of tea.
After seeing the crystal clear tea soup, my eyes lit up and I let out an exclamation.
"What a clear tea soup!"
Then he put it in front of his nose, and gently fanned it with his hand and smelled it, and his eyes brightened: "Fragrant!" It smells so good! ”
With a word of praise, Feng Qujian took a sip lightly, and then smashed his mouth, and the old face suddenly showed a look of enjoyment.
"Fresh and elegant, refreshing and pure, good tea! What a tea! ”
"Such a peculiar taste, it's really unheard of!"
As soon as the words fell, those courtiers who had not yet received the tea suddenly showed a look of longing, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
You must know that Feng Quzhi is a tea lover, and he has a very high attainment in the tea ceremony, and everyone in the whole capital knows about it.
Even he gave such a high evaluation, which shows that this tea must be very unusual.
Immediately afterwards, Zhongshu Ling, Liubu Shangshu and others also let out bursts of exclamation, and praised this tea for its excellent taste, which they had never drunk before.
In this way, it made the courtiers who had not yet received the tea itching.
After seeing everyone's reaction, the corner of Emperor Qianwu's mouth showed a faint smile.
It works great!
In the past, people drank tea by boiling it in boiling water, and then put in green onions, ginger, dates, orange peel, dogwood, mint and other auxiliary materials, and boiled for a long time before drinking.
Its taste is indescribable compared to Li Changfeng's fried tea.
Anyone who has ever drunk this kind of tea will definitely abandon the kind of tea that was brewed before.
The sales of Koocha are stable!
Soon, the tea in the courtier's teacup was drunk, and everyone showed a look of unfinished business, smashing their mouths and wanting to drink another cup.
But Emperor Qianwu didn't give them this opportunity, glanced at Gao Dali, Gao Dali understood, and ordered the little eunuch to take away the teacup.
Feng Quji reluctantly looked at the tea cup that he had taken away, and said to Emperor Qianwu: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, where did you buy this tea?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone stared at Emperor Qianwu with blazing eyes, and they all wanted to buy this kind of tea.
Emperor Qianwu smiled secretly in his heart, but he pretended not to know on his face, and looked at Gao Dali with a calm expression: "Where did this tea come from?" ”
Gao Dali also pretended not to know, bowed down and said: "This is purchased by the Internal Affairs Bureau, and the old slave doesn't know the specifics." ”
Emperor Qianwu nodded and looked at Feng Quji: "After the internal affairs office to be asked, I will tell you Aiqing tomorrow." ”
Feng Qujian looked pity, but still nodded.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Seeing that this tea whetted the appetite of the courtiers, Emperor Qianwu no longer wasted time and continued to organize everyone to discuss business.
When the court meeting was over, Gao Dali changed into civilian clothes, and after dressing up in disguise, he quietly slipped out of the palace.