A group of ladies gathered here, seemingly harmonious, but in fact, they all have their own thoughts.

Since the Qin family moved into this Rongguo Mansion, they have regarded themselves as the masters, and even the sedan chair used outside the mansion is the one they use, as if others would not know that they occupied the property of the big house.

But Huo Ren relied on his brother's exploits to find a lot of officials in the court, and the Qin family was sociable, so there were still many people in the capital who interacted with them.

But some people can't get used to it, and the Huang family in the south of the city is one of them, so when Mrs. Huang saw Huo Jiuge, she immediately praised and said: "I thought that the daughter of the imperial historian was enough to be talented and beautiful, but I didn't expect that the eldest lady of the Rongguo Mansion was even better!" ”

Her words not only responded to the Qin clan, but even shifted everyone's attention to Huo Jiuge.

Everyone waited to see Huo Jiuge's reaction, and if she didn't answer well, she would slap Mrs. Huang in the face; If the answer is too good, it will offend the Qin family, in short, it is a dilemma.

In the next second, I saw that the girl bent her eyes at her, revealing a crescent-like smile, and she said: "Mrs. Huang has praised it falsely, Jiuge has lived in Jinling for a long time, how can it compare to the intelligence of my cousin who has been guided by a famous teacher since she was a child?" ”

In order to cultivate Huo Qingshang, the Qin family can be said to have no regard for the cost, in order to practice the piano for her in the winter without freezing her hands, the charcoal fire in the Wangshu Courtyard has never been broken, and it is still the kind of expensive charcoal that is burned.

This kind of charcoal is strip-shaped, a foot long, the whole body is blue, hard as iron, burns up with light and no flame, a charcoal can burn for several days, the heat is pressing, everyone calls this "Rui charcoal".

Huo Qingshang alone has to burn the annual consumption of other people's families in winter, which is simply extravagant, and such expenses are recorded in the account office of the Rongguo Mansion.

Qin Shi listened to the words of the two of them and added: "It's still the mountains and rivers of Jinling that raise people, I remember that Jiu Ge didn't like to show up in front of people the most, but now he can take the initiative to talk to people, and the shadow of half a point ago is really gone." ”

Huo Jiuge looked at the other party's hypocritical face, and also said politely to her: "Jinling's mountains and rivers have raised people, and they have also left your aunt to take care of you for so many years." ”

As soon as this remark came out, she not only easily resolved the problem, but also left a generous and decent impression in front of everyone.

Huo Jiuge wouldn't do this, she wanted everyone to see the heart of the Qin family's tiger and wolf with their own eyes.

"My heart, you will be fine tomorrow, lest someone chew the root of our Huo family's tongue behind your back," Qin Shi said and glanced at Madam Huang just now, as if hinting at something.

Before the other party could speak, the Qin clan forcibly ended the conversation, and she took Huo Jiuge's hand and began to introduce the ladies present to her.

"Now that you have returned to the capital, don't stay in the courtyard longer, but also go out and walk around more, so that everyone can get to know you." Qin instructed.

After she said this, she gave Huo Qingshang a look and asked her to go down and prepare things.

Everyone praised her for her good education, not only did she train her daughter so well, but even Huo Jiuge became different from before under her care.

Qin's mouth is talking about where and where, but his heart is already happy, who doesn't like to be praised? Especially someone like the Qin family who loves to be in the limelight.

Just when everyone was talking and laughing, the girl Zhihua came up with a wooden tray with vermilion lacquer, sent the tea to the resting pavilion, and then shouted at them: "Madam, Miss, please use tea!" ”

Qin immediately beckoned everyone: "Let's take a sip of tea to moisten our throats first." ”

So everyone went to the pavilion and picked up the teacups on the table.

"Why is this tea so fragrant?" As soon as Montessori picked up the teacup, before he could drink it, he smelled the aroma.

When the people on the side heard this, they took a sip and agreed: "This tea not only smells fragrant and drinks, it is really an excellent quality." As he spoke, he looked at the Qin clan and said, "It's really still a good thing from the Rongguo Mansion, I have never drunk such fragrant tea before!" ”

Qin Shi waved his hand and said, "What kind of good thing is this, it's just that Qing Shang learned tea art for a few days, and then brewed it according to the book." ”

That said, but the smile on her face was real

The tea ceremony was regarded as an extremely elegant activity, not to mention among the wealthy families of the court, but also very popular among the market.

Huo Qingshang's tea art was obviously learned since childhood, but Qin said that she only learned it recently, in order to win glory for her face, and at the same time, she also gained the reputation of Huo Qingshang's talented woman.

Montessori was obviously very satisfied with this tea, looked at Huo Qingshang, and smiled kindly: "I only learned such a craft after a few days, if I learned it well, wouldn't it be the best in the world!" ”

Montessori is the wife of the current Prime Minister and has two daughters and a son.

The eldest daughter, Jiang Huaying, married the eldest prince as a princess; The eldest son, Jiang Minsheng, was a bachelor in Hanlin; The youngest daughter Jiang Ruoyun is about the same age as Huo Qingshang, and the two have a good relationship and are best friends.

And Huo Qingshang is also the best choice of daughter-in-law in her mind.

First, Huo Qingshang grew up with Jiang Ruoyun since he was a child, and the two families know each other; The second is that she fell in love with Huo Qing's reputation as a talented woman.

Huo Qingshang, who was accustomed to being praised by others, did not show any joy, as if she was born to live in appreciation.

She said unhurriedly, "Madame has won the award, Qingshang just because grandpa likes to drink tea, so he deliberately went to study for a while, where is there such an exaggeration as you said." ”

Montessori was moved by her words, it turned out that she was not only rich in the name of a talented woman, but even her filial piety was also full of enthusiasm.

"You kid, you're too modest." Mrs. Meng liked Huo Qingshang more and more.

The others also echoed, Huo Qingshang smiled and said nothing, she glanced in the direction of Huo Jiuge, and found that she was staring at a certain place, as if she didn't want to participate in this game.

"Sister Jiu Ge thinks this tea is not delicious?" Huo Qingshang pushed Huo Jiuge to the forefront with one sentence, what everyone thinks is good, if she says it badly, it will definitely make people think that she is extremely Huo Qingshang and deliberately splashes dirty water on her.

Huo Jiuge didn't explain, but just said to Mrs. Huang, "Madame, can you lend me your cup?" ”

Mrs. Huang nodded and handed her the already empty cup, Huo Jiuge took the cup and looked at Huo Qingshang again, and asked, "Does my cousin still have tea?" ”

Huo Jiuge, who played cards out of common sense, whetted everyone's appetite, and everyone wanted to see what she wanted these things for.

After Huo Qingshang asked the maid to bring the tea and hot water for her, Huo Jiuge first scalded the bottom of the bowl with hot water, then took out a small amount of tea leaves and put them in the bowl, and after a few times of water, he picked up the tea cup and shook it gently, and after a few seconds, he opened the tea lid.

After the heat dissipated, a lotus flower appeared at the bottom of the bowl.

This is the most difficult stunt in the tea art, but I didn't expect Huo Jiuge to master such a stunt at a young age.