Chapter 118: Xiaogan Heaven and Earth
Luoyang Palace is already decorated with lights and the ministers who celebrated their birthday are so ruthless that they can't see the end.
Qin Shaoyou is just a small doctor, and he is not even qualified to enter the Wanxiang Temple to worship his birthday. He is wearing a new official robe and mixed in the crowd, making him look so inconspicuous.
However, some people knew him and whispered to the people next to him while looking at him. Of course, Qin Shaoyou didn't care about this.
When it was noon, the ministers from outside went back after celebrating their birthdays. Qin Shaoyou followed the crowd and began to leave the palace.
But at this time, a eunuch came over hurriedly and said, "Dr. Qin, which one is Dr. Qin..."
So countless eyes fell on Qin Shaoyou, and Qin Shaoyou stopped and said, "That's right."
"The saint has a word, please enter the Mingtang."
Qin Shaoyou nodded and turned to the Mingtang.
Mingtang has been decorated here for a long time, and the perfect decorations are overwhelming. When Qin Shaoyou entered the hall, he saw many acquaintances.
Those who can accompany Wu Zetian to celebrate their birthday are all top figures in the court.
Qin Shaoyou is familiar with many people, including Cui Feng, Shangguan Wan'er, Li Lingyue, Wu Chengsi, and Lai Junchen. In addition, there are many different faces. Just looking at their old gods, they still look free and easy in front of the saints, and they are all powerful figures.
When Qin Shaoyou came in, everyone looked at him curiously. After all, it was really surprising that people like Qin Shaoyou, who had a silver turtle bag, came in with a rude chance.
There were tables and futons for kneeling near the door. Qin Shaoyou knelt behind the table.
At this time, I saw Wu Zetian happily and said, "You guys are really worried. I am one year older. I am old and I am still worried about you."
After saying that, he smiled and said, "Actually, this time, it is said that Yue'er has put a lot of effort into giving me a surprise. Yue'er, tell me."
Li Lingyue came out and bowed, saying, "My Queen, the son minister is stupid, and he doesn't have so much thoughts, but the mother's birthday is so long, how can the son minister be negligent? So he looked for Dr. Qin and asked him to advise him. Dr. Qin, Su Zhi, the mother, likes Buddha and is so elegant. Then he made something with the son minister and asked the mother to appreciate it."
"Oh?" Wu Zetian became interested and looked at Li Lingyue curiously.
The ministers in this hall couldn't help but look at Qin Shaoyou.
Many people suddenly realized something.
It is said that Qin Shaoyou and His Highness Taiping are intimate and have an affair, but Princess Taiping is not afraid of her relationship with Qin Shaoyou. In this way, everyone is a little suspicious of this private relationship. Could it be that Princess Taiping prepares gifts, and Qin Shaoyou is said to have many strange plans. Then she got together to prepare gifts?
So...
No wonder...
No wonder Zhou Xing was suddenly convicted and his life and death have not yet been known.
Many people feel a sudden realization.
But... do you still need to stay in the Princess's Mansion in order to prepare gifts? This is still a bit far-fetched.
At this time, Wu Zetian said, "Let me see what kind of gift it is, I have something to say first. If I don't like it, I will be angry."
Li Lingyue smiled, but stretched out her slender hand and patted her.
A crisp palm sound came out, and at this time, several palace servants carefully carried a few sons in.
Everyone was even more suspicious and stretched out their heads to see.
Immediately, another eunuch moved a small stove, and a fire was set in the stove. Li Lingyue bent down and personally scooped the clear spring water from the kettle beside him into the pot on the stove.
When everyone saw the tea set on the table, they knew in their hearts that His Highness the princess was going to make tea. Many people felt wonderful in their hearts. Although the princess's gift was not new, it was just to make tea for the saint himself, but the princess was also a daughter after all. She personally made tea to her mother, which was indeed much more precious than simply offering pearls and jade.
However... if it is just the idea of making tea, although it is novel, it can be seen that Qin Shaoyou and His Highness the Princess are doing their best. However, it is still difficult to explain that Qin Shaoyou stayed in the Princess's Mansion. It would be better for Qin Shaoyou to come up with an idea, why should he be so close?
At the moment when everyone was suspicious, someone noticed a slight difference, because Li Lingyue did not put the tea into the boiling kettle. It was so strange that the water was about to open, and tea, salt, ginger, orange peel, mint, dates and other things were not added. When would it last?
Someone even found that there was no ginger, salt, orange peel on this tea table, and even no mashed tea balls.
You should know that in this era, tea leaves are crushed and made into a ball, and then added various seasonings to boil. The drinker directly drank all the tea. This method of drinking tea is similar to the butter tea in Mengzang, but the Tibetans just like adding milk and other things.
Tea in this era is far from being cultured, or it gives it a certain elegant meaning. In essence, it is nothing more than that wealthy families generally eat mutton, and these meats are often difficult to digest. They must eat tea to clear the stomach and intestines. As for adding orange peel, salt, mint, dates and other things, it is nothing more than a personal taste.
Although this is also called tea, it is essentially just soup, the soup with tea.
Now, Li Lingyue waited until the water boiled, and then carefully took off the pot and unbuttoned the lid. The boiling hot water suddenly rose into white mist. She was not in a hurry, but gently picked up a teacup. The teacup was a bit strange, round, with a large mouth on top, and a treasure lid on top. Then, Li Lingyue took out a paper bag from the side and uncovered it, but it was a blue-black leaf-shaped object.
"This...is tea..."
Many people became even more suspicious.
Because in their perception, the so-called tea is just a torn tea ball, sticky, like a small coal ball.
However, what Li Lingyue took out was completely different from the tea that everyone knew.
When Li Lingyue took it out, he introduced: "My Queen, this is a tea made by Qin Shaoyou. This tea is called Princess Tea. All the tea leaves are picked two or three leaves of mature new shoots, and then specially made. The biggest effect of this tea is to refresh the mind. The Mother Queen is usually engaged in national affairs and is very hard. If you eat more tea in daily life, it will not only prolong life, but also unblock the stomach and beauty. The most important thing is..." Li Lingyue blinked and said: "My Queen will know after a taste."
As he said that, when the boiling water in the pot gradually settled down, Li Lingyue put the tea into the tea table and took water to brew it.
When she brewed, her figure was slightly tilted, and the tea water came out of the spout of the pot, and the tall and thin water flowed out. The hot water entered the cup, and the tea leaves immediately rolled, and bursts of white smoke rose up.
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but straighten, just because of the unmatched beauty that Li Lingyue showed, and when it was intertwined with the tea leaves and hot water in this cup, it felt indescribable.
Such elegance, indifference, and tranquility, with a gentle sound of water flowing, is so wonderful.
It seemed as if everyone had returned to the countryside in the Book of Songs, and felt the leisurely and carefree feeling during the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Throughout the dynasties, whether famous scholars or high-ranking families have pursued, they are not the kind of noisy. This is the trend that has evolved from countless hardships since the pre-Qin period.
So... the doctors in the Book of Songs chanted "There is a trunk in the scattered mouth of the doctors, and the quiet southern mountain is like bamboo buds and pines. So there is the indulgence of the seven sages of the bamboo forest, Tao Yuanming's chrysanthemums to go southeast, and Cui Feng sat leisurely in the thatched cottage.
This kind of elegance in his bones is hard to explain, but now... it is like this feeling, Li Lingyue's every move and the clear boiling water quietly falls down, and the boiling water melts the dry and hard tea leaves, and the tea leaves begin to stretch. Isn't this the quiet change?
The people in the hall held their breath.
During this noisy birthday, an extremely quiet scene appeared. This elegant feeling made people feel relaxed in a daze.
And the moment they started to breathe, a fragrance came out.
This fragrance is not strong, it just seems to surround the tip of the nose, as if it is present or not, but it cannot be removed.
This feeling is again, with the simple and elegant tea fragrance, this feeling begins to aggravate.
From the beginning, this "fresh" thing did not give people any sense of incongruity, because this thing itself fits with the things in the bones of the people here.
It smells...it's really fragrant.
Our ancestors obviously did not like that strong fragrance, so they would never make the best perfume in the world. What they pursue was such elegance and a slight fragrance in the dullness.
And this kind of tea fragrance makes people feel as if they are in the mountains and flowing water, on the side of the gurgling stream, burning incense and playing the piano, listening to the birds' singing, feeling the faint fragrance, which makes people feel so refreshing.
call……
Li Lingyue let out a long sigh, and fine sweat was already oozing from her forehead.
Such a noble man who is not divided into grains and has a rich and elegant food wants to make tea, the people present can immediately imagine how much effort she has spent to study.
So... the truth is right in front of you.
The so-called "Dr. Qin stayed in the Princess' Mansion day and night, which was not a personal affair at all. It was just that this unprecedented tea making process and unprecedented fresh attempts required Qin Shaoyou to constantly correct and guide him.
You can also imagine that Princess Taiping has practiced this pot of tea today, and sheds so much pains.
And all this is for filial piety.
At this time, if someone wants to think about whether Qin Shaoyou and the princess are together and have any personal relationship, it will inevitably be a great destruction of the scenery and destroy the elegance that we see and hear in front of us today.
All rumors are self-defeating in this moment!
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Chapter completed!