Six palaces without concubines in the Red Chamber

0028 Linxi Ting skillfully brews three clear teas, leaves a fragrance and smoked with lotus flowers

"What can't be said in the house, but stand at the door?"

The Empress Dowager pretended to be surprised, but Daiyu had a thin skin and was nothing at all, but her face turned red when she heard this, but she seemed a bit intriguing.

Daiyu's face was burning hot, she didn't have the nerve to block the door again, she stepped forward and knelt and said, "I have brought everything, I'm going to make tea right now, my ancestors can eat it when they come back from a walk."

"No hurry." Reaching out to help her up, the empress dowager took her hand with a smile, and looked at the emperor again: "Why is the emperor here so soon?" Without waiting for him to answer, she said again: "Since you are here , just accompany me for a walk. The emperor has a good taste, and he also tastes Daiyu's craftsmanship."

"It's been a while since I went for a walk with my ancestors. I have nothing to do today, so I simply asked them to put the meal in the Linxi Pavilion. I will accompany my ancestors to have a meal before returning to the Hall of Mental Cultivation."

When people are older, they like to talk with juniors.The empress dowager was happy when she heard this, and immediately agreed, and told Tong Yi: "Let the dining room cook home-cooked food. It's hot and greasy. I don't have an appetite after seeing it."

Tong Yi said with a smile that she had written it down, and went to the dining room to deliver the message.Now that she had gone, the Empress Dowager had another empty one at hand.Gui Lan was about to go forward to help, the emperor took two quick steps, stretched out his hand to support him, and said with a smile: "There is no need for them, today the grandson serves the ancestors."

The Empress Dowager was indescribably happy and satisfied.The emperor and Daiyu stood beside her, one on the left and the other on the right, they were like a pair of lovers, if she told her, there was nothing more right than them.With a smile on his face, he asked them to support him to go forward, and occasionally turned his head to talk to Daiyu: "It's been so long since you entered the palace, and you haven't been to Linxi Pavilion. Sit down, not to mention how comfortable it is. Call two piano girls from the Shengping Department and let them play by the water..."

The Empress Dowager would go out for a walk every day after breakfast, and there was a fixed route for walking.Most of them scattered from the Shoukang Palace to the Cining Garden, and then sat in the Linxi Pavilion to the south for a short rest.After returning from a walk and taking a nap, it's time for lunch.The empress dowager's walk was also a big battle, and the court ladies and eunuchs who followed were nothing, but the most important thing was the copper samovar managed by Chen De and his apprentice Chen Kangqi.Wherever the Empress Dowager went, there was no reason to eat outside food.Even a sip of tea must come from Shoukang Palace.When people walked, the copper samovar followed. The fire was not extinguished day and night, and it was provided for the empress dowager to drink tea.

Daiyu was thinking about how to use a copper samovar to make Sanqing tea, and at the same time followed the empress dowager into the Garden of Compassion.It is said to be the Garden of Compassion, but it is actually a whole area in front of the Shoukang Palace and the Palace of Compassion.Although the scale is not as good as the Royal Garden, the charm of the scenery is not inferior.The Empress Dowager likes the Linxi Pavilion in the south.Linxi Pavilion is ingenious, just like its name. There is a masonry bridge on the long pool, and a square pavilion on the bridge. There are doors and partition doors on all sides. This is Linxi Pavilion.The glass windows of the Linxi Pavilion are covered with yellow-green glazed tiles, and wooden guardrails are installed on both sides facing the water.Whether it is flower viewing or fish viewing, you can have a panoramic view here.

The empress dowager's favorite koi is red and white. She leaned on the watchpost and called softly: "Splendid." But with this sound, a fish really understood it, and swam across the school of fish towards the empress dowager. come over.The mouth and head are outward, as if to say hello.

The eunuchs in the palace are all old-fashioned, with a clever mouth.Zhou Shoulian, who is in charge of the Shoukang Palace, is no exception. Whenever this is the case, he smiles and greets: "Jinxiu is paying respects to the ancestors, saying that the ancestors are blessed and live longer, and become more energetic every day. The ancestors are so blessed. Even the fish are happy to obey you when they see you."

Even though I knew it was just auspicious words to please people, it could still make the Empress Dowager smile.

Chen De set up a copper samovar in the west room of the pavilion, and told Chen Kangqi to reply: "Fushou County Master is safe. The copper samovar is ready, just waiting for the county master to use it."

Daiyu nodded in agreement, and was about to go, when the Empress Dowager said again: "Wouldn't it be more interesting to ask Chen De to set up a tea stove in the open room and eat while cooking?"

It is rare for the Empress Dowager to be in such a good mood, so Daiyu naturally obeyed and would not disappoint her.Seeing that she was teasing the fish, Daiyu said: "It will take a while to get the tea. I will cook it in the pavilion first. When I can wait, I will invite the ancestors to come in."

Daiyu got permission and went to the pavilion.Although Chen De is old, his hands and feet are nimble.After a while, a small tea stove has been prepared, which is clean and exquisite, just the kind that noble ladies have fun in their spare time.

Sanqing tea is difficult to say, but the most important thing is to boil it with snow-melted water after gathering plum blossoms, pine nuts and bergamot.The water used now was brought from the emperor. According to Li Shunxiang, this is the snow collected from the green plums in the Shoukang Palace last year. After so many snowfalls, a jar was collected in total.An altar of snow turned into water, and it became half an altar. The emperor treasured it again and again and was reluctant to eat it easily. Today, the empress dowager wanted to eat it, so he took it out.

Once a person is born beautiful, no matter what he does, he will be moving.For example, now, just brew a pot of mediocre Sanqing tea, and the demeanor is different from others.

The emperor raised his foot to enter the door, but when he saw this scene, he stopped suddenly.Not only did he stand quietly, but he even raised his hand to signal the palace people behind him not to make a sound.She couldn't tell where the style came from, but she just sat there with a smile on her lips, stretched out her hand to make tea, and her quiet posture could be called peerless.Stretch your arms and slide your sleeves inward.In the heat of summer, she was dressed thinly, and when the sleeves fell off, her snow-white wrist was cut off, so delicate that it could be broken by blowing a bomb, and it could emit a glistening white light.

What a treat.It doesn't matter what the taste of the tea is, this scene alone is enough to enter the picture.

"Why don't you come in?" The empress dowager's voice woke up the emperor and Daiyu.It's a good painting, just call her disturbed.

Daiyu stood up, and waited for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to come in and sat down on both sides of the throne bed before sitting back on the round stool.

The Empress Dowager said: "The fragrance is timeless, and you can tell it's good tea just by smelling it. Back then, your father was also a master at making tea..."

These words were addressed to the emperor. As the emperor's son, he had never tasted the tea made by the emperor, so he could only imagine it based on the words of the empress dowager.

Pour the hot tea into a white glaze pot, and then pour it into a fat and white plum blossom cup, and you will have a cup of elegant and fragrant Sanqing tea.Chen Kangqi presented it to the Empress Dowager, and then sent it to the emperor.

Daiyu stood up and said modestly: "It's just a joke at home, if the cooking is not good, please give me some face from my ancestors, don't scold me."

Just by looking at her flowing movements just now, one can tell that she is an expert.No matter how it is, it can't be too bad.

As the name suggests, Sanqing tea mainly chooses its purity.Plum blossom, pine fruit and bergamot have their own fragrance, which is natural.The snow water is clear, slightly less sweet than Yuquan water, but clearer is better.Sure enough, the taste is clear and light, and the fragrance is natural, not frivolous.

Not only the empress dowager, but even the emperor was amazed by this tea.Holding his tea, he praised sincerely: "This tea is very good, you don't have to be humble."

The Empress Dowager was sipping tea with her head down, when she heard that she glanced at him in the gap, the corners of her lips curled slightly.This tea is the best, but what makes her even more happy is the emperor's compliment.Knowing how to praise others shows that he is not completely a piece of rotten wood.Isn't that what it's like to please a girl, no matter how good or bad she is, you can't reject her just by opening her mouth.

"The emperor's tongue is the most picky. If you can ask him to say something good, it shows that this tea is really good." Putting it on the table, the Empress Dowager stretched out her hand to beckon Daiyu, took her hand and boasted: "I don't know if these two hands How it was born, the embroidery is bright and delicate, the hairpin flower script is beautiful and elegant, and even the tea is so sweet and refreshing. I should ask your mother sometime, how did you raise it so that you can make it so Zhong Lingyuxiu's child."

The Empress Dowager likes the younger generation with good looks. She liked Lin Jue very much back then, and now Daiyu makes her even more happy.I don't know how the Lin family's children grow up, they are so outstanding that they overwhelm others.

Daiyu asked her to hold hands, knowing that she liked the tea, she was also very happy.Said softly: "Although Sanqing tea is good, it's a bit cold, so you can't eat it every day. The Empress Dowager likes this natural fragrance, so I have a way."

As soon as these words came out, not only the empress dowager, but even the emperor became interested and asked: "What method?"

Daiyu said: "When I was at home, if it was summer, the taste of ordinary tea would not be clear enough. I often make gauze bags with organdy, and put tea leaves in them. No matter what kind of tea, I like the best. Wait for the lotus When it blooms, put it in the flower core at night, and take it out in the morning. Boil it with rootless water or mountain spring water, and the aroma will be light and elegant, with a unique charm."

The lotus closes at night and opens during the day.Put it in at night and let the natural smell smoke it overnight. If you haven't eaten it yet, you can already guess the long and clear aroma.

"It's such an exquisite idea, how did you come up with it?" The Empress Dowager took her hand, turned her head and said to the emperor, "It really opened my eyes. Daiyu came up with such a good idea, the emperor, hurry up." Let's try too."

The emperor slowly sipped the remaining tea, feeling comfortable and relaxed, and his heart was open.He is a man of self-discipline and self-denial, who devotes himself to political affairs day and night.The tastes of these girls' families, they used to feel that they were idle and had nothing to do, but now they also find it elegant and interesting, and they are eager to try and find out.

"It's a pity that the lotus hasn't bloomed yet..."

"The water lotus in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation opened early." The emperor immediately fulfilled the wish of the empress dowager: "It is also closed at night and opened in the morning. The ancestors want to taste it, and I will tell them to do it when I go back." After a pause, His eyes fell on Daiyu and he looked back, hesitantly said: "It's just that they haven't done this before, so I don't know if it can be done well. I haven't seen what the gauze bag looks like. I'm afraid I will disappoint my ancestors..."

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