Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 88 It is better to cook such a beautiful flower
Concubine Xian paused for a while, and said, "Seeing what Concubine Ming said, those who didn't know would think that Concubine Gui was a stingy person. Isn't it just a flower. Today, everyone brought at least hundreds of plants. What's the matter with a few brewed tea. Sister Guifei, do you think it is true?"

"That's right, the imperial concubine sister has always been generous, how could she care about her sister just because of a flower."

There were several concubines beside her, who were joking along.

"Then how can it be done! It took three months to raise these nineteen flowers, and it would be too wasteful to drink it like a tea!" Concubines and concubines also spoke out to discourage them.

For a while, the whole hall became lively, but everyone's voices were friendly, and there was no obvious contradiction. In short, the focus of the topic was around "It's a pity to cook so beautifully", and "It's good to drink tea. A try" back and forth in circles.

And the queen mother and the concubine have not spoken, they seem to be very tolerant of them.

If it is the first time to enter the palace, it is likely to be regarded as a joke between good sisters.

Zhao Xiwei held the tea bowl in his hand, his face was calm, but he didn't dare to relax at all.

Life in the palace is not easy. A little carelessness is a deep abyss. Those who can survive will have the blood of the enemy more or less on their hands, and step on the bones of the opponent whether light or heavy.

And those who can appear in the Changxin Palace and participate in the empress dowager's flower banquet must all have prominent figures in the harem, and they are the elite of the people.

So, she didn't take it as an ordinary conversation.

Concubine Pei Gui is in charge of the six palaces, but she has no position as a queen. There must be many people who will not accept it. There is no way to do this.

In addition, the queen mother and the imperial concubine have always been at odds. When the concubine Xian said such words at this time, is there an inspiration from the queen mother behind her?
"Okay, stop arguing." The queen mother's voice suddenly sounded, neither high nor cold, but with the majesty of a person in power, "Zhao Xiwei, tell me, can this flower make tea?"

Hearing the Queen Mother's order, Zhao Xiwei's fingers froze while holding the tea bowl.

The traps in this palace are really one after another.

Don't say that she has already deduced the struggle of several concubines, even these are friendly, and the peony flower of the imperial concubine is not something she can move.

The imperial concubine holds the real power of the harem. Even if she does not have the title of queen, she is equivalent to the queen.

Now that the queen mother asked her to make a choice, it was obvious that she wanted to push her out as a knife and give Concubine Pei Gui an ugly look.

If she said that this flower could make tea, she would declare war on the imperial concubine. What if the imperial concubine was unhappy and gave herself a disrespectful sin?

But if she said that this flower cannot make tea, it would be refuting the empress dowager and concubine Xian and others, and it would be a dead end.

How to do?
Zhao Xi's gaze stopped on the tea bowl.

Several concubines have become impatient: "Can you cook, you can talk."

"That is, if we can, we can't, if we can't, we can't eat that peanut."

Concubine Xian looked at Concubine Pei Gui as she spoke.

Concubine Pei Gui was holding the tea and gently scraping the tea foam with a cover bowl. She ignored her and looked at Zhao Xiwei instead: "Can you just say it directly, without worrying about this palace's mood."

Concubine Ming said in a somewhat pleasing manner: "Sister Guifei is really generous, and if you want me, I will definitely be reluctant to bear it."

A few people next to him sighed softly: "Oh, what a beautiful flower, it is more precious than Sister Xian's orchid."

It seems that everything is a foregone conclusion, the peony of the imperial concubine must be boiled.

Everyone looked at Zhao Xiwei in unison, and said with a smile: "I heard that milk, fruit pulp, and honey are added to the scented tea. Wouldn't it taste good?"

"Hey... add so many things in, is this tea still tea? How can I drink it?"

"You don't know this. I heard that since Da Honglu drank the tea made by Miss Zhao for the envoys, the street of Honglu Hotel has started to sell this sweet and sour tea!"

"Yo, since this is the case, then Miss Zhao quickly shows her hand and gives us a taste."

They said they wanted to drink tea, but they betrayed them with the look on their faces watching the big drama.

Of course Zhao Xiwei also knew that this was just looking for an opportunity to use himself as a monkey.

But when can this tea be drunk and made?Do you have to cook Pei Guifei's peony in this Changxin Palace?
Zhao Xiwei drank the remaining tea in the cup in one sip.

In these complex eyes full of curiosity, excitement, narrow-mindedness, ridicule, etc., he put down the cup and rolled up his sleeves.

I saw her bowing her knees and bowing, and said calmly, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, the peony flower is the king of all flowers. If it is used to make tea, you must take the water of the four seasons, then take the hundred flowers as a guide, and use the peony and plum blossoms. , orchids complement each other, without losing the true color of Kao.”

Since it says "boil", it must use water.

Since Concubine Pei's flowers are to be boiled, the flowers of all the other concubines will also be cooked.

Since she wanted to push her into the water, she pulled everyone present into the water.

If you can't cook because there is no water, or because other people are reluctant to spend, you can't blame her.

"Four o'clock water? Hundred flowers lead?" The concubines present were stunned for a while, they had never heard of such a request.

Someone who understands it, glances at the flowers that he has carefully prepared next to him, and smiles embarrassingly: "It's so troublesome? Why don't you forget it."

Zhao Xiwei breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems he made the right bet.

These flowers are the favorite things of the goddesses in the palaces. They are kept in the conservatory. They are seen three times a day, just to make a big difference at this flower feast. If they are boiled and drunk like this, who would be willing!

Unexpectedly, the queen mother was not happy.

"Ai's family thought it was very interesting, but there are only a hundred kinds of flowers. There are no delicate flowers in the palace, and there is nothing complicated."

Her majestic eyes swept across the crowd, and everyone hurriedly smiled and said, "That's right, it's just a few flowers. It's a blessing for the concubine to make the queen mother like it."

The Queen Mother nodded.

Then Concubine Ming looked at Zhao Xiwei: "It's not difficult to attract a hundred flowers, but what is the water in the four seasons?"

Zhao Xi smiled softly and said, "Reporting to the concubine Ming, there are four seasons in the sky, spring, autumn, winter and summer. The four seasons water is the four solar terms of the beginning of spring, the beginning of summer, the beginning of autumn, and the beginning of winter, and it is sealed with a porcelain jar and buried under the tree. When tea is brewed, turn it out and use it to make the scent of the scented tea more fragrant.”

After she finished speaking, she gave another gentle salute, then retreated to her seat and sat down.

All this is so calm, without the slightest panic.

Not to mention the four solar terms of Tianshui, just the rain in the beginning of the spring season is already prohibitive - after all, it is winter now, who still hides the rain in spring?

Stepping back [-] steps, if someone can really provide the water of the four seasons and cook the flowers of the concubines, she can only accept her fate. Anyway, she is not responsible for this crime alone.

(End of this chapter)