Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 173 Royal Tribute
Chen Guiren lives in the East Side Hall of Yonghe Palace.

Wanxi entered the door of the East Side Hall and hurriedly greeted her.Chen Guiren came over in person, and helped him up with a smile: "It just so happens that I have just brewed a pot of tea. The fragrance of the tea welcomes the guests for me."

Chen Guiren insisted on asking Wanxi to sit down, but of course Wanxi would not do anything, after all, her status as master and servant is different.

Chen Guiren laughed: "To be honest, although I assume the status of a nobleman, you are only an official woman; but in this palace, you are a second-class woman next to the queen, so your actual status is lower than mine. The nobleman is much taller."

Wanxi also blushed, and quickly shied away: "That's all because the people in the palace respect the master and the empress, how dare the slaves raise their own value."

Chen Guiren smiled and stared at Wanxi for a moment, "Your worth is not raised by the queen~"

The queen's face became even redder: "Master Chen said that again, the slave can only be ashamed and rush to the door and run away!"

Chen Guiren laughed loudly, and told Bai Guo: "Close the door quickly, and don't tell Miss Wei to run away!"

A moment of joking and joking made Wanxi's initial formality dissipate.Chen Guiren didn't care so much, he grabbed Wanxi and sat down, and poured tea for Wanxi himself.

Wanxi took a sip of Pinpin, followed by a few more sips, and couldn't help raising her eyes to look at Chen Guiren: "The fragrance is so elegant, fresh and long-lasting...it should be the Zhulan tea from the Royal Tribute."

There are two kinds of tribute tea to the palace every year: royal tribute and annual tribute. The "year-old tribute" can be tasted by all the dignitaries in the palace, while the "imperial tribute" is only for the emperor to drink.

Nobody would believe that an unfavorable nobleman could actually enjoy royal tribute.

Chen Guiren laughed: "Miss, this tongue is really tricky!"

Wanxi blushed: "... I heard that the Zhulan didn't bloom until April. At this time, in March, Master Chen drank it; it can be seen that this is the first stubble. As soon as it was brought into the palace, the emperor rewarded it. Give it to the master."

Chen Guiren pursed her lips and smiled, "Miss told my secret, but as everyone knows, she also revealed her own truth~"

Wanxi raised her eyebrows, and the corners of her lips raised slightly in disbelief.

Chen Guiren lowered his head and took a sip of tea unhurriedly: "The girl's family has been an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for generations, but the girl's family has seen everything that the emperor eats, drinks, plays, and uses; I heard that the girl's Ama was appointed as the internal management leader, but it was accepted by the manager. So the girl should not know so much about the tea leaves from the royal tribute, not to mention that the Zhulan tea originally came from Jiangnan, and was weaved by Jiangning as a tribute. It’s a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the girl’s house.”

"But the girl recognized it after taking a sip, which shows that the girl has not only seen it, but also drank it... In this palace, apart from the Emperor's Hall of Mental Cultivation, where else can the girl have the opportunity to drink it?"

Chen Guiren said with a smile and glanced at Wanxi: "So, Miss, did you reveal both of our secrets together?"

Wanxi's face turned red.She hurriedly concentrated on drinking tea, not daring to look into Chen Guiren's eyes.

After finishing drinking, he took a deep breath and said, "It turns out that Master Chen is not unfavored, on the contrary, he is greatly favored!"

Chen Guiren was eating melon seeds in a calm manner: "No favor? Be favored? Then according to the girl, in this palace, what is a favor?"

Wanxi was slightly stopped, thinking quietly.

Chen Guiren was not in a hurry, he just smiled and said: "In the emperor's palace, there are many people who are favored, but few who are not favored. From the queen to the second concubine who has just entered the palace, who is the emperor not favoring? Who doesn't enjoy the spring breeze in front of the emperor? Even outsiders, they all know that the emperor is exposed to both rain and dew."

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(End of this chapter)