The Prime Minister's Wife

Chapter 379 Visiting from the Empire (2)
When Bo Qing arrived, everyone was gathering in the middle of the Merlin, in a pavilion that could accommodate nearly a thousand people.

"I met Mrs. Mu."

In the pavilion, there are thick and warm curtains hanging all around. The wives and young ladies are chatting, and when they see the appearance of Boqing, they all stand up and salute.

Xiao Jintian established the imperial dynasty, and his ascension to the throne is imminent. Mu Zhaoming is the prime minister, and his status has no room for improvement.

But the market of fickleness is soaring, whoever dares to underestimate her now, there is no time to flatter her, so it is natural to flatter her when she is rarely seen.

Boqing walked to the chief seat and sat down, looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "My lady is just gathering with everyone today, there is no need to be formal, just sit down as you like." Spreading her hands, she signaled everyone to sit down.

After drinking for three rounds, a lady wearing a green lotus-colored brocade cloak inlaid with ermine stood up, with a smile on her round face, she said, "Mrs. During the trip, I was lucky enough to witness Mrs. Mu Shao's tea skills, and I was envious and admired in my heart. After I went back, I thought about it carefully, and it was a little bit successful. I didn't want his wife's lady to do the same research after returning. "

Boqing should avoid attending such gatherings. For a while, she couldn't recognize which family the woman in front of her was from. When she was in trouble, she heard a voice say: "Mrs. Perform in public, please show them their tea art." After speaking, he covered his face with a smile.

These people are all aiming at the new emperor in the future, and are ready to send their daughters into the palace, so that they can glorify their families.

Following the sound, Mrs. Lu was sitting peacefully at the banquet. At the beginning, she recommended her husband, Mr. Lu, to supervise the construction of the imperial palace. Now that the imperial palace is completed, Mr. Lu has also been promoted from Minister of the Ministry of Industry to Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Madam Lu is now She is also the wife of the second rank, who has more chances to attend various banquets than Boqing, and naturally knows more people than Boqing.

Boqing showed a smile at Mrs. Lu: "Since ladies and gentlemen are so elegant, it would be hypocritical for my wife to evade. Although my wife dare not claim to be skilled, she has a tricky tongue, which is good or bad. You know." Ruo got everyone laughing.

Mrs. Zhong and the others couldn't help being overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately flattered them a few times, and praised the ladies in a hurry.

"Since the ladies are going up together, it is natural to decide who is the best, otherwise it will be boring. My wife has prepared a lottery here, and the winner will get it." Looking back at Baoqing, Lingju took out a box, opened it and placed it on the table.

Everyone couldn't help sitting upright and looking around, they saw all kinds of round jade hairpins in the box, each jade hairpin was of a different color, but each color was the best quality of jade, without any impurities, everyone couldn't help but stare at it. Bright.

Boqing took the teacup from Lingju, slipped the lid and said, "This is a set of jade hairpins that my wife got by chance. Although the jade hairpins are not expensive, the most expensive thing is that this set of jade hairpins has all the seven kinds of jade colors in the Eastern Region. , the quality of the jade is considered to be high-quality, it should be my lady's choice for the winner, I hope everyone will not laugh at it."

Everyone looked at the box of jade hairpins and couldn't help being dumbfounded.

This is not expensive, it is still a surplus, and it is clearly a priceless thing.

Jade is still the best in jade, and the wife of the prime minister is really extraordinary, and the price is 10,000+ taels of silver, which is really enviable and jealous.

Boqing squinted her eyes slightly, and said in an extremely lazy voice: "I don't know which ladies are participating." She wondered what these ladies were thinking.

The new emperor is about to enthroned, and it is inevitable to choose a concubine to enrich the harem. It is just a chance to show off the talent and demeanor of the daughter, and to gain fame for the daughter. Naturally, they will not miss it. In entertainment.

Mrs. Fang, Minister of the Ministry of War, said with a smile: "Mrs. Zhong, Mrs. Kong, Mrs. Luo, Mrs. Shang, and Mrs. Zhao's family, but our girl is dumb-eyed. She was there that day but didn't learn anything. She didn't care when she went out. When Mrs. Mu performs, she doesn't even know whether the tea is good or bad."

Those wives and young ladies who said these words were clearly sarcastic, they participated in the performance with ulterior motives, and for a moment, the complexions of the young ladies who participated in the performance flushed involuntarily.

Bo Qing didn't make a sound, watched them quarreling, and finally the fire would not be directed at her again, only to see Mrs. Zhong's face turned red, and she said in an embarrassing way: "Fang Shangshu was born as a general, although he has been transferred to a civil servant, Fang Miss still has the demeanor of a general, so naturally she doesn't like this kind of gossip."

Anyone can hear that Mrs. Zhong satirizes Miss Fang's vulgarity, she only knows how to loosen with a knife, so she doesn't know what elegance is.

There was a dark fire in Mrs. Fang's heart, and she was about to explode, when she heard the thin voice: "I think all the ladies are ready, let's start!"

Boqing really didn't want to hear this kind of pinching, so she interrupted directly, clapped her hands lightly, and immediately someone brought several sets of very exquisite tea sets that were exactly the same, even the desks used were of the same style.

Because of Wutong Yeyu, there are also wonderful tea art performances in normal times, which can be regarded as a kind of entertainment.

"Your teas are all the same. It is the top-quality hibiscus orchid. This is the plum garden. The five of you use local materials to make a plum tea. Look at your control over the portion, so that the plum blossom and the tea are perfectly matched. Together." Boqing said the rules lightly.

"Yes."

The five young ladies are all beauties that are rare to see, and they bowed gracefully at the same time, looking at them is like a picture scroll, a kind of beauty enjoyment, no wonder they yearn for the imperial palace.

The five beauties were seated respectively, and the waiter immediately delivered the small stove that had been boiled for boiling water. Just as they were about to start, a pleasant voice stopped them.

"Wait, Miss Ben wants to participate."

Boqing heard a slight movement in her heart, and saw that the curtain on the door was lifted, a woman carried a few plum blossoms, and a man came in behind holding a small jar.

When she saw the faces of the two, Bo Qing couldn't help being secretly surprised, these two were not the two who trespassed in the bamboo forest, how could they come here.

The woman's eyes turned around on everyone's faces, and she immediately knew who was the protagonist at the banquet.

Seeing that Bo Qing was sitting on the chief seat even though she was still young, she immediately knew that she was the master of the banquet, and said to Bo Qing: "My name is Xingyue, can I play with you?" Doesn't sound like a local accent.

Boqing looked at the woman secretly, with a red cloak, a small face with a youthful smile, fair skin, a delicate small face and big bright eyes, like a porcelain doll, with a noble temperament between her brows.

The man following Ye is obviously her bodyguard, and his martial arts are not inferior to the moon.

This woman's background is not small, she secretly gave Lingju a wink, but said with a smile on her face: "If the girl is interested, of course my wife welcomes." Immediately ordered: "Come here, prepare another tea table for this Miss."

Xingyue immediately laughed happily, and the other girls frowned indistinctly, obviously they were not very happy with Xingyue's joining, one more person would be more competition, and judging from the other party's attire, the other party was obviously more senior Not small, and more importantly, the woman who suddenly appeared looks pretty good.

The mothers of those ladies looked at Xingyue with the same hostility. If they hadn't opened their mouths, they might have spoken out to blow Xingyue out.

On the other hand, Xingyue didn't care, her small face was full of excitement, she looked at Qingqing and said mysteriously: "Tell you, I especially watch the tea competition. I heard that there is a tea fight here, so I came here to have a look. I never I have never made tea myself."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but looked at each other, and those ladies and ladies showed contemptuous expressions on their faces at the same time.

Boqing said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, the most important thing is to participate."

"It's good to say that participation is the most important thing. Miss Ben also wants to participate. I think everyone won't mind."

As soon as the fickle voice fell, an arrogant and cool voice floated in from outside, Xingyue's little face immediately showed a look of disdain.

The door curtain was lifted again, and an extremely beautiful woman in a purple brocade and feather satin cloak stood in the courtyard. The woman had a pair of indifferent eyes, and she was looking at Xingyue provocatively.

"Murong Ziyan, what are you doing here?" Xingyue said to the other party angrily.

"You, Fan Xingyue, can come, why can't I, Murong Ziyan." The woman in purple replied coldly.

Listening to the conversation between the two, everyone couldn't help being stunned, because they couldn't understand what the other party was saying.

The two speak two languages, but looking at Xingyue's expression, it seems that the woman in front of him is not welcome, and the woman in purple seems to look down on Miss Xingyue.

However, just because other people don't understand it doesn't mean that you can't understand it.

The corners of Baoqing's lips curled up slightly, Fan Xingyue, Murong Ziyan, the princesses of the two empires, instead of resting in the post house, ran to her phoenix tree Ye Yu to make trouble.

Fan Xingyue pointed at Murong Ziyan and said, "Go, I don't allow you to participate." His expression was very domineering.

Murong Ziyan smiled coldly: "This is not your Huaxia Empire, why do you not allow me to participate, I just need the owner of the banquet to agree."

Walking in slowly, without even looking at Fan Xingyue, his eyes fell on Boqing: "This girl, I wonder if Ziyan can participate." She spoke in authentic Runcheng dialect.

"Don't agree to her." Fan Xingyue shouted immediately.

"Master Yue, we are in the Eastern Region." Standing behind Fan Xingyue, Wuyou immediately reminded his master that Fan Xingyue stomped his feet involuntarily.

Leaning lazily on the back of the chair, she said with a shallow smile: "Although I don't know what is unpleasant between the two girls, but the visitor is a guest, and I have no reason to refuse. , it’s better to compete in tea skills. I don’t know what do you two think?” He looked at them as if seeking.

(End of this chapter)