Qing court ladies

Chapter 35
"Didn't I ask you to rest more? What are you doing here anxiously?" Kangxi had already got up, and Li Dequan was waiting for him to finish washing up. He was a little surprised to see Suyue come in.

"My servant greets the Long Live Lord, and the Long Live Lord is auspicious." Su Yue said after saluting, "The servant girl is fine, the servant girl can't always be lazy and not be on duty."

Kangxi stepped forward and pinched Suyue's cheek, and strode away "Shangchao" Li Dequan yelled after him, watched Kangxi leave, and came to care about Suyue "Is your knee okay?"

Su Yue nodded, now that she has nothing to do with her errand, she dragged Li Dequan to drink tea in the ear room.

Li Dequan was busy waving his hands, "Little ancestor, our family has to go to rest, this tea can't be drunk, you can drink it by yourself" turned and left.

Su Yue had a bitter face, looking at the tea in her hand in embarrassment.

"Suyue, come, have a taste of these teas, and tell me what it is." Linxiang moved away to let Suyue taste it.

Knowing that Linxiang was testing her, Suyue put down the tea and walked over, lined up several teacups, Suyue started from the left, smelling it first, appreciating it, and then tasting it "This is West Lake Longjing, the first brew, the water is a little cloudy, it's a pity Yes, this is the best Longjing tea. This is Tieguanyin, which has a rich orchid fragrance, and it is also the best, but it is from last year. This is Biluochun, a new tea this year, but it has been brewed for a long time. This is Dahongpao, but it is soaked in well water, which is a waste. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Bamboo tube, but the boiling time is too long, and the taste is lost. This is winter plum snow, but it seems to be boiled plum, plum fragrance is rich, there is no residue, it is amazing. This is, ah, tartary buckwheat, this is jasmine tea, and it has been a long time, tea It has been soaked for a long time, and it is bitter. This is lotus dew, which is steamed with autumn lotus morning dew, wrapped in lotus leaves, but it should meet raw water. This should be Baihua dew, dewdrops of various flowers , I mixed a little honey." Su Yue hurriedly rinsed her mouth with water, and there were all kinds of tastes in her mouth, which was really sad.

Linxiang looked at Suyue with a satisfied smile, "Bamboo tube tea is made in early spring bamboo tubes, but it is not boiled in bamboo tubes, but the water used to boil bamboo tubes. Baihua dew is added with honey, but its sweetness still has stamens. You can distinguish so many, it’s amazing.” Linxiang looked at Suyue appreciatively, Suyue didn’t serve tea for a long time, the twelve kinds of tea were wrong, and the two kinds of tea were not easy to distinguish, it’s amazing, Linxiang very satisfied.

Su Yue took another sip of the two kinds of tea, and after tasting it for a long time, she realized that she was wrong. Because the bamboo tube tea was in the bamboo tube, it contained a strong smell of bamboo tube white film, and although she drank it, it was not strong. , Baihualu, because the sweetness of honey overwhelmed the taste of stamens, Suyue didn’t taste it, but the stamens will be slightly astringent after being soaked in water, and there is a pollen aroma. Although it is overwhelmed by the honey and floral fragrance, there is still a difference .Su Yue bowed her hands and admitted her mistake, "Auntie, I will continue to work hard, thank you for your advice today."

Linxiang shook his head, and then said seriously to the tea-serving ladies behind him, "Tea tasting takes care, and tea serving is the same. If you don't even understand tea, how can you serve tea well. But you also have to have confidence. It takes only one month and one year to achieve this achievement, and you can definitely work hard to achieve it."

Su Yue looked in horror at the crowd who didn't know when they were standing here, with an embarrassed expression on her face, she hurried away.She is the most incompetent tea serving maid, but she dare not accept the worship of those court ladies without blushing.

"Suyue, Lord Long Live hasn't come down yet, what are you doing in a hurry?" Fushou watched Suyue rush into the hall from the side room and asked.

Su Yue blushed in embarrassment. After looking around, she went directly to the main entrance of Qianqing Palace to leave.

After leaving Qianqing Palace, Suyue went directly to the cave and sat inside playing with her purse. Ever since Suyue Ama was transferred from the House of Internal Affairs, Suyue never received anything. Now the purse containing sugar is empty, Suyue looked at it for a long time and was discouraged. Leaning against the cave, how much I want to eat the candy made by Er Niang, and I also miss Ama, it’s good to have a few words with Ama, and accompany E Niang to embroider those flowers and fish that I used to think were boring, but now I feel simple How nice.

"Suyue, what are you doing? You don't even know I'm here." After Yinzhen arrived for a long time, Suyue just stared at the top of the cave in a daze.Yinzhen waited for a long time but couldn't see Suyue's response, so he had to speak out.

Su Yue was startled and almost died of fright, she patted her chest and complained, "Why are you silent?"

Yinzhen took a deep look at Suyue, he had been in for a long time, and called Suyue several times, is this called no voice?

Su Yue looked behind Yin Zhen for a long time, and asked strangely, "Where is Yin Si?"

Yinzhen squinted at Suyue before saying, "He went to his mother's place."

"Oh." Su Yue nodded, and wanted to ask Yin Zhen why she didn't go to Er Niang's place, so she took it in a dangerous way, "How are you lately, do you miss me?"

Of course Yinzhen knew what Suyue wanted to ask, but Suyue didn't ask, which made Yinzhen heave a sigh of relief, "Reading, riding and shooting, I didn't think about it." Without saying a few words, Suyue chased him away, and hurried back to the border. It took so long to come to see him, but Yinzhen knew that after she came back, she was waiting for her in the cave every day.

Su Yue tilted her head and looked at Yin Zhen, Yin Zhen closed her eyes and ignored her, she went to scratch Yin Zhen, laughing and entertaining herself alone, but Su Yue didn't laugh for long before she was black-faced Yinzhen pushed to the ground, Yinzhen grabbed Suyue's arm, stared at Suyue with dark eyes, condescending.

Su Yue tried her best to hold back her laughter, "Your face is getting darker and darker, almost catching up with the ink." After speaking, she smiled again.

"It's funny." Yinzhen supported his body with his hands, looked at Suyue and still dared to smile and nod, his face darkened a bit, stared at Suyue for a long time, then got up and left quietly.

Su Yue didn't expect that Yin Zhen, who finally met her face, would leave like this, she was stunned for a while, and then felt that Yin Zhen might still be angry now, she secretly blamed Yin Zhen for being stingy, smiled helplessly, and left the cave as well .

Su Yue looked at the sky, reasoning that Kangxi should have gone down long ago, but it was almost noon today, the Qianqing Palace was quiet, Su Yue stood at the gate of the palace holding the stove, it was getting colder and colder, Su Yue felt colder than before Afraid of the cold, sleeping all night, the body is cold.

"Suyue, why are you standing in this porch?" Gui'an was holding a stack of memorials, hurrying to go somewhere.

Su Yue looked at Gui An, "Why are you holding these, where are you going?"

"Long Live Lord is in a hurry? Go and rest quickly, what's the point of standing under the porch and freezing in the cold?" Gui'an finished speaking hastily, and trotted towards the Golden Luan Hall.

Seeing Gui'an leave, Su Yue couldn't understand why Kangxi was busier than when he was going to fight Galdan when he came back from victory.Shaking her head, Su Yue hugged the stove, turned and walked into the anteroom, and sat side by side with Lin Xiang on the pedals to read a book.

"This year, Long Live Lord won a big victory against Galdan, and this year will be a big one." Linxiang chatted while flipping through the tea scriptures in his hand.

Su Yue put down the miscellaneous books in her hand, and looked at Lin Xiang strangely, Su Yue and Lin Xiang had known each other for two years, Lin Xiang and Su Yue didn't talk about anything other than teaching tea, what happened today?
Linxiang put down the book in his hand, and looked at Suyue with a funny face, "It's strange, I'm not someone who doesn't talk, but people in this palace, I have nothing to say to them, and I can't talk to them. sin"

Su Yue smiled calmly, "Yes, isn't the common saying that people don't hurt dogs, but dogs bite people?" The people in the palace can't believe what they say, and they can't say it all.

Linxiang glanced at Suyue with deep eyes, "I used to see you talking openly and saying what you thought, but now I really know it. I used to think that people in this world who enter the Forbidden City will change. But Looking at it now, it is not at all.”

Su Yue suddenly realized that she said something just now, and hurriedly apologized, "Auntie, I didn't mean that, really, I'm sorry, I can't speak my head, don't be angry..."

Linxiang looked at Suyue in a funny way, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "It's okay, I know you have no other intentions, and you are not angry."

Su Yue smiled awkwardly, she didn't know if Lin Xiang was really not angry, but the matter had come to this point, Su Yue had no other choice.

Linxiang continued, "It's rare for you to be able to maintain a pure heart."

Su Yue wryly smiled and said, "I don't want to have a childlike heart. If you say it sounds good, it's pure, if it sounds bad, it's stupid, and people will change, it's just a matter of time. No matter how white you are, you will not be able to hide in the end, and neither will I."

Linxiang smiled leisurely, "You're right. I thought so before, but today, I don't think that white people are still white even if they are dyed with thousands of colors. Suyue, Linxiang, I can see you once in this life. Luckily"

Su Yue was speechless, she never felt that she had done anything earth-shattering, but why did everyone seem to think she was different, in fact, Su Yue was just lazy, stupid, and content with the status quo, that's why she was like this, this happened at 21 The century is a fatal shortcoming, how could it have changed to a place where it has become an earth-shattering advantage, there are thousands of people and thousands of ideas, Su Yue smiled wryly.

"Long live Lord is back, let's serve tea" Fushou opened the curtain and passed the message, Linxiang got up to make tea, and Suyue went out directly.

(End of this chapter)