Red makeup against the world

Chapter 197 Ancient Fried Tea
Xu Wan really wanted to talk about turning back to the "Peony Garden", Wang Miaoyan came out from the side with a smile on her face, and said, "Miaoyan has been waiting for my two sisters here for a long time."

She took Tu Manzhen's hand, turned around, nodded, and said, "Sister Qiuyu is the one who will take care of people. Sister Tu's complexion is really good now." Seeing the hollow lotus-patterned pink crystal jade bracelet on her wrist again, she couldn't She stopped and praised: "This is rewarded by the princess, right? It's really beautiful. A few days ago, the princess got this bracelet. I was greedy for a long time, but the princess didn't give it to me. Today, I gave it to my two younger sisters. It seems to be love." Very good sister."

Who doesn't like to hear nice words, just a few words, and this bracelet is really beautiful, Tu Manzhen couldn't put it down, she just felt elated.

Xu Wanzhen frowned lightly on one side, what was Wang Miaoyan's intention?Pinching this point out, she praised Tu Manzhen again, if she said that she wanted to turn around now, she might not listen.

Now she is really tired of talking to Wang Miao again, she just wants to be alone and think about these things clearly.But Tu Manzhen didn't leave, and it was even more inappropriate to leave her here alone.

Today's matter seems to be logical, but it doesn't make sense everywhere.Well done, Tu Manzhen had a conflict with the prince and prince, and Princess Chu rewarded both of them with the bracelet from the queen. Could there be no other meaning in this?
On the surface, this pink crystal jade bracelet was awarded because Mr. Ning, Concubine Chu and Tu Manzhen were considered to be from the same school, and he was just rewarded.Concubine Chu has a lot of money, and for this reason, a bracelet, even if it is a bit more expensive, is really nothing.But Xu Wanzhen grew up immersed in politics in her previous life, and her keen intuition told her that it was by no means as simple as it seemed.

Now that Wang Miaoyan appeared in front of her eyes again, why not see what she thinks.

Xu Wanzhen made up her mind, twirled her tongue and swallowed what she wanted to say, and then stopped talking.

Only to hear Wang Miaoyan say again: "This has been going on for a long time, sisters must be thirsty. Let's go drink some tea to moisten our throats, and then we can discuss where to go for fun. There are many good places in the princess' mansion. You've told me all about it."

Xu Wanzhen is fine, Tu Manzhen cried a lot before, and was so frightened that she screamed again and again, she didn't feel nervous when she saw Princess Chu just now.When she mentioned it, she felt her mouth was dry and her throat was burning like smoke, so she quickly responded.

Qiu Yu led the way, and the three came to the previous tea room.

Wang Miaoyan said with a smile: "It's all my fault today. I made the two sisters frightened, so I punished me to make tea for them." She waved her hand to let Qiu Yu back down, and did it herself, took out the tea leaves from the side, and started to cook. Tea.

She used the etiquette of ancient tea, and a series of movements were calm and elegant.Grinding tea, decocting, ordering and distributing tea all in one go.

Even though Tu Manzhen was extremely thirsty, when she saw her making tea like this, she couldn't help but stare blankly, holding back her temper and waiting.

Xu Wanzhen thought to herself, seeing Wang Miaoyan this time was very different from the sister in her boudoir in her memory.When did she learn the technique of massage and make tea with this ancient method?
With her temperament and the degree of intimacy between the two of them when they were in Suzhou, she is sure that she must not have learned it in the Wang family in Suzhou.Then, it can only be after arriving in the capital.

Xu Wanzhen blinked to hide the shock in her heart.She has only been in Chu Palace for a short month, but seeing how skillful the tea making technique is, if she hadn't practiced it thousands of times, how could it be possible?Looking at the calm Wang Miaoyan opposite, Xu Wanzhen felt for the first time that she looked so strange.In Chu Palace, she must have suffered a lot.

Wang Miaoyan turned the bowl and shook the incense, took a sip of the divided tea while it was hot, and said, "In the ancient method, the tea cup is deliberately made so small that it is easy to drink it up in one gulp. Try it too."

Picking up the small teacup that was bigger than two thumbs, the two imitated Wang Miaoyan's method, first turned the bowl to shake the incense, and then drank it all in one gulp, the tea aroma was really pleasant.

After drinking a round of tea, Tu Manzhen praised: "Sister Wang's family becomes more beautiful when she brews the tea. Your skill is really good, and the tea is delicious."

Wang Miaoyan smiled slightly, and said: "This ancient method of making tea is not everyone's favorite, but my sister likes it. Just now I was afraid that the two sisters would not be used to it, so I didn't add any seasoning when boiling it." There is a rectangular red sandalwood box on the right side of the tea tray, said: "There are some seasonings here, sister, do you want to pick a few to try?"

Tu Manzhen looked over and saw that the box was divided into several compartments, and each compartment contained a seasoning.There are scallions, ginger, orange peels, mint leaves, dates, roses, salt, jasmine, wolfberry, etc. She was amazed: "Aren't scallions, ginger, and salt seasonings for cooking? How can they be used for frying tea?"

Wang Miaoyan explained: "The ancient method is seasoning in this way. However, I have tried it several times myself, and the taste is really not used to it." She smiled playfully, and said: "But adding flowers and mint, it has a different taste."

Tu Manzhen was eager to hear it, she was always curious.After carefully looking at the seasoning, he asked again, "Can I put several kinds at the same time?"

"Of course." Wang Miaoyan replied softly.

Tu Manzhen looked at this, picked it up again, hesitated, and finally decided to add roses and orange peel.Wang Miaoyan picked up these two out of tea lotus, put them on a plate, and asked Xu Manzhen, "Sister, how many can you choose?"

Xu Wan was really thinking, this method of making tea was popular in the Tang Dynasty, but it became an ancient ritual in the Gaomang Dynasty, and I don't know what went wrong in this history.Hearing her question, he also chose mint leaves and jasmine flowers.

Wang Miaoyan lowered her eyes and focused on the tea ceremony in her hand.First fry the one with rose and orange peel, and give it to Tu Manzhen. When the finger brushes the teacup lightly, a few powders are quickly melted into the cup, and disappear in a blink of an eye.She has practiced this movement thousands of times, and she is extremely proficient. How could Xu Wanzhen and Tu Manzhen discover it?
The tea was given to Tu Manzhen, she didn't even change her breathing, she added mint leaves and jasmine to fry, and gave it to Xu Wanzhen.

In the end, I fried another one with jujube, wolfberry and roses, and shared it with herself.Wang Miaoyan picked up the small blue and white teacup from Ru Kiln, said with a smile, "Miaoyan replaced the wine with tea, and apologized to the two younger sisters." After finishing speaking, he drank it in one gulp.

Tu Manzhen said magnanimously: "Sister Wang's words are serious, the prince of Pingguo is a rough man, what has he got to do with my sister?" After speaking, she took the small tea cup to her lips and was about to drink it in one gulp.

Wang Miaoyan had a smile on her lips, but her eyes watched her movements without blinking.It's done!As long as she drinks this tea, what she has planned for a long time will be done!
The small teacup had already touched Tu Manzhen's mouth, but she frowned and asked, "Why does it taste so weird?"

(End of this chapter)