Concubine's Handbook of Good Life in Ancient Times

Chapter 94

Shu Ning was sitting in the tent, holding a travel book in her hand, flipping through it leisurely.She is in good health, and she is sitting in the carriage, so she is not as hardworking and tired as the accompanying staff.So after the meal, everyone took turns to rest, and she stayed in the tent to read and never went out.

Outside the tent, Hou Lin led another eunuch to guard, and of course there were guards standing guard and patrolling.In terms of safety, there is nothing to worry about, so Shu Ning is very relieved to immerse herself in the book.If you want to say what has improved the most since she came to ancient times, it is the ability to understand ancient Chinese.In her previous life, with the habit of writing books by the ancients, she really didn't understand nine out of ten sentences, and the remaining one was guesswork.

But now, she is as comfortable reading ancient Chinese as she used to read vernacular Chinese. She feels that if she can return to modern times, she can definitely become a master of Chinese studies, even at a discount.

The queen mother and the queen rested early. The queen mother is not young, so she is naturally incomparable with young people.As for the empress, as the lord of the first palace, she has been busy traveling for nearly half a month, and she finally left the palace today, and she was very tired. Of course, she had to rest early, and she had to hurry tomorrow!
The emperor was still discussing state affairs with the ministers in the imperial tent. Shuning asked Mei Qiu, who was guarding her, to boil a pot of bird's nest porridge on the stove and bring it to the emperor. Of course, she did not forget that there were several ministers in the imperial tent.It's just that these people can only scoop it out by themselves, compared to the emperor who put it in a cup alone.

"Thank you, Concubine Jia."

Even though it was useful for dinner, it was Haishi now, and the little food I ate had already been digested in the busy work. This bird's nest was just a timely rain, which solved the hunger of the monarch and his ministers.

In fact, the empress had arranged for this matter, but the royal chef and the others brought dim sum and a little soup. People who were tired all day would not have any appetite seeing these dim sum and soup. On the contrary, Shuning's bird's nest porridge is not greasy, only A little sweet and appetizing.

"Concubine Jia has worked hard, go back and tell Concubine Jia to let her rest early, and I will visit her tomorrow."

When the emperor dotes on someone, he gives her supreme dignity. Even important officials cannot despise Concubine Jia.People who are valued by the emperor, do you dare not take a fancy to them?The emperor knew that these important ministers always looked down on concubines, and the emperor didn't care about them before. Anyway, those concubines in the harem were not in his eyes, but Concubine Jia was different, so the emperor was naturally willing to give her a status.

"Slave obeys the order." Mei Qiu bowed and retreated.

Seeing that Mei Qiu came back, Shuning put down her book, washed up and went to sleep.As for what Mei Qiu said, if the emperor came to see her tomorrow, she felt that it was almost impossible, because the emperor did not forget to deal with state affairs even on the way to the palace, even if he had some time, he would go to see the queen mother and queen, how could he have time to see myself!

So Shu Ning fell asleep with peace of mind, she didn't take the emperor's words to heart at all.

So when she received the oral order the next day that the emperor wanted her to accompany her, she still couldn't react with a silly face!

Fortunately, the white mother and the two daughters, Qiu and Dong, who are beside her are very reliable. They immediately dressed up the master Haosheng, and inserted a white jade phoenix hairpin on her head, and matched it with the newly made lake green wide-sleeved Liuxian Then Su Maocai, who was sent to pick him up, presented him with a jade scorpion.

"Concubine, see Long Live My Emperor."

It's all here, Shu Ning is not afraid of strangers, ignoring the scrutinizing eyes of several ministers in the car.

"Concubine Jia is here, come and sit next to me, I want to drink the tea made by Concubine Jia, do you have the honor to taste it?"

The emperor didn't talk to Shu Ning as seriously as he did to other concubines, and there was a bit of teasing in his tone.

"I can make tea, but I want the best tea."

Shu Ning was also not polite to the emperor, she knew that the tea here was the best, even some pure Dahongpao.However, compared to later generations who can't even get a catty a year, the current Dahongpao can still earn two catties, which is much more than later generations. It is probably because there are more tea trees alive on the rock than later generations!After all, there is a gap of hundreds of years, and those tea trees are likely to die of accident or old age.

"Yes." The emperor nodded generously in agreement, and Su Maocai immediately held out the Dahongpao.

Shu Ning really beamed when she saw it, and made the emperor nod her a few times, and kept saying: "You, you!"

Wrinkling her nose, Shuning took advantage of the moment when several ministers lowered their heads and made a face at the emperor, then took the tea, put it aside first, washed the teapot and teacup with boiling water, and then put the tea into the pot. If there is one-half of the position, remove the boiling water and wash the tea for the first time.

Pour off the tea washing water, pour boiling water into the pot at high pressure for the second time, and pour the brewed tea into the cup after a few seconds.The emperor's cup was naturally served by Shuning, while the cups for the ministers were carried by Su Maocai on a tray—the ministers personally took them to taste.

A few seconds were added to the third brewing, and the fourth time was almost twice as long as the third time.

Until this time, the tea was already tasteless to drink, and it would be useless to brew it any more, so Shuning decisively changed the tea.But this time it is not Dahongpao, but West Lake Longjing.

West Lake Longjing is green tea, and the brewing method is different from Dahongpao, but every time the concubine Jia catches it just right, so the tea the emperor drinks is the best drinking effect.

"Aifei's move is not easy!"

A teenage girl is no worse than a tea doctor who has been brewing for decades when making tea. It can be seen that Concubine Jia has practiced a lot in private.

"The concubine's hand is made by my parents and the others with good tea. I don't know how much good tea has been wasted by my concubine these years. It's thanks to my parents that they don't feel bad."

If it were an ordinary family, they would not be willing to give the best tea to their daughter who does not know how to make tea.Those who love their daughters get some high-quality tea, and those who treat their daughters in general are given some medium-grade tea, and they have to save the good tea for themselves.

"The Marquis of Yongning loves my concubine too much. You actually gave her a good tea. You can practice ************* Hearing this, you can't understand. From the beginning, you use the best tea. Practice makes perfect Concubine Shang Jia also has a bit of talent in making tea, and she can always practice it.

"Father loves my concubine very much, as long as my concubine says, he will do it for my concubine." Shuning thought of Yongning Hou, and a faint smile appeared on her face. Having a father who loves her is better than anything else.

"It can be seen." The emperor nodded, and several ministers who pricked up their ears to eavesdrop had a deeper understanding of how much the Marquis of Yongning loved his daughter.

(End of this chapter)