Chapter 26 The palace maid and the beloved concubine, professional mismatch
When she was still at home, she often ate the snowflake cakes from Zhangjia Shop in the county town.
Later, she entered the palace and became a palace maid, but there were few opportunities to even see it, let alone taste it.
Caiyue raised her eyes and glanced at the person sitting opposite.
Even when she is sitting down to eat, her manners are no worse than those of other ladies.
Under the candlelight, her jade-white skin seemed to be glowing, making her appearance even more beautiful.
Caiyue lowered her eyes and stared at the half piece of snowflake cake in her hand.
It is a small piece, covered with a layer of white frosting. From the bite, you can see several kinds of mixed nuts and nuts. The tiny sugar crystals solidified on the edge reflect the candlelight.
If it weren't for the help of the person opposite, she wouldn't be able to eat this little snowflake cake.
The palace is such a place where people are held in high esteem and those who are humbled are bullied.
If you want to eat well and wear well, you have to climb up.
Tightening her fingertips inch by inch, Caiyue lowered her head and put the remaining half of the snowflake cake into her mouth.
——The taste of snowflake cake is indeed very sweet.
Chu Liuzheng didn't notice Caiyue's strange behavior. She was chewing snowflake cakes and worrying.
【It’s over, it’s over! He sent Bihen cream and snowflake cakes. When had Eunuch Zhou ever been so considerate to a little palace maid? 】
[With such attentiveness, that guy Zhou Yuande must be trying to compete with me! 】
【Ma Dan! I don’t want to! 】
After finishing a plate of snowflake cakes, a young eunuch suddenly ran over and conveyed a message, "Your Majesty has summoned Mr. Fan, the right servant of the Ministry of Etiquette, to the Wenhua Palace to discuss matters. Now that they have entered the palace gate, you two girls should prepare tea quickly."
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[The tyrant called his ministers into the palace in the middle of the night to discuss matters. Does the tyrant want to select contemporary model workers? 】
Chu Liuzheng complained in his heart, never thinking that he was the one who caused Fan Hongda to run to the palace in the middle of the night.
Caiyue stood up with Chu Liuzheng and asked: "Sister, what kind of tea does Mr. Fan prefer to drink?"
"Jasmine tea." Chu Liuzheng said as he took out the tea can, "Master Fan is from Fuzhou. Fuzhou is rich in tea. The jasmine tea made in this cellar is one of its famous products."
"If I'm not here next time and you're not sure what tea to make, you can ask where the adults are from and use the tea that's abundant there."
"Adults generally like to drink tea produced in their hometown. If you really don't have it or don't have time to ask about it, you can just choose green tea. Although you may not like it, you won't go wrong."
"But," Caiyue stared at the jar in Chu Liuzheng's hand and the reddish-brown tea leaves inside, wondering, "Since Mr. Fan likes to drink jasmine tea, why does sister want Dahongpao?"
Green tea and oolong tea are so different that it’s impossible to get them wrong.
"What kind of tea you make depends on the time." Chu Liuzheng put the tea can back and closed the cupboard door.
"It's already midnight, and everyone is tired. His Majesty summoned Mr. Fan to discuss matters, so he naturally wanted to make refreshing tea. Although jasmine tea is fragrant, it is not as refreshing as Dahongpao. Dahongpao is also one of the teas produced in Fuzhou, and Mr. Fan also likes to drink it. ”
[Dahongpao is fermented oolong tea, which contains more caffeine than green tea. Drinking coffee is certainly refreshing. 】
This is what is said from experience, Caiyue wrote it down carefully.
Chu Liuzheng took off the copper pot from the stove and poured water into the tea cup. Seeing that Caiyue remembered to be serious, he added: "The Tieguanyin produced in Anxi, Fuzhou is also good. It has a unique orchid fragrance and a sweet taste. The refreshing effect is similar to that of Dahongpao.”
Caiyue wondered: "Then why not choose Tieguanyin?"
"Of course it's because His Majesty prefers Dahongpao." Chu Liuzheng blinked at her and whispered, "There aren't many Tieguanyin left. We have to go to the inner treasury to get them, get the right cards and register them. "No need to bother. It's so late at night, let's take a little break." The ladies of the Tea Palace are mainly to serve the emperor, and the ministers who come to discuss matters are just incidental, and naturally the emperor's preferences are given priority.
Caiyue nodded repeatedly and couldn't help but sigh: "Sister knows a lot!"
"Practice makes perfect." Chu Liuzheng smiled, counting the time silently in his mind, lowering his head and covering the tea cup, "When you stay in front of the emperor for a few more months, you don't need to remember, these things will get into your mind by themselves. I can’t forget it even if I want to.”
Caiyue took off the mahogany tray from the shelf and brought it over, smiling: "I am stupid, I need my sister to support me more in the future."
Chu Liuzheng glanced at her.
[I also want to teach you more, but girl, you are rushing to climb the dragon bed. No matter how much I teach you, it will be in vain. Palace maids and beloved concubines, this profession is really inappropriate. 】
Caiyue's heart palpitated inexplicably. She always felt that Chu Liuzheng's glance was very sharp, as if he had seen through her from the inside out.
But when she took a closer look, she saw that the other person still had the same watery almond eyes with a slight smile, no different from usual.
"Let's go." Chu Liuzheng picked up the tray and motioned for Caiyue to follow.
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Imprisonment.
"Chu Shangming!" A guard in Jinyi stood outside the fence of the cell, knocked on the fence with a Xiuchun knife, and shouted loudly.
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The prisoners who were not sleeping in the cell all looked over, and were glared back fiercely by the Jin Yiwei, who shouted again: "Chu Shangming!"
In the corner, a young man dressed as a scholar was sleeping drowsily. Suddenly he heard someone calling his name loudly. He suddenly woke up with a jolt and subconsciously replied: "Yes!"
Jin Yiwei glanced at the person and saw that he was indeed a handsome scholar, so he opened the cell door: "Come here! You are lucky, there is someone above to protect you, you can go out."
Chu Shangming was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped out of the crowd and thanked the Jin Yiwei.
"Master Chai, I have a classmate named Chai Zhicheng, who was also arrested by mistake. Can he go out with me?"
"Him?" Jin Yiwei looked at him with a half-smile, "He is the remnant of the Fifth Prince. He was the one who got you arrested, otherwise you wouldn't have been in jail."
"Ah?" Chu Shangming's eyes widened in surprise, "Master Chai, is there any misunderstanding in this? Brother Chai is a pure and kind person, how could he be a remnant of the fifth prince?"
"A nerd who doesn't know people well, he helped count money after he was sold." Jin Yiwei sneered coldly, was too lazy to talk to Chu Shangming, pointed at him with the embroidered spring knife, "Are you leaving? If you don't leave, I'll give it to you. Take it back!”
"Go, go, go!"
He deliberately frightened him, so how could Chu Shangming dare to stay any longer?
Not bothering to ask who the person who bailed him out was, he walked out quickly, fearing that he would be captured again.
When he got out of the prison and the screams of execution in his ears faded away, Chu Shangming let out a heavy breath.
"How could such a good person like Brother Chai be a remnant of the Fifth Prince? Have I made the wrong friend again?"
He raised his hand and patted his head: "Oh! It would be great if Youmiao didn't enter the palace. I can ask her."
"Youmiao" is the diminutive of Chu Liuzheng, which is taken from: "The case flows and Zheng turns away, and the sound is young and wonderful and rises again."
The names of the three brothers and sisters of the Chu family were all given by Chu's father, who specially brought gifts to the house and asked the wife who ran a private school in the village to help pick them up. He just wanted to give his children good names.
Gong Shangjiao Zheng Yu, three of the five names were used.
"You have to go home quickly. Grandma and my little sister must be worried."
Chu Shangming ignored any etiquette and stretched his long legs and ran towards home.
(End of chapter)