Chapter 30 Meeting again: Little beautiful girl, how can it be so?
Li Ruoyi acted as a rogue for the first time, but she didn't expect it to be so effective. Overjoyed, she quickly invited Lihua to compete at the Self-cultivation Hall. The previous pride no longer existed.
The two quickly agreed on the content of the competition, decided the winner with a tea ceremony, and let Aunt Tian, who came after hearing the news, serve as the referee.
The tea-making ceremony is Li Ruoyi's famous work. At the tea party of the aristocratic lady, she resounded throughout the capital with her original tea-making ceremony, and her name as a model of etiquette came from this.
In this competition, Li Ruoyi has already put all her dignity on the line.
But she didn't know that before entering the palace, Lihua had made a decision, and one of the tasks was to make tea. For this reason, Lihua also specially studied the tea in the palace.
In the center of the Xiu Shen Hall, two tea tables were quickly placed.
The common tea leaves used in the palace, the tea table and tea sets are all ready-made, and they are originally used to teach beautiful women.
Li Ruoyi took one look at Pear Blossom and took the lead. She lifted up the small purple sand pot with her orchid fingers and danced lightly in front of the tea table. Her slender jade fingers picked up the cups and changed them, as if dancing lightly, which was really beautiful.
The beautiful ladies who were watching could not take their eyes away.
Finally, the skirt fell gently, and she used a rosewood holder as big as a fan bone to hold the purple clay cup firmly in front of Grandma Tian's case.
The beauty is like a flower dancing with Pingting.
Lihua, on the other hand, was sitting in front of the tea table. Seeing that she had finished her work, she didn't say much nonsense. She first checked the temperature of the pot, and then moved her hands simultaneously, flying up and down.
The onlookers watching the beautiful lady felt that her movements were extremely fast. Before they could see the previous step clearly, the next step had already arrived.
Compared with Li Ruoyi, Lihua's movements are crisp and neat, like flowing water. She hots the pot, warms the cup, takes the tea, sets the tea, and washes the tea in one go, which is extremely free and easy.
When the show girls came to their senses, they saw that Lihua had knocked the Biqing tea soup into the cup from a height.
In an instant, the aroma of tea overflowed in the room.
After the tea was brewed, Lihua stood up and placed the tea in front of Grandma Tian's case. She leaned forward and said, "Mother Tian, I have something else to do. Please allow me to leave first."
Everyone was shocked, seeing that the results were about to come out, didn't Wu Li care? Is he really a high-minded person who regards fame and wealth as dirt?
Aunt Tian was also slightly surprised, but she still agreed.
Lihua turned around and left. Li Ruoyi subconsciously tried to stop her, but Lihua looked at her with a smile. A chill ran down her back and she quickly got out of the way.
Lihua walked out without looking back. She didn't use the complicated etiquette she had learned before. It didn't matter her life, so there was no need to fight so hard.
Li Ruoyi didn't understand why Lihua said she could leave. Wasn't she afraid of losing, or was she pretending not to care?
It's just that this time she was determined to win. With Wu Li's simple tea-making technique and the high brewing method, all the aroma of the tea was lost. She was sure to win.
Although she thinks so, Li Ruoyi always feels a little boring because Lihua is not here and can't see people's expressions when they lose.
At this moment, after tasting two cups of tea, Granny Tian said with deep meaning: "Little Master Li, the most important thing in making tea is the tea. In the future, you should pay more attention to the differences between teas."
Then he stood up and left without announcing the result.
The show girls were greatly surprised and whispered to each other: "What does this mean? Who won?"
Among the beautiful ladies, there was a beautiful lady with a beautiful appearance and an outstanding temperament who looked at her quietly, thoughtfully.
Li Ruoyi was shocked and walked over quickly in disbelief, pouring a cup of Pear Blossom tea and then a cup of her own.
After tasting them separately, she felt slumped.
Putting the cart before the horse, she lost...
The schedule in the palace is very regular. There is usually a lunch break after lunch, and the schedule of the beautiful ladies is no exception.
Lihua walked on the palace road with her head buried in two books, her eyes lowered and thinking about something.
She has not had the habit of taking a lunch break since she traveled back in time. Taking advantage of this break, she went to the library near the Shang Palace Bureau to find what she wanted to read.
Before dinner last night, she went out to check out the places in person, and then took a chance to ask Eunuch Zeng about it. She basically knew what was there.
Logically speaking, this library can only be used by the official concubines of the harem, but she is the richest among the beautiful women. With the help of Eunuch Zeng and Yin Zi, she successfully entered it for a quarter of an hour and borrowed two books.<
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In this era, many classics were only available in the palace and could not be circulated among the people. Even in the ordinary library for the concubine, there were many that she could not see when she was in the Wu Mansion.
There are many things to do, one by one. She believes that there is a solution to everything, as long as you work hard.
The tea-making competition with Li Ruoyi had long been forgotten by Lihua. The moment Li Ruoyi finished making tea, the outcome was decided in her opinion.
Li Ruoyi pays too much attention to her own beauty and ignores the essence of things.
At the same time, Li Ruoyi was not familiar with the tea in the palace. The tea she brewed in the past was all expensive tea, so she habitually used the low brewing method. Although the tea aroma was preserved, the astringency of ordinary tea was also intact.
It remains unchanged.
The high-infusion method used by Lihua is to knock the tea into the cup from a high place. Although the tea aroma will evaporate a little, the astringency in the tea soup will turn into sweetness when it comes into contact with the air.
The taste of tea between the two is very different. The tea-making ceremony is to make tea. No matter how beautiful the form is, it is just to make the tea well. That’s why Aunt Tian ordered Li Ruoyi.
At this moment, Lihua has hidden worries in her heart. For the first time, she feels so uncertain. She doesn’t know the future direction of Wufu, where to start, or how to reverse it.
It was certain that she would try hard from the emperor, but just after chatting with the palace people, she realized how serious the situation was. The emperor rarely came to the harem at all, and it was as difficult as going to heaven for the concubine to see him.
So she was unsure again. What would she do if she couldn't even see the emperor in the future?
Lihua slandered, the emperor couldn't have liked men, otherwise he wouldn't be interested in women.
Feeling bored with her thoughts, she kicked a passing stone and turned toward the side road.
Yuchi Gong watched helplessly as the person passed by another fork in the road and quickly disappeared from sight, leaving only a stone rolling beside him.
He opened his mouth, but suddenly he didn't know how to react.
How could there be such a person? She didn’t even need to look at the road, and she didn’t know the direction. She just kept her head down and walked. There are so many roads in the palace. She must have just entered the palace. Can she recognize it?
But just walking with her eyes closed like this made her go on the right track!
And he walked very fast, so fast that he turned around, leaving only his back.
For Yu Chigong, in the past, people had been waiting to greet him on the roadside, and there had never been a situation where he had to take the initiative to call others.
Yu Chigong would never do something that was disrespectful of his identity. He couldn't open his mouth for a moment, and thus missed the opportunity.
Yuchi Gong couldn't help but feel a little angry. How could the little beautiful girl not pay attention to his existence? She should be punished!
Speaking of the emperor, we have to talk about why he is here.
After the morning meeting today, Yuchi Gong immediately sent someone to bring the detailed accounts of the War Department and the Arsenal Department.
The people from Cangchen Palace acted quickly and soon brought back boxes after boxes of ledgers, which were piled up like a hill.
You don’t know if you don’t look at it, but your lungs will explode with anger, and the more you look at it, the more you will get angry.
The Ministry of War's accounts are a mess and are extremely irregular. Many details are messy and messy. It is not easy to sort them all out.
The detailed accounts of the six departments are usually not presented to the emperor. After all, with so many daily accounts, it is unrealistic for the emperor to review them all. Only the general ledger is compiled and submitted to the emperor.
But many problems are often hidden in detailed accounts.