"Hmm..." Zhu Gaoxu continued to watch the scenery outside before making a sound.

He seems to be observing something intently, his eyes are piercing.However, nothing will happen in this quiet and stable palace.Glazed tiles glowing with warm and sunny sunshine, bright and beautiful, a well-behaved group of court ladies are walking in the corridor at a leisurely pace.People who have lived here for a long time have almost no surprises or surprises.Zhu Gaoxu was just imagining some illusory artistic conception.

After a while, he looked away, recalled Wang Gui's topic just now, and responded casually, "It's very stuffy."

Wang Gui hurriedly said, "When the maids from over there come over, the servants ordered them to fetch some ice cubes."

Zhu Gaoxu was noncommittal, and he didn't care about these trivial matters.

He just said thoughtfully, "It might rain."

After hearing this, Wang Gui raised his head, observed the sky seriously, and then seemed to have fallen into deep thought.However, Zhu Gaoxu had returned to normal from the state of ecstasy, he turned around and walked into the main hall.Wang Guifan came to his senses, and hurriedly took a few steps towards the maid who came over.

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Chapter 878 New Tea

Zhu Gaoxu didn't do many things all day, but felt very tired at dusk.Probably in an impetuous mood and with too many thoughts, a lot of energy was wasted uselessly.

There was no news about the navy.

It's normal, things that happened thousands of miles away will not be transmitted back to the capital in a short while.He left the imperial court and went back to the harem. When he left Rouyi Hall, he did not forget to tell the eunuch Wang Gui: "No matter what time it is, as long as there is news about the navy, report it to me immediately."

Wang Gui bowed and agreed with Fuchen in his arms.

Today Zhu Gaoxu should go to see Yao Ji, he followed the order and ordered the eunuch who carried the sedan chair to go to Xianfei Palace.

The main building of Xianfei Palace is similar to other palaces in East Sixth Palace and West Sixth Palace.It's just that some small pavilions, gallery houses, flowers, plants, mountains and rocks are not the same; each concubine will also arrange them differently according to his own preferences.The imperial concubines are the masters of each palace, and they can roughly do whatever they want on their own territory.

When Yao Ji welcomed him to the bedroom, Zhu Gaoxu was inadvertently attracted by the scene in the palace.Of course, this is not the first time for Zhu Gaoxu to come here. He is quite familiar with the things here, but usually he doesn't care much about the decorations, and only cares about Yao Ji's beauty.Today, instead, I started to pay attention to those tiny things.

An elegant and peaceful atmosphere rushed over, and there was a certain familiar fragrance in the air.

Zhu Gaoxu saw a finely woven semi-transparent straw curtain hanging on the viewing window on the north wall, and remembered that Dongnuan Pavilion also had straw curtains, so he walked over.

There is a wooden table next to the window, on which there are quaint study items, an open book, and a piece of confiscated rice paper.That book turned out to be "The Daily Life of the King of Han", Yao Ji seems to be still reading it today.Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the book, then turned to look at her.Yao Ji just looked at him with a smile.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the words on the paper again. It was a poem copied by Yao Ji himself: After the new rain in the empty mountains, the weather is late and autumn comes.The bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring stones flow upwards.The bamboo noise returns to Huannu, and the lotus moves off the fishing boat.Break free to Chun-fang, Sun-self to stay.

He simply sat down and watched the handwriting carefully, only to feel that his impetuous mood seemed to calm down a lot.Yao Ji's handwriting looks very comfortable, elegant and neat, and just looking at the handwriting can make people think of beauties.

"It looks good." Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help blurting out.

Yao Ji's voice said softly: "It's far worse than the Holy Master's handwriting. The Holy Majesty's handwriting has the style of a famous master, and the brushwork is strong. The handwriting of the concubine cannot stand the scrutiny, it's just for self-entertainment."

What she said made some sense. The teachers Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang found for the emperor's grandsons were all great Confucian scholars who came from Jinshi, so they must not be the style of ordinary private school teachers; Yao Ji is also very knowledgeable, and her words are very appropriate.Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said, "I like it very much. I don't have a mood, and I can't write such clean and beautiful characters."

"Really?" Yao Ji's voice was slightly coquettish.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement, stretched out his hand to hold her silky catkin, and looked up at her.After Yao Ji gave birth to Shouyuan, her breasts became more plump.A light and soft silk double-breasted long dress made her figure even more alluring. Under the light and thin silk material of the coat, her fair and smooth skin had a beautiful color.Her skin is naturally good, and it is true that others can't match it.The glamorous and charming face, red lips and white teeth, and a smile made Zhu Gaoxu a little distracted for a while.

In such an elegant and simple palace, the hostess is so gorgeous, Zhu Gaoxu didn't find this inappropriate atmosphere at all abrupt, and he couldn't explain why.Perhaps when I think of the image of "Orchid in the empty valley", I take it for granted.

Zhu Gaoxu said casually: "We have known each other for many years, I think Concubine Xian is a person who has entered the world."

"Why join the WTO?" Yao Ji asked him softly, still with a half-smile expression.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered: "Probably...not ignoring utilitarianism, caring about grievances, caring about other people's eyes, emotions may fluctuate greatly, and somewhat competitive."

Yao Ji nodded slightly.

Zhu Gaoxu went on to say: "But I also feel that Concubine Xian is very comfortable, for example, she can quietly copy poems and essays alone."

Yao Ji smiled as if asking for credit: "The flowers and plants in the middle of the corridor at the back are also taken care of by myself."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Yes, if you care about utilitarianism, ordinary people don't have this kind of state of mind."

Yao Ji's smile gradually faded, and after a while she murmured: "I used to grow up in the countryside, and there were not as many people in the countryside as there were in the capital, so I could only keep company with flowers, plants, trees, chickens, ducks and poultry. But my The adoptive father and adoptive mother are all ordinary people, they are full of grievances and calculations for the children, Daoyan's money, and outside women. Maybe this is the reason why I can be born and enter the world?"

"Hmm..." Zhu Gaoxu nodded, looked at her again and said, "It makes sense."

Yao Ji whispered again: "The first time I entered this palace was as a court lady. Doing some dirty and tiring chores every day is a waste of time and I have no expectations. Then I was sent to Jiming Temple to be a nun , is worse than the situation in the palace, but those years have passed. Now that I am a virtuous concubine, guarding someone like the Holy One, what is there to panic about?"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu laughed and said, "It's very real."

Yao Ji observed Zhu Gaoxu carefully with her bright eyes, and even put her finger on Zhu Gaoxu's cheek, gently stroking the skin under his eyes, then she lightly pointed to the book on the desk table, and said: "Mr. I believe that there is nothing that can make things difficult for the Holy One, and no one can defeat you, everything will be fine."

Seeing the confidence in her eyes, Zhu Gaoxu was suddenly greatly encouraged.He nodded vigorously, and responded happily.Then he put his arms around Yao Ji's flexible and slender waist, letting her get close to him.

Yao Ji seemed to sense the changes in his body, and suddenly turned around lightly, and broke free from Zhu Gaoxu's arms, her figure was very dexterous and smooth.She turned her head and said with a smile: "I have to eat later."

Zhu Gaoxu's mood fluctuated slightly because of her behavior.He felt as if there was an invisible string in the air, and he was being moved by Yao Ji.

Yao Ji said: "This concubine brews a new cup of tea for the Holy One."

Her figure shuttled through the antique palace, busy with the chores of making tea.She gossips from time to time, "According to what the eunuch sent here said, this is a new tea that the Sichuan chief envoy paid tribute to, and the young buds that were only picked this year are used. The concubine tasted very fragrant after trying it."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't care much, so he paced around the door leading to the north corridor.At this time, the fragrance of flowers outside became stronger, so he said casually, "It smells so good."

Yao Ji turned her head and said, "There are some jasmine flowers planted in the middle of the corridor."

"Yes, it's the fragrance of jasmine." Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said.As soon as he came in, he felt that the scent was very familiar, but he was a little confused and didn't think of it for a while.But why is the fragrance of jasmine so familiar?He suddenly remembered something.

Zhu Gaoxu went out and saw the small white flowers in the courtyard in full bloom, so he picked some flowers and put them in the palm of his left hand.He returned to the palace, took the jasmine flowers, and said, "The bud tea you mentioned should be green tea, try adding some jasmine petals."

Yao Ji said, "I'll soak it in spring water."

Yao Ji brewed tea in the teapot, including jasmine flowers.After waiting for a while, she poured half a cup of tea into a blue and white tea bowl and handed it to Zhu Gaoxu.Zhu Gaoxu took a sip, then nodded and said, "That's the taste."

At this time, scented tea has not yet been released, and Zhu Gaoxu can be regarded as drinking the first sip of scented tea from Daming.Green tea itself has an obvious but relatively simple fragrance, vaguely like crispy fragrance; coupled with the more obvious fragrance of jasmine, the two flavors match very well, giving the elegant tea a strong style.

"Try it too." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Yao Ji poured out half of the bowl herself, and Zhu Lip took a sip from the side of the small ceramic bowl before smiling: "Fragrant."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Concubine Xian invented a new kind of tea, I will give you a name, how about calling it 'Piaoxue'?"

"The scene in the teapot is very similar to the name. I got it by chance." Yao Ji smiled and pointed to the corridor outside, "Whether it's tea or the name."

At this moment, there was a "rustling" sound from outside, and then the noise gradually increased. There was a lot of noise in the quiet palace, and the sudden rainstorm became more and more fierce.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't think much, and walked out of the palace with a teacup in hand.He stood on the eaves and watched the jasmine and other flowers and plants in the yard being hit by the heavy rain. The branches and leaves were ravaged by the wind and rain and shook violently.

The heavy rain became like a torrential downpour, flying obliquely in the wind, drifting into the underside of the eaves, and wet the hem of Zhu Gaoxu's robe.The accumulated water is formed between the glazed tiles and falls to the ground along the eaves like a spring.

He raised his head, looking up at the gray sky that had already faded.

At this time, he felt a soft and warm touch on his back, and Yao Ji hugged him gently from behind.The two stood quietly on the eaves together, watching the rain curtain.

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