After sitting down, Lin Luoling suddenly realized that the material of the stone table and stone bench was very special. It felt warm to the touch and was extremely smooth.

Prince An seemed to see what she was thinking. He poured her a bowl of tea, placed it in front of her, and said softly, "I have been afraid of cold since I was young. My father knew that I like calligraphy and painting, so he secretly asked someone to find some rare stones and build a set of stone tables and stone benches."

"Try this tea!" Prince An said again.

Lin Luoling suddenly realized that when Prince An came to Xuzhou, he heard from the maids in the mansion that Prince An brought a lot of things with him, and the things he carried filled more than 30 horse-drawn carriages.

I guess this stone table and stone bench must be among them.

When she looked again, the bowl of tea that Prince An placed in front of her was actually made of the finest white jade.

This tea set may look small, but it is actually very valuable.

Seeing Lin Luoling staring at the tea bowl and not wanting to take a sip, Prince An said, "Don't be shy when you come to my residence. This tea set is what I usually use. Your tea bowl is new and has never been used before."

Lin Luoling knew that Prince An had misunderstood her, so she explained, "I just saw that the white jade used for this tea set was really rare, and I was mesmerized by it for a moment."

Prince An's eyes deepened and he smiled, "Miss Lin has good taste. This is my mother's favorite thing. My father knew that my mother liked to make tea, so he selected this set of tea sets after a long time of searching. My father gave it to my mother on the day she gave birth to me.

When I came to Xuzhou, I brought this set of tea sets with me."

Lin Luoling had heard her mother mention Prince An's mother, Concubine Li, saying that three months after Emperor De Shun married the current empress, the late emperor bestowed Jingzhou on Emperor De Shun, who was then the fifth prince, as a fief.

The year after Emperor Deshun arrived in Jingzhou, he went to visit the residence of the governor of Jiangling County. Concubine Li was the youngest daughter of the governor.

It is rumored that Concubine Li's beauty was so stunning that even the most talented poets and painters in the Tianqi Kingdom would find it difficult to depict even 70% of her beauty.

Moreover, Concubine Li was good at dancing. Emperor Deshun once said: After seeing Concubine Li's dance, other women's dance would seem boring to him.

It is said that after Emperor Deshun ascended the throne, he held a banquet in the palace. When the banquet was almost halfway through, the lights and candles suddenly went out.

Ten palace maids held moonlit palace lanterns in one hand and a bunch of red plums in the other. They were wearing light pink gauze and silk skirts, with their three thousand black hair tied up in lily buns and emerald beads and red plums in their hair. They walked slowly in, with embroidered ribbons fluttering and the fragrance of plums in the air.

Fang stood there for a moment, and then he heard the sound of drums outside the hall, but the sound of the drums was a little ethereal, as if it was falling from the sky.

Everyone looked outside and saw six sturdy eunuchs, dressed in azure blue official uniforms, carrying a huge drum, walking in.

A woman stood on the drum, wearing a red brocade skirt with white plum brocade embroidery that covered her chest and waist, and a white gauze embroidered with silver clouds. Silver and jade colorful hairpins were inserted diagonally on both sides of her flying bun.

At first glance, the woman looked like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world by mistake. She stood barefoot on the drum. As the six eunuchs walked slowly inside, her wide sleeves fluttered, making her look like a fairy.

The sound of jade chimes rang out in the hall, and the woman stepped lightly on the drum. It seemed that she did not use much force, but she produced an exceptionally pleasant sound. After the drum sounded nine times in the hall, the clear and melodious sound of the moon guitar began to blend in with the drum sound.

It was as if I was traveling thousands of miles on clouds, and then I saw a person deep in the plum fragrance.

As the woman danced, ten palace maids danced and turned around the big drum. The ten palace maids looked like clusters of red plum blossoms blooming because of the woman on the drum.

Gradually, the woman beat the drum faster with her jade feet, and when the shawl between her arms was raised, the woman slowly turned around.

When everyone looked, they saw that the woman had an exquisite plum blossom makeup on her charming face, beautiful eyes like spring water, and a snow-white skin and slender waist that was intoxicating. It was none other than Concubine Li.

At this moment, Concubine Li hit the drum hard with her foot, and a layer of silver-white snow-like gauze suddenly rose from the drum surface and floated down in the air.

Everyone in the hall was shocked by the scene. It was like the goddess Chang'e from the Moon Palace coming down to earth to dance. Even if the wine didn't make people drunk, people would get drunk by themselves.

From then on, Concubine Li's "Dance Under the Moon" was the best in the entire Tianqi Kingdom.

Emperor Deshun doted on Concubine Li and even built a Yuehua Tower specifically for her. However, not long after the Yuehua Tower was completed, Concubine Li died of illness.

Emperor Deshun fell seriously ill as a result and was able to attend court again more than a month later. He had lost a lot of weight.

There were countless concubines in the harem, but Emperor Deshun rarely set foot in it.

Emperor Deshun had only three princes, and Prince An was the youngest of them.

Lin Luoling held the tea bowl and took a sip. The tea soup tasted slightly sweet at first, and the fragrance lingered between the tongue and teeth. After entering the throat, it was slightly dry and gradually became thicker. Even the breath at this moment seemed to have a lingering fragrance that lasted for a long time.

When the tea enters the stomach, it is like the bright sunshine in spring, which instantly melts the snow accumulated throughout the cold winter.

Lin Luoling, who took only a sip of tea, had eyes as clear as water and her cheeks seemed to be dyed with light pink peach petals, which was very beautiful.

Prince An was slightly startled by what he saw, and took a sip from the tea bowl. He suppressed the throbbing in his heart and asked, "What do you think of this tea, Miss Lin?"

Lin Luoling had never tasted such tea before. The word "delicious" was not enough to express how wonderful the tea was.

Lin Luoling did not answer, but asked: "I wonder what kind of tea your Highness Prince An uses to make tea?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Princess July came over, poured a bowl of tea unhappily, and said, "I lost both rounds of the competition. I didn't expect him to be so good at pitching pots."

As she spoke, Princess July tugged at Lin Luoling's wide sleeves and said coquettishly, "It's really boring for me and him to play pot tossing alone. Since Sister Lin is here, why don't you play with us?"

Lin Luoling actually doesn't like the game of pitching pots.

On second thought, even though Prince An had a severe cough, he was still a thorn in the eyes of the eldest prince, Prince Jin, and the second prince, Prince Rui. It was not appropriate for them to have frequent private contact with each other, let alone sit alone and chat over tea.

If this were to get out, wouldn't it bring unnecessary disaster to the Lin family?

So, Lin Luoling agreed immediately and accompanied Princess July to play the game of pitching pot.

Princess July smiled, put down her tea bowl, turned around and discussed with Jiang Chi how the three of them should play the game of tossing pots.

Prince An's eyes were clear and he lowered them slightly. When Lin Luoling was about to stand up, he said, "Xue Ze Yin Lu is very rare. Miss Lin might as well drink some more."

Xue Ze Yin Lu???

Lin Luoling had heard of the name of Xue Ze Yin Lu since she was a child, but had never drunk it. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, no wonder Princess July said that this tea was priceless.

Xue Ze Yin Lu is the most precious tea in Tianqi Country. Not to mention it is hard to find at a price of a ton, even if you spend ten thousand ounces of gold you would probably find it difficult to buy even a ounce.

Every winter, tea pickers go to Fengling Snow Mountain to pick tea. At the highest point of the mountain, there are thirty or forty snow-capped tea trees facing the wind and snow, with tender green leaves but silvery white tips.

Among hundreds of tea pickers climbing the mountain, it is a blessing if only one returns with tea picking!

Therefore, Xue Ze Yin Lu is known as the most precious tea in Tianqi Kingdom.

Just when Lin Luoling picked up the tea bowl and was about to savor the precious tea carefully, she didn't expect that there was a folded piece of paper under the tea bowl.

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