Great Imperial Merchant

The eight tea art masters made tea together, which looked really pleasing to the eye.Although the other families are all veterans, Cheng Weizhe is the youngest, and he looks calm, his gestures are quite calm, and the movements he makes are also very beautiful.

Tea brewing in the palace is naturally very particular.Water is born from gold, while tin has both softness and rigidity, so the boiled ones are not salty.Generally, people pay attention to others, and they often use tin water to boil water.

The firewood for making tea must be solid charcoal. Before boiling water, the charcoal must be burned red to remove the smoke and fire before it can be used.When the water Cho is put on the charcoal stove, it needs to be fanned quickly to make the water boil quickly, so that it will be fresh and tender.

The water prepared for them in the palace is the mountain spring water just harvested today, and it is used to make tea as top grade.

When the water boiled, Cheng Weizhe immediately poured water into the gold-plated teapot that had been prepared earlier, then put the prepared gold needles and silver leaves into the pot, and then closed the lid tightly.When taking three breaths, pour all the tea into the tea bowl, then pour the tea in the tea bowl back into the pot, and after taking another three breaths, pour the tea into the cup and present it to the guests.

Brewing tea in this way will make the tea soup tender and smooth, with a strong aroma, and all the aroma and charm in the tea will be stimulated.

In the past two years, Cheng Weizhe has been asked by Han Shiqian to make tea almost every day. His skill is as natural as flowing clouds and flowing water, but with indescribable chic and elegance.

Although the tea merchants next to him are also good at it, Cheng Weizhe is young and handsome, so it is naturally more pleasing to the eye.

Moreover, their tea is really fragrant when brewed.

The tea merchants brewed tea in different ways, and the time was a little bit behind, so when Cheng Weizhe finished cooking, some of them were just about to get bored.

Cheng Weizhe didn't look at others, he just signaled the little palace man next to him to bring up the tea he had made, and then saluted the two His Majesties above, and then retreated and sat back beside Yang Zhongyuan.

They couldn't talk, but Yang Zhongyuan still held his hand quietly, giving him a peace of mind.

As the tea merchants cooked the tea one by one, bowls of fragrant tea soup were delivered to the throne. Although the tea merchants were worried, no one dared to look up.

But they lowered their heads, but their ears seemed to protrude, and they were all listening carefully to the voice above.

Sure enough, the two His Majesties were still whispering to each other while sipping tea.However, the voices of the two of them were not loud, and no matter how hard the people below tried, they couldn't hear what they were saying clearly.

For a moment, only the voices of the first two people could be heard in the entire main hall, and the palace servants and merchants next to them seemed to be non-existent, as if they had stopped breathing.

After a long time, there was another voice from above, and it was Mu Chen who spoke first: "Gu Aiqing's new tea this year is still very good."

It is still very good. This is a very high evaluation. It not only affirms his tribute tea in previous years, but also shows that this year's is still excellent.

Although Gu Hanting had always been calm, he couldn't help being a little apprehensive when facing the two majesties. He was relieved to hear Mu Chen's words.

He hurriedly stood up and knelt beside his seat: "Caomin thank the Lord for your kindness."

Mu Chen said again: "Aiqing, please, I will taste your family's tribute tea every year. I and the emperor have always liked it."

Gu Hanting hurriedly thanked him again, then stood up and sat back in his original seat.

Generally speaking, they only choose the most proud loose tea to present when making tea. As long as the most proud tea is selected by the emperor, the other teas will be selected by the chief manager. The good ones will be served together, and the bad ones will be served together. was eliminated.In this way, as long as the emperor can say yes lightly, the tea fight will not be in vain.

Afterwards, Mu Chen commented on the other two, but in the end it was Shen Xijing who said, "I think there is a new tea with a unique taste, and this is the first time I have tasted it. Gold needles and silver leaves, who's it?"

Hearing him ordering his own tea suddenly, Cheng Weizhe was stunned for a moment, and then he was pulled by Yang Zhongyuan to stand up and knelt on the ground together.

"Hui Jun's words are made by the grass people's family."

Shen Xijing naturally knew that it was made by the Yang family, and the tea trays presented were all pasted with the names of each family. Now he called the two of them out alone, but they actually said a few words to Yang Zhongyuan.

"Oh? Gold Needle and Silver Leaf, that's a good name. It does taste like silver leaf when I drink it, but it's a bit special." Shen Xijing said again.

Yang Zhongyuan opened his mouth, and was about to answer Shen Xijing's question, but unexpectedly, the emperor who was sitting next to the emperor said, "The word jinzhen should imply the name of Jinsan, right?"

The fact that he can say such words proves that he has savored the tea carefully. Yang Zhongyuan was so excited that he had already somewhat realized that the matter was right, so he kowtowed to the first two people before he straightened up and said, "Your Majesty, Shengming, this time Dao Jinzhen Silver Leaf is the newly developed tea tree in Caomin’s family, and it grows from gold powder and silver needles, and the best tongue is obtained, and this tea is made.”

Since the above asked, he had to answer. Anyway, the tea trees on their acre of land were all on Chongling Mountain, and they were cultivated by Lao Sun with all his efforts. Even if other tea merchants knew the truth, they might not be able to plant them.Besides, even if they can grow it, they can't fry the unique taste of the Han family.

Yang Zhongyuan is quite confident in Master's craftsmanship and Cheng Weizhe's ability.

After hearing his answer, Mu Chen couldn't help but nodded and praised: "It's ingenious and really unique, very good, very good."

To be praised by the Holy Majesty is the best affirmation of their two years of busy work. Cheng Weizhe was full of excitement, pulled Yang Zhongyuan to bend down deeply, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your golden words."

Ingenuity and ingenuity are not for everyone.

It stands to reason that the conversation should end here, but unexpectedly, Shen Xijing did not let the two of them get up, but asked again: "I saw the list you presented, and there is a tea cake in it, named Xiao Ronghua. But is it the one from the imperial confession earlier?"

After he finished speaking, Cheng Weizhe didn't have time to answer, but found that Cai Rongxin's hands were shaking, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Cheng Weizhe glanced at him coldly, and when he raised his head again, his face was full of respect: "Speaking to you, this time the tea cake was handed down by Master Caomin. After more than two years of hard work, Caomin finally made it into what it is today. I didn't want to call Xiao Ronghua this time. name, but the master agreed, so this time I boldly used it."

After he finished speaking, he felt that the expression of Cai Rongxin who was not far away from him was even more wrong, but he didn't care to talk to him at all, he just replied respectfully to the first two His Majesties.

Yang Zhongyuan also secretly glanced at Cai Rongxin, but he was extremely happy in his heart.

If Master could see this scene, he might laugh out loud in his sleep.

It was Shen Xijing who asked the question, but Mu Chen answered: "I have heard of Xiao Ronghua's tea when I was young, but there are only old things left in the palace, so it is not suitable for drinking. I will try it later."

His words unintentionally gave Xiao Ronghua a lot of chips. Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe were very happy in their hearts, and they smiled unconsciously.

Seeing him so happy, Shen Xijing felt much happier.

Although he went up step by step later, the two of them didn't have so many chances to meet each other, but those years in Jinliang Palace were always engraved in his mind, and he would never forget it.

At that time, if they hadn't supported each other, it would have been difficult to get to where they are today.

And Yang Zhongyuan has never been a person who likes to cling to the powerful, judging from the fact that he resolutely chooses to leave the palace despite his high position as the chief executive, it can be seen that he has no intention of taking advantage of Shen Xijing at all.As a childhood friend who shared joys and sorrows with the emperor, Yang Zhongyuan's life in the palace was not difficult, but he never relied on this to do anything bullying, and he never asked Shen Xijing for anything at all. Based on this alone, Shen Xijing knew that he still regarded himself as a friend.

In his current position, it is quite rare to have a friend who misses him.

Shen Xijing sighed for some reason, he suddenly said: "Get up quickly, Zhongyuan has not seen me for a long time, this time you can enter the palace again, I feel very comforted in my heart."

In Daliang, there were not many tea merchants, and the whole country only chose eight tea merchants to go to Beijing for an audience, and the Yang family had a place among them.

There is no real ability to do this at all.

Shen Xijing also understood this, so he couldn't help sighing.

But in his position, he can naturally say whatever he wants, but others don't think that way anymore.

Hearing that the Yang family still had friendship with the emperor, the faces of the tea merchants who were not familiar with him all changed, and among them, Cai Rongxin's face was already extremely ugly.

He has guessed the relationship between the Yang family and Han Shiqian to some extent, and he can probably confirm that the master Cheng Weizhe said is Han Shiqian. At first, he thought it was nothing, but suddenly he heard the emperor mention Xiao Ronghua, and heard that Shen Xijing and Yang Zhongyuan knew each other in the early years , even if he was as stable as him all the time, he was completely panicked.

Sometimes, if you do too many bad things, you will really encounter ghosts.

After hearing Shen Xijing's words, Yang Zhongyuan didn't care about anything else at all, he just felt extremely warm in his heart, and his eyes were also hot with flashes, as if he was about to shed tears.

They met at the end of Wei, but they have not forgotten each other in the rivers and lakes.

Cheng Weizhe's heart was also surging at this time, but he didn't care about expressing anything, but kept holding Yang Zhongyuan's hand tightly to calm him down.

The scene was a little cold for a while.

Mu Chen naturally couldn't get used to the faces of the tea merchants below. His emperor should say what he wanted, and he didn't care what others thought.

Thinking of this, he patted Shen Xijing's arm and gave Cang Nian a look.

Cang Nian understood, and immediately said: "This is the end of loose tea, please tea merchants prepare one, and the next one is tea cake."

The meaning of the end is that this loose tea only selected the four mentioned before, and there is no Cai family in it.

As soon as he finished speaking, he did not expect that there was a person in the main hall who dared to violate the taboo of the superior, stood up and knelt on the ground directly: "The grassroots dare to think that this conclusion is suspected of partiality."

It is really too disrespectful to say this.Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe exchanged a look, lowered their heads and twitched the corners of their mouths.

Cai Rongxin is nothing more than that.

Shen Xijing raised his head and glanced at him, the coldness in his eyes seemed to be able to lock in the cold winter, he chuckled lightly, but said: "This gentleman is partial, what should you do?"

That's right, he is the emperor, the master of one person under Daliang and above ten thousand people, whoever he says is good will be good, and it is foolish to talk about fairness with him.

Besides, even Emperor Rui Mu Chen had praised the Yang family's tea like that just now, and now he came out to refute it, that would be courting death.

Shen Xijing glanced at Cai Rongxin coldly, then turned to Yang Zhongyuan with a smile and said, "What should I do, Zhongyuan, some people say that I am partial to you."

Although he was joking with Yang Zhongyuan, everyone present could feel the coldness in his words directed at Cai's family.

Cai Rongxin's body kneeling on the ground shivered. He couldn't understand why he was so impulsive just now. Only this time, it was because Yang Zhongyuan said Xiao Ronghua's name, which reminded him of the person who didn't want to be mentioned. That's why he couldn't control himself like this, and finally caused a catastrophe.

Yang Zhongyuan slightly raised his head and looked at Shen Xijing who was sitting at the top. He was no longer the An Le who was beaten up in the east study of Jinliang Palace and could only beg for mercy. He is now the only heir of the Shen family in the imperial capital, and also the only son of Emperor Rui Mu Chen. Yuan Jun.

He has been sitting in this position for more than five years. Day and night, his majesty has become more and more serious, but Yang Zhongyuan still feels kind and nostalgic when he looks at him again.

Shen Xijing has never been an ungrateful person. After he reached a high position step by step, everyone who made good friends with him will have a better life.In Yang Zhongyuan's heart, he was very grateful to Shen Xijing.

Without him, no matter how outstanding his ability is, he would not be able to sit in the position of general manager at a young age, nor would he be able to worship under the imperial chef and obtain a survival skill.

At this moment, hearing Shen Xijing joke with him like that, Yang Zhongyuan felt as if he was back in his teens.At that time, the two of them got off work and ate together standing at the window of the house. Occasionally, there was something each other liked in the dish, and they would always put it in the bowl for each other.The friendship in times of crisis is so precious, and it is still nostalgic to this day.