God-level prince of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 17

The three of them were busy until the early hours of the next day.

The tea produced was fragrant and fragrant, and soon spread throughout the entire Eastern Palace.

Such a fragrance is very rare.

The smell of green tea is very special, so that people nearby come close to it, wanting to find out.Moreover, this time it also alarmed some people.

That one thousand catties of fresh tea leaves can produce at least two hundred catties of tea leaves.

The two hundred catties of tea leaves are enough for him to brew for a long time.

When all the tea leaves were ready, Li Chengqian found some equipment for making tea from the East Palace, and he really found a set, although it was not as good as the modern ones, but it was still good for brewing.There has to be a sense of ritual in life, otherwise the days will be in vain.

But no coincidence, just after the water was boiled, an uninvited guest came.

"Guanyin maidservant, the smell last night made it difficult for me to sleep, but today it is even stronger!"

"Second brother, there may not be anything you want in the East Palace, I think we should go somewhere else!"

"Have I been seen in other places? I came here early in the court, so I must be in the East Palace."

At this time, Li Shimin saw Li Chengqian not far away, and asked:

"Isn't that Gao Ming? What is he doing sitting there?"

"It's Gao Ming, why didn't this child go to see the crown prince and grand master, why did he stay in the East Palace!?"

Empress Changsun said with some reproach.

Li Shimin seemed to smell something, and quickly said: "The scent is coming from Gao Ming."

Li Shimin quickened his pace. It turned out that the couple were attracted by the fragrance of tea yesterday, and they were also checked, but they couldn't find out why, because Li Chengqian put the tea-making place deep in the prince's palace, and no one was there. Dare to come, so I missed it here.

When the two arrived in front of Li Chengqian, he immediately saluted.

"Father, mother! How do you...?"

Li Shimin didn't think of blaming Li Chengqian, but instead asked: "Gao Ming, what is in your hand?"

"Father, mother, this is green tea!"

"Green tea? Tea?"

In Li Shimin's eyes, shouldn't tea be mixed with a lot of salt, ginger and pepper, etc.?He looked around. Apart from boiling water and tea sets, there was only tea left.

"This tea is an elegant way, Gao Ming, do you understand the way of tea?"

Li Shimin was stunned, his son looked good, it seemed that there was such a thing.

"Father, Gao Ming has a little understanding, a little understanding."

"How do you know that?"

"Gao Ming learned from an ancient book that Master Li gave me yesterday, and with the consent of Master Li, he specially studied the tea ceremony here today. That's why he didn't go to Master Li for advice."

He didn't dare to say that he could do it himself, so he put the responsibility on Li Gang.And also perfectly explained why I didn't go to class.

Fortunately, Li Shimin actually believed it.

I blame myself for being too blatant. If I go to other places to make tea, maybe the couple will not be attracted.

Li Shimin is notoriously smart, if he catches something, he must make himself uncomfortable.

Having said that, when it comes to the tea ceremony, he probably knows a little better than the people here, and it is absolutely no problem to beat up this group of local turtles in the Tang Dynasty.

Empress Changsun saw Li Chengqian fiddling with the tea set in his hands, and said, "Second brother, I want to see how Gao Ming makes tea?"

"I also want to see what the so-called tea ceremony in ancient books is!"

Li Shimin was also full of curiosity.

"Father, mother, wait a moment, I'll start now!"

Li Chengqian started to boil water with a dignified appearance, and took out some tea leaves. These tea leaves were green and very different from the tea leaves of the Tang Dynasty.

He uses a relatively simple tea set.

Li Shimin chatted with Empress Changsun, recalling the past, and soon the water boiled.

Li Chengqian began to wash the tea sets, teacups, wash the tea, and make the tea in one go, and the movements were very pleasing to the eye.

The two of them felt that there were indeed two or three strokes. Without a few times of practice, it would be very difficult to achieve such proficiency in this posture.

Soon, Li Chengqian made tea.

"The tea is ready, please father and mother to taste."

Li Chengqian poured a cup of tea for each of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.

Empress Changsun looked at Li Chengqian suspiciously, and said, "My son, don't put ginger, onion, garlic, or sheep oil in the tea? Is this really what it says in ancient books?"

Li Shimin also nodded, deeply agreeing.

Just now they watched Li Chengqian brewing tea. Although his actions were pleasing to the eye, they were very puzzled to see that he actually made a pot of tea without boiling it or putting ginger, onion and garlic.

"The way to make tea is sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty, and life is full of flavors."

Ginger, onion, garlic, etc. should be added to make tea, and how and how much should be put in is also particular. This is the tea ceremony of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Chengqian said: "The tea ceremony is also the way of etiquette. Father, don't you think my action of making tea just now makes sense?"

Li Shimin and Li Shimin both felt polite when he said this.

"Second brother, why don't we have a drink first."

After Empress Changsun finished speaking, Li Shimin drank the tea in the cup.

When the green tea water enters the throat, there is a bit of bitterness at first, but it quickly returns to sweetness, leaving a fragrance in the mouth.

Li Shimin's expression became surprised.

"This tea is good! It really quenches your thirst! Have another cup."

"I'll have another drink too!"

Li Chengqian refilled the two of them, feeling proud.

This time they tasted it carefully, and they only felt that the tea soup was green and clear, sweet and fragrant like orchids, and the tea entered their throats with a rich and mellow fragrance.

"It's really good tea! I've been drinking tea for decades." Li Shimin praised.

It turns out that this is the tea ceremony.

At this time, Li Chengqian said very pretentiously: "The way is simple, and all redundant things are discarded. This is the way of tea."

"Li Gang's ancient books are really good!"

Empress Changsun didn't pay much attention to it, and drank tea happily.

"Gao Ming, this tea must have cost a lot of money, right?"

Li Chengqian said casually: "It didn't cost much, just over 1000 Wen!"

"More than 1000 words, which is indispensable! It seems that the life in the East Palace is good. There is still money to buy tea leaves to make tea!"

"Father...this..."

"My son is smart, it seems that five thousand a month is still too much, and two thousand a month will be reduced in the future! Three thousand should be enough. You should understand how I feel. At this time, you should study more instead of messing around with these things. Eighty-eight things, I'm afraid it will waste your studies, and Datang will still be the Datang of your young people in the future..."

Suddenly, when Li Shimin said this, Li Chengqian was at a loss for words.Sure enough, Jiang was still old and hot, and Li Chengqian was put on the table, and he had calculated thousands of times, and he really never thought that Li Shimin would do this.

Because Li Shimin understands that tea is not cheap, Li Chengqian's monthly salary is five thousand.But he doesn't have much money to buy tea, unless he has saved private money at ordinary times...

If it is private money, then I can give the prince some less salary, and use the money from it to plug the gap. How nervous is Datang's finances?

"Father, that's not the case! I..."

(End of this chapter)