Chapter 85 Jasmine Soup Could It Be Dissatisfaction
"Wan'er...be careful with everything..." Mrs. Zuo noticed something was wrong after hearing the decree. However, she had been living in seclusion recently and did not bother herself. Naturally, she knew nothing about what happened in the palace. It was just intuition.
I feel that this time Wan Qing will be involved in something that has nothing to do with her.
Wan Qing patted Mrs. Zuo's hand to reassure her. But she didn't have much confidence in her heart, but if she didn't try it out, how could she know what was waiting for her.
Because it was the Queen Mother's order, Wan Qing naturally couldn't be too shy in her appearance. She just happened to get a pink dress with silver trimming a few days ago, so she wore it. It just happened to match the occasion, and it was the same as the one in front of the Queen Mother's Hall.
There are quite a few late-blooming camellias.
"Wan'er is here? Come here and show the Ai family." The Queen Mother's eyes lit up when she saw Wan Qing, who looked more dapper and delicate in pink clothes, and she quickly waved her hand and called her to her side.
"I have met the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be safe." Zuo Wanqing knelt down without any courtesy and then slowly walked to the Queen Mother.
"Wan'er is getting better and better as she grows. I heard that Wan'er has good tea skills, so I'll make a pot for the Ai family." While the Queen Mother was looking at it, she asked Aunt Ning Ci to call Chu Luchen out.
Wan Qing saw that the Queen Mother's face was not very good, and she thought it was better not to drink the strong tea directly because she was not feeling well, so she boldly said, "The Queen Mother, are you feeling unwell?"
The Queen Mother smiled lowly and said, "It's not a problem, I'm just a little tired."
Since the Empress Dowager just said it in one sentence, Wan Qing did not intend to ask any more questions, "Let me tell you, the Empress Dowager, I am tired and my mouth must be weak. Drinking tea at this time will not be good or bad. My daughter recently got a new baby."
What's the trick? If the Queen Mother doesn't mind it, can I give it to the Queen Mother to try?"
The Queen Mother also knew Wan Qing's exquisite thoughts and was not upset. Anyway, what she said was true. She was not in the mood to drink tea at this time, so she nodded in acquiescence and watched her struggle.
"When I saw jasmine blooming early outside the palace, I boldly asked the Queen Mother for permission to pick a few to taste." Wan Qing bowed slowly, seeing that the Queen Mother didn't have much expectation, she was somewhat determined. After all, this method
I figured it out in my previous life because of my soft tongue. Wan Qing thought about it while waiting for the Queen Mother to agree.
"That's right." The Queen Mother couldn't help but feel a little interested when she heard that Wan Qing wanted to use jasmine.
What kind of method is using flowers to infuse the flavor? It's really novel.
Seeing Wan Qing arrive in front of Jasmine led by a palace maid, the Queen Mother turned her head and ordered Ning Ci to call Chu Luchen out as well.
And the timing was really clever. Chu Luchen didn't know why the Queen Mother called him. Along the way, he just walked to the door of the main hall and casually glanced at Wan Qing squatting among the flowers, smelling carefully.
His heartbeat unexpectedly accelerated a bit. Not to hide his emotions, he suddenly raised his foot without looking at the road. He accidentally bumped into the door frame, making a moderate noise.
No, before looking away, he looked at Wan Qing, who raised his head in confusion due to the movement.
"I've met the Second Prince." Because he was squatting, Wan Qing had to stand up and salute again even though he was planning to salute. This extra move was a bit embarrassing, so he shook the jasmine he picked in his hand to ease the atmosphere.
A sea of white flowers and a beautiful lady with peach blossoms. I don’t know which one is more intoxicating.
"Chen'er, what are you looking at!" The Queen Mother called out softly, finally calling Chu Luchen back from his thoughts.
Chu Luchen coughed slightly to hide the suspicious blush on his face, and quickly recovered and knelt down.
"Wan'er said that he came up with a novel method and wanted to give it to the Ai family to try. The Ai family guessed that Rong'er must have fallen asleep again at this time, so they took it upon themselves to call Chen'er over. Can you blame the Ai family?" The Queen Mother said in a few words.
Why not ask Chu Lurong to expose it? Seeing Chu Lvchen's reaction, I felt a little calmer.
"This is Chen'er's blessing. How can you blame the emperor's grandmother?" At the Queen Mother's signal, Chu Luchen sat next to her and carefully lowered her shoulders for her.
Wan Qing washed the jasmine she picked with spring water and drained it in a celadon bowl nearby. "Aunt Ning Ci, can you get some honey?"
Aunt Ning Ci nodded and quickly took it. At Wan Qing's instruction, she lightly brushed it on the tea lid and placed it aside.
For the rest of the time, Wan Qing concentrated on making tea.
When the pure and elegant fragrance of tea came out, Wan Qing poured the tea into the tea cup, took a jasmine flower and put it into the tea, then immediately put the tea lid on, and then bowed to the Queen Mother again, "
Please tell me, the Queen Mother, that you can drink it after a while."
"What about Chen'er's?" The Queen Mother couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when she saw that there was only one tea cup.
Wan Qing smiled lowly, "I didn't know that the second prince would come just now, so I prepared one. I'm going to prepare one more."
"Okay, Chen'er, why don't you go and help?" Listening to the Queen Mother's intentional words, Wan Qing had already guessed something.
When Chu Luchen thought of the scene he just saw, he felt a little embarrassed to go there, blushing and saying nothing.
However, under the look in the Queen Mother's eyes, Chu Luchen finally got up and followed her.
"Let me help you..." Seeing Wan Qing holding the scissors carefully, Chu Luchen wanted to laugh a little, and couldn't help but opened his mouth and planned to take the scissors.
"Don't...if you pick randomly, you're afraid of..." Wan Qing's hand suddenly shrank, and she bumped into Chu Luchen's arms. Realizing the strange atmosphere, Wan Qing shrank her neck.
He jumped out immediately, leaving only a suspicious blush at the base of his ears.
Chu Luchen was also embarrassed, turned his head and coughed.
The Queen Mother had a panoramic view of this scene, and saw that Chu Luchen was still hesitating, and Wan Qing also did not express his position because he had not made it clear, acting like a little girl, the Queen Mother walked slowly with Ning Ci's support.
When they got to the door, they asked, "Why, after picking some jasmine, you two ended up like this?"
"I would like to report to the Queen Mother... I accidentally bumped into the second prince and deserved death." Wan Qing mistakenly thought that the Queen Mother was angry and hurriedly knelt down.
"Chen'er, what do you want to say?" The Queen Mother's eyes fell on Wan Qing, but she asked about Chu Luchen.
"I would like to report to the Imperial Grandmother, Wan... Princess Zuo has not re-armed her. It was her son who was reckless." Naturally, Chu Luchen did not want the Queen Mother's love for Wan Qing to decline, so he tried his best to defend her.
The Queen Mother looked like she couldn't stand it anymore, so she couldn't help but speak directly, "The Ai family didn't ask you this! The Ai family asked you, do you like the daughter-in-law they chose for you?"
"The Queen Mother..." Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother suddenly made it clear. Wan Qing and Chu Luchen both exclaimed, and the blush on their faces became a little thicker.
Now... it's really going to be a good show... It's time for me to make my debut.