The last time the capital received news from Wang Jinghong and Chen Xuan, it was still early spring when the cold weather was not yet closed. This time, when eunuchs Meng Ji and others returned to the capital to report the news, the weather was getting hotter and hotter. The territory of the Ming Dynasty, which was thousands or tens of thousands of miles, had almost no progress in a year or two.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered that when he was dealing with the Southern Maritime Affairs last time, he drank Chaozhou tea with his ministers. He could remember this detail because the eunuch Cao Fu recently brought a small jar of Yunnan tea. Zhu Gaoxu then remembered that what he said at that time was still accustomed to the taste of Yunnan tea.

Of course, Zhu Gaoxu just said it casually, and he almost forgot about it. The tea produced in the southern provinces had its own taste, and he was not very picky about it. It was because Zhu Gaoxu had been a vassal king in Yunnan for several years, and the transportation there was inconvenient, and the most common one was local tea, so he had a deep impression. At that time, he was a little nostalgic and mentioned it.

Unexpectedly, because of Zhu Gaoxu's words, Cao Fu, the eunuch in charge of Shangshenjian, went to great lengths to do this.

Cao Fu went to the Duke of Qian and asked the housekeeper of the Mu Mansion about good tea in Yunnan. Then the Mu Mansion sent someone to the Yunnan Provincial Administration and sent a small can of tea that Mu Ying had treasured in his villa in Lijiang Mansion many years ago to the capital, and he has only arrived recently.

It is said that this tea has been kept for many years. During the Hongwu period, Mu Ying led his troops to the west to pacify Lijiang Prefecture and other places. Once, the local chieftain sent people to the deep mountains to pick wild tea and offer them. The raw materials came from the mountains at the junction of Yunnan and the Western-Tibet Plateau. After Mu Ying's refining with the military tea master, a large basket of tea was obtained only a small jar. Since then, this jar of tea has been hidden in the Mu Family Villa in Lijiang Prefecture.

Zhu Gaoxu had nothing to say about Cao Fu's trouble. He really liked Cao Fu, a eunuch, because this person could always satisfy his personal desires. Only eunuchs could do such things; and most local officials dare not flatter and openly, and they had to consider the name of the officialdom. It was not reliable for the martial arts of the Jinyiwei to do such things, just like when he was in the past, he intercepted the good things himself.

But with tacit approval, Cao Fu sometimes didn't understand the degree clearly, and there was no way to do it...

Today, the fairy concubine Yao Ji was in Rouyi Hall. When it was summer, Zhu Gaoxu had the habit of taking a nap, but not only did he not have a good rest this afternoon, he couldn't help but sweat. Then he cleaned up and came to the main hall, otherwise he would have to stay in the wing room all afternoon.

After a while, Yao Ji also walked in through the back door. When she saw Zhu Gaoxu, she pretended to be angry and said, "I will run away without waiting."

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at her neatly dressed, but he felt that Concubine Xian was really charming. Thinking about it, she was also a woman in her thirties, but her skin was as white as satin, quite shiny, and her outline was natural and wonderful. Her overall appearance was the best in the harem. Yao Ji's origin was a bit unfair, which made her temperament different from that of ordinary ladies.

He couldn't help but blurt out: "Good tea is resistant to brewing, and it won't get greasy no matter how you brew it."

Yao Ji used her jade-white slender hands to cover her red lips and laughed "sneer", with a smile on her face as if she had endless charm.

After Zhu Gaoxu said what he had just said, following the topic, he remembered the can of tea that Cao Fu brought in. It was hot and hot in the sunny afternoon, and he was a little dry and got up and walked to the northwest corner to greet Concubine Xian to make tea.

With the guidance of Zhu Gaoxu, Yao Ji found a wooden box on the shelf. She opened the box and saw the whole box of tea, but she picked up a small handful.

After only a moment of smell, I immediately gave up the tea in the box and found the small clay pot in the pile of tea.

Perhaps because Yao Ji was forced to become a nun and worked as a nun for a while, she maintained some nuns' living habits and usually liked to make tea. After Buddhism was introduced to Middle Earth, it had long been integrated with the customs of the Central Plains, including tea ceremony.

Sometimes Zhu Gaoxu also feels that Yao Ji's aura is a bit weird, and the combination of beauty and lightness can become one.

Boiling water, making tea, and making soup, Zhu Gaoxu sat on the chair tiredly, waiting for tea.

Yao Ji divided two cups and handed a small porcelain cup to Zhu Gaoxu. Zhu Gaoxu sniffed it and took a sip. He was stunned immediately and drank all the tea in the cup in one sip. Yao Ji then put his red lips to his mouth and took a sip. His reaction was similar to Zhu Gaoxu, and his expression changed as well.

The two looked at each other and silently drank the tea they had made. Then Zhu Gaoxu sat on the chair and savored it for a long time.

Yao Ji's voice said: "This tea is absolutely extraordinary."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said, "Yes, it's a pity that there is no energy to produce."

What he implies is, what should I do if I can’t drink it in the future? Compared with fine wine, tea always gives people the impression of being elegant and indifferent, but Zhu Gaoxu only knows today that good tea will give people desires. After all, it always needs to satisfy people’s desires.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yao Ji and couldn't help but say, "This tea has a high fragrance, so anyone who gets it can only hide it privately and cannot be exposed. When it is in the mouth, it is as smooth and thick as rice soup, but it is immediately regaining sweetness. Another kind of refreshing and fragrance arouses people's greed and wants to drink more."

Yao Ji glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and her face gradually turned a little red. Yao Ji didn't say anything, but just listened silently, as if she was also savoring the previous smell.

Zhu Gaoxu actually didn't have much hobbies for tea and didn't spend much effort to think about it, but the taste was very direct and wonderful, so he continued to talk excitedly.

He continued: "When I was in Yunnan, I knew that most of the tea trees in Yunnan were trees, and it was inevitable that I felt a little green; but this tea rarely had a pure and mellow taste. Appreciating its bright colors was pleasant to the eye, and once it was in the mouth, the taste was full, and every feeling was progressing layer by layer; the flavor that had been hidden for many years was awakened and indulged in the excitement of hot water. First, it was gentle and delicate, and then so high that people could forget everything. The tea soup seemed gentle and smooth, and it seemed to be tightly wrapped around the tongue coating, which was like turning hundreds of times, as bitter and sweet. I never thought about the tea leaves, and I felt that it was really a good tea."

The sultry weather made Yao Ji look weak when she spoke. She responded: "The emperor has a golden word and a jade word, so praise it. If there is a civil servant present today, it will probably become a famous product recorded in the book."

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said, "It is meaningless to be famous for this kind of thing, because there is no difference in the world. It is like a virtuous concubine, why should it be famous outside?"

Yao Ji whispered in a very light voice: "Today, the emperor is going to come to Xianfei Palace after the Youth hour. Why should I be moved by me at this time? If you don't have to follow the rules and come to talk to me all the time, it's not impossible."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly. However, he felt the sultry heat in the palace and was still quite satisfied with the tranquility of the afternoon.

The two of them soaked the tea leaves in the pot many times, but they still had a fragrance. Sure enough, Zhu Gaoxu said the words of the taste before, just by mistake, and it was a good tea to be brewed.

Pass

After a while, Yao Ji stood up and said, "The weather is too hot, and I feel uncomfortable with sweat and sticky body. I will go back to the palace to take a shower and change my clothes first, and wait for the emperor to return."

Zhu Gaoxu agreed and asked her to return to the harem first.

As soon as Concubine Xian left Rouyi Hall, eunuch Cao Fu walked in and went up to bow to him.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately greeted him, pointed to the can of tea and said, "Go to the harem, the queen, concubine, and concubine are all divided into some."

Cao Fu asked carefully: "The tea is not in line with the emperor's dragon mouth, I will go to the tour again."

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said, "It's just so good, so I don't want to drink too much. After drinking it a few more times, you will have an impression of the specific tea flavor. Where do you go to find the same thing? People should not be too addicted to one thing, otherwise they will suffer."

Cao Fu suddenly said, "I obey the order."

Zhu Gaoxu then asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Cao Fu bowed and said, "When Meng Ji returned to Beijing, he brought back a woman..."

Zhu Gaoxu immediately understood what it meant, so he didn't say a word to wait for him to continue reporting.

Cao Fu said in a deep voice: "The queen of Zhenla Kingdom, but she was destroyed because the king escaped from Angkor Thom a few months ago."

Zhu Gaoxu was suddenly surprised: "How could such a person come to the Ming Dynasty?"

Cao Fu said: "Go back to the emperor, it's a long story. It's probably because the enemy of Zhen La Kingdom wants to plot against her. After many twists and turns, she met Meng Ji. Meng Ji then took her to the capital to avoid disaster."

Then Cao Fu briefly described the affairs of Zhenla. After he described it, he said: "This woman has a complicated experience and is secretly brought by her, so it is not easy to be received by the government. For the time being, I can only ask her to settle in the old mansion (the Han Wang Mansion in the capital). I first see if she is reliable, and then let her meet the emperor...but this woman is indeed beautiful."

Speaking of the last sentence, Cao Fu looked up at Zhu Gaoxu, and the two of them immediately felt a sense of understanding.

The old mansion is just west of the imperial city, not far away. After Zhu Gaoxu ascended the throne, the name of the Han Palace was cancelled because there was no Han Palace. Nowadays, the many halls and corridors in front of the palace are mainly the garage of the Northern Bureau of the Guardian; the garden behind is indeed quite spacious.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "It's better to let her stay in Beijing. If the imperial court wants to understand the local situation, the destruction of Zhen La Kingdom is also a clue."

Cao Fu hurriedly said, "What the Emperor said is, the Emperor is really far-sighted."

Speaking of the beauty, Zhu Gaoxu remembered the can of tea that he got back thousands of miles away. He couldn't help but remind Cao Fu: "Some things are not as strange as possible, so there is no need to be too troublesome, it's too troublesome."

Cao Fu said: "I don't mind the trouble. As long as the emperor is happy, I will be happy."

Zhu Gaoxu said casually again: "When you observe her, find out what she wants."

Cao Fu was stunned for a moment and bowed, "I obey the order."
Chapter completed!