Because Madam Tu had a good relationship with the former Princess Jin and had persuaded her in a good way, the head of the Tu family had completely surrendered to Prince Jin.
If Madam Tu hadn't come to provoke Shi Qingluo, wanting to embarrass her, or even deal with her.
She was too lazy to bother with the Tu family.
But if someone wants to slap her in the face, of course she will slap them back ten times as hard.
So since Mrs. Butcher insisted on coming to her door, she had no choice but to be venomous.
Besides, she was telling the truth, it really wasn’t tasty.
As soon as Shi Qingluo said this, Madam Tu and the ladies present all changed their expressions.
This is so blunt and harsh.
The ladies who had been eating with gusto suddenly lost their appetite.
Mrs. Tu was so angry that she said, "It seems that the princess's request is really high. Our Tu family can't afford it."
This is a bit harsh.
This banquet of hers would be a face-saving preparation if it were given to anyone else, but Shi Qingluo deliberately belittled it, so she really couldn't help it.
Shi Qingluo chuckled and said, "Madam Tu has a bad temper. It was you who asked me for my opinion just now. I told you the truth, but you were unhappy."
"The dishes at your banquet are indeed not very good. I definitely don't mean to belittle them."
"I said this just to suggest to Madam Butcher that your chef improve his cooking skills. Is that wrong?"
Xi Rong sneered at the side and said, "That's right, it's obviously extremely unpalatable, and you can't let people say it?"
"Madam Butcher, you are a little narrow-minded!"
"If you're unhappy, then why do you have to keep staring at my Luo Luo and ask questions?"
"Do I have to lie and tell you that the banquet tastes delicious, just like everyone else, in order to make you happy and satisfied?"
Others: “…” No, they didn’t.
Mrs. Butcher was so angry that her hands holding the chopsticks were shaking. These two people were really going too far.
But it was indeed she who asked Shi Qingluo on purpose. If the other party said it was not delicious, was she going to force him to say it was delicious? She felt that Shi Qingluo and Xi Rong were deliberately picking a quarrel, but she could not refute what they said.
She felt frustrated and angry, she was in such a miserable state.
Everyone found that Princess Fubao and Marquis Zhennan were both very vicious.
But they said this was the truth, so we can't say they were lying and looking for trouble, right?
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
A lady who depended on the Tu family smiled and gave Madam Tu a way out, "Madam, I have longed for the flower wine you brewed for a long time, and I can't wait to taste it."
I really miscalculated today. Who could have thought that Shi Qingluo would rely on his status to be so arrogant and wanton, and his words were not tactful at all, but harsh and vicious.
He also brought with him a man of noble status, the Marquis of Zhennan, who spoke just as harshly. They couldn't argue with him due to their status, which made them feel very aggrieved.
It was agreed that Shi Qing would be given a warning and let this country bumpkin know that it is not so easy to integrate into the circle of noble ladies in North City.
But first, Madam Zhu was slapped in the face, and now Madam Tu has been squeezed by Shi Qingluo and has lost face. What a miscalculation! If someone gives her a way out, Madam Tu will naturally step down, otherwise she will be choked by Shi Qingluo and the others and won't know what to say.
She forced a very forced smile and said, "Okay, then everyone can have a taste."
At this time, the maid brought up the apricot blossom wine, opened it and poured a glass for everyone.
As soon as the bottle was opened, a delicate fragrance wafted out, and Mrs. Butcher's expression finally relaxed.
She picked up a glass of wine and said to everyone with a smile: "This is the batch of apricot blossom wine that I am most satisfied with last year. Let me toast to you all!"
After she finished speaking, she picked up the cup and took a sip.
Others also picked up their glasses and took a sip. The ladies who loved wine and flowers even looked a little intoxicated.
"The flower wine brewed by Madam is indeed as good as its reputation, with a hint of sweetness in the aftertaste."
Others also praised it.
Although it was a bit exaggerated, Mrs. Tu's apricot blossom wine did taste much better than the flower wine they had drunk before.
Out of politeness, Shi Qingluo and the other two also picked up the wine glass and took a sip while everyone was drinking.
Then I didn't want to take a second sip.
Shi Qingluo looked at the wine in the glass. The light yellow wine was turbid.
It’s not that there’s something wrong with the butcher’s brewing, so the wine is turbid.
Instead, the wines nowadays are all fermented wines, with an alcohol content no higher than 20 degrees at most. Most of them are rice wines with an alcohol content of less than 10 degrees, which is also called turbid wine.
The brewing process of sake is complicated and has not yet appeared, let alone distilled liquor.
Therefore, this apricot blossom wine that other ladies tasted delicious to Shi Qingluo just seemed too ordinary.
It is far inferior to the cheaper flower wine and fruit wine of modern times, not to mention the truly sweet and high-quality ones.
So after taking a sip, she held the glass without touching it again.
Xi Rong and Xiao Baili had both tasted a jar of osmanthus wine that Shi Qingluo had opened not long ago, so after taking a sip of this so-called unique apricot blossom wine, they felt very disappointed.
So they both put down their cups at the same time.
Mrs. Butcher, who had been keeping an eye on the three of them, couldn't help but look even uglier when she saw this.
What did these three people mean? Did they want to embarrass her on purpose? The apricot blossom wine she brewed was not only liked by women, but also praised by many men after tasting it.
So she didn't think that her wine was bad, but that Shi Qingluo and the other two did it on purpose.
Mrs. Butcher held this banquet today just to punish Shi Qingluo.
In addition, she had just been humiliated by the other party repeatedly, so she had accumulated a lot of anger.
So she looked at Shi Qingluo and asked with a smile: "Why, this apricot blossom wine doesn't catch the princess's eye?"
She asked this deliberately to let the ladies and young ladies from the noble families present see that Shi Qingluo, this country woman, was petty-minded and was deliberately looking for trouble even though the wine was good.
Just like the banquet just now.
As soon as this question was asked, everyone present looked at Shi Qingluo, wanting to hear her answer.
In their opinion, this apricot blossom wine is much better than other flower wines.
Shi Qingluo raised his head and looked towards Mrs. Butcher, and immediately discovered the other party's little thoughts.
She asked with a somewhat amusing smile: "Madam Tu, do you want me to tell the truth or a lie?"
This woman really was trying to find fault with her all the time.
They clearly didn't know each other, and if you didn't know, you would think they had a huge grudge against each other in the past.
If the other party did not mean it, Shi Qingluo would not care.
But now the other party has come to her door on his own initiative. If she doesn't confront him, it would be too disrespectful to him.
When Mrs. Butcher heard this, she sneered in her heart. It turned out that this village woman was just looking for trouble.
She didn't say it directly, but smiled and asked tactfully: "What about the truth? What about lies?"
She guessed that Shi Qingluo would say a lie if the wine tasted good, and a truth if the wine tasted bad.
Others had similar guesses. If Shi Qingluo really said that, then her truth and lies should actually be reversed.
(End of this chapter)
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