"That one too!" someone soon noticed.
Watching them do these movements is like appreciating a landscape, an art. Moreover, while pouring the tea, they use the tea whisk to stir and whisk the teacup quickly without spilling a single drop of tea.
Yu Rou heard the exclamation and subconsciously glanced to the side. She saw that the prince treated each tea set with great care and tenderness, as if each piece of tea had a life of its own. He placed the extremely fine tea powder sifted through the silk sieve into the bowl. To avoid damaging the tea surface, he used the teapot with great care, controlling the water flow perfectly and the drop point was even more precise.
Yu Rou couldn't help but be a little surprised. She didn't expect the prince's tea art to be so amazing.
"It's out, Shui Danqing is out." A noble lady standing behind Mr. Chunxi exclaimed.
Everyone's attention was drawn over there.
As expected, the veins of tea in Mr. Chunxi's cup formed a vivid painting. His image, however, was a contrived image of mountains shrouded in mist and water. While beautiful, it lingered too briefly. After only a few glances, the mist dissipated, leaving behind the lonely mountains, somewhat desolate and devoid of beauty.
The veins of the tea in the Purple Lotus Layperson's cup formed a vivid painting: auspicious clouds, a pretty peony, and fluttering butterflies, all vivid and lifelike.
"A bowl of green clouds floats, retaining the butterflies about to fly. What a beautiful picture of butterflies in love with flowers."
Yu Rou's teacup contained only a few small crabapple blossoms, much simpler than the other people's paintings. Nothing special about them. But just as everyone was about to look away, the pattern on the tea soup changed. The buds, once about to bloom, slowly opened, unfolding their petals. Each flower had a unique shape.
"Amazing! Such a young lady actually has such exquisite tea art."
"I didn't expect that. When did Madam Yu learn how to make tea? I've never heard of it before."
Everyone was talking about it, and they all looked at Yu Rou differently.
At this time, only two people's water paintings were not completed.
After watching the five people's tea show, several judges nodded repeatedly, thinking that this tea competition was worthwhile. It was true that many masters gathered here, especially the painting of blooming peonies, which was something they had never seen before. Although it was not the most difficult, the ingenuity was admirable.
"Look, it's finally done. It's 'A Bright Moon Rises over the Sea,' but compared to the others, it's not that outstanding." A middle-aged man commented on Song Jin's tea opera.
"Take another look." Master Puji had been keeping an eye on Song Jin's teacup. He believed that this young man who knew how to burn incense and meditate would give him a surprise.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, sure enough!
"Look!" Master Puji shouted at the top of his voice.
The other three judges were also looking at the teacup, but they didn't think it was anything special and didn't take it seriously. Master Popularization's voice made them focus their attention on the tea soup again. They were confused at first, but soon became shocked.
There was another full moon on the vast sea, and the full moon slowly floated up, out of the sea level, and slowly rose into the sky. There was a faint outline of a palace in the moon.
"How...how did you do that?"
Amidst everyone's exclamations, another fairy flew out from the moon.
The prince's table was crowded with people. At this moment, no one cared about anything else and just wanted to take another look at this fleeting spectacle.
No matter how superb his skills are, he cannot keep this water painting for a long time. Using the veins of the tea soup to form delicate and picturesque objects will eventually disappear in a moment.
The exclamations eventually turned into sighs of regret.
"It seems today's winner has been decided."
"I don't know the identity of this young man. I've never heard of such a master of tea art in Bianjing before."
"Look here!"
Shui Danqing, the masked man at another table, also came out. His tea was like a moving picture, with carps leaping over the dragon gate, one after another, and even the splashes of water were very clear.
“How is this possible!?”
Everyone was as surprised as when they saw the fairy in the moon just now.
All seven water paintings have been completed, and the four judges are about to discuss and select the winner.
In fact, everyone could guess this result.
As expected, the three winners were the two mysterious men and Yu Rou.
The other four people had no objection to this, and could even be said to be convinced. Especially after seeing the masterpieces of those two people, no one dared to say how superb their tea art was.
None of the people present were narrow-minded. Even if they lost, they were extremely relaxed. After all, if you lose, you have to be able to accept it, so as not to make a fool of yourself.
Yu Rou was also quite clever. Although her skills were not particularly outstanding compared to others, she, like the other two, had made some changes to the tea. No one would disagree that she was ranked third.
But both of them were covering their faces, and no one knew their identities, so everyone was very curious.
The identities of two of the three winners of the tea party are unknown, so they cannot be announced.
So Master Puji stepped forward and asked them if they were willing to remove the veil and reveal their faces, but they both refused outright.
Princess Hening asked Yu Rou, "I've never heard that you're so good at tea making before. When did you learn it?"
Yu Rou lowered her eyes and whispered, "Because Your Highness likes to drink tea, I have been secretly learning for a while, thinking of giving Your Highness a surprise."
"Really?!" Princess He Ning's eyes widened, and then she laughed out loud, "You are truly devoted to my brother."
Yu Rou blushed, "Princess, don't tell His Highness."
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