Chapter 488 Celestial Phenomenon
"I wonder if I am lucky enough to drink Princess Ronghua's tea." When Shen Nuo saw Zhu Huaizhen, he glanced at the humming stage, bowed, and spoke in a clear tone.
"How outrageous!" Tu Mi and Qiu Niang said in unison.
"Tu Mi, Qiu Niang, you guys go and do your work. I can handle it here." Zhu Huaizhen rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly.
"Your Highness, Chen Nuo knows martial arts." Tu Mi said angrily.
"Your Highness, I'll do the work of making tea." Qiu Niang's voice turned cold.
"Tu Mi, Qiu Niang, go down." Zhu Huaizhen had to put on a serious look.
Seeing this, Tu Mi and Qiu Niang realized that their prince had given an order.
So the two of them looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and finally retreated.
“Princess Ronghua is very lucky.” Shen Nuo said coldly.
After hearing this, Zhu Huaizhen was too lazy to pay attention.
On the rectangular table, she arranged, in order, a gilded silver teapot, a gilded silver teacup, a gilded silver tea grinder, a gilded silver tea basket, a gilded silver tortoise box, a gilded silver salt stand, and a glazed teacup. Then, gathering her sleeves slightly, she took the fire tongs in her left hand and removed a steamed green tea cake from the gilded silver teapot. She placed it on the stove to roast, and in her right hand, fanned the fire with a yellow kesi silk fan embroidered with a phoenix perched on a phoenix tree.
Afterwards, she smashed the baked tea cakes into pieces with a wooden mallet and placed them in a gilded silver tea basket. Then, she picked up a gilded silver tea grinder, crushed the broken tea cakes into powder, sifted it into a fine powder with a gilded silver tea sieve, and carefully poured it into a gilded silver tortoise box.
For the first boil, boil clean water and add a little snow salt, the water droplets will be like fish eyes or crab eyes; for the second boil, the salt water will boil again and the bubbles will be like gushing springs; for the third boil, scoop out a ladle of water for later use, then hold the bamboo tongs and stir it in the center of the tea pot to form a vortex, then scoop a spoonful of tea powder along the vortex and pour it in, the water vapor will be like rising waves.
Brewing tea is a compulsory course for the nobility.
Zhu Huaizhen learned how to make tea at the age of nine and is now a master at it.
"Good tea." Shen Nuo held the glass teacup and took a sip.
"Mr. Chen, Tu Mi and Qiu Niang don't like you. Let's talk about business." Zhu Huaizhen sighed lightly.
She actually thought that Shen Nuo was easy to use.
“Princess Ronghua, what celestial phenomenon did Xiao Ge give you?” Shen Nuo asked.
"A cold winter is coming, a season not seen in a hundred years." Zhu Huaizhen pursed his lips.
“So, Shen needs Princess Ronghua’s help.” Shen Nuo suddenly stood up and bowed deeply with a respectful attitude.
"I can help you, but there is a condition." Zhu Huaizhen finally waited for this sentence and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
"What are the conditions?" Shen Nuo asked.
"Please ask Mr. Shen to swear by the Northern Zhou Dynasty to guarantee that the nobles will not come out to cause trouble during the cold winter, such as setting up tents to distribute porridge and asking civilians to go out and line up to accompany them in performing this charity. For example, donating charcoal and bedding, the charcoal is of poor quality, and the bedding is stuffed with bad cotton." Zhu Huaizhen suddenly looked solemn.
"Princess Ronghua, do we have to swear by the Northern Zhou Dynasty?" Shen Nuo pondered for a long time.
"Chen Nuo, you have to save your nobles, and I want to save my civilians." Zhu Huaizhen said in a deep voice.
"Princess Ronghua, I want to save the nobles and the commoners as well. Without the commoners, where would the nobles come from?" Shen Nuo frowned.
"Swear, Mr. Shen." Zhu Huaizhen clasped his arms and said slowly.
“Princess Ronghua, aren’t you curious about what I need your help with?” Shen Nuo suddenly smiled faintly.
"You saved Xiao Ge, and I repaid the favor on Xiao Ge's behalf." Zhu Huaizhen whispered.
Empress Du was a scheming and powerful woman. If Xiao Ge was able to escape from Northern Zhou, there must be someone secretly helping her. Zhu Huaizhen thought about it and decided that this person could only be Shen Nuo.
Only Shen Nuo did such a thing and would not incur Queen Du's anger.
“Princess Ronghua, it is Xiao Ge’s luck to meet you.” Shen Nuo said with a faint smile.
Afterwards, Shen Nuo solemnly swore an oath by the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
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