Long Live the Empress

Chapter 193 Tea Art Competition (3)

"Boom..." The princess' words were like a bomb dropped on the crowd. They all looked at Hua Xiangrong who was kneeling in the middle. What had Miss Hua done to make the princess say this...

Hua Xiangrong was shocked that the princess actually humiliated her like this. Madam Hua also came forward and knelt with her daughter, asking the princess for forgiveness...

Yue Jinghao said beside the princess: "Your Highness, everyone loves beauty, please show some mercy!"

The crowd was completely silent at this time. Everyone knew that the eldest princess hated people begging for mercy the most. They all looked at Yue Jinghao with pity in their eyes...

"Oh? What about you?" the eldest princess teased.

"..." Yue Jinghao choked and said, "Of course, that's right..."

"Haha." Yue Jinghao's words made the princess laugh. Even the Thousand Year Old Man with a face as cold as ice laughed... This was too scary...

Hua Xiangrong and her mother were so frightened that their legs went weak. They supported each other and quickly thanked the grace and left...

The next person to appear was Xu Lingcan. She brewed yellow tea and used the tea set of Hua Kai Fu Gui. The light tea fragrance matched with the colorful tea set was a unique flavor...

After everyone had tasted the tea, they all waited for Yue Jinghao's comments. Yue Jinghao bowed to the nobles and said, "Miss Xu cooked Junshan Silver Needle, the buds are strong and uniform in length and size, the inside of the buds are golden yellow, the outer layer of white hairs is intact and tightly wrapped, the appearance of the buds is very much like a silver needle, it is really gold inlaid with jade, the dusty heart is gone, the river is far away and the beautiful moon is here!"

The eldest princess also nodded in agreement and said, "Very good, very good. Miss Xu is beautiful and intelligent. I will give you flowers."

The flowers given were silk flowers presented as tribute from a foreign country. They looked just like real flowers and were very popular among the young ladies.

Xu Lingcan quickly knelt down to thank the emperor. She was the first person to be given flowers at this tea-tasting banquet, so she was very happy! She looked at the woman who was tasting tea boldly... Isn't this Sister Jing?

Yue Jinghao always dressed very plainly in the past. Although she was wearing simple clothes today, her makeup was very different from before... If she wasn't so close now, Xu Lingcan wouldn't have recognized that this woman was her sister Jing...

"Your Highness, I will go down and prepare first." Yue Jinghao said into the eldest princess's ear.

"I'm waiting for you!" the eldest princess joked with a smile.

Yue Jinghao then smiled and stepped back to leave.

When the prince saw the beauty leave, he couldn't hide his disappointment. Yan Liyuan looked at the prince's expression and snorted in his heart.

Yue Jinghong felt even more proud when she saw that Xu Lingcan was the only one who was given a flower. With these idiots in front of her, she would definitely win the first place!

Number 25 was Yue Jinghao. She was holding a set of glass jade tea sets that no one had ever seen before. It was clean and transparent without any decorations. You could even see the boiling water rolling and bubbling in the glass jade teapot...

The eldest princess immediately became interested and wanted to see what surprise Yue Jinghao would give her!

Yue Jinghao put a tea ball into each glass jade tea cup, slowly poured in boiling water, and asked the maid to serve the tea to the nobles before the tea was brewed. (The so-called nobles refer to the emperor, empress, concubines, princesses... these royal family members)

When Yan Liyuan saw that Yue Jinghao gave it to him last, his face turned dark...

Everyone thought that was the end, but when they saw Jiuqian Sui's dark face, they couldn't help laughing. It seemed that this was a beauty who could only taste tea but not brew it...

Yue Jinghong also snorted coldly and thought: What's the use of having beauty?

The princess was puzzled and stared at the glass jade teacup in front of her. Gradually, the nobles saw that the tea leaves wrapped outside gradually unfolded, and finally a small peony flower bloomed in the middle of the tea...

Although the nobles were knowledgeable, they had never seen a tea party bloom.

The old emperor said "good" three times on the spot!

"This... this is..." The eldest princess looked at Yue Jinghao in shock.

"Your Highness, this is a surprise for you." Yue Jinghao looked at the princess's expression and knew that she had achieved the effect she wanted. This kind of craft tea was created by Yue Jinghao when she was bored in her previous life. She didn't expect that she could use it in this life!

Everyone was also stunned. It was the first time for them to see tea leaves blooming...

"Tell me about this tea!" The eldest princess suddenly became interested.

"Your Highness, this tea is called Green Peony. It requires one bud and one leaf to be just beginning to unfold, petals and pedicels to be evenly arranged, round and flat, with white hairs visible, and the peaks complete. Even the length, width and narrowness are extremely strict. Its characteristics are green color, visible hairs, strong fragrance, clear soup, sweet taste and beautiful shape."

Everyone suddenly realized that this little tea dumpling was so exquisite!

The prince looked at Green Peony, then at Yue Jinghao, and thought: How could there be such a perfect woman in the world!

Yue Jinghong clenched her handkerchief tightly, suddenly becoming extremely nervous. With such a trick in front of her, she...