I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 56: Boil the water and bring it

Zhang Baorong lost his voice and asked, "Have you divided them all?"

"I will do my best to follow your Majesty's instructions." Chu Liuzheng looked at him, "If Eunuch Zhang doesn't believe me, just send someone to check."

Of course Zhang Baorong didn't believe it, so he went to the tea room to check it out himself.

I saw that the big teapot on the long table was still there, and next to it was a silver basin filled with small round incense balls.

He walked forward and opened the lid of the large teapot. At a glance, he saw that it was full of whole tea leaves.

He didn't believe it, so he immediately ordered someone to bring a clean basin and pour out all the tea leaves in the big teapot.

Every piece of reddish-brown tea is intact, without a single piece missing.

Zhang Baorong looked at it again and again, but couldn't find any fault with it.

How can this be?

He frowned and looked at the two eunuchs guarding the door, "How did she distribute the tea?"

The darker-skinned eunuch on the left pointed to the bamboo sieves in the corner and said, "The maid went around the small kitchen and brought in these three bamboo sieves. Soon she sorted out a jar of tea leaves."

Zhang Baorong immediately became angry and cursed, "What a bunch of lazy people! I told you to take all the things away, why are you still keeping them?"

Normally, people in Huaqing Palace also had to separate tea leaves. In order to save manpower, they specially made a suitable bamboo sieve. Just pour the bamboo sieve over it and sift it to easily separate the incense balls and tea leaves.

After sifting twice, the particles can be separated very cleanly.

Before Chu Liuzheng came over, Zhang Baorong specifically ordered his subordinates to take the bamboo sieve away. Why is it still left here?
The young eunuch on the right looked bitter: "The two that were suitable for use have been taken away. Who knew that the palace maid would stack the two bamboo sieves and use them together?"

Chu Liuzheng folded the stack of tea leaves together and the sieve with inappropriate holes became a suitable size, though a little heavy. After sifting all the tea leaves, she could hardly lift her arms.

"Idiots!" Zhang Baorong was so angry that he slapped the two eunuchs and cursed, "Get out and kneel down. You are not allowed to eat tonight!"

He called a little palace maid in to put the tea leaves back into the jar, then hurried to the main hall. When he met Concubine Rong's gaze, he nodded slightly.

Concubine Rong immediately glared at him with disgust.

waste! !
Eunuch Zhang felt very bitter. He had planned everything but never expected that his subordinates were so stupid and let Chu Liuzheng take advantage of him.

Chu Liuzheng smiled at him and asked, "How is the investigation going, Eunuch Zhang? Have I cut corners?"

"No." Zhang Baorong said reluctantly, "The girl is very skillful. I'm afraid ten men can't be as good as her."

He did think about mixing the incense pills and tea leaves again to frame Chu Liuzheng for incompetence, but since Chu Liuzheng trusted him to investigate and did not follow him, he must have had a backup plan.

He was afraid that his cleverness would backfire and he would fall into Chu Liuzheng's trap.

Chu Liuzheng...didn't have any backup plan at all.

She was just gambling.

The more calm she acted, the more uncertain Zhang Baorong felt, and the less likely he would do anything unnecessary.

Apparently, she won the bet.

"Your Highness, please have some tea." Chu Liuzheng placed the tray on the small table next to the chaise longue, and brought out three cups of tea and laid them out one by one. "I don't know what kind of water Your Highness likes to use for tea, so I brewed a cup each of mountain spring water, dew water, and snow water."

"You are really thoughtful." Concubine Rong sat up, with gauze wrapped around her fingers, making it inconvenient for her to serve tea.

The little palace maid came over, picked up the cup of tea brewed with dew water, carefully skimmed off the foam on the surface with the cup lid, and fed it to Concubine Rong's lips.

Concubine Rong didn't drink it. She raised her slender eyes and looked at Chu Liuzheng, "Young lady can make tea, so I think she can also serve tea."

Chu Liuzheng calmly stepped forward and took the teacup from the little palace maid, "Have some tea, Your Majesty."

Zhang Baorong sneered and kicked Chu Liuzheng in the knee.

I thought it was a sure thing, but Chu Liuzheng seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. He suddenly stepped aside and knelt down first.

Zhang Baorong almost sprained his waist after his kick missed the target.

[Bah! I knew you, a damn eunuch, were going to trick me! I kneel down first to show my respect!]

Chu Liuzheng knelt straight, holding the cup of tea in his hand steadily without spilling a single drop.

Concubine Rong's eyes darkened. This little vixen was quite capable. "Your Highness, tea made with dew water must be drunk while it's hot. It loses its flavor when it gets cold." Chu Liuzheng lifted the lid of the teapot and raised the tea bowl. "Your Highness, please have some tea."

"Wait!" Zhang Baorong took two steps forward and looked down at the tea bowl that was only 70% full. "The Queen likes perfection the most. Someone, boil the water and bring it over to fill the tea bowl."

[Drinking tea is not like drinking alcohol. Who doesn’t drink tea until it’s 70% full? ]

Chu Liuzheng beat the damn eunuch Zhang Baorong to pieces in his heart.

After a while, a little palace maid came with a kettle and started to pour water into the tea bowl.

"Give it to me." Zhang Baorong reached out and snatched the kettle from the little palace maid, lowered his head and smiled at Chu Liuzheng, "The servants are clumsy and may hurt the girl, so it's better for us to come in person."

Even from a distance, Chu Liuzheng could feel the heat from the kettle.

She stared at the teapot, pursed her lips gently, and fear flashed in her eyes.

[It’s over! I’m afraid I’m going to suffer a lot today! ]

……

At the same time, Changchun Palace.

Xiao Anzi stood at the door of the hall and looked inside. Zhou Yuande saw him, stepped back, and walked out silently.

"What happened?"

Xiao Anzi whispered, "Miss Caiyue just came to tell me that an hour ago, Concubine Rong sent a nanny to invite Miss Liuzheng to Huaqing Palace."

Zhou Yuande was shocked, because that was the Poisonous Beauty.

Xiao Anzi glanced into the hall and asked anxiously, "Master, should we report this to His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty is in a good mood now..." Zhou Yuande frowned and hesitated.

Although Your Majesty does treat Chu Liuzheng a little differently, he has never taken her into the harem, and it seems that he has no such intention.

He was not sure whether he should go in and disturb them with this matter now.

Xiao Anzi thought about how good Chu Liuzheng was to him and wanted to go in and report. He called out eagerly, "Master."

Zhou Yuande glanced at him and sighed: "Forget it, I'll do as you wish."

Xiao Anzi immediately smiled and watched his master turn around and go in.

In the hall, the Emperor and the Empress were talking. It was rare for Zhou Yuande to see his Majesty so relaxed, and the words that were on the tip of his tongue could not be uttered for a moment.

However, Xiao Jingfan noticed that he looked strange and asked casually, "What happened?"

When he asked this question, Zhou Yuande had to tell him.

"Your Majesty, I just heard that Concubine Rong was curious about Miss Liu Zheng's tea-making skills, so she sent someone to invite Miss Liu Zheng to Huaqing Palace."

"When did this happen?"

"About an hour ago."

Xiao Jingfan's brows suddenly frowned, "She is not on duty at Wenhua Hall, why is she running around?"

Zhou Yuande sighed secretly, your Majesty is so high and mighty, how could he understand the difficulties that a little palace maid is facing in this palace?

Concubine Rong has sent people to invite her, so how could Miss Liu Zheng dare to be so arrogant and not go?

"I have heard that Liu Zheng is very good at making tea. I didn't know she had this skill before when I was in Changchun Palace. It shows that Your Majesty is really good at training people." Empress Zhong's eyes turned and she smiled lightly, "I haven't seen her for a long time. Why don't you invite her here now so that I can also taste her cooking skills."

Xiao Jingfan twirled the Bodhi beads in his hand without saying anything.

Queen Zhong turned around and ordered, "Gao Yongfu, go there."

Gao Yongfu was about to leave when he heard Xiao Jingfan say, "Zhou Yuande, you go too."

Queen Zhong was slightly stunned, and she gently curled her hand holding the chess piece, and the chess piece fell onto the chessboard with a light "click" sound.

(End of this chapter)