C122 Envy

Xiao Yang handed the prepared tea over to Zuo Yuan who was watering the flowers, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart at the beautiful feeling that Zuo Yuan was giving out.

Zuo Yuan put down the water spoon in her hands and took the tea from Xiao Yang. Just like Duan Yunfei, Zuo Yuan treated Xiao Yang like a sister. Other than the friendship between Zuo Yuanyuan and Xiao Yang due to Duan Yunfei, there was also a large part of the reason that was because Zuo Yuanyuan had been taught since childhood by the Minister of the Left and the Lady Zuo not to judge a person by their appearance and not to look down on others.

After thanking Xiao Yang, Zuo Yuanyuan started to slowly taste the tea. Zuo Yuan took a sip and found that the tea this time tasted different.

"Xiao Yang, did Red Luan Palace get a new cup of tea?"

Other than the Pu'er tea that was usually prepared for Mu Chuyang in the Red Luan Palace, there was also the Dragon Well Tea that Duan Yunfei liked to drink. The rest of the tea was bestowed to him by Yuwen Di every season during the tribute ceremony.

Zuo Yuan was the same as Duan Yunfei, she treated tea as if it was her life. Although there were many different kinds of tea in the Zuo Xiang Fu, they were still far from being able to compare to Duan Yunfei's Red Luan Palace. Thus, every time Zuo Yuan came to the Red Luan Palace to ask for tea, Duan Yunfei knew of Zuo Yuan's hobby. Every time Yuwen Di gave her new tea, she would also give some of it to her.

As long as there were tea leaves in the Red Luan Palace, Zuo Yuanyuan had tasted them all. As long as she had a taste, she would know that the tea leaves used in the cup were new to Duan Yunfei.

Xiao Yang laughed, as expected, Zuo Yuan was extremely sharp towards tea leaves, Xiao Yang did not expect his to guess that the tea leaves were different after only one sip, it was truly amazing.

Just as Xiao Yang was about to answer Zuo Yuan's question, he heard Duan Yunfei's voice from behind him.

"You've already discovered this. It seems that I won't be able to hide it this time."

Duan Yunfei had long since woken up, it was just that she did not want to wake up, but lying on the bed, she could only keep on thinking about Mu Chuyang.

After a simple shower, Duan Yunfei went to the great hall. Just as she was about to call Xiao Yang to take a walk around the imperial flower garden, she did not see him around.

Thus, Duan Yunfei went outside the house, only to see Zuo Yuanyuan standing amongst the flowers, and he overheard the conversation between Zuo Yuanyuan and Xiao Yang.

Duan Yunfei was sometimes envious of Zuo Yuan, because the Imperial Consort Duanshuo passed away young. In Duan Yunfei's childhood, without the matriarch's company, she would envy the fact that she was able to act coquettishly with the Lady Zuo.

Second, after realizing that Zuo Yuan had feelings for Xiu Huang, she had displayed courage towards Xiu Huang, which made Duan Yunfei admire her.

Thirdly, after Mu Chuyang showed his friendship with Duan Yunfei, during his trip to Wu Dun, Duan Yunfei could feel that Xiu Huang also had feelings for Zuo Yuan.

Although Duan Yunfei knew that since Xiu Huang was the Xiliang Prince and Zuo Chong was the Prime Minister's daughter, in the future, if the Xiliang fought with the Jin Country, then this relationship would definitely end badly. But compared to the awkward situation between Duan Yunfei and herself, it was still better.

Looking at Zuo Yuanyuan, who was surrounded by tens of thousands of flowers, Duan Yunfei could only hope that the innocence on her body was still preserved.

Zuo Yuan heard Duan Yunfei and turned around. The Duan Yunfei of today was obviously a little lazy, but Zuo Yuan actually rather liked Duan Yunfei's outfit.

"Yunfei, you even learned how to keep things secret now? "You used to share good things with me. Don't you think I'm a good sister anymore?" Zuo Chong saw that Duan Yunfei's complexion was good, and thought to tease Duan Yunfei.

Duan Yunfei couldn't help but support her forehead, admiring Zuo Yuanyuan's imagination. She couldn't understand how Zuo Yuanyuan could relate the fact that she wanted to hide tea leaves with her to the matter of whether she treated Zuo Yuanyuan as a good sister or not.

Duan Yunfei slowly walked down the stairs and arrived in front of Zuo Yuan. She plucked a flower and placed it on Zuo Yuan's hair.

"You only know how to make fun of me. I will stick to you for the rest of my life, so there won't be a day when I split my family with you.

Duan Yunfei rarely acted coquettishly, so the only person she was able to act coquettishly towards, other than Yuwen Di, was Zuo Yuan.

Zuo Yuan could not stand Duan Yunfei saying such greasy words to her, so she felt goosebumps all over her body, and immediately pulled Duan Yunfei's hand away.

"Enough, quickly stop saying these words. These words, even if you didn't say them, I would have already known in my heart." "Alright, hurry up and tell me, what treasure did the Emperor bestow upon you this time?"

The treasure Zuo Yuanyuan was referring to was naturally the tea that she used for the cup of tea.

"Since Miss Zuo Yuan is so beautiful like a fairy, I shall be merciful and tell you about it." Duan Yunfei then began to act up, using a teasing tone to answer Zuo Yuan's question.

"The tea you drank today was brewed from the finest yellow mountain Mao Feng."

The Huangshan Mao Feng, which is mainly produced in Huizhou, is also known as Huai Cha. Every year during the Qingming Valley rainy season, the local tea farmers would pick the tea leaves and then cook them by hand.

The process of stir-frying was very complicated, thus making the price of this tea very high. It was not something that ordinary people could afford.

The tea leaves on the peak of the mountain were slightly curled and shaped like a tongue. After being refined, the tea leaves still had the color of the tea leaves, but upon closer inspection, one could see that there was a hint of yellow within the green.

After brewing, the fog reached its peak. The color of the tea broth was green and had a slight yellow hue. It was mellow and sweet, and its fragrance was like fresh orchids. It had a long and alluring scent.

This time, Huang Shan and Mao Feng paid their tribute in Huizhou. Yuwen Di had not tried it himself yet, so he sent some people to send it to the Red Luan Palace.

As the way that Huang Shan and Mao Feng brewed was more particular about it, Xiao Yang followed Eunuch Li's instructions and told Huang Shan and Mao Feng's methods to every single palace maid, so that they wouldn't ruin such a good thing.

Speaking of it, it was quite a coincidence. It had only been two days since Duan Yunfei obtained the Huang Shan and Mao Feng, and even Duan Yunfei had only drunk it once.

"You must have smelled it at the Zuo Xiang Fu, that's why you came to the palace so that you could ask for the tea leaves." Zuo Yuanyuan had not told Duan Yunfei her purpose for coming today, so Duan Yunfei's words were merely to tease her.

This did remind Zuo Yuan that tea leaves were important, but she had entered the palace today to repair the relationship between Mu Chuyang and Duan Yunfei.

"I've come to find you today because I have an important matter that I wish to discuss with you."