Qing Jialu

After receiving the emperor's permission, the cabinet acted resolutely. Three days later, the names of the three officials from 510 were made public.

As soon as this incident happened, it simply added fuel to the fire, making people who were already dissatisfied with the New Deal even more angry.Officials besieged the cabinet one after another, writing bulletins to impeach Shen Jia, Han Chang, and even Cheng Ge.

However, after the impeachment memorials were handed over, Xiao Yi kept them all.The officials couldn't wait for the news, and wanted to launch an attack in the morning.As a result, Xiao Yi had the foresight and announced that he would quit court for several days.

One of Xiao Yi and Shen Jia was in the palace, and the other was in the cabinet. They turned a deaf ear to the noise outside.

Xiao Yi was bored staying in the palace that day, and when he learned that Du Huan was in Beijing, he invited them to a gathering, so he left the palace with hibiscus clothes and went to the inn where Du Huan was staying.

"Brother Xiao, Miss Mujin, you're here." Du Huan looked excited, "Come in and sit down, I also invited Brother Shen and Brother Fan, they will be here soon."

Xiao Yi nodded and sat down with Hibiscus.Du Huan sat next to Hibiscus cheekily, seeing the hairpin he gave her on her head and the jade bracelet she gave her in her hand, she almost knocked over the tea set with excitement.

Seeing this, Mu Jin looked disgusted and said: "You also said to invite everyone to come to taste tea, you are clumsy, do you know how to order tea?"

"Yes, yes." Du Huan hurriedly set up the tea set, "I'm not boasting, I have learned tea art from my father since I was a child."

"Really?" Mu Jin smiled unconvinced, "How about this, before Mr. Shen and the others arrive, let's have a competition first?"

Du Huan opened his mouth slightly when he heard the words, "Miss Mujin, do you know how to order tea?"

"You look down on me, don't you?" Mu Jin looked at Xiao Yi who was sitting opposite, "Master, what do you think of my tea-ordering skills?"

Xiao Yi drank hibiscus tea, and he commented truthfully: "Generally it's good, but the soup at the end is a little bit less interesting."

"Master," Mu Jin pouted and frowned, "Why do you keep tearing down my platform?"

Xiao Yi laughed but remained silent when he heard the words, Du Huan who was at the side answered, "Then come down to learn the tea skills of the young lady."

"Please enlighten me." Mu Jin also became serious.

The two started to boil water, grind the tea, and adjust the cream respectively. They stirred the tea quickly, and the rhythm was exactly the same, and they were evenly matched for a while.

At the last step, the two completed it at the same time, leaving it to Xiao Yi to judge the outcome.

Xiao Yi observed the two bowls of tea carefully, and said lightly: "The soup is pure white, and the flowers are even and fine, so the water marks will determine the outcome."

Whether the water marks appear sooner or later determines the pros and cons of this competition.So everyone was staring at the tea bowl, and not long after, the hibiscus soup scattered and water marks appeared.

Mu Jin looked unconvinced, Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Brother Du is still superb, my girl lost."

"Miss Mujin's tea skills are also good, and she is already better than many tea ordering masters." Du Huan was afraid that Mujin would be sad, so he hurriedly moved the tea he ordered to in front of her, "This bowl of tea, please taste it."

Seeing this, Mu Jin handed her tea to Xiao Yi with both hands, "Master, don't dislike me."

"How come?" Xiao Yi took it.

Just then, there was another knock on the door.As soon as Du Huan opened the door, it was indeed Shen Jia and Dr. Fan who came.

"Brother Shen and Brother Fan, come in quickly." Du Huan ushered them into a seat, "Now we are finally all here. I didn't expect that we will meet again in the capital once we leave Hangzhou."

"Who knew you would come to the capital." Shen Jia naturally sat next to Xiao Yi, looking at the two bowls of tea on the table, "Have you already started?"

"I had a tea fight with Miss Mujin just now." Du Huan explained.

"Oh, I wonder who won?" Dr. Fan asked curiously.

Mu Jin glared at Du Huan angrily, everything was self-evident.

"I thought you were fighting tea with Weiming." Shen Jia joked, "So, it was with Miss Mujin. Brother Du, you don't know how to let someone else go."

Hibiscus lowered her head shyly, a little embarrassed.After all, everyone present here has passed a "token of love" to them.

Du Huan quickly smoothed things over, "Brother Shen reminded me, I haven't asked Brother Xiao about tea art yet, why not..."

Xiao Yi interrupted: "I can't do it, my tea skills are not as good as hibiscus. Today, let's drink tea and chat."

"That's no comparison. It's rare for us to get together, so we must catch up on the past." Seeing that Shen Jia and Dr. Fan had no tea, Du Huan volunteered, "I'll make tea for you."

Doctor Fan really didn't know anything, so he thanked Du Huan.But Shen Jia waved his hand and said: "Brother Du, you don't have to be polite, I'll see, you can come by yourself."

Du Huan didn't insist anymore, and they sat around a table, making tea and drinking tea, and gossiping about family affairs.

"Brother Du, why did you remember studying in the capital?" Xiao Yi asked.

"After listening to Brother Shen's advice, I decided to try Chunwei again." Du Huan turned his head and glanced at Mujin, "Besides, Miss Mujin also said that it would be a pity to give up the imperial examination."

Hibiscus was stunned, did she say that?She tried hard to think back for a moment, only to remember that she mentioned the word "unfortunate" when she met Du Huan on the boat.

Unexpectedly, this second idiot actually remembered it all the time.

Dr. Fan asked: "I heard that the Imperial College hides dragons and crouching tigers, and there are high-ranking officials and nobles inside. Brother Du didn't feel wronged over there, right?"

"Fortunately, I just spent some money and invited them to eat and drink. Everything has been settled."

"Brother Du is still generous." Dr. Fan couldn't help being angry at the rich again.

But Du Huan was pure-hearted and didn't notice it at all. He frowned and said, "However, the Imperial College is not peaceful recently. The Holy Majesty dismissed more than 500 officials at once, causing panic in Beijing. The students in the Imperial College are also divided into two factions. Those who support the New Deal and those who oppose the reform."

After Du Huan finished speaking, Shen Jia and Xiao Yi looked at each other.Shen Jia stopped what she was doing, and said, "Which faction do you stand?"

"I..." Du Huan knew that Shen Jia was the leader of the New Deal, but still said, "I object."

"You object?" Shen Jia was so excited that she didn't even care about the tea, "Didn't you support the New Deal before?"

"I support the New Deal, but what I oppose is 'removing redundancy'." Du Huan also put down the half-boiled tea, and started a debate with Brother Shen.

"Why, what's wrong with 'Removing Redundancy'?" Shen Jia asked the bottom line.

"It's too extreme." Du Huan said, "We businessmen have a saying that 'stay on the front line, so we can meet in the future'. Brother Shen, your actions are equivalent to directly destroying their jobs. It's too late."

"This is the idea of ​​a businessman. You are not suitable to be an official at all." Shen Jia said angrily, "You only think about not offending others, and only thinking about those officials who are eating vegetarian food. Why don't you think about ordinary people?"

"I, I..." Du Huan opened his mouth to argue.

However, Shen Jia didn't give him a chance to refute at all, and continued to scold: "You rich and well-clothed young masters don't understand the suffering of the poor at all. I even think that five hundred is less, and there are as many moths in the world as they should be eradicated. "

The meeting fell silent for a while, Du Huan was speechless after a few words, no matter who was Shen Jia's opponent.

Suddenly, Xiao Yi chuckled lightly, and handed Shen Jia a cup of tea, "Shen Ge always argues in public, and even in private, so I'm not afraid that his voice will become hoarse."

Shen Jia was stunned for a moment, and belatedly realized that the half-boiled tea on the table was gone.

It turned out that when he was arguing with Du Huan, Xiao Yi silently ordered tea for him.

Shen Jia took the tea and looked at the soup flower in the bowl, wondering how much better than herself.

"Brother Xiao's skills are really good." Du Huan praised sincerely.You know, this bowl of tea first went through Shen Jia, a novice.After Xiao Yi took over, he could make Tanghua into shape, which is already very powerful.

Mu Jin was a bit appetizing, "Master, you haven't ordered tea for anyone yet."

"Why, you want it too?" Xiao Yi teased, "Let Brother Du give you some."

"Yes, yes, yes," Du Huan answered with interest, "Whenever does the girl want to drink tea, I am willing to help you at any time."

Doctor Fan, the only one who didn't drink tea, silently supported his forehead, wondering when Brother Du would remember him.Okay, how about making tea for him?