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After Mu Yunyao drew out the recipe for the flower fruit tea, she tossed the matter to the back of her mind and focused on helping the emperor recuperate. When they were in Jiangnan, the imperial physicians had already been extremely respectful towards Mu Yunyao. Now that they saw that she had been ordered to treat the emperor's illness, they had to first ask for his opinion every time the prescription was prescribed. The medicinal herbs and the like were all passed through their hands.
Instead of disappearing without a trace, he began to admire her more and more.
In the imperial harem, Consort De had spent more than ten days to barely prepare all the things Mu Yunyao needed, so she had personally brought gifts to request an audience with Grand Princess Yi.
"Yes, this servant will go now."
When Mu Yunyao arrived, Consort De was already drinking tea in the main hall.
"Greetings, grandma. Greetings, Imperial Concubine."
First Princess Yi De waved her hand, gesturing for Mu Yunyao to come up and sit beside her."Quickly sit down. Are you tired from helping the Emperor recuperate and spend all day with the various medicinal plants?"
"Nothing."
"Consort De, didn't you say you had something you needed Yun Yao's help with?" Grand Princess Yi De's tone was light and indifferent. Grand Princess Yi had just said 'beg', so she couldn't use her status to order Mu Yunyao to do so. She could only ask for her help, and when she remembered that she wanted to beg for Su Yuyi's sake, Consort De ruthlessly gritted her teeth, "Princess Wen Xian, that sounds really bad."
I heard that you concocted a floral tea during the period of Lady Jin's pregnancy, which is extremely suitable for women to drink during pregnancy. I have already collected everything, but I don't know if I can ask the princess to help me cook it for them."
Mu Yunyao nodded happily."Imperial Concubine is too polite. I've already said this before, as long as everything is complete, there won't be a problem."
She didn't think that Mu Yunyao would actually agree so easily. Consort De's face had a smile on it."Men, hurry up and bring the things over for the princess to see, what's wrong with them?"
Soon, a maid came in with a tray. Mu Yunyao walked forward and looked at the jade bottle in the first tray. She opened the bottle and gently sniffed the contents, then shook her head, "Consort De, this bottle does indeed contain the snow water from Layue. However, it's snow that's close to the ground, this won't do. Winter snow should be light snow or the air should be cut off by the snow
The snow had to fall two feet on this day's snowfall. The upper half of the snowfall had to be swept away, and the middle half of the snowfall had to be removed. After that, we will use the core of the Ten Year Old Plum Blossom Tree to make a small bucket to store the snow water.
Not to mention the palace maids carrying the tray, even Grand Princess Yi De was stunned when she heard this. This snow water was actually this particular?
Consort De's smile stiffened, "What about these plum blossoms? It can be used? "
Mu Yunyao stepped forward and stretched out her hand to pick two flowers, placing them in her palm."The plum blossoms that the Empress found are barely sufficient to use."
"Two?" Consort De looked carefully at the two plum blossoms and thought that Mu Yunyao was deliberately making things difficult for him."Why can't I see anything special about these two plum blossoms?" Mu Yunyao indicated for the brocade orchid to warm up its waters and then placed the chosen plum blossoms into the warm water. Seeing that the plum blossoms had spread their petals, she nodded and said, "The plum blossoms' choice should be the three-year-old plum trees, and the varieties should also be extra meticulous, only the red of the snow plum blossoms should be taken, and the flowers that bloom on the first day must be taken extra seriously. After the flowers have been exposed to the sun, they must be picked at noon, and the petals must have a full color. Snow red is the most resistant to cold, and the fragrance of blooming, not dissipating for a long time, stir-fry into a fruity tea to have flavor. In addition, pluck
"You can't use your hands to pick the plum blossoms. You need to cut them off one by one with ice cicadas wrapped in golden scissors. Then, don't touch the people in the middle of the plum blossoms."
Ice cicada silk wrapped in golden scissors?
The corners of Consort De's eyes could not help but twitch as she looked at the third tray."What about the spring rain and the tea sprouts? Are you particular about them too?" Naturally, the spring rain needed to collect the rain drops from the spring equinox. In addition, after two hours of rain, it would be picked up with a glass cup and placed in a glass bottle to be preserved. The tea bud was actually quite simple; there was no need to spend so much effort.
"The Empress wants to drink, so the taste of the tea cannot be too strong. Before picking the tea leaves, you need to wash the tea leaves with a clean dew, and then put on the Icicadas' gloves to pick the sprouts ..."
Dew to wash the tea trees?
Consort De felt that there was no need to listen. She reckoned that none of the things she sent over could be used!
"I really didn't expect that this flower fruit tea would be so particular."
Mu Yunyao shook her head slightly."Normally, you wouldn't be this particular, but isn't Esteemed Empress Yue pregnant right now? It's really not easy to nurture a dragon, you can't overdo what you want, you can't just take care of what you want to eat, Consort De, what do you think? "
Consort De felt her chest tighten. What could she say? She wanted to say that there was no need to be so particular, she just needed to make do with the situation, but her concubine was carrying a dragon son, if word of this got out, not to mention others, the Emperor would be the first one to disagree.
"Princess, please write down the details. I'll have someone look around and see if they can find it."
"Alright, then I'll write it down a bit more carefully." Mu Yunyao agreed.
Senior Servant Qu quickly got someone to bring pen and paper. Mu Yunyao wrote for four whole pages before she stopped writing.
Consort De's heart sank when she saw the densely packed words, "I've troubled the Grand Princess today, chenqie will take her leave now."
"Alright, Senior Qu, send Consort De out."
"Yes."
When Consort De left, Grand Princess Yi pulled Mu Yunyao's hand and laughed, "You, why are you so mischievous. With so many things to pay attention to, Consort De probably won't even be able to gather them in a few years."
Mu Yunyao pursed her lips and smiled, "What I said was also the truth. After all, the concubine is pregnant with the Emperor's child, so naturally we have to pay extra attention to it."
"Heh heh, what a clever and clever girl."
"Grandmother made fun of me." Mu Yunyao leaned on Grand Princess Yi De's body, softly saying in a spoiled manner that caused Grand Princess Yi De's smile to grow even wider.
Only after a long while did Grand Princess Yi De stop laughing, allowing Mu Yunyao to massage her shoulders.
"Grandmother, please listen to me explain the recipe of the flower fruit tea. Do you have any thoughts of tasting it?"
"You don't have to say. I didn't like the taste of scented tea in the past, but after listening to how much you talked about it, I feel really greedy."
Mu Yunyao's eyes were filled with a glimmer."Grandmother, even you want to try it. It seems that the wives of the rich families outside are no exception. How about I waste some fruits and tea to sell?" "Our Yao'er is simply a little miser, and this is going to fall into the eyes of the rich. Well, with that extremely exquisite recipe of yours, I presume for the next few days, we will only be able to smell the fragrance of flowers and tea in the capital."
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