jdhmnovel Chapter 120 Tea Tasting
Chapter 120 Tea Tasting
When Lu Lingxi returned to Lingxi Garden, Nan Wangyu was sitting at the table drinking tea.
Lu Lingxi doesn't usually drink tea, and can't taste the difference between different varieties of tea, so he asked curiously: "Is this tea delicious? Is there any difference with the one from the Prince's Mansion?"
Nan Wangyu took another sip of the tea in the cup and replied, "This Tieguanyin tastes slightly bitter when you drink it, but there is a light sweet taste in your mouth after you finish it. I often drink Pu'er in the Prince's Mansion, which has a stronger bitter taste and a more delicate fragrance of tea. They each have their own characteristics, and they are both very good."
"Really? I thought all tea tasted bitter. The only way to distinguish them after they were brewed was by color. How could you tell the difference between white tea, black tea, and green tea so clearly?" Lu Lingxi was a little unconvinced. If the person who made the tea didn't tell her, she would definitely not be able to tell the difference between Pu'er, Longjing, and Tieguanyin.
"Do you want to try it? If you taste it carefully, you will slowly feel the difference."
"I've just been walking around the yard for so long and talking so much that I'm a little thirsty, so I'll give it a try."
After that, he picked up the cup on the table, filled it up, and drank it all in one gulp. After finishing it, he smacked his lips to show that he had tasted it carefully. Then he concluded: "There is no sweet taste except bitterness. Tea is all bitter, there is no difference."
Nan Wangyu looked at Lu Lingxi's guzzling posture and laughed, "You can't drink tea like this. You have to take small sips to taste it."
At this point, Lu Lingxi wanted to discuss it seriously, so he sat down and asked seriously: "What's the point of tasting the difference between these teas and categorizing them? Is it just to show your elegance in front of others? Isn't drinking water for quenching thirst? Drinking water with tea is just that, plain water is tasteless, so adding some flavor to adjust it, isn't it? Adding tea or sugar is just a matter of personal preference. Why do we feel that sweet and bitter are divided into high and low, and bitter can be subdivided into so many varieties, and there is a distinction between high and low, but what is the essence of drinking water? What's the point of making it so complicated?"
This series of questions made Nan Wangyu a little dizzy, and he answered blankly: "Ah... this... I don't know." He also asked himself in his heart: Yes, what is the purpose of tea tasting?
Lu Lingxi curled his lips and gave a firm answer: "I think it's just for fun, to kill time."
Nan Wangyu thought about it and felt that it made sense: Of course. Wasn't it just that Lingxi hadn't come back just now, so she habitually picked up the teacup and started to taste the tea when she was bored?
Seeing Nan Wangyu nod with a little hesitation, Lu Lingxi continued: "So not knowing how to taste tea can only mean that my life is full and I don't have that much free time. What else can it mean? Whether or not I know how to taste tea will not have a big impact on my life, so there is no need to learn it."
Nan Wangyu was really confused by Lu Lingxi's theory, but he still felt that there was no harm in tasting tea, but there was no point in arguing with Lingxi. He didn't want to continue the topic and said, "Yeah. Lingxi makes sense. If you don't like it, it doesn't matter if you don't learn it. But it's getting late now, shouldn't we get ready to rest?"
As expected, Lu Lingxi's attention was diverted at once. There was only one bed in her room and no extra bedding. How would the two of them sleep tonight?
Lu Lingxi rolled his eyes and said to Nan Wangyu, "Don't you need to go talk to daddy tonight?"
Nan Wangyu knew that Lingxi wanted him to sleep at his father-in-law's place, but he pretended not to understand what she meant and said, "No need. We can talk about it tomorrow. I won't disturb my father-in-law's sleep at night."
Lu Lingxi said unwillingly, "Didn't my brother say he wanted to talk to you? They should have talked to you tonight and asked you to treat me well in the future."
"I don't know if my brother has come back yet. He and Miss Gu are inseparable now. After sending her back home, who knows how long he will stay here."
Seeing that there was no other reason, Lu Lingxi hesitated and said, "Can you sleep in the side room tonight? There is only one bed here, and there are no extra beddings. Or should I ask Chunhong to send another set of beddings over?"
Hearing this, Nan Wangyu spoke to Lu Lingxi in a rare serious tone: "Lingxi, we haven't slept in the same bed yet. It's better not to let a third person know about the fact that we have been sleeping in separate rooms. Others don't understand except the two of us. We have discussed it among ourselves and will get married when our relationship is deeper. If outsiders know that we sleep in separate beds, they will think that we are not in love. Especially now that we are in the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion, my father-in-law and brother will be worried if they know about it. They will not be able to leave for the border defense in a while, and they will always be thinking about this. It is very dangerous to be distracted on the battlefield with concerns in your heart. You don't want to affect their safety because of your own little thing, do you?"
Lu Lingxi said hesitantly: "Uh~ It's not that serious, right?"
Nan Wangyu shook his head and said helplessly, "Why not? I am only talking about the lightest consequence. Think about it, you and I, one is the crown prince, and the other is the crown princess. In the future, the world will be handed over to you and me. If you and I don't get along, it will result in chaos in the world. If someone tries to sow discord between us, you and I will become suspicious and hostile to each other, which will lead to the destruction of the country."
Lu Lingxi was a little dizzy after hearing these words. She just wanted to be an indifferent person and have no worries about food and drink for the rest of her life. Why did she have to shoulder the responsibility of supporting her country and the world? She couldn't bear it. Seeing that the person opposite was still talking about the truth, Lu Lingxi quickly stopped him: "Stop, stop, let's all sleep in this room, okay? Let the bed go to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so that you don't catch a cold and I become a sinner who brings disaster to the world. I will just sleep on the table with my clothes on."
"How can that be? If you catch a cold, I'll be worried too. If I'm worried about you and thinking about you all the time, I won't be able to concentrate on handling government affairs. If I make mistakes in handling government affairs, ..."
Before Nan Wangyu finished talking about the consequences of disclosing government affairs, Lu Lingxi could already imagine the series of words that followed, and he said directly with some impatience: "Okay, what do you say?"
"Let's sleep in the bed together. Don't worry, didn't I just promise you that I won't force you? I am the crown prince of a country and I will definitely keep my word. If you are really worried, just put a pillow between us."
Lu Lingxi remembered that Nan Wangyu had kept his promise these days, and it was not kind to force him to sleep on the floor every day. Besides, it was getting late, and if they continued arguing it would be dawn, so he agreed to Nan Wangyu's proposal.
Lu Lingxi didn't notice that after hearing her agreement, Nan Wangyu raised a faint smile.