Chapter 1029 - 009 Refreshingly Sour (Second Update)_3
Described by Lin Yuan as gentle, Zhao Hongde’s mouth twitched violently. Although the choice of words wasn’t appropriate, she did hit the nail on the head. Zhao Hongde curled his lip, "It is probably related to the Empress Mother. Consort Liu is similar to my second brother, and the people of the Yan family are almost all cut from the same mold, each one more formidable than the next. I’ve heard that their legitimate daughter is the same way. At home, she’s extremely tough on her half-brothers and sisters—everyone’s afraid of her. Just think, if a young girl can be like this, what about the other members of their family?"
This statement was worth pondering. Zhao Hongde’s mother was Xia Zheng’s aunt. Looking at Xia Zheng and Xia Zhen, the two brothers, it was clear Consort Shu must also be a very amiable person like Zhao Hongde. Perhaps, it really had something to do with family upbringing.
Shui Xian brought the tea, and Zhao Hongde could smell its fragrance from afar. He took a sip and nodded repeatedly, "This tea must be from Zhuma Town that you brought with you, right? There’s no such fragrant tea leaves in the Capital City."
Lin Yuan smiled, "Big brother guessed right. This tea was personally picked and roasted by me in Tea Tree Town, with a few types of refreshing floral teas added to it, hence the brewed tea has an additional scent of flowers and retains the astringency of tea leaves. Isn’t it special? Not to mention the Capital City, looking all around the world, there are only these few jars in my possession. It’s something others wouldn’t even dream of."
Seeing her speak with such pride, Zhao Hongsheng felt an itch in his heart and took another sip. This time he couldn’t bear to swallow it immediately, letting it linger on his lips and teeth to savor the flavor, indeed surrounded by various floral fragrances.
"There’s the aroma of jasmine, what other flowers are there?"
Lin Yuan smiled sweetly, nodding, "Big brother is impressive. There indeed is jasmine in this tea, as well as some other flowers, though each is used sparingly. I’m surprised you could taste it."
As for the other flowers, it wasn’t that Zhao Hongde didn’t have the palate to taste them, but the other flowers were too common, seen everywhere in the countryside, however not present in the palace.