When the empress was fighting abroad.
Gu Lan was wandering around the palace.
"Master Taifu?"
I met an acquaintance on the road, it was the Imperial Master Su Hua.
"So it's King Jingyang..." Su Hua had an expression that was half-smiling, which made Gu Lan feel a little weird.
They had met once before. When they played chess at Su Hua's house, he came out on top, which Mr. Su also admired.
But see you now.
Gu Lan suddenly felt that Su Hua's attitude seemed strange?
Especially calling him King Jingyang, it's obviously not like a title between acquaintances...
Su Hua is his wife's teacher, how can he get along with her so well?
"The boy has only been in the palace for a few days, and he forgot to say hello to the Grand Tutor." As a junior, Gu Lan smiled modestly.
The only time the two have met so far is that time when they played chess. Could it be that the stingy Bala is worried about winning his game?
That's not the case, since Su Hua can be the emperor's master, he doesn't seem to be such a person.
Is it because...
Gu Lan pondered and slowly thought of a possibility.
"Greetings? A first-class king doesn't have to give greetings to my idle tutor. Your Majesty has given me a hereditary gift. Who else in the world besides your majesty deserves your greetings as a first-class king?"
Su Hua smiled meaningfully.
Confirmed!
There is definitely something wrong with this slightly sinister tone!
Gu Lan thought to himself that he was sure that Su Hua had a problem with him, and the reason...mostly had something to do with his wife.
The late emperor passed away early, and Taifu Su was both a teacher and a father to his wife. This is probably because she ran back to the palace a few days ago, which made her family dissatisfied... Gu Lan smiled lightly and understood. playing dumb.
Su Hua finally said no more.
Literary people act in a certain way.
He did not explain the reason clearly, but changed his words and said: "Today is considered a fate, I met your boy, let's go, come with me to the East Palace Study to have tea."
"You might as well ask me to take a closer look. How is the husband your Majesty has chosen?"
"Last time I didn't know the basics, so I only played one game on the chessboard. Today, by chance, the rare and exotic flowers in the East Palace are also blooming. It's a great pleasure for me to enjoy the flowers and drink tea."
"Master Taifu has your destiny. Don't you dare disobey me." Gu Lan agreed with a light smile, neither humble nor overbearing.
Su Hua has his own study room in the East Palace. In addition to Mu Yuyan who studied here when she was Princess Jiaqing, the current Princess Mingle also often studies here.
It's just that Princess Mingle has always been active and playful, and doesn't like reading, so she often doesn't see people.
The two entered the study, and immediately there were palace maids serving tea and cakes.
Gu Lan didn't have much interest in tea or anything else. Instead, it was the pastries from the palace, which tasted good.
The Empress also eats it often, so her moist red lips often have this taste, which makes Gu Lan quite nostalgic...
Su Hua looked at Gu Lan's face and remembered that two days ago, Mu Yuyan ran back to the palace with an unhappy look on her face, because she had trouble with this kid.
That’s why today’s episode happened!
As Mu Yuyan's teacher, Su Hua naturally wanted to help her when her disciple suffered some unexplained injustice at her husband's house!
As for right or wrong?
Humph, my disciple can’t be wrong!
"King Jingyang, does this cake taste good?"
Su Hua took a sip of tea and said lightly.
Gu Lan's expression froze, and he realized that Mr. Su still seemed to be brooding over his wife's injustice, and couldn't help but smile bitterly:
"Master Taifu is joking. You are His Majesty's teacher. Just call me Gu Lan."
"Aren't you always calling me Taifu?"
Gu Lan was stunned for a moment, then said: "Then I will follow Your Majesty and call you teacher?"
"No, I can't afford it!"
Su Hua waved his hand and refused directly.
Gu Lan: "..."
The inexplicable soft knife is quite uncomfortable... Well, the old man is also very protective of his calf, so you can't argue with him now that you are old.
This debt still falls on the lady, and she must deal with it properly!
Gu Lan made up his mind.
but.
Gu Lan was also happy for her to have such a teacher to protect her... After all, as soon as he traveled through time, his parents had already sacrificed themselves to heaven.
"Why do you keep eating cakes and not drinking tea? Is it not to your liking?"
The maids presented all kinds of precious teas, which were the best tribute teas from all over Dajing, and there were many treasures in the world.
Gu Lan smiled lightly: "It's not that I don't like drinking tea, but I thought about the true meaning of the tea ceremony and felt something about it..."
"In the final analysis, tea is just water. When people drink tea, they are divided into three realms."
"Oh? Which third level?"
Su Hua's eyes lit up with interest. He had loved reading and drinking tea all his life. He had never heard of someone classifying tea drinking into three realms.
"The first thing is that drinking tea is tea. Most people are like this. They drink tea just for the sake of drinking tea. The effect of tea on them is just to add some flavor to the water."
Su Hua nodded. This realm is easy to understand. He continued to ask: "What about the second level?"
Gu Lan smiled slightly: "The second level is like Master Taifu. Drinking tea is not tea. In this state, drinking tea is endowed with various cultural and philosophical thoughts, which is the so-called tea culture."
“I refer to the cultural characteristics formed during tea drinking activities, including tea ceremony, tea couplets, tea books, tea sets, tea food, tea paintings, tea art, etc., as tea culture. That is the second level, what you drink is not tea, but tea. A culture.”
"It turns out that I am in the second level. What is the third level? Since you proposed the third level, is it possible that you are the third level?"
Su Hua has loved tea all his life. As Gu Lan said, the tea he loves is not only the taste of tea, but also the art of tea, which is the tea culture summarized by Gu Lan.
As for Gu Lan in the third level, a person who likes cakes more than tea, is he higher than himself in the realm of tea ceremony?
Su Hua didn't believe it.
Gu Lan understood Su Hua's curiosity and continued to explain with a smile: "This third level, I call it drinking tea or tea."
"Drinking tea is still tea, and drinking tea is tea. Although there is only one word difference, they are two completely different realms. If you have not experienced the influence of the second realm, and then transcend the second realm, it is impossible. Reaching the third level.”
"Then I'll listen to you and tell me carefully. What's the difference between this third level?"
Su Hua was a little unconvinced. He recognized the second level, but at the third level, he felt that Gu Lan was playing tricks!
Gu Lan smiled slightly and said: "Tea is essentially a leaf. The process of making tea is just boiling the leaves in boiling water. After simplifying the complexity, it is not an elegant thing to say it straightforwardly."
"As the saying goes, looking at mountains is still mountains, drinking tea is still tea, only the state of mind can be transcended. When you reach this transcendent state, when drinking tea, you no longer pay attention to any tea sets, tea, tea mats or the tea itself.
Drinking tea is drinking tea, drinking tea is still drinking tea. Having half a day's leisure is the best taste in the world. "
"Having half a day's leisure, the best taste in the world is pure joy..." Unknowingly, Su Hua looked startled when he heard it. He didn't expect Gu Lan to be able to say such a beautiful sentence!
[You instill the third level of tea ceremony into the people of this world, and you will be rewarded with a hundred years of cultivation, and the most precious treasure of the Immortal Level - the Great Immortal Tea]
Gu Lan was slightly startled. He didn't expect that a few bragging words to the old man would lead to a system reward?
