Chapter 1189: First News of the Golden Feast
Since ancient times, flower tea was a small thing. However, brewing flower tea was an art that was delicate and tedious. It was not any easier than the real tea ceremony. Xia Ruya’s method of brewing flower tea was simple and elegant, popular amongst the ladies in the high society of Harbor City. The procedures were different. In order to reflect the different methods of brewing flower tea, she specifically referred to the ancient books about the steps to brewing flower tea and studied them carefully.
Because of Wen Xinya, the relations.h.i.+p between Xia Ruya and Yan Menglu grew closer. These days she would find Xia Ruya almost every day, so she naturally noticed that Xia Ruya’s tea brewing skill was different.
Yan Menglu stared at Xia Ruya and said, “Ruya, your tea brewing skills are different from everyone else’s.”
Actually, she used to look down on Xia Ruya, not because of her birth status, but because she was quite pathetic to be put to shame by the little girl who led a wandering life for fifteen years. She fled to Harbor City in embarra.s.sment as a result. Although she was acquainted with Xia Ruya, she always felt a sense of superiority towards her.
Now, watching Xia Ruya brew tea with her delicate movements that seemed to be naturally elegant and n.o.ble, there was a sense of softness and quiet beauty that could not be explained about her. Many ladies in Harbor City could not compare to this.
Xia Ruya pursed her lips and said with a soft smile, “It is naturally different. I spent many hours learning how to brew flower tea, but I cannot compare to you. In fact, you can laugh at me.”
Xia Ruya held the small copper pot. It looked ancient and elegant. Hot water drained from the mouth of the teapot into a porcelain cup. The tea in the porcelain cup followed the water current, moving up and down just like “The spring tide brings along rain”. It was animated and interesting to watch.
Yan Menglu shook her head and said, “Although you only studied brewing tea for a while, your skills are great. I thought it looked a little more complicated than the usual procedures practiced by the upper circle of Harbor City.”
It was also more elegant and unique.
At this point, Yan Menglu did not say anything. Of course she was not going to admit that she learned this skill herself, and was not as good as Xia Ruya.
Xia Ruya smiled and could not help but laugh. “So, you know. The art of flower tea originated from the Song Dynasty, which is elegant and loved by n.o.ble girls. Once, when I was in the Wen Family, I was fortunate to come across the book called ‘Tea Record’ in the study room of the Mo Family, and the tea making techniques recorded in it were very interesting. After a few minutes of reading it, you will feel different.”
Xia Ruya’s words were pretty vague. Even if she was really fortunate enough to enter the Mo Family’s study, she might not even be interested enough to look through this so-called “Tea Record”. After all, Capital city was not a popular place to practice tea making.
Yan Menglu laughed upon hearing this. “So turns out your method is to learn from ancient books. No wonder your technique is so unique and elegant. Our tea brewing technique, which is now popular in Harbor City, combines the technique from China and foreign countries. It’s still elegant and simple, but there’s no fun in it.”
Next, Yan Menglu displayed a strong interest in this technique.
Xia Ruya was best at piquing the interest of others. She had guessed the thoughts of Yan Menglu and could not help but laugh. “It’s just something you do when you are bored. If you want, I will teach you.”
Yan Menglu was naturally overjoyed and grateful towards Xia Ruya and felt closer to her than ever.
Xia Ruya’s tea brewing technique, although tedious, it was similar to those in ancient times. Yan Menglu’s skills were also quite good. In addition to Xia Ruya’s explanation and demonstration, Yan Menglu was able to learn almost immediately. These skills required daily practice in order to master them, so they did not continue any further.
Xia Ruya cried out in surprise. “Lulu, you are so smart. I’ve only explained once and shown you once, but you’ve learned it already. I had to spend two to three days to learn this.”
Yan Menglu had thought that it would be difficult, but it was easier than expected. She said proudly, “It’s because you’ve taught me well.”
Xia Ruya smiled and changed the topic. She asked, “Lulu, is there something you need since you came here especially to find me?”
Yan Menglu was constantly thinking about ways to deal with Wen Xinya, even in her dreams. Naturally, she came here to find her because of Wen Xinya.
When she mentioned this, Yan Menglu was suddenly recharged and grinned from ear to ear with pride. “I want to thank you for your great ideas. It’s so tiring being famous, but we have to set Wen Xinya right. It’s not easy for her to be in school now. I heard from quite a few people who were talking behind her back.”
Previously when she chanced upon the video of Wen Xinya playing “Fighting the East Wind” that was uploaded onto the school forum, she threw a temper. Later on, Ruya helped her to scheme a plan. She hired a lot of netizens to help spread rumors.
First of all, she made use of the video to make Wen Xinya’s name known. Then, she spread the news that Wen Xinya excelled in all aspects and was a true talent. Following that, she hired people to act as Wen Xinya’s fans and hide among the school forum. These people cursed and dissed people who were famous, as well as delivered personal attacks to anybody who criticized Wen Xinya on the forum.
The fans were criticized by the public, which in the end caused Wen Xinya herself to be involved.
As of now, the impression that people had of Wen Xinya was that she was arrogant and proud.
In just a short time, Wen Xinya’s reputation was ruined.
Xia Ruya’s smile was gentle and beautiful. She held the jasmine tea in her hands and grinned. “Is this enough?”
Was it really enough to just ruin Wen Xinya’s reputation as a punishment? Hearing Yan Menglu’s words, wasn’t she asking her the same thing?
She did not know what Yan Menglu thought, but for her, she already knew what her answer was when she plotted her schemes.
Yan Menglu put down the teacup in her hands and looked at Xia Ruya. Her lips looked soft and elegant. Even when she talked about evil schemes, she looked pure like an angel.
She started nagging out of nowhere and asked seriously, “Ruya, what do you mean? Do you have a way to make Wen Xinya suffer more?”
Xia Ruya continued smiling calmly. “If it was just a simple punishment for Wen Xinya, why would I spend so much effort?”
Yan Menglu did not know what Xia Ruya was thinking, but she felt excitement growing in her. If there was a way for them to attack Wen Xinya, that would be great.
Xia Ruya lowered her head, hiding her smile. “I heard that Bo Yaxuan will be hosting a golden feast in a week’s time. Many outstanding students from famous schools in the Capital city will be invited to attend it. It’s up to you to arrange what to do with all your talented friends.”
She had done so much plotting and scheming, all for her true goal—the golden feast.