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"Little ninth daughter-in-law," Kangxi's low voice came from the high dragon seat. The hall suddenly quieted down, and no one said one more. Is Kangxi calling me? I hurried to respond.

"This foreign wine was only brought by Bai Jin and others this year. It is very rare for me in the Qing Dynasty. Can you tell me how you learned to taste this wine?" Kangxi's peaceful voice asked a question that was explosive to me.

How did I learn to taste wine? It was taught by the werewolf when he trained me. What should I say?

I can't tell the truth. Just make one up. I'm brainstorming. Well, there is!

I looked up at Kangxi and said, "When I went back to the emperor, Chuntao met a strange man when he was a child. He traveled around the world and was not fettered by the world. He once had some fate with Chuntao and told Chuntao a lot of interesting things about travel. He is knowledgeable and taught Chuntao some strange skills. He taught Chuntao to taste this wine.

There should be no fw in this way, right? My performance just now was really strange, including knowing about the drought in France 40 years ago. Now that it is said, everything can be pushed to the strange man, but I don't know if Kangxi will agree.

"Oh? That strange man is really strange. He knows such a superb way of wine tasting. Where is he now?"

Kangxi is worthy of being a cautious emperor. He actually broke the casserole and asked to the end.

I calmed my mind and replied, "When I go back to the emperor, the strange man likes to travel around and can't stay in one place. He and Chuntao only have a half-year fate. Chuntao doesn't know where he has gone now. In fact, Chuntao also wants to see him again!" I thought of the werewolf, and I really wanted to see him again, so I was very sincere when I said this.

"It's a pity that I want to see such a strange person!"

Do you believe me?

Kangxi's exclamation attracted people's echo. The prince, the eighth brother and the thirteenth brother all praised the strange man's wine tasting. Brother Thirteen also said something that he also wanted to learn some magic from him. When he said this, he glanced at me.

I understand what he means. He hopes that I can teach him something. I didn't say anything. Even if I could promise him, it would be said by my Xiaojiu. Sure enough, Xiaojiu said, "If Taoer can help, the thirteenth brother can speak up."

Thirteen said thank you with joy. Brother and brother Gong, Kangxi smiled with a beard. It's a beautiful peaceful scene, but I don't know how long it can last.

The second glass of wine was served, and the surroundings were quiet.

What is served is a glass of red wine with sauce. As soon as I smelled the wine, I knew it was Shaoxing yellow rice wine. This is the most common wine, which is easy to identify. What's to taste in this wine?

The words of the eighth brother answered my question. He pointed to the wine in front of me and the fourth brother and said, "This wine should not only say its name, but also its year!"

It turned out to make it more difficult to taste wine.

The fourth brother picked up the glass and took a sip, pondered a little, and then wrote it with a pen. It's so fast that I know this wine very well!

I picked up the glass in front of me and carefully watched the liquor. It was as crystal as amber, with no impurities and precipitation, and the quality was good. Put it on the nose and smell it gently. The wine is mellow and long, which shows that the brewing time is not short. Take a sip, close your eyes and smell the body, and let the wine be put on your tongue twice before swallowing into your throat. The wine tastes mild and mellow, simple and thick, with a slightly bitter taste. It tastes more mellow than the usual Shaoxing wine for about 20 years. It should be aged for 25 to 30 years.

I opened my eyes and saw that people were looking at me, waiting for my results. The fourth brother was also staring at me, with concentration and expectation in his eyes. What is he looking forward to?

Now that I have no time to take care of it, I smiled at the eighth brother and said that I could reveal the answer.

The eighth brother showed the answer of the fourth brother to the people sitting below, and people's faces showed a clear look. It's time for me to say the answer. I said loudly, "This is Shaoxing rice wine."

People whispered below: "She also said it was Shaoxing wine, just like what the fourth brother wrote. It doesn't seem to be wrong!"

"I don't know if the year will be the same?"

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I raised my voice, suppressed the following comments and said, "This wine is mellow and long, and the taste of wine is simple and thick. I guess--" I pulled a long voice, and people calmed down and stared at me attentively." I guess the wine is nearly 30 years old.

"Close to 30 years? The fourth brother can be said to be more than 20 years!"

"It's nearly ten years behind!"

"Which of them is more accurate?"

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I haven't finished my words, so I continued: "This wine has a slightly bitter aftertaste. It should be brewed from the water downstream of the lake."

There was another buzzing sound below. There are admiration and disapprove.

The tenth brother said below, "Sister-in-law, I only knew that you could drink before, but I didn't expect you to be able to taste wine. If I buy wine in my house in the future, I will ask you to be the counselor."

I smiled and said, "It's a great honor to be a spring peach!" Lao Shi made friends with my ninth master, and we are usually very familiar with each other, so I dared to agree to him directly.

The fourth brother snorted very lightly. What does he mean? Is it because I'm dissatisfied because I'm different from Lao Shi and Thirteen?

If I dress up as Lin Qianer today, I will naturally agree to Thirteen directly, but I am Liu Chuntao now, and naturally I have to play the role of Liu Chuntao. Otherwise, when my Xiaojiu cleans me up, will you carry it?

Kangxi asked the person who stood beside him for a year: "Zhang Tongzhi, you offered this wine. Do you think Xiaojiu's daughter-in-law is right?"

The man moved slightly and bowed to Kangxi and said, "When I go back to the emperor, Tongzhi doesn't know the specific year of the wine. I only heard that the wine was brewed and buried under the old willow tree in my yard when Weichen's mother was pregnant with Weichen. Over the years, the minister's family has not used it. It was not until this spring that the minister won the champion that the minister dug it out from under the tree and sent it to Beijing. If it is calculated in this way, this wine should be the same age as Weichen. Weichen is twenty-nine today, so this wine should be twenty-nine years old.

"It's really nearly 30 years!"

"Ah, that's so accurate!"

It turns out that this person is Zhang Tongzhi, the new top student this year. I have heard Yinzhen's brothers talk about him. He continued: "My house is at the lower reaches of the lake. Usually, drinking water and wine are used in the lower reaches of the lake, so Liu Fujin said nothing bad! It's just that Tongzhi has something to do, and he wants to ask Fujin to help him make an answer.

"Do you want to ask her how she learned that this wine was brewed from the water downstream of the lake?" Kangxi reacted quickly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen just wants to ask this!"

"Little nine daughter-in-law, tell me about it. I also want to know."

"It's very simple," I said, "The wine brewed with the water in the upper reaches of the lake is sweet, and the aftertaste with bitter taste is brewed in the water downstream of the lake!"

I can't tell them that there are more minerals and trace elements such as molybdenum and strontium in the water upstream, and some chemical reactions occur when these elements go downstream. It's like listening to heaven's books for them, and I won't waste that effort.

Kangxi said, "It seems that Xiaojiu's daughter-in-law is very proficient in the characteristics of all kinds of wine! Both wines are tasted so accurately, Xiaojiu, your daughter-in-law is really a wine tasting master! Why haven't you heard about it before?"

Yin Zhen stood up and replied to Kangxi, "Go back to Emperor Ama. It hasn't been a year since I married Taoer. I didn't know that she was so good at wine tasting."

Kangxi smiled and said, "You are holding a baby but you don't know it. Isn't this a violent thing? Since you have such a strange girl in your house, you will bring her to the palace more in the future, and let her spend more time with your mother!"

Kangxi, is this an exception for me? Isn't it stipulated that concubines can't enter the palace at will?

Yin bowed and said, "I will obey the order!"

Yin Zhen sat down and secretly stared at me when his father Kangxi was not paying attention.

Why are you staring at me? I stared back when my eyelashes fell down. Is it my fault that I have this ability to hide it from him and make him laugh at by his father? But there are no prizes at ordinary times! If I hadn't fallen in love with that black pearl, I wouldn't have shown it today!

Fourteen sitting next to Yin Zhen saw the "brows and eyes" of the two of us. He sneered and looked at us, but he didn't make a sound again. I still know how to watch the occasion, and I didn't make fun of his ninth brother in front of everyone.

Yin Zhen's dissatisfaction did not affect his mother's mood, and Yi Fei smiled happily. Is it because my daughter-in-law gave her more light, or did Kangxi's words care about her just now that she felt happy?

I don't know why, but she looked at me more and more kindly.

It's time to judge this game, and the eighth brother asked Kangxi to make a judgment. Kangxi thought for a moment and said, "The first kind of wine, both of them answered the names of the two kinds of wine as required, and the second kind of wine, in addition to the name of the wine, also said the approximate year." Kangxi pondered for a moment and continued, "Although Xiaojiu's daughter-in-law said it more accurately, the fourth brother also said it well. In the first game, two people will be awarded a draw, and each of them will be awarded two Buddha heart beads!"

Although it makes sense to hear Kangxi say this, it can still be seen that he is a little biased towards his son.

I was muttering in my heart, but I saw Yin's smiling eyes. He narrowed his cunning eyes, looked at me, and then looked at the seductive black pearl. He raised his eyebrows, and his eyes were full of charm.

What does he mean? I was slightly stunned and understood his heart in an instant, giving him a very bright smile. He is telling me: Don't worry, even if you don't win, I will help you get it!

I withdrew my eyes, but caught a glimpse of the confused look that the prince threw at me. Why did he look at me like that? Did he find out that I had an affair with someone just now?

When I think about it, I think it's unlikely. If he finds out, how can he let me go back to the hall? I don't know who the heroine is. If he has a terrible identity, he won't kill me first?

At this time, I have no time to think about this, just as I have no time to think about whether the dragonfly he is talking about is Lin Qianer.

The second game of treasure appreciation began, and the eyes of the fourth brother and I were covered with silk. What's the matter? Do you still need to be blindfolded? I can't help but wonder.

Listening to the words of the eighth brother, I know that he is asking his fourth brother to identify a baby. After waiting for a while, the fourth brother was identified.

The eighth brother put the treasure that needs to be identified in my hand. It turned out to be blindfolded, but this is a new way to play. The ancients were also very creative!

I concentrate on the feeling on my hands. When you get it in your hand, you will know that this thing is not metal. The tentacles are smooth and slightly larger than the palm of your hand. It feels warm and not cold. Then it won't be a gem or something. Gemstones feel cooler in this weather. Either jade or pearls!

I made a preliminary appraisal, so which one is it?

It is in the shape of an unopened bean flower, that is, narrow up and wide at the bottom, slightly curved in the middle, which can also be seen as the shape of a boot.

In terms of shape and weight, it is more likely to be a piece of jade, because such a large pearl is extremely rare. However, I can't make a conclusion so soon, and there is another identification step to do. I picked up the baby, raised it to my lips and licked it with the tip of my tongue.

Seeing my movements, some ** appeared in the quiet crowd, but it soon calmed down again.

The feeling on the tongue is slightly salty. It doesn't match my guess just now. Jade does not have a salty taste, only pearls, because they grow in the sea, so they bring the salty taste of seawater.

But such a big pearl...

I searched my mind for memories of pearls, and suddenly remembered the world's second largest pearl called "Pearl of Asia" that I saw at an exhibition commemorating the success of cultured pearls in Japan many years ago.

Is that it?

I remember that the pearl seemed to be from the Persian Gulf. It originally belonged to the king of Persia, and was later sent to the palace of the Qing Dynasty, which once became Qianlong's favorite. After Cixi got this thing, she ordered someone to match it with a large piece of tourmaline, which formed the shape of a harvest of melon and fruit with the pearl. Very clever. It was robbed by the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900, and since then this peerless treasure has been unknown. It was not until 1993 that a jewelry store in Tokyo reappeared.

It is said that its current owner lives in London.

According to the shape, size and origin of the "Pearl of Asia" and its origin with China, this treasure weighing more than 120 grams in my hand is most likely to be the famous "Pearl of Asia".

I announced my judgment in public: "It is the largest pearl in the world, the 'pearl of Asia' from Persia!"

"Pearl of Asia" ranks second in modern times because another pearl weighing 6,350 grams, the size of a human head, was found in Balawang Bay, the Philippines in 1934. It is the "Lazi's Pearl" that ranks first in the world.

Now, the "Old Bead" has not been found, so this "Asian Bead" ranks first.

Once again, he tied with the fourth brother, and he also judged that it was the pearl.

The fourth brother's judgment on it is extremely easy. Is it because he has been personally upbred by Kangxi since he was a child and is used to watching Kangxi play with this thing?

I won't blame the game for being unfair. There is no absolute fairness in the world. Most of the time, I believe in fate. If I am predestined to the black bead, even if I lose the game, it will belong to me!

If you can't win, won't you steal it? Not to mention Yin Zhen's hint!

As a result, the two of us both got another Buddha's heart bead, each of whom has three.

It seems that I really met my opponent today, and I'm afraid I can't tell the winner or the loser until the end!

I was quietly waiting to identify the next baby. The silk on my eyes was so tight that I couldn't see through it at all.

A very heavy thing was moved to the case, and the fourth brother came first. The identification time of the fourth brother took a very long time. The time passed minute by minute, but he was silent for a long time. Did he encounter a problem?

It seems that after a century, the fourth brother finally said, "I can't identify it. I admit defeat in this section!"

There was an uproar below.

"I don't even recognize the fourth brother!"

"I haven't seen it either!"

"Which of you has seen this baby?"

"I haven't seen it!"

"I haven't seen it!"

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What kind of baby is it? Why don't these well-informed masters know each other? No one can understand the guess in my heart, and I can only find the answer by myself.

I was taken to the front of the case.

It should be a big baby, otherwise I should put the baby in my hand like I did just now. I judge in my heart.

Sure enough, he is a big guy. My hand was pulled and stroked on it.

It is about half a person tall, put on the case, the same height as me.

I raised my hand and touched it from the top.