After being expelled from the mansion, I changed the dynasty by writing novels.

Chapter 145 The ministers discover His Majesty secretly drinking milk tea

After the morning court session, the prime minister and his entourage arrived outside the imperial study. Their purpose in coming here was to discuss the matter of refined sugar with His Majesty.

At this moment, because of the snow that had accumulated overnight on the stone road, the glazed red tiles along the way were also buried in the snow, and palace servants were clearing the snow on both sides of the road.

Guards stood at the entrance of the Imperial Study. After the Prime Minister and his entourage reported their arrival, they were able to enter the Imperial Study without any trouble.

The Imperial Study was magnificent. In the center of the main hall stood a carved sandalwood desk. Last time, because it was too late, I couldn't clearly see that there was an ancient blue-green bronze censer on the desk.

The fragrance and warm air inside the main hall both originated from here. Because honeycomb briquettes with added ambergris were used, there was no noticeable white smoke emanating from them.

The eunuchs in the Imperial Study had already prepared a hat chair under the Emperor's desk so that the Prime Minister and others could sit down and discuss matters.

And sitting on the imperial desk atop the high white marble base is the emperor of this country.

The emperor sat steadily on his desk, casually holding a memorial in his hand.

After the prime minister and others bowed and sat down, the emperor at the head of the table began to discuss the matter of refined sugar.

Perhaps it was because of the snow today, but the palace was too dry. The Prime Minister and his entourage kept seeing His Majesty drinking tea from the jade dragon-carved cup.

The eunuch Fu De, who was waiting to the side, kept refilling the emperor's tea, which caught the attention of the prime minister and others.

However, they wouldn't stare at the Yellow Emperor drinking tea; instead, they would secretly glance at him out of the corner of their eye.

Before they could wonder why His Majesty was drinking tea, the Grand Commandant suddenly spoke up.

The Prime Minister and the others could hear the faint noise and secretly glanced over. It turned out that the Grand Commandant was reporting the progress of the matter to the Emperor. After he finished speaking, he felt his mouth was dry and subconsciously picked up the hot tea that the eunuch had poured for him on the table next to him.

At that time, the Grand Commandant's attention was not on the tea in his hand. After taking a sip of the hot tea, he realized that the taste of this tea was different from the usual one, which made him utter a slightly surprised sound.

However, the subtle sound he made was detected by the shrewd and calculating Prime Minister and others.

However, even though the Prime Minister and others knew about his movements, they still didn't understand the purpose behind his subtle actions.

After the Grand Commandant finished reporting on his own affairs, it was the Prime Minister's turn to report on the matters of state.

Just as the Prime Minister was reporting on state affairs, the Grand Commandant had already finished his tea. In the study, palace maids and eunuchs would wait to serve tea and water. Behind the Grand Commandant stood a palace maid pouring water.

After the Grand Commandant finished drinking the tea in his cup, the palace maids would automatically come forward to refill his cup.

The Prime Minister was explaining government affairs to His Majesty in great detail.

Meanwhile, the Grand Commandant kept drinking tea, bowl after bowl, leaving everyone around him dumbfounded, staring at him with astonished eyes.

Now everyone in the room looked at the Grand Commandant, except for the Prime Minister and His Majesty on the imperial desk.

What's going on today? His Majesty has been drinking tea, and now even the Grand Commandant is drinking tea non-stop.

Is there something special about this tea? Or is it brewed from some rare and precious tea leaves?

These shrewd and calculating ministers had tasted all kinds of tea; almost everyone who could sit in this position was a tea enthusiast.

A gentleman loves tea because tea is pure and without evil.

The fact that the Grand Commandant could look at it like this means that this tea must be extremely rare.

With this guess in mind, the person next to him also picked up his teacup, took a sip, and was almost scared by the taste. It was completely different from the bitter taste of tea that he had imagined.

This tea is surprisingly delicious. Its texture is like delicate silk, with the subtle, smooth, and full-bodied aroma of tea slowly emerging between the lips and teeth.

This tea is truly wonderful!

After taking a sip, they finally understood why His Majesty the Emperor had been drinking tea ever since entering the palace.

As they savored their milk tea, their minds wandered, wondering how the tea was made.

However, they couldn't very well ask the emperor directly like that. In order to cherish this time to drink tea, the next few people tacitly agreed to talk more when reporting work matters to His Majesty the Emperor, just to prolong the time in the Imperial Study and enjoy more of the tea.

The Grand Tutor was also present today. He was drinking milk tea, and his eyes clearly understood.

If it's milk tea, then the Emperor's unusual behavior today is not surprising.

Although the Grand Tutor had drunk this milk tea before, he only had it once. The stingy Sun Xianren was unwilling to share more with him. He had even handed over all the white sugar to the court during his last late-night meeting with the emperor. He only had white and brown sugar left.

However, since he doesn't have white sugar, he can't make this kind of milk tea himself, so he really enjoys drinking milk tea.

After the Prime Minister informed His Majesty of the arrangements, he sat down and saw his colleagues silently drinking tea while their hands were busy.

He was puzzled: What's going on? It drinks more water than a water buffalo.

Seeing the confusion and bewilderment in the Prime Minister's eyes, the Grand Commandant couldn't help but whisper to the Prime Minister, "Prime Minister Wei, tea!"

The Grand Commandant spoke very softly, as if afraid the Prime Minister wouldn't hear him, and pointed his sharp gaze at the teacup beside the Prime Minister.

The prime minister naturally heard what he said.

Puzzled, I wondered: What's wrong with the tea?

Although he didn't know what he meant, the prime minister still listened to him, picked up his teacup, and took a sip of tea like his colleagues.

It's okay if you don't drink it, but once you do, you'll be shocked.

Wow! Good heavens, no wonder everyone's drinking tea. With such delicious tea, why did you only tell him now? What a waste of all these years as colleagues!

The meeting, which should have ended in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, was originally supposed to be a brief report from the group, but it dragged on for a full hour.

After the prime minister and his entourage came out of the imperial study, their bellies were noticeably larger, but they were very satisfied.

If it weren't for maintaining their serious image as high-ranking officials, they would probably be letting out a long burp right now.

It's ridiculous that I got full just from drinking milk tea.

After returning home, they couldn't even eat, and tragically, they had to go to the outhouse every now and then.

Somehow, word got out that His Majesty keeps delicious milk tea in his study, a tea that even some of his decisive prime ministers enjoy.

Therefore, after this incident, it was observed that some ministers would occasionally bring matters to the palace to report to His Majesty.

The Imperial Study had never been so lively, with ministers coming and going from time to time.

The key issue is that these people are spouting nonsense. They've been talking for ages about things that could be explained in a sentence or two.

They were satisfied with their drinks, but the emperor was miserable.

This gave the emperor a huge headache. After all, whenever they encountered something that needed to be dealt with, they had to go to the palace to report, which greatly extended the time he spent reviewing memorials. Now the emperor had to stay up late reading memorials and didn't have time to get a good night's sleep.