During the morning greetings at Jianzhang Palace, someone made fun of Yun Jiao about the tea banquet.
"Yesterday's tea banquet was lively. I've never tasted the Three Pure Ones Tea either, I wonder if it tastes good. Drinking it must inspire a flood of literary thoughts... except I heard there was a poem that didn't match up."
Concubine Feng's words were laced with sarcasm.
The Three Pure Ones Tea is brewed with snow water and sipped with plum blossoms, Buddha's hand, and pine seeds.
Each year, the Emperor selects poems composed during the tea banquet, and orders them written on tea bowls; one set is used the following year, and another set is given to attending ministers, called "Three Pure Ones Tea Set." Concubine Feng's implication was that someone couldn't compose a poem even after drinking the Emperor's bestowed tea, indicating a lack of talent.
Everyone's gaze turned to Concubine Xi, wanting to see her reaction.
