Chapter 39 The Rhythm of Perfume

"Ming'er did it?" Concubine Zhen heard the words and laughed softly, "I don't know how much ink is in King Qi's stomach? I'm afraid this poem was borrowed from others, right?"

Li San argued: "Niangniang, you are really wrong this time. This poem was recited by Luluo herself."

"Really?" Concubine Zhen was still dubious and sighed. She said sadly, "Whether it's true or false, this poem has a strong feeling of missing her hometown, so Ming'er must be missing Chang'an again."

Speaking of this, Concubine Zhen suddenly covered her face and sobbed in a low voice.

Liuli glared at Li San, "Niangniang's body has been slightly ill these past two days, but you are still making Niangniang sad, you really deserve to be beaten."

Li San shrank his head, remembering what Xiao Ming had said to him before he left, he said: "The madam need not be sad, His Highness said that he is comfortable in Qingzhou, and staying away from Chang'an is the province's daily intrigue, but Qingzhou is too much. Barren, he wants to resuscitate the fief, but Naihe has no money in his hand."

Concubine Zhen was sad for a while because she missed her beloved son, and then she remembered the real business, she said: "Hey, I knew why today, when he was in Chang'an, he didn't know how to please the emperor, but now he is in a hurry to go to the doctor, that's all, I think This perfume is different from fragrant cakes, the queen may like it, and then I will blow the wind in my ears, maybe the emperor will be able to think of the father-son relationship."

"What Niangniang said is that His Highness said that he was too remorseful, so this time he specially prepared this drunk Qingzhou. I hope Niangniang can hand it over to the emperor." Li San said the words explained by Xiao Ming one by one.

"Well, I understand, Liuli, you are staying at the Xunjian Inn in Chang'an City, let Li San stay for a few days, and let him go back when the matter is resolved." Concubine Zhen said.

Liuli answered yes, and took Li San out of the palace to find an inn for him to stay, and told him not to walk around.

Li San told Xiao Ming repeatedly during this trip, he naturally did not dare to mess around, so he settled down at the inn with peace of mind.

At this time in the palace, Concubine Zhen seemed to ignore the perfume and wine matters, and just read books in the bedroom every day and had nothing else to do.

This morning, Concubine Zhen got up as usual to take a shower. Suddenly, there was a loud roar of Yingyingyanyan outside the Bishui Pavilion. Occasionally, one could hear the voice of Concubine De.

At this time, Liuli hurriedly entered the bedroom and said to Concubine Zhen: "Niangniang, you are really clever, this Concubine De took the perfume and went to the emperor to show off. It is said that the emperor liked the scent of Concubine De's perfume, but he stayed overnight in Concubine De's bedroom. After two days, this matter spread among the concubines and there was a lot of commotion, and now the empress can't sit still, and the concubines and concubines will arrive soon."

Concubine Zhen put on a large green embroidered palace dress under the waiter of the palace maid, she smiled and said: "Yes, I count the days, this matter should be passed on to the empress's ears, let's go, I'm afraid I will be busy this morning. It's been a while."

She walked out of the dormitory. Outside the door, a woman dressed in a phoenix yellow palace attire entered the Bishui Pavilion surrounded by the crowd. She had a square face, star eyes, sword eyebrows, and a majestic appearance. It was Zhao Shuyao, the queen of the Great Yu Kingdom.

"Pray for the empress." Concubine Zhen saw Empress Zhao and walked a short distance to greet her.

Empress Zhao smiled, and before Concubine Zhen could bow, she helped her up and said, "You don't need to be more polite, sister. I brought my sisters here today, but I'm going to bother you."

"Niangniang's words will make a difference. I'm happy that the sisters can come to Bishui Pavilion. It's too late, Niangniang, please." Concubine Zhen let Queen Zhao go to the main hall.

Empress Zhao sat down on the main seat, while the other concubines and concubines sat at the bottom, while Concubine De, Concubine Shu, the mother of the second prince, and Concubine Li, the mother of the third prince, all came this time.

"Sister Zhen, if it wasn't for Concubine De who told me, I wouldn't know that King Qi gave my sister something called perfume. I heard that this kind of thing is very magical, so this time I wanted to come here and see how it goes? " Queen Zhao asked with a smile.

The other concubines also showed curious expressions. The story of the German concubine being favored by the emperor because of the perfume spread overnight in the harem.

The smile on Concubine De's face was a little reluctant. She had only been favored for two days, and these people were busy competing for favor with her. For this matter, she severely taught Xiao Huangmen who spread the matter out.

Now that the time has come, Concubine Zhen no longer hides it and says, "It turns out that what the niece said is about this, it is true, this perfume is a spice refined by King Qi, and it is said to be given to the niece, I'm worried He was fooling around, so he didn't dare to send it to Niang Niang immediately, but tried it for two days to see the effect, since Niang Niang found out about this, I will not take it."

After all, she asked Liuli to bring all the perfumes in the house.

The three wooden boxes were placed on the ground, and Queen Zhao immediately showed a look of anticipation. She likes spices the most, and the more unusual it is, the more she likes it.

"Liu Li." Concubine Zhen gave another order, and Liu Li understood, took out three kinds of perfume bottles, opened them all, and immediately filled the house with fragrance.

After learning about the perfume, Queen Zhao immediately looked for Concubine De, but Concubine De claimed to have run out of perfume, so she had to come to Concubine Zhen to find out.

Now it's just the smell, she knows in her heart that this perfume and those spices are the judges.

Seeing Empress Zhao's joyful expression, Concubine Zhen said, "Niangniang, these are only three of the flavors. Ming'er said that if the Empress and Niangniang likes other scents, he can write down what kind of scent, and he can make this kind of flavor for Niangniang specially. perfume."

Queen Zhao smelled three kinds of perfumes, and she liked each of them. When she heard that Concubine Zhen said that she could make her favorite scent, she was surprised, "King Qi really cares."

The simple smell could no longer satisfy Queen Zhao's curiosity, and she asked again, "How does this work?"

Concubine Zhen stepped forward at this time, picked up the feather herself, dipped the perfume in the bottle, flicked it lightly, and the perfume was immediately sprayed on Empress Zhao's body, she said: "This is how to use perfume, it is very simple, and the fragrance It's enough to last a day, and if it's gone, just repeat it again."

"Well, it's convenient." Empress Zhao smelled the clothes, the fragrance was pleasant and intoxicating.

The other concubines commented: "Niangniang, this smell is really fragrant. I can smell it from so far away. No wonder the emperor has to smell it behind Sister De Concubine for two days."

Concubine De smiled embarrassedly, "I just brought it from Concubine Zhen's sister to play with, I never wanted to meet the emperor."

The other concubines knew it well, and just laughed secretly.

As the saying goes, smell the fragrance to know a woman, which is why the concubines like all kinds of spices. The unique fragrance product of perfume made Queen Zhao like it immediately.

She said, "Sister, is King Qi really going to give me the perfume?"

"Niangniang, this is still fake, Ming'er said, if Niangniang likes it, even if you tell him the fragrance you like, he will refine it for Niangniang." Concubine Zhen said.

Empress Zhao came from the Zhao clan, who was known as the first of the gentry in the Great Yu Kingdom. She was proficient in poetry and calligraphy since she was a child. In the past few years, the harem was peaceful, and it was also due to Empress Zhao's shrewdness.

Qi Wang is thousands of miles away, so it is natural to want to send her perfume at this time, but this perfume really hits her weakness.