Ever since the founding of the Song Dynasty, this was the first time that the Zhao family had personally read out the imperial edict in front of all the civil and military officials. The civil and military officials standing on the left and right did not dare to be negligent. Naturally, they had to praise their Emperor for his wisdom and might.
After the morning court session, it was already past seven in the morning. After the official's reliance walked out of the Zi Chen Hall first, all the civil and military officials in the main hall looked at Zhao Defang who was standing at the end of the line on the right near the door. They saw that he was wearing ordinary clothes. What was even more ridiculous was that when they walked closer to take a look, they saw that Zhao Defang did not even have a clean face when she participated in the morning court.
Because even if there were many old officials who had passed the age of Knowing Destiny or even easel, no matter how old they were, as long as they walked in and took a look, they could clearly see that there were two eye-droppings the size of wheat grains hanging from the corners of Zhao Defang's sleepy eyes, as well as the residual sweat on her cheeks.
In the eyes of the ministers who attended the morning court, this Fourth Prince who rarely showed his face had been conferred the title of King of Qin by the Zhao family. Although he had the highest official rank, he did not have any official title. No matter what, he was still the Fourth Prince of the Zhao family and had lived in the Eastern Palace for many years, where only the Crown Prince could live.
Moreover, after the Zhao family conferred Zhao Defang the title of King of Qin, they did not let him move out of the Imperial Palace like the King of Wei and gave him a courtyard outside the Imperial City as King Qin's residence. Instead, they changed the Eastern Palace, which was originally the residence of the Crown Prince, into King Qin's residence. From this, it could be seen that the status and weight of the Fourth Prince Zhao Defang in the Zhao family's heart was evident.
These nobles and ministers naturally knew what was going on. Therefore, the ministers who originally supported Zhao Defang as the Crown Prince rushed over to congratulate him first. Those ministers who secretly supported Jin Prince Zhao Guangyi felt embarrassed and followed closely behind. They had to put on a show.
However, the officials present could smell the faint smell of alcohol and the sour taste. The martial and literary officials who were close to him pinched their noses and hid far away. Even Prime Minister Zhao Pu, who took the lead to congratulate him, could not help but take two steps back after approaching him for a moment.
After receiving the congratulations of all the officials, Zhao Defang was the last to walk out of the Purple Mansion Hall's door. After walking out of the palace door for a few steps, a cool morning breeze suddenly blew in her face. Zhao Defang couldn't help but sniff it with her nose. Only then did she smell a sour smell of alcohol on her body.
At this moment, he finally understood why the civil and military officials who had come to congratulate him on being conferred the title of King of Qin in the Purple Imperial Hall had avoided him.
At first, Zhao Defang thought that he had come to attend the morning court in ordinary clothes, which made many officials who were unfamiliar with him feel strange and deliberately avoided him.
After returning to the Eastern Palace, Zhao Defang had breakfast and ordered the palace maid Cui 'er to quickly boil water. He wanted to take a bath to wash away the sour smell on his body and get rid of the bad reputation of being a "smelly man."
After only two hours, the palace maid Cui Er had prepared a large bucket of hot water for Zhao Defang in the west wing room, waiting for him to come and bathe.
While waiting for the bath, Zhao Defang naturally did not stay idle. He thought of the days he had spent without tinkering with the flowers. Zhao Defang, who was full of fragrance, saw the beauty of the nearly 30 glass bottles that were originally placed on the table in the east wing. There was not much human fragrance left. If he continued to make more, the supply would not be able to meet the demand in a few days.
Thus, Zhao Defang called over a dozen palace maids and inner servants to go to various places in the Imperial Palace to pick all kinds of flower petals. She also instructed the inner servant of the Eastern Palace, Chief Zhang, to go to the Imperial Academy of Medicine to pick up flowers. The formula for human fragrance.
Because Zhao Defang had previously found out that his Imperial Uncle, Prince Jin Zhao Guangyi, and his second brother, Prince Wei Zhao Dezhao, both wanted to seduce him. He had gotten the formula and raw materials for the human fragrance dew, and this Chief Zhang, who had been hanging around in front of him all day, was still young after all. If he could not resist the temptation of Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Defang's sugar-coated bullets... If the formula was leaked and fell into the hands of the two of them, the consequences would be unimaginable.
As the saying went, one must be wary of others, but one must not have the heart to harm others. Zhao Defang waved her hand and spread out the Xuan paper on the desk. She then wrote down the raw materials needed for the Floral Dew and the other dozens of Chinese herbs. Only then did she feel at ease and handed the folded one-inch square Xuan paper to Chief Zhang.
When Zhao Defang's personal palace maid, Cui 'er, brought him into the west wing room, she saw a large wooden bucket half the height of a person placed in the middle of the room. The wooden bucket was filled with water that was constantly emitting steam. Needless to say, this wooden bucket that was half filled with water was used for bathing.
After waiting for Zhao Defang for a while, he saw the palace maid Cui Er standing beside him holding a set of neatly folded clothes in her arms, but she had no intention of leaving. Zhao Defang, who was still a virgin, was naturally embarrassed to strip naked in front of a young woman.
"Cui Er, put your clothes on the table over there first and go out to do other things. I'll just bathe here alone.”Seeing that the palace maid Cui Er refused to leave, Zhao Defang walked in front of her and pointed to a small table nearby, pretending to be serious as she instructed.
"Your Highness, Cui 'er is your personal palace maid. It is Cui' er's duty to take care of Your Highness 'food and daily life. Ever since Cui 'er entered the Eastern Palace, she had been bathing His Highness. Today, His Highness did not allow Cui' er to bathe. Did Cui 'er do something wrong? If there is anything that Cui 'er has not done well enough, please point it out one by one. Cui' er will definitely change. If, if His Highness doesn't allow Cui 'er to serve, then, then Cui' er has no meaning in the Eastern Palace.”Cui Er, the palace maid who was standing at the side, was originally extremely nervous and afraid to hear the Fourth Prince ask her to take off his clothes and then serve him in the bath. But what she never expected was that the Fourth Prince, who used to be so anxious to let her serve him in the bath, actually said that he wanted him to go out today. Immediately, her heart turned cold, and when she talked about the last emotion, she began to cry.
In her previous life, Zhao Defang, who could not stand women winking and wiping tears in front of her, was at a loss when she saw the aggrieved tears of the palace maid Cui Er fall like broken beads.
Fortunately, Zhao Defang gradually adapted to the many inconveniences that this young body brought to him. He could not act too mature in front of others. He could only try his best to return to his fifteen-year-old mind. After all, Zhao Defang was a PhD student studying in the United States in his previous life. As long as he was willing, he could casually take out a little bit of intelligence and it would exceed the imagination of others.
But now, Zhao Defang, whose scalp was a little numb, started to think. She frowned and came up with a plan.
"Cui 'er, I didn't let you take my bath because I have something more important for you to do. Just now, I ordered more than ten palace maids and inner servants to search for all kinds of flower petals in the Imperial Palace. I also asked Manager Zhang to go to the Imperial Academy of Medicine to retrieve some medicinal herbs. And now, I'm bathing here. If there's no one outside to take care of me, if something happens to them, this is beautiful. If that was the case, he would not be able to continue making human fragrance.”After Zhao Defang thought hard for a while, she finally found a reasonable excuse and sent the palace maid Cui Er away.
After a great headache, she finally coaxed the palace maid Cui Er away. Only Zhao Defang was left in the west wing room.
Since he was the only one in the room, Zhao Defang naturally took off all the clothes she was wearing from the inside out. Just like that, his young, naked body jumped into the hot wooden bucket the size of a millstone.
The considerate palace maid Cui 'er had a sensitive nose. When Zhao Defang woke up, she could smell the sour smell on his body. However, she was timid and afraid of disturbing the Fourth Prince. At that time, the situation was urgent, so how could she say such an unlucky thing when the fire was burning her eyebrows?
After Zhao Defang, who had realized that her body was filled with the stench of alcohol and sourness, returned to the East Palace, she immediately requested that she take a shower. After receiving the order, the palace maid, Cui Er, poured the boiling water into the wooden bucket in the west wing. She did not forget to sprinkle a few rose petals on the water in the wooden bucket. Immediately, the water in the wooden bucket became fragrant.
At this moment, Zhao Defang was lying in a wooden bucket that was enveloped in dense steam. After wiping her skin with a wet towel, she only took a light sniff and smelled the faint fragrance of roses. Her heart also became happy.
However, the good times did not last long. After Zhao Defang scrubbed for nearly an hour, the steaming water temperature gradually cooled down a lot, and the fragrant rose fragrance also faded a lot.
This did not affect Zhao Defang's mood too much. What made him secretly angry was that after washing for an hour, the alcohol and sour smell on his body was not as strong as before. However, as long as he sniffed it gently, he could still smell a faint scent. Immediately, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Zhao Defang, who was squatting in the wooden barrel, leaned against the wooden barrel and closed her eyes to think hard. If one were to say that the doctor's brain was a fluorescent light, she only needed to think for a moment before she came up with a wonderful method.
Therefore, Zhao Defang came out of the wooden tub to bathe. After wiping her body dry and changing into the new set of clothes that was placed on the small table not far away, she felt refreshed. However, the faint sour smell that was difficult to hide still lingered. In order to cover it up, she could naturally sprinkle some beauty on her body. As long as one wasn't too close to him, they probably wouldn't be able to smell the fragrance on his body.
However, Zhao Defang had always been a person who saw through appearances to see the essence. Asking him to spray beauty and human fragrance in order to cover up the sour smell on his body, in his opinion, not only was he deceiving others, but he was also deceiving himself.
Next, Zhao Defang, who had come up with a countermeasure, called over a few idle servants. Under his unified command, these servants who were called to him found wooden barrels with lids as big as templates from various places, as well as long pipes made of cowhide that were as thick as fingers.
In addition, there was also a sunflower-like object designed by him and made by the imperial craftsmen outside the palace. It was carved and drilled from a wooden barrel.
After everything was ready, Zhao Defang personally took a tool and drilled a small hole at the bottom of the wooden barrel with a lid. The size was just the same as the finger-thick pipe. She pressed one end of the long pipe to the small hole at the bottom of the wooden barrel with a lid that had just been drilled out and glued it tightly together with gum at the joint.
Then, on the other end of the long tube, something that looked like a sunflower flower was installed. After sticking it together with gum, Zhao Defang was still a little worried. She used a very thin hemp rope to wrap it around the joint several times.
By the time everything was done, it was already dusk. In order to get something that looked strange to the palace maids, their Fourth Prince didn't even need to have lunch, making the palace maids at the side look like little monks who didn't know what to do. It made the palace maids at the side look like little nuns-confused.
How could these ancient people know that Zhao Defang was making a divine artifact that could be used for bathing?
After they were done, Zhao Defang ordered people to set up a wooden shed in the backyard of the Eastern Palace. The surroundings were covered with canvas, and the covered wooden bucket filled with hot water was placed on a few wooden sheds.
In order to prevent the hot water in the wooden bucket from flowing out through the long pipe below, Zhao Defang tied a rope tightly to the bottom of the long pipe.
After everything was done, Zhao Defang ordered everyone not to enter the backyard of the Eastern Palace. He took off his clothes under the wooden shed and reached out to pick up the thing that looked like a sunflower. He untied the rope at the bottom of a long tube and a dozen streams of water flowed out through the sunflower. Immediately, Zhao Defang, who was covered in sweat from working all day, felt refreshed.
After washing for less than a moment, Zhao Defang smelled that there was no sour smell on his body. From this point of view, this shower was cleaner than a barrel bath!
Yes, Zhao Defang invented the shower! The wooden bucket with a lid served as the water heater, and the thing that looked like a sunflower head was the showerhead.
When Zhao Defang finished taking the shower that he invented, he felt extremely comfortable, and his stomach started growling.
Zhao Defang, who realized that she was hungry, filled her stomach during dinner and slept soundly that night.
In the dream, Zhao Defang became an inventor, benefiting millions of people in Great Song!
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