"What is this?" Empress Zhangsun picked up a porcelain bottle and examined it carefully before looking at Li Yin.
"Your son calls it perfume. Its function is similar to perfume, but it's a hundred times stronger!"”
"Oh?" Empress Zhangsun was the mother of a country, but she could not escape the nature of a woman. Ever since she used shampoo, she had been using it and could not leave.
"Mother, open it and you will know its magical effects!"
Zhangsun gently opened the cork, and a clear fragrance immediately floated out of the bottle. It was refreshing and irresistible. Fragrance was not a foreign term in the palace, but the fragrance was far inferior.
"It's really fragrant!" Empress Zhangsun poured a little of the perfume on her hand, and a cool feeling spread. After the water evaporated, the rich fragrance remained on her palm, lingering.
Li Yin was very satisfied with this effect. He continued,"The previous perfumes were too cumbersome to use. As long as you apply a little of this perfume on your body or clothes, you can guarantee that the fragrance will linger around you for a day.
Empress Zhangsun was even more surprised. She stuck a little on her clothes as Li Yin said, and it was just as Li Yin said.
"You've really troubled me!" Empress Zhangsun looked at Li Yin with admiration.
The gift had been delivered and Empress Zhangsun had been taught how to use it. Li Yin said,"Your son still has things to do, so I won't disturb mother's rest!”
Empress Zhangsun nodded." I will explain your matter clearly to the Emperor, but you must also remember to be strict with yourself and reflect on yourself often. You must also set an example for your younger brothers and sisters!”
"Your son understands!"
"Zhao Kai, send the Sixth Prince off for me!”Empress Zhangsun ordered.
Following Zhao Kai to the entrance of the Prolonging Joy Hall, Li Yin turned around and said to Zhao Kai,"Eunuch, please wait! Thank you for leading the way, Eunuch!" As he spoke, he took out a gold bar worth ten taels from his sleeve and stuffed it into Zhao Kai's hand.
Zhao Kai was stunned. He then declined," Your Highness is too polite. This servant is also following the Empress's orders!"”
"Eunuch doesn't need to decline. This bit of gold is insignificant to my Liang Residence. Eunuch has served mother wholeheartedly for many years. Even if mother doesn't say it, I will take it to heart. This bit of gold is my gratitude to Eunuch.”
With Li Yin saying this, Zhao Kai could not decline anymore." Sixth Prince's filial piety is really obvious. This old servant would be impolite to refuse!”
After parting ways with Zhao Kai, Li went straight to Concubine Yang's Purple Cloud Pavilion. Born in the royal family, he had to be on guard everywhere. One more person to talk to was one more help.
When they arrived at the Purple Cloud Pavilion, Li Yin told Concubine Yang that he had gone to Empress Zhangsun's place first. Concubine Yang nodded and said nothing, but she was interested in the perfume Li Yin mentioned.
"What a wondrous thing!" Concubine Yang kept sniffing the places on her body that were smeared with perfume and could not hide her joy." Are you going to let Mother promote you in the palace again?”
"Consort Mother, you misunderstand. Why would your son be worried about not being able to sell such a divine item? I'm really here to honor you!"
"You have a glib tongue!" Concubine Yang rolled her eyes at Li Yin." I was so angry with you last time that I forgot to tell you something!”
In the Purple Cloud Pavilion, Li Yin no longer cared about the rules. He sat at the table and ate some pastries." What's the matter?”
"Do you know why your father is so angry this time?”
"You just don't like me!"
"Nonsense again. Your father had arranged a marriage for you. It was Cui Yingying, the eldest daughter of Cui Shao from the Cui family of Boling. The Cui family of Boling is the leader of the aristocratic families in the world. Their marriage is also among the five prominent families. They have never put the Li royal family in their eyes. Last year, your father asked the important officials in the court to compile the Clan Annals. These officials actually looked down on the Li royal family and ranked the Cui family as the number one family in the world. For this, your father was furious. Although he forced the officials to place the Li royal family first, he still couldn't untie the knot in his heart. Later on, he heard that the five families only married within the five families, so he specially issued an edict to propose to the Cui family. Who knew that Cui Shao would never reply, and you caused such a scandal. In a fit of anger, your father locked you up!”
"Cui Lu and Li Zheng? The last noble of the Celestial Empire?" This information immediately flashed through Li Yin's mind. Having checked the history of the Tang Dynasty, he naturally understood these five surnames. In the Tang Dynasty, these five surnames were truly powerful families. The officials in the court accounted for 70 - 80% of them. Later, Li Zhi also wanted to deal with these five families, but after seeing the list of officials, he gave up. Later, in order to prevent the five families from marrying each other, he issued a " marriage ban order " to the five surnames, but it was still useless. It could be seen that these five surnames had an influence in the Tang Dynasty at that time.
"I don't care!" Li Yin did not have the concept of these aristocratic families and did not buy it at all.
Li Yin looked sloppy again. Concubine Yang was bitter."You, you, there are so many nobles in the Great Tang who want to marry into these five families. For example, that Cheng Yaojin, who went up and down to curry favor with the nobles of the five surnames, just wants to marry his daughter into the family of the five surnames and glorify the family.”
Li Yin hated arranged marriages. Two people who didn't know each other at all had sex the moment they met. It was fine if she was a beautiful woman, but if she was a hag, wouldn't she be impotent on the spot? This was similar to how netizens died when they met.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it. This matter is still hanging in the balance.”Concubine Yang turned her attention to the perfume again." It's quite interesting. Get Mother a few more bottles!"”
"Alright!" Li Yin finished the plate of osmanthus cake and stood up to go back." I'll send you a few more bottles tomorrow."”
After leaving the Imperial Palace, Li Yin did not return to the Imperial Residence. Instead, he went straight to the small mountain in the west of the city. Li Yin and the others were locked up in prison. Su Mo 'er had been managing this area.
To Li Yin's surprise, when he arrived at the construction site, he found that the basic construction of the workshop had been completed. Only a few craftsmen were left to clean up the remaining parts. Su Mo 'er was holding an oil-paper umbrella and carrying Li Yin on her back as she spoke to a craftsman. The craftsman nodded repeatedly, his eyes filled with reverence.
"How did you do it? It's five days shorter than my estimated construction time!”Li Yin walked to Su Mo 'er's side and said. When Su Mo' er saw Li Yin, she was shocked and immediately bowed, but was stopped by Li Yin.
Su Mo 'er lowered her head and her face was slightly red." Mo' er only punished a few craftsmen and rewarded them!”
"That's not all!" Li Yin asked curiously. Although the workers were more efficient, they could not reach this level.
Su Mo 'er continued," Later on, Mo' er saw that each workshop had its own group of craftsmen. After a process was completed, the craftsmen of that process would be free. So, I gathered all the craftsmen together. Every type of craftsman would take turns working in the three workshops. After this, they would work on the next one. This way, they would not be idle!”
"Flowing water construction!" Li Yin slapped his head. This Su Mo 'er was really smart. She had even thought of such an advanced construction method.
After the completion of the three workshops, Li Yin was in a good mood and returned to the Prince's residence with Su Mo 'er. However, before they reached the entrance, his carriage stopped moving. Li Yin felt strange and stuck his head out to look. He saw that there were seven or eight carriages blocking the entrance of his Prince's residence...
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