Chapter 336: Crazy Lady
When I returned home, the maid said that my mother-in-law Chang had come.
What is this for?
This is the first time the mother-in-law has visited their home after they got married.
"...I think you are right too. You should be generous when you go to ask the Buddha for help. The Buddha doesn't like sneaking around. Besides, your son-in-law is trusted by your Majesty. You can ask a few imperial doctors who are good at treating offspring problems to take a look!"
Mrs. Chang was complaining about her daughter. Li Tian added some spices to the incense burner and turned back to sit down. "Mother, my husband said that he and I are still young, so there is no need to rush this matter."
"Don't worry, don't worry. You are not worried, but your father and I are." Chang said unhappily, "Neighbors, relatives and friends ask every time we meet, 'Hey! Is there any news about your second wife?' How do you want your father and I to answer? We can only laugh it off. Besides, if we don't give birth now..."
Chang lowered her voice and asked, "Aren't you afraid that your son-in-law will bring a woman home?"
"My husband won't." Li Tian was very sure.
"Men's mouths are always full of lies." Chang sneered, "When you were three years old, your father was already moved."
"Then how did you deal with it, mother?" Li Tian asked.
"I'll find an excuse and pretend that the family's money is almost spent. If your father is capable, bring that woman home and I'll see how he supports her!"
"This is cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron!" Li Tian praised: "Mother is really a master at using troops."
"Haha! Don't interrupt me, just talk! You have to have an attitude towards this matter. If it doesn't work, I'll go find some doctors to check you two."
Li Tian smiled and said, "Don't worry, mother. My husband is not a lustful person."
"Neither was your father."
"But Dad is in good health!"
Could it be the son-in-law’s kidney… Chang was startled, “Son-in-law’s…”
Not long after, Chang went back. Jiang Qingzhi entered the room and did not ask his mother-in-law why she came. Instead, he asked about the fragrant dew that Li Tian mentioned when she came back from the Duke's Mansion that day.
"The Duke's wife said that it was a scented dew brought in by the Arabs, and it was worth more than gold. It was extremely precious. She only got one bottle, otherwise she would have given me one."
Jiang Qingzhi didn't know much about the rankings of women's favorites, but later generations had heard of diamonds, jewelry, perfumes...
No one knew what happened to the diamond scam. Jiang Qingzhi, who was far away in South America, watched the soaring gold price and felt that the so-called eternal diamonds were not as stable and reliable as gold and silver.
Li Tian leaned back in her chair, "But I prefer the perfume I make myself."
"A woman who says one thing and thinks another!" Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile.
"If you have the ability, go buy some for me." Li Tian counterattacked.
Jiang Qingzhi quietly opened the stopper of the small porcelain bottle with his hands behind his back.
"What's that smell?" Li Tian sniffed, frowned, and looked around for the source of the fragrance.
She looked back at the incense burner and found nothing unusual. Then she looked back again and saw a small porcelain bottle on the table, with a faint fragrance constantly emanating from it.
Li Tian glanced at Jiang Qingzhi, who nodded, "Let's take a look."
In his previous life, several of his subordinates had strong body odor and loved to cover it up with perfume. If they stayed in the same room for an hour, Jiang Qingzhi would definitely feel uncomfortable in his throat after a few days, and he didn't know why.
So Jiang Qingzhi was very cautious this time. He tested it first, and only gave it to Li Tian after he found that he was fine.
Li Tian picked up the small porcelain bottle, took a look at it, and then took a deep breath.
It’s too heavy, silly girl!
Jiang Qingzhi sighed, "Put some on your wrist or neck."
Li Tian tried it again, and sure enough, the subtle fragrance gradually faded, and then the rich layers made people intoxicated.
"This is..." Li Tian solemnly put the stopper on the small porcelain bottle and said happily, "This is different from the Arab fragrant dew. Where did my husband get it from?"
"Why do you think I created a forbidden area?" Jiang Qingzhi said calmly, "My Mohist knowledge is extensive and profound, but it's just a fragrant dew."
"Is there anything else?" Li Tian was ecstatic.
"Calm down, calm down... Hey! You bitch, how can you search me like that? It's gone, it's gone from me..."
The dignified Lady of the Ming Dynasty actually sat on her husband to search his body.
"Isn't it shameful?" Jiang Qingzhi said unhappily.
Li Tian gathered her messy long hair and asked, "Husband, how much is this fragrance dew?"
"There's not much raw material, but I can only make two or three thousand bottles."
After a joyful exclamation, Jiang Qingzhi enjoyed the pleasure of lying still.
Afterwards, he lay there speechless, while the energetic Mrs. Long Weber took a bath and applied perfume on her wrists and neck according to the method taught by Jiang Qingzhi.
"My dear, I am going to the Duke's Mansion, so I will not be having dinner at home."
"Ok!"
Jiang Qingzhi waved his hands weakly.
"Madam is going out, Mo Zhan, arrange guards." Fu Cheng instructed.
Mo Zhan asked Sun Bu Tong to bring three guards with him.
Zhu Xizhong's wife was managing the affairs at home. Zhu Xizhong and Jiang Qingzhi were sworn brothers, so Li Tian could come and go freely without having to wait for permission.
"My sister is here." Lady Chengguo did not look up. "Please sit down first. I have a lot of things to do. Hey! This big family may seem good, but it doesn't have that much to eat and use. I am trapped at home by these trivial matters every day... Hey! What's that smell?"
Lady Chengguo raised her head and sniffed, "This is perfumed dew. No, this smell is more elegant than perfumed dew, and has a stronger flavor."
"This is the fragrant dew made by my husband. What do you think?" Li Tian said reservedly.
Lady Chengguo threw the account book and said, "Let me see it."
Li Tian took out a small porcelain bottle, and Lady Chengguo took it and opened the stopper.
"Don't apply it directly, apply a little on your wrists and neck. Yes, don't use too much, otherwise the smell will be too strong. What did my husband say... a walking bottle of perfume, shameful."
The perfume of later generations made Lady Chengguogong intoxicated.
After she finished the experience, she reluctantly handed the small porcelain bottle to Li Tian.
"This is for my sister."
"Hmm?" Lady Chengguo was startled. "Why, there's more?"
"Yan'er."
Li Tian beckoned Huang Yan'er over. Huang Yan'er placed the small bag she brought with her on the table. After opening it, she saw more than ten small porcelain bottles inside. Li Tian said, "Three bottles of each flavor. Just take them and use them, sister."
It was a coincidence that Lady Chengguo was able to get the Arab Essence Dew. One bottle was enough to satisfy her, but Li Tian gave her more than ten bottles at once. She was quite moved by his generosity.
"Prepare some side dishes and get a jar of the Duke's hidden wine."
Li Tian didn't return home until all the lights were on.
"Drunk?" Seeing his wife's blushing face, Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile: "Old Zhu has a lot of fine wine hidden at home, it's a bargain for you."
"Husband, tomorrow...tomorrow I'm afraid there will be a lot of guests." "You take care of the interior, and I'll take care of the exterior." Jiang Qingzhi was writing something.
After finishing writing, I looked back and found that my wife had fallen asleep.
"This silly woman!"
On the second day, the wife of Duke Chengguo went to a banquet at the home of a certain powerful noble. She exuded a faint fragrance, which aroused the curiosity of the noble ladies, and they all asked what it was.
"Have you heard of Mohism?"
"Isn't it that everyone is calling for his death?"
The wife of Duke Chengguo glanced at the noblewoman, turned away from her, and said to the others: "The Mohist School has been dormant for many years, but it has not rested. More than ten generations of masters have racked their brains, traveled all over the Ming Dynasty, searched for many precious medicinal materials, and spent more than a hundred years to come up with a scented dew..."
Take out the small porcelain bottle and apply a little on the wrist of each lady.
"how?"
Lady Chengguogong asked.
In an instant she was surrounded.
"Madam, where can I buy it?"
"I'll take care of it. My family will take care of it all!"
became famous.
That afternoon, more than a dozen noble ladies came to Xin'an Lane to visit Li Tian.
In the end, each person took two bottles of perfume.
"How much did each bottle sell?" Jiang Qingzhi asked casually in the evening.
"It's a gift." Li Tian leaned on his chest, "How can we do business in person?"
"Aren't you afraid of losing money?" Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile.
"Not afraid."
On the second day, the ladies sent people to deliver gifts one after another.
"My wife said that she and the Princess of Huating County hit it off yesterday. You must accept it, otherwise you will be looking down on my wife."
After collecting the gifts, Huang Yaner calculated carefully and found that on average, one bottle of perfume was worth four hundred strings of cash.
“They are all rich people!”
Jiang Qingzhi smiled.
The next day, Jiang Qingzhi went to Xiyuan and met several dignitaries who came to do business. For the first time ever, they took the initiative to greet him.
"Chang Wilbur, are you here to see His Majesty?"
"Yeah!" Jiang Qingzhi noticed that these people had big bags under their eyes and wondered if it was because they stayed up late or something.
"Drinking when you have time."
"Easy to say."
Jiang Qingzhi entered the West Garden, and several dignitaries behind him were whispering.
"Damn it, last night the female demon at home suddenly had a charming fragrance, and I couldn't control myself, and I fought her repeatedly. Ouch! My waist is really going to break."
"My family is the same."
"Eh"
After several dignitaries discussed it, they found out that the scented dew was obtained from the Jiang family.
"I scolded that woman, saying that Confucianism and Mohism are incompatible. What do you think? That woman actually argued that if you have the ability, you can try your best to see which school of thought is more effective. Only those who don't have the ability would think of using dirty tricks to suppress others. What do you think of this..."
“That actually makes sense.”
Jiang Qingzhi didn't know that his wife was helping him save the country in a roundabout way.
"It's best to leave the gunpowder issue to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War... Don't blame me for being harsh, Old Wang. Your Ministry of War has been infiltrated and turned into sand. Qiu Luan and others have recommended many people to the Ministry of War, right? If these people find an opportunity, they only need a spark to make us soar."
Wang Yiqi smiled bitterly, "But this matter is of great importance. Can the Ministry of Works support it?"
Daoye coughed dryly and said, "Put it in the Ministry of Industry!"
Wang Yiqi was a little disappointed.
Now that the matter was settled, Jiang Qingzhi felt relieved. Wang Yiqi dragged him out and said that he had suffered a loss today and that Jiang Qingzhi must treat him to a meal.
The Taoist went to the harem.
"Mrs. Chang Wei came into the palace today and chatted and laughed with the Empress for a long time." Huang Jin said with a smile.
"His Majesty!"
A concubine was squatting by the roadside, her shy look was heart-warming.
The Taoist priest was stunned.
Not far away, another concubine was reciting poetry on the side of the road. She waited for the Taoist to approach before she bowed nervously. However, her movements were a little too big, revealing a lot of flesh.
The Taoist priest was indifferent.
Practicing Taoism is a process of storage. He has stored it for a long time, so how can he give it to others easily?
When he saw Concubine Lu Jing, Dao Ye sniffed and said, "This smell..."
"It was made by Chang Wei Bo. It is said that the Mo family spent hundreds of years to make this fragrant dew. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
The Taoist coughed dryly and said, "I am tired."
Huang Jin was stunned.
Daoye has been sleeping alone for several years. This is...
Concubine Lu was stunned, but at the same time she felt overjoyed.
This is the first time in several years!
The rain and dew finally came to the harem, but it fell on Concubine Lu.
Countless women in the palace twisted their handkerchiefs into a ball and cursed Concubine Lu as the reincarnation of a fox spirit.
On the second day, the high-spirited Concubine Lu Jing ordered people to reward the Princess of Huating County.
Immediately, the mutton side of the Jiang family's beef shop was tidied up and Jia Qian hung up the sign.
"Mo family's thousand-year-old fragrant dew!"
In an instant, the circle of noble ladies in the capital went crazy...
(End of this chapter)
