The front leg of Concubine Lan's bracelet was given to the eunuch, and the back leg fell into Concubine Wei Shu's hand.
"Tianxiang jade bracelet, this is a good thing. It was included in the betrothal gift given to me by the Lan family, but it was sent back later. Unexpectedly, it fell into my hands again today." Concubine Wei Shu gently stroked the warm and smooth jade. bracelet, with a sneer on his face.
"Zhilan Palace is really so poor that all we can do is sell dowries. As long as we work harder, sooner or later he will be betrayed by everyone." Qingtan fanned the flames.
"Wearing this bracelet all year round can make people smell good. It can be sold for three to five thousand taels outside, so let's show mercy and give her two thousand taels." Wei Shufei smiled and put the bracelet on her wrist. .
When the money returned to Zhilan Palace, there were only one thousand eight hundred taels left. Mingyu was so angry that she knew the truth and cursed loudly. She knew very well what the price of this bracelet was outside.
This is too dark, it is obviously bullying Zhilan Palace.
An Xiaoshan asked him to endure it and give away the money that should be given. If the small ones don't come out, the big ones won't come. From today on, let these maids go to various palaces and royal gardens to collect flowers. It doesn't matter whether it's wet or dry, the more fragrant the better.
Ask the eunuch Lao Xu of the dining room and the imperial dining room to ask for a large amount of fat meat to boil for oil. And secretly distilled alcohol.
The stewards of the imperial dining room are very particular about things. As long as the money is in place, everything is easy.
The collected petals are washed and dried, then crushed into powder and soaked in distilled alcohol. After sealing, place it in the room to settle. The whole process is to extract the fragrance.
This period of time takes about half a month to a month. These palace maids and eunuchs didn't know what An Xiaoshan was going to do, especially the last process, which he completed by hiding in his room.
Someone secretly said that Mr. An invited the City God to come last time, and these are the sacrifices prepared for the City God.
The boiled fat is not a sacrifice but used to make soap.
Add water and plant ashes to a large pot, boil it over high heat, and then pour all the good lard into it. Everyone is stunned. Isn't this harmful to people?
An Xiaoshan didn't explain, he just asked them to stir, and while stirring, he took a jar and poured in the mysterious seasoning that no one could understand.
In fact, they are alkali and salt, but the order is different. After it has been boiled for a day, the upper layer of created liquid escapes and placed in the model to rest.
An Xiaoshan had to be on guard. Zhilan Palace was already so poor. Although Xiao Xizi was the only one who betrayed him, the rest might not be able to withstand the temptation.
An Xiaoshan uses different people for each process, especially the final process. He tries his best to do it himself and never let anyone see it. He keeps these recipes secret as long as he can.
After all this work, the soap and perfume are basically finished, but they still need time to wait.
An Xiaoshan asked the palace maids to continue to collect petals sparing no effort. Now the whole palace is spreading the news that Zhilan Palace is so poor that they can't even afford incense, so they can only collect petals to smoke their clothes.
In order to appease these people, An Xiaoshan could only give them some rewards despite financial constraints.
After getting the start-up capital, An Xiaoshan, besides doing these things in secret, practiced Tai Chi with the old queen.
After practicing Tai Chi that day, the Queen Mother was forgetful and happily went to play shuttlecock with Concubine Lan.
Huang Mei pulled An Xiaoshan back.
"You obviously know martial arts, why do you still want to learn from me?" Huang Mei asked with a trembling face.
"As you said, do you think I can hit people by practicing this? I'm learning the kind of Kung Fu that allows me to charge into battle and hit people. This kind of martial arts is just for strengthening my body."
An Xiaoshan said in his heart that Tai Chi can definitely hit people, but the one I learned can only fool old men and old ladies.
"No, the essence of this boxing technique is very powerful. The old god only taught you the part of strengthening your body, not the part of beating people. We can swap. You can teach me this Tai Chi technique. I will I’ll give you a set of nine killing fists.”
Huang Mei looked at An Xiaoshan attentively and said, as if she was afraid that he would not agree.
"Deal." An Xiaoshan agreed happily. He really wanted to see what martial arts in this world was like, and maybe he could become a master.
The Nine Killing Fists were indeed fierce and fierce, making An Xiaoshan extremely excited to see them, but nothing happened once he got started.
He also understands that practicing kung fu is not something that can be accomplished in a day. Just keep practicing and he is still young.
After getting up every morning, in addition to running and exercising, he started practicing this boxing technique. After practicing boxing, she took a shower just as Concubine Lan got up.
The two of them habitually went to practice boxing with the Queen Mother together, and this time was just right. But when I arrived at the entrance of the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests, I was dumbfounded. I actually forgot today.
Today is the day when the Queen leads her concubines to pay respects to the Queen Mother. Once on the first and fifteenth day of every month, it is the same frequency as burning incense to the Buddha.
At this time every time, in order to show filial piety, we could not eat early in the morning, so we had to line up at the entrance of the Palace of Prayer for Good Harvests under the leadership of the Queen.
If the Queen Mother was in a good mood, she would stay with them to eat. If she was in a bad mood, she would let them go after seeing her for a while. If she was in a worse mood and wouldn't even open the door, she would ask Huang Mei to go out early and tell the palace masters to resign.
Early in the morning, the queen stood in the first place, followed by the four concubines, and then the nine concubines. Of course, there are only four nine concubines now, and behind them there are five or six concubines, beauties, talents and so on.
Plus the personal palace maids and the accompanying eunuch Wu Yangyang and his gang. These concubines are all solemn in appearance, according to their rank, and beautifully dressed.
The only exceptions were Concubine Lan and the little eunuch beside her.
"Hey, Sister Lan Fei, you are dressed in all white. You are very pretty and carefree like a fairy descending to earth. But who are you showing this posture to? If you want to win favor from His Majesty, you are not here. It would be too rude to pay greetings to the Queen Mother. !”
Concubine Wei Shu seized the opportunity and immediately added insult to injury to Concubine Lan.
"It depends on what the Queen Mother thinks of being solemn or not. What does it have to do with Concubine Shu? If you want to dislike this, wait until you become the Queen Mother. Oh, I forgot that Concubine Shu does not have the life of the Queen Mother!" Concubine Lan stood tall and slender and white. The neck is like that of a fairy, but the teeth are sharp and the mouth is full of aggression. .
"You...hum, you are right, but I can't control it. Queen, you are in charge of the harem and the concubines, can you tolerate this? The Queen Mother is angry, and you can't get rid of it." Wei Shufei took the opportunity to drag the Queen into the water. .
The queen was naturally dissatisfied with Concubine Lan's ignorance, especially when she saw the handsome little eunuch beside Concubine Lan.
"Sister Concubine Lan, it is such a solemn thing to pay greetings to the Queen Mother. You don't know how to respect yourself, especially wearing such exaggerated clothes. Go back and reflect on yourself."
The queen followed the trend and decided to expel Concubine Lan.
Concubine Lan looked down at her clothes.
"Although your dress is not solemn, it is not exaggerated. It won't prevent me from visiting the Queen Mother."
Concubine Lan said neither humble nor overbearing.
There was a sneer on the corner of the Queen's lips, and she turned back to look at Concubine Lan. She caught sight of An Xiaoshan, who had red lips and white teeth, and was even more angry in her heart.
"Why do you still want to be so grandiose? I've never seen you like this before. I guess it was all instigated by your minions. The hierarchy in the palace is strict and everyone has their own clothes. What the hell are you and this minion wearing? You don't know how to respect yourself. Come on. He was dragged down and beaten."
The queen seized the opportunity and finally had an attack, and said in a solemn tone.
Two powerful eunuchs immediately sprang out from behind. They grabbed An Xiaoshan and tried to take him away. They also wanted to cover his mouth, fearing that he would make a scene and startle the Queen Mother.
The queen has been in charge of the harem for many years and always speaks the truth. At this time, the majesty was revealed, making people feel silent. Even Concubine Lan was so frightened that she didn't know what to do.
I don’t understand where the queen’s evil fire comes from?
An Xiaoshan was definitely not included in the group of silent people. What are you thinking about hitting me?
"Queen, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't talk nonsense. Why are these clothes so damned? Why don't you know how to respect yourself?"
An Xiaoshan struggled a little and easily broke away from the two eunuchs.
"How dare you, a little eunuch, dare to talk back? Whose courage did you borrow? I wanted to punish you with a small punishment, but since you are so ignorant, I'll kill you with a cane."
The queen said coldly.
Concubine Lan frowned when she heard this. It was true that the queen was in charge of the harem, but whoever wanted to kill her? This is too much. This is not as simple as slapping her in the face.
Just as she was about to speak, An Xiaoshan took action. Killed with a stick? What are you thinking about?
He turned around and struck a fat eunuch with his elbow, knocking him down and causing him to kneel on the ground and vomit blood. His strength is too great, and the boxing skills Huang Mei taught him during this period are fierce and domineering.
Suddenly, the eunuch was seriously injured.
Before the other eunuch could react, he punched him on the chin. His head shook, half of his teeth flew out, and he lay straight on the ground.
The queen looked at An Xiaoshan's ferocious appearance and was so frightened that her body trembled. It felt as if he was going to eat her alive, and one look in her eyes made the queen tremble.
"Slave, what are you going to do? Concubine Lan, why don't you stop me."
The queen tried hard to maintain her dignity. At this time, she thought of Concubine Lan, not her arrogance when she wanted to kill An Xiaoshan with a stick.
At this moment, the door of Qi Niang Palace opened with a creak and eunuch Huang Mei came out.
Huang Mei pretended not to see the two injured eunuchs and came over to pay her respects to the queen and the concubines.
The appearance of Huang Mei frightened the queen.
"Huang Mei asked someone to kill this slave with a cane. He dared to offend the queen. He was arrested together with Concubine Lan, and he dared to encourage the slave to commit the crime. Seeing that they were wearing the same ghost clothes, there might be some adultery involved. Give it a good trial..."
Wei Shufei jumped out and pointed at An Xiaoshan excitedly and said, her charming face was full of bloodthirsty excitement, as if she was about to jump.
She said it out before the Queen, she wanted to borrow the Queen's knife to kill someone.
Although the queen was angry, Concubine Lan made him even more angry. It would be better to kill them.
"Huang Mei, catch this minion. As for Concubine Lan, I want to ask the imperial edict to send her to the cold palace." The queen finally calmed down her fear and returned to her domineering nature as the Lord of the Sixth Palace.
She was always aloof, but today she was made like this for the first time, and she had to take heavy measures to maintain her dignity.
