Concubine Shu looked around and said: "According to the rules of previous years, two people share a fragrant workshop. After selecting the spices and entering the fragrant workshop, they are not allowed to go out to select ingredients. Otherwise, no matter how good the fragrant pills are, they will not be able to win the favor of this palace and the fragrant pills." Your concubine’s judgment.”
According to the rules of previous years, you can choose sisters who are familiar with each other to share an incense workshop and go in to make incense together.
Princess Yongmu stood up to greet Concubine Shu: "Concubine Shu, Mu'er wants to share the incense shop with the little imperial sister."
"Is Mu'er inviting the tenth princess to come to this palace's incense competition?"
Concubine Shu looked at Li Sixu with great interest: "Originally Mu'er invited the ten princesses to come, and it would be okay to share the same incense shop. However, the rules have changed this year. In order to show fairness, I plan to draw lots to decide who will be the winner." Who do you share an incense room with?"
Yue'er had no intention of learning how to make incense. She originally wanted to share an incense workshop with Yang Guifei, but her mother-in-law was chosen by Concubine Shu to be the judge.
She was already as tired as an eggplant beaten by frost. When she heard that they would draw lots to decide how to share the incense room, she not only had to worry about herself, but also Li Sixu.
"Why did you suddenly change the rules?"
Yue'er muttered: "Sister Mu, why does Yue'er feel something is wrong?"
Princess Yongmu invited Li Sixu to the incense competition because she wanted to take her to make incense together. She wanted to thank her little princess for helping her during the lotus appreciation banquet last time, so that she did not lose face in front of Princess Ding'an and the prince. .
Her marriage was settled thanks to the fact that the little imperial sister played the flute to accompany her during the lotus appreciation feast.
Now that she can't share the incense shop with her, Princess Yongmu was frustrated. When she heard what Yue'er said, she said with a guilty look on her face: "Little imperial sister, I don't know that Concubine Shu has changed the rules temporarily."
Did you think you were going to play some tricks?
But that's it!
Li Sixu already knew what was going to happen next, and she and Liu Yunying looked at each other.
"The noble concubine said that making good fragrant pills is not something that can be done overnight. The ingredients and methods are very particular."
Li Sixu comforted them: "Sisi comes to the fragrance club to gain experience, and she can also play with Sister Mu and Sister Yue."
When she said this, Princess Yongmu felt that she was too serious.
At such a young age, her little imperial sister is already good at playing the flute, and is learning medical skills from Dr. Sun.
The little princess is already very powerful!
As for how to mix the perfume, who would laugh at her?
Princess Yongmu smiled and stroked her little crotch: "Then, my dear sister, just think of it as fun!"
According to the number of people participating in the incense fighting party, Concubine Shu ordered people to divide the Qingfeng Hall into eight incense rooms for spring, summer, autumn, winter, wind, frost, rain and snow. A total of sixteen people participated in the incense fighting party.
If the sign with the written word is facing down, there will be two identical signs in the sign bucket. The two signs with the same word will share the same incense room.
Princess Yongmu and Yue'er won a lottery, named Chun Xiangfang.
After Li Sixu finished drawing the lots, Yue'er came over and asked, "What did sister Sisi win?"
"Xia Zihao Xiangfang!"
Yue'er tugged on Princess Yongmu's sleeve and looked around to see who shared the incense shop with Li Sixu. Unfortunately, the people who were drawn one after another did not draw the same lot.
Finally, the Lord of Ji'an County won the Xia lottery.
She looked at Li Sixu with a half-smile but not a smile: "Sister, what a coincidence, the ones we picked are all Xia Xiangfang."
"Yeah, what a coincidence!"
Li Sixu smiled sweetly at her: "Sisi happens to have some medical skills. My sister is so weak. She will faint later. Sisi can help pinch the acupuncture point on her body and wait for the imperial doctor to come to treat her."
The head of Ji'an County: "..."
The smile froze again!
So angry!
With so many people in the Qingfeng Palace looking at her, the kid in front of her smiled and cared about her. If she turned against her, she would look too petty.
After a while, I went to Xiangfang to make her look good.
The head of Ji'an County looked stiff and stopped talking to Li Sixu. He took the tray and started to get the spices.
Li Sixu also followed suit and asked Liu Yunying to hold the tray. She took the utensil and started weighing the spices. Others chose the precious agarwood and musk. What she took in the tray were mostly medicinal materials that can be used for flavoring, such as coriander, Asarum, Lingling, Kaempferia, Patchouli, Stephanotis, Curcuma and so on.
Seeing that the Lord of Ji'an County was looking in her direction from time to time, Li Sixu thought for a while, then returned to the area of precious spices, picking some agarwood, musk and sandalwood, and also added a few medicinal materials, such as Angelica dahuricae and rhubarb.
Tables, chairs and benches are lined up in the Xia Zihao incense workshop. Various instruments for making fragrances are placed on the tables. Each incense workshop is equipped with a perfumer to guide the fragrance mixing.
Li Sixu and the Lord of Ji'an County placed the checkered tray on the table. The perfumer was already waiting aside: "What kind of incense do the Tenth Princess and the Lord of Ji'an County make?"
"What Ji'an wants to make is plum blossom incense, which is mainly composed of agarwood, incense, agape, sandalwood, and musk, supplemented by patchouli, tonka, and agarwood, and a little dipterocarp. After the incense is made, The fragrance is elegant and long-lasting, which is the best way to drive away fatigue.”
After the Lord of Ji'an County finished speaking, he looked at Li Sixu with contemptuous eyes.
Didn't she believe that a six or seven-year-old kid could make perfume?
The perfumer and the Lord of Ji'an County looked over together, and Li Sixu said calmly: "What Sisi wants to make is Folan incense. This incense is mainly made of agarwood, supplemented by agarwood, and added with medicinal herbs such as Angelica dahurica and rhubarb. The incense produced can not only relieve fatigue, but also drive away evil spirits and avoid filth."
After she finished speaking, she took agarwood and agarwood and placed them in a special container, and began to grind them carefully with skillful techniques.
The Ji'an County Lord's face suddenly darkened. He didn't expect that Li Sixu could not only describe the incense he wanted to make as sound, but also be so skillful in his technique?
During the last lotus feast, she played the flute to accompany Yong Mu, which had already stolen her limelight.
If she were to win the first place in making incense today, she would lose all face in the palace, and there would be nothing that could attract the attention of the emperor's uncle.
Thinking of the fact that this little brat has gained so much attention from the emperor's uncle recently, Ji'an County Lord's eyes flashed with jealousy, and suddenly he became weak and fell towards the perfumer beside him.
The perfumer was watching Li Sixu making incense. He was surprised at how skillfully the little princess grinded spices. Unexpectedly, the Lord of Ji'an County pressed him so hard that the perfumer lost his balance and fell towards Li Sixu.
Then, Li Sixu, who was concentrating on grinding spices, was hit like this. The utensil in her hand fell off, and the half-ground spices were scattered all over the floor.
The rule set by Concubine Shu was that after picking the spices and entering the incense shop, you could not go out to get the spices.
As a high-ranking perfumer in the palace, she had no intention of getting involved in the dispute, but the Lord of Ji'an County couldn't bear to involve her.
The perfumer looked at her angrily: "What are you doing, Lord Ji'an?"
"Ji'an didn't mean it. He was so weak that he couldn't stand still for a while."
There were tears in the eyes of Ji'an County Lord, and he said pitifully: "What should I do? The tenth princess's spices were knocked over. According to the rules set by Concubine Shu, you can no longer go outside to get the spices."
