At this time, several palace maids came from the inner courtyard. The first palace maid, with a flushed face, walked not far in front of Concubine Li, bowed down and said: "Concubine, your servant has finished bathing."
Concubine Li immediately asked: "How is it?" At the same time, she twitched her nose slightly, couldn't help but opened her eyes wide and said: "It smells so good."
The palace maid's face was full of joy and she said: "The soap is smooth and moist when applied on the body, like ointment, and the fragrance is fragrant, and it smells really good. Besides... it washes very cleanly."
Concubine Li was overjoyed and said: "Stand up, I want to take a closer look."
She called the palace maid up and took a closer look at her face, neck, palms, etc., and found that it was indeed extremely clean, almost to the point where every pore was visible. What's even more valuable is that there was a kind of... The fragrance is really refreshing to smell - of course, for any beautiful woman in future generations, who wouldn't be like this just after taking a bath?
Concubine Li was still worried and asked, "You really didn't use any other spices just now?"
In fact, she was very familiar with the bathing fragrances in Chengqian Palace, and there was no such smell at all. However, the current situation was too confusing for her, so she couldn't help but ask to get the exact information.
Sure enough, the palace maid shook her head decisively: "This slave only used the soap that Gao Shidujin presented to you, and never used anything else." Several palace maids around her accompanied her, and they all testified: " Madam, Sister Xiaoyu does not use any other spices, the fragrance on her body comes from the soap."
Concubine Li's eyes lit up, and she finally asked: "Do you feel any discomfort on your body?"
The palace maid named Xiaoyu hurriedly said: "To tell you the truth, I don't feel any discomfort. I feel great. I even feel that my whole body is much more relaxed."
Gao Wuzhi listened to their conversation with a smile on his face, as if he was confident, but he said in his heart: That's natural. In this winter, after taking a comfortable hot bath with the scent, it's okay. Everyone will feel that their whole body is relaxed...
He was still complaining here, but Concubine Li was overjoyed and turned to Gao Pingshi and said: "Gao Aiqing, your knowledge is really good! I have accepted your gift. With your kind thoughts, I Remember it too."
Well said, wasn't that what I was waiting for?
Gao Jingshi hurriedly said modestly: "A few small gifts are just daily necessities that I thought about in my free time. They are of no importance. They should not be praised like this by the imperial concubine."
"That's right, that's right!" Concubine Li smiled happily and suddenly asked: "You said before that this kind of soap is called 'Guose'? Are there other types?"
Gao Pangshi was about to take the opportunity to introduce it, but he didn't expect Concubine Li to ask at such a time, and hurriedly said: "Concubine Concubine has a good memory. The soap just now is the laurel scented soap of the 'national color' grade. In addition,' There are other scents in the Guose' grade, such as jasmine. Of course, the 'Guose' grade is specially designed and manufactured for women, and corresponding to it is the one intended to be dedicated to His Majesty... I don't dare to use this one without permission The reason why we named it is that we will call it the ‘Yugong’ level for the time being.”
Concubine Li was surprised and said: "Are they divided in such detail? Is there any difference between what women use and what men use?"
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "Although this soap is just a gadget for daily use, no matter what you do, it is always better to be more sophisticated. There are always slight differences in the requirements and preferences of men and women in these things. For example, a woman's body should be fragrant. Naturally, it's fine, but if a man smells like that, wouldn't he be laughed at? Therefore, during the production process, Weichen took all these situations into consideration in advance to create differences so that your majesty would not use it like a concubine. Such a wonderful fragrance.”
"Gao Aiqing is really considerate, not at all like someone of such age." Li Guifei covered her mouth and smiled softly, but revealed a hint of a meaningful smile: "However, according to my opinion, this soap of yours is not just for entering the country. Is it dedicated to me alone?"
Well, this sentence is a little bit dangerous.
But how could Gao Pragmatic not anticipate this level in advance? He nodded and admitted calmly, and said: "The imperial concubine has met thousands of miles away. This 'national color' grade soap will be donated to three people by me."
Concubine Li did not expect him to be so frank, and was a little speechless for a moment, but she immediately realized that there was something wrong with Gao Pragmatic's arrangement, so she asked: "Three people? I am one of them, and the queen must be one of them, but who is the other person?" ?”
Gao Pingshi said seriously: "It's Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty?" Concubine Li was startled: "Didn't it mean that Your Majesty also has 'Yu Gong' grade soap available, but this 'National Beauty' grade is suitable for women? What is Your Majesty doing here?"
Gao pragmatically said seriously: "The queen and the imperial concubine are the most noble women in the world, so there is no problem in using the word 'national color'. However, I think that with the word 'national color', apart from the fact that the queen and the imperial concubine must be ranked in it, Only Your Majesty can define it, so I have to send the rest to Your Majesty."
Concubine Li almost wanted to shout "good" to Gao Pangshi in her heart!
You little guy, are you really too smart? You said that this soap is called "National Color". My imperial concubine can use it, and the queen can naturally use it. This is correct. But you were afraid that giving only two of us would offend the other concubines in the palace, so you simply gave them to the emperor. Firstly, you gave away the power to define who can be regarded as a "national beauty", which is equivalent to giving yourself to He picked it out; secondly, he sold it to the emperor. Who in the harem wouldn't want such a good thing? But if you want, you can only serve the emperor with all your heart. How can the emperor be unhappy?
A glimpse of one spot tells the whole story. There are successors to the Gao family!
Concubine Li is not the kind of person who is particularly jealous. Her background makes her well aware of the principle of being cautious. Jealousy is a taboo. Her usual attitude is just to ensure that she will not fall out of favor, so for such a pragmatic person, He was careful, not to mention disgusted, and even thought that this little guy was really smart, and it would be of great benefit to have him accompany the prince.
Think about it, he is now the prince's companion, and to a certain extent, he is the prince's close minister. In the future, when the prince ascends the throne, he will definitely be in a better position, so wouldn't he be the same as his third uncle in front of the emperor? ?
And with him by the prince's side, not to mention that the emperor would care more about the prince because of Mr. Gao's face. Even if the queen does give birth to a son in the future, with a smart man like Gao Pragmatic around, I'm afraid... It’s unknown!
Concubine Li suddenly realized that Gao Pragmatic was actually a very useful person to her. She immediately laughed and nodded: "Your idea is very good. I will also say a few words for you, the Emperor and the Empress." Good words.”
"I would like to thank you, the noble concubine." After getting what he wanted, Gao Pingshi felt relaxed and immediately stepped forward to bow.
