The soft sound of peeling off oil paper came.
Su Xian knew in her heart that the princess's attention was already on the candy...she might not have noticed what happened just now.
What are you still doing here?
Go back quickly...
After retreating to the original position about ten feet away, Su Xian raised his eyes and saw that Princess Lanling had closed her eyes as if she were intoxicated, her red mouth was gently closed and she was sucking carefully.
No, it seems that this is the real purpose of the princess's urgent summons to me. It seems that the power of candy is indeed great, and even Princess Lanling is not immune... Su Xian touched the candy in his pocket, and there were only seven left. .
Princess Lanling's eyes were still lightly closed.
She has been immersed in the sweet world and cannot extricate herself.
She seemed to have forgotten that there was Su Xian in the study.
Su Xian sat on the guest chair and hesitated several times. The princess neither spoke nor opened her eyes, making him very embarrassed to stay here.
Finally, Su Xian stood up, walked to the middle of the study and bowed:
"Your Highness Princess, if there is nothing else to do, I will leave first."
"..."
His voice was neither loud nor quiet, but it seemed loud in the quiet study.
Princess Lanling slowly opened her eyes, as if she had just woken up. She looked at Su Xian intently for a while, and then she remembered why Su Xian was here.
This is not because the princess is stupid.
It was the pure sweetness of the candy in her mouth that made her lose her mind for a moment and immersed her in the ocean of happiness. She experienced that feeling so carefully that she temporarily forgot about the people and things around her.
"Su Wenxue..."
The princess stopped after saying three words, because she had a candy in her mouth and her voice was a little distorted.
Ordinary people wouldn't think so, but to Princess Lanling it was something that was beneath her dignity.
So she just made a gesture to signal Su Xian to sit down and stopped talking.
Su Xian had no choice but to sit down again.
The study fell into awkward silence again. A monarch and his ministers were in the same room but didn't say a word...
After a while, brisk footsteps were heard outside the door.
It's Qiulan and Dongxue who are back.
The two women entered the study room, and while bowing, they saw Su Xian sitting there who was embarrassed and bored to the point of pain. The two women were slightly surprised, but did not say anything.
After returning to the princess, the sharp-eyed Qiulan immediately discovered that the princess was eating candy!
She immediately understood why Su Xian was waiting here...
The study continued to be quiet.
Dongxue brought him a cup of tea, and Su Xian sipped it carefully to pass the time.
After a while.
Princess Lanling raised her eyes and looked in Su Xian's direction, and asked slowly:
"This little snack called candy is indeed very sweet. Even I have tasted it for the first time... But I wonder where Su Wenxue got it?"
"..."
After finally finishing one candy... Su Xian stood up and told the truth directly, including that the raw material for making candies was sugar cane.
Princess Lanling originally wanted Su Xian to donate a few hundred more candies, but after hearing Su Xian say "there are not many left", she couldn't open her mouth. After all, she is a noble princess.
"Sugar cane is a good thing, and stone honey comes from sugar cane. But this thing only grows in the south, and it is very rare in our country of Daliang!"
Princess Lanling shook her head gently.
Su Xian nodded in agreement, and then added in his mind: "Actually, you can also use beets. The north is just suitable for the growth of beets."
"By the way, just now Su Wenxue only talked about the process of making candies, but he didn't say how you knew that sugar cane can be used to make candies. Why is that?"
Princess Lanling looked at Su Xian with her phoenix eyes.
Su Xian met her probing gaze and said without thinking:
"When Xiaguan was young, he once saw a book called "Essential Art for Elevating the People" in the study room at home. In that book, there was a method for refining candies from sugar cane."
"But unfortunately, the official never saw that copy of "Essentials for Elevating the People". I don't know where it was left. It's really a pity!"
"..."
Su Xian shook his head repeatedly, looking sad for spring and autumn.
His appearance is not unusual nowadays. Every single fragment of the book left behind hundreds of years ago is extremely precious.
There are really not a few scholars who cry bitterly because a certain unique copy has been completely lost...
Princess Lanling thought for a long time after hearing this, and then said:
"It is a pity that such a wonderful book has been lost like this. This is God's will. Su Literary should never be more sad."
Come and try it quickly. 】
"Thank you princess for your enlightenment. I feel much better indeed," Su Xian said.
"..."
The princess nodded to express her relief, then changed the topic and said:
"The method of refining candy from sugar cane is very important. Su Wenxu must not reveal this method!"
"So as not to let Nan Chen get involved. If Nan Chen refines candies, they will make a lot of profits!"
"Because of Shi Mi, a large amount of money from Daliang flows into Nanchen every year..."
"..."
Su Xian thought for a while and then bowed his head and said: "Your Highness, please rest assured that your subordinates must strictly abide by this law and not let anyone, especially the people from Nanchen, get away!"
At the same time, he added in his heart: "This promise should be regarded as compensation for inadvertently peeking into your privacy."
Princess Lanling was slightly startled by Su Xian's straightforwardness.
She thought that Su Xian would at least bargain a bit, like crying about being poor or something.
After all, the method of refining candy is Su Xian's secret recipe, but Princess Lanling does not want him to reveal the secret recipe in the name of the court. There is always a sense of domineering in this matter.
But Su Xian directly agreed...
Princess Lanling pondered for a moment, looked at Su Xian and said:
"I have always been fair in my actions, and there must be rewards and punishments... Since I ask you not to reveal the secret recipe for sugar production, there must be corresponding compensation."
"I dare not ask for compensation."
Su Xian bowed, this was true.
Princess Lanling thought he was being modest, which was the right thing to do, so she said directly:
"I will give you a gold medal. With this card, you can mobilize twenty personal guards of the Princess Palace to do things for you. As long as they are not rebelling, killing or other violations of the law, they will obey your orders unconditionally!"
"this……"
Su Xian wanted to refuse, but the gold medal seemed to have a great effect, so he hesitated.
Princess Lanling took it as his acquiescence and nodded to Qiulan beside her.
Qiulan left the study and returned soon, carrying a tray and slowly walked to Su Xian.
"Su Wenxue, the princess's gift, please thank me and accept it." Qiulan said with a smile.
"Then thank you princess for the reward!"
"..."
Su Xian thanked him shamelessly, and then looked at the tray.
I saw a gold medal as big as half a palm lying quietly in it, with red satin pressed underneath, making it look high-end and classy.
Su Xian took out the gold medal with both hands. It was quite heavy. The front of the gold medal was engraved with the words "Princess Lanling's Mansion Personal Guard School Lieutenant" and the back was "Seeing the card is like seeing the princess"!
