Chapter 506 Infatuation

Concubine Zhao Shu fell ill after eating the steamed chestnut flour cake with osmanthus sugar sent by Emperor Zhao of Zhou.

At first, it was just a minor illness, and I could just take some medicine and rest in bed.

However, Concubine Zhao Shu was worried.

She couldn't go to the spice shop and couldn't smell the gentleman's fragrance, so she became depressed.

This depression turned a minor illness into a serious one, and she became increasingly dependent on the palace.

"Your Highness, Du Zichun has asked the shopkeeper several times why Madam Zhao, who came to buy the Jialuo incense, didn't come." Tu Mi smiled unkindly.

It is said that rich families are the birthplace of love-sick people, let alone those who are just beginning to fall in love.

Zhu Huaizhen said "oh" and didn't care.

She was lying on a beauty couch surrounded by lacquered and gold-painted scrolls of poetry and paintings, holding an oval hand warmer with painted enamel and glazed birds and beasts, her posture as lazy as a Persian cat, listening to "Peach Blossom Fan".

Orioles sing at dawn in the Jade Palace of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai Waterside Pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse! Here on this pile of mossy green tiles, I once slept in a romantic sleep, witnessing the rise and fall of fifty years. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake at night, and owls roost on Fenghuangtai. The dream of the ruined mountains is the most real, the old land is hard to lose. I don't believe this map has been changed!

This "Peach Blossom Fan" is paired with Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

Sugar-heart abalone, pineapple sea cucumber, white shark lips, young deer tendons, claw meat, golden shark fin, ivory clam meat, spider fish glue, quail eggs, ham, pork ribs, clean winter bamboo shoots, king oyster mushrooms, chrysanthemum mushrooms, wild pine mushrooms, morels, snow bamboo fungus, Shaoxing wine, eighteen ingredients, eighteen delicious flavors. The moment you lift the lotus leaf covering the jar, the rich meaty aroma is so fragrant that even a Buddha would jump over the wall.

"Your Highness, could you please reveal Zhao Lian'er's identity?" Tu Mi asked anxiously.

"Tu Mi, he is simple, not a fool. He may not have known it at first, but he should know it now. Maybe Queen Du reminded him privately." Zhu Huaizhen shook his head and laughed.

"Then why did he ask this question?" Tu Mi muttered to himself.

"People who have been bound by their families for too long want to indulge themselves occasionally." Qiu Niang said coldly.

Therefore, Queen Du's reminder was actually a stimulus.

Queen Du also understood this, as this was how she came to be.

Otherwise, why would she ignore her family's opposition and insist on marrying the powerless Emperor Zhao of Zhou?

"Your Highness, do you want to extend your hand to the palace this time?" Tu Mi asked.

"Wait a moment." Zhu Huaizhen rubbed his forehead and sighed softly.

There is another variable in the palace, and that is Concubine Bai Chen.

Concubine Bai Chen's love for Concubine Zhao Shu far exceeded that for her own daughter, Princess Rongyang Zhu Huaishu.

A few days ago, the elder sister complained to her that Concubine Bai Chen had sent a letter asking if there was any way to get Zhao Lian'er to Northern Jin because Chen Ming'an was in Northern Jin.

However, what Zhu Huaizhen never expected was that she did nothing, and Queen Du and Emperor Zhao of Zhou did nothing, but Zhao Lian'er was actually stained with a faint mixed fragrance.

One is Bai Lu Xiang. It is obvious that Du Zichun has sneaked into the palace and completely avoided everyone's eyes.

The main ingredients of Bailuxiang are agarwood, tulipwood, rosin, arborvitae leaves, cornus officinalis fruit, gardenia, and honey. First, use agarwood from the Chinese aloeswood tree, compress it as much as possible, and cut it into small cubes. Next, use fresh tulipwood stems, roast them, and grind them into a powder. Next, dry the rosin, gardenia, and cornus officinalis fruit and grind them into a fine powder. Finally, use fresh arborvitae leaves, pound them into a fragrant paste, add an appropriate amount of honey, and then mix in the fine powders of tulipwood, rosin, gardenia, and cornus officinalis fruit. Press them into incense cakes, then coat both sides with small agarwood cubes. Roast until dry and set aside.

The other is the gentleman's fragrance, which must have been requested by Zhao Lian'er.

The main ingredients of gentleman incense are agarwood, jasmine flowers, and fresh cypress leaves. The production process is relatively simple. First, the agarwood is ground into extremely small particles. Next, dried jasmine flowers and fresh cypress leaves are stacked into a round cake, with the cypress leaves on top and the jasmine flowers on the bottom. The cake is then tightly pressed together. The agarwood particles are then pressed into the jasmine flowers, creating a thin, portable incense cake.

"Tell me, what's so good about Zhao Lian'er that makes Du Zichun care about her?" Zhu Huaizhen said slowly.

"Your Highness, what's so good about Chen Ming'an that Zhao Lian'er can't forget him." Tu Mi joked.