Yu Jiao took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "That's the Mu Yu just now, right? It tastes very good, light and appropriate, with the bamboo and gardenia scents blended very well. Sister Xueyan, you are already an expert, and Yu Jiao can't compare to you."
Wang Xueyan said with a smile, "Stop making fun of me. I learned how to make incense from you."
"I'm not kidding. I used to mix incense according to those ancient recipes. Sister Xueyan, you can mix and grind incense by yourself now. There is a huge difference between the two! According to the ancient incense recipes, everyone can mix incense pills as long as they practice more, but not everyone can develop new incense." Yu Jiao said seriously, "It's like seeing a doctor and treating a disease. Some doctors can only prescribe medicine according to the prescription to treat some common minor illnesses, but some doctors can prescribe medicine according to the symptoms and solve difficult and complicated diseases. There is a world of difference between the two."
Wang Xueyan smiled heartily, "When we first met, I always thought you were a quiet person. You were young but always looked serious and mature. Later, as we got to know each other more, I realized that although you don't talk much, you can always speak to people's hearts."
Yu Jiao didn't think she was a talkative person, she was quite mature. After all, she was not a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl at heart.
Wang Xueyan took a ceramic stove with ancient auspicious clouds painted in gold. After flattening the bottom ash, she took a copper auspicious cloud incense seal mold and placed it on the white bottom ash. She also took a box of incense powder, pressed the seal with a copper shovel, picked up the incense stick, lit it, and closed the stove lid.
Wang Xueyan's fingers are white, tender and delicate. She performs this set of movements gracefully and calmly, which is quite pleasing to the eye.
As the wisps of green smoke spread out, Wang Xueyan raised her eyes and said with a smile, "This is the goose pear tent incense I just made. How about you try it?"
Yu Jiao closed her eyes and sniffed. "The agarwood borrows the fruity scent of the pear, and the smell is sweet and fragrant, elegant and long-lasting, with very light rose and sandalwood as the base notes. With every breath, I feel relaxed and happy. No wonder there is a saying that goes 'the dancing phoenix collects the remaining ink in the mirror box, and the sleeping duck incense burner replaces the evening incense'."
Wang Xueyan's eyes were bright. "As expected, you are the one who knows the most about fragrance! This goose pear tent fragrance was requested by Concubine Xue in the palace. I adjusted the formula of the fragrance powder, and the smell is stronger than before."
Yu Jiao was slightly startled. This incense was what Xue Rong wanted? Ever since she pointed out that there was musk deer in the peach blossom powder in Changle Palace, there had been no incense in Changle Palace for some time.
"Why would Concubine Xue ask you to buy perfume?" Yu Jiao asked.
"It is said that a lady from an imperial court came to the palace and mentioned my incense studio." Wang Xueyan said rather embarrassedly, "I didn't know that the fame of my incense studio had spread to the palace."
Yu Jiao smiled slightly, "Your incense making skills are becoming more and more sophisticated, and the scents you mix are elegant and appropriate. It is normal that people like it. In the future, the reputation of this incense shop will only grow! And the female assistants in your shop are also very well trained."
"This is all thanks to your suggestion to me to pay them monthly wages based on the number of orders and according to their work. That's why they treat guests so warmly and work so attentively! I have to thank you very much for what I have today." Wang Xueyan was really emotional. When she divorced Sun Songwen, she was terrified and worried, and she was depressed. She didn't know what to do in the future.
Divorce is such a shame for the family. If she had any backbone, she would have used three feet of white silk to leave a clean reputation.
But she survived the caesarean section and later she didn't have the courage to commit suicide again. Whenever she thought about it, she couldn't help but think of what Yu Jiao had said to her.
After returning to the capital, her family still loved her as before and protected her from going out to hear those rumors. Wang Xueyan knew that ever since she divorced and returned to the capital, there were always people talking behind her mother's back whenever she went out to visit friends. Even the marriage of her second aunt's sister was implicated by her.
This is the way the world is. Others will not ask how the Sun family treated her or what kind of person Sun Songwen was that forced her to divorce. They will only think that she is a woman abandoned by her husband's family and will only make up all kinds of nonsense about her in secret.
But now it is different. Her incense studio has become famous in the capital, and she can support herself. She doesn't have to hide in the house all day long in depression. Those ladies who once criticized her behind her back, all come to make friends with her as if they don't know that she is divorced, just to buy the best quality incense from her. At least when her mother is dealing with people outside, she doesn't have to listen to rumors anymore.
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