Princess Gu Shu's words offended everyone in the audience. Except for a few officials in the south who were already close to Gu Shu, the rest of the people looked at her with dissatisfaction. Even the queen frowned.
Xuan Tiange snorted coldly and said, "A mere princess of a foreign country, not even a legitimate princess, dares to come to Dashun to provoke us? Humph! You really don't know your place!"
The Princess of Ancient Shu looked over at Xuan Tiange, not caring what Xuan Tiange said. She just held the glass bottle with care, and looked at Xuan Tiange with contempt. "How can this be a provocation? Ancient Shu is the Great Shun country. We have such a rare treasure, so we naturally have to bring it to the Great Shun emperor for review." After saying that, she bowed to Emperor Tianwu, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, because this thousand perfumes are also made by Ancient Shu for the first time, so there is no more except this bottle, so this bottle has to be taken back for the perfume maker to compare and mix."
What she said was well-reasoned and the people of Dashun could not say anything. Although the princess's previous words were very unpleasant, they were now talking to the emperor and they could not say too much, as others would see the emperor's attitude.
But people waited and waited, but there was no reaction from the emperor. After waiting for a while, they saw Emperor Tianwu sniffed twice, then thought for a while, and sniffed again...
The officials were a little confused. Could it be that the emperor was attracted by the smell of the ancient Shu Qianxiang perfume? This was not a good thing. Even if the Qianxiang perfume was good, it was clearly stated that it was used to open the eyes of the Dashun people, not to give it to Dashun. Even if the emperor liked it, it would be bad to rob it openly, right?
The Seventh Princess of Ancient Shu also noticed Tianwu's little move, and couldn't help but smile charmingly. She glanced at the glass bottle in her hand and said confidently: "Dashun is a rich country with vast land and abundant resources, but it doesn't involve many unique recipes, especially the method of making incense, which is still stuck in the era of using incense. You know, we in Ancient Shu stopped using incense more than 200 years ago." She giggled for a while, then said: "It's really too backward."
This speech made people blush, but they had no way to stop him because he was right, Dashun was really too bad in this aspect.
At this time, the Ninth Prince Xuan Tianming suddenly said among the princes: "It's just a strange skill. My Dashun family is big and powerful. How can we have the leisure time to study those useless things. Besides, if Dashun knows everything, why would it need a foreign country like you? If you like to study, then study to your heart's content. Anyway, there is nothing else to do. We just have to live a small family and a small country. Sooner or later, we will pay tribute to Dashun after the research is done. We just need to wait for it to be used. Dashun's energy should be used to stabilize the country. While you are studying Baixiangshui and Qianxiangshui, we are studying steelmaking. Princess of Gushu, if you don't understand, go back and ask your king of Gushu, whether Qianxiangshui is more useful or Dashun's new steel is more practical."
Although the Seventh Princess was a woman, she was also a member of the ancient Shu royal family, so she naturally understood the significance of the new steel. She had been arrogant for a long time with a bottle of Qianxiangshui, but she was finally suppressed.
All the officials of Dashun nodded and looked at the Ninth Prince with emotion. Everyone was thinking: No wonder the emperor likes this son! Look at what he said. He killed the princess with just a few words, while others are still sulking there. You don't know who is better until you compete. Once something happens, you can see who is better!
"Ah!"
As people were sighing, suddenly, the Emperor Tianwu, who was sitting at the head of the table, sneezed. The sound of the sneeze was so loud that it resounded throughout the Qiankun Palace. Afterwards, some people estimated that the sneeze was even louder than the Emperor Tianwu's voice in his prime!
This sneeze drew everyone's attention. Emperor Tianwu kept fanning his nose with his hands, frowning as he fanned. He turned his head and asked the eunuch Zhang Yuan beside him, "Where are the palace maids who fanned them? Hurry up and ask them to find them! The more the better!" After that, he looked at the ancient Shu princess and asked in confusion, "You said that it took you many years to develop this thousand perfume? Is it the pride of the ancient Shu people? Everyone likes it?"
Princess Gu Shu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "That's right." After thinking about it again, she asked, "Your Majesty, don't you like it?"
"Oh!" Emperor Tianwu slapped his thigh fiercely, "Blame me, this is all my fault." Tianwu blamed himself, "Dashun is a big country, but it ignored the feelings of the people of Fan country and my dear ministers. It made you face such a choking and crappy perfume and said it was a good thing. It shows that the royal family of the small ancient Shu country has never seen a real good perfume. This is all my fault."
Everyone was confused, including Princess Gu Shu. She asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, what did you say?"
Tianwu waved his hand, "Wait a moment." Then he stretched his neck and shouted to the team of palace maids who came in from outside the palace, "You guys, hurry up, two of you come over here and fan me, and the rest of you stay in the palace, and quickly fan away this choking smell. Everyone present here is a loyal minister of Dashun, it will be a serious matter if you get choked." As he spoke, he covered his nose again and sighed, "Princess Gu Shu! I'm really not saying anything bad about you, it's such a bad smell, and you still treat it as a good thing? Oh my God, I'm almost dizzy from the smell."
Zhang Yuan, who was standing next to Tianwu, also looked like he couldn't stand it. He said with a bitter face, "That's right. What is this smell? It's disgusting."
The two of them sang in unison, and the officials and their wives were all confused. Even the concubines were puzzled. Is the perfume unpleasant? Choking? Oh, it is a bit choking. After all, it smells so good just by opening the lid. If you use it on your body, it will be choking. But it doesn't smell as exaggerated as Tianwu said! In fact... it smells very good.
For a moment, people didn't know what Emperor Tianwu meant, but since the emperor had spoken, they couldn't say that the Thousand Perfumes smelled good anymore, and they all covered their noses.
After Tianwu and Zhang Yuan finished speaking, the next person who followed suit was the Seventh Prince Xuan Tianhua. He simply stood up, bowed to Emperor Tianwu, and said, "Father, please forgive me. I will leave first and wait until the smell in the palace has dissipated before I can take my seat."
Tianwu nodded fiercely, "Yes, yes, you should get out quickly, this place is really not suitable for you."
Xuan Tianhua turned around and left. When he finally left the palace, he took an exaggerated breath. People saw it, and although they still didn't think it was that bad, they were also inspired by Xuan Tianhua's breathing action and wanted to learn to take a breath. But they were in the palace, and what they breathed in was the fragrance. After taking such a strong breath, some ladies really started coughing.
Then, some young ladies followed suit and left the table. They could no longer sit down just to stay in line with the godlike Seventh Prince!
Feng Zhaolian naturally followed him out, and he was even the first one to get up and leave, without even having time to say hello to Tianwu. He quickly ran out with his skirt lifted, shouting as he ran: "Oh my God! If I stay in this hall any longer, my throat will be choked!"
Then, another group of people followed Feng Zhaolian out...
However, most of them stayed, after all, the emperor was still there. At this moment, the Seventh Princess of Ancient Shu was extremely embarrassed, and she couldn't help but frowned, and she had deep doubts about the Qianxiangshui in her hand.
Emperor Tianwu continued, "Seventh Princess! I don't blame you. After all, a small foreign country doesn't have much knowledge. You think this thing smells good, but there is nothing I can do about it. You have never seen what real perfume is."
Princess Gu Shu finally understood the hidden meaning in Emperor Tianwu's words and couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, what do you mean... have you ever seen anything more fragrant than this Thousand Perfumes?"
Tianwu waved his hand, "What's more fragrant? Your perfume is already so fragrant, it will kill people if it is more fragrant! Little princess of ancient Shu! Come on, come closer... Hey! Just come over, but hold the bottle away, I really can't smell that smell. Yes, hold it away, listen to me, the quality of this perfume cannot be judged by how fragrant it is. The quality depends on the quality. It is not enough to be fragrant, but it must be pure and have no pungent smell. It should make people feel happy when they smell it, and they can't frown one by one, you see , you scared my seventh son so much that he ran outside the palace to breathe fresh air. Moreover, not only must the fragrance be moderate and pleasant, it must also stay for a long time, and the color of the perfume itself must also be very particular. "Tianwu said, pointing to the glass bottle that the palace servant behind him was holding for the Gu Shu princess, "Look at yours, I can see from such a long distance that the water in the glass is red, right? If such colored water is used on clothes, wouldn't it dye the clothes? Why, are you Gu Shu so rich that you only wear clothes once and don't need to wear them again?"
No one expected that Tianwu, the king of a country, could talk about this kind of perfume that only women use, and he could even convince the seven princesses of ancient Shu. The little girl stood in the hall with a look of surprise and confusion on her face. She looked back at her Qianxiang perfume and began a new round of doubts about life.
On the other side, Feng Yuheng also smiled bitterly, thinking that what Emperor Tianwu said was exactly what she said to Concubine Yun when she gave her perfume before? She took out a high-end perfume from an international brand from the space, how could it be compared with the crude craftsmanship of the ancients. Recently, Yuehan Palace was burned, and Concubine Yun and Tianwu had more exchanges. Tianwu must have smelled the perfume used by Concubine Yun and heard Concubine Yun talk about this truth, so today she said it clearly.
Moreover, not only Emperor Tianwu said this, even Xuan Tianming couldn't help but speak up: "Princess of Ancient Shu, don't blame your father and me for saying that to you, really, your Qianxiang perfume is too smelly, quickly pour it out! But you must not find a place to pour it out in Dashun! Take it back to Southern Xinjiang, the farther the better!"
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