Chapter 176: Entering the Palace to Give Gifts
Luo Li brought dozens of simple toilet paper packs, and a box of expensive perfume, shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste and other items to the palace to give gifts to the empresses.
Empress Mingde, who had regained the power to control the six palaces, entertained the silly princess who came to give gifts in Cining Palace.
Several concubines sat and laughed with the empress in Cining Palace. Everyone has the bad habit of seeking favors, especially in this palace full of bloody cruelty, coldness, ruthlessness, and intrigue. If women want to be rich and prosperous and keep their lives, they must know how to assess the situation and adjust their patrons in time.
After Concubine Li Xian fell out of favor, Empress Mingde, who regained power, became the focus of attention of all the concubines in the harem. Moreover, compared with the arrogant and ruthless Concubine Li Xian, the dignified, gentle, and kind-hearted Empress was much easier to get along with.
After Luo Li greeted all the ladies one by one, the Empress smiled and asked the maid to give a seat to Concubine Qin, and ordered the maid to serve all kinds of fresh fruits to the delicious Concubine Qin. The hospitality she gave to the silly Concubine was very warm.
"Princess Qin, your perfumes and soaps are very useful. I like them very much.
What are these packets of paper used for?" Looking at those inconspicuous packets of paper, the Empress asked curiously.
Luo Li put down the melon she was chewing and smiled!
"Empress Dowager, these papers I made are good stuff.
These papers made with special technology, I call them sanitary paper, used to wipe the buttocks after going to the toilet, and used by women during menstruation, which is also very comfortable and hygienic.
You ladies can try it, and if you find it suitable, I will take care of your sanitary paper in the future."
Having lost the power to manage the six palaces, Concubine Li Xian, who had just regained her freedom, was no longer arrogant, and sat next to the Empress Dowager in an orderly manner. She was moved when she heard the words.
[Is this silly princess making something that can make a lot of money again? I have to find a way to get in on the two shares. Concubine Li Xian
immediately said with a smile: "What Princess Qin made is definitely useful. Your Majesty, please keep a few more packs for trial use!"
She turned around and smiled at the silly princess, "Princess Qin, come with me to Shouning Palace later. I have some new snacks there for you to try."
[Humph! Concubine Li Xian is daydreaming again. As soon as she took out the toilet paper, she smelled the stench of copper. The King of Qin said something very appropriate. Even if his own money is like dirt, he can't let the greedy Concubine Li Xian take a bite whenever she wants.
Luo Li smiled and declined: "Thank you for your kindness, Concubine Li Xian. I have to go to Yayan Pavilion to give gifts to my mother today. I will go to taste the snacks in your palace another day." Seeing
that the silly princess was so disrespectful and rude, Concubine Li Xian's smile suddenly turned cold!
Empress Mingde glanced at her with dissatisfaction. Concubine Li Xian quickly lowered her head and picked up the teacup, hiding her thoughts.
The other ladies were all obsessed with the perfumes, shampoos and other things in their hands. They praised the filial piety of Concubine Qin, but no one cared about those inconspicuous pieces of paper.
After saying goodbye and leaving Cining Palace, Luo Li took Ruhua and Yingchun who were waiting outside Cining Palace to the west to give gifts to Queen Song at Yayan Pavilion.
Looking at the palace maid leading the way, Ruhua asked in a low voice: "Miss, what do the ladies think of the sanitary paper? Is the advertising effect good this time?"
"Whether the advertising effect is good or not depends on the experience after the trial. I can't let all the ladies rush to defecate and wipe their butts on the spot to experience it, right? Those who haven't used it yet look down on those inconspicuous papers. Once they use it, I guarantee they will fall in love with this comfortable and hygienic sanitary paper!" Luo Li said confidently.
Yingchun pursed her lips and smiled, "That's absolutely true! I used it to wipe after going to the toilet last night... It's so soft, comfortable, and it wipes so clean!
Who would still use a bamboo scraper after using this toilet paper?"
"This lady invented this toilet paper, and the people of the Song Dynasty are so blessed!" Luo Li boasted proudly. Luo Li's boasting
voice was a little louder, and the two palace maids who were leading the way in front heard it. They blushed and exchanged glances with each other, and their words to the silly princess were rude, with contempt and disdain!
The atmosphere in Yayan Pavilion was heavy and sad, and there was a hint of sadness on the gloomy face of the Queen of Song!
Princess Yongqing's little face was pale, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying.
Yesterday, Concubine Li Xian specially sent her maid Wanrou to pass on some news to Empress Song. The candidate for marriage to Tubo was decided at the court meeting, and Princess Yongqing was asked to be well prepared and to be aware of the overall situation and go to Tubo for marriage honestly.
After Luo Li came in to pay her respects to Empress Song, Princess Yongqing walked over and helped her up, pulled her to her seat, and leaned on her sister-in-law as if she had found her backbone.
Empress Song winked, and the two personal maids beside her understood and walked out, guarding the door.
"Imperial daughter-in-law, do you have a good idea? Can you save Yongqing?" Empress Song asked desperately because she couldn't see her son.
Yongqing's eyes were swollen with tears again. He held Luo Li's hand and sobbed, "Sister-in-law! Yongqing doesn't want to go to Tubo for marriage. Can you...can you think of a way?
As long as she doesn't go to the distant Tubo and marry the barbarian prince, and can stay in the capital to accompany her mother, Yongqing would rather become a nun and accompany the green lamp and ancient Buddha for the rest of her life!"
Luo Li stretched out her hand to Yongqing's shoulders and comforted her in a clear attitude: "Yongqing, I entered the palace for this matter!
Your brother and I will not watch you go to Tubo for marriage.
The King of Qin and the Queen Mother in the court " They are fighting hard! I will secretly find you a way to insure you.
Anyway, whoever wants to go to Tubo to marry can go, but our Princess Yongqing will never go!"
After taking this reassurance, Yongqing raised his head in ecstasy and burst into laughter: "Sister-in-law, how are you going to save Yongqing?"
Hearing this, the Queen Mother Song's heart, which had been in a knot for a day, relaxed and a smile appeared on her face: "Li'er, tell me quickly."
Being able to save her precious daughter, the Queen Mother Song regarded her benefactor and daughter-in-law as her own precious daughter.
"Mother, Yongqing, my method will definitely prevent Yongqing from going to marry, but it requires a little risk.
If used improperly, you might get a few pockmarks on your pretty face."
Princess Yongqing said without hesitation: "Sister-in-law, as long as you don't go to marry in Tibet, let alone a few pockmarks on your face, even if you scratch it with a knife, Yongqing is willing!"
"Li'er, you can use whatever method you want. Even if you get a few pockmarks, it's better than being separated from your family and spending your whole life in the remote, desolate and cold land of Tubo." The Queen of Song also spoke with a firm attitude.
Luo Li stopped talking and took Princess Yongqing to the inner room. She took out the cowpox that the ghost-handed poison doctor brought back from the epidemic area in Yanzhou, increased the dose several times for Yongqing, and planted it on her arm.
After vaccinating Yongqing with the cowpox vaccine, Luo Li warned her, "Yongqing, I have increased the dosage several times. Your reaction will be the same as that of a patient infected with smallpox.
You may have a high fever and rashes on your body and face. You will suffer!
However, you have antibodies in your body, and you will never be infected with smallpox in this life."
Yongqing said gratefully, "Imperial sister-in-law, I am not afraid of suffering. Thank you for your painstaking planning for Yongqing."
Luo Li patted her little face lovingly, "Family members don't talk behind each other's backs. You and I are relatives. Of course, we have to protect each other desperately."
"Imperial sister-in-law, you finally admit that you and your brother are family. Do you... do you live together every night?" Princess Yongqing blushed and asked the concerned question.
Just like a pebble thrown into a lake by a naughty boy, ripples appeared in Luo Li's heart...
Two rosy clouds flew on her pretty face, and she denied it stubbornly, "No! I don't regard Zhao Defang as a family member! I only like you and only regard Yongqing as a family member."
Princess Yongqing laughed!
She said mischievously: "Sister-in-law, plus mother. The three of us will be a family and sweep my brother out of the house as useless garbage."...
The King of Qin, who had left the court, and the Princess of Qin, who had entered the palace to give gifts, returned to the King of Qin's Mansion one after another.
Sitting in Ningxin Garden and eating delicious food, the two exchanged their actions in the palace.
To be on the safe side and prevent the emperor from suspecting that Yongqing had suddenly contracted smallpox, Prince of Qin Zhao Defang said to his uncle who was enjoying his meal, "Uncle, tonight we will break into the palace and have a few of the eunuchs and maidens in the palace vaccinated with cowpox vaccine, so that there will be more patients in the palace with the same symptoms as Yongqing's smallpox." The
ghost-handed poison doctor immediately became interested, stopped using his chopsticks, chewed quickly a few times, and swallowed the delicious food in his mouth. With a sinister and cunning smile, "Just find the eunuchs and palace maids around Li Xianfei to vaccinate her, let her be confined for a while, and see how she plans to take over my master's toilet paper business?"
Luo Li really likes these two sinister and cunning uncle and nephew more and more.
: "You two should be careful when you move, don't be surrounded and attacked as assassins."
: "Master, don't worry! With my ghost hand, the palace will be as easy and comfortable for my uncle and nephew as going home to visit." The ghost hand poison doctor boasted without shame.
At night, there was no star shining in the gloomy sky.
Two figures in night clothes floated into the high walls of the palace like ghosts.
Avoiding the patrolling imperial guards and the hidden eunuchs, the two shadows found the Shouning Palace of Concubine Li Xianfei with familiarity.
A small bamboo tube was inserted into the open window, and a wisp of smoke floated past, and several eunuchs and palace maids on duty fell asleep inside.
Two shadows floated in from the propped up window like ghosts, and the pair of small triangular eyes exposed by the black scarf looked at the fainted palace maids and eunuchs with sinister smiles.
The ghost-handed poison doctor generously applied the cowpox vaccine in the porcelain bottle to each shallow wound. As for whether the person who was vaccinated would react too severely and be left with pockmarks on his face? It is not within his consideration. ...