The next morning.
Guan Zhiyue waited in the courtyard from yesterday until today, and Li Qishang finally arrived late. She was getting tired of waiting and was still wondering if this prescription would not work.
"You've finally arrived?"
As soon as Li Qishang entered the courtyard of the Cold Palace, he was met with Guan Zhiyue's complaints, and he smiled somewhat guiltyly.
“Yesterday I was outside the palace. The hot pot restaurant is doing quite well right now, so I kept watch outside for a while. Also, I went to your house to play chess with your grandfather for you.”
Li Qishang moved closer and sat down next to Guan Zhiyue, smiling as he looked at her and said, "What's wrong? I returned to the palace late yesterday and only received news this morning that you wanted to see me. What's wrong?"
Guan Zhiyue looked at Li Qishang, who was explaining things to her, and seemed less angry. She then asked, "How is my grandfather's health?"
"And how are my grandmother, father, eldest brother, and second brother?"
Li Qishang smiled and nodded, saying understandingly, "Everything is fine at home, so you don't need to worry. By the way, what brings you here?"
Guan Zhiyue listened to Li Qishang's words and leaned back in the rocking chair with great satisfaction, closing her eyes and rocking back and forth.
"I heard that you, Prince Xiaoyao, own a glass vase?"
Li Qishang looked at Guan Zhiyue lying in the rocking chair, who seemed a little off, yet also quite right.
"Yes, Yue'er, do you like it?"
Guan Zhiyue shook her head, her tone somewhat disdainful: "I don't like vases, it would be nice to have a whole piece of glass."
Li Qishang felt somewhat helpless after hearing Guan Zhiyue's words. He looked at her and said, "Then you should probably stop dreaming about it. Even my brother doesn't have a piece of solid glass like that."
Upon hearing this, Guan Zhiyue jumped up from the rocking chair, startling Li Qishang.
"What's wrong."
Guan Zhiyue turned her head to look at Li Qishang and said with some surprise, "Are you sure your imperial brother doesn't have any?"
Li Qishang was a little confused about what Guan Zhiyue was going on about, but he still nodded affirmatively.
"Then bring me your glass vase, I want to see what it looks like."
Li Qishang looked at Guan Zhiyue with some fear, and asked her a question that even he found hard to believe.
Are you sure you're just looking and not trying to take it from me?
Guan Zhiyue looked shocked, then retorted, "Do I look like someone who's going to steal your things?"
Li Qishang nodded honestly.
Guan Zhiyue wanted to slap him on the head right now, but she didn't know if it was the right thing to do.
Nevertheless, Li Qishang still sent Shangyao back to get the glass vase. In fact, he would have given it to Guan Zhiyue without hesitation if she had asked, because he felt she deserved such a beautiful glass vase.
After about half a cup of tea's time, Shang Yao came over with a straight glass vase. The color of the vase wasn't very pure; instead, there were some impurities inside. It wasn't the clean, white kind. Moreover, the glass was quite thick and not transparent, which made Guan Zhiyue somewhat disgusted.
Looking at Guan Zhiyue's pouting face, Li Qishang asked with some confusion, "What's wrong? Don't you think she looks good?"
Guan Zhiyue shook her head in disbelief and said with some disdain, "Isn't this a defective product?"
"How dare I!"
“This is a tribute item, the finest glass product. As for the flawed pieces you mentioned, I’ve never seen them,” Li Qishang explained earnestly.
Guan Zhiyue looked at Li Qishang and realized that he had never seen a real glass product before.
"I've heard that these glass artifacts are priceless and unavailable for sale?"
Li Qishang proudly raised his chin and gave a soft "hmm".
Guan Zhiyue nodded and said, "Then what would you say if I told you this is a defective product?"
Li Qishang was speechless and depressed. Looking at Guan Zhiyue with some melancholy, he said, "Yue'er, do you know how much this vase could sell for if I took it to the market?"
"How many?"
Li Qishang didn't speak but simply extended his hand. Guan Zhiyue looked at Li Qishang's outstretched hand and said uncertainly, "Five hundred taels?"
Li Qishang staggered, looking somewhat disappointed, and said loudly, "It's 500,000 taels of gold."
"What? Holy crap! So expensive?" Now it was Guan Zhiyue's turn to be surprised, which startled her so much that she fell backward.
She was truly shocked. This broken vase, which looked ugly, could actually sell for 500,000 taels of gold. This glass must be immortal to sell for such an exorbitant price.
Guan Zhiyue sat up straight and looked at Li Qishang, saying, "Why is this thing so expensive? Can't anyone make it?"
"This is very expensive and very difficult to make. It's something that only overseas countries have, so it's very expensive in our inland areas."
Guan Zhiyue beckoned to Li Qishang and whispered in his ear, "If I told you I have a method to make this glass, and that the glass I make is even more beautiful than this, would you believe me or not?"
Guan Zhiyue's words really startled Li Qishang. He stood up from his chair and looked at Guan Zhiyue in disbelief.
Seeing his expression, Guan Zhiyue guessed he was frightened by her, so she quickly waved to him and said, "Don't be nervous. If you don't believe me, I'll get you the prescription, and you'll see for yourself."
Li Qishang sat down in shock. Guan Zhiyue called Bilian over and asked her to go to the study in the backyard to get her prescription.
"Your Majesty, here is the prescription you requested."
Guan Zhiyue reached out and took the folded recipe, unfolded it, and looked at it. It was the one she had written yesterday. She shook it and handed it to Li Qishang.
"Here, take a look! If you think it's feasible, then let's find a place to open a Liulichang."
"In this way, this glass will be unique to our Nanding Kingdom."
Li Qishang took the glassmaking recipe from Guan Zhiyue and glanced at it quickly, finding it incredibly unbelievable.
"Where did you get this prescription from?"
Guan Zhiyue said dismissively, "My mother appeared to me in a dream."
"What? Mrs. Guan told you this?"
"Yeah, otherwise where do you think I got this from? I've never been overseas and I've never even seen glass."
Li Qishang was truly shocked. What he was holding in his hands was likely an important symbol that would make their Southern Kingdom famous throughout the world. This made him incredibly excited.
“Then I’ll go find my brother now and ask him to find someone who knows how to fire a kiln so that this glass can be fired.”
Upon hearing that he wanted to find that scoundrel, Guan Zhiyue immediately grabbed Li Qishang, who was about to run outside, and said with great confusion, "This is your and my business, why are you going to find your brother?"
"I wouldn't dare do that. This thing is one of a kind in the world. If my brother doesn't agree, we can't do it no matter what. So we still need my brother to handle this. Don't worry, I'll have my brother give you a share."
"You have done a great deed that is very helpful to the royal family and to the common people."
Guan Zhiyue couldn't stop Li Qishang, who excitedly took Guan Zhiyue's prescription and ran wildly along the palace streets with Shangyao...
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