Chapter 344 Arrogance
In Wu Huifei's bedroom, incense to dispel evil spirits was lit.
The ingredients of this exorcist incense are agarwood, cloves, amomum villosum, perilla, musk, bletilla striata, and camphor. First, clean the agarwood and soak it in a musk solution for a day and a night. Remove the agarwood and dry it in the shade. Grind it into a fine powder and set aside. Next, grind the cloves, amomum villosum, perilla, and an appropriate amount of camphor into a fine powder and set aside. Next, grind the bletilla striata to extract the sticky juice and mix it with the two incense powders to make two different incense pills. Finally, place the agarwood powder incense pill on top and the mixed incense pills made with cloves, amomum villosum, perilla, and camphor below, and press them into a fragrant cake.
This was done in case Zhu Huaizhen didn't know that the evil-repelling incense was used to treat plague.
However, Jiangcheng was under siege and supplies were scarce, so they couldn't make the evil-repelling incense.
Haha, the entire Southern Yan court is really arrogant.
The evil-repelling incense is the most effective, but that doesn’t mean other incense is ineffective.
Jiangcheng is famous for its Buddhist incense, any one of which can be used to treat plague.
For example, Baohexiang is commonly seen.
The main ingredients of Baohe incense are agarwood, sandalwood, ambergris, lilies, and honey. First, wash the agarwood with spring water, dry it in the shade, and then dry it in ovens before grinding it into coarse grains. Next, pound the sandalwood (Sandalwood tiliaceus) into a fine powder. Next, mix the coarse and fine powders, place them among fresh lilies, and pound them into a fragrant paste. Shake it in the shade until it is half-dried. Add an appropriate amount of honey, knead it into incense cakes, and dry it in the shade. Finally, sprinkle it with ambergris solution and bake it dry.
Another example is the scent of galangal, which has a noble air.
The main ingredients of kiang incense are agarwood, sandalwood, kalanchoe, magnolia, cloves, camphor, and ambergris. First, wash and remove the dirt from the agarwood, dry it in the shade, and sprinkle it with ambergris solution three times. Then, dry it in the shade, roast it, and grind it into a fine powder. Next, grind the sandalwood, preferably the Indian sandalwood, into a fine powder. Use the male cloves of Caryophyllus caryophyllus, also into a fine powder. Next, mix the three incense powders according to the ratio that Yuwen Cheng determined after much research. Next, take dried magnolia and kalanchoe flowers, grind them, and mix them into the incense powder. Finally, take an appropriate amount of camphor, grind it into a fine powder, and mix it with the previously prepared incense powder. When using, wrap it in a gauze bag, tighten the air vent, and store it in a closet. Alternatively, wrap it in a sachet and decorate it with jade and hang it in a meditation room for meditation and chanting.
Another example is the fragrance of Dingwai, which brings peace and tranquility.
Dingwaixiang's main ingredients are agarwood, camphor, and dendrobium. First, the agarwood is shaved into small cubes and the camphor is ground into a fine powder. Next, the dendrobium is removed—the larger the better—and soaked in warm water. Using a stone mortar, it is pounded into a fragrant paste. The sticky juice is then filtered through gauze. The dendrobium, with the sticky juice removed, is then roasted and ground into a fine powder. This powder is then mixed with the agarwood and camphor and pressed into an incense cone, which is typically burned.
These three types of Buddhist incense have been improved and are as effective as the evil-repelling incense.
However, Princess Ronghua Zhu Huaizhen still has to act.
She fell to her knees, pursed her lips, and tears fell one by one, appearing extremely weak. "Empress Hui, please save my elder sister. I don't care about others, and I can't care. But my elder sister and I are related by blood, and she treated me like a treasure in the past. I can't give up on her. Although she has done many wrong things, these were not her own will. She was forced by the Northern Jin Emperor. Or perhaps she was deceived by the Northern Jin Emperor. I heard that the Northern Jin Emperor is in poor health and she is a sick beauty. She must be very suitable for my elder sister."
In a flash, Zhu Huaizhen thought of a problem. The Northern Jin emperor's fertility would not be defective, so that the elder sister could not keep the child.
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