"Oh, Chen Fang, you used to be on duty in Honglu Temple, have you heard some magic recipes from the mouth of the envoys?"

Wu Meiniang seemed to be a little unwilling, and looked at Li Zhi next to her, although she understood that the so-called immortality was just a fool, but in it, it was inevitable that she couldn't extricate herself.

There are many emperors in history who are looking for the elixir of life, but in fact, which emperor who is really looking for this elixir is ignorant and ignorant, this is people.

And during this period, especially Li Zhi's long-term illness, Wu Meiniang's desire to find medicine was naturally even worse.

"This, although there are some magic recipes, there is no way to live forever!"

Wu Meiniang sighed, and Li Zhi next to her also sighed imperceptibly.

Although my body has been stronger these days, yesterday...

Li Zhi looked at the queen next to him, he couldn't do it!

The sunset in the evening shines on the continuous palace complex of Taiji Palace, between the blue bricks and blue tiles, the golden hall glass flashes with the beauty of the sunset.

The night breeze rose, the palace lights in the palace were already lit by maids, and waves of slender palace maids carried the night lights and walked in the bleak wind in late autumn, becoming a beautiful embellishment in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty.

Chen Fang lay in his warm bedding, but he couldn't sleep peacefully for a long time.

Shouldn't you continue to tell stories to the two princesses?

Chen Fang tossed and turned, he couldn't sleep at this time, he simply put on his clothes and walked out of his residence, the Shangshi Bureau in the night and the palace group behind him were connected, and the Taiji Palace in the twilight was like a sleeping beast.

"Master hasn't slept yet?"

"Dingyu, why haven't you slept?"

"Just now, Concubine Niangniang asked her to prepare a supper, and she was just done!"

"Concubine Shuniang, Concubine Xiao!"

Chen Fang knows a little about this woman, because in the history of Chen Fang's memory, Concubine Xiao Shu's competition with Wu Meiniang made her leave a strong mark in Li Tang's history.

Concubine Xiao's surname is Xiao, a member of the Lanling Xiao clan of the Southern Dynasty scholars, and a descendant of the Qiliang royal family. is also of noble birth, with royal blood flowing through his body. If it weren't for the fall of these dynasties, it would be considered royalty.

In this world, due to historical changes, Wu Meiniang entered the palace during the period when Li Zhi was the emperor, and established her dominance in Li Zhi's harem early.

Naturally, there is no competition with Concubine Xiao Shu, so Concubine Xiao Shufei is still alive and well at this time, and her sons and daughters are also alive and well, of course, the status is naturally not as high as Wu Meiniang's sons and daughters.

The prince and princess are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the status in the palace is different if the mother is different.

And Concubine Xiao Shu gave birth to a son and two daughters for Li Zhi, King Xu Li Sujie, Princess Yiyang and Princess Gao'an.

King Xu Li Sujie is the fourth son of Li Zhi, and the previous three sons were all born in the palace, that is, the palace maid.

Whenever he thinks that the emperor can do anything if he sees anyone in the palace, Chen Fang is actually quite envious.

And Princess Yiyang and Princess Gao'an are Li Zhi's two eldest daughters, and Anding can only rank third according to their age.

But who let Princess Anding be born to Wu Meiniang, and her status is naturally much higher than that of the two sisters.

In this palace, there has never been a tradition of respecting and inferiority according to age.

"Master, do you know Concubine Shuniang?"

"I don't know, but I've heard others mention it, by the way, Dingyu, do you know if there is a concubine surnamed Wang in this palace?"

"There are two surnamed Wang, I don't know which one the master is looking for?"

Sure enough, there is indeed a concubine surnamed Wang in the palace, and it is the queen who should have become a queen, but because of historical changes, she can only become a concubine.

"I'm not looking for anyone, just ask casually, Dingyu, don't stand there, sit down!"

"Oh, Master!"

Ding Yu saw Chen Fang sitting on the threshold of the palace gate, and she also sat down and sat next to Chen Fang, separated by a little distance.

"Master, speaking of Concubine Jing and Concubine De, it's actually not easy for both of them!"

"Oh, why?"

"None of the heirs were born for the emperor!"

"Neither of them gave birth to a son and a half daughter for the emperor?"

Dingyu nodded.

Chen Fang thought about it, and in his memory, the king and queen in history did not have children, probably because there were problems in some aspects and they could not have children. Li Zhi actually worked her, but she has been unreaping, which should be a physical problem.

In the original history, Wu Meiniang was sent to Ganye Temple, and the reason why she was able to come out was because Queen Wang did not have a son and a half daughter, and it was difficult to compete for favor with Concubine Xiao Shu, so she took Wu Meiniang into the palace to help.

It seems that in this world, Queen Wang still has problems, and Li Zhi will definitely not have a problem, because he has many children, and he is a little expert in giving birth.

History has changed, Queen Wang failed to be a queen, only became a concubine, but she still couldn't give birth, and Concubine Jing and Concubine De, surnamed Wang, couldn't give birth, is this disease also contagious?

Chen Fang just satisfied his curiosity, but he didn't really care about Queen Wang, Concubine Xiao Shu.

Dingyu and Chen Fang sat for a while and talked about some things in the palace, which concubine likes sweet, which one likes spicy, and which one likes sour. Speaking of Wu Meiniang, Dingyu said that Niangniang likes sweets the most.

No wonder let Rosé take such a big glass bottle.

The night was foggy, and a misty mist shrouded the Taiji Palace.

The Taiji Palace itself is built in a low-lying area, which is most prone to fogging. Often together with the fog or fog.

The fog in late autumn was cold, and Chen Fang saw that Dingyu was already a little sleepy, and patted her shoulder.

"Go back to sleep!"

"Master, go to bed early, too!"

"Tomorrow let people prepare some hawthorn, wash it and remove the pit."

"Good! I'll be ready tomorrow morning! ”

On this day, a layer of autumn frost fell on the ground of the Taiji Palace, a thin white. There was already a palace maid sweeping the fallen leaves in the palace, and the yellow fallen leaves gradually accumulated, and the thin autumn frost instantly hid into the accumulated dead leaves.

Winter will come early, at least a month before the afterlife.

It should be colder too! Chen Fang thought about some of the poems about snow left in this era, it should be very cold.

The north wind swept the white grass and folded, and the snow flew in August. Chen Fang is afraid of the cold. Fortunately, it did not cross the Xiaoice period.

The two little princesses hadn't come yet, and Chen Fang knew they would.

When he went to the Shangshi Bureau, Dingyu had already prepared the hawthorn that Chen Fang needed, washed it extremely cleanly, and all the hawthorn cores inside were carefully selected.

Dingyu prepared a plate, and several cooks were still busy, afraid that the preparation would not be enough.

Chen Fang took out some of the remaining maltose and asked Dingyu to sharpen the bamboo sticks.

What he wants to do is naturally rock sugar gourd, skewer the hawthorn with a bamboo skewer, and then drizzle it with maltose syrup, which will quickly dry in the cold wind, and it will become the most prestigious snack in northern China, rock sugar gourd. Rock sugar gourds originally originated in the Song Dynasty, and there was definitely no one at this time.

At this time, a few cooks helped, and soon more than a dozen strings of rock sugar gourds had been drizzled with maltose syrup, and were taken by Dingyu to the outside of Shangshi, and the syrup was dried in the cold wind.