Li Mu is now in the palace, and he does not need to apply in advance like other ministers, waiting for the approval of the three provinces.

He is a third-grade military marquis, and he has entered the clan again, so he is a family with Li Shimin. At the same time, he also enjoyed the privilege of allowing the imperial city to ride a horse, wear a purple robe, and wear a goldfish charm around his waist, which was unimpeded. In addition, he is now a professor in the Chongwen Pavilion, or an internal order, no matter what title he is, entering the palace is equivalent to 'going to work', but he has never been on it much.

Li Mu entered the palace this time, not looking for Li Shimin. He is in the business of women, what is the use of looking for Li Shimin. He came to find Empress Changsun, in the name of visiting the sick. And he also believes that the fact that he has a brain disease must have been spread to Li Shimin from Sun Simiao's mouth, and it is impossible for Li Shimin not to inform Empress Changsun. When patients and patients gather together to discuss their conditions at the most vulnerable time, communication will inevitably be smoother.

Sure enough, Li Mu came to the Lizheng Palace, and after the female official went in to pass the ceremony, she was immediately received by the eldest grandson queen.

"Minister Li Mu, I was shocked to hear that the queen was sick and came to visit. Weichen is late, and I hope the queen will not blame. ”

To make a play, it is natural to do a full set. Li Mu didn't mention his illness at all, his face was full of worry, and he saluted the eldest grandson queen.

"Hurry up, please." Empress Eldest Sun helped Li Mu up and said, "Li Mu, I have also heard about you...... I was about to send someone to your house, but you came...... Child, have mercy on you. ”

Li Mu's eyes turned red instantly, but he was 'strong' not to let himself cry, and 'forbearing' pretended to say: "The minister doesn't understand what the queen means, what is the matter with the minister, dare to bother the queen to ask." ”

"Don't hide it, child. Didn't you ask Doctor Sun to see a doctor? My condition, you also listened to what Doctor Sun said. Your Majesty also heard from Doctor Sun about your condition, and then you know that you also have a brain disease, pitiful, pitiful...... You and I are both poor people! ”

Li Mu 'couldn't hold back any longer', tears fell, choked, but speechless, even stronger.

Empress Eldest Sun also had red eyes and said, "Your mother, do you know now?" ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "I don't know how the news leaked out, but now Chang'an City is full of wind and rain, and Chen's mother has also heard about it." But the minister denied it, and only said that outsiders couldn't see that the minister was doing well, and slandered him, and he didn't tell his mother the truth, so as not to worry about the minister. ”

"Good boy."

Empress Changsun asked the female official to bring Li Mu a chair with a backrest, which is an honor, under normal circumstances, the emperor and queen give seats, all of which are Jindun, that is, stools. Only a person of high authority, or an elder, such as Gao Shilian, would give him a chair.

Empress Changsun asked the female official to move the chair, which shows her preference.

Li Mu sat down, wiped away his tears, and squeezed out a smile. This smile fell in the eyes of Empress Changsun, looking strong and pitiful. But she also knew that Li Mu was a strong person, and since he could treat illness with a smile, she didn't have to mention it all the time. After all, the disease that Sun Simiao can't cure is no different from a terminal illness, and mentioning it can only increase sadness.

Li Mudao: "The minister's illness has already been explained by Doctor Sun. Before the age of forty, when you are not sick, you should be no different from ordinary people. After the age of forty, it is possible to resign yourself to fate, madness and stupidity. Chen is seventeen years old this year, and he is eighteen years old. Twenty-two or three years are still before the age of forty, which is not a short time. Instead of worrying about what will happen in 20 years, it is better to live the present life well. When the day comes, Ruochen is really crazy and stupid, just drink a glass of poisoned wine. The soldiers fought for the country, and the horse leather shrouded in corpses, and died when they were only in their twenties, and if I, Li Mu, could live to be forty years old, it would be enough! ”

Empress Eldest Sun sighed and said, "Don't think so, twenty years is not a short time, and there may be a turnaround." ”

"Hopefully," Li Mu also sighed, not denying it, but Empress Eldest Sun could obviously hear it, and he didn't have hope for it.

Just as he was about to say something more to comfort, Li Mu had already diverted the topic and said with a smile: "Don't worry about the minister, the queen is here today to visit the patient, why does it seem to be the other way around." ”

As he spoke, Li Mu took out the brocade box from his arms and said, "Queen, please see, the minister did not come empty-handed. This is the latest invention of the minister, made yesterday, and after the test, it was presented to the queen and the concubines. ”

Empress Changsun saw Li Mu bulging in her arms just now, but she was embarrassed to ask, and when she saw Li Mu take out a brocade box, she knew that it must be a good thing. Because so far, all the things that have come out of Li Mu's hands are good things.

There are rules in the palace that the emperor and empress are not allowed to take things casually. What if there's a hidden weapon in here? Just like this brocade box, if you open it and fly out directly, won't the queen die?

Therefore, there will be a person close to the emperor and queen. This person is responsible for tasting poison, testing things, and shielding the risk for the emperor. Li Shimin's side is naturally Gao Gonggong. There is also such a female official beside this eldest grandson queen.

But today, the eldest grandson queen doesn't use her. Directly took the brocade box in her hand, and the female official just wanted to speak, but the eldest grandson queen said: "Li Mu is like the son of this palace, how can he harm me?" Excuse me, step aside. ”

Li Mu could hear that this was an invitation to buy people's hearts. But he also looked grateful, and begged to be inspected by the female officer. Empress Eldest Sun turned a deaf ear and had already opened the brocade box.

The box is divided into left and right sides, with a wooden strip in the middle as a partition. On the left are five bottles of perfume, and on the right are five bars of soap. Five bottles of perfume, five flavors, and the corresponding soap are also five flavors, namely jasmine, narcissus, lilac, lily, rose, and one of the roses is rose. Li Mu also saw the real thing, and only then did he know that China is also one of the origins of roses, which are distributed everywhere from Shandong to Gansu and Shaanxi. Among the dried flowers purchased, roses are also the most numerous.

"Queen, this is ......" Li Mu was about to introduce the perfume and soap, but was interrupted by the eldest grandson queen, she picked up the perfume, carefully identified it, frowned slightly and said: "Li Mu, is this glass?" ”

"Ah, if you go back to the queen, it's Liuli." Li Mu then remembered the glass thing, he mentioned it to Li Shimin last time, saying that he had been able to make glass, and then forgot about it, and now he saw the eldest grandson queen talking about it, he was very happy, and he had a reason to raise the price of perfume.

"Do you really know how to make glass?"

"Yes, the minister has already researched the production method of colored glass." Li Mu said seriously: "This glass is expensive to manufacture. The vial in Niangniang's hand, if you look at the cost, is almost equal to the same weight of silver. This refers to transparent glass, colored glass, and the price is even higher. ”

Empress Eldest Sun weighed it, a perfume bottle is about one or two weights, doesn't it mean that this bottle is worth the same money. And such an expensive bottle is just to hold the 'water' inside, isn't this 'water' fairy dew?

Li Mu also picked up a small bottle, rotated the bottle, opened the perfume, and suddenly a strong aroma of daffodils spread. Women are very sensitive to fragrance, and the moment the fragrance diffuses, not only the eldest grandson queen, but even the female officials and palace maids serving in the palace subconsciously look over.

Empress Eldest Sun said strangely: "Li Mu, what is this?" Why is there a floral scent? ”

"This thing is called perfume, which is a new rouge gouache, and it is a small invention of the minister. Depending on the raw materials used, it has different fragrances, and only one drop can give off a pleasant aroma that lasts for a long time, and according to Chen's test, a drop can be retained for more than two hours. This bottle is a perfume made from daffodils, so it exudes the scent of daffodils. Because the aroma is easy to dissipate, this thing can only be contained in glass bottles. For such a small bottle, the cost price is almost eight dollars. And because the stock of dried flowers required to make perfume is very small, and the amount of production is large, it is not easy to obtain. If it is sold on the market, it will be at least 20 or more. However, if you dedicate it to the queen and the concubines, it is not distressing how much money you have, there are a total of five bottles of perfume here, which are given to the queen and the four concubines one bottle each. The smell of perfume is different, please choose the queen first, if you like that, you can inform Weichen, and when the queen runs out, the minister will send it to the queen. ”

When Li Mu explained, Empress Eldest Sun had already smelled it one by one, and finally chose rose perfume, dropped a drop on her wrist, sniffed it gently, smiled with satisfaction, and praised: "This perfume is really different, unlike rouge and other things, it is powder, this is water, and it will last for a long time." Since it's your heart, this palace will accept it. Li Mu, you have to remember it. Five kinds of floral fragrances, this kind of palace loves alone. ”

"The minister has written it down." Li Mu saw that Empress Changsun was satisfied, and the big stone in his heart fell, he was not afraid that Empress Changsun wanted his things, but he was afraid that Empress Changsun would not want it. She used it as hard as she could, and how much she could. Make ten liters of perfume a night, is this worse than her?

"Go and invite Concubine Yang and them to come over, tell them to offer treasures to the deer marquis, and the palace will share it with them."

The female officer took the order and left, and the eldest grandson queen looked at the soap again and asked, "What is this?" ”

"This is called soap, and the price is relatively cheap, such a large piece, if it is on the market, it is probably worth the same amount of money. It is made of fatty oil, which can be used instead of soap horn for washing, bathing, cleansing, etc. It's also very easy to use, just apply it with water. ”

Empress Eldest Sun picked up a piece and smelled it, and said in surprise: "There is also a fragrance!" ”

Li Mu nodded and said: "Because the fat oil has a smell, in order to remove the smell, some perfume ingredients are also added, but due to the cost, not so much is added, and the taste is much lighter than the smell of perfume, mainly because of the cleaning ability." Bath use, the whole body is comfortable, Chen has personally tried it yesterday. ”

Empress Changsun put the soap back and said, "What you invented, this palace can rest assured." She glanced at Li Mu, rolled her eyes, and said: "It's just that these things are so expensive, if the palace and the concubines like it, and the other concubines in the palace also want it, but it's a troublesome thing, and the palace can't enjoy it alone, right?" ”