The atmosphere in Ciqing Palace was solemn, all the palace people stood in the corner with their heads bowed, and there were also bold palace maids who raised their heads slightly and cast sympathetic glances at Wang Chengen, who was standing restlessly.

Empress Zhang has always treated people very well, and it is the third time they have seen Empress Zhang treat a person so harshly, the first two times were Wei Zhongxian and Hakka, and Wang Chengen is now fortunate to be the third.

The palace maids secretly said in their hearts: The prince is really pitiful, he was beaten again, not to mention, and was punished for standing! And I heard that Queen Zhou didn't know why she was also angry with the princess, and the princess was worried about the queen of the two palaces, and he dared to come to the door in person to give a gift to Queen Zhang, which is also very admirable!

Wang Chengen looked at Empress Zhang pitifully, he was punished by Empress Zhang for stepping into Ciqing Palace with his left foot first, and he was punished by Empress Zhang and received another board.

Fortunately, the group of executioners in Ciqing Palace knew the proportions, and this time they let him go gently, and he didn't even break the skin.

But Wang Chengen felt aggrieved, he asked himself that he had never offended Queen Zhang somewhere, and the only possibility was that he took the blame for the emperor! Empress Zhang was angry and couldn't make a deal to the emperor, Wang Chengen could only admit that he was unlucky! After all, countless people want to take the blame for the emperor but can't get the opportunity!

It's just that Wang Chengen was curious about what happened between the emperor and Empress Zhang and Empress Zhou that night, so that the queens of the two palaces targeted him like this.

"Why are you here at this palace?" Zhang Yan finally spoke slowly.

"Queen Mother, the slave maid is here to send you something for the emperor, please take a look at the Queen Mother!" Wang Chengen knew that Zhang Yan didn't want to see him, and hurriedly explained the purpose of his trip, and took out an extremely delicately carved wooden box from his sleeve and handed it to the palace people next to him.

Zhang Yan took the wooden box, and saw a faint fragrance coming from the box, and curiously stretched out her hand to open the box, and saw a pink thing.

"The queen mother, this is the soap invented by the emperor himself, and the emperor has been saying that bathing with pancreas is not clean, it is used quickly, and the price is expensive. The emperor consulted the historical materials, painstakingly studied for several days and finally created this soap, and then immediately asked the slaves and maids to order the mixed hall division to make it day and night, the first batch made a total of 500 pieces, and the emperor asked the slaves and maids to give all the slaves and maids to the queen mother! Wang Chengen smiled flatteringly, desperately pasting gold on Yang Su's face.

Zhang Yan stretched out her slender fingers to pick up the soap, frowned and said, "You will take 300 yuan and send it to Concubine Liu, and then send 100 yuan to Queen Zhou, just say that the emperor ordered it!" ”

"The slave obeys the order, or the queen mother is thoughtful." Wang Chengen said with admiration, seeing that Zhang Yan didn't pay attention to this soap, and suggested to Zhang Yan: "The queen can take water to try the effect of this soap!" ”

Zhang Yan glanced at Wang Chengen in surprise, she originally thought that the soap was just a joke by the emperor, the formula of pancreas has been improved for hundreds of years, and the emperor doesn't understand what can be made just by reading a book for a few days. I didn't expect Wang Chengen to be so confident in soap!

Waiting for the palace maid to bring a basin of water, Zhang Yan picked up the soap and dipped it in the water, and immediately noticed the difference between the soap and the pancreas, the pancreas is made of pig pancreas, no matter how the process is improved, there is always a greasy feeling, but this soap has no such shortcomings.

Looking at the foam on her hands and smelling the faint fragrance in the air, Zhang Yan glanced at Wang Chengen in surprise and asked, "This soap can be made so much in just a few days?" The raw materials cost such a good effect must be extraordinary, and the cost of soap must be far more than that of pancreas, right? ”

"The queen mother is a dozen craftsmen can make it in these days, this is because the craftsmen do it for the first time, and the efficiency will definitely increase in the future, as for the cost of raw materials, it is less than two percent of the cost of adding spices and pancreas! The cost of one is only three dollars and more silver. Wang Chengen glanced at the palace maid beside him and said softly.

A hint of surprise flashed in Zhang Yan's eyes, and she couldn't help but confirm again: "The cost of this soap is so low?" ”

Seeing Wang Chengen nodding affirmatively, Zhang Yan asked the people in the left and right palaces to retreat outside the palace, and then asked Wang Chengen, "The soap effect is so good, and the cost is extremely low, you must keep this production method secret after you go back, and you must not leak it!" The emperor has always been short of silver, and with this soap, it is enough to cover the income of the imperial village! The emperor is busy with state affairs, you must pay attention to this matter. ”

"The queen mother can rest assured, the emperor has asked the slave to keep the production method secret, and those craftsmen have been warned by the slave and maid, and they have been taken care of, and they will definitely not leak out." Wang Chengen replied.

"It's good that the emperor knows it." Zhang Yan nodded and said with concern: "How much is this soap going to cost?" ”

"The emperor said that pancreas are daily necessities, and they are sold at the price of spice pancreas!"

"It's not proper, those who can afford to use spiced pancreas are rich and noble, and naturally they can afford to use soap, since this recipe is unique to my royal family, and soap is an imperial thing, how can the price be the same as pancreas, this palace thinks that it should be sold at twice the price of pancreas." Zhang Yan pondered for a moment and vetoed.

"Queen Mother Shengming!" Wang Chengen hurriedly agreed, and happily reported to Zhang Yan, "In addition to this soap, the queen also created soap and sulfur soap!" ”

"Soap, sulfur soap!" Zhang Yan thought for a while and asked, "Is this soap made by adding spices to soap, and sulfur soap is made with sulfur?" ”

"Exactly! The queen mother is really in the language! Wang Chengen patted Zhang Yan's ass, and explained, "This soap, soap, and sulfur soap are almost the same, the slave and maid are ready to sell the soap at a high price, and the soap and sulfur soap are sold to the people at a low price. ”

"The emperor is not moved by personal interests, and it is Mingjun who cares about the people of the world!" Zhang Yan exclaimed.

Ordinary pancreas are four dollars a piece, and the pancreas with spices is two taels of silver a piece, and the middle-class people are absolutely reluctant to use pancreas, and generally use bath beans. Ordinary people even use soap horn again.

The benefits in the soap are so huge that everyone is red, but Yang Su can easily give up, which makes Zhang Yan can't help but feel a trace of admiration in her heart.

Wang Chengen was secretly happy when he saw Zhang Yan's appearance. He knows the emperor's thoughts, Empress Zhang's status in the emperor's heart is extremely high, Wang Chengen prides himself on being a loyal minister, of course, he wants to help the emperor brush up his good feelings in front of Empress Zhang!

"Since this soap can be made on a large scale, then you don't need to send so much to Concubine Liu and Queen Zhou at one time, wait for this soap you to send twenty yuan to Concubine Liu to use, and then send ten yuan to Queen Zhou, and the rest will stay here in the palace, and the palace will give the soap to the wives of the nobles and ministers of the court, so that they can use it first!" Zhang Yan attaches great importance to the soap and offers to help.

Of course, Wang Chengen couldn't ask for it, and the emperor only said that he would send the soap to Queen Zhang, but he didn't explain what to do with it later. Wang Chengen knew that it was right to listen to Empress Zhang's words!

"And my royal family can't compete with the people for profit, engaged in this business business, do you have a plan for how to sell this soap?" Zhang Yan reminded.

"Jia Fu has taken over the procurement of the palace, and the slave is ready to hand over this soap to them for sale!" Wang Chengen hurriedly replied, but did not mention Miss Lin in front of Queen Zhang.

"You must serve the emperor with peace of mind in the future, and don't have anything like last time!" Zhang Yan knocked Wang Chengen lightly, of course she would not mention the emperor in front of her subordinates.

Zhang Yan said softly, but Wang Chengen breathed a sigh of relief. He has already suffered a lot in the past few days, and unless the emperor forces him in the future, he will never dare to do it again.

"Thank you for the grace of Queen Mother, the slave has written it down!" Wang Chengen knelt on the ground and thanked him.

"This palace still has to study the Buddhist scriptures, you go down!" Zhang Yan picked up the Buddhist scriptures and studied them carefully.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen hurriedly bowed down and withdrew from the hall, and led people to the palace of Concubine Liu with soap.