Now that Li Mu enters the palace, he doesn't need to apply in advance like other ministers, waiting for the approval of the three provinces.

He was a third-rank military marquis and joined the royal family. He was considered to be a family member of Li Shimin. At the same time, he enjoyed the privilege of allowing the imperial city to ride a horse, wear a purple robe and a goldfish talisman, and unobstructed. In addition, he is now a professor at Chongwenguan or an order from the treasury. No matter which title he had, entering the palace would be equivalent to "working", but he had never been to it.

Li Mu entered the palace this time, not to find Li Shimin. He was doing a woman's business, what's the use of finding Li Shimin? He came to find Empress Changsun, in the name of visiting the disease. He also believed that his brain disease must have been transmitted from Sun Simiao to Li Shimin's place, and Li Shimin could not not inform Empress Changsun. When patients and patients gathered together to discuss the condition when they were most vulnerable, the communication would inevitably be smoother. Giving gifts at this time can naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Sure enough, Li Mu came to Lizheng Hall and after the female official went in and reported it, she was immediately received by Empress Changsun.

"My memory, Li Mu, was surprised to hear that the queen was sick, so I came to visit her. I came late, so I hope the queen will not blame her."

When doing a show, you naturally have to do the full set. Li Mu did not mention his condition for a while without mentioning his illness, and he looked worried and saluted Empress Changsun.

"Please get up quickly." Empress Changsun helped Li Mu up and said, "Li Mu, I have heard about you too... I was about to send someone to your mansion, but I didn't expect you to come... Child, I pity you."

Li Mu's eyes turned red in an instant, but he was "strong" and did not let himself cry. He pretended to be "supported" and said: "I don't understand the queen's meaning. What's wrong with me? I dare to bother the queen to ask."

"Child, don't hide it from it. Haven't you ever asked Doctor Sun to see my illness? You have heard Doctor Sun talk about my illness. Your Majesty also heard Doctor Sun talk about your illness. Only then did you realize that you also have a brain disease. It's so pitiful, pitiful... You and I are both pitiful people!"

Li Mu couldn't help it anymore, tears fell down, choked, but he was speechless, making him stronger.

Empress Changsun also had red eyes and said, "Do you know now, your mother?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "I don't know how the news was leaked. Now the city of Chang'an has spread all the storms, and my mother has also heard of it. But I denied it, saying that outsiders can't see me in good health and slander me. The truth is not told to my mother, so as not to worry about me."

"Good boy."

Empress Changsun asked the female official to bring a Hu chair with a backrest to Li Mu. This is an honor. Generally speaking, the emperor and the empress gave seats were all Jindun, that is, stools. Only people with high positions, or elders, such as Gao Shilian, would be given seats.

Empress Changsun asked the female official to move a chair, which shows that she prefers it.

Li Mu sat down, wiped away the tears, and squeezed out a smile. This smile fell into Queen Changsun's eyes, making her look strong and pitiful. But she also knew that Li Mu was a strong person. Since he could treat the illness with a smile, she didn't have to mention it all the time. After all, the disease that Sun Simiao could not cure was no different from the terminal illness, and it would only increase the sadness when she mentioned it.

Li Mu said: "My illness has been explained by Dr. Sun. Before the age of forty, when he is not sick, he should be no different from ordinary people. After the age of forty, he will leave his fate and may be crazy and stupid. I am seventeen years old this year, and the next year is eighteen. There are still twenty-two or three years left before the age of forty, and the time is not short. Instead of worrying about what will happen in twenty years, it is better to live a good life now. When that day comes, Ruochen is really crazy and stupid, just drink a glass of poisonous wine. The soldiers fought for the country and wrapped their bodies in horses and tied their bodies. They died in their twenties. If I, Li Mu, could live to be forty years old, it would be enough!"

Empress Changsun sighed and said, "Don't think so, twenty years have passed, and there may be a turning point."

"Hope is it," Li Mu also sighed, without denying it, but Empress Changsun could obviously hear that he had no hope for it.

Just as he was about to say something to comfort him, Li Mu had already changed the topic and said with a smile: "Queen, don't worry about me. I am here today to visit me, so why does it seem like it's the opposite?"

As he said that, Li Mu took out the brocade box from his arms and said, "Please look at the queen, I didn't come empty-handed. This is my latest invention. It was made yesterday. After the experiment, I will present it to the queen and all the noble concubines."

Empress Changsun just saw Li Mu's arms bulging, but she was embarrassed to ask. When she saw Li Mu take out a brocade box, she knew it must be a good thing. Because so far, all the things that came out of Li Mu's hands were good things.

There are rules in the palace that the emperor and the queen cannot take things at will. What if there is a hidden weapon hidden here? Just like this brocade box, if you open it and fly out a knife, will the queen be killed?

Therefore, there will be a close confidant around the emperor and the empress. This person is responsible for tasting poisons, testing objects, and blocking risks for the empress. Li Shimin is naturally Eunuch Gao. There is also such a female official around Empress Changsun.

But today, Empress Changsun didn't need her. She directly took the brocade box in her hand. The female official was about to speak, Empress Changsun said, "Li Mu is like the son of this palace. How could he harm me? I'll leave."

Li Mu could hear that this was an inviting word to buy people's hearts. But he looked grateful and asked the female official to check it out. Empress Changsun turned a deaf ear and had already opened the brocade box.

The box is divided into two sides, with wooden strips as partitions in the middle. On the left are five bottles of perfume and on the right are five pieces of soap. On the five bottles of perfume, there are five flavors, and the corresponding soap also has five flavors, namely jasmine, daffodils, lilies, roses, and roses. Li Mu also saw the real thing and realized that China is also one of the origins of roses, and it is distributed everywhere from Shandong to Ganzhou and Shaanxi. Among the dried flowers purchased, roses are also the most.

"Queen, this is..." Li Mu was about to introduce perfume and soap, but was interrupted by Queen Changsun. She picked up the perfume, carefully identified it, and frowned slightly, "Li Mu, is this Liuli?"

"Ah, when it comes to the queen, it is Liuli." Li Mu then remembered the matter of glass. He mentioned it to Li Shimin last time, saying that he could make Liuli, but later forgot about it. Now that he saw Queen Changsun talking about it, he was very happy. He had reason to raise the price of perfume.

"Do you really know how to make glass?"

"Yes, I have developed the method of making glass." Li Mu said seriously: "This glass is expensive to manufacture. If the small bottle in the empress's hand is about cost, it is almost the same as silver of the same weight. This refers to transparent glass and colored glass, and the price is even higher."

Queen Changsun weighed it and said that a perfume bottle is about one or two, wouldn’t it mean that this bottle is worth a consistent amount of money? And such an expensive bottle is just to contain the "water" inside. Isn’t this "water" immortal dew?

Li Mu also picked up a small bottle, swung the mouth of the bottle, and opened the perfume, and a strong fragrance of daffodils spread. Women were very sensitive to the fragrance. The moment the fragrance spread, not only Queen Changsun, but also the female officials and palace maids who served in the hall looked at it subconsciously.

Queen Changsun said strangely: "Li Mu, what is this? Why does it have a fragrance of flowers?"

"This thing is called perfume, which is a new rouge powder. It is a small invention of Chen. Depending on the raw materials used, it has different fragrances. Just one drop can emit a pleasant aroma and last for a long time. According to Chen's test, a drop can be kept for more than two hours. This bottle is a perfume made of daffodils, so it emits the fragrance of daffodils. Because the aroma is easy to emit, this thing can only be filled in a glass bottle. Such a small bottle, the cost price

It costs about eight guan. And because the dry flowers required to make perfume are very small and the amount of production is large, it is difficult to get. If sold on the market, it will cost at least twenty guan. However, it is not a pity to offer it to the queen and the concubines. There are five bottles of perfume here, which are given to the queen and four concubines one bottle. The perfume smell is different, please ask the queen to choose first. If you like that, please inform me that when the queen is used up, I will send it to the queen.”

When Li Mu explained, Empress Changsun had already sniffed it, and finally chose the rose perfume, dripped a drop on her wrist, sniffed it gently, smiled with satisfaction, and praised: "This perfume is really unique, unlike rouge and other objects, it is powder, it is water, and it will not dissipate for a long time. Since it is your intention, I will accept it. Li Mu, you must remember it. Five kinds of fragrances of flowers, I love this one alone."

"I have recorded it." Seeing that Empress Changsun was satisfied, Li Mu felt that the big stone fell down. He was not afraid of Empress Changsun asking for his things, but was afraid that Empress Changsun would not want it. She used it hard, how much could she use it? Is it not bad for her to make ten liters of perfume in one night?

"Go and invite Yang Fei and the others to come over and tell them that Zhulu Hou will offer treasures, and this palace will share with them."

The female official took the order and left. Empress Changsun looked at the soap again and asked, "What is this?"

"This is called soap, which is relatively cheap. If it is so large, it is probably worth a lot of money. It is made of fat and oil, which can be used to wash clothes, bathe, cleansing the face, etc. The method of use is also very simple, just apply it in water."

Empress Changsun picked up a piece and smelled it, and said in surprise: "It also has a fragrance!"

Li Mu nodded and said, "Because the fat oil has a mutton smell, in order to remove the mutton smell, some perfume ingredients have been added. However, due to the cost, it is not added so much. It tastes much lighter than the perfume, mainly due to the cleaning ability. It is comfortable to use in the bath. I have tried it myself yesterday."

Queen Changsun put the soap back and said, "Don't worry about what you invented." She glanced at Li Mu, turned her eyes, and said, "It's just that these things are so expensive. If I and the concubines in the palace liked each other, the other concubines in the palace wanted them too, but it was a troublesome thing. I can't enjoy them alone, right?"
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