Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 111
She brought a small box. Inside the box were several red incense tablets.

Wu Rou stretched her head and took a closer look. She couldn't see anything unusual, and it didn't even have the smell she smelled when she picked up the sachet.

She glanced at Xia Qian doubtfully.
Xia Baolin picked up a little bit with bamboo scissors, put it on the small plate next to the incense, picked up the small wine bottle on the desk, poured two or three drops of wine on it, and said:
"This incense is called Matchmaker. Among the people, many wealthy families will use this incense to cheer up their wedding nights. Before igniting it, it must be soaked in the first strong liquor for a quarter of an hour."

As she spoke, she put down the wine bottle, placed her hand on top of the incense tablets, and gently fanned the tip of her nose with her breath. The intoxicating smell filled her brows and eyes, and she said:

"Did you smell it? It smells really good."

Wu Rou moved forward slightly, and only smelled the smell of strong alcohol. She sat up straight, her beautiful brows frowned pitifully, and asked worriedly:
"Matchmaker?...This fragrance doesn't sound very good. Is there any harm in it?"

Xia Yu said calmly:
"Hey... you have been in the palace for many years, and you don't even have the chance to know about good things coming out. Didn't I just say that this is what everyone is using among the people, it is a good thing, and it is harmless.

When I entered the palace, I, Aye, asked me to bring some. It was originally used to please the ladies. Who knew that the ladies in the palace were more talented than the other, and more serious than the other. There was no place for me to offer this treasure. I had to use it myself. "

As she spoke, she smiled charmingly and seductively at Wu Rou, and said meaningfully:
"I have a good relationship with you, so I'll let you use it a little."

Wu Rou showed a grateful smile and asked:
"Then...what is everything here made of? Is it expensive?"

Xia Yu said:
"This is good stuff, so naturally it won't be cheap... As for what's inside, I don't know. Can I tell you the secret recipe of their fragrant tablets? If I tell you, how can they still make money?"

Wu Rou looked at the fragrant tablets and said:

"That's right."

The two waited for a while, and saw that the color of the dry spices became redder, even a little black.

Xia Yu pulled out a thin incense stick from the incense burner next to her, put it to her lips and blew on it, revealing the sparks inside, and then lit it on the incense tablets.

The small incense piece ignited a burst of blue flames, silently, like a blue flower of the soul, swaying a few times, slowly getting smaller and disappearing...

Then, a wisp of green smoke rose up from the incense piece and slowly dissipated into the air. Soon, a strange fragrance of flowers and wine floated to the tip of Wu Rou's nose.

Xia Baolin narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling comfortable and proud at the same time. She picked up the round fan placed beside her and gently fanned the fragrance towards Wu Rou.

While fanning, he looked at her.

The aroma is getting stronger and stronger.

Wu Rou felt that her head was a little dizzy, as if she had been drunk, and her heart was pounding.

Soon, she felt an uncomfortable itching in her heart, and her abdomen felt like it was on fire, as if she was longing for something.

She blushed and her skin crawled all over her body in agitation, so she quickly covered her nose and said:

"Stop burning it. It smells very unpleasant."

As soon as the voice came out, I was startled. The voice was delicate, thin, and slightly hoarse. Was it still my own voice? !

Wu Rou was frightened, like a ferocious beast, she covered her mouth with her shawl and leaned back again.

But Xia Baolin laughed heartily, stretched out his thin white fingertips, pointed at Wu Rou and said:

"As expected, he is still a virgin, hahahahaha... Why do you feel uncomfortable? Then you will feel better after being hugged by someone, and you don't understand anything. Hahahahahaha..."

Wu Rou raised her eyes slightly and stared at her dissatisfied. The sharp corners of her eyes seemed to be born with resentment. When she raised her eyes like this, she looked angry.

Xia Baolin quickly stopped his smile, took a breath, and said:
"Hey... this thing is more effective for men. If you can drink a few sips of wine beforehand to cheer up, the effect will be better and the fun will be endless. Not to mention the prince who is pretending to hold it, even the eminent monks like Master Xuanzang can't stand it. Stay." Master Xuanzang went west to obtain Buddhist scriptures and came back this year. When His Majesty summoned him, he even advised him to return to secular life, and he would be rewarded. Otherwise, an ascetic monk would not be able to enjoy anything but a reputation.

But the Dharma master was unwilling. He only wanted to open a forum to lecture and promote Buddhism.

So now Master Xuanzang is a representative of the monks with profound Buddhist teachings and strong will. Anyone who talks about monks will mention him.

Wu Rou didn't like what Xia Baolin said about Prince Li Shan.

He's not pretending, he's just that kind of person.Moreover, Master Xuanzang is not the kind of person who would let people make such a joke casually.

So she deliberately pretended not to understand and asked:
"Ah?... Master Xuanzang also used it? Has he returned to secular life?"

"Oh... No, I'm just giving you an example. I usually look like a very smart person, but why can't I understand this?"

As she spoke, she placed a small lidded cup on the incense plate to extinguish the aroma of the incense tablets.Then he took a complete piece of scented tablet from the box, put it in an empty scented sachet and handed it to her, saying:

"This incense does not break after burning, so it is suitable for burning in a warm incense box. It is usually soaked in wine. The smell is not obvious and has no effect. It just smells good. When the time comes, I will find a fine incense. Or once the candle is lit, nothing will be delayed.”

Wu Rou took it in her hand and said, "Thank you."

Xia Baolin saw that she was so calm, so he couldn't help but tell her:
"I gave it to you, but you have to think of using it and don't waste it."

Wu Rou nodded and stuffed the small purse into her sleeve.

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When will this thing be used for diplomacy?
Wu Rou, who returned to Xiliang Pavilion, held the sachet in her hand and looked through it.

She didn't believe this thing would be a good thing anyway.

Even if it itself is not poisonous to the human body, if you dare to use it on the emperor without authorization, to seduce the emperor into sleeping and emptying his body, you are guilty.

Injuring the dragon's body is a crime of conspiracy, which is enough to cause death.

The emperor's health has been getting worse and worse recently, and he has been unable to get up early in the morning many times. This has provoked the trusted ministers of the previous dynasty to run to the Wude Hall one by one to inquire about the emperor's health.

Every time the emperor just said that he was tired and slept a little longer, and then he began to lament that these ministers walked from outside the palace to the palace, got up earlier than him, walked more than him, and were older than him. big.

He is really not as good as those old guys.

Every time he said this, the ministers would wipe their tears and offer advice and good luck.

I wish the emperor could live another 500 years.

But no one can live for 500 years.

Especially when his wife and son died one after another, so many civil servants and good generals disappeared from his sight one by one.

The emperor was open-minded about Changsheng, but he was lax and left most of the government affairs to the prince.

(End of this chapter)