After seeing Li Min's first gift, everyone felt impatient for his second gift. Several eldest princesses even urged Li Min to open the gift quickly. Under the attention of everyone,

Li Min picked up the second brocade box, walked to Concubine Yang and put it on the table. Then he opened the lid and said, "Concubine, please see, this is my second birthday gift."

"This is?" Concubine Yang looked at the things in the box, and there was another thing she couldn't understand. She saw that the box had a silk base and three very delicate crystal bottles, one large, two small, and one large.

The colors of the bottles are all different. The big one is light green, about the size of an adult's palm, while the two small ones, one purple and one red, are only half the size of the big bottle. The three bottles contain different colors.

I don’t know what the liquid is used for?

Concubine Yang first took out the three bottles and looked at them, but she couldn't see any results. The people around her, including Li Shimin, were also confused. They didn't know what was in the bottles. In the end, they could only look at Li Min together.

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"Haha, my father and my concubine, here are a bottle of toilet water and two bottles of perfume that I asked you to make." Li Min said, picking up the small purple bottle, and then opened the crystal cap on it, and a stream of fresh air came out.

Oh, the mellow orchid fragrance slowly spread. The first people to smell it were Concubine Yang and Li Shimin, and then the eldest princesses and princesses who were close by. These beauty-loving women sniffed their noses invisibly one by one,

He stared at the bottle in Li Min's hand with gleaming eyes.

"Mother, this bottle is made of essential oil extracted from orchids, mixed with several other spices, and dissolved in alcohol to make a perfume. The other bottle is a perfume with the fragrance of albizia flowers. These two perfumes have a light and elegant smell.

, pure, and most consistent with the temperament of the mother-in-law!" After Li Min finished speaking, he bowed and offered the perfume in his hand, while Concubine Yang took it with a look of surprise and gently inhaled the elegant orchid fragrance.

Li Min took the opportunity to step forward and instructed Concubine Yang to use the small brush on the cap to apply a little of the perfume, and then apply it on the wrists, behind the ears and neck. Then Concubine Yang proudly looked at Li Shimin and several eldest princesses.

After taking a few steps in front of them, they immediately felt the fragrance of orchids. Coupled with Concubine Yang's appearance, she looked like a legendary flower fairy. The eldest princesses and those who had grown up

The princess couldn't bear it any longer, and immediately stood up and surrounded Concubine Yang. She took the perfume from Concubine Yang's hand with both force and force, vying to hold the perfume in her hand so that she could have a quick look.

"Liu Lang, you will please your mother. This perfume is several times stronger than commonly used incense. It is just a little bit, but it can make people emit such an elegant and charming fragrance. It is indeed a rare and good gift." Li Shimin

Looking at Concubine Yang and the others, they smiled and said, influenced by the legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, incense was very popular in the Tang Dynasty. Both men and women like to make themselves smell good. Perfume is more convenient than incense, and the effect is stronger, so

Only then did he get Li Shimin's appreciation.

"Thank you, Father, for the compliment!" Li Min said with a smile. This perfume is much more complicated to make than that crystal mirror, because due to the influence of the season, there are not many flowers for him to choose, and in order to make a perfume that can last for a long time without changing its smell.

For perfume, Li Min spent a lot of money to hire several masters of spice making from the private sector, and it took him more than half a month to finalize the two perfumes. This was also thanks to the fact that people in the Tang Dynasty liked incense, so they were very experienced in spice making, so they were able to make it in such a short time.

Get the perfume done within the time required.

At this moment, the little girls Qinghe and Gao Yang suddenly ran up and surrounded Li Min, and they all said coquettishly: "Brother Six, you usually love us the most, can you give us the perfume and the crystal mirror as well?"

share?"

Li Min was a little dumbfounded, thinking how old these little girls are, and now they actually know how to love beauty? But seeing them pretending to be pitiful, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, okay,

Quickly let go of my clothes. I can make some perfume for you, but the crystal mirror is a bit difficult. I had a hard time finding such a big crystal, and I could only grind out one piece."

"Wow~, Brother Six, you are so kind, thank you Brother Six!" The little girls didn't have much hope at first. After all, in their eyes, perfume and mirrors are things that are worth a million dollars, even if they are six

No matter how generous I was, I would never give it to them so easily, but I didn't expect Brother Six to actually agree to give them perfume. He was so happy that he immediately cheered.

"You little girls, please go back and sit down quickly. Your sixth brother has one last gift yet to be presented." Li Shimin also doted on his daughters very much and drove them back with a smile. Then Li Shimin walked to Yang

The concubine took it upon herself to make the decision for Li Min, and after promising to give each of them a bottle of perfume, she persuaded her sisters and daughters to go back.

"Liu Lang, is this toilet water the same as perfume?" Concubine Yang asked with some heartache. She was holding the perfume she had finally snatched back in her hand, but the bottle was already missing nearly half, and those eldest princesses, the princesses had

All of them are fragrant.

"Concubine, there is a difference between this toilet water and perfume. Because the weather is hot now, mosquitoes are more rampant, so I made some toilet water and smeared it on my body to avoid mosquito bites." Li Min said with a smile. He was very deep these days.

Suffering from mosquito bites, there are many rivers around Chang'an, and no one pays attention to killing mosquitoes, so the entire Chang'an is infested with mosquitoes. Not to mention him, the King of Liang, even Li Shimin is often bitten by mosquitoes. So Li Min has long thought

After making toilet water, he took the opportunity to celebrate his mother's birthday. He specially asked Sun Simiao, a great expert, to help prepare the medicine. Then he added some fragrant medicinal materials and finally made the Tang version of toilet water. Although the ingredients were different from those of later generations.

The commonly used ones vary greatly, but Li Min once conducted experiments and found that they are very effective in repelling mosquitoes, so he offered them.

"Oh, this is a good thing!" Li Shimin was obviously more interested in toilet water than perfume. After hearing Li Min's explanation, he took the large bottle of toilet water and looked at it carefully, then opened it and smelled it, and found the smell.

Although it is not as charming as perfume, it still has a unique fragrance.

"I live in the palace every day, and there are ways to prevent and cure mosquito bites. However, Your Majesty is busy in court every day, but you suffer from mosquito bites every day. Today, I take advantage of Rokuro's filial piety and give this toilet water to Your Majesty.

, it can be regarded as my concubine sharing your majesty's worries." Concubine Yang thought that Li Shimin always had large mosquito bites on his body these days, so she wanted to give toilet water to Li Shimin.

"No, this is Liu Lang's affection for you as a mother. I am a grown man, and it doesn't matter if I get bitten by mosquitoes. But my concubine's skin is delicate, so don't let those mosquito bites damage it!" Li Shimin felt Yang Fei's concern,

She felt excited, and regardless of the occasion, she actually said such disgusting words, which made Concubine Yang blush slightly with embarrassment, and several eldest princesses around her also snickered.

Li Min did not expect that Li Shimin would still be so passionate at his age. He was afraid that he would say something that would make his mother embarrassed, so he immediately stepped forward and said: "Father, please accept this bottle of toilet water. It is not made in the same way."

It’s very difficult, but it took a lot of time to make the recipe in the early stage. I will make some for my mother and concubine in two days.”

Hearing his son's words and Concubine Yang's persuasion, Li Shimin couldn't refuse anymore. He collected the toilet water very happily, and then smiled at Li Min and said: "Liu Lang, what is your third gift?

My father can’t wait any longer.”

"Father, I would like to ask everyone to move outside the palace, because this gift can only be seen outside the palace." Li Min answered somewhat mysteriously.

"Oh? Okay, everyone, follow me and Concubine Yang outside the palace to see what Liu Lang has prepared?" Li Shimin was very interested. After seeing the first two gifts from Li Min, the people around him were also interested in the third gift.

They became curious, so they all got up and followed Li Shimin to the outside of the palace. Li Chengqian and Li Tai saw that Li Min was so favored. Although they were a little unhappy, they followed everyone to the outside of the palace. Only the fifth child, Li You,

Still sitting upright in his seat, he looked very out of place.

When everyone came outside the palace, they saw Li Min taking a long round bucket two or three feet thick and long from the attendant. Could this be the gift Li Min had prepared? However, under the surprised and suspicious eyes of everyone, Li Min said:

He took the incense stick given by the attendant, then lit a fuse at the end of the long barrel, and pointed the other end towards the sky.

Under everyone's gaze, the smoky fuse quickly burned and entered the long barrel. Then there was a muffled sound of "Bang~" from the long barrel, and an incandescent flash of light erupted from the other end. In the blink of an eye,

It flew up to an altitude of more than ten feet, and then exploded with a "boom", as if a bolt of lightning appeared in the sky.

Then Li Min threw the long barrel aside with a smile, and turned to look at everyone who was in a daze. Li Shimin and the others were also wondering whether this was the birthday gift Li Min had prepared. Although the barrel emitted a light like lightning, which made everyone

They were all shocked, but this is a bit too simple, right?

Just when everyone was wondering, suddenly there was a muffled thunder-like sound in the distance, and then a flash of light rose from the distance. It was very fast at the beginning, but the speed became slower towards the end. When it reached the highest point, this light

The flash suddenly exploded, and there seemed to be a brilliant lotus blooming in the dark sky, making the entire sky red. The lotus stayed in the sky for a few seconds, and then suddenly made a crackling sound, and the entire sky was filled with red.

The flowers burst into their final splendor and then disappeared into the sky.

But before Li Shimin and others could wake up from the shock, they seemed to be awakened by the fireworks in the distance. Muffled thunder could be heard one after another, and then flashes of light rose one after another, and then beautiful flowers appeared one after another.

Blooming in the sky, these colorful fireworks come in different colors and styles. Sometimes they look like chrysanthemums blooming; sometimes they look like peonies blooming; some even look like some kind of animals, which makes everyone's hearts sway when they watch.

Such a wonderful scene in the sky not only fascinated Li Shimin and others, but even the entire city of Chang'an was shocked by the magnificent scene in the sky. Many superstitious people even thought that gods were descending to the earth, and they knelt down to pay homage to it.

The gods prayed for blessings, and in the blink of an eye, the city of Chang'an was filled with incense, while more people stared at the wonders in the sky with their mouths open, their minds went blank, and for a while they couldn't figure out whether they were in the mortal world or a fairyland?
Chapter completed!