Capital Datang

After seeing Li Yin's first gift, everyone felt impatient for his second gift. The princesses even urged Li Yin to open the gift quickly. Under the eyes of everyone, Li Yin picked up the second brocade box, walked in front of Concubine Yang and put it on the table, then opened the lid and said, "Mother Concubine, please look, this is the second birthday present for my son."

"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 was made of silk, and there were three very delicate crystal bottles, one big, two small, side by side. The colors of the bottles are 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 liquid, I don't know what it is for?

Concubine Yang took out all three bottles to have a look, but she didn't see any results. The surroundings, including Li Shimin, also looked puzzled, and they didn't know what was in the bottles?In the end, they could only look at Li Yin together.

"Hehe, father and mother, this is a new bottle of toilet water and two bottles of perfume that I have asked someone to make." Li Yin said as he picked up the small purple bottle, and then opened the crystal cap on it. The mellow and mellow orchid fragrance slowly diffused. Concubine Yang and Li Shimin were the first to smell it, and then the princesses and concubines who were closer. These beautiful women sniffed their noses indistinctly, Both eyes were staring at the bottle in Li Yin's hand.

"Mother Concubine, this bottle is made of essential oil extracted from orchids, then blended with several other spices, and then dissolved in alcohol to make a perfume, and the other bottle is perfume of acacia flowers. These two perfumes are light and elegant. , pure, and fits the concubine's temperament best!" After Li Yin finished speaking, he bowed to offer the perfume in his hand, while Concubine Yang accepted it with a look of surprise, and took a soft breath of the elegant orchid fragrance.Capital Datang 73

And Li Yin took the opportunity to go forward and instructed Concubine Yang to use the small brush on the lid to dip a little of the perfume, and then smeared it on the wrists, behind the ears and neck, etc., and then Concubine Yang proudly kissed Li Shimin and the other eldest princesses. After walking a few steps in front of them, they immediately felt the fragrance of orchids, coupled with Concubine Yang's appearance, she looked like a fairy among the flowers in the legend.The eldest princesses and the grown-up princesses couldn't bear it any longer, and immediately stood up and surrounded Concubine Yang, snatching the perfume from Concubine Yang's hand with both soft and hard tactics, vying to hold the perfume in their hands, Good to see.

"Liulang, you will please your mother. This perfume is several times stronger than commonly used incense. It is just a little bit, but it makes 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 laughed and said that Tang people were influenced by the legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and incense was popular in everything. Both men and women like to make themselves fragrant.Perfume is more convenient than incense, and its effect is also stronger, so it was appreciated by Li Shimin.

"Thank you, father, for your compliment!" Li Yin laughed. The production of this perfume is much more complicated than that of the 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 fragrance that can last for a long time Perfume, Li Min spent a lot of money to hire several spice blending masters from the people, and it took more than half a month to finalize the two perfumes. Get the perfume done in time.

At this moment, some little girls Qinghe and Gaoyang suddenly ran up and surrounded Li Yin, and coquettishly said together: "Sixth brother, you love us the most, can you give us the perfume and the crystal mirror as well?" share?"

Li Yin was a little dumbfounded, thinking how old these little girls are, and now they know how to love beauty?But seeing them pretending to be pitiful, I couldn't help but smile and said: "Okay, let go of my clothes quickly, perfume can be made for you, but the crystal mirror is a bit difficult, I also managed to find such a large crystal, and only one piece was ground out."

"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 hard to buy, even if they are six No matter how generous my brother was, he would not give it to them so easily, but he didn't expect that sixth brother would agree to give them perfume, and he cheered immediately when he was happy.

"You little girls, go back and sit down quickly, your sixth brother still has one last gift to present." Li Shimin also loved his daughters very much, and drove them back with a smile.Then Li Shimin went to Concubine Yang again, arbitrarily making decisions for Li Min, and after promising to give them each a bottle of perfume, he persuaded his sisters and daughters to go back.

"Liulang, is this toilet water the same as perfume?" Concubine Yang asked with some heartache. She was holding the perfume she had finally snatched back, but the bottle was nearly half gone. All of them are fragrant.

"Mother, there is a difference between this toilet water and perfume, because the weather is hot and mosquitoes are more rampant, so I made some toilet water and smeared it on my body to avoid mosquito bites." Li Yin laughed.These days he suffered from mosquito bites, there are many rivers around Chang'an, and no one pays attention to killing mosquitoes, so the whole Chang'an is full of mosquitoes, let alone him, King Liang, even Li Shimin is often bitten by mosquitoes.So Li Yin has long wanted to make toilet water. Taking the opportunity of celebrating his mother's birthday this time, he specially asked Sun Simiao, a big countryman, to help make the medicine, and then added some fragrant medicinal materials, and finally made the Tang version. Although the composition of toilet water is very different from that commonly used in later generations, Li Yin once conducted experiments and found that the effect of repelling mosquitoes is very good, so he presented it.

"Oh, this is a good thing!" Li Shimin is obviously more interested in toilet water than perfume. After hearing Li Yin's explanation, he took the big bottle of toilet water in his hand and looked at it carefully, then opened it and smelled it, and found the smell Although it is not as charming as perfume, it does not have a strange aroma.

"The concubine is in the palace every day, and there is a way to prevent and control mosquito bites, but your majesty is busy going to court every day, but suffers from mosquito bites every day. Today, this concubine, borrowing Liulang's filial piety, will give this toilet water to your majesty It can be regarded as a minister and concubine to share the worries of His Majesty." Concubine Yang thought that Li Shimin always had big mosquito bites these days, so she wanted to give the toilet water to Li Shimin.

"No, this is Liu Lang's affection for you as a mother. I'm a big man, what's the point of being bitten by mosquitoes, but my concubine's skin is delicate, don't let those mosquitoes bite it!" Li Shimin felt Concubine Yang's concern, Feeling agitated, no matter what the occasion, she said such nasty words, which made Concubine Yang's face turn red with embarrassment, and the eldest princesses around her also snickered.

Li Yin didn't expect Li Shimin to be so passionate at his age, and he was afraid that he would say something that would embarrass his mother, so he immediately stepped forward and said, "Father, you can accept this bottle of toilet water. It is not easy to make. It's very difficult, but it took a lot of time to make the formula in the early stage, and I will make some for the concubine in two days."

Hearing what his son said, coupled with Concubine Yang's persuasion, Li Shimin couldn't refuse anymore, so he put away the toilet water happily, and then smiled at Li Yin: "Liu Lang, what is your third gift? Royal Father can't wait any longer."

"Father, my son would like to invite everyone to move outside the hall, because this gift can only be seen outside the hall." Li Yin replied somewhat mysteriously.

"Oh? Alright, let's go outside the hall with Concubine Yang and Zhen, and see what Liu Lang has prepared?" Li Shimin was very excited. After seeing Li Yin's first two gifts, the people around him also expressed their interest in the third gift. Curious, so they got up one after another and followed Li Shimin to the outside of the hall.Li Chengqian and Li Tai saw that Li Yin was favored so much, although they felt a little displeased, they also came out of the hall with everyone, only the old fifth Li You was still sitting on the seat, looking very out of place.

When everyone came outside the hall, they saw Li Yin receiving a long round bucket two or three feet thick from the hand of his attendant. Could this be a gift prepared by Li Yin?However, under the surprised eyes of everyone, Li Yin took the incense sticks from the attendants, lit a fuse at the end of the long barrel, and pointed the other end at the sky.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the smoking fuse quickly finished burning and entered the long barrel, followed by a muffled sound of '呯~' in the long barrel, and an incandescent flash shot out from the other end, and in the blink of an eye, It flew up to a height of tens of feet, and then exploded with a "boom", as if a bolt of lightning appeared in the sky.

Then Li Yin threw the long barrel aside with a smile, and turned to look at the people who were in a daze.Li Shimin and the others were also wondering, could this be the birthday gift prepared by Li Yin? Although the barrel emitted a flash of light that shocked everyone, it was a little too simple, right?Capital Datang 73

Just when everyone was wondering, there was a muffled thunder-like sound from a distance, and then a flash of light rose from a distance. It was very fast at the beginning, but it slowed down towards the end. When it reached the highest point, the light The flash suddenly exploded, and there seemed to be an incomparably gorgeous lotus flower blooming in the dark sky, turning the whole sky red. The flowers burst into their final splendor before disappearing into the sky.

But before Li Shimin and others woke up from the shock, it seemed that they were awakened by this firework in the distance. One after another, muffled thunder was heard, and then one after another flashes of light rose one after another, and then one after another beautiful flowers appeared in the sky. Blooming in the sky, these fireworks are of different colors and styles. Sometimes they look like golden chrysanthemums in full bloom;

Not only did Li Shimin and the others be fascinated by such a spectacle in the sky, but even the entire Chang'an City people were shocked by the magnificent scenery in the sky. Many superstitious people even thought that there were gods descending from the earth, and knelt down one after another to pay respects. The gods prayed for blessings, and in the blink of an eye, the incense in Chang'an City was full of incense, and more people were stunned to see the wonders in the sky, their minds went blank, and they didn't know whether they were in the mortal world or the fairyland?