Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu have now fallen out of favor, and Li Zhi also ignores them. If Li Zhi had not thought of abolishing the queen when Wu Mei gave birth to the princess, but when Wu Mei strangled her own flesh and blood to blame Empress Wang, Later, Li Zhi's desire to depose Wang Liwu became more and more urgent day by day.
Coupled with the current behavior of Wu Mei and his first prince Li Hong in the palace and in front of the officials in the Taiji Hall, Li Zhi now thinks that Li Hong looks like a good candidate to be the prince. In addition, Wu Mei With Mei's pillow wind, the idea of deposing Li Zhong and making Li Hong the prince also began to take root in his heart.
Li Hong, one of the parties involved, now knew what he should and should not do. Things in the palace, especially in the harem, are not something that I can control now. If I want to keep the Li family after Li Zhi, or let the three big bosses in the harem who are playing "landlord" stop fighting openly and secretly, For him now, that is as difficult as reaching the sky.
So what he can do now is how to change the fate of Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu as much as possible after they fell out of favor and were deposed. They should not be as miserable as in the history books: their limbs were cut off and made into adult piglets.
Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu were loyal "fans" of Wu Mei. They played an indispensable role in the two major events of deposing Wang Liwu and deposing Zhongli Hong. They played an absolute role in fueling the flames. It can be said that if Without these two people, the court and the harem would never be in chaos.
Therefore, Li Hong's top priority is: how to effectively isolate them further and further away from Wu Mei.
Li Hong wanted to think about it, but it was not easy for a prince to get close to ministers. Therefore, this strange flower continued his money-making side business and continued to blow his strange fresh wind in the smoky harem.
The ice making thing made him keenly see the business opportunity again, that is, when he accidentally saw his eunuchs Mang Zhong and Hua Meng holding ice in their mouths to cool down, in the flash of lightning, popsicles popped up in his mind, and he couldn't say anything. I can't drive them away.
So the next day, Li Hong asked his maids and eunuchs to go to the Yeting Gongshang Food Bureau to get a large amount of sugar. During this period, sugar had broken away from the previous category of maltose boiled with rice and malt. Like refined salt, it was already an ordinary food, but it was not as white and fine as snow at all in quality. However, it was useful for making popsicles. It's enough.
After a few people went back and forth and brought back a lot of sugar, they provoked Yang Wu to follow behind, trying to figure out why Dai Wang wanted so much sugar and what he wanted to do.
Naturally, the Dai Wang would not give him a good look. Yang Wu was pushed out of the palace by Li Hong without getting any answers. Looking at Li Hong's determined back, he could only shake his head helplessly. He knew better than anyone else, This generation of kings is more favored than any other prince, and it is not something he can offend.
I simply gave up and continued to pursue it. Since the acting king only wants sugar, not poison, then let him go. Anyway, if anything happens, his mother, concubine and His Majesty will probably support him.
Li Hong and his maids and eunuchs, a total of nine people, secretly worked in his palace all night. He finally made the popsicle according to the shape of the previous life. The palm-sized, rectangular popsicle was launched in the Tang Dynasty. .
Early the next morning, a strange scene appeared at the entrance of Li Hong's palace. Four eunuchs, Hua Meng, Mang Zhong, Jingzhe, and Cheetah, and four palace maids, Xiaoxue, Xiaohan, Xia Zhi, and Bai Lu, totaling eight people, had their faces wrinkled with bitter expressions. The man with a bitter face had a basket covered with thick cloth on his arm, and he was reluctantly kicked out by Li Hong who was squatting at the door.
"Go quickly, what are you waiting for?" Li Hong squatted at the door and urged anxiously.
"King Dai, is this bad? The people in Yeting Palace will not allow us to do this." Xia Zhi begged in a low voice with a sad face.
"Yes, King Dai, this is how my slave spoke, slave... slave..." Bai Lu was the shyest, holding a basket, her head almost drooped to her chest.
The expressions on the faces of Hua Meng and others were also colorful, with pleading written all over their faces. If this spreads in the palace, people will do this again in the future. It’s so embarrassing to be peddling along the palace. How did the king come up with this idea? I don’t remember that he has ever seen the small traders outside the palace. Selling along the street.
"Oh, didn't I teach you yesterday? Just shout like I taught you yesterday. Remember, you can't sell it for less for two cents each." Li Hong stood up and pushed Bai Lu who was closest to him.
"Your Majesty, why don't the slaves sell it again tomorrow? Let's learn from the one who shouted... out... come... today." Xiaoxue's pretty face turned red, and she reluctantly excused herself.
"Tomorrow? It will be melted tomorrow. What else are you selling? If you don't go, I will sell you first." Li Hong is too short and has little hands to push others, but he can only put his hands on Xiaoxue's plump buttocks and push them, which is strong. Her soft buttocks were almost deformed by his pushing.
"King Dai, you can't peddle like this in the harem. If Zhaoyi finds out, you will be punished. The servants will risk their lives... that... this popsicle is fine, but if you are punished, then... The servants are gone." Seeing that King Dai was determined not to change, Mang Zhong hurriedly brought out Wu Zhaoyi as a shield.
But apparently this trick worked. After listening to Mang Zhong's words, Li Hong showed a hesitant expression, put a finger in his mouth, paced back and forth at the door thoughtfully, and muttered: "That's right. Ah, if my mother and concubine find out, the punishment will be small, but if our wealth is cut off, it will be more than worth the loss. So, Xia Zhi, go and give what you have to my mother and concubine. Give this to Queen Wang, to you, to Concubine Xiao Shu, and to you, Gong Yang."
Seeing that only the palace maid Xiaohan was left in front of him, Li Hong thought for a moment and said, "All the courtiers should have gone to court now. Let's go and deliver this to our father."
Li Hong had a new idea in his mind. He would use these to advertise first and wait for the advertising effect to come out. Then he opened a small window in the window at the entrance of his palace and sold popsicles and ice cream every day.
The Shangshi Bureau must have milk. Get some milk to make ice cream. When the time comes, I won’t be afraid that my mother and concubine won’t let me do it anymore if she finds out. The worst thing is that I won’t make any money. It’s also a good thing to improve the food for the palace.
Before Li Hong and Xiaohan reached the Tai Chi Hall, they were blocked by a palace maid, saying that Zhaoyi had invited him over.
Li Hong didn't think much and asked Xiaohan to deliver it to his father, and followed the maid to his mother's palace.
The palace maid was running at a trot along the way, and Li Hong could not keep up. She had no choice but to squat down, pick up Li Hong, and run to Zhaoyi's palace.
The current Wu Zhaoyi is no longer the Wu Zhaoyi who just entered the palace two years ago. When the maids serving her heard Wu Mei asking them to quickly bring the king back to the palace, they did not dare to slack off. Jogging to look for Li Hong.
"My son, Li Hong, has met my mother-in-law." As soon as he reached the door, before he could be put down from his arms by the palace maid, Li Hong yelled in a small voice.
Wu Mei naturally heard it clearly inside. Her fair and beautiful cheeks were suddenly covered with frost, and countless black lines rose on her forehead.
This little thing really hasn't learned any royal etiquette. I don't know what Shangguan Yi has taught me during this period. How does this look like a prince? It's like a wild boy ran into the palace! A generation of queens all wondered if they had been born wrong, how could they have given birth to such a wild boy!
Li Hong, who had a playful smile on his face, ran up to Wu Mei and bowed in front of Wu Mei. Then he chuckled and said, "My son has met my mother and concubine, and I wish her to become more beautiful and younger, and to have a loving relationship with my father." , grow old together, raise eyebrows together, and treat each other with respect..."
"Come here, you wild boy." Wu Mei gritted her silver teeth, interrupted Li Hong's flattery, grabbed Li Hong's ears and pulled him into her arms.
The little thing's mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter. Every time he does something wrong, before someone comes to him, the little thing's mouth is like honey. He spouts auspicious words that make you unable to get angry before punishing him. .
Wu Mei pointed at the basket on the side and said, "Tell me, concubine, what is this? Did you tinker with it?"
"Hey, why don't you eat it, concubine? It's delicious. It's an excellent food to cool down and relieve the heat." Li Hong turned around in Wu Mei's arms and looked at the basket of untouched popsicles and asked without answering.
Wu Mei couldn't bear the slightest anger towards this increasingly skinny little thing. She motioned to the palace maid next to her to open the basket and take out a piece. She said in a cold voice: "Then tell my concubine how to eat this? Huh? You let me Mother, do you want to eat the cold paper on this?"
"Oops, I forgot to give it. Xia Zhi, go quickly, pass on my message, tell them that they need to tear this paper to eat, go quickly, go quickly." Li Hong looked at Wu Mei's little hand holding the popsicle, but she didn't hold it. Looking at the exposed piece of wood, he patted the melon seeds on his little head.
Seeing that Wu Zhaoyi had no objection, Xia Zhi hurriedly saluted respectfully, and then slowly walked out of the palace. However, as soon as he left the palace gate, he immediately started running.
After making the popsicles last night, King Dai did not let them try it first, but said that he would let others try it first. What Li Hong didn't tell them was that he himself didn't know whether the popsicles made from saltpeter could be eaten, whether they would cause diarrhea or poisoning.
Wu Mei looked at Li Hong who was distracted in her arms. She pointed at Li Hong's forehead and hummed: "What are you thinking about again? Tell me, who else did you send this to?"
Li Hong watched the palace maid carefully peeling off the layer of paper, and then motioned to the palace maid to taste it first, and not give it to his mother and concubine to eat. If he was poisoned, he would not be able to eat it and walk away. After thinking about it, I decided to be a guinea pig myself, and then I stretched out my little hand and took out one. After peeling off the paper, I put it in my mouth and sucked it. The taste was pretty good, but there was too much sugar.
While sucking the popsicle with satisfaction, he chuckled and said: "I gave it to Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu. I gave it to them for free today. If they still want to eat it tomorrow, they will have to spend money to buy it. And The only place in the palace where you can buy it is Erchen, haha..." The proud Li Hong was slapped on the back of the head by Wu Mei.
The palace maid next to her chewed it carefully, and then showed a surprised expression: "Zhao Zhaoyi, this ice made by King Dai... The popsicles are really delicious, sweet and cold, and they are great for quenching summer heat and quenching thirst."
"Gee, eat less. If you eat too much, you will have diarrhea. After all, it is a very cold thing." Li Hong leaned into Wu Mei's arms and warned coquettishly, and even handed the popsicle from his mouth to Wu Mei's mouth. I want my mother-in-law to try it too.
"You wild boy, I don't know how my mother gave birth to someone like you..." Before Wu Mei could finish complaining, the little thing blocked her mouth with a popsicle she had sucked.
"Your Majesty has arrived..." Yang Wu's voice sounded at the door.
(End of chapter)