Princess Chengyang walked in front, Zhang Zong and Xue Shao muttered in a low voice behind, but Xue Shao's words were obviously exaggerated. Yesterday, Li Hong entered the palace alone, directly indicating that his condition had improved, and he also presented books printed in movable type. These two news did shock the court, but it was still a bit too much to overturn the court.

However, the vibrations caused by these two news can almost be compared with the magnitude 8 earthquake. Even Li Zhi ignored the heavy rain outside and immediately summoned all civil and military officials to the palace to discuss matters, and then directly announced in front of all civil and military officials that he would hand over some government affairs to Li Hong for handling.

In fact, although Li Hong was ill before, he was in charge of a small part of government affairs. Sometimes his condition worsened and seemed a little overwhelmed. This time, Li Hong's condition was no longer a problem. Li Zhi directly handed over more government affairs to him, and he didn't know whether he was intentional or intentional. Many of these government affairs handed over to Li Hong were government affairs that were previously under the supervision of the Bachelor of the North Gate. It is estimated that Wu Meiniang's face must have been very ugly at that time.

Li Zhi's recognition, coupled with Li Hong's health, had no worries, and he also offered movable type printing as a political achievement, which suddenly pushed Li Hong's popularity to the top. No one dared to question his position as the crown prince. After the meeting, almost all the civil and military officials in the court went to Furong Garden to pay tribute to Li Hong.

However, Li Hong's performance was very subtle. Although he met some officials, these officials were mainly related to the government affairs he took over. As for the remaining officials, they were all turned away by him.

Zhang Zong also agreed from the bottom of his heart about Li Hong's actions, because even if he is the crown prince, he should be concerned about the emperor Li Zhi. After all, Li Zhi is not dead yet. He should be low-key when he should be low-key. Otherwise, if you form cliques in the court, would you want to rebel?

"Cousin, who is this?" At this moment, Zhang Jing and his wife came from the front. When they saw Zhang Zong accompanying Princess Chengyang and his son, they also stepped forward and asked.

"Cousin, this is His Highness, Princess Chengyang!" Zhang Zong also hurriedly introduced to Zhang Jing and his wife.

When Zhang Jing and his wife were shocked when they heard that the princess in front of them was actually the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, they reacted and hurriedly saluted. However, they were also secretly looking at Zhang Zong. It was enough to surprise them before that Zhang Zong had this manor. Now Zhang Zong actually knew the eldest princess again, which made the couple feel that they could not see through this cousin.

"Your Highness, these two are my cousin Zhang Zong and his cousin sister-in-law. They just came to the capital from Xiangyang a few days ago and temporarily stayed with me and were preparing to participate in the imperial examination next year." Zhang Zong also smiled and introduced to Princess Chengyang.

When Princess Chengyang heard the identity of Zhang Jing and his wife, she also smiled and said, "You Zhang family are very good at studying. Apart from his father, I remember Zhang Zong had an uncle named Zhang Jianzhi. He was quite talented when he was young. Could it be that you are his son?"

The last sentence of the eldest princess Chengyang asked Zhang Jing, and he immediately replied respectfully, "Princess, my father is in his third place, and his talent is far inferior to his uncle and second uncle in terms of talent!"

"So that's it!" Princess Chengyang nodded after hearing this, and then said again, "It's a good thing that you intend to enter the officialdom. Unlike your cousin, no matter how you force him, he just doesn't want to be an official. If you participate in the imperial examination next year, you can go to my place to apply for the exam. I'll make some arrangements for you so that you won't be squeezed down!"

"Thank you... Thank you, Princess!" Zhang Jing was confused when he heard this. Before he could say anything, the eldest princess took the initiative to help him, and said that Zhang Zong was unwilling to be an official. What was going on?

When Zhang Zong smiled and ignored him when he heard the eldest princess slamming his words. He was only fifteen years old this year, and hiring child labor was illegal.

Princess Chengyang walked around the manor, of course, mainly in the other yard, and then went outside the other yard to take a look. She mainly went to the river beach behind the other yard, where there were many wild ducks, which made Princess Chengyang scream, but she didn't bring a bow when she came today, otherwise she would have to take a few ducks back.

Princess Chengyang was in a hurry to ask for perfume, so Zhang Zong also wanted to take Zhang Jing back to the city to pack things, so the group returned to the city in Princess Chengyang's carriage. Zhang Zong first helped Zhang Jing pack his things, and then bought a lot of food and food, so he hired a carriage to take him back to the manor.

"Where to pick flowers first, Furong Garden or Beiyuan?" Princess Chengyang patiently waited for Zhang Zong to arrange Zhang Jing's affairs, and then asked.

"Of course it's Furong Garden. After all, it's far away from Beiyuan, just pick it directly in Furong Garden!" Xue Shao replied at this time. In fact, he also wanted to ease the relationship between his mother and Li Hong.

"Okay, you guys bring a few people, I'll wait here!" Princess Chengyang hesitated and nodded.

Seeing that Princess Chengyang was unwilling to go, Xue Shao also looked disappointed, but he did not dare to persuade her again. Zhang Zong also knew about Princess Chengyang's knot. Although he had persuaded her last time, it was obviously unlikely that she would want her to let go of her knot for a while.

"My mother's attitude towards her cousin has eased. She invited the princess to a banquet and chat two days ago, and even played a few laps of mahjong. However, after what happened yesterday, many of them went to flatter her cousin, but my mother couldn't bear to face her." As soon as she left the house, Xue Shao couldn't help but complain to Zhang Zong.

"This kind of thing is not urgent, and the princess is now on the verge of storm, so it is difficult for the eldest princess to get too close to him." Zhang Zong was very considerate of Princess Chengyang's words.

Although Furong Garden belongs to the East Palace, it is actually a royal garden. Many royal families like to visit here. Chengyang Changgong mainly picks some flower buds for use, which is also a trivial matter. In addition, Xue Shao is also taking it, so they quickly visited several flower gardens.

It is best to use the same flower for distilled essential oils, so that the fragrance is more unified. Moreover, the more intense the fragrance, the higher the oil yield rate. Zhang Zong walked around several flower beds and finally found a yellow rose with a strong fragrance, but it was not intoxicating. The most important thing is that the amount of flowers is extremely large and it is a good material for making essential oils.

At that moment, Zhang Zong ordered the people he brought to pick flower buds, and he also transplanted a few plants and prepared to take them home to plant. After all, such fragrant roses are not common. If they are taken home for breeding and cultivation, they might be able to cultivate a better fragrance rose.

"Brother Shi, should we go and meet our cousin?" Xue Shao asked Zhang Zong in a low voice. Although he didn't know what Zhang Zong had made private agreement with Li Hong, he knew that Li Hong's illness was controlled by Zhang Zong's medicine. The reason why Li Hong caused such a big storm yesterday was that Zhang Zong took at least half of the credit, so he made this proposal.

"Forget it. I told you last time when I asked you to give me medicine. I don't want people to know that it was the medicine I gave me. Now I don't want to get too close to the prince, so as not to be suspicious." Zhang Zong shook his head without hesitation.

Zhang Zong is sure that there must be countless pairs of eyes staring around Li Hong now. If he appears next to Li Hong at this time, it will definitely attract the attention of some people, especially a queen in the palace. If he finds himself in the palace and uses the other party's methods, he might be in trouble.

After hearing this, Xue Shao also felt that it made sense, so after the people picked enough buds, the two of them immediately left Furong Garden. At this time, the still had been moved out, and Princess Chengyang was curiously checking the strange equipment.

"This thing seems to be a bit similar to the alchemy furnaces that some Taoist priests refine? "When you see Zhang Zong come back, Princess Chengyang also asked Zhang Zong excitedly.

"The eldest princess said it well. Alchemy can actually be regarded as a chemical reaction. I have told the eldest princess before." Zhang Zong also laughed after hearing this. Taoism is the national religion of the Tang Dynasty, and almost all the royal families of the Tang Dynasty believe in Taoism. It is even said that Li Shimin had refined alchemy in the palace in his later years, hoping to demand immortality.

"I knew the guess was good. Come and demonstrate it. I want to see how the perfume is made!" Princess Chengyang said excitedly when she heard Zhang Zong's affirmative answer.

The newly picked buds must be used immediately, otherwise they will ferment and rot. Therefore, Zhang Zong immediately poured the buds into the middle layer of the still, then poured water into the lower layer and ignited it for heating. As the water boiled, the buds in the middle layer also began to emit an attractive fragrance.

Distilled essential oils are actually not complicated. They are nothing more than using high temperature to vaporize the fragrant substances in the buds, and then using the above condenser tube to liquefy these fragrant substances, and finally flow along the tube to the outside and collect them. The fragrant substances of these liquids are essential oils.

As time goes by, the essential oil in the condenser tube also began to fall into the porcelain bottle below. Strangely, yesterday Zhang Zong distilled it with white jasmine, and the essential oil produced was light yellow. This time he distilled it with yellow roses, but the essential oil produced was light powder.

However, although the colors are different, although both essential oils are very fragrant, the fragrance is completely different. The jasmine fragrance is more elegant and suitable for girls. The rose fragrance is more intense and warm, which is very suitable for mature women like Princess Chengyang.

In addition, compared with yesterday's jasmine, the oil yield of roses is higher. In the end, most of the bottle was distilled out. Zhang Zong took it back to the room and divided it into two portions. There was still a lot of alcohol last time, which was enough to make two bottles of perfume.

"There are actually two bottles!" When Princess Chengyang saw the two bottles of perfume delivered to her in front of her, she said happily on her face. After saying that, she grabbed the perfume and played with it endlessly.

"I picked most of the flowers in the flowerbed and finally made two bottles of perfume, which is not as good as soap." Zhang Zong also smiled at this time. The raw materials could not keep up, so perfume was destined to be a luxury.

"It's better to be less, just like your two-color rose, things are precious because they are rare. Is this thing much better than gold, silver and jewelry when I give it to others?" Princess Chengyang said without any mind.
Chapter completed!