Chapter 210 Spices
King Jin rested at home for two days and then returned to the Yamen to repair books.
Jiang Changning's days were as usual, eating, sleeping, doing pregnancy exercises, and taking walks, carefree and at ease.
On this day, Chen Yi suddenly came over to say hello and said: "I don't like the incense given to me by my family. I want to go to the incense shop to buy the kind of incense I use in my boudoir."
"If I remember correctly, it has been more than a year since Mrs. Chen came here. The incense in the house has always been the same three types. It has not been changed. Why do you suddenly not like using it?"
"Princess, I didn't dare to say anything about my identity before, because I was afraid that the princess would think that I was too involved. Now that I have been with the princess for more than a year, I know that the princess is the most generous person, so I boldly raised this matter to the princess."
Jiang Changning chuckled lightly, "You don't have to use words to compliment me. Concubine can't go out. This is a rule. I will not break this exception for you."
"Princess, can someone help me buy some spices? I have learned how to make incense and can mix it myself." Chen Yi's real purpose was this. She knew very well that Jiang Changning would not let her go out.
"No wonder you asked someone to buy spices for you." Jiang Changning said with a faint smile.
Chen Yi didn't want to alarm Jiang Changning at first, so she secretly asked a buyer to help her buy spices.
She felt that Jiang Changning was pregnant. The people below would not report such a trivial matter.
But after listening to Jiang Changning's words, she realized that the people who bought the goods not only refused to help her buy them, but also reported the matter to the police.
Chen Yi knelt down and said: "The princess is pregnant. I don't want to disturb the princess with such a small matter, so I will ask the buyers to help buy some spices. I don't mean to deceive the princess."
"They didn't help you buy it, but you still came to disturb me. It seems that this incense is very important to you." Jiang Changning picked up the cup and took a sip of apple juice.
"I have nothing to do all day long, so I just want to get back to my boudoir affairs." Chen Yi said.
Jiang Changning pondered for a moment, "Okay, I will ask someone to buy spices for you, and the cost will be deducted from your monthly payment."
Chen Yi was so persistent in buying spices that Jiang Changning was curious about what kind of incense she wanted to make, so he decided to help her.
"Thank you, Princess." Chen Yi's face flashed with joy, but she didn't expect Jiang Changning to agree to her.
"If you need those spices, make a list and give it to me." Jiang Changning said.
"Thank you, Princess. Thank you, Princess." Chen Yi took out the list she had written.
Shucui stepped forward to take the order, but did not immediately forward it to Jiang Changning.
"Mrs. Chen, is there anything else you can do?" Jiang Changning asked with a smile.
"I take my leave." Chen Yi bowed and exited.
"Princess, I don't know what kind of fragrance Mrs. Chen has dyed on this list. It smells very choking." Shucui's statement was a bit exaggerated.
There is a scent on the note, but it's very light. You have to put it to the tip of your nose to smell it.
Jiang Changning knew her concerns and said with a smile: "I'm too lazy to look at it. You read it and I listen."
Shucui smiled and said, "Okay."
She unfolded the list and started to read: "Fragrant sand is seven qian, mother lilac is nine qian, woody fragrance is nine qian..."
"There are quite a lot of kinds of spices. What kind of fragrance is she planning to mix?" Jiang Changning leaned on the pillow, holding his chin with one hand, thoughtfully.
"Princess, do you really want to help her buy these spices?" Xiulan frowned, "I think she has evil intentions."
"I know, that's why I want to buy spices for her so that I can deal with her when she makes a mistake."
Xiulan's brows furrowed even more tightly, "Princess, you are pregnant now, so you cannot put yourself in danger."
If the jade bottle is injured by hitting the rat, it is better not to hit it yet. It will not be too late to lure the rat away and then hit it again.
"Don't worry, I won't risk my body. You have someone keep an eye on her. If she makes a move, I'll hold her down."
"My slave knows."
It took five days for the shopping department to prepare all the spices and utensils for making incense that Chen Yi asked for.
After Xiulan checked it herself, she asked her mother-in-law to send it to Chen Yi, "Be careful, don't spill it."
After getting the items, Chen Yi dismissed the maid and prepared the items alone in the room.
It's almost the Dragon Boat Festival, and the fragrance of rice dumplings is floating everywhere inside and outside the house.
Jiang Changning smelled the aroma of rice dumplings, and his appetite increased greatly. He ate three meat rice dumplings in a row and wanted to eat more.
Aunt Feng stopped her from eating it, "Princess, although glutinous rice is warm in nature and can nourish qi and warm the stomach, if you eat too much, it will not be able to melt."
"Okay, I won't eat it." Jiang Changning reluctantly glanced at the rice dumplings in the bowl, "Take them all away, don't put them in front of me to tempt me."
Xiulan smiled, "Princess, you can walk around and eat again after you have eaten."
Jiang Changning, who was lazy and didn't want to move, went for a walk in the yard for rice dumplings.
After walking for a short while, Shucui came over and said, "Princess, Mrs. Chen is here."
Fang Ju, who was walking with Jiang Changning, frowned, "Why is she here again?"
"Let's go, let's go see if she comes here and wants to do something?" Jiang Changning slowly turned around and said.
Entering the small hall, Chen Yi stood up, waited for Jiang Changning to sit down, and saluted: "I have met the princess, and I wish to pay my respects to the princess."
"Mrs. Chen, there is no need to be polite. Sit down and talk." Jiang Changning said with a faint smile.
Banqin brought tea in and stood beside Jiang Changning without leaving.
Chen Yi glanced at her. The princess was really well protected. Fortunately, she never thought about rough fights.
"Princess, tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. I made a sachet and gave it to the princess." Chen Yi took out a vermilion sachet embroidered with the pattern of five blessings and a baby.
Jiang Changning smiled, "Mrs. Chen is interested."
Without saying anything else, he accepted the sachet.
After Chen Yi left, Fu Cui went to carry the sachet. Her posture was like carrying a bag of explosives, which made Jiang Changning amused. "There will be no problem with the incense in the sachet."
Even though Chen Yi initially planned to use incense to harm people, after she privately asked her to purchase the spices and failed to do so, when this became public, Chen Yi did not dare and would not use incense to harm people.
The most important thing is that Jiang Changning also knows how to mix incense. The spices Chen Yi bought are all non-toxic spices. Unless Chen Yi knows the secret recipe that she doesn't know, the incense cannot harm her.
"It's better to be careful." Xiulan said cautiously.
The maid took the sachet to the west corner room of the courtyard and asked Aunt Feng to open the sachet and pour out the spices for Aunt Feng to identify.
The spices are ground into powder and mixed together. It is not easy to identify them.
Aunt Feng looked at it for a long time and said, "Smell the fragrance, there should be the scent of rugosa in it."
She really couldn't distinguish the others.
"Is it harmful to pregnant women?" Xiulan is most concerned about this.
"It's harmless." Nanny Feng replied.
Patchouli not only removes filth and dampness, but is also effective in treating chest and epigastrium tightness, vomiting, etc.
But apart from the rugosa, what else is in it? Aunt Feng is not sure, "The princess is pregnant, so it is better not to use this incense."
"That's what mama said." Xiulan asked Fangju to put the sachet away.
After Jiang Changning became pregnant, she never brought a sachet or used incense.
It was even more impossible for her to bring the sachet sent by Chen Yi, and she didn't even ask where the sachet was.
I’m going back to my husband’s house to attend my nephew’s wedding!
Chapter completed!