Datang: The prince of salted fish was overheard by Li Er

Seeing that the box was taken from Sakura, Li Shimin was curious again.

Li Shimin also went to Chu Palace many times, so he naturally knew that Xiao Ying was Li You's personal maid.

He was not curious about why Li You would help the eldest Sun Siyi, but was curious about what surprise Li You could bring him this time.

This time Changsun Siyi was different from Li Lizhi, she already knew what was inside the box before that.

She opened the box carefully, and a piece of beautiful cream cake appeared in front of Empress Zhangsun.

On the snow-white cream, there are four bright red characters happy birthday!
Smelling a sweet smell, Empress Changsun was also very surprised: "Xiao Siyi, what is this? Can I eat it?"

Eldest Sun Siyi nodded obediently and said, "This is called a cream cake, and it's a making method that the King of Chu found from the Western Regions."

"He said eating cake on a birthday was a way to celebrate!"

Compared to Li Lizhi, Changsun Siyi is much more well-behaved. While introducing the cake, she also pointed out Li You.

As soon as she heard that it was Li You's practice, Empress Changsun also became interested.

With the help of Li Shimin, Queen Changsun cut a piece and put it in her mouth.

The denseness of the cream melts immediately, and the thick sweetness brings a sense of happiness.

"This cream cake is too delicious!"

Empress Changsun was full of praise, and Li Shimin would naturally not be idle.

A large piece of cake was eaten by him.

"The empress is delicious, let's let the royal chefs go to Chu Palace to learn from now on!"

Li Shimin said while eating.

Empress Changsun nodded. She really likes this cream cake.

[Hey, besides perfume, cosmetics and bags, I think the most irresistible thing for women is dessert. 】

[It is said that women have a second stomach to hold desserts, and it is the same for the Queen. 】

[Ancient people sincerely do not deceive me! 】

Li You was still complacent, but he saw his mother and concubine Yin slowly walking in.

Concubine Yin, who was originally one of the four concubines, should have come a long time ago, but was stopped by Li You sending a letter.

It was related to the gift from Li You this time, and it would be most effective after all the other wives were present.

However, Concubine Yin really has a different identity, if she doesn't come in, the future wives will not dare to come.

After Concubine Yin came in, Li You also obediently walked over, and together with Concubine Mu, greeted the Empress.

Afterwards, Concubine Yin presented a set of exquisitely designed gold ornaments to Empress Changsun, and this set of ornaments can be regarded as remarkable.

But Princess Changle's perfume is too eye-catching, and the gifts after that are overshadowed.

After Concubine Yin finished delivering the gift, Li You followed Concubine Yin and took her seat, but Li Chengqian, who was sitting behind the Queen, couldn't stand it any longer.

"King Chu, today is the queen's birthday, so why don't you come here empty-handed?"

As soon as these words came out, the Lizheng Palace, which was still noisy, suddenly fell silent.

Everyone looked at Li You.

Originally, Li You was only seven or eight years old this year, so he came to celebrate his birthday with his mother and concubine, and just kowtowed and said a few auspicious words.

But this year things are completely different.

The four princes entered the court as officials, and they could no longer use children to see these four people.

Although Li Chengqian has been pushed to the forefront recently, he is also considered impressive in the Ministry of Officials, showing political talents far higher than his peers.

Before Li You, Li Chengqian, Li Tai and Li Ke had all met and presented their gifts.

But now, Li You came empty-handed, which was really unreasonable.

Especially since Li You was still in charge of the household department in charge of money and food, it seemed a bit unfilial to be so relentless.

Empress Changsun also saw the embarrassment of being present, and she immediately said, "Gao Ming, how do you talk?"

"It's Bengong's birthday today, and I didn't want to be so extravagant and wasteful. If You'er can come over to congratulate, I'll do my best."

Empress Changsun's purpose today is to promote "Health Care During Pregnancy", and this book comes from Li You.

So for her, Li You had already presented the best gift.

However, Li Chengqian was relentless: "The queen mother..."

He actually had a lot of words behind him, but he was stared back by Empress Changsun's stern eyes.

Empress Changsun was about to say something, but Li You spoke.

"Empress Empress, I definitely didn't come here empty-handed this time. It's just that I heard that Empress is holding a big birthday party this time. Does it actually mean something else?"

After hearing Li You's words, although Empress Changsun didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Li You's gourd, she told the truth and talked about her own purpose.

After hearing the content of "Health During Pregnancy" mentioned by the empress, all the wives secretly exclaimed.

"The empress is sending good news to all the sisters in the world!"

"Poor my sister, if there was a book about the empress at that time, maybe nothing would happen!"

"The empress's book will definitely be famous in history!"

Then, the queen took some books and passed them on to everyone.

Due to time constraints, the queen has not yet taken this book to be printed, and there are only a few manuscripts.

"Empress, this book must be printed as soon as possible, we sisters are all waiting!"

"Queen, give me the book. When I get back, I will make the family rigid and immediately promote it in Youzhou."

"Yes, the queen also let me take a copy back! Our Boling Cui family must vigorously promote it in Hebei."

"And me, the southern state capital will be handed over to me!"

All of a sudden, wives from various aristocratic families began to compete for these manuscripts.

Empress Changsun smiled with satisfaction, this was the result she wanted.

She not only needs these wives from aristocratic families to help her promote, but also needs the paper mills and printing factories in their hands.

However, these few books are too few after all, and Empress Changsun can't help but feel a little troubled.

But just as Empress Changsun frowned, Li You spoke.

"Empress, the empress gave my mother a copy a few days ago. After knowing that the empress wanted to promote this book, I printed [-] copies on my own initiative as today's gift."

"I hope, empress, don't blame Erchen for being reckless!"

Then Li You waved his hand, and Yu Huatian brought up two boxes with someone.

Empress Changsun was overjoyed, and immediately got up and picked up a book in the box and began to read it.

As soon as the soft paper was picked up, Empress Changsun showed a shocked expression on her face.

The paper of this book is also very good.

Empress Changsun is a queen, and she uses the best paper for daily writing.

But she has never seen such good quality paper!
It has been hundreds of years since Cai Lun improved papermaking in the Han Dynasty, and now there are many types of paper such as hard yellow paper, mulberry paper, cocoon paper, and moss paper.

But these papers are still hard and yellow, not light and soft like the paper in the hands of Empress Changsun.

It feels silky smooth to the touch, almost like silk.

"You'er prints these books, it's just paper, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money!"

Empress Changsun exclaimed.