Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Father, mother, today is father's birthday banquet, let's not talk about Wangyu Tower. Father, you haven't seen your daughter's birthday gift yet."

Gu Xunwei received Li Junhao's gaze and had to step forward to change the subject.

"Yes, yes, my dear daughter's birthday gift has not been given yet. Take it out quickly and let father see. What gift has Weier prepared for father?" Gu Ziyu immediately became energetic after hearing this.

Gu Xunwei smiled mysteriously, then nodded to Bai Zhi, and Bai Zhi turned and left the hall.

Then he came in carrying a tray from outside.

There was a piece of red cloth covering the tray, which immediately aroused the curiosity of the others.

Gu Xunwei stood up, walked to the tray, and took the red cloth off the tray with her own hands. There were two wooden boxes inside.

The wooden boxes are not big in size, but the workmanship is very exquisite. Even if they are empty, these two boxes are still presentable.

Gu Xunwei reached out and opened one of the boxes. Immediately, a faint fragrance wafted out, making people feel clear-headed and refreshed when they smelled it.

The wooden box was padded with a red lining cloth, on which two incense pills were neatly placed.

The attention of several people was immediately attracted by the two fragrant pills. The taste was secondary. The round and white appearance was very eye-catching.

There are many types of incense balls sold in incense shops. Basically, most of the things that can be made into ointments and incense powders can also be made into corresponding incense balls, but no kind of incense ball can have such a transparent and clean color.

Almost half of them are black and brown, and the others are lighter in color, such as light yellow, light red and light brown.

Gu Ziyu was even more surprised. "I smell that this scent contains at least seven spices. How did you make the color so clean white?"

Among these spices, there are many black and brown ones. How can we remove the color of the spices themselves?

Even Gu Ziyu had never heard of this technology.

"In a book sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, there was a method of dyeing plants. I used that method and slightly modified the process."

Gu Xunwei held the small box in both hands and handed it to Gu Ziyu.

Others may not be able to see the trick of these two small fragrant pills, but Gu Ziyu understands it. He has almost completely sobered up from the wine he drank just now. He has never had this idea before. It seems that he has been doing it for too long and has a fixed thinking pattern.

He thought that everyone was like this and there was nothing wrong with him doing the same. But when he saw this bright, white and fragrant pill today, he realized how wrong he was.

In addition to its appearance, the smell of this incense pill is also very peculiar, but he immediately discovered that it should be made of borneol, and it was developed as the main spice.

The scent is deep, restrained, stable and long-lasting. Whether it is when you just opened the box and stood far away, or when you hold it in your hand and look at it carefully, the fragrance is faintly floating in the air. It is a rare and high-quality fragrance.

"Amazing! Wei'er is indeed a genius in making perfume. This is the first time in my life that I have seen such top-quality perfume. I believe it will be a big hit if it is put on the Wangyu Tower." Gu Ziyu said excitedly.

Gu Xunwei smiled embarrassedly, while Li Junhao smiled with pride after hearing it.

Then Gu Xunwei took the incense pill from Gu Ziyu's hand, put it back into the previous wooden box and closed the lid, then opened another wooden box, which still contained two incense pills.

These two incense pills are different from the previous two, but they are still porcelain white, with faint traces of gold lines smudged in them, which looks quite magical.

"Is this, golden thread incense?" Gu Ziyu sniffed, catching a hint of fragrance in the air, and said uncertainly.

Gu Xunwei just smiled without saying anything. She dragged the wooden box with both hands and placed it in front of Gu Ziyu, "Father, can you take a closer look?"

Gu Ziyu then did the same as before. He reached out and picked up one of them and looked at it under the light. The porcelain white color of the incense ball was almost translucent, and the gold thread inside was winding like the shape of auspicious clouds.

"This is too magical. It's the first time that father has seen such an incense. But from the smell, the main incense material should be golden thread incense without a doubt."

"Father is really amazing," Gu Xunwei immediately complimented him, and then continued, "This is an improvement on the golden thread incense. It also uses the bleaching and dyeing method I just mentioned, removing some of the color of the spices. What do you think, father?"

"Good, very good, hahahaha..." Gu Ziyu praised it repeatedly, and took the incense pill and placed it in front of himself, fanning it with his hand and sniffing it twice, and then asked, "This fragrance should last longer, right?"

Golden incense has always been carried in sachets by many nobles, but its disadvantage is that the fragrance does not last long. A quail egg-sized incense ball can only be used for about five days.

The key is that the taste is strong in the first two days, but becomes much lighter afterwards, and then there is almost no taste at all.

However, if you crush the incense ball at this time, you will find that the fragrance inside the incense ball has not yet evaporated, but the outside has hardened, preventing the internal fragrance from evaporating.

This is also why gold thread incense is disliked by more and more people. It has almost retreated to the ranks of medium-quality incense, and many incense shops no longer make and sell gold thread incense.

Gu Xunwei nodded, "It can last for more than half a month. If you wear it daily and rub it against the sachet, the fragrance may last longer."

After hearing what his daughter said, Gu Ziyu simply couldn't let go of the incense pill. He picked up another incense pill and looked at it under the light.

Seeing him like this, Su quickly reminded him, "Master, His Highness and Wei'er both gave you such a nice birthday gift today. I am happy for you. I have never seen you so happy in all these years."

Su said this and looked at Gu Ziyu with a smile, making the others laugh.

Gu Ziyu was also obviously very excited. After listening to Su's words, the smile on his face paused for a moment, and then he took his hand and said,

"Now it seems that I was overthinking before. Our Wei Er is really amazing. There is no need to compete for half a year. Father has admitted defeat."

Gu Xunwei waved her hands and said, "Father, what are you talking about? I just read a few more books. It took me two months to make these two fragrances. I don't deserve such praise from you."

Sang Mo glanced at Li Junhao and found that he was turning the ring on his hand from time to time, watching the conversation between the mother and her two sons with great interest.