Chapter 4: Moving, Heart Moving, This is Flying Softly

  A young girl held a bronze-colored tray with white porcelain tea cups on it, from which a faint scent of tea wafted out. In the Tang Dynasty, drinking tea was popular, and scholars and poets would often gather to drink tea and compose poetry for fun. This tea also had another effect, which was to rinse one's mouth. This scene is also often seen in many palace TV dramas.

  As the saying goes, one may not have eaten pork but has seen pigs run. Li Yu picked up his tea and drank a mouthful in a refined manner, then spat it out and ordered: "Bring me a glass of boiled water." Rinsing is rinsing, but teeth still need to be brushed.

  The girl was very efficient and soon brought another cup of water over, although she didn't understand what the prince wanted with plain boiled water.

  Then the girl was surprised to see Li Yu take out a strip-shaped thing, and then took out a strange thing on it and squeezed out some white **, and then put it in her mouth and moved it back and forth.

  Li Yu brushed his teeth while staring at the girl's expression, just as he had guessed, the girl was indeed looking at him with a strange gaze.

  After brushing his teeth, Li Yu said to the girl: "What's your name? I haven't seen you before!"

  "Reporting to Your Highness, I am Yun'er, and I have come to the palace in place of my sister!" Yun'er replied somewhat nervously.

  "Come here!" Li Yu ordered. The memory of the sixth prince still had some influence on him, and he seemed to adapt quickly to his identity as a king.

  Yuner heard this, her small face immediately turned red with shyness. Although her sister had reminded her that there might be such a day, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Every servant girl in the palace had been mentally prepared for this since the day they entered the palace.

  Li Yu called the girl over, just to take a look at her hair quality and this era's standard of hair cleanliness. Who would have thought that his one sentence command made the girl's face suddenly turn red, becoming shy and awkward.

  Li Yu didn't understand the girl's thoughts, so he simply walked over and grabbed her hair to take a sniff. Hmm, it smelled better than his own hair from yesterday. Girls were generally cleaner, but he still detected some strange smells, and the quality of her hair was poor, dry and yellowish.

  Li Yu's ambiguous movements caused Yun'er's blush to spread from her face to her neck. Although women in the Zhenguan era were very free and unrestrained, that was also referring to noblewomen. Girls from ordinary families were still relatively conservative.

  "What shampoo do you usually use?" Li Rou asked, putting down Yun'er's hair.

  Yun'er, who was in a strange fantasy, paused and said: "Zao Jiao, Your Highness!"

  Li Yu remembered a green liquid used for washing hair in the past, which was actually soapberry.

  Frowning, Li Yu didn't bother with the girl anymore and headed straight to the front hall. He was going to find Jin Dajian, it's time to get down to business.

  Li Yu left, and Yun'er stood there for a moment, then stomped her little foot in anger, sniffed her hair again, "I just washed it! Hmph!"

  Li Yu is now unemployed and a full-time idle person. Since he has come to the Tang Dynasty, let him lead the trend in this era.

  Find Jin Dajian, Li Yu took out the fifty taels of silver given to him by Yang Fei and asked Jin Dajian to purchase a batch of small porcelain bottles. Then he drew his requirements for the porcelain bottles on paper and handed them over to him.

  Li Yu's ring space stored more than a hundred bottles of Rejoice shampoo, but they can't be taken out and sold directly like this. The modern packaging would definitely raise suspicions.

  During the Tang Dynasty, the ceramics industry was already very well-established and the technology of ceramics production had become quite mature. Three days later, the first batch of white porcelain small bottles were delivered. These white porcelain bottles were wider at the bottom than at the top, with a small lid on the mouth for sealing purposes.

  "Your Highness, the first batch of goods is three hundred, and the rest will have to wait for a while. But, Your Highness, why are you buying these bottles? The palace has plenty of porcelain!" Jin Dajian finally couldn't hold back after three days.

  At this time, Li Yu also stopped hiding and made up a story: "I once knew a merchant from Persia who gave me a batch of ** that can clean hair. This ** is very magical, not only does it emit fragrance after washing hair, but also makes hair fluffy and smooth. The things transported two days ago were this, these bottles are prepared to hold these **."

  Jin Dajian suddenly remembered that the back door of the Wang Fu had been bustling with people coming and going for the past two days, and even the young master himself went to receive them. It turned out they were receiving goods.

  Li Yu's goods need to be received, he has to find a legitimate source for his own things, and those carters are also hired by him, deliberately turning around the back door of the Wang Mansion.

  Li Yu said this, and Jin Dajian immediately understood. "Your Highness means to sell these things in Chang'an to supplement the expenses of the palace? Your Highness, you are truly wise and powerful, following you, I can gain new knowledge every day!"

  "Stop flattering! Gather all the servants of the Wang's residence in the back hall!"

  "Yes, Your Highness!" Jin Dajian immediately shouted loudly in the palace, and before long, all the servants in the palace gathered in the back hall.

  In the back hall, rows of Pantene bottles were neatly arranged on the ground. Li Yu demonstrated how to squeeze them into white porcelain bottles and started having the Wang Fu's servants work.

  He brought several bottles of Tang Dynasty edition Pantene, and Li Yu asked Jin Dajian to prepare a horse-drawn carriage. He was going to the Taiji Palace. This high-end product Pantene also needed those famous noblewomen to promote it, and this batch of Pantene he targeted at the market were only these Tang Dynasty noblewomen.

  Taiji Palace, Ziyun Pavilion, after Li Yu registered, he found Yang Fei under the guidance of a small eunuch. Li Shimin was very strict with his harem management, and normal men entering the harem had to register, including princes.

  "Yao'er, what's wrong?" Seeing Li Yao arrive, Yang Fei was somewhat surprised. This kid used to avoid the palace if possible, and every time he came, it was because of some trouble, so Yang Fei couldn't help but feel worried.

  Li Yu bowed and said: "I am here to visit the Queen Mother. Recently, I obtained a kind of magical **that can clean hair, especially brought for the Queen Mother!"

  A woman's love for beauty is timeless. Yang Fei was both delighted and relieved, her son had finally become sensible and knew how to show filial piety to his mother.

  "What's this? Let me take a look!"

  Li Yu took out a white porcelain bottle the size of a palm from his bosom and placed it in Yang Fei's hand.

  She opened the bottle and smelled it, Yang Fei nodded, "There is a refreshing fragrance, come on, prepare some clean water!", but she couldn't wait to try it out.

  Ready, Li Yu stood by and guided the palace maid to wash Yang Fei's hair once. The faint fragrance wafted through the air, and the palace maids standing beside her couldn't help but sniff with their noses upturned.

  Yang Fei was very satisfied, with a smile all over her face. "The things that Yu'er brought back are indeed amazing. After washing my hair, I feel refreshed and invigorated, and there's even a rich fragrance on my hair, which is more pleasant than those perfumes."

  The initial effect has been achieved. Li Yu smiled with satisfaction: "Empress, this ** can also make hair softer and shinier, but it needs to be used frequently. You will know the effect later, Empress."

  "It's so effective!" Yang Fei was even more surprised, and instructed the palace maid: "Take good care of this 'Piao Rou', if it gets lost, you will be held responsible!", already treating Piao Rou as a treasure.

  What they are fighting for is still the emperor's favor, and for this reason, the concubines rack their brains and come up with all sorts of ways. The shampoo that Li Yu sent over is a huge deal for each of the concubines.

  After finishing his official business, Li Yu did not stay long and left, which also avoided some people's gossip.

  Back at the Wang Fu, Li Yu told Jin Dajian to seal and keep all the porcelain bottles filled with shampoo properly, waiting for someone to come and purchase them.

  After using the shampoo, Yang Fei never used soap again and found it strange and unpleasant. As Li Yu said, after using it for several days in a row, Yang Fei's hair quality improved significantly, becoming soft and shiny. This made Yang Fei very happy and she often gathered with the concubines to play and have fun. Her beautiful hair gradually caught the attention of the concubines.

  "Sister, your hair is getting prettier and prettier!" She stroked Yang Fei's soft hair with her hand, the smooth texture making her feel a pang of jealousy.

  "Recently who doesn't know that the Emperor is extremely doting on his sister, to the point where he even rarely visits the Empress's chambers!" The tone was full of sarcasm.

  "I heard that the Sixth Prince gave his sister several bottles of magical shampoo, I don't know if it's true?" Someone couldn't help but ask. Even a blind person could see the change in Consort Yang, and today several consorts gathered together to discuss and verify this matter.

  There is no wall that doesn't let wind through, and Yang Fei isn't a small-minded person either. Since the consorts all asked, she didn't hide it either: "That's right, my son bought it from a Persian merchant, and there are still many in his palace!"

  "Can sister let the sixth prince bring some into the palace?" someone asked straightforwardly.

  Yang Fei was so clever, how could she let these consorts take advantage of her? She turned her eyes and said: "Everyone also knows that my useless son offended the emperor and was fined his monthly allowance. Now, all these shampoos were purchased to be sold..." After finishing speaking, she waited for the reactions of these consorts.

  "Sister, we understand what you mean, I'll buy it with my own money!"

  Yang Fei and others just waited for this sentence, "Alright then, I'll send someone to the Liang Wang Fu right now and have him bring some into the palace!"

  When the palace maid sent by Yang Fei arrived at Liang Wang's mansion, Li Yu was lying on an old armchair sunbathing. Four maids were serving him: one massaging his legs, one pinching his shoulders, one fanning him with a fan, and Yun'er holding a plate of freshly washed grapes, waiting for Li Yu to open his mouth so she could feed him one.

  "This is life, this is enjoyment!" Li Yu happily narrowed his eyes, with a silly smile on his face.

  "Your Highness!" A loud shout rose up, and Jin Dajian's chubby face blocked the sky from Li Yu's line of sight.

  One foot kicked on Jin Dajian's butt, Li Yan scolded: "Looking for death!"

  Since Li Yu fell into the well, everyone in the Wang Mansion has felt the change in the Sixth Prince. The current Sixth Prince is approachable and kind-hearted, with a gentle and generous demeanor. The atmosphere of the entire mansion has also changed from its previous gloominess to being full of vitality.

  "Your Highness, your plan has succeeded. The empress has already sent someone over. She wants you to bring some shampoo into the palace. We're going to get rich!" Jin Dajian's eyes immediately turned into copper coins.

  Li Yu heard this and sat up straight, heh-heh laughing, beckoning: "Let's go, into the palace!"