Wishing You Eternal Happiness Chapter 509: ：Secret Recipe

At this point, Yu Youyao changed the subject: "After I figured out myrrh and frankincense, I began to worry. These are foreign spices. I think they were rare in the Zhou Dynasty and their uses were not widespread. Otherwise, It’s not like I haven’t heard of it before. The question now is, how and where to get these two spices?”

Not only has she never heard of it, but even the well-informed Aunt Xu has not heard of it.

Now that we have a clue, a bigger problem lies ahead.

Yu Youyao finally understood the difficulty of improving the fragrant recipe.

"I originally wanted to write to the Xie Mansion for help, but then I thought about it. There are a lot of fragrant herbs piled up in my fragrant medicine warehouse. Some of them were collected by the Xie Mansion, and some were collected by Zhen Guo some time ago. Some of the thank-you gifts sent by the Hou Mansion were brought to me by my cousin who came back from Shandong. Because there were so many, I didn’t look at them carefully. They were all handed over to Liu’er for registration and then put away. When you go to the warehouse, you can directly ask Liu Er to pick up any spices you want to use."

Zhou Linghuai couldn't help but smile when he saw her face suddenly brightened.

"I checked the booklet of the fragrant medicine library and found a kind of powdered medicine in it. At first, I thought that powdered medicine and myrrh were two different things. Later, I read "Compendium of Materia Medica" and realized that this In fact, it is the myrrh I want. There is both powdered medicine and frankincense in the warehouse, and there are quite a lot of them.”

Both Xie Fu and his cousin were eager to collect all the best things in the world and give them to her.

The Marquis of Zhenguo’s Mansion sent out thank-you gifts before, so as not to be neglected, he chose the most expensive and rare spices.

Things brought over from foreign countries were valuable and rare in the Zhou Dynasty. Even if they didn’t know the specific use, they still had to collect them. This was always indispensable.

Every word is so painstakingly put into words, Zhou Linghuai's heart trembled slightly: "Ms. Xu is proficient in pharmacology, and she probably knows the final medicine, but she is cautious and taboo about foreign things in the palace. Naturally, I don’t pay attention to research. I only know the final medicine but not the myrrh, so I have taken many detours.”

A single word difference between myrrh and myrrh can make a world of difference.

Nanny Xu was already taboo about foreign things and had never understood them, so naturally she would not have thought of this.

I think that Grandma Xu didn’t help much when it came to the formula of the anointing oil. It all depended on the little girl’s hard work.

Yu Youyao nodded: "Aunt Xu said the same thing. Later, in order to learn more about the medicinal properties of myrrh, I checked medical books and found that there were detailed medicinal records about myrrh in the Tang Dynasty. Later, due to wars, maritime bans and many other The reason is that myrrh has gradually become less known. It was also after the Zhou Dynasty re-opened the sea ban, myrrh was used as a fragrant spice by foreign countries and reappeared in the Zhou Dynasty."

Foreign incense and medicinal materials are very precious. They were rare in the Zhou Dynasty and were not widely used. They were directly used as aromatherapy materials, and many nobles would directly burn them.

The palace was more interested in the rare and stubborn things that foreign countries paid tribute to, such as edible things, which were basically taboo.

After all, it is not something of this dynasty, and it has always been shrouded in a veil of mystery and unknown.

No matter how interested you are in unknown things, you will not risk your life.

Zhou Linghuai opened the porcelain box. The red ointment was slightly yellow and condensed into the shape of lard. It did not smell like oil, but instead had a light bitter fragrance and the fragrance of shea wood. It smelled very good.

His throat was slightly sore and he said hoarsely: "This is the anointing oil!"

Yu Youyao nodded: "Because the formula is incomplete, I can only improve it on the original formula. After many experiments, I made an anointing oil with similar effects to the one recorded in the incomplete formula."

In the improved recipe, more than ten kinds of spices such as agarwood, cinnamon, cardamom, cinnamon, etc. are added. All the spices are ground by spiritual dew, and the effect is definitely better than the original ones. .

Zhou Linghuai didn't know what to say for a while: "Thank you for your hard work, cousin!"

Yu Youyao didn't know about his complicated mood, and shook his head: "In fact, it's not that difficult. Although it's just a residual recipe, but with the direction of research, I am also familiar with the effects of various spices. Heart, as long as you strictly follow the compatibility of the monarch, ministers and assistants to achieve the effects of medicine, fragrance and treatment, just try it a few times and it will be fine."

What she didn't say was that in order to make a better ointment, she tested the combination of more than two hundred spices in this month.

Fortunately, she had a few girls in her room who knew about fragrance and medicine, and they helped a lot.

Otherwise, the anointing oil would not have been made so quickly.

Just because she didn't say it doesn't mean Zhou Linghuai couldn't guess: "It's not easy to test the properties of medicine."

Yu Youyao quickly changed the subject: "Actually, the anointing oil was prepared three days ago, but my cousin is a little weak, so I didn't dare to give it to my cousin."

After the anointing oil was inspected by Aunt Xu and confirmed to be non-toxic, she could give it to her cousin. However, although she was not taboo about foreign things, she was still cautious.

"Liu'er's godmother, Mrs. Ma, broke her leg a few years ago and didn't take care of it well, leaving the root of the disease. Whenever the weather was wet and cold, her legs would hurt. I gave her the ointment to try. Mrs. Ma After using it, the pain was relieved a lot. I originally planned to observe it for a few days before giving it to my cousin."

The anointing oil used for Mrs. Ma did not contain spiritual dew, so the effect was somewhat unexpected.

But considering that Mrs. Ma’s leg pain ~IndoMTL.com~ is incomparable to my cousin’s, I decided to take another look at the situation.

I also received a gift from my cousin today, but found that I had not prepared a gift for my cousin. After much thought, I decided to give the anointing oil to my cousin.

How could Zhou Linghuai not understand Yu Youyao's good intentions: "I'll ask my cousin to help me use it!"

Yu Youyao's eyes lit up, there was no reason not to agree, and he quickly called Chang'an: "Go to Qingtuyuan and bring me the medicine bag for my cousin's foot bath."

After soaking before using, the effect will be better.

Chang'an went immediately.

Yu Youyao smiled proudly as she held the anointing oil: "The anointing oil can be used as medicinal oil, used with massage, or it can be added to water and put on an incense burner to be burned. Hanxiang is much better."

The essence of incense is that it can be used as both medicine and fragrance, as well as for health care.

Zhou Linghuai curled his lips: "My cousin is so amazing."

Yu Youyao asked Chunxiao to get the incense steamer, added charcoal to the burner of the incense burner, poured some warm water, picked a small spoonful of ointment, and the condensed high oil melted when exposed to hot water.

After a while, the fragrance of water mist and smoke filled the air, with a faint fragrance of shea wood, and a hint of bitterness, which was like the fragrance of resin.

Zhou Linghuai came closer and smelled it, and suddenly felt relieved: "It smells very good."

Yu Youyao tilted her head and smiled: "I also like this smell. It feels like being in a spring forest, with a fragrance of trees."

Zhou Linghuai nodded, this is the smell of vitality.

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