My harem can't be this messy

One is covering. This function is very easy to achieve. In fact, a bellyband is all right, and the simplest prototype of a corset, such as two handkerchiefs tied together to cover it, is fine.

The second is the support, which is not very easy to achieve. Only two pieces of cloth are absolutely not enough. This requires the use of things like steel wires. Of course, there are many other solutions in later generations, and it is not easy to use at this time. .Datang didn't have elastic bands at this time, so where did Li Zhi find the rubber bands and rubber used, so Baisteel was the best choice.

It was not easy for Li Zhi to use Shangyi Yunxi to bring women's corsets to Datang, so naturally he would not let the corsets only serve the function of covering.Since the corset appeared in Datang, it should be done better.

You must know that supporting this function is actually what some women think is the most important, especially older ones, such as the batch of imperial father's harem ladies, but they are not too young.

My own mother-in-law, ahem, why do I think of my mother-in-law again, my mother-in-law must like this supporting function.

Yunxi prepared there, fabrics, stuffed cushions, etc. When this thing is made, apart from the basic shape, the most important thing is comfort. After all, it is for the harem. Which one does Li Zhi want to send to someone who is not of high status, so the comfort level Must be enough.

To prepare things, Yun Xi took Li Zhi to check the cloth room of Shangyi Bureau, and Li Zhi also specially selected several kinds of silk materials.

What makes Li Zhi more depressed is that this is the early Tang Dynasty, and it is basically impossible to see cotton fabrics, because the fabrics woven with cotton will appear in a large area in China, and it will not be until the Song Dynasty at the earliest.

Therefore, most of the fabrics in this fashion clothing bureau are silk and linen. Li Zhi checked it again, but he didn't see any cotton cloth.

Silk and hemp are silk and hemp. These raw materials for textiles have their own advantages, and Li Zhi can't insist on not having cotton cloth.

When Yun Xi took King Jin out of the cloth room, the people sent there had already brought back some leftover materials.

Li Zhi took a steel material of suitable length and bent it with his hands. It was indeed surprisingly tough.

There are several things in Chinese history that have been lost in history, and it is extremely difficult for later generations to reproduce them.The most famous ones are Qin Jian, Hansu Shayi, Tang Mo Dao... .

At this time, Li Zhi was holding the leftovers of the Mo knife, and he had a taste of the flexibility of the most famous knife material in the Tang Dynasty.

"Shang Yi, the things are ready, when can I let the king see the samples?"

"Your Highness, it may take a few days. It will take time to polish the steel material, cut, sew, and embroider."

Li Zhi nodded and looked at his two maids.

"Shang Yi, measure the size of her two, first make one for each of her two."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Yun Xi pulled the two of them together, and specially prepared a house. After all, he measured the size of the house, so he would avoid it no matter what.

After a while, Yun Xi came out, bowed slightly to King Jin, and said that the amount had been taken.

Li Zhi got up and left, and came to the Shangyi Bureau today, which can be regarded as a loss of Sangyu and a gain in the east.

The knee pads were not made, but the lady's corset was made.

Since it takes time to make this thing, Li Zhi went back to Wanchun Palace first.

Just after returning to the Wanchun Palace, Li Zhi saw the two imperial sisters sitting in the Wanchun Palace.

Seeing Li Zhi, the two imperial sisters who had been sitting got up one after another and walked out of the hall.

Princess Changle walked beside Li Zhi and held her younger brother's hand.

"Third brother, just now the maid said that you went to the Shangyi Bureau, and the imperial sister was going to look for you, so you came back."

"By the way, third brother, why did you suddenly go to the Shangyi Bureau?"

Princess Yuzhang asked curiously, and then stared at Li Zhi. The Shangyi Bureau is a place where clothes are made, and there are very few princes going there.

"Sister Huang, I will send a gift to the two sisters in a few days. The two sisters will definitely like it."

"what gift?"

Chapter 119 Women's Underwear

Princess Changle and Princess Yuzhang each held Li Zhi's arm, and sandwiched their younger brother between them. After hearing that Li Zhi was going to give them gifts, the closeness of the two princesses almost scared Li Zhi.

Is there such an exaggeration? Isn't it just that I said that I would give the two imperial sisters a gift. As for this, even looking at myself at this time is wrong.

Could it be that girls are so obsessed with gifts? Oh, no, the two imperial sisters are not girls, but young women.Could it be that young women are so obsessed with presents?

Li Zhi was coerced by the two imperial sisters and was sandwiched between them. Looking at their burning eyes, Li Zhi was about to tremble when he suddenly heard the two imperial sisters asking the same question almost in sync.

"Third brother, tell me quickly, what gift?"

"Keep it secret, I will give the two sisters a surprise, and I guarantee that they will like it."

Li Zhi said something with a sense of mystery, and then stared at the place where the two imperial sisters should not be staring.

Li Zhi was a little worried. If he wanted to make corsets for the two imperial sisters, he had to know their sizes, but if he wanted to surprise them, how would he measure the size?Is it necessary to estimate, but the estimate is often worse.

If Yun Xi were to measure it, he might have to reveal his secrets in advance. It would be difficult to have a sense of mystery while keeping the two imperial sisters unaware.

Li Zhi stared at the majestic mountains and worried, hey, I really don't know the size!To highlight suddenness, we can only rely on estimates.

What size are the two queens here?Li Zhi couldn't help but stare at him because he had something in his mind. After staring for a while, the two imperial sisters noticed.

It's impossible not to notice it, but with Li Zhi's gaze, everyone can detect where he is staring.

The two princesses were naturally not angry, and even Princess Changle stood up deliberately.

Princess Changle stood up, patted her imperial sister on the shoulder, and asked her to look at her younger brother.

"Does it look good? Third brother!"

"It looks good, no no no, Miss Huang, I was thinking about something, I didn't look around."

Li Zhi blushed, and it was rare embarrassment.

"Sister Huang doesn't mind you watching. By the way, what kind of things are kept secret, and when they will be delivered will never be kept secret."

"I will deliver it in five days, two imperial sisters, this item needs to be matched with clothes, how about the two imperial sisters go to the Shangyi Bureau to try on the size first?"

"Okay, but third brother, you have to accompany Miss Huang!"

"Okay, I will accompany Miss Huang."

When the three Highnesses got up, Li Zhi gave Xia He and Chun Tao a wink. The two maids naturally understood what size His Highness asked the two princesses to go to the Shangyi Bureau, so they quickly followed, and when the time came, they would have to quietly confront Shang Yiyun Xi reminded, otherwise the real measurement is only the size of ordinary clothing, then it would be a waste of time.

At this time during the Zhenguan period, the size of the clothing material does not include the detailed size there.

After seeing off the two imperial sisters and returning to the Wanchun Palace, Li Zhi took the size comparison data of the two princesses and the two maids obtained from Shangyi Yunxi for a long time, and then stared at Chuntao. for a while.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

"Chuntao, why is my sister Yuzhang older than yours?"

"Ah, Your Highness, I don't know about this Chuntao. Maybe Her Royal Highness eats better than Chuntao!"

Li Zhi just smacked his beautiful forehead, what is the reason for this, there is no reason why the size here is related to what he eats.

Could it be that the papaya cakes, papaya porridge, papaya bibimbap, and papaya soup that Yuzhang Huangjie ate all day long are not enough.

If it wasn't for Shang Yi Yunxi's personal measurement, Li Zhi wouldn't believe it at all. Sure enough, people can't be judged by appearances, and sea water can't be measured. I don't think so when I see Yuzhang Huangjie on weekdays. Feel how much you need to look up to.

But holding the size in his hand really overwhelmed his maid Chuntao.

What is this, this is that usually only the tip of the iceberg can be seen, and a larger mountain is hidden under the sea.

"Okay, let's go down, Chuntao, you go to the Shangyi Bureau again, and give Shangyi Yunxi ten taels of gold, and tell her not to say anything about it."

"Chuntao understands, let's go!"

"Your Highness, don't you need Xia He to serve you?"

"Go down!"

The two maids bowed and retreated. Li Zhi tapped the armrest of the seat with his fingers. This was almost a subconscious action when he was thinking. Down.

What is Li Zhi thinking about?Naturally, there are pros and cons of bringing women's bras to Datang, what can it bring to oneself, and what troubles can it bring to oneself.

The women's corset made today was made by Yun Xi, so it will not cause much trouble, and through this women's corset, I can gain a lot of favor with the concubines in the harem.

Li Zhi tapped the armrest of the seat seventeen times with his fingers, and suddenly opened his eyes.

His father's harem seemed a bit strange, but Li Zhi didn't notice it very much on weekdays. Today, when he thought about who was older and who was younger in the harem, Li Zhi suddenly discovered that in his father's harem, there were people above the third rank. Among the concubines, from four concubines and nine concubines to nine Jieyu, none of them were too young.

Uh, all of them are older, at least in their early thirties.

Li Zhi thought of this, fearing that he could not remember all the concubines in the harem, and who would be revealed, so he called the maid of honor outside in Wanchun Palace, and asked her to call Xia He in.

After a while, Xia He ran in from the outside, panting and choppy.

"Your Highness, what do you want Xia He to ask?"

"Xia He, among the nine concubines and nine Jieyu, are there any younger than thirty?"

Xia He shook her head without thinking.

Li Zhi continued to knock on the armrest of the seat, feeling even more strange in his mind.

It is a fact that the father is lustful, although it cannot be said clearly, but historians know it well, and people who read Tang history also know that they like the history of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and they also know in their hearts how beautiful Taizong is.

However, none of the concubines above the third grade in the harem were younger than thirty, which is strange.Although women in the harem still have charm in their thirties or even forties, they are in their mid-mature years. After all, they don't work on weekdays, and they only need to focus on maintenance.But regardless of figure and skin, there is always a difference between young women.

Royal father has not favored young women in recent years, such as those in their teens or twenties, and has not let any of them rise to the level of nine concubines and nine Jieyu?

Li Zhi suddenly thought of another thing, that is the children of the father, the little princess and the little prince, the little princess is Princess Hengshan, this is the youngest daughter of the father, the little prince is the fourteenth son Cao Wang Li Ming, and the princess Chao was born to the father Sons, my father had a total of fourteen sons.

These two princesses and princes were both born in the eighth year of Zhenguan, and from the eighth year of Zhenguan to the 16th year of Zhenguan, for eight full years, the father had no heirs.

Li Zhi pressed his hand on the armrest of the seat, and the veins on the back of Li Zhi's hand twitched a few times unconsciously.

Chapter 120 The First Sight of Each Other

This is too coincidental, although the father has continued to select women from the people to enrich the harem these years, from the first-rank concubine and the fourth concubine to the eighth-rank daughter, it can be said that no one is bad.

Li Zhi remembers most clearly that in the 11th year of Zhenguan, Wu Meiniang first remonstrated with Emperor Taizong in Luoyang Palace.But in these years, these new women who entered the palace were rarely promoted, and they basically stayed where they were.

Wu Meiniang Li Zhi has seen it with her own eyes, no matter her appearance or body, she is of the best quality, and she is on par with her own Changle Huangjie, but even so, she has been sitting in the position of talented person for 11 years, she is really stable and does not move.

If the concubine here is a coincidence, then the prince and princess here is still a coincidence. From the eighth year of Zhenguan to this time, no one in the father's harem has added a son and a half daughter to the father. So what.

Is this possible?From the perspective of probability, there is basically no such possibility.

The combination of two things, if this is a coincidence, is already a miracle, no, it is even more miraculous than a miracle.

We must know that from the birth of Li Chengqian in the second year of Wude to the eighth year of Zhenguan, in which year did the father not have a son and a half daughter born, but in the eighth year of Zhenguan, they were completely gone. By the way, in the eighth year of Zhenguan, there was still Princess Hengshan and King Cao Liming.

Then, the problem cannot be with the concubines in the harem, it must be with the father.

"Your Highness, what's the matter with you?"

"Oh, it's nothing, Xia He, you have been serving in the Lizheng Palace for a long time. When the father is in the Taiji Palace, does the emperor often accompany the mother?"

"Returning to His Highness, when His Majesty is here, eight or nine out of ten days His Majesty will spend the night in the Lizheng Hall."

Li Zhi looked at Xia He, but the girl looked a little uncomfortable.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with Xia He?"

"Let's go, accompany me to the Lizheng Hall!"

"Oh, Your Highness, isn't it a bit late now?"

"not late!"

Li Zhi had already got up, and Xia He naturally followed closely, accompanying His Highness all the way to the Lizheng Hall.

At the gate of the Lizheng Hall, Qiuju and Dongmei stood guard here, and they were slightly blessed when they saw King Jin.

"Your Highness, please come back tomorrow, the empress has already rested."

"All right!"

Li Zhi looked in the Lizheng Hall, the queen mother had rested, and could only come back tomorrow.

Li Zhi was about to turn around and disturb the queen mother, only the emperor father dared to do it in the harem, this Li Zhi really didn't dare.Or it's not that I don't dare, it just feels inappropriate.

"Is Ji'er here?"

Before Li Zhi folded his body, he heard the voice of the queen mother in the Lizheng Hall.

"After returning to mother, it's Zhi'er."

"Come in, the queen mother is not asleep either."

When Li Zhi walked into the Lizheng Hall, Empress Changsun had already got up from the bed and waved to her son, and Li Zhi sat on the side of his mother.

"The emperor really shouldn't disturb the queen's rest."

"Okay, the queen mother is not asleep yet, the emperor must have something important to come to the Lizheng Hall at this time."

"After returning to the mother, the emperor has placed Lin Ruyin in the bamboo garden for a period of time. In the past few days, he has brought the maids to the bamboo garden several times to try her medical skills. The reactions of the maids are very good. So Zhi'er wants to come tonight Ask your mother for instructions, should you arrange for the concubines in the palace to come to Zhuyuan for consultation one after another?"