The concubine entered the palace and the concubine was very attractive

After Xiaobenzi, Kikuhime and others moved Qingzhu to the front yard of the kitchen, Nanxiang gave them several tasks.

"Little Benzi, take a few eunuchs with you and go to the corner of the courtyard to dig some soil for me."

Nanxiang was speaking into the small notebook while selecting green bamboo suitable for making catheters.

The best choice is that the bamboo membrane inside the green bamboo is intact.

In this way, when the steam is transmitted, it will not leak out from the bamboo pole.

Then she instructed Kikuhei, "Kikuhei, go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and pick out a few jars of this size for me. Tell them that I have severe morning sickness and I need them to hold my phlegm."

Nanxiang gestured with her hand to show the size of the jar needed, which was big enough for a basketball.

If it is too big, the steam leakage will be too serious.

"Yes!"

Kikuhei squatted down and said something, then followed Nanxiang's instructions and took Chunyue and several eunuchs to the Imperial Household Department.

Nanxiang came to the kitchen to check some of the remaining liquor, mostly rice wine and fruit wine, with more rice wine.

However, rice wine has a high alcohol concentration, so it is a good choice for purifying alcohol.

She asked Xiao Benzi to get some soil just to block the leakage of steam during distillation and make the distillation more effective.

Half an hour later, Ju Ping and others came to the back kitchen with a few jars to where Qingzhu was placed.

Nanxiang had already selected the green bamboo suitable for use as a catheter.

The little notebook also brought the soil from the corner of the yard just a moment ago.

Afterwards, Nanxiang dismissed the servants, leaving only the small notebook and Kikuhei behind, while Haruzuki stayed outside to keep watch.

She planned to do an experiment first and moved all the equipment needed for distillation to the kitchen.

After all, Nanxiang has not yet wanted to announce the fact of making alcohol, as this can be her secret weapon.

Maybe it can work wonders in special times.

She instructed Xiao Benzi to drill a hole that would fit the green bamboo five centimeters from the top of the jar.

After Nanxiang's guidance, Xiao Benzi finally lived up to expectations and made a simple distillation device.

The joints were sealed with mud to ensure tightness.

Nan Xiang placed the jar connected to the green bamboo pole on the charcoal fire, poured rice wine into the jar, covered it with a lid, and the distillation began...

The other end of the green bamboo pole is held in an even smaller jar.

It doesn't matter if you have a lot of things, just enough is enough.

After a long time, as the rich aroma of rice wine emanated from the kitchen, drops of alcohol dripped into the jar from the other end of the green bamboo pole.

Seeing this, Nanxiang smiled triumphantly.

During this period, she went out once. After all, she couldn't stay in a place with a strong smell of alcohol for long.

Of course, the effect of the first distillation and purification is average, and the alcohol obtained through multiple purifications will be cleaner.

……

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

After completing the task assigned by Gu Junshen, Liu Sheng came to the Yangxin Palace to report.

"Your Majesty! I have sent Qingzhu to Wangyueju as you ordered."

"Well! Do you know why Concubine Shu used a green bamboo pole?" Gu Junshen asked softly.

When Liu Sheng heard this, sadness flashed across his eyes. Who could have imagined this?

The emperor only ordered him to send the green bamboo pole to Wangyueju, but did not ask him to find out what Shufei was going to do with it.

"Your Majesty! After I delivered Qingzhu, I was asked to leave by Concubine Shu. I didn't know either."

After hearing this, Gu Junshen raised his eyes and looked deeply at Liu Sheng, then chuckled and said

"I praised you just yesterday, but today you've turned back into your original form?"

"Your Majesty! I will go and find out right away!" Liu Sheng felt like crying but had no tears yet, so he asked for permission.

"No need. I've already said, let her do whatever she wants with it!"

Liu Sheng'? ? '

……

Chaoyang Palace.

"Your Majesty! Someone from the Affairs Hall reported that Concubine Shu of Wangyueju ordered the servants to take several jars. I don't know what they are used for." After receiving the news, Luqi immediately came to the inner hall to report to Concubine Huang.

Concubine Huang slowly turned the pages of the book in her hand, reading with relish, and occasionally taking a sip of tea and snacks on the table next to her.

After a long while she said, "But what is the use of asking her?"

"I just received the news from the Affairs Hall and came here to report it immediately." Luqi's heart trembled slightly, and her face couldn't help but tense up a little.

"Why are you reporting such trivial matters to me when you haven't found out anything? You are disturbing my peace! Do you want to report every little thing that Concubine Shu ordered people to do?" Concubine Xian raised her head and gave Luqi a cold look.

Luqi has been following her for many years, but she has not been able to learn even a bit of her calmness and wisdom.

Song Nanxiang of Wangyueju must have a purpose for ordering people to bring so many jars. It would be useless if he didn't find out the details and just came to report directly.

"I know my mistake!"

"Go back and reflect on it. I don't want it to happen again." An inscrutable smile appeared on the corner of Concubine Xian's mouth.

"This slave knows it!"

After Luqi walked out of the inner hall, she was still trembling, even though she had followed Concubine Xian for many years and helped her do many bad things.

But the handle was in her hand, so Luqi felt a lot of pressure every time she communicated with her, and her body would tend to tremble after being too nervous.

If Concubine Xian executed her brother in prison in a fit of rage, she would be unable to sleep or eat.

……

Wangyueju.

At this time, Song Nanxiang was already sitting in the inner hall, drinking sugar water and eating snacks.

She had long since put Xiao Benzi in charge of the distillation of alcohol from rice wine in the kitchen.

Xiao Benzi is a smart guy. He can understand what you ask him to do immediately.

Of course, before she left the kitchen, she made sure that alcohol was slowly dripping out from the other end of the green bamboo pole before she felt comfortable handing the matter over to the two of them.

Not long after, Kikuhei came to the inner hall with a small jar that had been distilled several times.

Along the way, she used food boxes to hide the small jar.

After all, Nan Xiang had intentionally instructed that such matters must be kept secret and not be known to anyone else.

Firstly, this would arouse the curiosity of the undercover agents. If they couldn't resist their curiosity, they would reveal their true colors, and she would be able to harvest some people. Secondly, it was better to keep something like alcohol secret at this stage.

"Empress! Qingzhu has already dripped into a small jar." Juping said as he opened the food box, revealing some transparent alcohol inside.

Nanxiang took a look and was quite satisfied with the quality of this batch.

Previously, Kikuhei had brought over a few jars, but they were extremely turbid. The reason for this was that the equipment was not good enough and was too simple.

So she asked the small notebook to be distilled a few more times and bring it to her when it was clear.

Nanxiang reached out and fanned the small jar of alcohol, and then she smelled an alcohol scent with a hint of green bamboo.

She instantly became alert.

'This is the right taste!'

For her, who has conducted countless experiments, the smell of alcohol is very familiar to her.

But this alcohol with the aroma of green bamboo is also good.

"Very good! But I need to do it a few more times!"

After checking, Nanxiang ordered Kikuhei to do it a few more times.