Chapter 1154: Chapter 1154: Making a Move to Probe_1 Chapter 1154: Chapter 1154: Making a Move to Probe_1 The more she thought about it, the more Qiao Xiaomai beca unsettled. With a snort, she sat up straight. If Yang Wenxiao ever revealed such intentions in the future, she was determined to have Liuli’s disciples step in to stop him.
“Next ti I see the disciple of my great-grandmother, I will have a talk with the old lady about this.”
“The retired emperor.. he probably wouldn’t go too far…” Tong Sanlang said hesitantly, unsure about the matter since it involved his own family’s interests.
“How about this, we’ve been pondering over soap, haven’t we? Let’s test him with it?”
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiaomai tilted her head, “Soap?”
“Soap,” Tong Sanlang nodded seriously.
Soap’s raw material is lard, which ordinary people might be reluctant to use, but if you target the sales at nobles, it’s sure to fetch a good price.
To soone like Qiao Xiaomai who ca from the future, soap was a necessity, but not so for ordinary people—they could use soapberry instead. So, like those other expensive items in the past, he would set a fixed price for a fair transaction—those who could afford it would buy it, those who could not would do without.
Qiao Xiaomai’s eyes shifted before she nodded, “Okay.”
Instead of feeling anxious, it was better to strike first and test the waters.
Shopkeeper Hong listened to their conversation, a puzzled look on his face as he asked, “What disciple of a great-grandmother? What soap?”
Although he was a confidant of Yu Ang, his knowledge about Liuli was limited.
Qiao Xiaomai explained, “Rember at the city gate the other day, Shen Chenghao said that the emperor and several others were poisoned by so ‘flower of hell’?”
Shopkeeper Hong nodded repeatedly.
At that ti, when Shen Chenghao first rebelled, the onlookers imdiately ran off, but the civil and military officials trapped in the area by the imperial guards could not escape and were forced to listen to the whole affair.
The saying ‘the elderly send off the young’ ca true. Judging by Yang Wenxiao’s expression at the ti, the ‘flower of hell’ was not made up.
But after they killed Shen Chenghao and confiscated the Shen Family’s assets, Yang Wenxiao, Emperor Yongan, and the others acted as if nothing had happened—conducting interrogations, punishnts, and taking over the Zuixian Building like it was all normal, not at all like soone whose elder was sending off soone younger.
People couldn’t grasp what was really going on. Moreover, they had been intimidated by the explosion and the Divine Crossbow that day, so such shocking news didn’t ripple through the Capital City.
Shopkeeper Hong hadn’t gone that day, but he had heard about it afterward and was still puzzled. Now, seeing that Qiao Xiaomai seed to know the insider details, he quickly asked.
“It’s because the disciple taught by our great-grandmother is no ordinary person, and the poison from ‘flower of hell’ that seems incurable to ordinary people can be cured by her disciple. With this antidote, the disciple of my great-grandmother should have so degree of influence with the retired emperor. If she speaks up for us, maybe the retired emperor would consider reducing the debt on us.”
“Oh—” Shopkeeper Hong’s voice stretched out as he suddenly understood.
A true master, indeed!
“As for soap, it’s sothing for washing your face, made from lard—hence the ‘fat.’ Because it has soapberry-like properties, it’s followed by ‘soap,’ which cos together as ‘soap,'” Qiao Xiaomai added.
“Oh—” Shopkeeper Hong’s voice stretched out again as realization dawned on him.
Then he gave Qiao Xiaomai a thumbs up. This young madam was also a master, indeed!
After clearing up Shopkeeper Hong’s confusion, Qiao Xiaomai and Tong Sanlang excused themselves to return to the Palace.
With plenty of ti before evening, the two entered the kitchen to experint.
Soap, lard, and lye water—mix these two together in the correct proportions, and the result is soap.
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