"Ding~" As Li Xiu flicked his fingers, a crisp sound was found on the glass cup on the table, and the water inside also flashed round after circle of ripples. Then Li Xiu picked up the cup and drank the water inside.

Li Xiu did not expect that among the gifts Du Fuwei gave, there were glassware. Not only the glass cup in front of him, but a complete set of glassware, including cups, plates, kettles, etc., which filled a large box. What surprised Li Xiu even more was that these glasses were extremely transparent and did not look much different from those of later generations.

"Master, you are such a luxury. Others use such expensive medicine for decoration. Only Master, you really use it to drink water." Yuechan covered her mouth and smiled.

Medicine jade is the name of glass by the Tang people. In any era, there is an unbreakable truth that things are precious because they are rare. Zhongyuan has never produced glass, and there is only one kind of similar glass. All glass products are transported from overseas from thousands of miles away. This also leads to the high price of glassware. Most people just collect glassware as a luxury, but instead ignore its original function.

"It's just medicinal jade, Yuechan, do you know what this medicine jade is made of?" Li Xiu smiled without caring about putting the water cup on the table.

"Hehe~, I really know this, my father before..." Yue Chan suddenly said she showed her mouth, and her face turned red. However, she also knew that Li Xiu had guessed her identity, so she quickly recovered and continued, "In the past, Hu Shang went to Liangguo Palace to present some medicine and jade vessels to His Majesty. According to him, these medicine and jade were collected from the snow-capped mountains that never melted all year round, and the stars falling from the world melted..."

"Puff~" Before Yuechan finished speaking, Li Xiu almost burst into laughter. These Hu merchants have put in a lot of effort to make money. This nonsense ability can be written in fantasy novels in future generations.

"Master, why are you laughing?" Yuechan said inexplicably when she saw this. Did she say it wrong?

"Yuechan, remember that there are two kinds of people in this world that cannot be believed. The first is merchants. In order to make money, they can say that the living is dead and that the dead is alive. The raw materials for making medicine jade are not so precious. In fact, it is just to burn the sand and then condense it into medicine jade. However, these are the most primitive medicine jade. It takes a lot of time to burn the medicine jade into the pure and transparent one in front of us." Li Xiu explained with a faint smile.

"Sand? How is this possible?" Yuechan said with wide eyes even though she heard that the glass was actually burned with sand.

"What's impossible? When our Zhongyuan porcelain is shipped overseas, it is also priced at gold. To put it bluntly, isn't it also made of soil?" Li Xiu said with a smile.

In fact, glass is similar to porcelain, and the raw materials are all very ordinary things, but they become worth a hundred times more valuable due to human wisdom. However, in comparison, porcelain from the Central Plains has more advantages than glass. In terms of shape or beauty, porcelain is not comparable to glass. This also makes porcelain always a representative commodity of the Central Plains, and even the names of later countries come from this.

When she heard Li Xiu use porcelain as an example, Yue Chan finally nodded thoughtfully, but then she suddenly asked curiously: "Master, you said just now that there are two kinds of people in this world that you cannot believe the most. One is a businessman, and who is the other?"

"Haha~, in addition to the words of businessmen in the world that cannot be believed, there is also the words of beautiful women that cannot be believed. And the more beautiful a woman is, the more she will be able to lie, for example..." When Li Xiu said the last, he suddenly blinked and looked at Yue Chan, and a teasing smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. She had told a lot of lies to hide her identity.

Yuechan was also smart and immediately understood what Li Xiu meant. However, when she heard him praise him for being beautiful in different ways, she couldn't help but shyly lower her head, her cheeks were almost dripping with water.

Looking at Yuechan's shy look, Li Xiu couldn't help laughing. This little girl has become more and more shy during this period, but it makes people feel very interesting. Every time she sees her, Li Xiu can't help but want to tease her for a few words.

I picked up this glass cup again and looked at it carefully. This thing was very common in later generations. This also evoked some memories of Li Xiu. Finally, I sighed and put down the cup, and then began to take out the other glassware in the box and carefully examined it.

The glassware in the box was originally some daily necessities, so Li Xiu specially moved it to the room, which could be used by himself or used to entertain guests. In the eyes of others, these glassware may be worth a thousand gold, but in his eyes, there is nothing to cherish, even if it is broken by mistake.

"Mugs, kettles, and even bowls..." Li Xiu took out the glassware in the box like that. He just looked at it roughly and did not take a closer look. Now he found that there are quite a lot of utensils inside, and there are many styles, and some are pure handicrafts, and they have no practical value.

"Hey, there is a big plate below!" When Li Xiu took out the glassware on it and took off the straw in the middle, he suddenly found that there was a large plate below. The bottom below was as big as a basketball, and the flat bottom was very thick and heavy. It looked a bit similar to the glass fish tank of later generations, but it was very shallow. According to Li Xiu's estimate, this might be a fruit plate used to put fruits and other fruits.

At first, Li Xiu didn't care. He put the big plate on the table and prepared to count the leftover glassware. However, at this moment, he suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in his mind, which made him immediately pick up the plate again and look at it carefully. As a result, he became more and more excited as he looked at it. He was worried that he didn't know what gift to Princess Pingyang, but he didn't expect to find this thing. The gift was finally settled!

At the same time, in the mansion of Duke Huo in Chang'an City, Chai Shao was sitting in the living room and drinking. In a few days, Princess Pingyang's birthday will be on. At this time of year, Princess Pingyang will invite some relatives and friends to go, such as her sisters, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin's brothers, etc., but she will not invite him as her husband to go. This also makes Chai Shao feel very embarrassed and makes him feel very depressed at this time of year.

"Master, why are you drinking again? This is not good for your health!" At this moment, a beautiful girl suddenly saw a beautiful girl coming with a tray, then put the tray on the table, picked up a bowl of soup on it and delivered it to him, "Drink this bowl of quenching soup quickly, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable tomorrow."

"Didn't I tell me not to bother me?" Chai Shao said impatiently. This young woman was his favorite concubine, named Ruyue, known as Mrs. Yue. She has been with him for nearly ten years and has given birth to a pair of sons for him. This made Chai Shao even more pamper her. Fortunately, otherwise if someone else came in at this time, he would have been scolded by him.

"I know that my husband is very annoying, but no matter how annoying he is, he must pay attention to his identity. Otherwise, his husband's body will collapse. I know that he feels distressed, but I don't know that he feels distressed!" Mrs. Yue comforted her, and she seemed to have some secret words when she spoke.

Chai Shao also heard what Mrs. Yue said, and seemed even more impatient at the moment. However, he loved Mrs. Yue very much, and the other party gave birth to two sons for him. These two sons were also very smart and he loved them very much, so he couldn't bear to get angry at Mrs. Yue at this time, so he had to take a sip of wine to relieve the depression in his heart.

Seeing that Chai Shao did not listen to her, Mrs. Yue couldn't help but sigh inwardly. No matter how favored she was, the natural gap in her identity also made her unable to compare with Princess Pingyang. In Chai Shao's heart, she was probably not as important as Princess Pingyang's little finger.

However, although Mrs. Yue felt a little uneasy, she was an extremely intelligent woman. Otherwise, Chai Shao would not have been able to pamper her for so many years, so she quickly said again: "Husband, you don't have to worry. The princess didn't invite you to the banquet. Can't you take the initiative to go?"

"Go to go? What do you think I am? If someone blocks the door, then do I want my face?" Chai Shao couldn't help but say angrily when he heard Mrs. Yue's words. In his opinion, women have long hair and short knowledge.

"Hehe, husband, why are you so confused? Even if you can't go, can't you let our two children go?" Mrs. Yue suddenly said with a smile.

"What do you mean? Are you asking Zhewei and Lingwu to go?" Chai Shao also looked at Mrs. Yue in surprise when he heard this. For a moment, he seemed to understand the other party's intention.

"Yes, Zhewei and Lingwu are eight years old, and the other are only five years old. And the princess is also their legitimate mother. On the birthday of her legitimate mother, it is natural for them to go to celebrate her birthday. The princess would never drive her two children out of the house, right?" Mrs. Yue smiled again. The reason why she proposed this was actually a deeper plan.

"This is a good idea, but what's the use of letting the two children go? I can't go?" Chai Shao's eyes lit up at first, but then he said with some annoyance.

"It doesn't matter whether your husband is going or not. Just let Zhewei and the others get along with the princess first. Moreover, the princess has married her husband for so many years and has never had any children. Since that's the case, the husband can adopt Zhewei and the others openly to the name of the princess. Then you and the princess have two children. Are you still afraid that the princess will run away?" Mrs. Yue said with a smile. In order to make her two sons become Chai Shao's legitimate sons, she is willing to sacrifice no matter how big the sacrifice is.
Chapter completed!