The Tang Dynasty Perfume Shop

Chen Shiqing is a master perfumer with an exceptionally sensitive nose and extraordinary talent. He was once called the greatest fragrance expert in Huaguo. But at a perfume gathering, his jealous mentor falsely accused him of stealing a formula.

After transmigrating, he unexpectedly found himself in the Tang Dynasty, as the second son of the prestigious Xiang family, with the same name and an eerily similar past: his mother died young, his stepmother shunned him, and his outstanding talent eventually led his brothers to plot against him and drown him in a lotus pond.

Chen Shiqing could swim. He climbed out of the pond, his face deathly pale, and scared everyone half to death. His stepmother tried to use the incident to harm him, but he turned the tables and arranged to live separately, moving to his maternal grandfather's estate in the countryside outside Chang'an. Looking at the room, two acres of land, and little courtyard behind the house, Chen Shiqing breathed in the fresh country air, smiled, and said

Later, he came across a mute little wolf boy in the estate's poultry shed. The boy ate raw meat and had already devoured three of Chen Shiqing's chickens. When he saw Chen Shiqing, he bared his teeth at him fiercely. Since the chickens were already dead and there was no point wasting them, Chen Shiqing stewed a pot of chicken soup that night. He had just taken out the first drumstick when a fluffy head poked in through the window.

Chen Shiqing: “...”

At first, the little wolf boy was quite fierce and nearly bit Chen Shiqing's hand while eating. But as they grew familiar, the little wolf became a loyal puppy, guarding the house and bringing good fortune.

At dawn, dusk, and every hour in between, Chen Shiqing looked at the little dog sleeping beside him and settled on three goals for his life:

1. Smell and make fragrances, and open a perfume and powder shop.

2. Build his business and make the Chen family eat their words.

3. Earn money, support his family, and find the little dog a beautiful wife.

Later

Chen Shiqing was summoned to the palace. As the Chen family knelt and watched in dismay, he accepted an imperial plaque from the Great Sage Emperor, then walked out side by side with the Prince of Jiangxia.

Only

As he lay sprawled on the prince's enormous bed, his back aching and legs weak, Chen Shiqing thought back to his three goals and couldn't resist pinching the little dog's ear beside him:

Who could have guessed that I would be the beautiful wife?

But then, looking at the little dog's bright, dewy eyes and his firm, alluring body...

Chen Shiqing coughed and looked away. Well, reaching the goals is what matters, so I suppose I'll make do with this.

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The younger man takes the lead. Set against the background of the Wu Zhou era. A prince of the Li Tang imperial house as the seme × a transmigrated fragrance expert as the uke, with an age gap of about eight years.

A story about rouge and face powder, blending and making fragrances, incense seals, and aromatic medicines.

Cover: [Shop: Xiuxiu Yunxin, artist: Chen Zimu] Thank you!!

Theme: Ordinary people can make history too.