Volume 1 Princess Taiping Grows Up Chapter 87: How to cheat
Li Yuechen was no longer in the mood to continue playing mahjong. After making up an excuse, he turned around and left Prince Pei's Mansion.
On the way back, Li Yuechen kept thinking in his mind, now that he already knew about this, should he confront Li Zhi and ask him why he did this?
But as soon as this thought came to her mind, she suppressed it.
If you ask at this time, regardless of whether you can get the answer you want, the atmosphere will definitely be awkward.
Li Yuechen knew very well that regardless of Li Zhi's purpose in doing this, it was definitely impossible that he wanted to make himself the crown prince.
It is very difficult for this country to give birth to a queen. There are many queens in foreign countries because the royal family recognizes women's right to inherit the throne.
But here, this is absolutely impossible.
In the eyes of the ancients, offspring were a rather serious issue.
I am a woman. Even if I get married and have children here, my future descendants will not have my surname. If I were to become the crown prince, it would be like giving the world to someone else.
Not to mention, Li Yuechen had no plans to get married.
But if we rule out the possibility that he was made the crown prince, then what was the reason for him to watch Emperor Fan?
Li Yuechen felt that this problem was a headache, and after returning to Anfu Hall, he still couldn't come up with a reliable answer.
She herself felt helpless about this. After all, she was just an athlete and not a person who was good at using her brain.
The emperor's logic was difficult to understand, not to mention that she had never added any skills to the skill of understanding people's hearts.
Especially for this couple, the husband is the emperor and the wife is also the emperor! The logic is even more difficult to understand!
Taking this into consideration, Li Yuechen decided to continue pretending that he knew nothing.
I don't even want to think about what Li Zhi's purpose is. Anyway, according to the current situation, it is impossible for him to feel threatened.
At least being a good kid all these years has paid off.
As I said, at least don’t make the emperor feel threatened, then nothing will happen!
After figuring it out, my steps couldn't help but become lighter.
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As time goes by, the weather is getting hotter and hotter.
It was the Dragon Boat Festival again, and Li Zhi brought his whole family to watch the dragon boat race in the imperial city.
Since Li Xian and Li Lun learned how to whistle from their sister last year, they would show off from time to time.
Today is the dragon boat race. Amid the continuous drum beats and the shouts of people on both sides of the Luo River, I couldn't help but blow my whistle.
Two sharp whistles sounded one after another from the imperial city, and many people watching on the river bank below subconsciously looked up.
Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were also slightly startled and turned their heads to look at the two naughty kids.
After Li Xian and Li Lun felt their parents' kind gazes , they immediately realized that they were in trouble and looked at Li Yuechen with horror for a moment.
Shit, are these two cowards planning to sell out their teammates? Li Yuechen was surprised.
As expected, Li Lun spoke directly: "Don't be angry, Grandpa and Mom, this whistle was taught to me by Yuechen!"
Hearing him say this, the couple turned to look at Li Yuechen again.
"Brother, it's true that I taught you that, but I didn't ask you to blow it in such an occasion..." Li Yuechen decisively passed the buck.
Li Xian chimed in: "We just couldn't help it for a moment..."
"Oh? Taught by Chen'er?"
Li Zhi suddenly interrupted them, looking very interested: "How?"
“…”
Seeing his father's curious look, Li Yuechen was silent for two seconds: "Grandpa... are you interested in this?"
Li Zhi nodded: "I think it's good. If I raise a horse in the future, it will come over when I blow the whistle. It will be interesting."
When Li Xian and Li Lun heard Li Zhi say this, their eyes almost popped out.
Perhaps because he felt that the family atmosphere had improved a lot recently, Li Xian boldly started to joke: "Grandpa is so partial, isn't he worried that Silang and I will be sad?"
"Sad?" Wu Zetian turned her head and asked expressionlessly, "You?"
Li Xian subconsciously took two steps back: "This... I am not a heartless person, so I will naturally feel sad."
"It's okay. You won't be sad if you go find Erlang to fight a cock afterwards." Li Zhi waved his hand nonchalantly.
Li Yuechen at the back licked his lips. This is really his real dad!
"Grandpa, there's no need to involve me in this matter, right?" Li Xian complained helplessly.
"Just get used to it!" Li Zhi suddenly laughed.
Hearing such an obvious joke, Li Yuechen was the first to laugh: "Grandpa is right, you'll get used to it!"
Seeing the smile on her face, Li Hong, who was usually serious, was the first one who couldn't help laughing and burst out laughing.
Then the laughter became contagious, and the other brothers also started laughing.
Li Zhi laughed even louder, his voice was so loud that it fully displayed the emperor's arrogance.
Such a warm atmosphere with the whole family joking with each other even made Wu Zetian cover her mouth and chuckle.
After the dragon boat race, Li Zhi rewarded the first-place team with some silk as usual.
Then he actually started learning to whistle from Li Yuechen!
It turns out he has quite a talent and after trying a few times he was able to blow it successfully.
After learning it, Li Zhi kept blowing it like a little child, all the way back to Renshou Hall.
I returned to the hall, boiled a pot of tea, rubbed my sore cheeks, and sat down to chat with the children.
Mother Wu Zetian also talked to her two sisters about the experience of using moisturizing cream. After comparing them with each other, they found that this thing was really effective.
Li Yuechen followed his brothers to play around with Li Zhi. Perhaps because the atmosphere was good, Li Xian was inspired to write a poem.
His literary talent is actually quite good, and has been highly praised by his parents, but he just doesn't usually pay attention to it.
However, Li Yuechen couldn't understand this thing, and didn't know what was written in this poem.
Anyway, if they all say it's good, just clap and shout "6" along.
There was still some time before lunch, so the family played the murderer-chasing game invented by Li Yuechen.
After this period of training, my skills have improved a lot, and I can have fun now. At least I dare to question my parents in person.
This atmosphere of the whole family immersed in laughter and play can be said to be quite good.
In the end, Li Yuechen even rode on Li Zhi and played with him.
The palaces during the Tang Dynasty had wooden floors. You had to wear slippers when entering the palace, but you didn't have to worry about getting dirty.
Looking at the father and daughter rolling on the ground, Wu Zetian coughed twice to remind Li Zhi to pay attention to his manners.
But Li Zhi didn't listen at all, even the youngest Li Lun joined in.
At noon, the family happily ate hotpot and sweated profusely, which marked the end of today's family gathering.
After lunch and a few cups of tea, the children announced their departure and Li Yuechen also returned to Anfu Hall.
Just as he entered the gate and was about to look at the rice, Shangguan Wan'er ran over and said with a wronged look on her face: "Your Highness, I lost today."
"Lost?" Li Yuechen asked as he entered Linbo Pavilion, "Battle of Herbs?"
"Yeah." Shangguan Wan'er nodded with a disappointed look on her face.
Li Yuechen raised his eyebrows: "Why did you lose? Didn't I teach you how to win?"
Shangguan Wan'er explained in a low voice: "It's because I beat them last year, and afterwards they asked me what method I used, and I told them, so this year..."
"oh……"
Li Yuechen nodded, then smiled and raised her hand to touch her head: "It's okay, I have a more powerful method, I guarantee you will win next year! But don't tell them this method anymore."
"Really?" Shangguan Wan'er raised her head and took two steps forward with anticipation. "What method is it?"
Li Yuechen looked around and found no one else.
So he leaned closer to her ear and said, "Next year, find a relatively thick grass stem, and then thread a copper wire through it..."
Perhaps because it was too close to her ear, the air exhaled when she spoke blew into her ear, causing Shangguan Wan'er to shiver.
Then, with a red face, he took two steps back and said in a voice as small as a mosquito: "Your Highness, this method...isn't it cheating?"
Li Yuechen laughed and said, "If you are discovered, you are cheating. If you are not discovered, it means you are strong!"
Hearing her words, Shangguan Wan'er opened her eyes wide and felt the first shock to her worldview in her life.
However, Li Yuechen did not dwell on this matter any longer. He gently touched her head and stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go check out the rice together."
The two walked side by side towards the fields. Shangguan Wan'er suddenly turned her head and said, "Unconsciously, Your Highness has already grown taller than me."
"Really?" Li Yuechen turned her head and took a look. She really didn't pay much attention to this issue.
After all, in this age without large floor-length mirrors, it is difficult to detect one's own height.
Now, when I happened to walk with Shangguan Wan'er, I suddenly realized that I seemed to have grown up very fast.
Now I am a whole head taller than Shangguan Wan'er. Thinking carefully, I am only seven years old this year, but it seems that I am already as high as my mother's chest. If we stand together, I should be almost reaching her shoulders, right?
Then he looked at his clothes again, no wonder he didn't notice it.
The clothes of this era are relatively loose, so even if you grow a lot, you won’t feel that the clothes are too small when you wear them.
By the way, if I have the chance I should try to make mirrors, and then make a few larger floor-standing mirrors and put them in the palace.
I have done experiments on the silver mirror reaction when I was in school, but it is very troublesome to do this in this era.
I don’t know whether silver can be made into a mirror. It doesn’t matter if the cost is a bit higher.
Anyway, as long as it is not a necessity for people's lives, Li Yuechen always sells it at a very high price, without worrying about not making a profit.
Arriving at the edge of the field, Li Yuechen squatted down, looked at the rice ears hanging in front of him, roughly counted them, and revealed a look of satisfaction.
If nothing goes wrong, this experiment is considered a success. Just by looking from the outside, we can see that the growth .
But we'll have to wait for the results to see how far it can go.
Anyway, this batch of rice can be harvested by the end of June. We will see what the result will be then.
"How does Your Highness feel?" Shangguan Wan'er didn't know what other rice looked like , nor could she tell the good from the bad.
Li Yuechen nodded slightly: "I feel fine...Okay, let's stop watching this and go drink some yogurt!"
I drank some yogurt in the hall, read some books, and practiced calligraphy for a while.
Seeing that it was almost the afternoon, Li Yuechen planned to go to the Craftsmen's Supervisory Office to check on the progress of the carriage.
By the way, the glass workshop in Jixianfang has been built and telescope production has officially begun.
At the same time, transparent bowls, cups, bottles, etc. have also begun to be trial-produced. If successful, they will instantly detonate the market.
As for the specific method, Li Yuechen only told them that it was blown out, but she didn't know how to do it specifically. She just let these craftsmen experiment on their own.
Anyway, this thing is not expensive, so there is plenty of room for trial and error.
In order to conceal his tracks, Fulai did not collect only manganese ore, but also collected a lot of stones that were completely useless at least for the time being.
Although it would cost a lot more money, Li Yuechen felt that it was worth the money as it would allow the glass formula to be kept secret for as long as possible.
Now those big families must have tried to make soap and transparent glass at home, but I don’t know when they will be able to do it.
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When we arrived at the craftsmanship supervisor, we saw that the craftsmen had already finished making the tire. They were wrapping the braided cowhide whip around the wheel hub and then gluing it together with fish glue.
You know what, this thing is quite sticky and feels much stronger than the fucking 502.
This tire is not wide, about the width of a mountain bike tire.
Standing a little further away and taking a quick look, it really does look a bit like tires from the future.
The outer ring of the wheel hub is made of iron, and the spokes are made of Yunnan iron bamboo, which is strong but not heavy.
The only problem at the moment is that there is no bearing at the connection with the axle, which can be solved by oiling.
Li Yuechen watched them make the tires, then stacked them together and compared them. They were exactly the same size!
Seeing this scene, Li Yuechen couldn't help but give them a thumbs up to express his admiration.
Seeing that the sun was about to set, I told them to wrap up and go home, and talk about it tomorrow.
It will take some time for the fish glue to dry completely, and the tire will probably have to be left for a few days before it can be actually installed.
In addition, the animal skin organ on the car body has been completed. Li Yuechen watched them debug it from the side. You have to say, he really felt a special sense of nostalgia.
Fu Lai watched the fan blades closing and opening as the car body swayed from side to side, and couldn't help but praise: "Your Highness is really a wonderful idea!"
Li Yuechen smiled slightly: "That's because you haven't seen anything more bizarre."
Although he had no intention of looking down on the ancients, Li Yuechen couldn't help feeling a little elated when he saw Fu Lai's admiring eyes.
I admire this kind of thing to this extent. If I see something that can fly into the sky in the future, won’t I kneel down on the spot?
However, this reaction is understandable. Even if it happens to me, if I suddenly encounter incomprehensible black technology one day, I will probably have the same expression, or even worse than him.
But to be honest, I should really keep a low profile now. After all, I really can't understand the purpose of Li Zhi's action of asking me to watch the emperor's model.
