The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 186
In the early morning of July 24th, [-]th year of Tai'an.

Although it has entered autumn, the weather is still extremely hot, and only in the early morning can you feel a little refreshment.

In the back garden of Prince Yong's Mansion, Huang Rongrong dragged Lin Jingyu here early in the morning.

At this moment, the two of them were sitting in the gazebo, enjoying the scenery of the lake and mountains, while eating breakfast leisurely.

A plate of steamed buns, two bowls of millet porridge, and three small pickles... This is the simple breakfast for the two concubines.

"Sister Lin, it's better to stay here to stay cool, why don't we go and beg the prince to build a summer loft on this island!"

Hearing Huang Rongrong's chirping voice, Lin Jingyu couldn't help but smiled and said: "Don't be restless all day long, the prince has enough things to do, don't make trouble for him!"

"Why, I haven't seen the prince these days!"

Picking up the white porcelain bowl, Lin Jingyu put a handful of pickles in Huang Rongrong's bowl, and said slowly, "That's all, all right, eat quickly, clean up after eating!"

Who would have thought that Huang Rongrong said with a look of disgust: "It's all these every day, I don't have much appetite, I'm full just looking at it!"

Lin Jingyu ignored her, and said while sipping food, "If you weren't in the palace, you would have starved to death with such virtue!"

"Nowadays, those people outside the palace have to risk their lives in order to eat half full. If they are as lucky as you, they might wake up laughing when they fall asleep!"

Huang Rongrong curled her lips, played with the kitten in her arms, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "Sister Lin, how did my little sister offend you, I will teach you a lesson when you find a chance!"

"Are you still not happy? If you really want to let your temper go, then the prince will despise you!" Lin Jingyu pretended to be angry.

If it weren't for the strong feelings, Lin Jingyu would not be so careless.

Unexpectedly, Huang Rongrong said without restraint: "Sister, you often scare me with the prince's rejection, but now...the one who is rejected is obviously the princess!"

Hearing this, Lin Jingyu was so angry that her liver ached. She really wanted to open Huang Rongrong's mind and see what was inside.

Is it okay to say that the princess is disgusted?

Glancing around, Lin Jingyu raised her face and said to the servants: "I will keep in mind whoever is serving here today. If anyone dares to go out and talk, I will not forgive you lightly!"

The servants and servants present complained incessantly. They obviously didn't do anything, but directly took on these ties.

"Yes!"

Seeing that Lin Jingyu was really angry, Huang Rongrong felt scared in her heart, knowing that she had indeed said something wrong.

"Sister Lin, don't be angry... I will never talk nonsense from now on!" Huang Rongrong pleaded.

Lin Jingyu said angrily: "Eat!"

Xue Baoyun's pleading a few days ago made her very quiet during this period of time, but it is not realistic to say that she has fallen out of favor.

There is also that Hou Shiyun, who seems to be a scheming person, and these two people are not out of the door these days, maybe they are planning something.

Although Lin Jingyu didn't like to think about it, living in this palace made her have to think about it.

There are troubles of survival outside the palace, while inside the palace there are troubles of life.

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The resettlement area for artisan households in the Wangfu, at the farthest corner of the northeast.

This was originally an ordinary courtyard, but ever since He Sidao and Zhang Junru arrived, this courtyard has undergone earth-shaking changes.

From the small courtyard at the beginning to the plaque of "Taiqing Temple" now hung, the courtyard has been expanded, decorated and renovated, and has become an exquisite Taoist temple.

At this moment, outside the Taoist temple, the guards from the front of the hall are guarding here, which means that Zhao Yanxun is inside the Taoist temple.

Since Zhao Yanxun arranged the scene of the induction between heaven and man a month ago, he has been stuck in it and cannot extricate himself.

In order to continuously enhance his sanctity, Zhao Yanxun would come to the Taoist temple to communicate with the Emperor of Heaven whenever he had the opportunity.

Of course, He Sidao's half-baked rituals are indispensable among them. Of course, the more tricks he plays in the future, Zhao Yanxun is very satisfied.

After half an hour of "communication", Zhao Yanxun got up from the futon, and He Sidao on the side also got up.

"How is Zhang Junru's research going?" Zhao Yanxun asked casually.

He Sidao's expression froze. This is not his major, so he couldn't answer it at all.

Zhao Yanxun didn't expect him to answer, but he turned around and walked out of the hall dedicated to the Emperor of Heaven.

Zhang Junru is researching gunpowder, but there has been no progress recently, the main reason being the lack of raw materials.

One sulfur, two nitrates, and three charcoals, only charcoal is the best to find, and the other two raw materials are not easy to find.

Zhang Junru had done many explosions before, but he did it for alchemy. Although he wrote down a lot of manuscripts, the lack of raw materials prevented him from verifying his conjecture.

Soon, Zhao Yanxun came to Zhang Junru's yard, but it was empty inside.

He Sidao followed and hurriedly stepped forward to explain: "My lord, my junior brother has been looking for materials everywhere in the city these days, and most of the time he is not in the audience!"

In this way, Zhang Junru is also a crazy character, and it seems that scientists all have such characteristics.

Approaching a room, in addition to all kinds of strange five pieces, there is also a desk in the corner with more than a dozen booklets on it.

Zhao Yanxun walked to the desk, picked up one of them and looked through it.

"My lord, these are all the alchemy experience of the predecessors in the past. Junior brother Zhang has to read it every day, and go around the city to search for the ingredients recorded on it!" He Sidao explained in a timely manner.

These notes recorded things in great detail, but he couldn't understand many proper terms.

For example, he didn't know what the feather fossils were, just as Zhang Junru didn't know what sulfur and saltpeter were.

In this era, many nouns are intersected with Zhao Yanxun's previous life, but sulfur and saltpeter are not among them.

Putting down the notebook, Zhao Yanxun said slowly: "Tell Zhang Junru not to worry too much. If you can't find it in the city, you can go out of the city to look for it in a few days!"

He Sidao couldn't help but tremble when he heard that he was going to look for it by car. There are so many monsters outside, wouldn't it be courting death to go out?

At this moment, He Sidao could only mourn for Zhang Junru in silence, because he was trying to imitate his face because he was not good enough to learn. Isn't this just making himself guilty.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yanxun visited the place where Zhang Junru was experimenting, and then he walked out of Taiqing Temple.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Zhao Yanxun rushed to the palace, and then he had more important things to do.

Today is the middle of the month, and it is time for the Wangfu to discuss matters collectively.

"Lin Quan, how is the life of the people in the city?" Zhao Yanxun asked calmly.

"Reporting to the lord, generally speaking, you can still live. Although most people are out of work now, the palace still provides the most basic food!"

"No one speaks ill of the palace, speaks ill of the king, right?"

He spent so much effort to add his sanctity, if there are still people in the city who say bad things about him, it can only be said that Zhao Yanxun has failed too much.

"The prince is responsible for the people, protects the safety of the city, and saves the lives of the people. If the people in the city have half a conscience, they should be grateful for the grace of the prince!"

Zhao Yanxun was very comfortable hearing Lin Quan's words, even though he knew he was flattering.

(End of this chapter)