Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

"I don't know if this is acceptable, but I do have to congratulate you, eunuch. You have only been serving my father for a short time and you have already encountered such a happy event. The harem is so big, I think there are many people who want to congratulate you, eunuch."

There was a hint of joking in Chu Shitong's words, but in fact they were also silent reminders.

Wang Zexu's smile faded and he said, "Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness. This will take some effort and I don't think it will be that easy."

Chu Shitong said, "You are the disciple of the former chief eunuch, and you have been promoted by His Majesty. I think it won't be difficult for you to do anything. I am just afraid that someone will deliberately make things difficult for you."

Wang Zexu bowed his head slightly and whispered, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I have been in the palace for quite some time. Apart from other things, I am confident about this matter."

"Eunuch has his own way." Chu Shitong said: "It's getting late, this prince will return home first."

"Your Highness is greeted respectfully by your servant."

Chu Shitong's words were just to remind him that although it was not difficult for Wang Zexu to arrange his own people, as he was always by the emperor's side and even if he was just whispering in his ear, it would be much more convenient than the people in the harem, but there were still some inconveniences in this matter.

The Queen and Concubine Li would never allow Wang Zexu's people to come to power easily.

It is the most foolish thing to do to underestimate the enemy because of momentary happiness and lose something that you could have gotten to someone else.

Even animals have some degree of intelligence, let alone humans with complicated minds?

The chief steward of the Imperial Household Department is under investigation, the Second Princess' birthday is approaching, and the Imperial Household Department has a lot of trivial matters to deal with. The Emperor will replace people as soon as possible, and then either a new person will take office or promote someone to take over temporarily. Basically, as long as the promoted new person does not make any mistakes, he will be able to take office smoothly in the future.

......

The Seventh Prince's Mansion.

Chu Shitong and Bishui walked all the way back. She did not lie to Wang Zexu, the carriage was indeed unusable.

It’s not because it was broken, but because after Chu Shitong woke up today, he drew a blueprint and gave it to Ji Shu, asking him to modify his carriage according to the style on the blueprint.

When he returned home, the Ministry of Internal Affairs had already sent someone to deliver a reward of five hundred taels.

Adding the one thousand taels I got from Chu Shifan a few days ago, I now have about five thousand taels of liquid silver in my hands, which should be enough to open a restaurant.

As soon as Chu Shitong walked to the gate of the east courtyard, Ji Shu had been waiting there for a long time.

"Your Highness."

Chu Shitong glanced at him and asked, "Is the carriage repaired?"

Ji Shu was silent for a moment, and whispered, "Not yet. Halfway through the rectification, His Royal Highness the First Prince suddenly came. I told you that His Royal Highness was not in the mansion, but His Royal Highness the First Prince did not leave, and is now waiting for Your Highness in the courtyard."

Chu Shitong responded and then entered the East Courtyard.

There is an old pear tree planted in the east courtyard. The flowers are in full bloom, and the fragrance of the pear blossoms fills the garden, refreshing.

There was a stone table under the pear tree, which was originally used for playing chess. At this moment, Chu Shixuan was leisurely sipping tea in front of the stone table.

Chu Shitong smiled and greeted from afar as he entered the yard.

"Brother, why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming? It was really rude of you to keep me waiting in the mansion for so long."

Chu Shixuan looked up when he heard the voice. His gentle jade-like face looked like a gentleman walking out of a painting among the falling pear blossoms. His snow-white clothes made him look like the tree spirit of the pear blossoms, pleasing to the eye.

"I guessed that Xiao Qi's health has improved, so I came here specially to congratulate Xiao Qi on his new home."

Chu Shitong walked closer with a smile and said, "What do you mean by housewarming? It's just a move to a new house. If it weren't for the kindness of my father, I probably wouldn't know where to live by now."

The servant beside Chu Shixuan immediately presented the gift. The servant was holding a square red wooden box with no markings on it. Chu Shitong guessed that judging from the size of the box, it must be filled with pastries.

Chu Shitong gestured to Bishui's men and said, "Royal brother, you are too polite. Just come if you want to. Why bring cakes?"

Chu Shixuan just smiled slightly and said nothing.

Bishui brought the things into the house, and Chu Shitong also poured herself a cup of tea. The things in her house were basically ready-made and used as is, and even the tea was not good.

Chu Shitong took a sip and fell silent.

She raised her eyes and glanced at Ji Shu as a silent warning. Ji Shu was guarding the gate of the courtyard and immediately lowered his head when he met Chu Shitong's gaze.

Seeing Chu Shixuan raising his cup to drink tea again, Chu Shitong said, "Brother, this tea is not good, you'd better not drink it."

To put it bluntly, even the tea served to guests at Xibaolou cannot be so unpalatable.

Chu Shixuan took another sip as if he didn't feel anything, his expression never showing any disgust from beginning to end. He put down the teacup and said.

"Fortunately."

Seeing the guests being treated like this, Chu Shitong felt a little annoyed even though he was sitting there.

"I just moved in, and the affairs of the mansion are a bit rushed. I think the servants made the wrong tea, so I wronged my brother to drink this."

"What's the big deal?" Chu Shixuan said calmly, "Brother, I just found out today that the Queen pointed out this house to you. You are the one who is wronged for being in the Merchants' Market."

Chu Shitong was slightly surprised. Chu Shixuan was indeed an old fox. He could even say such words against his conscience. The Queen was his nominal mother and loved him like her own son. Shouldn't Chu Shixuan be the first one to know what the Queen did?

Chu Shitong also admired him for being able to lie to such an extent.

However, Chu Shitong did not show it on the surface. He laughed twice as if he was heartless, and then said: "Why should I feel wronged? Changchun Street is just around the corner from where I go. There are either restaurants or small stalls selling delicious food. I like this place very much."

Chu Shixuan suddenly looked up at Chu Shitong. A piece of pure white pear blossom fell in front of his indifferent eyes, but it did not affect the deep and traceless calmness in his eyes at all.

Chu Shitong had a smile on his face as he looked at him. It was not right to retract it, nor was it right not to retract it, so he had to smile.

"Why is my brother looking at me? Could it be that you haven't seen Xiao Qi for a few days and you miss her?"

"Ah."

Chu Shixuan nodded quietly, but the smile on Chu Shitong's face disappeared instantly.

"..."

Chu Shitong had never expected that her elder brother could go to such an extent. He was simply talking nonsense. He could pretend to be calm and accept any joke she made, and even nodded seriously.

This made Chu Shitong speechless.

"I came here in a hurry today." Chu Shixuan said, "I heard that you were wronged, so I rushed here directly. So maybe you won't like the gift I brought."

"How could that be?" Chu Shitong said, "I haven't tasted the cakes in my brother's house yet. This is a good opportunity for me to try."

Chu Shixuan lowered his head and smiled, with an imperceptible hint of doting in his laughter, and said, "Okay, then Xiaoqi, just try it. It doesn't matter if you don't like it. When August comes back from Qingliang Mountain Villa for your birthday, I'll give you something you like."

"Then I, your humble servant, would like to thank you in advance, my Royal Brother."

Seeing that it was time for lunch, Chu Shixuan did not stay any longer and left soon after.

As soon as Chu Shixuan left, Bishui immediately rushed forward impatiently.

Seeing that she had a strange expression on her face, Chu Shitong remembered that she had just entered the house with the reward, so he immediately motioned for her to come in.

She didn't believe that Chu Shixuan would dare to blatantly give her problematic pastries?

As soon as she entered the house, she instantly understood why Bishui had such a strange expression just now.

The mahogany box sent by Chu Shixuan was placed on the table and opened, but what was inside was not some cakes, but golden, eye-dazzling gold ingots!

Chu Shitong immediately looked at Bishui, "What's going on?"

Bishui said: "Your Highness, this is the gift sent by the eldest prince. When I first received it, I was surprised why it was so heavy. But when I took it into the house and opened it, I found out..."

She didn't say anything else.

Chu Shitong stepped forward, picked up a gold ingot and weighed it.

The gold ingots that were delivered weighed at least one tael each. She counted them and found that there were a hundred of them in the originally small box.

One hundred taels of gold is no small amount.

Beiqing's monetary system is that one thousand wen can be converted into one tael of silver, and thirty taels of silver can be converted into one tael of gold. This one hundred taels of gold ingot can be converted into three thousand taels of silver.

Looking at the gold sent by Chu Shixuan, Chu Shitong was silent for a long time.

In her previous life, Chu Shixuan treated her like an elder who was as kind as an emperor. If you look closely, Chu Shixuan had never done anything to her except for sending someone to execute her in the end.

Could it be that he felt that it was inappropriate for the Queen to give him the house here, so he wanted to give him some money so that he would not mention this matter in front of His Majesty?

But it was too late to think so, because Chu Shitong had already filed the complaint.

Bishui asked timidly, "Your Highness, what do you think the eldest prince meant by this?"

Chu Shitong put the gold ingot back into the box and said, "No matter what he means, since he gave it to us, we should take it. It's not a big amount anyway."

"Yes."

After lunch, Chu Shitong began to study the modification of the carriage with Ji Shu.

Ji Shu had already looked at the blueprints in the morning, and in the afternoon, he brought a few servants and built the new carriage under the guidance of Chu Shitong.

"Your Highness, the carriage has been loaded."

Chu Shitong was lying in the rocking chair, almost falling asleep. Looking at the sunset in the sky accompanied by fiery clouds, he felt a little lazy and said.

"Go and try it. Find a bumpy road and see how bumpy it is in the carriage."

Ji Shu went as Chu Shitong instructed, and soon came back leading a carriage.

"Your Highness, the improved carriage is much more stable. Even when the horse speeds up, it is much more stable than before."

Chu Shitong broke off a branch and handed it to Ji Shu.

"Take this with you and put the flowers in the teacup in the carriage to ensure that the pear blossoms on the branches do not fall off after a while."

Ji Shu took the branch and drove the carriage away without saying a word.

Bishui asked, "Your Highness, isn't this a bit too difficult? I saw the pear blossoms on the tree falling in a few gusts of wind. If the carriage shakes, I'm afraid the branches will break."

Chu Shitong closed his eyes and said lazily, "It shouldn't be. I spent a lot of effort researching my drawings."

Bishui curled her lips and said, "Your Highness is lying to me again. I saw it this morning. Your Highness didn't even take a quarter of an hour to draw that picture."

Chu Shitong smiled and didn't explain anything.

The effort she put in was the result of effort she put in in her previous life.

In his previous life, because Si Jingli rode in a horse-drawn carriage, he spent several months figuring out how to modify the carriage and wheels.

This reconstruction method adopts the principles of mechanism construction and rolling lanterns in Lu Ban's book, ensuring that the carriage does not become cumbersome due to being too heavy. While slowing down the speed, it also ensures the stability of the carriage.

The principle of a rolling lantern is to create a frame inside it so that the lantern can roll freely on the ground while the candle inside the lantern will not be affected. The same principle applies to the modified carriage, except that Chu Shitong added the construction in Lu Ban's book to this aspect, thus sacrificing only part of the space inside the carriage and obtaining a continuously stable carriage.

Si Jingli was deeply moved by this blueprint from his previous life.

The last time Chu Shitong saw Si Jingli feeling so uncomfortable in the carriage, he remembered this blueprint. However, it had been a long time and he could not remember the details of the blueprint clearly. He was not sure if it could be used, so he took his own carriage to try it.

In the evening, Ji Shu came back, holding the branch with pear blossoms in his hand.

It looks like it was successful.

Chu Shitong picked up the pear blossoms and casually placed them by the window. After yawning, he went back to the house to rest.

The holiday only ends tomorrow, and Chu Shitong decided to go to the site to take a look at the shop tomorrow and rent it as soon as possible if possible, because after returning from Qingliang Villa, his birthday will be the Lantern Festival in Beiqing Kingdom, and the moat on the west side of the city will definitely be lively.

The restaurant was just ready to go during the time I was at Qingliang Villa, so it could open for the Lantern Festival, so there was just enough time.

......

It was late at night, the moonlight was mottled, and the pear blossom by the window was finally blown to the ground by the wind.

Bishui was drowsy standing guard at the door, when Chu Shitong suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

"Shadow Guard, come out."

Her voice was not loud, but the moment she finished speaking, the shadow guard who was transferred to her side walked out from the dark corner of the room.

She stopped in front of Chu Shitong, lowered her head, her face covered by a black veil, and only her obediently lowered eyes could be seen.

Chu Shitong looked at her through a layer of gauze and asked, "What's your name?"

The only answer she got was the silence in the room.

Chu Shitong lifted the curtain and took a look, then asked, "Why don't you speak?"

The shadow guard raised his eyes and looked at her, but remained silent for a long while.

Is he a mute?

Chu Shitong thought so, so he asked: "Are you mute?"

The shadow guard was speechless.

"It seems so." Chu Shitong said, "This prince still doesn't know your name. Since you are a mute and the first shadow guard under this prince, I will name you... Ya Yi."

Shadow Guard: "I have a name."

"......" Chu Shitong was speechless, raised his eyebrows and said unhappily: "What do you mean?"

The shadow guard said in a hoarse voice: "I am not very good at speaking. Please forgive me, Your Highness."

"I am asking, why did you suddenly say you have a name when I gave you a name?"

The shadow guard was like a mute again at this time.

Chu Shitong couldn't stand it anymore.

"You said you have a name, so you should at least tell this prince what your name is?"

"My name is Rushuang."

Seeing Shadow Guard's cold and frosty temperament, Chu Shitong said, "This name really suits you, and it sounds better than the one I gave you. I'll call you that from now on."