How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

"Second Prince, is this method of using a fire bed really something you came up with?"

Gu Lao turned around in shock and looked at Xie Chengze with disbelief in his eyes.

At this point, Xie Chengze had no choice but to admit it. After all, this was certified by the emperor himself. If Xie Chengze refuted it, wouldn't it be a blatant discrediting of Emperor Jian and saying that the emperor was lying?

He could only touch his nose and admit, "It was indeed my idea."

No one could trace the origin of this heated bed. In his world, it was said that it was invented by the Sushen people in ancient times, so Xie Chengze admitted it against his conscience. "But this palace only felt it by chance. There are still many drawbacks. I don't know how to solve it."

After saying this, he secretly glared at Emperor Jian, "Thinking that there are many talented people in the Ministry of Works, especially Gu Lao, who will definitely be able to solve the problems, I asked my father to send the drawings to the Ministry of Works."

"It's actually the Second Prince..." Gu Lao couldn't help but take a step back and murmured in a low voice.

Thinking back to when he was in the Ministry of Works just now, he had said shamelessly that the craftsman was just a country bumpkin who had come across the idea by chance, and he had also been scolding the Second Prince in his heart for pretending to know everything without having seen the blueprints, he could not help but wipe his face silently, feeling very ashamed.

The main thing is, who would have thought that the owner of the kang blueprint would be the second prince!

You have to know that among the six ministries, merchants have the lowest status, followed by craftsmen. Even the Ministry of Industry is discriminated against by the other five ministries. Anyone with a little ambition would not choose to give up literature to learn the work of a craftsman, let alone a prince of noble status?

Furthermore, the Second Prince was only a novice, yet he was able to create something so beneficial to the people. Gu Lao couldn't help but feel very ashamed, as if he had destroyed the reputation of the Ministry of Works.

He couldn't help but sigh, "Your Highness, you are too polite. There is nothing wrong with the kang. It's just a little flaw. Even without the old minister, folk craftsmen can fix it. Your Highness must be a brilliant craftsman."

"No, no, no, I was just lucky."

"If it was luck, why did it happen to be your Highness who got lucky and not others? Your Highness, please stop being so modest."

"No, no, I just happened to be on vacation and came home, and his mother happened to open the door and told his father that he was lucky enough to be home..." Xie Chengze became more and more humble.

ancient:……

Your Highness, why don't you give me ten lashes of the board? You are only making me feel even more terrified!

The old man and the young man flattered each other, and the ministers beside them were stunned. Some of them still couldn't believe it. The Grand Master standing behind the prince poked the prince's back and asked, "Prince, was this fire pit method really thought up by the Second Prince?"

The ministers behind the Grand Tutor also quickly turned their ears over here.

** glanced at them coldly, "What else? Can Your Majesty lie?"

If the Second Prince could invent gunpowder, what difficulty could a mere heated kang pose?

Thinking of this, ** couldn't help but start pointing and looking at them with disdain, "Your Majesty is right, you are not even as good as a hair of the Second Prince!"

Ministers:?

**! You have changed!

What kind of magic potion did the Second Prince give you two? Especially you, didn't you look down on the Second Prince before? Why did you change your tune so thoroughly now?

However, the court officials of the Jian'an Dynasty all knew that they would rather believe the cunning words of ** than the various exaggerations of Emperor Jian. This shows that although ** was extremely cunning and would not tell some truths openly, he never lied. At least the core of his content was true.

Therefore, it is possible that the idea of ​​the fire bed was actually invented by the Second Prince.

The ministers couldn't help but sigh, "It seems that the Second Prince is not completely useless."

"Yeah, what he proposed before, the iron carriage that can travel a thousand miles a day and the road, aren't they very creative?"

"Although the Second Prince knows nothing about politics, he is quite talented in engineering. So it's not surprising that he came up with the idea of ​​the heated kang."

The ministers discussed it a lot and soon convinced themselves. They began to flatter Xie Chengze again, saying, "The Second Prince is truly a genius. We admire him."

"Your Highness has a heart for all living beings and invented a fire bed to protect our people. This is truly a blessing for Jian'an!"

Some even thought of the Heavenly Edict of the past, and praised him eloquently, "The Second Prince is indeed a lucky star from heaven. With the Second Prince here, we will definitely be able to get through this snowstorm safely!"

Xie Chengze was not happy at all to hear these compliments, he was even about to break down, because he was supposed to have a day off the day after tomorrow, but now, Emperor Jian arranged for him to go to work again!

He couldn't help but glare at the ministers, dissatisfied, "If you really want to thank me, why don't you follow me to the Ministry of Works and learn how to make the kang!"

All the ministers lowered their heads quickly, pretending not to hear.

What a joke! Who would want to learn that? They are court officials, not craftsmen!

Xie Chengze wanted to struggle desperately, but Emperor Jian stood up immediately as if his butt was on fire, waved his sleeves and said, "We have almost finished discussing the snow disaster. Ministers of all ministries, go back and dispatch personnel immediately, and be ready to follow the prince and others! Dismiss!"

The ministers immediately knelt down and bowed, "Farewell, Your Majesty - Long live the Emperor!"

Xie Chengze: ...No?

You old bastard! Don't run!

Xie Chengze hurriedly chased after Emperor Jian, but was stopped by Eunuch Zhao. When he finally got around Eunuch Zhao and arrived at the back room, Emperor Jian had already run away. He could not help but walk towards the direction of the imperial study angrily, "Escape? Where can you escape to? I don't believe you won't go back to the imperial study to review memorials!"

Xie Chengze rushed to the imperial study and kicked open the door, but to his surprise, no one was inside. After he came out, he saw two eunuchs carrying two large trays of memorials passing by. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and sneered, and asked, "Where are you sending the memorials to?"

"Your Highness, His Majesty has ordered that it be sent to the Eastern Palace." The two eunuchs answered honestly.

East Palace?

Oh, I see. He went to his other son's place to avoid disaster.

Xie Chengze rubbed his hands and walked towards the East Palace again.

Speaking of which, this is Xie Chengze's first time to the Eastern Palace. Interestingly, in the book "The Powerful Minister", the Second Prince has never set foot in the door of the Eastern Palace. Unless he is extremely angry, he will stand at the gate of the Eastern Palace and curse at the prince inside.

After that, the Crown Prince would come out, first dismiss the guards at the door, then give the Second Prince earnest advice, and then invite him to the East Palace to curse so that no one else could hear him. But in the end, without exception, the Second Prince would continue to scold him:

"Don't think I don't know what you are up to. Neither you nor my father are good people!"

This scene happened at least seven or eight times.

Xie Chengze didn't know why the Second Prince was unwilling to step into the Eastern Palace. The book didn't explain it until the end, but he guessed that it might be because the Second Prince was a bit stubborn and serious, and he didn't want to step into the Eastern Palace because the Eastern Palace was not yet in his hands.

It was just like the Second Prince, who had been planning all his life but had never secretly kept the dragon robe or sat on the dragon throne.

But Xie Chengze is different. He has no desire for the throne in his heart. If conditions permit, he must wear the dragon robe and sit on the dragon throne to feel how great it feels to be an emperor.

After all, if someone doesn’t want to experience what it’s like to be an emperor, can he still be called a human being?