At noon, after school, Zhao Yao invited the eighth prince to have lunch with him at Lanyuan Pavilion, but he still refused.
"Bago, the ministers of Lanyuan Pavilion will bring delicious food from their hometown. It's really delicious. Go and try it."
The eighth prince understood that Zhao Yao wanted him to eat delicious food, but he was not interested. Even if he was interested, he would not go to Lanyuan Pavilion. In addition to the fourth prince he hated, there were also ministers he hated.
He knew in his heart that the ministers in the court looked down upon him, the eighth prince, and he would only embarrass himself by going to Lanyuan Pavilion.
"I won't go, you can go by yourself."
"Myna..."
"You also know that I don't have any requirements for food. It doesn't matter to me whether the food is delicious or not." The Eighth Prince gently patted Zhao Yao's shoulder and said warmly, "You go ahead and eat."
Zhao Yao looked at the Eighth Prince with a hateful expression: "Bago, tell me how many delicious foods you have missed."
The Eighth Prince smiled and said, "I don't care."
Zhao Yao shook his head and sighed: "What is the meaning of life without delicious food?"
The Eighth Prince slapped Zhao Yao on the back of the head in a funny way: "Go and eat your delicious food."
"Then I'm leaving, Bage." Zhao Yao waved to the Eighth Prince and left Wende Hall in a gust of wind.
As soon as he walked to the door of Wende Hall, he saw an acquaintance, Ding Luo of Shang Fangling.
When Ding Luo saw Zhao Yao, he hurriedly saluted him: "I have met His Highness the Tenth Prince."
When Zhao Yao saw Ding Luo, he hurriedly asked: "Has the paper been made?"
"It's done." Ding Luo said with a very excited look, "The slave added bamboo, mulberry bark, rattan bark and other materials as you said. The paper made is really much whiter, and it also becomes It's a lot tougher and stronger." He said, hurriedly took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Zhao Yao, "Your Highness, look at it."
Zhao Yao took the paper and looked at it carefully. It was indeed much whiter than the current paper. He gently pulled the paper with both hands without tearing it. The paper they use now will break with even the slightest force.
He also noticed that there were lines on the paper, although they were very faint.
"Your Highness, what do you think?"
"It's much better than the paper we use now, but it's still not good enough." Zhao Yao said, "I think you can do better."
"Your Highness, what do you mean?"
"I suggest you use the materials I told you to make it again, or you can think of adding some materials on your own." Zhao Yao suggested seriously, "I think you can try other barks and leaves. , or other grasses, maybe the paper will be better."
Ding Luo thinks Zhao Yao's proposal is very good. He nodded hurriedly and said: "I will listen to you, try it one by one."
"By the way, aren't there many kinds of bamboo?" Zhao Yao suggested, "You can try every kind of bamboo."
When Ding Luo heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, Your Highness."
"I think the paper made from each kind of bamboo must be different." Zhao Yao said, "The bark and grass must be the same. As for straw, there must be good and bad. You should open your mind a little more."
"Open your mind more?" Ding Luo asked with a confused look on his face, "Your Highness, what does this mean?"
"Just use your imagination." Zhao Yao pointed to his head, "Don't limit your eyes to what you see in front of you. You can think about other things."
Ding Luo looked impressed and immediately saluted Zhao Yao solemnly.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your teaching."
Zhao Yao quickly helped Ding Luo up and said with a smile: "I just made suggestions, and you are the one who does it."
"If it hadn't been for His Highness's suggestion, I would never have thought of this." After hearing what Zhao Yao said, Ding Luo felt impatient, "Your Highness, I will return to Shang Fanling right now."
"Wait, how many of these papers did you make?" Zhao Yao asked, "Did you fail to make a lot of papers?"
"Your Highness, you are right. This slave made a lot of failed papers." Ding Luo said with a face of shame, "This is the only new paper made, there are fifty pieces."
"Don't throw away the failed paper. It can still be used. You can send it directly to Lanyuan Pavilion later." Zhao Yao said, "As for making fifty new pieces of paper, you can ask Eunuch Han to send it to the imperial study. "
Ding Luo looked shocked: "Send it to the Imperial Study Room?"
"Shouldn't you send the new paper you made to my father to see?"
"But, this is not the best new paper." After listening to Zhao Yao's words, Ding Luo felt that the new paper he made was not good enough. How could such paper be given to the emperor?
"Isn't the new paper much better than the current paper? Send these new papers to your father first." Zhao Yao winked at Ding Luo, "My father will definitely reward you. Don't you want a reward?"
Ding Luo didn't expect that Zhao Yao wanted him to get the emperor's reward. He was filled with gratitude and his eyes were slightly red.
"Your Highness, you taught this slave. How can I run away to receive the reward?"
"But you did it, and this is the reward you deserve." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "Hurry up and receive the reward, and then you have to thank the other people who helped you."
"Yes, Your Highness." Ding Luo's eyes were slightly wet. He saluted Zhao Yao again and left Wende Palace immediately.
This scene was watched by the Eighth Prince and Yu Hai.
The Eighth Prince had heard Zhao Yao talk about improving paper before, but he didn't expect it to be successful.
"Your Highness, Your Highness Tenth..." Yu Hai didn't understand why Zhao Yao gave this credit to Shang Fanling's person. It was clearly the person who taught Shang Fanling how to do it. "His Royal Highness has given such great credit to someone else." Your Highness, are you stupid?
"The man who is Shang Fang Ling doesn't dare to hide it from his father. He will truthfully tell his father that the person who taught him how to make new paper is his tenth brother." The eighth prince chuckled and said, "This credit belongs to my tenth brother. of."
"Why don't Your Highness go to see the Emperor yourself?"
"Because the tenth brother felt that he was just making suggestions, and it was Shang Fanling who actually made the new paper." The eighth prince smiled helplessly and fondly, "The tenth brother is still a child."
After hearing what the eighth prince said, Yu Hai finally understood why Zhao Yao didn't take the credit himself.
"Your Highness, you are so naive."
"The tenth brother is just a six-year-old child." The eighth prince said, and smiled again, "I didn't expect that the tenth brother would actually make new paper."
"Your Highness, His Highness is actually very smart. You see, he has asked Shang Fanling to make new paper now." Yu Hai said, "His Royal Highness also made stirrups before, and His Highness always comes out with fresh and delicious ones." Something. Apart from not being smart in studies, Your Highness is still very smart in other aspects."
"The tenth brother is still young. It is normal for him to be unable to calm down and study. When he grows up a few years, he will be able to calm down and study. Then his reading will naturally get better." The eyes of the eighth prince were full of doting, "He is still Too young, too playful."
"It really is."
"I hope my tenth brother will come up with better new paper."
When Ding Luo returned to Shang Fanling, he told Eunuch Han what Zhao Yao had said to him. Of course Eunuch Han would not object. Without saying a word, he took Ding Luo and went to see the emperor with the new paper he had just made.
Zhao Yao had arrived at Lanyuan Pavilion and loudly told the fourth prince that new paper had been made.
"Fourth brother, look, is the new paper made by Shang Fanling very good?"
The fourth prince was also very surprised: "It's really done."
"Of course. Do you think the new paper is much better than the paper we use now?"
"It's much better." The fourth prince said with a smile, "It has become a lot whiter, a lot stronger, and a little smoother."
"We can do better. I asked Ding Luo to try every kind of bamboo. Maybe those good bamboos can make better paper." Zhao Yao said to the fourth prince, "Fourth brother, you write Try a word."
"Okay." The fourth prince picked up the pen and wrote the word "朜" on the new paper.
The fourth prince's words are very good-looking and very grand, but if you look closely at his handwriting, his sharpness has softened, just like his person.
Zhao Yao picked up the paper on which the fourth prince wrote the word "Yao" and found that ink had seeped through on the back, but it was not a lot, at least not as exaggerated as the current paper.
The paper used today is very thin and fragile. Every time you write, if you don't control the ink well, the ink will definitely penetrate and wet the back, and even the table will be covered with ink.
"There's still a lot of ink seeping through."
The fourth prince took the paper from Zhao Yao's hand, looked at it and said, "It's much better than the paper we use now."
"It still needs improvement, but as you said, fourth brother, it's much better than the paper we use now."
The fourth prince reached out and rubbed Zhao Yao's little head, raised the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "Tenth brother, you have done another great deed."
"Fourth brother, I just made some suggestions. It was Shang Fanling's craftsman who made the new paper..."
Before Zhao Yao finished speaking, he saw Sun Kui coming to him.
"Your Highness, the Emperor has asked you to come over."
"Ah?" Zhao Yao pouted and said, "Why does your father want me?"
The fourth prince said warmly: "My father must be calling you because of the new paper. You and Eunuch Sun should go there."
"But, I haven't had lunch yet..."
Sun Kui interrupted Zhao Yao and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor is waiting. You should hurry up and follow me."
The Fourth Prince said: "I'll keep your lunch for you."
"But, I still have to exchange food with Zheng Zhengshi..."
"I asked Wei Mian to help you exchange." The fourth prince patted Zhao Yao on the back, "Don't keep father waiting, hurry up and follow Eunuch Sun."
"I understand." Zhao Yao reluctantly left with Sun Kui.
Seeing Zhao Yao's unhappy look, Sun Kui smiled helplessly in his heart and said: When others learn that they have been summoned by the emperor, they will definitely be impatient and happy, or go to the imperial study room with fear. Only His Highness looked reluctant. For His Royal Highness, going to see the Emperor is not as important as having lunch.
Zhao Yao followed Sun Kui to the imperial study room and saw Eunuch Han and Ding Luo as expected.
"I have met my father."
The emperor raised his hand towards Zhao Yao and said in a rare gentle tone: "Get up." As he said that, he raised the new paper in his hand and asked Zhao Yao, "Is this the new paper you asked Shang Fanling to make?"
"I just made some suggestions and asked Ding Luo and the others to change the paper-making materials into bamboo, straw or rattan bark." Zhao Yao said honestly.
"You brat, how did you come up with the idea of making paper out of bamboo and straw?"
"Father, you can think that I just had a sudden idea."
The emperor raised his left eyebrow slightly: "A sudden whim?"
"Yes, I think the paper used now is made of bark, rags and old fishing nets, so why can't it be made of other things?" Zhao Yao said, "For example, use good bark, rattan Leather, hemp leather, and bamboo can also be used. Bamboo can also be used to make cloth, and the cloth made is so strong, why can't it be used to make paper."
"Tree bark can be used to make paper, why can't straw be made? How can you know if it doesn't work if you don't try it," Zhao Yao added, "Actually, you can also try it with other things. Anyway, as long as it is trees and grass, it will work." , maybe they can all succeed.”
The emperor and Sun Kui were stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect Zhao Yao to think of it like this.
Sun Kui exclaimed in his heart: Your Highness is really smart.
"Anyway, if you try it and you won't die, why not give it a try."
The emperor laughed and said: "Hahahahaha, he is indeed my son, he is smart."
When Zhao Yao heard this, he complained in his heart: The smelly father was actually praising himself, it was really shameless.
"Brat, what do you want?"
Zhao Yao looked at the emperor in shock: "Father, do you want to reward me?"
"Yes, I will give you whatever you want?"
After hearing this, Zhao Yao was not only ungrateful, but also wary.
"Father, what do you want to do?" If you suddenly want to reward him, your stinky father must not have good intentions.
The emperor laughed angrily at his youngest son's vigilant look: "Why, I can't reward you anymore?"
Sun Kui, who was standing aside, complained silently in his heart: Your Majesty, why did you often bully His Highness the Tenth Prince in the past, and now His Highness the Tenth Highness is wary of you. You clearly wanted to reward His Highness the Tenth, but His Highness mistook you for not being kind.
In the heart of His Highness, you are really... bad.
"Can I not want it?" Zhao Yao felt more and more that the emperor did not have good intentions.
The emperor did not expect that his youngest son would despise his reward so much, and his face turned blue with anger.
"You brat, how dare you refuse my reward!"
Eunuch Han and Ding Luo were stunned and couldn't believe that Zhao Yao refused the emperor's reward.
Zhao Yao looked at the emperor and muttered with a sullen face, "Who knows what bad ideas you are planning."
"What did you say?" The emperor did not hear Zhao Yao's words clearly.
"I don't want it!" Zhao Yao suddenly said loudly, "Don't give me anything as a reward!"
The emperor stood up angrily, then walked up to Zhao Yao, hugged him into his arms, and pinched his chubby face hard.
"You brat, you are so courageous, how dare you refuse my reward."
Zhao Yao said with dignity: "If you don't want it, you don't want it..." Before he could finish his words, the emperor pulled his small mouth hard.
"You don't want it, but I want to give it to you!" The emperor ravaged his youngest son's face into various strange shapes, "I'll make you mad!"
Sun Kui saw the emperor's childish behavior and complained in his heart: In fact, the emperor is more like a child.
"How can you be like this? I said no more, but you actually forced it on me." Zhao Yao's little face hurt from being rubbed, and he reached out to grab the emperor's face angrily.
"If I give it to you, you must keep it. If you don't give it up, I'll spank you." The emperor threatened, then lowered his head and opened his mouth to bite his youngest son's face.
This brat's face was as red as an apple, and he couldn't help but take a bite.
Zhao Yao's little face was bitten by the emperor's teeth, and he was so angry that he grabbed the emperor's hand and bit it hard.
The emperor was hurt by the bite. He stretched out his hand to pinch his little son's mouth and cursed: "You brat, are you a puppy?"
"You bit me first." The stinky father is the dog!
"I just bit you." After saying that, the emperor lowered his head and bit Zhao Yao's cute little face.
Sun Kui: Your Majesty, there are still outsiders here, can you care about your image?
Friends, I'm sorry, I went out to do some errands and haven't come back yet. Today's noon update has been postponed to the evening.
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