"Little Master, did the wind direction in this palace change overnight?"
Xiao Zhuozi, who had been rejected by Li Sixu, muttered to himself: "In the past, the young master could enter and leave the Xingqing Hall without any obstruction."
"The wind direction in this palace changes every day!"
There was no trace of frustration on Li Sixu's face: "It's changing at this moment, and it will change at the next moment."
She stretched out her hand towards Xiao Zhuozi.
Xiao Zhuozi was stunned for a moment before he realized what she wanted. He quickly took out a small fan from the box he was holding and gave it to her.
When Eunuch Gao came out of the royal study and was thinking of some reason to send the favored little princess back to the Manlu Palace, he saw Li Sixu holding an exquisite little fan in her hand.
As her hand pressed on the bamboo handle, the small fan automatically turned without wind.
Eunuch Yang had a small fan with a drawstring. When the weather was hot, he would take it out of the armhole and pull on it a few times. He would not show it to him, as if he was looking for something precious.
Eunuch Gao was extremely curious and found it novel.
Every year, the precious fans given by the emperor to the courtiers are nothing more than patterns of orioles, dragons, phoenixes, butterflies, plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums. This year, I am planning to go out of my way to change the fan surface to something newer.
With this kind of small fan, you no longer have to worry about painting the fan surface.
Eunuch Gao's eyes lit up: "Princess, where did this fan come from? How come it spins when I press it?"
Her father is now doting on her and his mother and concubine, but Eunuch Gao actually plans to block her out of the imperial study?
It’s also interesting!
"Sisi asked Xiao Zhuozi to make it for fun. As for why it can be automatic without wind, there is a trick to it. It involves a craftsmanship, and I can't explain it in a few sentences."
Li Sixu tilted her head and looked at Eunuch Gao and smiled: "Eunuch, can Sisi go see father now?"
Eunuch Gao was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile on his face: "Oh, I have wronged this old slave. How could I say that the princess cannot go to see the emperor? Princess, please come with our family!"
Xuanzong was so interested that he planned to use landscape paintings on the fans given to courtiers at this year's Dragon Boat Festival.
Prince Ning calmly helped paint the fan.
King Qi, who had scabs all over his body, couldn't sit still and complained: "It's easier to paint flowers, birds, fish and insects, but the emperor wants to paint landscape fans. After painting these fans, how can I have time to watch the beauty dance?" sword?"
Xuanzong looked at King Qi with a faint look, and was shocked by the unruffled look in his eyes. King Qi shut up knowingly.
At this time, Eunuch Gao took Li Sixu and Xiao Zhuozi into the imperial study.
Didn't he tell Gao Lishi to find an excuse to send him away?
Seeing the little princess looking at him with a smile, Xuanzong was still having a headache. Li Sixu was surprised and said: "Wow, is this painted by my father?"
"With just a few strokes of ink, the scenery of Taiye Lake and Sakura Garden is completely outlined."
"Sisi thinks that the cherry garden scenery painted by sister Wan is the most beautiful. Unexpectedly, her father is a master in each painting. Both her father's and sister Wan's paintings have their own strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps it is because of her father's mind and layout that even the cherry garden in Ganlu Hall The grand scene is also painted with majestic momentum!"
Li Sixu's eyes were twinkling with stars, and she looked up at Xuanzong with admiration: "Father, can you give this fan to Sisi?"
Seeing his imperial brother's initial resistance to her little niece's adoring eyes, he became intoxicated and overjoyed, showing an expression that said my little princess knows me best.
King Qi secretly cursed him as a flatterer!
Facing Li Sixu's pleading, pitiful eyes, Xuanzong nodded.
The sweet smile on Li Sixu's face almost overflowed, and she obediently bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, father. Sisi knows that father loves his son the most."
"It's rude to come and not reciprocate!"
Li Sixu handed the small fan in her hand to Xuanzong: "I have received such a beautiful painting from my father. I will give this small fan to my father in return."
Xuanzong was still looking at the things she handed over. Li Sixu took the fan and pressed it. The small fan started spinning by itself without shaking it. The wind blew Xuanzong's face, making it cool and pleasant.
Can the fan operate automatically without wind?
Not only Xuanzong was curious, Prince Qi and Prince Ning also became curious as soon as Li Sixu came in and reminded themselves that their little niece could bewitch people and they must not fall into her sweet smile.
Li Sixu didn't know how to explain it for a moment, so she simply drew a spiral filament on the empty fan surface and wound it around and around.
"This is called a spring. When Mr. Liang was helping to build the greenhouse last year, Sisi drew a pattern and asked him to help develop this spring."
Li Sixu explained: "Master Liang tried many materials, and finally mixed copper wire with other materials to make this spring."
Xuanzong, as well as Qi Wang Ning Wang, looked at her confused, still not understanding what this strange thing had to do with the fan being able to spin by itself.
Li Sixu then continued to draw the parts of the fan, and finally drew a fan composed of several parts.
At this time, Xuanzong suddenly realized. He took the fan and tried it: "The fan will rotate when it is stuck. Is it because this object called the spring plays a role in it?"
"Father is really extremely smart, he guessed the mystery right away."
With Xuanzong praising her in her heart, Li Sixu explained seriously: "Although this object called a spring is inconspicuous, it is very useful."
Li Sixu took out the small knife given to her by Liang Dong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, from her sleeve and showed it to Xuanzong.
Then he even raised his eyebrows in front of Prince Ning!
Prince Ning had not forgotten the feat of his little niece cutting off her arm with a knife in the court hall.
After being startled, I thought she was a little naive holding the handle of the knife.
Li Sixu pressed the handle of the knife, and the sharp blade popped out. A flash of cold light shocked Prince Ning so much that he subconsciously leaned back.
"Why are you so nervous, Uncle Wang?"
Li Sixu grinned broadly: "Sisi just wants to show my father the wonderful use of springs!"
Xuanzong's eyes became hot when he saw his little princess popping out the blade from the handle like a magic trick.
"The blade popped out because of the spring?"
"Father, you guessed it right. This knife was made by Mr. Liang with a spring in it for Sisi's self-defense."
Li Sixu explained: "Sisi initially asked Master Liang to help make the spring because she wanted Xiao Zhuozi to make a fan that could rotate without shaking, but Master Liang thought that the spring could do more than that."
"Master Liang told me that the spring he has developed is made of copper wire. If other materials are added to improve its firmness and elasticity, it may be useful in improving weapons..."
When Li Sixu showed the spring knife to Xuanzong, he already had the intention of using the spring to develop weapons. Now he heard from his little princess that Liang Dong, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, also thought it was feasible.
Xuanzong only felt that he had opened the door to a new world, and he could not think of painting the page for a while.
He told Eunuch Gao: "Send someone to the Ministry of Industry quickly and summon Liang Dong to the palace!"
