It’s to teach him to think for himself.
"Mother, I understand." Chu Jin pondered for a while. Although he hadn’t co up with a thod yet, he wasn’t in a hurry.
"By the way, Mother, I also brought a kaleidoscope back for Nuanbao." He said, retrieving an item resembling a telescope from a pile of miscellaneous toys.
Handed it to Ye Muyu: "This kaleidoscope is sowhat like a telescope, but there are already things inside. So when you turn the wheel at the front, you can see different images changing. Speaking of which, when I first saw the kaleidoscope, I thought I had seen a ghost. These people from overseas are just too clever." Chu Jin said, unable to help but click his tongue.
"Wait..." Suddenly, he had an inspiration. "Mother, how do you think these overseas people discovered these things?"
"There’s always a feeling that they’re sowhat more advanced than us. If the Emperor could realize this, he would surely be willing to let study it." Chu Jin clapped his hands with joy: "Exactly, the welfare of the state is more important than face. The Emperor will definitely satisfy my needs."
As he spoke, he had already thought countless tis in his mind about how to write this morial.
"You go ahead and handle this matter first; I’ll distribute the remaining gifts." Ye Muyu saw that he no longer had the heart to explain the origins and uses of these objects, so she simply let him head back early to attend to his own business.
Chu Jin, not standing on ceremony, turned and hurriedly returned to his courtyard.
Ye Muyu kept Chu Ziluo to talk for a while.
Seeing that it was getting late,
Chu Ziluo took the gifts Chu Jin had given her and returned to Prince Rong’s Mansion.
As soon as Chu Ziluo got off the carriage, she unexpectedly encountered Li Chongjin, who was returning from the outskirts of the capital camp.
"Ziluo, what is this?" Li Chongjin had not returned to the mansion last night, as he had been busy with miscellaneous affairs in the Capital Garrison and training the cavalry.
Chu Ziluo was assisted down from the carriage by him.
"I just returned from my parents’ place, Lil’ Jin has co back." Chu Ziluo knew that when she left, her parents had not instructed her to keep silent, which implied that she could disclose this matter.
Naturally, she wouldn’t keep such a trivial matter from Li Chongjin, fostering distrust.
After all, she was now Princess Consort Rong, their fates intertwined. As long as it didn’t affect her family, she was willing to stand by Li Chongjin, not to ntion his sincerity toward her, which she had felt in the past three months.
"Your Highness, let’s discuss this after we return to the mansion." Chu Ziluo winked at him.
Li Chongjin understood and entered the mansion with her.
Before they entered the main courtyard, they encountered a maid from a beauty in the rear courtyard, rushing out in a hurry.
"Servant girl, I... I’ve greeted Your Highness." The maid knelt down to pay her respects and, before Li Chongjin could reply, she cried and kowtowed: "Your Highness, please request a doctor for Beauty Liu’s treatnt. Beauty Liu is seriously ill. Previously, it was just a bit of a cough. Concerned about disturbing the Princess Consort, she kept enduring it. But who knew that this afternoon she suddenly developed a high fever and has now fallen into a coma? This servant dared to offend Your Highness, Princess Consort."
Initially, this didn’t sound wrong, but who was Chu Ziluo? She had read more books than these inner residence young misses.
She naturally discerned that this maid was purposely retreating to advance, not wanting to offend her while gaining Prince Rong’s sympathy.
This indeed was an intelligent person, not daring to offend Beauty Liu herself, yet unable to fall out of favor.
If not for knowing earlier that this Beauty Liu had previously been in contact with the Qi family’s Grand Secretary Qi, Chu Ziluo wouldn’t have concerned herself with the other’s intelligence.
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