Chapter 759 Princess 8
"Yes, that's it!"
"I didn't expect that, Gu Zhouyan, you could write words in reverse so fluently!"
“You are really talented.”
The girl handed the block of wood to Gu Zhouyan. Gu Zhouyan listened to the praise and took the block of wood from the girl in a daze. He could not hold back the corners of his lips. His whole body was full of strength, and he wrote furiously.
After all the wooden blocks were written, he looked towards the girl out of habit, wanting to take the next wooden block, before he could react.
Who would have thought that the girl didn't look at him again, but instead asked the palace maid to arrange the written wooden blocks.
"Xueqing, when these wood blocks are dry, you can send them to the craftsmen and have them carve them according to the templates."
"Yes, princess."
Sheng Huan continued to stare at the block of wood on the table, thinking: "Based on this progress, it should be soon."
If those people hurry up, it might be done tomorrow.
"Hey, Feng Ning." Gu Zhouyan saw Sheng Huan distracted, so he unconsciously came over and glanced at the girl. When she was about to look over, he quickly turned his gaze to the wooden blocks on the table: "What are you doing with these?"
"Movable type."
Sheng Huan raised his eyes, narrowed his eyes and smiled, then calmly wrote these words.
"Movable type printing?" Gu Zhouyan repeated.
"Yes, these words can be reorganized and reused in the future."
"Repeat? Utilize..."
Gu Zhouyan frowned slightly when he heard this, and thought carefully, he was really smart. After Sheng Huan said this, he looked at the wooden block again. In his heart, he seemed to grasp something instantly.
He looked up suddenly, in disbelief.
Sheng Huan said with a smile, leisurely: "When it's done, I'll give you the third one."
Gu Zhouyan looked at her smile, his mind suddenly twitched, and he asked directly: "Why the third one?"
Sheng Huan: "Because I have to give it to my father and mother first."
She looked at him, blinking her eyelashes like two little butterflies.
"...Yes, I have to give it to my uncle first." Gu Zhouyan didn't know why he felt his ears getting hot when she looked at him. He touched his chest and hurriedly looked away: "I, I have something else to do. I'll leave first!"
The young prince didn't know what to do and ran away in a rage.
Seeing him like this, Sheng Huan curled the corners of his lips slightly, smiled and shook his head.
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At the same time, in the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion.
"Heng'er, Heng'er, you have to hold on."
Mrs. Wang touched Wang Chuheng's burning forehead in panic, feeling extremely flustered.
At this time, Wang Chuheng, who was lying on the bed, looked miserable, with his hair sticking to his bloodless face. Looking down, his buttocks were a bloody mess, and blood was faintly seen on the white cloth.
Looking at Wang Chuheng's expression, one can tell that these thirty strokes of the cane were merciless.
"Go and get a doctor! Go!"
Mrs. Wang felt sorry for her son and got angry directly at the servants.
The servants did not dare to say much, for fear of angering their furious master, and left in a hurry.
As for Madam Wang, she waited for Wang Chuheng for a long time, but the servants never came back. She also saw that Wang Chuheng was breathing in more than breathing out, and she became inexplicably more panicked and angry.
"Xiuyun, go and check, why hasn't the doctor come yet?"
"Yes, madam." Xiuyun quickly bowed and retreated. As she retreated, she could still hear Madam Wang's sharp voice.
"These good-for-nothings can't even do their job properly. What's the point of keeping them here?"
After a while, when Xiuyun came back, she was shaking all over, not knowing what she had experienced.
Mrs. Wang noticed that her face was not right, but she didn't think it was that good. She quickly looked behind Xiuyun and said, "Where's the doctor? Where is the doctor I asked you to find?!"
With a "thump", Xiuyun couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly knelt down with an embarrassed look on her face.
"Madam, the master... the master said that the emperor will punish us, and we will leave it to fate."
Mrs. Wang’s eyes went dark and she almost lost her balance.
The Emperor didn't say that Heng'er was not allowed to take the medicine. What the master is doing... this is tantamount to sacrificing her Heng'er!
How could Mrs. Wang watch her son die? She rushed out immediately.
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"Master Xiang!"
study.
Mrs. Wang ignored the people outside and rushed into the study room: "Heng'er can't hold on any longer. If he doesn't see a doctor, he will die. He will die!"
When Prime Minister Wang saw Madam Wang come in like this, he frowned slightly and quickly covered the letter paper on the table.
"Madam, Heng'er made a mistake, and I was also suspended from my duties. In order not to implicate our Wang family, this is also the best way to calm the emperor's anger."
"Prime Minister! But the Emperor did not say that Heng'er is not allowed to take the medicine. Heng'er is our son. He has already been punished. That's enough."
Seeing that her husband was unmoved, Mrs. Wang knelt down and grabbed his hand.
"Prime Minister, I beg you to save Heng'er! Without medicine and doctors, he will die in agony!"
Wang Xiang leaned over and held Madam Wang's arm.
Mrs. Wang thought he agreed, and she felt relieved, but she didn't expect to hear her husband's extremely calm voice next: "Madam, if Heng'er can hold on, he will have good fortune in the future."
When Mrs. Wang heard this, her whole body went cold. She couldn't believe it and her voice trembled.
"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but you, my Lord, want Heng'er, you want Heng'er..."
Wang Xiang straightened her up and said, "He made a mistake, so he should think about the consequences."
Madam Wang could no longer hold back. She pushed Prime Minister Wang away, tears in her eyes, and questioned word by word: "Didn't you, Prime Minister, start all this? If you hadn't attacked Princess Fengning and ruined Heng'er and Princess Fengning's marriage, how could Heng'er end up like this now?"
"You were pissed off in the court! Why did you take your anger out on Princess Fengning and ruin Heng'er's marriage?!"
If this had not happened, what would have happened if Princess Fengning had found out after entering the house? At most, it would have been the maid He Yunzhu who died, instead of now, when her Heng'er's future would not only be ruined, but his life would also be in danger.
"you!"
"Snapped!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Xiang's blood boiled and he slapped her. He had indeed attacked Princess Fengning. He even disliked all the princesses in the court. He had selfish motives and even wanted to suppress the emperor's arrogance in promoting the imperial examination system through Princess Fengning. However, now that Madam Wang pointed at his nose and scolded him for his fault, how could he bear it? He said angrily:
"You ignorant woman! If you hadn't concealed the fact that there was someone else in the room for that rebellious son, I wouldn't have done this!"
Wang Xiang became more and more angry as he spoke, and even felt that Madam Wang's behavior at this time was as stupid as a pig. If she had informed him in advance, there would be no current situation:
"Even at this time, you still sent people to protect that slave girl!"
Mrs. Wang felt pain on her face and her head was buzzing. She was stunned and in a trance.
Hearing Wang Xiang's words again, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. That was his son's flesh and blood, what if it was a grandson?
No, how could Wang Xiang know that she had sent someone to protect He Yunzhu? Her mind was focused, and she was shocked, not caring about the pain on her face.
"You, you have murderous intentions towards that maid!"
Wang Xiang said coldly: "Her existence is evidence of her crime. There is no way her child can be born."
Mrs. Wang didn't know whether He Yunzhu was still alive at this time, but she didn't care anyway. She had only one thought in her mind at this moment: Wang Chuheng must not die.
"Master can watch Heng'er die, but I absolutely cannot!"
She swung her sleeves and ran out the door.
Wang Xiang looked at this scene and finally raised his hand.
"Someone, stop the lady."
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When Sheng Huan saw Gu Zhouyan off, he also asked Xue Qing to go to the garden.
in the garden.
Lin Dakang had already arrived and was putting down the potatoes awkwardly.
When he saw the gardener planting potatoes, he couldn't help but say something.
"My child was naughty and planted one, and it sprouted. If it hadn't sprouted, I would have brought it here."
"You can also plant?" Tan Yue was surprised.
"Yes, a little." Lin Dakang blushed.
Xue Qing came over at this time and said thoughtfully: "It will be very good. When the potatoes are harvested, the princess said she needs more help."
Lin Dakang's heart moved.
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The next day.
Sheng Huan got up and was dressing up when she saw Tan Yue walking in from outside.
"Princess!" Tan Yue bowed and said, "The third son of the Wang family, Wang Chuheng, died not long ago this morning."
"Dead?" Sheng Huan replied as if he had just heard the news: "With the Wang family's family background, even if the thirty strokes were severe, it's impossible for him to die so quickly."
Hearing this, Tan Yue lowered her voice and said, "Princess, I heard that the Third Master Wang knew that he had deceived the king and was guilty of a serious crime. He insisted on not taking any medicine and not seeing a doctor."
"The Third Master Wang is the youngest son of Prime Minister Wang and his wife. Are they willing to let him go? Not trying to persuade him?" Xue Qing at the side couldn't help but join in the topic.
Tan Yue shook her head: "Then Prime Minister Wang said that the Third Master Wang's action was to atone for his sins and it was destiny."
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The eldest princess's mansion.
"What a destiny! What a sacrifice to save the king!" The princess said coldly: "This prince is really willing to give up a son so big."
"Prince Wang is anxious." The staff bowed, "As long as he is not in the court, even if there are his people in the court, some things will be different. What's more, by doing this, Prime Minister Wang is also expressing his position to the emperor."
After Wang Xiang's action, the emperor could not get angry with him. It was only a matter of time before he returned to the court.
It's just that it's too cruel.
The eldest princess rubbed her forehead and said, "Forget it. I can't learn his cruelty."
"Oh, right." The eldest princess seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Is Feng Ning in the princess's mansion?"
The staff knew that their master had just returned from outside, so they naturally replied, "Replying to the Princess, Princess Fengning just returned from the palace yesterday."
"This girl has also been wronged. You go." The princess said directly: "Send those handsome young men who sing songs that I have just found to Feng Ning. Let her wash her eyes and relax."
The aide's mouth twitched.
"Princess, I'm afraid Princess Fengning doesn't have this hobby."
The princess glared at him, "What are you thinking! I just want those people to sing a song for her. If Feng Ning likes them, it will be their good fortune. Go--"
"Mother!"
Before the princess finished speaking, a young man's clear yet anxious voice came from outside the door.
"Feng Ning has been busy these days and has no time to listen to any music!"
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This is Sheng Huan.
After she had breakfast, she went for a walk in the garden.
Not long after, Nanny Zhou came over and brought a lot of small pieces of wood.
Not only have those small pieces of wood been carved, they have even completed the final processing.
"Princess, the craftsmen worked overnight and have already carved a lot of wood."
Sheng Huan was very interested. He picked up the small wooden block in his hand, adjusted the version according to the Three Character Classic, and framed it.
"Go get some ink and some paper."
Not long after the maid left, she came back with what Sheng Huan had asked her to do.
Sheng Huan took the ink, poured it on the mold, then spread it evenly, and finally covered it with white paper.
"Wow!"
When the paper was removed, the neatly handwritten "Three Character Classic" was already printed on it.
Sheng Huan took away the wooden block again, adjusted the plate according to the order of the Thousand Character Classic, and then repeated the previous action.
"Wow!"
The palace maid made a shocking sound again.
"Princess! This, this can actually be reused. We can get different words by rearranging the order!"
It's no wonder they were so shocked, after all, printing technology at the time was not that convenient. Not only could the template not be used a second time, but the next time you wanted to use it, you had to carve it again, which was very time-consuming and labor-intensive.
"You should print the Three Character Classic as I did just now."
Sheng Huan's eyes were filled with smiles: "Come here, change your clothes and enter the palace."
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Prince's Mansion.
Mrs. Wang held her cold son in her arms and cried bitterly. Her tears had dried up and she could not squeeze out even a single drop.
"Madam, please let the servants change the clothes for the young master."
Mrs. Wang turned a deaf ear to everything and just used a handkerchief to carefully wipe the sweat off her son's face. She thought of her son crying in pain and begging her to find a doctor when he passed away, but she... was powerless.
At this moment, Mrs. Wang's heart felt as if it had been struck by something and was being torn out alive.
Her son died in pain.
But his father was reluctant to hire a doctor for him, and was even unwilling to come and see him for the last time.
Mrs. Wang was disgusted.
My Lord, how could he be so cruel! Watching their child die in agony!
"Heng'er, don't be afraid when you go down there. Mother will burn lots of gold ingots for you. You can buy whatever you need down there..."
Mrs. Wang's tone was gentle, yet inexplicably eerie.
"Your father is not a good person. He doesn't love you, but your mother loves you."
The expressions of all the servants present changed slightly.
"If it weren't for your father, you wouldn't have died. Don't be afraid down there, the He Yunzhu you like..."
She paused and said, "Your father is indeed a bad person, but he did one thing right. He Yunzhu has gone down ahead of time. She will meet you and accompany you. She will also take good care of you."
"Heng'er, remember, if she doesn't take good care of you, tell her in your dreams, and she will grind her bones to dust! She won't be able to rest in peace even after death."
The servants were trembling all over, feeling that the air around them was inexplicably cold, and the lady also became weird and terrifying.
"Good Heng'er, mother will give you a grand funeral."
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study.
"Master Xiang, it's not good!"
A servant's frightened voice came from outside the door.
In the study, the suspended Wang Xiang's hand holding the brush shook violently, and the paper he had just written on was completely ruined.
The servant naturally didn't know what was going on. He had already knelt down in panic, stammering, "Third, Third Young Master went... went..."
Wang Xiang held the pen tightly, his eyes blurred: "Where is the madam?"
"My husband, my wife is collecting the body of the Third Young Master."
Wang Xiang took a deep breath and said calmly, "Tell everyone that the funeral of the Third Young Master should be kept simple."
The kneeling servant was shocked.
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