After Chen Xiaosheng entered the palace, he really felt the golden splendor of the palace, before the crossing, he and Su Xueyun did not know how many royal ruins they had visited, but the ruins were only ruins after all, not only lacking the solemn and solemn atmosphere, but also a lot of modern facilities and an endless stream of tourists, which could not be compared with the environment of the current dynasty at all.

Zhou Wenbin looked at the well-behaved eunuchs, palace maids and patrolling guards, and quietly sighed: "The palace is well governed." ”

Chen Xiaosheng replied in a low voice: "The emperor has a good queen and a good princess. ”

The two tacitly agreed not to speak, but there was a lot of regret in their words. How rare is it to have a queen who can take care of the harem and a prince who can balance the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty without the slightest selfishness? If the emperor is a wise monarch who knows how to cherish his good wife and good ministers, the country will definitely grow smoothly, but now the emperor only cares about eating, drinking and having fun, and even the court is annoyed, and he can't wait to let the eunuchs approve all the twists and turns, purely consuming the vitality of the country, and no one knows what will happen to the country in the next few decades.

Neither of them is the kind of person with a big heart, but in the face of such a faint monarch, it is inevitable that they will doubt whether it is useful for them to take the imperial examination to serve the imperial court. And Wen Zhengming didn't hear them whisper at all, he was always looking forward to seeing the emperor excitedly, serving the country is his lifelong wish, no matter what the emperor is, as long as he has a clear conscience, even if he dies, he has no regrets.

The three of them were led to the imperial study by the eunuch with their own thoughts, Chen Xiaosheng was deaf and clear after practicing martial arts, and he heard the laughter of the emperor and Xiao Dazi fighting crickets outside the door, and he was quite speechless in his heart. Of course, the emperor had already sat back in the back of the imperial case when they entered the door, and the emperor was very happy to see them, and he didn't wait for them to salute and bowed continuously, and then looked at Chen Xiaosheng with fiery eyes and said: "Zhu Zhishan, I really didn't misunderstand you, the opinions you mentioned on the answer sheet are really unheard of, you really have ideas." ”

Chen Xiaosheng smiled lightly and said: "The emperor has praised it, the students just have some novel ideas. ”

As soon as the emperor patted the imperial case, Lang smiled and said, "I just like your novel ideas!" Zhu Zhishan, last time I congratulated Hua Taishi on his birthday, I asked you to study more fun, can you research it? ”

Chen Xiaosheng and the three of them looked up in surprise, and when they saw the emperor's expectant look, they were a little speechless for a while, isn't this the emperor's invitation to the first-class candidates?

Seeing that Chen Xiaosheng didn't speak, the emperor thought that he hadn't studied it, and his harmless smile suddenly became dangerous, and he said unhappily: "Zhu Zhishan, you won't have studied anything, right?" Do you dare not do what I tell you to do? That's the rebellion? ”

Chen Xiaosheng was stunned for a moment, immediately clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the student is only entering the palace for the first time, and he is a little nervous, please atone for the emperor." When the emperor confessed, the students did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and had specially studied three interesting gadgets for the emperor. ”

Only then did the emperor soften his face, but he still frowned and said, "Three kinds of gadgets? You must have been busy studying those cements and bicycles with Hua Wenwu, and you were busy taking the imperial examination, so you didn't put much effort into doing things for me, right?! ”

Wen Zhengming had a straight face, opened his mouth to argue, and was pulled by Zhou Wenbin by his sleeve, then stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you have wronged Zhishan, since Zhishan got the emperor's orders, he has been studying interesting things day and night, and he often wanders when he even eats, and once he even drank chili oil as sweet soup!" ”

The emperor was surprised: "Really? The chili oil tasted so choking, he actually drank it? ”

Zhou Wenbin said with a smile: "Naturally, I drank it, and I drank a full bowl, and my mouth was swollen after drinking." ”

The emperor laughed, pointed at Chen Xiaosheng and said, "It turns out that you are so attentive, I blame you by mistake, then tell me what you have studied, it must be very interesting, right?" ”

Zhou Wenbin breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "It's very interesting, if Zhishan hadn't put all his mind into research, maybe the champion would be his, and the emperor would definitely reward him." ”

The emperor nodded and replied, "Okay!" I like obedient people, and if you are so agreeable to me, I will not treat you badly. In the future, you will do things for me, and you will be indispensable for glory and wealth! By the way, now that you brothers have passed the championship, Bangyan, and Tanhua, I want to make you an official. Tell me what you like, as long as you do a good job for me, you can be any official you want! ”

Chen Xiaosheng and Zhou Wenbin lowered their heads, and at the same time pulled Wen Zhengming to bow down and thank him, so that the emperor did not see the surprise and disgust on their faces that they didn't have time to hide. Immediately Chen Xiaosheng introduced three interesting things, a globe-shaped perpetual motion instrument, which can shake itself for a long, long time when touched, Chen Xiaosheng wanted to find an opportunity to draw a world map and paste it on the globe, but now the emperor has no interest in the world map, only cares about how the perpetual motion instrument moves, it is so interesting.

The second is the perpetual bird, as long as a glass of water is placed in front of the bird, the bird will lean down to "drink" a sip of water with the beak, then straighten up, then lean down, straighten up again, and so on. And on rainy days, the bird's action of drinking water is slow, and when it is windy on a sunny day, the bird's movement will be accelerated. When Chen Xiaosheng showed it, the emperor was lying next to him and his eyes widened, and he shouted magically, how could there be half a point of the emperor's majesty?

The third is the simplest trick box, Chen Xiaosheng listened to Su Xueyun's suggestion, and wrapped a layer of brocade box in the box, which looked like a very precious gift. After he presented the brocade box to the emperor, the emperor took it in his hand and looked at it, and said uninterestedly: "What is this?" Could it be that you can't research three interesting things, so what treasure do you want to take? But the whole world is mine, do I want any treasures? Boring! ”

The emperor threw the brocade box out casually as he spoke, and Xiao Dazi naturally couldn't let the brocade box fall to the ground, so he hurriedly flew to pick it up. As a result, as soon as he got the brocade box, he just touched the box switch, and a straw grasshopper popped up inside, Xiao Dazi was defenseless, and he was shocked, and instantly threw the brocade box out hard, shouting: "Escort!" ”

The emperor stood up suddenly, staring at the brocade box, Chen Xiaosheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please be calm, it's just a playful thing, not a hidden weapon, Da Gonggong, you see it's just a grasshopper made of straw." ”

Xiao Dazi stood in front of the emperor, looking at the brocade box in shock, and he still had a defensive posture in his hand. The emperor couldn't wait to push him away and walked over curiously, "What the hell is it?" If it's made of straw, why did it jump out? ”

Chen Xiaosheng picked up the brocade box first, stood opposite the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going to open it now, you pay attention." ”

Xiao Dazi immediately stood in front of the emperor again, only letting the emperor show his eyes. At this time, Chen Xiaosheng suddenly opened the brocade box, and the grasshopper inside instantly popped out, which frightened Xiao Dazi and the emperor to take a big step back at the same time!

The emperor was the first to react, and walked out from behind Xiao Dazi excitedly, took the brocade box and looked at it over and over: "Okay!" This is fun, it's fun! I really want to show it to the Taishi to see if he still has that serious expression, hahaha! ”

Chen Xiaosheng arched his hand and said: "It's good if the emperor likes it, but Hua Taishi is old, I'm afraid it's not suitable for such toys." ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Toys? These fun things are called 'toys'? Well, that's a good name, it's apt. Zhu Zhishan, you will be my good brother in the future, you don't have to do anything in the future, just give me research toys, the more the better, it must be fun! By the way, I'll let you go to the Ministry of Works. ”

The emperor walked quickly to the table, and fiddled with the three toys intently, delighted. Chen Xiaosheng and Zhou Wenbin glanced at each other, and they couldn't even make an expression on their faces. A dignified and exemplary inventing expert, a talent who can bring countless benefits and progress to the country, has become a craftsman who specializes in inventing toys for the emperor.

Chen Xiaosheng thought for a while, took a deep breath, and said, "Student thank you Lord Longen!" It is the honor of the students to serve the emperor, and the students boldly recommend Hua Wenwu to enter the Ministry of Engineering with the students. Although Hua Wenwu does not have so many innovative ideas, he is a genius in research and invention, and he will definitely be able to research good things for the emperor in the future! ”

The emperor was busy playing, and replied casually, "Okay, those old stubborns in the Ministry of Industry can't study anything if they ask for so much silver every day, and they can build a house." Well, I'll let you two study it alone, ignore those people, and report anything to me directly. ”

Chen Xiaosheng replied "yes", he can be regarded as having figured out the emperor's temperament, as long as he makes the emperor happy, he can do whatever he wants, and it is no problem to call him a brother. But the companion is like a tiger, this sentence is the same for Mingjun and the faint monarch, Mingjun will take care of the overall situation, if it is a faint monarch, presumably if a sentence is not right, the head can fall to the ground!

At this point, Chen Xiaosheng and the others really have nothing to think about, they can only take one step at a time. Then Xiao Dazi reminded the emperor in a whisper that the official positions of Zhou Wenbin and Wen Zhengming were undecided. When the emperor heard this, he thought for a while, and said: "Zhou Wenbin might as well enter the Ministry of Industry and work with Zhu Zhishan, I am about to build a leopard house, and you will be responsible for supervising the construction of the leopard house, and you can also think about what good ideas can be used in the leopard room." As for Wen Zhengming, you seem to be the apprentice of the Taishi, do you want to go to the Hanlin Academy or become a magistrate? I like your ambition to serve the country loyally, and you are Zhu Zhishan's brother, so I will make you a wish! ”

Wen Zhengming has been suppressing his emotions since he entered the palace, and his face is extremely ugly. Chen Xiaosheng gently dragged him and reminded with a smile: "Zhengming, don't you have a wish that is difficult to fulfill?" Why don't you see if the emperor has a way? ”

The emperor was suddenly aroused, "Huh? What is a hard wish to fulfill? Everything is a small matter as big as an ant in my eyes, Wen Zhengming, let's hear it. ”

Wen Zhengming took several deep breaths before he could barely suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the student wants to ask to marry the county lord of Pingting, but King Ning seems to be very dissatisfied with the student, and the student wants to ask the emperor to marry the student and Ting!" ”

The emperor laughed, "This kind of trivial matter, I just need to make a holy decree." ”