I rely on the collapse of people to set my life in the hands of the male protagonist

Chapter 121

In the days that followed, Concubine Mei did send people to watch Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang, but found that they were really just studying and having fun with the fourth prince, and Xu Wenze had no desire to fight for power. It's a lot better than before, but what's the use of reading alone, and I won't be a teacher in the future.

The other companions would plan for their master, how to gain the emperor's favor, or target the enemy, but they relied on the fact that the fourth prince was young and others would not target him, so they paddled for fish all the time.Concubine Mei didn't want this kind of accompanying reading. Her goal was to train the fourth prince to be like the first prince, who could amaze everyone at a young age, instead of being a naive child living in a sugar jar.As a result, Concubine Mei became more and more unhappy with these people, and even asked Prime Minister Li to find a way to change companions.

Yuechen gave a lecture today. The content of the lecture was the operation of the waterwheel, which is related to people's livelihood. Princes are not required to be proficient in such practical tools, but at least they must understand the principles.

It happened that the emperor came to spot-check homework, and asked the princes to talk about their insights one by one.

Yuan Ye is still working hard and can tell the reason, but it is more difficult for the eldest prince. Like his companion Wang Tongen, he loves to use martial arts more than to read books, but he does not dare to deal with the emperor's spot checks with arrogance. , can only be vague, until the emperor got impatient, let him sit down and think again.

When it was the third prince's turn, the third prince first talked about the importance of the waterwheel as an irrigation tool to people's livelihood, which was comparable to Yuan Ye. This waterwheel is quite interesting, so I thought of some ways to improve it.”

"Oh? Do you know how to improve?"

"I don't dare to talk nonsense, and I want to ask the teaching assistant Yue to help me take a look. If my idea is wrong, please don't laugh at my father."

"It's good to be able to think proactively, Yue Chen, take a look at the drawings of the third prince."

Yuechen stepped forward and took the drawing with a bow, and looked at it carefully.

The others couldn't help but get nervous. Yuan Ye and the eldest prince looked at the third prince in displeasure, thinking that he was a thug, trying to please the emperor. They didn't believe that the third prince knew anything about waterwheels.

"Well, it's true... there are some things worth further thinking about. This picture points out several problems that need to be solved in the current waterwheel. His Highness's suggestion is very good. You can try it out." Yuechen thought for a while, and then sent out affirmative statement.

This time, not only the people present were amazed, but even the emperor couldn't believe it. Everyone in the royal family understood it well, and they were able to make improvements and give suggestions.The emperor was quite pleased, "How do you understand this, third child? Didn't the class just start today?"

"Not long ago, when we were listening to the government, I heard a minister mention this matter. I saw that the father was quite distressed, and I looked up the classics when I went back. Today, I heard the teaching assistant from various angles, so I came up with these ideas. Son The ministers are less talented and less learned, so naturally they don't think as much as the ministers, which makes the emperor laugh."

The emperor was immediately overjoyed. It's not that the emperor didn't know that the third prince was trying to please him, but he liked this kind of flattery very much.

"The third child has done a good job, and you will be rewarded. You brothers should learn more from the third child, and sometimes you have to think more than what is taught in books. The big and small things of the country are all state affairs. You have to think hard. No matter what you do in the future, It is beneficial whether to govern the country or to govern the territories."

The third prince's faction instantly raised their heads, feeling proud, while the atmosphere of the other two factions began to be bad.

"The third brother is really surprising. I didn't expect you to even understand waterwheels." The eldest prince couldn't help but mocked. Compared with Yuan Ye, he was more unwilling to lose to the third brother. After all, they were the same father. The emperor was kind to the third prince, but sighed helplessly to himself. How could this not stimulate a young man's heart.

The third prince won once, and he was arrogant in his heart. Hearing what the eldest prince said, he said, "Brother can think more about problems when he sees problems."

The eldest prince was furious in an instant, but he didn't dare to speak too much with the emperor around.

Prince Yuan Ye was naturally not happy to see the youngest show off, but this blow caught him off guard.It’s okay to have a small rivalry at ordinary times, but this time the third prince is tantamount to highlighting that his intelligence is superior to them, and he is more willing to share the emperor’s worries and care about the current affairs of the country. By acquiescing to this kind of provocation, Yuan Ye felt oppressed again invisibly.

He was holding his breath when suddenly the sound of paper beside his ear attracted Yuan Ye's attention. He glanced sideways and saw the fourth's companion, the extremely beautiful Chu Lishu, who was flipping through the book for the fourth, pointing him to it later How to answer.

The fourth child is young, even if he can't answer, the emperor will not blame him, but if he can answer a little bit, he will naturally be rewarded, and it is understandable for the companion to give advice.

But just as he was about to look away, he suddenly noticed that the fourth child had hand-drawn a few sketches of waterwheels on his desk, and there were many things written beside them, Yuan Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.

When the emperor called the fourth prince to answer, because he was nervous, the fourth prince answered as badly as the eldest prince, but the emperor was indeed more tolerant to the young fourth prince. After finishing speaking, the fourth prince looked at the emperor nervously. The round face was suffocated into a bun.

"Well, I heard that your recent studies have improved a lot compared to before, and you will have to work harder in the future."

The fourth prince nodded, and was about to sit down with the emperor's permission, when Yuan Ye who was next to him suddenly said, "Yuan Han, didn't you also draw the blueprint of the waterwheel? Why didn't you show it to the emperor."

Yuan Ye originally thought that the fourth prince would speak up by himself, but seeing that he dared not, Yuan Ye did it for him. No matter what he did, as long as he could share some of the emperor's approval for the third prince.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, everyone's attention shifted to the fourth prince, which made the little guy nervous and at a loss, and couldn't help reaching out to cover his blueprint.

The third prince frowned slightly, but he didn't take it seriously, and said directly: "The fourth younger brother loves to paint and paint, His Royal Highness, please don't make things difficult for the fourth younger brother."

But the eldest prince said: "How come your pictures can be used to show off, can't the fourth one?"

"You... what do you mean by that? I was obviously trying to share my father's worries, but why did I become a show off when I came to you." The third prince immediately felt aggrieved.

The eldest prince was immediately speechless, because he was quick to talk.He shouldn't behave like this in front of the emperor, whoever made him angry.

"Enough, this is a school, how do you look like this." The emperor frowned and said, "Fourth, you also drew it? Show it to the emperor."

The fourth prince naturally didn't dare, but Yue Chen smiled and picked up the waterwheel picture on the table.

In fact, everyone tacitly agreed that the fourth prince was curious about drawing for fun, but anyone who can find one or two points in it that can be talked about can be regarded as an affirmation of the little prince.The emperor naturally wanted to take a look with such an idea.

But when Yuechen got it, his face changed instantly after seeing it. He casually glanced at Chu Lishu, but Chu Lishu didn't look at him.

Yuechen walked back to the emperor with a serious face, handed over the blueprint and said, "Your Majesty, look, if the waterwheel is changed according to this new model, and the shape is changed directly, will the length achieve the best power effect?"

Seeing Yuechen's serious face, the emperor couldn't help but look carefully at the drawing paper. Although the drawing is not detailed and the brushstrokes are still immature, he did think a lot. The emperor has a little understanding of this aspect. I don't know if it is true what Yuechen said. It is as powerful as that of the third prince, but it is indeed better than that of the third prince.

The emperor looked at the fourth prince in disbelief and asked, "This...you drew it? Did you draw it just now?"

The fourth prince nodded uneasy.

The emperor immediately asked Director Sheng who was with him to send a message to a minister who proposed to reform the waterwheel.

This performance stunned everyone present.

Yuan Ye couldn't help but said: "Uncle Huang, what's the matter? Is there anything wrong with the blueprint drawn by Yuan Hao?"

The third prince couldn't help but widen his eyes. Judging from Yuechen and the emperor's performance just now, it seems that the fourth son's painting is more than ten times better than him.

The emperor gave the blueprint to Yuechen and asked him to explain it. Yuechen reproduced the blueprint on a larger plane and explained it excitedly. In the end, he was addicted to it and sighed: "This will definitely work, as long as Through experiments and more precise values, it will definitely increase our irrigation capacity by more than double, so how much labor can we increase?"

Speaking of this, Yuechen became quiet, feeling uneasy in his heart, this... If it is really implemented, it can be described as a big change!

After Yuechen's explanation, the emperor finally understood, and couldn't help but feel agitated, the way he looked at the fourth prince changed, could it be that his son is really a genius?

Everyone looked at the fourth prince in amazement, only one of them, Pei Jin, was looking at the three companions behind the fourth prince with flickering eyes.

All of a sudden, the third prince's limelight was completely robbed, and no one thought of his little improvement plan just now. After all, the blueprint of the third prince was a little muddy, and it was an improvement method that everyone could think of. It's just a little bit of personal characteristics, in fact, the essence is still someone else's, but the fourth prince is different, it is a completely new idea, an idea that can directly make the improvement of the waterwheel take off.

Everyone was amazed, already felt that the fourth prince had made great contributions.

The third prince was the first to blow his hair, "It is absolutely impossible that the fourth brother came up with this!"

As soon as these words came out, the audience was quiet, everyone was suspicious but they dared not speak out, and the fourth prince also became embarrassed.

"Third brother, what do you mean by that?" Although the first prince was quite shocked, seeing that the third child was upset, he was very pleased and directly refuted.

"What do you mean? How could the fourth child understand this at such a young age? If we really think we are fools, it must be the companion reading by his side or the adviser that Prime Minister Li found for him outside who came up with this blueprint for him. Fourth brother, you can get it To be honest, otherwise, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor. After all, the person who can come up with such a method must not be an ordinary person. Such a talent must not be hidden because of his own selfishness. He is a talent and should be handed over to the emperor."

The third prince directly accused the fourth prince from the commanding heights, as if the fourth prince was used by Cheng Li and others as a tool for showing off. In order to increase the reputation of the fourth prince, he did not hesitate to hide such a good method, and sometimes behind the emperor's back Suspected of hiding talent.

If things were really like this, the emperor would be very disgusted. Sure enough, after the third prince finished speaking, the emperor became dignified and looked at the fourth prince carefully.

"Fourth, tell Father honestly, did you draw this blueprint, and did you think of the method above?"

"My son... My son..." The fourth prince was really frightened, tears began to roll in his eyes, and he didn't know how to explain it. The picture was indeed drawn by him, so does that count as his idea? ?

Seeing the performance of the fourth prince, the emperor's face darkened instantly. If the waterwheel can really benefit the people as Yue Chen said, it is indeed a great contribution. Such a contribution is accumulated on a ten-year-old child. Concubine Mei, Prime Minister Li and the others were too obvious, and they really regarded him as a fool, which displeased the emperor very much.

"Let's talk after you think it over, you guys!" The emperor turned directly to the three companions behind the fourth prince.

The three immediately knelt on the ground.

Xu Wenze took the lead and said: "Reporting to the emperor, this picture was indeed drawn by the Fourth Highness just now, and I have seen it with my own eyes."

"The Weichens did play with His Highness on the waterwheel in the cultural museum before. His Highness asked us a lot of questions, but we didn't understand them, so we could only guess wildly. So Weichen thought about the blueprint, and this method is indeed His Highness. One person figured it out." Chu Lishu said.

Lin Qingyang also added, "Your Highness is very active and playful, maybe it is not impossible to find something out of playing."

"Do you also want to follow the crime of deceiving the emperor?" The third prince reacted quickly and directly angrily said: "Father, I think these companions will not confess if they don't fight. How can it be possible that they follow the fourth child every day?" I don’t know anything, maybe they were instigated.”

The emperor's face darkened, and he was about to give an order, but the fourth prince directly followed and knelt down in front of the three of them, "Father, father, don't beat them, they have always been very kind to their sons, this painting is really drawn by me, I'm not lying, these methods are indeed what I thought of, but it was when Chu Lishu and Lin Qingyang played with me that gave me inspiration. Father..."

The fourth prince cried sadly, Yuan Ye, who provoked the incident, watched coldly. The eldest prince had expected to say something, but he still hesitated.

Yuechen glanced at Chu Lishu, feeling a little uneasy, wondering if he should step forward to speak for the fourth prince.In fact, it was suggested that he take this course and ask him to lure the emperor to come up to check the Chu Lishu. He thought that Chu Lishu must be trying to do something. It was Chu Lishu who wanted to gain fame for the fourth prince.

But did you use too much force this time? To be honest, no one can believe that this kind of drawing was drawn by the fourth prince, unless Yuan Ran, known as a genius since childhood, might have done such a thing when he was ten years old. It is very disobedient for others to do it, and if they are not careful, they will be caught and charged as a crime of deceiving the emperor. The fourth prince is okay, it can be said that they are young and ignorant, but the fate of their companions will be troublesome.

Yuechen was about to take a step forward, but he noticed Chu Lishu's restraining eyes, and stopped in his tracks.

But at this moment, the third prince jumped up and down even more happily, as if he wanted to snatch back the praise that was taken away from him.

At this moment, a message was sent at the door, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry who was good at improving waterwheels came.

The emperor did not deal with the fourth prince and the others immediately, but asked the minister to look at the drawings.

The waiter took a closer look, his hands were shaking with excitement, and he said with tears, "This new version of the waterwheel is wonderful! If it can be remodeled, it will benefit all people. It is my great fortune. I don't know which capable person it came from. ? The lower official wants to discuss it with him in detail. Could it be... Yue..."

Yuechen quickly waved his hand to show that it was not him.

The servant doesn't understand, is there anyone present who is more likely to draw such a picture than Yuechen?

"Fourth, have you thought about what to say?" The emperor said coldly.

The waiter was shocked, but he didn't expect that the blueprint was thought up by the fourth prince, and he immediately found it inconceivable.

While talking, suddenly there was movement at the door, it was Concubine Mei who came.

Seeing this, the emperor sneered, it was really a coincidence.The emperor let her in and asked directly, "Why are you here?"

"The concubine is here to deliver snacks to the highnesses. I heard your majesty getting angry outside. It seems to be related to the fourth highness. As the mother of the fourth highness, the concubine has committed the crime of dereliction of duty. Please punish the emperor." Concubine Mei knelt down slowly, with a weak expression on her face.

This time, Lin Qingyang has seen the real concubine. Such a gentle and weak expression can indeed arouse a man's desire to protect and love.

It's a pity that the emperor is not so easily fooled by the beauties on key matters.

"Hmph, I think you know what you did wrong, and you came here to make up for it, don't you? Do you know what your son did? Or... did someone instigate your son to do something?" the emperor said coldly.

Concubine Mei already knew about it, but she didn't dare to say it, "I don't know, I hope His Majesty will let you know."

"Fourth, tell yourself!" The emperor angrily reprimanded.

The fourth prince fell to Concubine Mei's side, crying and telling the story. Concubine Mei was distressed but also cruel, and said, "How can you lie! Now go and apologize to your royal father."

"But...but my son didn't lie! I really did the painting." The fourth prince was originally afraid of the emperor, but now he was really wronged.

Concubine Mei was furious. She understood the emperor's temper. If she apologized decisively and could still be saved, the emperor would be disgusted if she refused to admit her mistake. It must be these companions who caused this kind of thing. Her cold eyes swept over the three of them. , has begun to suspect that these three people were sent by the enemy to deliberately lure the fourth prince to lie, so that the emperor will be disgusted, and she will also be disgusted. If something really happens this time, she will definitely not let these three people go.

At this moment, Chu Lishu kowtowed suddenly and said: "Your Majesty, I can use my life as a guarantee. This is indeed drawn by the Fourth Prince."

"Weichen can also vouch for it!" Lin Qingyang kowtowed.

Xu Wenze, who didn't know the whole story, had to keep up with everyone at this time.

The moment Chu Lishu raised his head, his gaze finally swept across Yuechen.

Yue Chen received the message and reacted neatly, "Your Majesty, it's boring to talk like that, why don't you leave it to Wei Chen to find out who lied."