Happy Little Scholar

"Is the eldest princess here?"

Li Xuan stood at the door of Chenlu Palace and asked a palace maid.

After receiving a positive answer, he stepped inside.

Mingzhu is sometimes in the palace these days, sometimes at Li Yi's place. If he wants to see her, he has to rely entirely on luck.

This is not what depresses him the most. What depresses him the most is that no matter where they are, when she and Li Yi talk about things, they always seem to deliberately avoid him...

He bumped into him accidentally several times. The two of them were talking seriously. After seeing him, they immediately talked about him. Last time, they actually said that they were talking about whether the princess would have a boy or a girl, and asked Does he like a son or a daughter...

Needless to say, of course he likes his son, but if he gives birth to a daughter, it doesn't matter, they are all his own children - this is not the most important thing.

The most important thing is that one of them is his best friend and the other is his relative. This feeling of being excluded by the people closest to him is very uncomfortable...

There must be some hidden secret that he didn't know about.

He opened the door and saw the two people in the room. After being stunned for a moment, he said with a smile: "You are all here. The new paper has been made over there. It's very good... By the way, you just said what?"

Because the two of them were talking about some secret things, Li Yi deliberately got very close to the eldest princess. When Li Xuan opened the door and came in, he had no time to react.

He glanced at the eldest princess vaguely. She should be able to detect it at such a close distance.

Li Mingzhu lowered her head. She had been absentminded for a moment, and by the time she realized it, it was already too late.

Li Yi looked at Li Xuan, then at Li Mingzhu, and asked, "Yeah, what were we talking about just now?"

Li Mingzhu looked at him and said, "The soup you brought today is delicious. Let's continue tomorrow..."

Li Yi looked regretful, "I planned to bring another kind of soup tomorrow, the effect is better..."

Li Xuan looked at the two of them blankly. When he came in just now, the two of them were so close to each other. When he turned to talk to him, their faces were almost touching each other. Now he actually told him---- --What soup were they discussing just now?

Discuss what soup needs to be so close!

The two of them have been so abnormal recently, hiding together behind their backs all day long, alone and alone, committing adultery...

A man and a woman alone, living in the same room, being secretive, and not letting themselves know what they are discussing, must be up to no good!

"Why are you asking so many questions?" Li Yi glanced at him, "You just said, how is the paper made?"

"No, you must make it clear to me today!" Li Xuan didn't seem to be so easy to fool this time, looking at the two of them with a stern face.

It was originally a matter of three people being together, but suddenly one day, I was pushed out, and the three heroes of Kyoto became the second hero of Kyoto. This feeling cannot be understood without personal experience.

"this……"

Li Yi looked at him and didn't know how to speak. Of course it was impossible to tell the truth. This matter was not trivial. Even Li Xuan couldn't know about it. He couldn't even think about it. This reason is not easy to make up... …

In Li Xuan's mind, he couldn't help but think of the various states, or signs, between Li Yi and Mingzhu these days, as well as the "close" look he saw them when he came in just now.

Looking at this moment, one of Li Yi and Mingzhu hesitated, the other lowered his head and said nothing, as if he had thought of something, and a light flashed in his mind.

"Could it be..." He looked back and forth between the two of them with suspicious eyes.

Li Yi's heart skipped a beat, thinking that he wouldn't even be able to guess such a thing. Li Mingzhu also had a trace of unnaturalness on his face.

Li Yi's nervousness and Li Mingzhu's panic naturally did not escape Li Xuan's eyes. Seeing this scene, he almost confirmed his guess in his heart and blurted out: "Could it be that ------ you two have an affair!"

"Ah?" The expression on Li Yi's face froze.

"What?" Li Mingzhu looked up at Li Xuan.

"Still pretending, still pretending?" Li Xuan looked at the two of them excitedly, with an expression as if you should stop pretending that I've caught you in bed, "I knew it, I knew it, there must be something wrong with you two. !”

Li Yi looked at him blankly, "No, you..."

"When we were in Qing'an Mansion, I knew that you two would... sooner or later."

"Don't mess around..."

"Has your wife done it, has your sister-in-law done it..."

"you……"

"Finish those two, as well as the emperor's uncle. Mingzhu is the eldest princess. It's difficult in terms of etiquette!"

…

Li Yi had never seen Li Xuan so excited before, and he couldn't even get in a word.

Then he thought of something.

There are not many opportunities to meet the eldest princess on weekdays, and I have to be wary of Li Xuan rushing in at all times. Is there any way to fool him at this moment, and make him pay attention in the future and not be so rash?

It seems------there really is!

So he took the eldest princess's hand and sighed, with a look of helplessness on his face.

"You also know that Mingzhu is the eldest princess." He looked at Li Xuan with a slightly gloomy expression, "So, if we want to be together, it will be difficult to reach the sky..."

Li Xuan hurriedly said: "Don't be discouraged. You are not someone who will give up easily. Let's think of a solution together. We should be able to do it."

Li Yi said in a sad tone: "So, we can only get along for such a short period of time when discussing political affairs."

Although it was a bit uneasy to lie to him like this, he didn't have any conscience...but it was still better than letting him know the truth. White lies, told seventeen or eight times occasionally, deserved forgiveness.

The eldest princess also understood his intention at this moment and quietly let him hold her hand.

In Li Xuan's view, this is a bit like "following the man up and down".

Otherwise, with Mingzhu's temperament, she would only be able to hold the man's hand, not hold him.

"I understand, it's not easy for you, I'll leave right now..." Li Xuan nodded sharply to show that he understood, turned around and walked out without any hesitation.

"Forget it, we still have business today." Li Yi grabbed his arm, pulled him back, and asked, "You just said that that kind of paper has been made?"

Li Xuan looked at them again and then said: "It has been dried. The quality is really high quality and the cost is so low. Once it is launched, the siege of the academy can be solved."

"But..." He thought of another thing and asked doubtfully: "The two types of paper produced this time, one is of high quality and low price, will definitely be recognized by people all over the world, but the other..., The texture is very soft, and after the ink is used, it will seep out immediately. It cannot be written on or drawn on, and it cannot be used to wrap things. Why do you bother to make such inferior paper? "

Li Yi glanced at him and said, "You don't care why I make this kind of paper. Now that it's made, it will be of great use. Otherwise, what else is it used for, wiping your butt?"

Li Xuan glanced at him disdainfully: "Vulgar!"

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Li Yi looked at him and said: "I have taught you the basic methods of papermaking. Now you have a certain understanding of the principles of papermaking. You can use this knowledge to take a small step forward. ”

"How?" Li Xuan asked doubtfully.

"We have made all the paper for writing. Waterproof paper and fireproof paper should not be difficult. I give you three days. Is that enough?"

Li Xuan's eyes widened, "Waterproof paper, fireproof paper?"

"Why, three days is too short?" Li Yi thought for a while and said, "Then five days, five days is about the same. If it takes longer, I may not want to eat paper-wrapped fish so much..."

Li Xuan kept shaking his head, "As the saying goes, fire cannot be contained in paper, and this paper will also be destroyed when exposed to water. How can it be possible to make the two kinds of paper you mentioned?"

"Haven't I already taught you the basic methods of papermaking... Besides, you are a scientist, so don't say the word impossible easily." Li Yi walked to the door of the palace, seemed to have remembered something, and replied He turned his head and said: "By the way, the matter between Mingzhu and me..."

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Li Xuan said in a daze, then counted the numbers on his fingers and said loudly: "Also, "impossible" is three words!"