System: [That’s right, hehe, how about Aruan let the male mother open the gift on the spot, and let the other court officials of Daxia see once again how important you are, Aruan! ]

Yuanruan was a little shy after hearing what the system said, but then she thought, she didn't like to walk around at night in fancy clothes, and she would be exposed sooner or later anyway, so she might as well follow everyone's wishes and open the box on the spot.

Yuan Ruan yawned, greeted the prince, Qi Yue and others, then closed the door. After the palace maid changed her clothes and washed her briefly, Yuan Ruan came out wrapped in a warm fur coat.

As soon as she sat down, Qi Yue handed her a piece of osmanthus rice cake.

Yuanruan took it and took two bites, then suddenly remembered: [Tong'er, where is the gift I want to give to the boy's mother now? Is it still with the third prince?]

System: [No. The Third Prince has already given you a personal maid.]

Yuan Ruan nodded and said only the word "gift" and pointed at the third prince. The personal maid understood and walked out. Not long after, she brought over the gift box sent by the third prince.

The young Minister of the Ministry of Revenue who witnessed all this was very impressed and whispered: "No matter how many times I see it, I am still amazed. A palace maid can understand the meaning of the young imperial teacher with just a hand gesture. It's amazing."

The assistant minister of the Ministry of War beside him whispered, "This is not an ordinary palace maid. Just looking at her ability to conceal her aura, you can tell that she must have been specially trained. But His Majesty would never place an ordinary person by the side of the young imperial teacher."

The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue suddenly realized it, but also felt it was natural.

Yuan Ruan simply ate some pastries, then took small steps towards Wu Yi, who was standing at the door with his arms folded, and pulled him into the inner room.

As he was talking, Yuan Ruan said, "General Wu, I have a gift for you."

Wu Yi cooperated by bowing and happily agreed.

Yuan Ruan walked towards the copper tube that the palace maid had placed on the table, took out a small cotton cloth from the box, and took out glass slices of different sizes and thicknesses from it. She looked at the air gently, and then pressed them on both ends of the copper tube one by one.

Afterwards, Yuan Ruan handed it to Wu Yi and said, "Come and take a look."

After saying that, she handed the copper tube to Wu Yi, and then installed glass pieces on the remaining copper tubes.

Wu Yi fiddled with the copper tube in his hand in confusion. After Yuan Ruan stopped, he asked curiously, "Master, what is this? How do I see it?"

"This is a telescope, a derivative product of the official glass kiln." Yuan Ruan raised the copper tube in his hand, close to his right eye, and pointed it out the window. "Just look like this, you can see things far away."

"Oh, something far away?!" Wu Yi's eyes flashed with interest. He picked up the copper tube with one hand and looked at it. After a moment, Wu Yi asked with some doubt: "Master, it seems that I can't see it clearly."

Yuan Ruan was stunned.

System: [Haha, he got it wrong.]

Yuan Ruan said hurriedly: "You hold it upside down, change the side."

Wu Yi coughed lightly, turned the copper tube in another direction, and leaned over to take a look again.

Seeing this, Wu Yi's face, which had been relaxed at first, gradually became solemn. He unconsciously moved closer to the window, looked at it silently for a while, then raised his legs and took two steps forward until his toes touched the wall. His hands holding the copper tubes became tighter and tighter, and his whole body was in a mode of extreme shock and alertness, like a cat with its fur standing on end.

Wu Yi's unusual attitude aroused everyone's curiosity.

At this time, the Crown Prince, the Third Prince and Qi Yue stepped forward and took one each.

The prince put it in front of his eyes first. After just two seconds of looking at it, he quickly walked to another window, lay down and looked into the distance.

The third prince fiddled with the copper tube, looked at it, put it down, and looked at it again, with a puzzled look on his face. He looked at Qi Yue beside him and asked in a low voice: "Did you see anything?"

Qi Yue glanced at the copper tube in the Third Prince's hand, silently helped him unscrew the lock on the tube, and said, "It's OK."

The third prince blushed with embarrassment. He had done something stupid and actually forgot to open the lid.

The prince and his two companions looked more and more intently.

Just by looking at their movements, the court officials knew that the objects in their hands were definitely extraordinary.

Then they looked at the only copper tube left in Yuan Ruan's hand with burning eyes.

System: [Pfft. The way they stared at you was exactly the same as Da Huang's expression when he saw that you only had a piece of meat bone in your hand.]

Yuanruan was amused: [Tong'er, you are good at using metaphors. ]

Courtiers:…

The young official looked away modestly, trying to maintain his image.

But the older courtiers were thick-skinned and not only did they not feel embarrassed, they even took a step forward.

For example, the Minister of War strode forward, cupped his hands and said, "Master, may I borrow this to observe for a moment?"

Yuan Ruan had no curiosity about the telescope, so he naturally reached out and said, "Here."

"Thank you, Imperial Master!" said the Minister of War happily.

However, when he was about to reach out to take it, his body was pushed away by the Minister of Revenue next to him.

The Minister of Revenue was not in a hurry to take the copper tube from Yuan Ruan, but still said respectfully: "Master Imperial Master, may I borrow it to have a look?"

Yuan Ruan didn't care about this and said calmly: "It's up to you. I don't care about adults' business."

The Minister of Revenue and the Minister of War were stunned, and were inexplicably amused by the word "villain".

Yuanruan tilted his head.

The Minister of Revenue and the Minister of War were so overwhelmed by how cute this little girl was that they took deep breaths and tried to resist the disrespectful urge to touch Yuan Ruan's little head.

The Minister of Revenue once again squeezed out the Minister of War.

The Minister of War looked at the Minister of Revenue, his tone revealing some dissatisfaction: "Sir, the Imperial Master and the others said that this item is related to military affairs, and I should have looked at it first."

The Minister of Finance glanced at him and said softly, "I will review any military equipment to see how much it costs. If it is expensive, no matter how useful it is, it cannot be promoted in the army."

The Minister of War froze for a moment and said dryly: "Please, please watch carefully..."

System: [Hahaha, Ah Ruan, look at the Minister of War. Doesn't he look like a cat with fate holding its neck? How does the saying go? A penny can make a hero fall.]

Yuan Ruan also tried hard to hold back his laughter, but couldn't help but chuckled twice: [Tong'er, don't laugh. If they see me laughing here for no reason, they might think I'm dreaming and crazy.]

The Minister of Revenue picked up the telescope and slowly looked out the window.

At this time, the prince suddenly spoke up, "Young Master Zhanshi, go to the palace maid standing under the tree in front, wearing a dark blue scarf, and measure how far it is from here. Also, go to the side hall on the far left of the wall and climb up to see if there is a bird's nest on the beam of the main room, and if there are two baby birds in it, are they gray?"

When such a detailed description came out, the Minister of War, who was particularly keen on military affairs, jumped up.

The Minister of War was particularly proactive and said, "I'll go and see, I'll go!"

After saying that, he rushed out like a gust of wind. The young secretary was stunned for a moment, and hesitated for three seconds before chasing after him.

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