The system forced me to be emperor

Xiao Rui didn't dare to ask, for fear that if he asked too much, he would be tricked into more details.

So he hurried out of the palace with the edict, went home and hid, and waited quietly to leave the capital in three days.

Back at the palace, he did not expect Wu Yazi who was discussed last night to come.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry, I've been late for several days in order to prepare for the meeting ceremony." Wu Yazi said with a smile.

Xiao Rui stretched out his hand to ask him to sit down, and said with a smile: "You are too polite, you must have prepared a generous gift for this king, that's why you delayed for so long, it's okay, good wine is not afraid of deep alleys."

Wu Yazi stroked his goatee, said with a smile: "For this generous gift, Pindao is very busy."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and presented it to Xiao Rui with both hands.

After Xiao Rui took it, he opened it and frowned immediately.

"Is this gift real?" Xiao Rui asked.

Wu Yazi said: "For the sake of Mo Yanghe, how dare you use false information to deceive His Highness? Your Highness, our Yang organization has spent all our efforts to obtain this information. The first purpose is naturally As a meeting gift, in exchange for an ink box, the second purpose is to let His Highness see the intelligence capabilities of our Yang organization, so that we can cooperate better in the future."

Xiao Rui folded the paper and said from the bottom of his heart: "This gift is indeed a generous gift, and this king accepts it with a smile. If it really happens, then you can go directly to the palace to find Mr. Jia, and he will give you the ink box. As for the matter of cooperation, you can also directly communicate with Mr. Jia, when the king is not in the capital, he is fully responsible for all matters."

Wu Yazi said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Pindao understands. Besides, can Pindao ask one more question, Your Highness is going to do it?"

"The heavenly secret must not be revealed." Xiao Rui laughed, but did not say it directly, but the killing intent in his heart was already rising and falling.

After sending Wu Yazi away, Xiao Rui called Jia Xu and Guo Jia, and after discussing the countermeasures, he immediately sent someone to invite Zhuge Yuanba.

The next day, several princes really began to compete for the position of the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, but His Majesty asked the Minister of Rites Lu Yuanzheng for his opinion, and Lu Yuanzheng recommended Cui Changwen of the Ministry of Rites as expected.

Emperor Xia knew that Cui Changwen was also born as the No. [-] Scholar, with outstanding literary talents and abilities. If he hadn't come from a poor family, he would have risen to the top a long time ago.In addition, this Cui Changwen did not seek refuge with any prince.

This time Emperor Xia didn't make trouble, and according to what should have happened, he appointed Cui Changwen as the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, so the newly appointed minister Cui immediately became the guest of honor of the princes.

At the same time, a reminder sounded in Xiao Rui's mind. He overthrew Zhou Mingwen and helped Cui Changwen rise to the top, with +20 descending value.

Xiao Rui glanced at the descending value: 30/100, wish value 4/4, there is still a long way to go before descending, it seems that it is impossible to descend again before leaving Beijing.

However, Xiao Rui still has a long-term task to complete. If he can invite one of his grandfather, uncle, or aunt to the capital, then the task will be considered complete, and the arrival value will be directly +70, which is just enough for the arrival.

Forget about her grandfather and uncle, they haven't met once, but Ye Qianying can do it, if she comes to the capital, it will be great, she will definitely give her birth value for nothing.

On the third day, the day before Xiao Rui left Beijing, Shen Wansan and Wu Zhanfa led the craftsmen day and night, and finally produced bamboo paper and a complete set of clay calligraphy templates.

Xiao Rui looked at the brand-new bamboo paper, which was delicate and smooth. Although there were still some small flaws, it was the first production after all, and the hard and brittle material bamboo was used, which was beyond imagination.

In addition to bamboo paper, there is also a full set of clay characters, and a copy of "Three Characters" printed with clay characters!It looks no different from woodblock printing, but its efficiency and value are far better than woodblock printing.

Xiao Rui took these treasures and entered the palace again, which was considered to have completed the task assigned by His Majesty before leaving Beijing.

After Xia Huang saw the bamboo paper and clay characters, he smiled gratifiedly and praised Xiao Rui's achievements. Of course, in order to keep it secret, Xia Huang could not publicly reward him, so he wrote down the credit first and rewarded them together in the future .

"Continue to improve the bamboo paper process. I promised you that bamboo paper and clay characters were invented. You are allowed to assign a chamber of commerce to operate exclusively. I will do what I say! Remember, you must protect the secrets of bamboo paper and clay characters , don’t leak it, and then start mass production! It will take five years for me to produce a large amount of bamboo paper and books, so that the people of the Great Xia Kingdom can afford books and practice calligraphy!” Xia Huang solemnly said .

Xiao Rui could feel His Majesty's bold words, and then nodded solemnly, saying: "Father, don't worry, I have appointed Hengtong Chamber of Commerce to produce bamboo paper and printing in an all-round way. In the future, not to mention reading and practicing calligraphy, even people can use the soft bamboo paper to go to the toilet." paper!"

This time it was Emperor Xia's turn to be speechless.

"Prince, my excitement was crushed by you in an instant, and there was nothing left. You should hurry up and leave Beijing obediently tomorrow." Emperor Xia glared at him.

Paper is the carrier of knowledge, what a lofty item, now being wiped by this guy, vulgar and vulgar!

Xiao Rui curled his lips, and couldn't help cursing in his heart: Don't use it if you have the ability, continue to learn from the predecessors, use bamboo slices, and scrape vigorously!

Of course, he didn't dare to say this, what Xiao Rui dared to say was: "Father, please leave the palace."

Emperor Xia nodded, and when Xiao Rui was about to walk out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he finally couldn't hold back, and said, "Be careful when you go out. Although you are a prince, if you leave the capital, if you are in a hurry, you will If there is danger, bring more experts to protect yourself."

Feeling Xia Huang's love and care, Xiao Rui's eyes were a little red, and then he bowed deeply and said, "I understand!"

Emperor Xia nodded, and Xiao Rui exited the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Not long after walking out, Yan Xiaoxiao also took the opportunity to run out and chased after her.

Xiao Rui looked at Yan Xiaoxiao who was out of breath, and said with a smile, "Why did you run out?"

Yan Xiaoxiao took out a sachet from her bosom, and said shyly, "Your Highness, there is a peace talisman I begged for in the sachet. Keep it by your side to keep you safe."

Xiao Rui took the sachet and said with a smile, "Okay, I will carry it close to my body."

Yan Xiaoxiao nodded, raised her head and looked at Xiao Rui, she seemed to know that they would be separated for a while, so she wanted to engrave Xiao Rui's face into her heart, and after a while, she said: "Your Highness, I am returning to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, I am not suitable It took too long to come out."

"You must pay attention to safety in the palace and protect yourself." Xiao Rui was also very worried about this girl.

Yan Xiaoxiao's heart was as sweet as honey, and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will protect myself and not let you worry, Your Highness, I'm going back!"

Xiao Rui watched her trot away, and Xiao Rui didn't leave the palace until her figure disappeared.

After leaving the palace, Xiao Rui was not idle.

He made an appointment with Li Xiuer, and the two met in Jingyuan.

Knowing that Xiao Rui will leave the capital tomorrow, Li Xiu'er is also concerned about his safety, and also asks for a safety talisman for him, exhorting and exhorting him to pay attention to safety.Xiao Rui smiled and said he knew, but Li Xiuer still couldn't let go.

Xiao Rui asked her to keep an eye on Xiao Yiheng, Du Xueqin, and Zhang Yizhi for herself while ensuring her own safety. She was Xiao Rui's spy in Chu Palace, and she was a powerful internal response to deal with Xiao Yiheng.

After separating from Li Xiuer, Xiao Rui went to see Zhuge Liuying again.

Zhuge Liuying couldn't leave the capital with Xiao Rui, her father Champion Hou and Zhuge Yuanba didn't allow it, so Xiao Rui didn't force it.But what Xiao Rui didn't expect was that Liuying also took out three peace symbols and said, "This is the peace symbol that Ruoxi, Ruoxue and I begged for you. Keep it by your side and be careful."

Xiao Rui nodded, and quickly put away the safety talisman. Fortunately, Xiao Xiao gave him a sachet, otherwise there would be no place to put so many safety talismans.

"Qingqing is not in the capital to worship the Buddha for her mother, so she can't send you off. By the way, do you know which Buddhist temple Qingqing went to?" Liuying asked.

Xiao Rui was taken aback for a moment, he really didn't know, the last time Xiao Qingqing wrote to himself, he didn't specify what Buddhist temple it was, the last time he visited Ruyang Prince's Mansion, he asked, but Ruyang King's words were vague, a few words I took it, I didn’t think much about it at the time, but now I think about it, something is wrong!

Did Xiao Qingqing really go to worship Buddha for her mother?

It's a pity that Xiao Rui doesn't have time to investigate, let Jia Xu and Wei Zhongxian investigate secretly.

It was dusk when we left Champion Hou's Mansion.

Back at the palace, Xiao Yan had been waiting here for a long time. Among the several princes, he had the best relationship with him. He was naturally reluctant to leave Beijing.

The two drank until late at night, before Xiao Rui ordered Xiao Yan to be sent away, and told him to rest well, so that he didn't have to come to see him off tomorrow.

Xiao Yan said loudly, whoever wants to send you off, you escape to play alone, and you don't bring yourself!

Even though he said so, Xiao Yan's eyes were slightly red, and he solemnly warned Xiao Rui to pay attention to safety.