Later, I became the prince of the group

The prince of Pingcheng County was just seven years old, just at the age when he couldn't sit still, he couldn't wait to go downstairs, looking at the shelves full of toys, he didn't know where to start.

Fortunately, a maid from the palace immediately came forward and introduced all the toys to him.

The little prince who didn't talk much at all was even more lacking in words.

Maid: "This set is made of building blocks. You can use them to make various shapes. Please look, my lord. These are a few objects built by our princess. They are chickens, palaces and boats."

Xiao Shizi: "Wow~"

"This is a mechanism bird, let this servant show it to you." The maid manipulated it with a sample for display.

Xiao Shizi: "Wow~"

"There is also a house model. You need to put it together yourself. After you put it together, it will look like this..."

Xiao Shizi: "Wow~"

Not to mention Xiao Shizi was surprised, even Liu Lin who was following behind was a little surprised, and even he became interested in the model.

The thing was exquisitely made, and it looked quite complicated. He knew that the Ministry of Industry had carpenters who specialized in making such models, and they usually restored the appearance of the entire capital city, but he didn't know that it could be used as a toy.

After all, the restoration models are glued together, and this toy model can be disassembled and reassembled!

After all the items for sale were introduced, the maid led the way into the courtyard.

There were some things they had never seen before in the yard, and the children all stared in surprise and asked what it was.

Xiao Ning, who had been waiting in the yard early, gave a blessing salute and said with a smile: "This servant is Xiao Ning, the eldest palace maid of the palace. I have met all the young masters, and I am willing to introduce you to the young masters. I am afraid that talking is not enough, but is there any one?" My little servant is willing to demonstrate."

The first batch of children who came here were all descendants of the clan. In other words, they were all related to Chu Yan by blood. Clan children either have the intention of being close, or enough to save face.

Because they came out to play, each child brought a small attendant, and most of the small attendants were about the same age as them, and two older ones were quickly found.

Xiao Ning first led them to play on the seesaw. There are wooden rabbit carvings carved on both ends of the seesaw. They are very cute and have handrails to prevent people from falling. The only disadvantage is that you have to wear pants to play this. Boys are fine, no To learn martial arts, you must learn at least a minimum, and girls are more troublesome.

The little nobles were startled when they saw one of them being lifted up high, but the two little attendants figured out the correct way to play after a while.

Then step on it to slide the wooden rollers, and the two little servants run quickly on the rollers while supporting the pillars erected horizontally on both sides.In order to reduce the friction between the wood, some gaps are left between the wooden pillars, but too many gaps will cause children's little feet to sink in, so the wooden pillars are also made relatively thin, only children can go up, and the weight of adults may It will break the wooden pillar.Moreover, limited by the use of only wood, the sides of the wood must be oiled before each play, and someone must be watching.

Fortunately, there are servants in every household, so just let the servants do it.

This thing has never been seen before.

Xiao Shizi immediately said, "Wow~"

This time, as soon as he made his voice, he found that someone was accompanying him and "wow".

Several cousins ​​looked at each other in blank dismay and checked their eyes, they were all children who didn't know each other.

Further on, there are combinations of single-plank bridges and suspension bridges, wooden piers to jump on, net ladders and wooden ladders, tall wooden horses, and small carts that can sit on them and paddle with their own legs or be pulled by others. Drill a hole in a tree, etc...

Among them, drilling tree holes is actually a kind of climbing ladder. Chu Yan originally wanted to make a long tunnel that can be drilled, but these noble families have more rules than one family, and children must not dare to climb up and down on the ground in front of others. , then changed it to a tree hole that goes up vertically, so that climbing the tree hole is equivalent to climbing a ladder, and when you reach the top, you can show your head. The rope hanging on the outside, stepped on the raised foothold to get down.

This group of children all put on airs of noble sons in front of outsiders, even though their eyes were full of curiosity and eagerness to try, they did not move.Until the window on the second floor behind him was opened, Chu Yan looked at the yard from above, and his voice was leisurely, but just for them to hear: "Don't be cautious, I invite you here, just to let you have a good time."

When the children heard him speak, they immediately seemed to have a backer - even if their parents knew about it when they went back, they would still have Wang An's words as an explanation.

They all moved towards the rollers.

They always feel that there is only the novelty of the scroll wheel, and the others are nothing special?

Carts and wooden horses?None of them have ever built a carriage, and they will learn to ride a horse in the future.

ladder?When naughty, I often climb trees.

Drawbridges and wooden piers?Isn't it just walking on it?

As a result, those who didn’t grab the roller had to play with their companions. It didn’t take long for the children to stop. The simplest seesaw wanted to sit on it forever.

Completely forget the disapproval just now.

At this time, Xinqing showed up again, said a few words to the accompanying family members, and invited them to sit in the house.

There are children and maids guarding outside, and the doors and windows of the east and north wing rooms are open, so you can see the outside at a glance when you sit inside, so they readily agreed.

After all, these children are young, and it is definitely not at ease to go out alone with only servants to accompany the family members, so they are all accompanied by their elder brothers.

Except for Liu Lin, the others were all sons of the clan. Fortunately, the ones who were free enough to accompany the children were either the bastards of the family or the playboys, so Liu Lin did not appear to be in an awkward position.

The five people divided into two tables, and while enjoying the refreshments prepared in the room, while chatting about the beauty of this pottery workshop, Chu Yan walked in with Liu Qi.

Some time ago Chu Yan was in confinement, and Emperor Chengxing hired him a troupe and actors, not just to find a clumsy excuse to cancel his confinement.

Chu Yan easily comprehended the hint of the emperor—he hoped that Chu Yan could behave like a dude, and at the same time he would act like he would unconditionally love his son.

As for Chu Yan's talents, he just needs to know them in private. In other words, Chu Yan's only backer can only be the emperor himself.

For Emperor Chengxing, this is a way to advance or retreat.

Jin, he didn't cut off Chu Yan's back path, and didn't really make Chu Yan ignorant. If he needs to use this son's talent in the future, he can be used at any time.At the same time, his unconditional love can ensure that Chu Yan will not be underestimated by anyone.

Even if he believes in the sincerity of this son now, if one day Chu Yan really has his mind on Datong, without the help of Emperor Chengxing, he will have no one to support him in the court, and everyone will think that he is difficult to do. Datong.

Chu Yan doesn't mind such an arrangement, he has no foundation, and his mother's family will only help Chu Rui instead of himself for the time being. It is too difficult to gain a firm foothold by winning over the courtiers. Instead, finding Emperor Chengxing as a backer is the current situation. The best choice, pretending to be ignorant, is also the safest way.

Right now, it is a good opportunity to show that I am ignorant and full of brains.

As soon as Liu Qi entered the room, he found a table and sat down carelessly. These tables were similar to chess tables. There were no chairs and only cushions. Liu Qi did not sit obediently on his knees, but instead sat with one leg crossed and the other stretched out , Leaning on the table.

He has spent a lot of time in the market these days, and he is not in front of those old friends who are embarrassing when they meet each other. He easily regained his dandy aura: "It's too boring to stay like this, Chang Xi, go get the chess .”

Boat chess, that is, flying chess, there are no airplanes in this world, so Chu Yan changed it into a boat. The route of boat chess is carved on a delicate thick wooden board, and the road is carved into water patterns on it. The original four colors are also used The words "river", "river", "lake" and "sea" were replaced.

When Liu Qi waited for the board to be lifted up, he said in a casual tone: "This ship chess is best played by four people to be interesting, why don't you two make a table together?"

Chu Yan looked at him from the side, feeling amused.

This little tone that doesn't take everything seriously is really unusually cute.

Chu Yan took advantage of the situation and said, "Second brother, come to try it?"

Liu Lin asked curiously, "I've never heard of chess before, where did it come from?"

Liu Qi laughed: "If you haven't heard of it, you're right. This is our Taolefang's own game."

Liu Lin became even more curious, and Dang even agreed.

One of the other four came to gather a table, Chu Yan explained the rules, and the four started a round.

After playing this, Liu Qi asked people to change the playing cards renamed "Flower Cards", the checkers that he had played alone with Chu Yan before, and the "General Version" military flag one by one.

When the military flags were finished playing, Liu Qi called out "Changxi" again, Liu Lin and the other young masters were all surprised.

and also?

So many gameplays are designed by the prince?

Where did the prince get these novel ideas?

But Chang Xi reminded: "Princess, lord, an hour has passed, and the five families in the next group are already waiting outside, look..."

Chu Yan pretended to know that it had been so long, and regretted: "Then let the five families wait a little while, and I will send the five young masters off first."

Then he got up.

The five people who were addicted to the game had no choice but to stand up. Except for Liu Lin who was not very interested in these things, and it could be seen that he was just trying to get closer with his younger brother, the other four looked like they still had something to say.

It's also strange, these four ways of playing are obviously not as good as Go, at most they are purely for killing time, but there is still a desire to continue playing.

The children in the yard were even more reluctant to leave, and Prince Pingcheng's eyes were red, and he grabbed the corner of Chu Yan's clothes.

Chu Yan looked down at him.

Xiao Shizi asked: "Brother An Wang, can I come again?"

Chu Yan said: "Tao Lefang is reserved for the children of aristocratic families and important ministers for five days. There are arrangements for each hour of the five days. After the five days, the yard will be open to children from ordinary families."

Xiao Shizi bit his nails and lowered his head.

His renter's father would definitely not allow him to mess with a bunch of unidentified children.

But Chu Yan said again: "However, the carpenter from Tao Lefang can come and make a set of the same toys for you, and collect the money."

Xiao Shizi's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

On the way back, every child bought a set of the toys in the shop today one by one. Some of them liked it very much. Because several birds had different shapes, they wanted to buy a few more. A child can only buy one, and then give up.

As for making toys at home, I have to go back and discuss with my elders.

Before leaving, the four young masters also secretly came to ask: "Your Highness, I wonder if the several chessboards just now can be sold?"

Chu Yan said: "There are only four sets of chessboards of each type, and they are all kept in the store for backup. If you want, you can come to the store to play, or you can customize it."

The four young masters all had a lot of private money in their hands, when they asked about the price, although a chessboard cost a few tens of taels of silver, it was not too expensive for them, so they decided on it very simply.

Liu Lin chatted with Chu Yan for a few more words, and was the last to leave.

This scene was also a bit dumbfounding. The younger brother who had been hurt since childhood was awkward and refused to speak, but Wang An, who thought he was not kind enough and feared he would bully Ah Qi, kept chatting politely with his uncle.

It wasn't until he was about to leave that Liu Qi stopped him: "Second brother, you don't need to pay for the chessboard you ordered, and I will send a chessboard back directly some other day."

Liu Lin turned his head and saw that Liu Qi avoided his gaze, his face really looked like he was expecting him to agree, and he had some realization, so he smiled and said: "Okay."

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Alas, I am in the wee hours again.