"Didn't you say that the imperial concubine and the queen look alike? Why can't I see it at all?"

The officials near Xiao Xiao were talking in a low voice, and they were discussing the people around the emperor.It turned out that this concubine Zhang was selected in the draft last month, but she was promoted from Chang Zai to imperial concubine within a month, which is simply unbelievable.It is a big taboo to favor the harem. The ministers once warned the emperor that the empress had passed away not long ago, but the emperor did not listen. He only said that the concubine Zhang was similar to the empress who passed away, so that he could show his affection to others.Later, when the ministers saw that even Prime Minister Rong didn't respond, they didn't dare to really remonstrate, so they gradually calmed down.

But today, the concubine Zhang was allowed to sit in the back seat!

After seeing the emperor's love for this man, the ministers began to mutter again, thinking whether they could still win over the new empress.It's a pity that someone said it was impossible at this time, because the queen heard that she was a distant relative of Concubine Lan Gui, and there was no one in the family for a long time. She's in the draft.

The ministers were dissatisfied when they heard this, the harem is controlled by two members of the Lan family, how can they insert their influence in the future?You must know that the power of the pillow wind is not ordinary, no one in this harem can share favor with the Lan family, what if the Lan family wants to deal with their family in the future?So they didn't like the new queen, from head to toe.

"How can she be as good as the Empress Rong?" Another minister sighed, and the sadness on his face seemed to be that the empress was a concubine like Daji, who would bring disaster to the country and the people. It’s fresh and pleasant, how can it compare to it? What a resemblance, I think it’s just that the emperor has changed his taste..."

"The Empress Dowager was like a peony flower before," the person who spoke earlier also nodded, agreeing very much, "Gorgeous but not vulgar, elegant and grand. But what is this concubine Zhang now? Gardenia is all about taller things." .”

Listening to the conversation between the two ministers, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but want to ask them about the origin of this concubine Zhang.It's a pity that even if the proctors are still performing and the emperor is still sitting on top, it is impossible for Xiao Xiao to make such an eye-catching move anyway.So Xiao Xiao stared at the face of Concubine Zhang and fell into deep thought, thinking whether Concubine Zhang was the person she knew.

"Amazing!"

An exclamation sounded, and Xiao Xiao turned her eyes back to the supervisors in the center of the hall, only to find that they had assembled the bird guns.

That's right, the show that Xiao Xiao wanted was the assembly and trial of the blunderbuss. This was the idea he came up with after watching the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry make the musket more than a month ago.Originally, the dinner was set for a comparison of knowledge between schools. In order not to lose face, Xiao Xiao invited many teachers to teach the mathematics supervisors; however, perhaps the emperor felt that this was a bit boring, but when he notified later, it was The Six Arts Competition was cancelled, but each academy was required to present a performance.Xiao Xiao thought about modern performances, but excluded them one by one, because he was just a modern standard otaku who couldn't sing, dance, or do magic tricks, and he was in a place without microphones, stereos, and all kinds of performances. era of modern musical instruments.It's not that Xiao Xiao never thought of writing some songs for the supervisors to sing, but singing in this era is based on songs and lyrics!Xu Song, Eason Chan, and Jay Chou's songs are basically at the level of children's jingles in this era. If he dared to sing it in front of the emperor, I am afraid that more than ten people in the math class would be finished.

The same goes for dancing.

Not to mention that Xiao Xiao doesn't know any street dance, even if he can, he dare not dance like this in front of the emperor.First of all, he can't make hip-hop music, Xiao Xiao can't match the accompaniment of guzheng and other musical instruments to "hum haha"; secondly, it has to do with aesthetics, modern people think hip-hop is very cool, but in the eyes of ancient people who can fly over walls, this hip-hop dance It's completely blind gestures.So Xiao Xiao passed this without even thinking about it, but considered the possibility of magic.

"You want to juggle?" Zheng Bai looked at Xiao Xiao speechlessly.

"It's not juggling, it's magic," Xiao Xiao tried to explain to Zheng Bai, "The simple ones on the street are called juggling, but mine is magic, which is much more advanced than juggling."

"Advanced tricks," Zheng Bai summed it up, and then poked Xiao Xiao's head hard with the brush in his hand, "I think you don't want this head anymore, and you actually ran in front of the emperor to do tricks!"

Xiao Xiao gave up explaining to him what magic is. He rubbed the place where he was poked, curled his lips and said, "Why not? I heard from Liu Ziming that there were a few jugglers in the pear garden, which shows that the emperor still likes to watch it." Well!"

Zheng Bai was so angry that his beard cocked up again: "What is the identity of the juggler, and what is your identity? A doctor from the Imperial College ran in front of the emperor to perform tricks. When you see it, will the emperor show mercy!"

"I actually wanted to use tricks to explain some physics concepts." Seeing that Zheng Baizhen was angry, Xiao Xiao didn't dare to talk back, and said her thoughts honestly, "After all, I teach physics. I thought about it for a while. It’s just that it’s closer to my profession.”

Zheng Bai sighed: "It's too young! You explain to the emperor? You mean to prove that the emperor doesn't know as much as you do in front of the civil and military courts? If the emperor asked, your explanation is correct; but the emperor didn't ask, you are like this If you do it, you will be punished with a stick, or beheaded if you are serious!"

Xiao Xiao was startled, and then a chill went up from the bottom of her feet, and her whole body became numb.He has been in modern times for a long time, and he has long been accustomed to the idea that leaders are also human beings who can make mistakes, and he has always been outspoken; but in this ancient time, how could he have thought that sometimes giving advice would lead to death?He couldn't help but think back to the day when he refused the emperor to go to the Ministry of Industry. Should he be thankful that the emperor was in a good mood that day?

"Dr. Xiao, what exactly are they holding?"

The two ministers at the table next to Xiao Xiao suddenly asked questions, which brought his thoughts back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.At this time, the supervisors had assembled their guns, and were waiting for the guards to bring them a target from the shooting range to show the emperor its power.Xiao Xiao smiled at the two, and seeing that the emperor didn't look at them, she said softly, "It's a bird gun, which is used to kill people."

kill?

The two ministers froze for a moment, then looked at Xiao Xiao suspiciously, thinking that this person was joking with them.How could something murderous appear in the hall so blatantly?It is simply too contemptuous of the guards!

Seeing the disbelief on the faces of the two, Xiao Xiao saw that the guards had already brought the target in, so she didn't continue to explain.Anyway, they'll know soon enough—

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...

The tables of some ministers in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were moved away, and the heavily armored target was placed in the center of the hall. Then the supervisors took the bird guns and walked to a place 100 meters away from the target.After several deafening gunshots, the ministers who were closer to the target were horrified to find that all the heavy armor had been blown out of holes, and the targets inside were also blown out of holes the size of fists, but they couldn't see any arrows when they looked inside. vector and the like.The emperor, who was leaning against Concubine Zhang, sat up straight at once, and then eagerly summoned the supervisors to present the bird guns.

"What is this?" The emperor stroked the blunderbuss excitedly, not even caring about the fruit that Concubine Zhang fed to his mouth.

"Back to the emperor, this is a bird gun, a kind of musket." Xiao Xiao replied respectfully while kneeling on the ground.

"A kind of musket?" The emperor narrowed his eyes, "Are there other muskets?"

"I heard that Changqing's shield array is extremely difficult to break, but Weichen and the Ministry of Industry have designed a weapon called a burst gun, which is shaped like a long bamboo tube and can shoot out flames three feet away. This bird gun is in the It has been improved on the basis of the musket, turning the fire into gunpowder, as long as it hits someone, it will explode in his body, and it will be blown out of the hole like this target." The emperor looked down at the bird gun. Talking, but who is taking the lead, the ministers knelt down and shouted "God bless Baiyu".It's a pity that the emperor didn't let them calm down, so the Hall of Supreme Harmony fell into a strange silence, and everyone couldn't help feeling uneasy.Since ancient times, the king's heart has been unpredictable, but who knows what the emperor thinks about this great event?

"Get up," the emperor finally said, and then handed the blunderbuss to the eunuch next to him, "You've done a good job, I want to reward you a lot."

The emperor said this to Xiao Xiao, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, but he thought in his heart that he had lost all the bones of modern people.But when he went back and saw the hundred taels of gold and white jade belt bestowed on him by the emperor, he would definitely not care about it, but——

"drink!"

Because the surprise brought by the firecrackers to the emperor was too great, the supervising students of mathematics were left behind to attend the palace banquet, and Xiao Xiao was even given alcohol by some unknown people.Although Xiao Xiao was reluctant to crush people to death at the first level, some people had to drink alcohol, so his vision gradually blurred.At this moment, Rong Qianqiu suddenly appeared beside Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Xiao felt vigilant, and was about to get up and leave, but was stopped by him:

"How do you drink like this? Where's Zheng Bai?"

Rong Qianqiu frowned, and carefully supported Xiao Xiao to walk outside the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, checking Xiao Xiao's face from time to time.Xiao Xiao couldn't control his legs after drinking more than a dozen glasses of wine, so he asked with his tongue out, "You...take me, take me out...what are you doing?"

"Sober up," Rong Qianqiu sighed, "If you stay in there any longer, I'm afraid you'll be paralyzed there. Come out and let the wind blow, and I'll ask the maid to bring you some hangover soup."

Xiao Xiao's mind was almost at a loss, so he said blankly: "Oh."

Rong Qianqiu put Xiao Xiao to sit on the stone steps outside, then turned around and went to look for the maid who brought the wine and food.Xiao Xiao felt the burning heat from her face taken away by the breeze, slowly closed her eyes, and dozed off after a while.However, it didn't take long for a court lady to wake him up with a bowl in her hand.

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