GBP Chapter 248 Telescope
Chapter 248 Telescope
Just as the old Taoist priest had said, Prince Jing and his family emerged from the palace peacefully two days later.
However, as soon as Prince Jing left the palace, memorials attacking him flooded the emperor's desk like hairs on a cow.
The emperor looked at the stack of memorials, half a foot high, and smiled sarcastically. He summoned his hidden guards and ordered them to expose all those people's past misdeeds. He wanted them to regret opposing him and colluding with the empress.
In the past two days, Li Xiaonuan has almost finished making the crude telescope. The craftsman from the imported goods shop helped her with the construction of the telescope.
"Wow, sister, this thing can see really far and very clearly. But if you look at it for too long, your eyes will hurt and you'll feel dizzy." Xiao Gang and Li Xiaonuan were testing the telescope together in the Star-Picking Pavilion in the villa.
"Try this one again. And that one, I'll have them thin it out a bit more." Li Xiaonuan handed over another pair.
"Sister, this one is good. It's clearer than the previous two, and it doesn't make my eyes dizzy. It's just that I can't see very far," Xiao Gang said with a sigh.
Li Xiaonuan wrote down Xiaogang's experiences one by one. Together with her previous personal experiences, she made a table.
After Li Xiaonuan had tried out all seven or eight pairs of binoculars, he pointed to two of them and said to Li Xiaonuan, "Sister, this one can see very far, so far that you can count the bricks and stones in the imperial city clearly. This one can see the clearest and people look very big, but it's closer and you can only see the square outside the imperial city."
Li Xiaonuan picked up the two pairs of binoculars and used the glue and paper she had prepared to label them.
"What about these few? Is there a problem with them?" Li Xiaonuan asked, pointing to the remaining paintings.
"This one shows the farthest, but it makes you dizzy. And this one, you can see clearly, but the people are distorted. It looks funny. As for these other ones, everything is blurry and broken." Xiao Gang told Li Xiaonuan one by one from memory.
After Li Xiaonuan finished writing, she smiled and said to Xiaogang, "Our Xiaogang is really amazing. He helped me a lot. Tell me, how should I thank you?"
Xiao Gang scratched his head sheepishly and said, "Then sister, give me these two mirrors. You said before that they were called telescopes."
“Yes, this is called a telescope. I can’t give you these two right now. In a few days, I’ll give you a pair of telescopes that can be adjusted.” Li Xiaonuan said while packing her things.
"Sister, are you serious?" Xiao Gang asked, looking up with his adorable round face as he helped.
Li Xiaonuan couldn't help but reach out and pinch Xiaogang's fair cheek, saying, "When have I ever lied to you? By the way, what do you need this telescope for?"
When Li Xiaonuan asked him this, Xiao Gang's eyes darted around for a moment before he said, "It's still that Sixth Miss. She's too annoying. I need to bring out something she's never seen before to put her in her place."
Hearing this, Li Xiaonuan smiled wryly. She reached out and pinched Xiaogang's cheeks, pulling them apart, and said, "You rascal, are you bullying people again? They just came to complain the other day, and you're already causing trouble again? Have you forgotten how your mother pulls your ears?"
Xiao Gang reached out and freed Li Xiaonuan's distorted cheeks, then pouted and said aggrievedly, "It's clearly her who bullied me, why don't you believe me? Humph, if she weren't Master's younger sister, I would have bullied her back. She wouldn't have had the chance to come here and complain."
It would have been better if this matter hadn't been brought up, because once it was, Li Xiaogang was filled with resentment.
The first time Xiao Gang went to see Qi Ji in person, he almost tripped over a rope at the gate. If he hadn't quickly pulled one of the gatekeeper's men aside, he might be missing two front teeth now.
After that, Xiaogang suffered even more pranks. Walking on the street, he would accidentally step on a perfectly good paving stone and end up with a muddy mess. While eating, there was sand mixed into his rice. While drinking tea, there was rat droppings in his teacup. When he went to the outhouse, the door was locked from the outside.
Etc., etc……
"Sister, this must be what they call incompatible horoscopes," Xiao Gang said, staring blankly at Li Xiaonuan.
Li Xiaonuan couldn't help but burst out laughing. Xiao Gang's ordeal was just too hilarious.
Seeing Li Xiaonuan's gleeful expression, Xiaogang pouted again and complained, "Sis, are you so happy to see me being bullied? I'm clearly your own brother."
Li Xiaonuan struggled to stop laughing, then gently squeezed Xiaogang's chubby face into a ball before saying, "You're the one who's bullying people, what's there to feel wronged about? Can't a girl come to me to complain when she's been wronged? You're such a petty, vindictive person."
Indeed, after being tripped, Xiao Gang seized the opportunity to pull the two people holding the rope out. The other two weren't so lucky; they fell flat on their faces. This made the young girl furious.
Not to mention, Xiao Gang kindly went up to them and asked, "Why are you having a tug-of-war at the entrance? What if you accidentally knock out a tooth here and the guests see it?"
The little girl was speechless at those words, glared at Xiao Gang, stomped her foot, turned around and ran away.
That time when he stepped in the mud, Xiao Gang went directly to the flower field that belonged to the little girl and used the peony branches that had lost all their leaves to scrape the mud.
After thinking about it, he felt he was still at a loss, so he casually tossed a half-dead earthworm hanging in the mud onto the little girl who was watching the commotion angrily from the side.
That time when he found sand in his food, Xiao Gang didn't actually retaliate against the girl. He just deliberately bit down hard, injuring his teeth so that Qi Ji could take a look at it himself.
As for what punishment the girl suffered afterward, that was not within Xiao Gang's consideration.
And then there was the time there was rat droppings in the tea; Xiaogang was even more innocent then. He'd been tricked so many times that he'd learned his lesson. So he was extremely careful when eating and walking.
Therefore, Xiao Gang simply switched the two cups of tea when someone wasn't looking.
Seeing Xiaogang drink the tea without hesitation, the little girl couldn't help but burst into laughter. After laughing, she picked up the teacup and drank it herself. It was clear that the little girl hadn't eaten anything for two whole days.
And the time Xiaogang was locked in the outhouse, he wasn't so obedient as to wait for someone to rescue him. He climbed out of the outhouse, ignored the lock that was always hanging there, and ran away.
That day, the servants queuing up to use the latrine almost demolished it.
In the end, it seems that a boy named Xishun came out and admitted his mistake.
And there's more...
In short, Xiaogang didn't suffer any loss. But the young girl kept reaping the consequences of her own actions, which made him angry.
Therefore, the day before yesterday, the little girl couldn't take it anymore and ran angrily to the other courtyard to complain.
To soothe the little girl's wounded heart, Li Xiaonuan gave her a pink crystal fox that she had specially commissioned from an imported goods shop.
What were you guys playing just now?
Suddenly, a voice came from behind the siblings. They exchanged a glance and turned to look at the middle-aged man.
That man was the scholar who had come with the old Taoist priest that day. Now that he's back, who knows what business he has this time?
"We're playing something really fun." Xiao Gang reverted to his simple-minded demeanor.
Li Xiaonuan smiled slightly, looking at Prince Jing and Wei Yu who followed. She was very curious as to why they had come together today.