coobybook Chapter 667, Step by Step, Heart-Stopping
Chapter 667, Step by Step, Heart-Stopping
Yin Tang recounted the story without embellishment, telling it the truth, but as Lin Jiu listened, she felt as if she could visualize the scene in her mind.
Kangxi's little figure reached out: "Son, it's time for you to contribute your money and skills!"
Yinzhen, a lowly servant, was on the verge of tears, his face contorted with reluctance as he handed over the gold ingots and the technology.
Huh? Lin Jiu shook off the thoughts in her mind. It was all because Yin Tang was too specific, making her feel like she was talking about abstract concepts.
Yin Tang: "..." Is it my fault?
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浣衣局
The palace maids gathered in small groups, chattering amongst themselves.
"Have you heard? Something big happened in the Imperial Garden recently! The Emperor actually had the entire garden paved with something called 'cement'! And I heard it's a very flat and incredibly sturdy cement road! Even if you splash water on it, it won't leave any mud marks at all, it's absolutely spotless!"
"Yes, yes, I heard about it too! And what's more, His Majesty even installed transparent glass windows in Yikun Palace! Those windows are much brighter and clearer than the glazed tiles we usually see! What a blessing! Consort Yi must be overjoyed..."
"What nonsense are you all spouting here? Hurry up and get to work! If you delay things, see how I deal with you!" As soon as the head maid of the laundry department stepped into the room, she saw a group of young palace maids huddled together, whispering and chattering. Her face immediately turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.
"Yes..." Hearing the stern reprimand from the nanny, the young palace maids trembled with fear and scattered in all directions in a panic—after all, no one wanted to be punished by the nanny!
If we keep dawdling, we might really "get into trouble"!
Seeing the young palace maids disperse and return to their posts, quickly getting to their tasks, the old woman finally breathed a sigh of relief, but there was still no smile on her face.
Just as she was about to turn and leave, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure crouching in the corner out of the corner of her eye—it was Ruoxi!
At this moment, Ruoxi was standing there dumbfounded, staring straight ahead, seemingly lost in thought or deep in contemplation.
"What are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and start washing the clothes!" The old woman walked quickly to Ruoxi and shouted loudly with a stern face.
Ruoxi snapped out of her daze and mechanically began washing the clothes.
However, her mind had already wandered far away—the topic of cement and glass that the group of palace maids had been discussing kept echoing in her mind;
At the same time, she couldn't help but look down at her hands. Her once fair and delicate fingers were now red, swollen, and cracked, like two cooked carrots. They were completely different from her former slender hands!
Thinking of this, Ruoxi's eyes became more and more confused, and she wondered to herself: How did she let herself fall to such a state?
She clearly remembered that the Fourth Prince had once shown her some affection!
But why did he suddenly become such a different person, turning his back on me and being so cold and ruthless towards me?
(Lin Jiu: 666, you cursed someone's only legitimate son, and you expect him to let you off the hook because he's love-struck!)
Then she thought of the cement and glass, and the smallpox vaccine from before. Ruoxi was very sure that this was done by a time traveler. As a fellow time traveler, why not help her?
At this moment, Ruoxi's heart was filled with boundless resentment, resentment towards the Fourth Prince's ruthlessness, and resentment towards the "fellow villager's" indifference...