"Well, in the competition for noble children, several nobles, including members of the royal family, will send their children to participate. Since the prince is still young, the royal family will send their children to participate in the competition. However, there are also many capable people."
"Uh, you want to participate?"
"Of course, this is a good opportunity for me to make a name for myself, and I can't let it go." Wan Tianyang vowed.
Ma Xiaoquan spread his hands: "Then you can participate. What can you tell me? I can't help you. Don't even think about cheating. It would be doubly embarrassing if someone knew about this kind of thing."
Wan Tianyang puffed up his chest and said: "I still have that confidence. I just want to ask you to help me find out who are the noble children participating."
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes: "Aren't you cheating too?"
Wan Tianyang shook his head: "Know yourself and your enemy and you will never be in danger. Even if I don't ask, others will definitely inquire privately. These are all unwritten rules. I have never been in the Wan family very much. After thinking about it, I think I can drag you to help.
help me."
"Don't come here. Your mother, Mrs. Jin, is from the Jin family. Wouldn't it be easy for you to ask her to help you find out the names of the contestants from the Jin family?"
"But I don't know about the royal family. Princess Ye is your aunt. Are you easier to find out than me?" Wan Tianyang said.
"Okay, I guess even if I try to evade it, it still won't work. Then I'll ask my aunt. What do you plan to do with the other nobles?"
Wan Tianyang said shamelessly: "Isn't it you? You can help me find out too."
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes heavily, stretched out his hand and said: "Bring the benefits~"
Wan Tianyang grinned: "Didn't you say that your court officials do not accept bribes?"
Ma Xiaoquan was also a bachelor: "I accepted your benefits, and at worst I donated them all. If the court scolds me, I can say that I won't have any salary for a few months at most. Anyway, I still have my aunt and your mother to give me money to spend."
"I...Wan Shanhe, you are such a scoundrel..."
...
Wan Tianyang was very generous and gave Ma Xiaoquan a hundred gold beads. If these gold beads were given to an ordinary family of four, they could live in Heishui City for twenty years without worrying about food and drink.
With the hundred gold beads given by Wan Tianyang, Ma Xiaoquan naturally couldn't take them all by himself. Since he wanted to help him find out information about other noble children, it would definitely cost money.
The best place to find out news is the palace, and the place where news is often spread is in the imperial dining room.
During the days when Ma Xiaoquan became a court official, the continuous banquets allowed him to mingle with the cooks and maids in the imperial kitchen. If there was any trouble in the palace, these people would like to talk to Ma Xiaoquan.
When I came to the imperial dining room, I happened to meet two palace maids whispering. Seeing Ma Xiaoquan coming, the two of them stepped forward and said with a smile: "Prince Shanhe, a competition for noble children is about to be held. Are you here to supervise the work again?"
,whee......"
The two palace maids were both pretty good-looking, young and well-developed. Ma Xiaoquan pinched the butt of one of the palace maids very familiarly and said with a smile: "You little goblin, this
I haven’t seen my little butt for a few days, and it’s become perky again…”
"Ah, Prince Shanhe, you are really annoying~" The palace maid gave Ma Xiaoquan a cute look and took his arm. Although the little girl is not old, she doesn't seem to care about the relationship between men and women. Ma Xiaoquan can feel it.
, this girl's breasts have been pressed against his arms, and the softness is very obvious.
"Uh~~" Ma Xiaoquan deliberately broke away from the entanglement of the palace maid, reached out and pinched her cheek, and said, "Okay, I have something to ask you. If you answer well, I will reward you heavily."
The palace maid curled her little lips and pressed forward again unwillingly.
"Prince Shanhe, why are you so out of touch? Didn't we have a good time before? We have been missing for so many days. Have you forgotten our past a year ago?" the palace maid said coquettishly.
Ma Xiaoquan frowned, thinking that was the Wanshanhe from before, and I am Ma Xiaoquan.
"Hey, I haven't forgotten, but you also know that there is a huge difference in status between you and me. I am still a member of the imperial court, and I have no freedom. I am also doing it for your own good. I will tell the internal manager and let you go out and find it.
Marry into a good family."
The palace maid sighed. Although she felt unwilling to do so, what Prince Shanhe said was indeed true. With her status, it was indeed impossible for her to have any consequences with Prince Shanhe.
"Okay~~" The palace maid nodded a little disappointed.
Ma Xiaoquan hugged the palace maid and comforted her: "Okay, I have something to ask you... Go and find out for me now..."
...
At night, Ma Xiaoquan informed Wan Tianyang of the information he had collected.
"Shanhe, I knew you had this ability..." After hearing the news about Ma Xiaoquan, Wan Tianyang was very happy and kept nodding his head to praise him, "Fortunately, you are now a member of the imperial court, otherwise
I really don’t have much confidence in the competition for the head of the Wan family~"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows and said deliberately: "I can also resign, and then I will become a member of the Wan family again~"
"You~~" Wan Tianyang became a little anxious upon hearing this, "How could you do this~"
Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands, smiled and said: "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Even if I resign, the king will not allow it. I am considered the princess's son, but I am really a heir apparent~"
Wan Tianyang patted his chest and exhaled: "You scared me to death~"
Ma Xiaoquan put away his smile, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked: "Speaking of which, are you sure about participating in this competition for noble children?"
Wan Tianyang frowned and shook his head: "To be honest, I'm not sure~"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "I'm not sure. It's useless for you to ask me to help you find out other people's information. To make iron, you need to be tough. If you don't have any skills to show, how can you compete with others?"
Wan Tianyang nodded and said: "It's not that I'm completely unprepared, it's just that in every Noble Disciple Competition, everyone's works are different..."
Ma Xiaoquan actually didn't know much about the Noble Children Competition, but in front of Wan Tianyang, he had to understand that Wan Tianyang had never participated in the Noble Children Competition before, but Wan Shanhe had participated in two.
"Well, what work have you prepared?" Ma Xiaoquan asked.
Wan Tianyang didn't want to hide it from Ma Xiaoquan. He took out a small box and said: "This is a small mechanism box. The design inside is very exquisite..."
"What is this for? It's not for killing people, right?" Ma Xiaoquan asked with a frown.
"No, no, this is actually a rouge box. Look, open it like this..." Wan Tianyang said, gently tapping the side wall of the small box, and with two clicks, the box opened automatically.
, then slowly unfolded, and then unfolded into the shape of a flower.
Wan Tianyang said: "This box is called the 'Show Girl Box'. This is a good thing that I have been researching with great concentration these days. Do you think that if I give this box to Hong Fei, will I get the favor from the King?"
Award?"
Ma Xiaoquan picked up the show girl box, looked at it carefully for a while, then put it down, nodded and praised: "Wan Tianyang, I didn't expect your hands to be so skillful? You can make such a delicate box..."
....”
Wan Tianyang chuckled and said: "Shanhe, maybe you don't pay much attention to our Wanjia's business. In fact, in addition to the traditional old businesses, our Wanjia's business owner has been planning to expand business channels."
"Oh? What kind of broadening method?"
Wan Tianyang said: "Actually, our Wan family has a group of skilled craftsmen. I didn't make this box, but they followed the pattern I designed."
Ma Xiaoquan clicked his tongue and said: "The person who can see your drawings and make them is also amazing."
"So, this is also the reason why I am away from home a lot of time~"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head: "But I see that the head of the family doesn't seem to have anything special about you? Is it possible that you are just pretending?"
"It's not that..." Wan Tianyang sighed, "In fact, Wan Shitao and the others also know about this matter of our Wan family, and everyone is involved."
"So, maybe Wan Shitao and the others also have this thing you took out this time?"
"That's not true. The master of the house has my drawings. Wan Shitao and the others are other people. It's just that we don't know what each other is. Besides, Wan Shitao is not interested in such small things. He likes those kinds of things.
Big things, like the kind of tube that can be used to wash clothes without people moving..."
"I'll go~" Ma Xiaoquan's eyes widened and he thought, isn't this a washing machine? Wan Shitao is so ambitious that he actually wants to build a washing machine?
Wan Tianyang said with a smile: "This is also the reason why our Heiqing Kingdom is so powerful. When the current king was still the prince, he has been working hard to develop this kind of technology of ours. By the way, the king also gave us this kind of technology.
I gave it a name, what is it, oh, by the way, 'Technology', that is, 'Technology', the King said, 'Technology changes the world', well, that's what he said."
Ma Xiaoquan lowered his head and smiled bitterly in his heart. It seemed that Yang Jie, the king of the Black and Green Kingdom, was indeed a time traveler. Regardless of whether he was a time traveler or not, at least he brought advanced ideas that only modern people have, and moreover,
What impressed Ma Xiaoquan was that under the current production conditions and environment, the Black and Green King had come up with a lot of "technology".
Looking at the beauty box in Wan Tianyang's hand, Ma Xiaoquan sighed, thinking that even if this box was placed in modern society, it would be difficult to make it so exquisite. Even if it existed, it would probably be an expensive and exquisite gift.
