The emperor summoned someone, and they couldn't just give up just because they couldn't find him at home. The Lu family had to send someone to look for him. Since the Fourth Prince was calling for someone, they would naturally go to the Fourth Prince's house, so the Fourth Prince's wife quickly sent someone to look for him.

When the Fourth Prince heard that Bai Wanyi was summoned by the Emperor, he immediately let her go home. He returned to his residence and instructed the Fourth Prince's wife that if she was summoned by the Emperor and asked about it, she should say that she was putting on makeup with Bai Wanyi.

Although the Fourth Prince's wife was reluctant, she agreed. Husband and wife are one, and if anything happens to the Fourth Prince, she will not be much better off.

Bai Wanyi hurried into the palace carrying a makeup box and was taken all the way to the training ground. When she saw Qin Wan there, she could no longer hide her expression, especially since Qin Wan was standing next to the prince!

She pouted and reluctantly curtsied.

The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at Bai Wanyi, not letting her get up. He was still a little unhappy about what she had done in front of him last night.

What's more, Qin Wan knew to present good things to the emperor, but Bai Wanyi had such things but hid them and kept in close contact with the fourth brother in private. What was his intention?

After Bai Wanyi saluted, she kept waiting for someone to call her, but she heard no sound. She couldn't help but look around, and ended up seeing the telescope in Qin Wan's hand!

That's the telescope she made!

Bai Wanyi stood up, snatched the telescope away, pointed at her nose and cursed: "You plagiarist! You're a plagiarist, right? This is a telescope I made, and you dare to bring it to the emperor? My name is all over the inside of this telescope! Let's see how you can deny it this time!"

She pointed to the name engraved in a hidden corner of the telescope and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, did you see it this time? It was Qin Wan who plagiarized me!"

The emperor shook his head. This Bai family really only remembered to eat and not to be beaten.

Eunuch Zhang whispered to the side, "Madam Bai, you should address her as Princess Qin. His Majesty hasn't called her yet, so you should wait for him to call you, and then you should greet the Crown Prince and Princess Qin."

Bai Wanyi glanced at the emperor, and seeing his sullen expression, she felt a surge of fear in her heart. She could only reluctantly kneel down and greet him again: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, and Princess Qin."

The emperor then nodded and said, "Get up."

Qin Wan finally spoke up. "I never said I was the first to make this telescope. Why are you so anxious? It was only when Your Majesty saw it and asked about it that I said you made it."

Bai Wanyi looked at Qin Wan angrily. Was she so kind? Wouldn't she take the credit for such an achievement?

Bai Wanyi knew very well how useful telescopes were, especially in military affairs. She was afraid that Qin Wan would steal the credit again. Seeing Xie Qing also holding a telescope, she snatched it from Xie Qing and put her own in his hand: "You should take mine."

Then, after glancing at the telescope in her hand, she curled her lips in disdain: "It's just a copycat, the workmanship is shoddy!"

After Bai Wanyi finished complaining, he began to explain to the emperor the use and principle of the telescope, and then said:

"Her telescope isn't sophisticated enough. A more sophisticated one could clearly see the hairs on a person's face from a thousand miles away. If firearms could catch up, the range of this telescope would be enough to take the enemy's head from a thousand miles away. It's not just a legend."

"Even worse, two thousand meters, three thousand meters is possible."

Qin Wan and the others knew that the rice here was definitely not the rice they ate, but they also knew how far three thousand meters or two thousand meters of "rice" was. Compared with "a thousand miles away", it might be an even farther distance.

The emperor looked at Bai Wanyi with deep eyes: "Is this true?"

Bai Wanyi nodded proudly, "Of course it's real, but many of the parts aren't sophisticated enough yet, so I can't make them."

The emperor immediately clapped his hands and laughed: "Okay, you stay in the Ministry of Works and make this telescope for me."

Bai Wanyi was stunned for a moment, then he became happy again. Going to the Ministry of Works, wouldn't that mean becoming an official?

Her eyes sparkled. "What official position will your majesty give me? I'll be the first female official in the Great Zhou Dynasty, right?"

Bai Wanyi looked at Xie Qing excitedly again: "Your Highness, His Majesty wants me to be an official! I will be the first female official in the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

After saying this, she glanced at Qin Wan with a smug look. "So what if you're a county lady? It's just a nice-sounding title, and she, Bai Wanyi! She's going to be an official!"

Female officials who can attend court!

Xie Qing didn't even bother to look at her. This woman was so hopelessly stupid.

"Still wanting to be an official?" The emperor's eyes darkened, a murderous aura emanating from them. "Since you possess such a valuable gift, why don't you consider giving it to me, yet you're so close to the Fourth Prince? What are your intentions? Don't say you don't care about fame and fortune. Your actions yesterday have already revealed whether you despise them or not."

The emperor's pressure would make anyone feel weak in the knees and terrified.

Bai Wanyi was so frightened that she quickly explained, "It's not that I don't have any, it's just that the Fourth Prince's wife particularly likes the cosmetics made by Avril, so I did her makeup. If you don't believe me, just look at it."

Bai Wanyi took her makeup box and was about to open it, but someone kicked it away.

Bai Wanyi glared at Eunuch Zhang: "What are you doing?"

Eunuch Zhang said, "Anything presented to the Emperor must be inspected by a special person."

Bai Wanyi looked at the scattered lipstick, eye shadow and other things, shaking with anger. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "Weren't they all checked before entering the palace?"

Eunuch Zhang bowed his head and said, "The inspection outside is for inspection outside. It will be presented to the emperor and inspected again. The palace is strictly guarded. Do you think this is in your home?"

Even though Bai Wanyi was not convinced, she still had to endure it. She tried to restrain these things, but she just couldn't do it.

She threw away the lipstick and eyeshadow, looked up at the emperor, and instinctively began to cry, her tears streaming down her face. She felt extremely aggrieved. "I was originally here to do makeup for the Fourth Prince's wife. I have special makeup skills, and she asked me to teach the people around her. I've been in the Fourth Prince's mansion all this time. If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can summon the Fourth Prince's wife to question me. Why did you humiliate me like this?"

The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at Bai Wanyi. Unlike the cold and murderous look he had just shown, he showed no emotion at all. "Are you done?"

Bai Wanyi had tears on her face. She looked up at the emperor blankly. She didn't know what the emperor meant, nor did she know how to answer. She thought about it and nodded.

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Take her to the Ministry of Works. Have someone pass a message to the Marquis of Pingyang. Have someone send a few changes of clothes and a maid. Tell the Ministry of Works that if the telescope can't be made for the two or three thousand she said, don't let her go. By the way, ask her what that rice is."

The emperor thought he was still very considerate. After all, the Ministry of Works was full of men, and she was the only woman, so gossip was inevitable.

Eunuch Zhang said to Bai Wanyi, "Madam Bai, let's go."