Qin Bingrong also praised: "Zhang Tunjian is indeed smart. If this printing technology succeeds, it will be a great thing for scholars all over the world."

Zhang Hulan said modestly, "Your Majesty, Empress, and Lord Qin are all too kind. I don't have any other abilities. I just like to think about things. I can only provide an idea. We need to find professionals to do the specifics."

Emperor Yongxing laughed loudly: "Haha, haha..., it's rare to have ideas. If everyone can be like you, then there will be no worries about the prosperity of Yongning Kingdom..."

Qin Bingrong said: "Your Majesty is right. If everyone in the world can be like Zhang Tunjian, Yongning Kingdom will surely prosper."

Qin Bingrong looked at Zhang Hulan with an even more different look in his eyes. Zhang Hulan gave him a completely different impression from other women.

Other women can be described with words like being good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting, well-educated, graceful and elegant, but he doesn't know what words to use to describe Zhang Hulan. The more Qin Bingrong looks at Zhang Hulan, the more curious he becomes. What kind of woman is she?

Qin Bingrong then bowed to Emperor Yongxing and said, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave now. I have to go study this character model."

Emperor Yongxing said with a smile: "My dear Qin, you are my Prime Minister, why do you like to do the work of the Minister of Works so much?"

Zhang Hulan also thought so. These should be the work of the Minister of Industry...

Emperor Yongxing waved his hand, "You all go."

Qin Bingrong bowed and left. When he left, he said to Zhang Hulan, "Zhang Tunjian, if there are any problems with making the font, I will go find Zhang Tunjian again."

"good!"

Qin Bingrong left, and Zhang Hulan bowed to Emperor Yongxing and said, "Your Majesty, the New Year is coming soon. I want to go back to my hometown to visit my parents, so I would like to ask for leave and go back home early."

Emperor Yongxing nodded, "I agree, you just need to arrange things well."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

It was already mid-afternoon when Zhang Hulan came out of the palace. She did not go back to the village but went straight home.

After a few days, it was time to rest from grazing, and Zhang Hulan invited Xie Bangwen and his family to a restaurant for dinner.

Zhang Xinyue came back one day and heard that Zhang Xiaojun was going to have a blind date, so she asked Dao and Daoxu to join in the fun that day.

When Mrs. Xie Bangwen saw the group of children in Zhang Hulan's family, she couldn't stop smiling. No matter who you are, you will like to see so many children in the family. The family must be prosperous.

Zhang Xiaobing and Shanzi felt familiar with Brother Xie Xiaoman when they saw him. Zhang Xiaobing said, "I seem to have seen you in the academy. Are you also studying in Donglin Academy?"

Xie Xiaofeng nodded, "Yes, I have seen you too."

Zhang Xiaobing said, "If anyone in the academy bullies you in the future, tell me my name and I will protect you. If I can't protect you, I will ask the prince to protect you."

Xie Xiaofeng's mouth twitched. He was already an adult, but when a child of a few years old asked him to protect him, how could he respond?

Xie Bangwen had never seen Daohe before. Only after Zhang Xiaobing said this did he realize that the person in front of him was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Xie Bangwen didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would come, which made him even more certain that Zhang Hulan and the Crown Prince had an extremely good relationship.

Neither party mentioned the blind date, they just had a meal and chatted.

The next day, Xie Bangwen gave a favorable reply, saying that he was willing to marry into the Zhang family.

Zhang Hulan said that after the New Year she would call Zhang Xiaojun's parents to Beijing and then formally propose marriage.

…

Time flies and it is already the middle of the twelfth lunar month. Zhang Hulan is already preparing to go home.

He bought a lot of food and clothes, some for the Zhang family, as well as for Zhao Guoliang and several families with whom he had a good relationship.

Zhang Hulan asked Zhang Xinyue whether she wanted to go home with her for the New Year or stay in Beijing. Zhang Xinyue said she would go find Dao and discuss it with them.

Zhang Xinyue found Daohe and Daoxu and asked them whether they would celebrate the New Year in Beijing or go to their home with her mother.

Daohe said, "I would like to go to your house to celebrate the New Year, but my father probably won't agree. So you want to go back to celebrate the New Year?"

Zhang Xinyue said: "Of course I want to go home for the New Year, my grandparents are in my hometown, I want to go back and see them.

And Master must have returned to Zi Yang Temple. I want to go back and wish Master a happy New Year.

Why don't you go ask your father if he will let you go home with us for the New Year."

Daohe nodded, "Okay, I'll go ask my father."

Daohe immediately went to Emperor Yongxing and said, "Father, Father, I want to go to Aunt Zhang's house to celebrate the New Year with her family."

Emperor Yongxing smiled and asked, "Don't you want to spend the New Year with your father?"

Daohe said: "I do. But Master is at Ziyang Temple, so I have to go and wish you a happy new year."

Emperor Yongxing looked at Daohe with a smile, "Do you want to spend the New Year with Daoning, or do you want to go and pay New Year's greetings to your master?"

Daohe replied: “Both.”

Emperor Yongxing asked, "Do you really want to go?"

Dao He nodded, "Yes, I do. I feel comfortable at Aunt Zhang's house. Zhang Xiaobing and the others treat me as a friend, unlike other people who just try to curry favor with me."

Emperor Yongxing thought for a moment, then said, "You go back first, and I will give you an answer tomorrow, okay?"

"Okay, father!"

After Daohe left, Emperor Yongxing had Lord Wang called into the palace and asked, "Lord Wang, I heard that your family built a house in Changning County. Is it finished?"

Lord Wang replied, "It has been completed. It was built by Xingren for the retirement of an old minister."

Emperor Yongxing nodded and said, "Okay, I will go to your new house to celebrate the New Year this year. I haven't been out for a long time, so I'd like to take a look at how my people are doing now."

Lord Wang was startled, but he didn't ask any more questions. He immediately said, "I will go and make arrangements right away. When does the emperor plan to leave?"

“How long does it take to get past that?”

Lord Wang replied, "Under normal circumstances, it usually takes seven days to travel. If you hurry, five days will be enough. But if the emperor is traveling, it will take ten days."

Emperor Yongxing said: "Then I will arrange the affairs of the court in the next few days, and we will set out on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month."

After leaving the palace, Old Marquis Wang immediately asked Ye Hongling to set off for Changning County to make arrangements. The new house had just been built, and there was no new stuff in the house yet, so they had to buy it quickly.

Emperor Yongxing then told the empress the news that he was going to Changning County and asked her to go with him.

Emperor Yongxing called Qin Bingrong and Duke Wu Bangtai of Wei together and prepared to hand over the affairs of the court to them.

Duke Wei said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, I will go with you. I will go to protect Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongxing knew that if he did not agree, the old man would definitely run away secretly, so he simply agreed.

What surprised Emperor Yongxing was that Qin Bingrong also said that he wanted to go together.

Qin Bingrong cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, can I go with you?"