Ye Jingyu was holding a pot of blooming jasmine flowers.

She took excellent care of this flower; its petals were pure white as snow, crystal clear, and emitted a refreshing fragrance that was delightful to the senses.

"These are my favorite flowers, and the ones I've grown the best. I'm giving them to you, my brother." She handed the flowers to Ye Jingchen.

Ye Jingchen carefully took the pot of flowers. The jasmine petals were white without any blemishes, and if you brought them close, you could even smell their unique sweet fragrance.

"Thank you, Third Princess!" Ye Jingchen said, carefully placing the flowerpot on the windowsill where it could bask in the sunlight.

"Royal brother, what are we going to do today?" Ye Jingshu asked impatiently after Ye Jingchen finished collecting all the gifts.

"Once Xie Chang'an and the others arrive, let's go play in the village at the foot of the mountain together!" Ye Jingchen said.

As he went up the mountain, he saw a village at the foot of the western mountain, and the village was quite large.

He's been in this book for so long, yet he's never seen what the standard of living is like for ordinary people here!

The common people in the capital city don't count, after all, they live under the emperor's nose and are already much wealthier than the common people in other prefectures and counties of Dayuan!

Of course, the villages at the foot of Xishan Mountain don't really represent anything, after all, in a sense, they are still under the emperor's jurisdiction.

"Can we really go to the village to play?" Ye Jingyu asked excitedly.

He is interested in all things unknown.

"Father said that as long as we don't do anything dangerous, it's fine."

He will bring along the Eastern Palace Guards to provide overt protection.

He, Ye Jingshu, Ye Jingming, Ye Jingyu, and even Ye Jingyan all have their own bodyguards, and Xie Chang'an will also be accompanied by people, so going to the village should be foolproof.

Before long, Xie Chang'an and his group arrived, and none of them came empty-handed.

The gift Gu Beichen gave was a book—"The Book of Lu Ban".

Ye Jingchen's expression hardened when he saw the book title.

Master Lu Ban was very famous even in his own time. He was a master who combined the knowledge of Confucianism, Mohism, and Yin-Yang School, but he did not belong to any school of thought. This was absolutely unique during the period of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Master Lu Ban is a legend, but the second volume of "Lu Ban's Book" was banned in many dynasties.

Legend has it that the "Luban Book" has extremely strict requirements for learners. One must be missing one of the following in order to master it: "widow, widow, orphan, lonely, or disabled". Therefore, the "Luban Book" also has another name: "Missing One".

Of course, this claim needs to be verified and has no scientific basis; it only adds a mysterious touch to this extraordinary book.

When Ye Jingchen was young and studying ancient history, he was particularly interested in the history of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, especially the period of contention among the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Among the various schools of thought, his mental state was most aligned with Taoism. He admired the Taoist ideas of tranquility and non-action, valuing gentleness and stillness, emphasizing life over material possessions, and the balance of Yin and Yang, and he practiced these ideas.

This is the way of being a person.

As for how to conduct oneself in the world, he favored the philosophy of Guiguzi.

Guiguzi possessed five great wisdoms, and his wisdom remains applicable even thousands of years later.

One must be patient in the face of adversity; a lack of patience in small matters can ruin great plans.

Strike hard, hit the vitals, and leave no room for future trouble.

Afterwards, one must remain calm and composed. Even if things are successful, one should not be complacent and must always ensure that one remains invincible.

Desires lead to a scattered mind; a scattered mind weakens one's will; and a weakened will prevent one from achieving one's goals.

This means that if a person wants too many things, they will not be able to focus on doing one thing well, which will affect their confidence, shake their goals, and ultimately lead to failure.

Before transmigrating into the book, Ye Jingchen had only one goal: to be a lazy bum.

To this end, he taught his younger brother to be successful, while he himself lay flat and hugged his thighs.

Even after transmigrating into the book, his goal remains to be a lazy bum.

He used to be just an ordinary person, and it was easy for him to be lazy and unambitious; all he needed was a powerful figure to rely on.

Now that he is the Crown Prince, the entire Great Abyss is his responsibility. Therefore, he has to cultivate more powerful figures so that he can continue to be a lazy bum in the future.

His goal was clear from beginning to end, without wavering in the slightest.

The last point of the five wisdoms is that the strong focus on results and take action.

Powerful people don't care about the process; they only care about the result. They like to start directly from the practical problem and get straight to the point.

Besides Taoism and the Guigu School of Strategists, he was most interested in the Mohist School.

If the Mohist school's mechanical arts had not been interrupted, later generations—

There will still be wars in the future, but where will there be so many countries and so many races?

Perhaps it will truly be true that the poem says: Wherever the sun shines, it is all the land of my Chinese nation.

But this is only if...

Legend has it that the "Luban Book" contains the inheritance of the Mo family's mechanical arts.

"Are you really going to give me this book?" Ye Jingchen asked to confirm.

Do you know how precious this book is?

“No matter how precious a book is, it’s meaningless if others can’t understand it,” Gu Beichen said calmly.

"Moreover, although the book I am giving to Your Highness is a unique copy, I have already copied down all the contents of the book beforehand, and the copy is kept in my Gu family library. I hope Your Highness will not mind."

"I don't mind, I don't mind!" Ye Jingchen waved his hands repeatedly.

"You said you copied it once, did you understand it?" he asked curiously.

Gu Beichen is arguably the smartest person in the novel, without a doubt.

He achieved the highest honors in the imperial examinations at the age of eighteen, and as a child prodigy, he did not fall from grace as he grew up. Instead, he continued to maintain his legendary status and was revered as a god and saint by scholars throughout the land.

Gu Beichen shook his head and said, "I only know the basics."

"But I think His Highness the Crown Prince should be able to understand it."

He had always had a feeling that His Highness the Crown Prince was different from them; he possessed something that even 'wisdom' couldn't describe.

"You think too highly of me..." Ye Jingchen chuckled awkwardly.

He did not think that the "Luban Book" was a heretical book, but he agreed with the claim that it was "missing one aspect".

Because this book contains so much profound knowledge, anyone who can truly grasp it will study it for a lifetime.

To spend a lifetime studying a single book, wouldn't that seem like being possessed or obsessed to ordinary people?

Widow, widow, orphan, lonely, disabled—it's hard to say if all of these conditions will come true.

But if such a person really appeared, it would be a miracle for both himself and the entire Great Abyss.

It is a blessing for a person to be able to glimpse true knowledge and pursue the truth throughout their life.

If a wise person emerges in Dayuan who can pass on the "Luban Book," it will be a blessing for the entire Dayuan.

But Ye Jingchen knew he wasn't that wise man, because he was too lazy. Compared to his thirst for knowledge, he preferred to lie around like a lazy bum.

But things are varied and people are diverse. Just because he is unwilling doesn't mean others are unwilling. Perhaps someone will become completely engrossed in this book and unable to extricate themselves from it once they see it?

He hopes that such a person will appear.

But before that, we need to spread the book so that more people have the opportunity to see it.