The winter hunt was scheduled for ten days later. During this period, all the opinions and suggestions put forward by Chu Qiuze before were implemented.
The whole process was supervised by Lan An, and everything went on in an orderly manner.
The new edition of the textbooks has also begun to be revised. After all, the previous batch of textbooks were produced too hastily, so there are bound to be some imperfections.
This new edition of the textbook was revised by Chu Qiuze and scholars from the Hanlin Academy.
It perfectly combines the essence of ancient and modern cultural knowledge, and this version can be used for decades without any problem.
Now we are just waiting for teacher training and then school will start after the New Year.
In addition, the technical school mentioned by Chu Qiu Ze before has also started to be implemented. The first thing to do is to recruit craftsmen. This is not too difficult, as there are still many craftsmen in Da Han.
The difficulty is to get them to teach everyone their family skills.
As mentioned before, offering official positions and royal salaries can only attract a number of ordinary craftsmen. Truly good craftsmen do not care about fame and fortune. What they care more about is the inheritance of their craft.
This can't be rushed, we have to achieve some results first.
"My idol." The speaker was Chen Chuzhi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. Some time ago, he was asked by Lan An to recruit craftsmen, and today he had some free time to meet his idol.
"How are you doing recently?" Chen Chuzhi looked at the male god with a smile, "Have you achieved what you wanted in your heart?"
What was Chu Qiuze thinking? The most important thing now was the blue eucalyptus.
He nodded and said jokingly, "How about you call me princess instead?
"Princess, congratulations on getting what you wished for." Chen Chuzhi bowed respectfully, and seeing that their master was also smiling, he quickly added: "Congratulations to the prince as well, and I wish the two masters a long and happy marriage."
"Yeah!" Lan An nodded modestly.
Although using the word "concubine" is somewhat humiliating to Chu Qiuze as a man, he, Lan An, will only have this one wife in his life.
Chu Qiuze held back his laughter, feeling quite satisfied. He had always known that Chen Chuzhi was a very insightful person, and he also liked making friends with people like him.
Since you have changed your words, you still have to pay the fee for changing your words.
Moreover, when they were in Yugou County before, Chen Chuzhi had suffered a lot with them, and they were the ones who took care of the aftermath.
He thought about it carefully, and had no idea what his half brother's preferences were, so he decided to just ask him directly.
"Is there anything you want?" Chu Qiuze said, "Don't refuse. This is my compensation for you."
Lan Euan: “…” Are you so eager to become his princess?
Looking back on these days, no matter how busy Chu Qiu Ze was, he would always take time to go to the palace to play with Princess Anbei for a while, bring some snacks or toys to Anbei, and also bring some cosmetics and skin care products to his mother.
This seems to be the way of cultivating the relationship between mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and children before marriage.
Lan An thought that it was time to find time to talk to Chu Qiu Ze about proposing marriage.
Chen Chuzhi and Chu Qiuze didn't know that Lan An had come up with so much by himself. Chen Chuzhi and Chu Qiuze were chatting enthusiastically.
What he wanted was nothing but instant noodles, which he learned from Lu Ziye. He just took a bite from Lu Ziye's bowl and tasted it.
Astonished.
How can there be such delicious noodles in the world?
Chu Qiuze looked at Lan An and asked with his eyes: Haven’t you developed instant noodles yet?
Chu Qiuze had given the recipe for instant noodles to Lan An a long time ago, but Lan An had never implemented it.
Firstly, this kind of bread is difficult to preserve. Secondly, we have just experienced a drought this year and food is in short supply, so it is not suitable to make this kind of food that is difficult to preserve.
After listening to Lan An's explanation, Chu Qiu Ze understood.
It is winter now, and bread is particularly susceptible to moisture. Without airtight packaging, it is indeed difficult to preserve it.
Besides, we can’t make instant noodle ingredients here. If we just use noodles, the taste will be too different.
This matter needs to be considered in the long term, and we should wait until there is enough food.
Chu Qiuze ordered a takeaway for Chen Chuzhi, a whole box of instant noodles of their respective flavors, and as for the change of order fee, he couldn't be too stingy.
Chen Chuzhi was happy and excited to get so many instant noodles.
They thought to themselves, the male god has brought so many benefits to Dahan without asking for anything in return, and they don't know when he will completely return to the fairyland and never come back. Will he kidnap their prince?
Thinking of this, he asked cautiously and nervously: "My dear, how long will you stay in Dahan?"
Following Chen Chuzhi's question, Lan An's gaze was fixed on Chu Qiuze.
This is also the question he wants to know.
He and Chu Qiuze were going to get married and live a lifelong relationship, but he also wanted to know what Chu Qiuze was thinking.
Should I go to live in that world, or stay in Dahan?
Thinking back on this period of time, Chu Qiuze would always go home no matter how late he stayed every day. Was there no place in the Regent Palace that could keep him?
Will we be separated like this after we get married?
Chu Qiuze didn’t think so much. He had to go home every day because his brother checked on the post every night and almost moved in with him.
As if afraid that he would be bullied by a pig.
Anyway, Lan An was not in a hurry and was not prepared to compete with his brother in a battle of wits and courage.
Thinking about his long-term mission, Chu Qiuze clicked on the progress bar. The progress bar, which was originally at 10%, had only increased by 2% during this period.
Tsk, if we really want a peaceful and prosperous country, it will probably take decades to achieve.
"Let's wait until Dahan is peaceful and prosperous." Chu Qiuze's answer was ambiguous, "It's too early to say this now."
Thinking that it was probably because Chen Chuzhi, the fanboy, couldn't bear to leave him, he added, "If I want to leave, I will let you know in advance. Besides, my man is still here."
Chen Chuzhi was satisfied.
Lan An was also satisfied, especially the three seemingly rough words "my man", which directly pleased his heart.
As for after the marriage, if Chu Qiu Ze doesn't want to live in the palace, then he can just follow Chu Qiu Ze back to that world. Anyway, that world is indeed much more convenient than Da Han.
And he also has a strong interest in that world.
"Your Highness," the guard at the gate reported, "the lady-in-waiting from the palace has brought a brocade box."
Chen Chuzhi took it and then handed over the blue eucalyptus.
He looked at the exquisite box and guessed, "Prince, this must have been sent by the Concubine Dowager."
Lan An and Chu Qiu Ze looked at each other and had guesses in their minds.
A few days ago, Chu Qiu Ze mentioned the matter of having his mother-in-law fake her death and leave the palace. Lan An had also informed his mother by visiting Princess Anbei.
As for my mother's lover, he cried with excitement after the two of them showed up.
His family was originally in business, and he himself was once a scholar, but how could those three principles of ethics, propriety, justice, and integrity compare to the smiles and frowns of his beloved?
I had vowed long ago that I would never marry, but I never thought that hope would come to me at this age.
Even though his youth is gone, he still wants to take his sweetheart far away.
They had thought about eloping, but since it concerned the lives of two families, they did not dare to be the sinner or to implicate their families.
But now, with the message coming from his sweetheart's son, what else does he have to worry about?
The only thing he was worried about was that his sweetheart was unwilling to go with him.
So he immediately wrote a letter and asked his sweetheart's son to deliver it for him.
Although he couldn't understand why the son of his beloved was willing to let him elope with his mother, he could see that this prince, who was second only to the emperor, had a soft heart.
Thus, Lan An and Chu Qiu Ze became the carrier pigeons of the two.
When Concubine Wu first heard Lan An and Chu Qiu Ze tell him this, she almost lost her balance.
That's horrifying.
How could a son instigate his mother to remarry and cuckold his deceased father?
It's too outrageous.
But Concubine Wu's only thought over the years has been her son and that person.
But after all, her identity is here. How easy is it to leave the palace?
In the end, it was Chu Qiuze who told her about his plan, and Concubine Wu nodded reluctantly and said she would consider it.
She is not young anymore and has many things to worry about. She worries that if the truth is exposed, it will implicate her son and him. She also worries about her own aging and fading beauty.
What's more worrying is that she is a concubine. Even her son is so grown up now. Can that man really not care at all?
How much of the love from their youth is left now? Does that person miss her every day like she does?
As Chu Qiuze sent her letters every few days, he understood the affection between the lines.
After hesitating for so long, she finally wanted to take a gamble for the rest of her life, so today she sent someone to deliver the token they had agreed upon before.
Chu Qiuze had already told Concubine Wu about the plan in detail. Now the two sides need to keep each other informed and they should not meet too often to avoid arousing suspicion from others.
Therefore, Concubine Wu's first step is to pretend to be sick and spread the news. When everyone in the palace knows about it, she will then summon the imperial physician.
As for the method of pretending to be sick, Chu Qiu Ze also told her that the ancient Chinese medicine did not use any instruments to test, but relied on observation, auscultation, questioning and palpation. He had a way to make Concubine Wu's pulse weak and unable to find any specific problems, but she was still terminally ill.
As for Chu Qiuze and Lan An, what they need to do now is to prepare for the winter hunt.
The horse's hooves stepped on the withered grass in the countryside. Chu Qiu Ze sat in front of Lan An, letting Lan An hold him and gallop on the horse.
He likes the feeling of free flying.
Originally he wanted to ride the horse by himself, but the horses in ancient times were much stronger than modern horses, and his legs had not yet fully recovered to the level of a normal person, so it was indeed a bit dangerous for him to ride the horse by himself.
Fortunately, Lan Euan is a good horseman and his embrace is very warm.
Those who took part in the winter hunt were all sons of princes and nobles, or talented young men who were recognized by the nobles and were allowed to go along.
Chu Qiu Ze was amazed when he saw this group of people. There were elegant young men as well as former masters. This meant that all the good-looking men in the imperial city were gathered here.
Lan An felt a little jealous when he saw Chu Qiuze frequently looking back at the crowd behind him.
He gathered his cape and held Chu Qiuze in his arms, making sure that he couldn't look back. "What are you looking at?"
"Look at the handsome guy!" Chu Qiuze answered subconsciously, and then he felt the air around him become sour.
"Puchi~!" He couldn't help laughing out loud, and put his hand on Lan'an's hand holding the reins, "You are the most handsome. There is no man more handsome than you in the whole Dahan."
Lan An felt much calmer. He almost wanted to turn around and go home to hide Chu Qiu Ze.
There was a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds behind him, and Lan Euan loosened the reins and slowed down.
"Your Highness." The man behind caught up and looked at the two men with raised eyebrows, his eyes full of surprise.
"What is this?" Chu Qiu Ze forced his head to turn around and ask Lan An. He saw that this man was still wearing a peach-colored gown in the middle of winter, and his eyes and eyebrows were full of charm.
He was a little confused. Could this be Lan An's confidant?