Chapter 107 Good Life, Deserve a Reward
"We will not participate in the Ninth Princess's first birthday banquet." Kang You took the opportunity to resign.
"Lord Kang, don't leave in a hurry. This hall was destroyed because of you, the high priest. Don't you deserve compensation?" Lu Yanshi would not miss this good opportunity.
Why should he pay for it himself when someone else can pay for it?
Kang You was so angry that his face turned blue. Da Xia had only destroyed a temple, but their high priest was almost dead.
But seeing that Lu Yanshi looked as if he would not leave unless he paid, Kang You had no choice but to agree to pay the compensation.
With so many people present as witnesses, Lu Yanshi was not afraid that he would default on his debt and he waved his hand and let them go.
It would be best if they shirk their debts, because then we will have a legitimate reason to beat them up.
…
Everyone went out of the temple with a nervous mood.
Fortunately, the sky is clear today and there is a gentle breeze, so it is comfortable to sit outside.
"I have prepared a gift for the princess, I hope you will like it." When the venue outside was set up, Qu Fufeng had changed his clothes and reappeared.
Lu Li stretched her neck and looked at him expectantly.
Qu Fufeng smiled slightly, and the sound of tinkling bells rang out.
They saw a man coming in riding a strange-looking thing, with a monkey standing behind it.
"What is this?"
"What's the monkey doing here?"
People were talking about it.
The man was riding a bicycle, and the monkey leaped onto his shoulders, then jumped up again, performing a 180-degree split in the air, and finally landed steadily on the bicycle.
When it fell, the red ribbon hanging on it also slipped off. The red ribbon danced in the wind, and on it was clearly written: Happy 1st birthday to Princess Nine.
"Wow! So amazing!" Several young princes and princesses couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
"Good job, it's a reward." Lu Li was very happy to see this. She was about to grab a small gold lock and throw it over, but she couldn't bear to do it and put it back silently. She changed it to an apple and threw it at the monkey.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" The monkey caught the apple, jumped off the bicycle and bowed to Lu Li.
The people on cyclists also stopped and knelt down to pay their respects to Lu Yanshi and Xia Shuyi.
"I pay my respects to the Emperor and Empress."
"No need to formality, please stand up." Lu Yanshi gestured to Xiao Xizi and rewarded him with a plate of silver.
The man performing the cycling show suddenly burst into laughter and thanked me repeatedly.
"My dear Qu, please tell me what this is." Lu Yanshi knew it a long time ago, but he pretended not to know to give Qu Fufeng a chance to show off.
"Your Majesty, this thing is called a bicycle." Qu Fufeng began to talk freely.
At that time, rubber was not available and the technology was not yet available to produce rubber tires. So he started by making wooden wheels, but wood was too prone to failure, so he switched to iron and found that after this modification, the wheels were almost the same as later bicycles.
It's just quite painful to ride, after all, it's so bumpy.
But Lu Yanshi didn't know that as long as he could make it, he could attend the Ninth Princess's first birthday banquet.
Qu Fufeng was complacent.
"Inspired by the bicycle, our Ministry of Industry has also developed a wheelchair." Qu Fufeng ordered someone to push the wheelchair up.
"This version still needs to be pushed manually. We are still researching the upgraded version, which will be launched soon. By then, even disabled people with physical disabilities will be able to control their wheelchairs and move around freely at home."
Hearing what Qu Fufeng said, those officials whose families had injured their legs and could not move became excited and all tried to get close to the Minister of Works Tang Zhuo.
Tang Zhuo had no words to express his pain.
Although he was the Minister of Industry, the research and development of these new departments were all controlled by Qu Fufeng.
Qu Fufeng's elder sister was one of the four concubines, and he himself was deeply favored by the emperor, so he didn't dare to find fault with him at all.
So in the face of those olive branches, Tang Zhuo did not dare to agree outright. He could only say that he would notify them as soon as he had this thing.
After showing off his new product, Lu Yanshi asked Qu Fufeng to take the man on the cyclist and the monkey away.
The next to appear is the giant panda in the cage.
It was the first time for many people to see a giant panda, and they immediately started talking about it.
"This is a ferocious beast I found in the land of Bashu. It's called the Iron-eating Beast. It's a birthday gift I gave to the Ninth Princess." Lu Yanshi was very proud.
"Xiaojiu, do you like this gift?"
"I like it!" Lu Li nodded heavily and struggled out of Lu Yanshi's arms.
"Yuanrunrun, come here." She shook her short legs and ran to the giant panda's cage.
Everyone took a breath of air. This was a ferocious beast. Wouldn't it be too dangerous for the Ninth Princess to rush over like that?
[Why don't you unlock the door and let me out first? ]
Yuanrunrun was very dissatisfied.
Outsiders couldn't understand what it was saying and thought its barking was a threat to Lu Li.
"The princess is in danger!" Helian Qian stood up in fear and wanted to rush over and carry her away.
Hlensar stopped him.
"Qian'er, don't be impulsive."
"But..." Helian Qian was very anxious.
Before he could finish his words, the giant panda was released by Lu Li.
Lu Li chuckled, and the giant panda resigned itself to its fate and lay on the ground. Lu Li climbed onto its back.
Everyone's jaw dropped once again.
"See, Emperor Xia regards this daughter as the apple of his eye. If he was not sure, why would he let the Ninth Princess take the risk?" Helian Sarri patiently explained to his grandson.
Helian Qian's face suddenly turned red.
Lu Li rode the giant panda in a circle in front of everyone.
There were some blind people who wanted to tease Yuangungun and reached out their hands, but Yuangungun bit their hands right through.
The scene was as bloody as it could be.
[Hey, hey, hey, didn’t we agree not to cause any trouble today? ]
Lu Li pulled its ears.
【Who asked him to provoke me? 】
Yuanyuanyuan hummed, then slowly nudged her to continue walking.
Lu Yanshi ordered his men to drive that scumbag out, and now no one dared to mess with Yuangungun anymore.
Lu Heng's eyes turned red with envy.
He wants to ride a round and round bike too!
So majestic!
"Ninth sister is so amazing." Lu Xuanyi looked at her eagerly.
Lu Qiongying even jumped up and waved at Lu Li.
"Ninth sister, can you let me ride for a while?"
Lu Qionghua directly covered her sister's mouth.
Why are you riding? It would be embarrassing if you fall off.
Lu Linlang also wanted to ride, but she didn't say it out loud.
Her mother had told her that if something didn't guarantee success, she shouldn't speak up.
She saw that this iron-eating beast listened to Ninth Sister, but it also had a bad temper. It definitely wouldn't want to be ridden by others in front of so many people.
Lu Linlang made up her mind. She would give the gold to her ninth sister in private and ask her ninth sister to take her for a ride secretly.
Sure enough, it just went around once and then stopped working.
【I’m tired, I want to go back. 】
[Don’t forget to give me ten strings of Tanghulu as promised!]
Yuangungun put Lu Li down, crawled back into the cage, and signaled the guards to take it back to the Beast Garden in a cart.
This operation left everyone present dumbfounded.
This Ninth Princess really seems to have something, she can even tame such a ferocious beast.