With glass, making a telescope becomes much easier.
The people at the research institute were also able to draw inferences from their experience, and Liu Yulian also joined in the research. After all, Liu Yulian had seen a telescope before, so she could offer some suggestions, which helped them develop the telescope faster.
The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Liu Yulian had a simple telescope made and sent to the palace.
When the emperor saw this crude version of the telescope, he tried it and thought it was very good.
"It's quite clear." The emperor hadn't thought glass could be used in this way. They'd just called it colored glaze before, and they used colored glaze to make other things, but not telescopes. "Is it just made of ordinary glass?"
"No," Liu Yulian shook her head. "The glass here is quite different. It's a special feature. I told them earlier that when they were researching glass, they were also researching telescope lenses. This lens isn't that easy to make."
If anyone could make a telescope out of ordinary glass, that would be amazing. Of course, there might be a master who can make something out of ordinary glass.
Liu Yulian said this to let the emperor know the difficulties involved, and that not everything is that simple.
"I see." The emperor nodded and thought, if it were just ordinary colored glass, it would be fine. If others just looked at two pieces of colored glass and rotated them, wouldn't they be able to see things in the distance?
The emperor thought that this research institute was very useful, and that it was a great gift for those people to produce such a thing before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Besides telescopes, there are also glasses," Liu Yulian said. "If you can't see clearly, or your glasses have a problem, you can wear glasses. Those people discovered this during their research, and some have even made glasses. However, the degree of blurriness in each person's eyes is different, so the glasses they make should also be different. They are still researching this."
Liu Yulian really thinks that ancient people were very smart and they knew how to research many things.
"Very good." The emperor had no idea how the telescope was made, nor did he know what else the glass could be used for. He just let them research it. "It's just right, Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, let them have a good time too."
The emperor had the glass research team rewarded. This glass was the first thing the research team had produced since the establishment of the institute. Of course, the emperor had to show some appreciation; he couldn't let them celebrate the New Year empty-handed.
Liu Yulian did not stay in the palace for long. She left the palace soon. When she entered the palace, she brought the main leader of the glass research team with her. The emperor wanted to know more, so he talked to the leader of the glass research team.
At the gate of the palace, Liu Yulian saw He Xiyuan.
"Come on." Liu Yulian skipped over. She didn't act too dignified. She was just an ordinary girl. "Where are we going to eat?"
He Xiyuan had previously told Liu Yulian that he would take her to a restaurant for dinner, saying that there was a newly opened restaurant.
"Let's go." He Xiyuan said. He was in a good mood and was able to spend more time with his beloved. "Get in the carriage."
He Xiyuan didn't ride a bicycle with Liu Yulian to the restaurant. After the bicycle came out, fewer girls in Beijing rode bicycles. Some girls didn't think riding a bicycle was unpresentable and just did it.
"Okay." Liu Yulian nodded. She also wanted to talk more with her fiancé and talk about love. She felt that she still liked He Xiyuan, a pure young man.
Liu Yulian had been busy with things or reading recently, and she hadn't eaten at a restaurant outside yet. She had spent so many years in the capital that she wasn't very familiar with it, mainly because she was always reading and didn't go out much.
Many girls in the capital are like that. Unlike the boys, they have fewer opportunities to go out.
"The things you bought before were also delicious." Liu Yulian thought of the time when they were still in the capital, when He Xiyuan would also buy things for her.
"You cook better." He Xiyuan said. When he and Liu Yanjing were in the military camp, Liu Yulian had sent food to them many times. "Your cooking skills are better now than before."
Liu Yulian used to cook some food, but it wasn't that delicious back then. After Liu Yulian went to the northwest, the food she cooked became much more delicious.
He Xiyuan thought that this must be because Liu Yulian cooked too much. In fact, it was because Liu Yulian awakened the memory of her previous life and activated the plug-in.
The cheat didn't require Liu Yulian to complete quests or capture anyone. The system didn't restrict Liu Yulian; she could use the space to grow things and sell them, bring things from outside in, and buy things from the system store.
The money Liu Yulian had previously recharged into the game was still there, otherwise, she wouldn't have had it so easy at the beginning.
"I can't possibly cook every day." Liu Yulian joked.
"You don't have to do it." He Xiyuan said. There was no way he would let Liu Yulian cook more.
"I've saved some money recently, I'll treat you." Liu Yulian patted her purse.
"That's fine." He Xiyuan thought that at worst he could give the money to Liu Yulian. Of course, his money should be used by his sweetheart, and his family does not need this little money from him.
He is going to get married in the future, so He Xiyuan said he needs to make more preparations.
At the Huo family, Uncle Huo looked at his wife coldly. He already knew that the eldest Mrs. Huo had taken her youngest daughter to the Marquis of Jingning's mansion to cause trouble. He also knew that the eldest Mrs. Huo had taken her youngest daughter to the patrol camp to find Liu Yanjing.
Is there something wrong with Mrs. Huo's brain? Her little daughter is from the Ouyang family, not Liu Yanjing's. Even if Mrs. Huo wanted Liu Yanjing to sympathize with her, it would not be like this.
"Didn't you try to enlighten her more? I told her and you about it when she came home before." Uncle Huo thought about the way those people looked at him. Those people thought he wanted to get close to the Jingning Marquis Mansion and wanted the people in the Jingning Marquis Mansion to help him again. Those people thought he was ridiculous.
Uncle Huo was ashamed. He had not gone to the Jingning Marquis's Mansion, but the eldest Huo had done all those things, and everyone thought it was allowed by Uncle Huo. The eldest Huo relied on the Marquis' Mansion. If the Marquis' Mansion was not behind her, how could she have done such a thing?
"She was slapped in the face by Princess Zhaoyang," Mrs. Huo said. "Her face is swollen."
"That's what she deserves!" Master Huo didn't think Princess Zhaoyang had done anything wrong. His own daughter was the one who approached first, so how could he blame Princess Zhaoyang? "Couldn't she just stay at her in-laws' house? Why did she go to the Marquis of Jingning's mansion?"
"Her son and daughter are over there, so it's no one else's fault," Mrs. Huo said. "If you ask me, the Liu family is also cruel. Yun'er and the others are a bit older now. Let's not talk about the younger one, just Yun'er. Yun'er should still remember our daughter, and he deserves to see his mother."
"Heh." Uncle Huo sneered.
"You know my daughter only gave birth to a girl, not a son," Mrs. Huo said. "Her stepson is totally unreliable. They don't even live under the same roof."
Mrs. Huo felt that her daughter was wronged. She didn't have a son, so what would she do in the future? Her daughter's health was not that good, so how could she get pregnant and have a child again?
"You don't care about our daughter, so how can I not care?" Mrs. Huo said, "If we leave, who will she rely on?"
Their son is also unreliable. Now that he is married, how could he care much about his sister?
Mrs. Huo thought that if Liu Qingyun had more contact with her, she would help her more.
"Since Princess Zhaoyang has given birth to a son, can Brother Yun still be the heir to the Marquis of Jingning's mansion?" Madam Huo continued, "If he doesn't rely on us, who can he rely on?"
When Master Huo heard this, he found it ridiculous. Princess Zhaoyang was a daughter of the royal family. It would be a simple matter for her son to want a title. Princess Zhaoyang was the adopted daughter of the imperial concubine, whose son was the crown prince. Princess Zhaoyang had no intention of staying in the Marquis of Jingning's mansion.
Your vision is too narrow!
Uncle Huo really felt that his wife had too narrow vision. No, it wasn't that his wife had too narrow vision, but that his wife only thought about their eldest daughter.
"We are unreliable." Uncle Huo said bluntly, "You should stop embarrassing yourself."
"How embarrassing is that?" Mrs. Huo didn't think so. "Don't you want to see your grandchildren?"
"No." Mr. Huo didn't want to see him. "I'm too embarrassed to see him."
“…” Mrs. Huo stared at Uncle Huo.
In the northwest, Su Qiuya thought about Liu Yanbo's upcoming exam for the scholar degree. She thought that if Liu Yanbo passed, they would go directly to Beijing. They could even celebrate the New Year in Beijing. If Liu Yanbo didn't pass, they would have to wait until next year.
"It's a festival." Su Qiuya said.
"Then prepare more dishes tomorrow." Aunt Qing didn't want to spend the New Year in the northwest again next year. "Wait until next year..."
"I'll celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing next year." Su Qiuya said, "If I'm lucky, I'll be able to return to Beijing by the end of the year."
"What do you mean by good luck? Your husband relies on his strength." Aunt Qing was dissatisfied with what Su Qiuya said.
Aunt Qing doesn't like Su Qiuya saying that Liu Yanbo relies on luck. Isn't that equivalent to saying that Liu Yanbo is not capable of passing the examination to become a scholar?
"Okay, rely on your strength." After Su Qiuya knew that Liu Yanbo was not that good, she no longer thought about whether Liu Yanbo could pass the exam. After keeping a normal mind, everything was fine.
"You say that, but you don't really mean it." Aunt Qing said.
Su Qiuya was too lazy to continue. If she continued, she might quarrel with Aunt Qing. That was not a good thing, and Liu Yanbo did not want the two of them to quarrel all the time.
"Not talking?" Aunt Qing felt very bored. Su Qiuya was always like this. "Forget it."
Qing Yi Niang thought about whether she should ask the third wife's family if they wanted to come to Beijing together. She thought it would be better if the third wife's family came with them. If only the second wife's family came, it would not bother the first wife's family.
In Shiyuan Village, Miss Lin San learned that a female corpse had appeared in the river in the neighboring village. Of course, the female corpse was not Miss Lin Si, and her clothes were different, but her body shape was similar.
Lin's father and mother initially thought the body was that of the fourth daughter, but when others came to identify her and their stories matched up, they were a little disappointed. If the body was their daughter, they could have gone to the Zhang family and said their daughter was dead, and they would never give them money.
Because the fourth girl had already left, the Lin family could not find anyone, and the marriage they had originally arranged for her could not continue. The widower refused to pay the Lin family immediately, insisting on paying when the fourth girl married, and initially gave half a tael of silver.
For the sake of this half tael of silver, Lin's father and mother agreed. On the day of Miss Lin's wedding, the widower would give her another two taels of silver.
Miss Lin Si ran away, and the man went to the Lin family to ask for half a tael of silver.
The Lin family had already used up half a tael of silver, and they couldn't come up with the remaining half. Miss Lin couldn't come up with the remaining half either, as she had already given the remaining silver to the Lin family. So Miss Lin came to Miss Lin San again.
"The matter of half a tael of silver is very simple for you." Miss Lin Da didn't dare to go to Zhang's house, so she only dared to go there when Miss Lin San was doing something outside.
Miss Lin San was speechless about Miss Lin Da, who always came over when she was washing clothes. Miss Lin San didn't want to chat with Miss Lin Da by the river, in case she wasn't paying attention and was pushed into the river by Miss Lin Da.
"It's easier for you." Miss Lin San said, "By the way, you and your daughter..."
“…” Miss Lin got a headache when she thought of her daughter.
The Lin family sold the third daughter, Lin, and wanted to marry the fourth daughter to a widower. The eldest daughter's in-laws were worried that Lin would pay attention to their daughter, so they took her daughter to be raised by the old lady.
This is not the fault of Miss Lin's in-laws. Miss Lin has never been so kind to her daughter. Miss Lin does not know how to care for her daughter at all. She even treats her daughter as a maid. She only cares about her son.
If you say that Miss Lin values her son, that's not entirely true. Miss Lin treats her younger brother better than her son.
"But don't worry, your mother-in-law is here," said Miss Lin San. "Don't come to me either, I can't help you. If you need money, go find something to sell in the mountains, even hunt a rabbit."
Miss Lin San thought that the Lin family only knew how to pamper that bastard brother and they only knew how to ask their daughter for money.
"You gave it this time, but you won't give it next time." Miss Lin said, "We won't look for you again. If you don't give it this time, that person might take my parents' lives."
"No." Miss Lin San said, "You've come to me so many times and I've always raised you. Otherwise, why don't you go pawn yourself off and give birth to a son? Then you can go back home. Don't you like having a son?"
It wasn't Miss Lin San who said this, but this kind of thing did happen in this area. Miss Lin Da was not bad looking and could give birth to another child, so Miss Lin Da could be a pawned wife.
There was a man like that in the next village before, and Lin's mother had been tempted. But unmarried girls couldn't go because they were more valuable, and Lin's mother wanted her daughter to bring more betrothal gifts.
Miss Lin San had long given up on the Lin family. She had seen through everything and there was no way she would bother with those things for these people.
"You..." Miss Lin was shocked, "Are you crazy?"
"Being a pawned wife is better than marrying a widower again. You can still go back to your husband's family." Miss Lin San knew all kinds of things. She wanted to get married early in order to avoid that fate.
Miss Lin Da thought Miss Lin San was crazy and there was no way she could do that.
When Miss Lin returned to the Lin family, her mother was crying and saying that the family didn't have that much money and that this was clearly a request for them to die.
Miss Lin was reluctant to let her parents die. She would go back to her husband's house and get only half a tael of silver, as there was always money at home.
In Beijing, after He Xiyuan and Liu Yulian had dinner at a restaurant, they went for a walk outside. They also went to a jewelry store together, and He Xiyuan asked the clerk to take out all the latest styles.
"Is there any you like?" He Xiyuan asked.
"Take a look." Liu Yulian said.
Just at this moment, Miss Qin San and Miss Qin Si came in.
The fourth Miss Qin is about to enter the Eastern Palace. Even though Mr. Qin doesn't want his daughter to enter the Eastern Palace, Mr. Qin Er finds a way to let the fourth Miss Qin go to the Eastern Palace, and Mr. Qin Da has no choice but to agree.
Miss Qin San saw Liu Yulian. She knew Princess Rongning, so how could she not know her? Miss Qin San had seen Liu Yulian before the Liu family was exiled.
But things are different now. Liu Yulian is not just a little girl, she is a princess and the director of the research institute.
Miss Qin Si didn't bother Liu Yulian. She didn't know what Liu Yulian looked like, but she knew she couldn't let Ren Xing go. She hadn't married into the East Palace yet, so she had to wait.
"Let's go somewhere else." Liu Yulian said. She recognized the Qin family.
Liu Yulian didn't want to have much contact with these people. She knew that the Qin family girl was going to marry into the Eastern Palace, so it would be better for her to avoid them. Now that she was here, should she give in to the Qin family girl or choose the jewelry herself? He Xiyuan was still by her side, so she had to maintain a good image.
"Okay." He Xiyuan had no objection.
Seeing this, Miss Qin San did not keep Princess Rongning. The Princess Rongning's family was doing big things, while Miss Qin Si wanted to marry into the Eastern Palace.
Miss Qin San knew her father's attitude. Master Qin didn't want the Qin family's daughter to enter the Eastern Palace at all, but her second uncle insisted on letting his daughter enter the Eastern Palace. When there are many people in a family, it is inevitable that there will be disagreements.
"Look, which one looks good?" Miss Qin Si didn't know what was going on. She didn't look at Liu Yulian, nor did she pay attention to the people who had stayed in the shop. She picked up a magnolia hairpin and looked over there. "Third sister, what do you think?"
"It's fine as long as you like it." Miss Qin San said. She didn't really want to go shopping with Miss Qin Si. She always felt that this cousin was not ambitious enough.
The Qin family is a family that thrives together and suffers together. Miss Qin Si is going to enter the Eastern Palace; this is an unchangeable reality, and Miss Qin San can only accept it.
"I don't know..." Miss Qin Si was wondering what the prince liked.
On the other side, Liu Yulian and He Xiyuan left this jewelry shop and went to another shop.
"How about this hairpin?" Liu Yulian asked. She was still wondering if this hairpin had too many tassels.
"I can wear it when I'm not in the mountains." He Xiyuan thought of Liu Yulian who sometimes went to the mountains. "But this one looks good. I'll buy something else when I go to the mountains."
He Xiyuan looked at the other jewelry on the table and also looked at the jade hairpin.
"Jade hairpins are expensive." Liu Yulian said subconsciously.
"It's not expensive." He Xiyuan didn't think it was expensive to buy a hairpin for his sweetheart.
"Can it be cheaper?" Liu Yulian looked at the waiter.
“…” He Xiyuan also looked at the waiter. He seemed to have forgotten that one can bargain when buying things.
They weren't using their status to threaten the guys, they were just bargaining normally.
Guy: I always feel like something is weird.
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