Chapter 218
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Meton turned his head to look and saw a slightly familiar young girl in a palace dress pulling a dejected Li Zhi over. She bowed slightly to Meton.
"You don't dare?" Meton hurriedly dodged. To be able to call Li Zhi younger brother, it was naturally the princess.
"You are Li Zhi?"
The more Meton looked at the young girl in the palace dress in front of him, the more familiar he felt. Suddenly, he had a flash of insight. Wasn't this the Princess Changle that Li Chengqian had brought to the Mo Estate that day?
"That day, Changle used an alias! I hope Marquis Merton can forgive me! " Princess Changle said with a red face. After all, the princess who had undergone strict etiquette was exposed as a man dressed as a woman. She felt a little embarrassed.
The two of them tacitly did not mention the matter of Meton rescuing Changle's engagement. Although it was already a semi-public secret, it was still related to the royal family's face. It was better to treat it as if it had never happened.
Meton received the drawing returned by Princess Changle and cupped his hands. "Thank you for returning the drawing, Princess. I am very grateful."
"Marquis Merton, it won't be too late to thank me after looking at the drawing." Princess Changle's face brightened, as if she was a little embarrassed.
Meton was surprised. He stretched out his hand to open the swimming pool drawing and could not help but be slightly stunned. "This is not the Minister's draft."
On the draft paper, the scenes were almost exactly the same, but there were obvious traces of elegance. It was not Meton's original draft.
"Meton, your draft has long been changed by my royal sister!" Li Zhi looked at Modun with disdain. Modun did not seem to have any sense of repentance. His eyes were full of contempt.
Princess Changle giggled and said, "Marquis Merton's new painting technique is famous in Chang 'an. I can't help but want to collect one. Marquis Merton wouldn't be stingy with a painting, would he?"
Meton looked at the painting in his hand and couldn't help but marvel at Princess Changle's painting skills. She had almost completely restored his painting. He sighed with emotion and said, "The Princess's painting skills are superb. It is the Minister's honor to have taken a fancy to his painting."
"Then can Marquis Merton be a good person to the end and sign this painting again?" Princess Changle smiled slyly and took out the original drawing of the swimming pool from the back of a palace maid behind her, as well as a quill pen.
Only then did Meton realize that he had fallen into her trap. He laughed bitterly. Princess Changle had long been prepared. She had even thought of the details of Meton's writing with a quill.
He could only accept his fate and pick up the quill pen. He bowed his head and signed his name on the quill pen.
Princess Changle picked up the drawing as if she had found a treasure. She couldn't help but smile as she looked at the lifelike swimming pool.
"What makes our Princess Changle so happy?" Li Chengqian held the little loli Princess Jinyang's hand and asked loudly.
"Sister Changle!"
Princess Jinyang immediately ran to Princess Changle's side and looked intimate.
"Brother Crown Prince, Sister Changle bullied me!" Li Zhi also seemed to have found a savior. He grabbed Li Chengqian's clothes and poured out everything that Princess Changle had done.
"Brother Jiu and Meton are so stupid?" Princess Jinyang smiled and mocked Li Zhi and Meton with a smug face.
Li Chengqian was also overjoyed and said, "Brother Mo, please forgive her. My sister is naughty."
"Your Highness is too polite. It's just a drawing. It's not worth a penny." Meton waved his hand and said.
"Marquis Merton is too modest! If this drawing were to be leaked, people would buy it even if it was worth a thousand gold. "Princess Changle returned to her maiden nature in front of her brother and sister and said excitedly.
Meton was the creator of the new drawing technique. He was famous in the drawing circle of Chang 'an City. Except for the 24 meritorious people of Lingyan Pavilion, only Miss Gongsun's portrait was circulated outside. Especially Meton's drawing of the murderer's appearance only based on the oral description of the witness. The new drawing technique had long been regarded as a divine skill. And Meton's drawing was worth a thousand gold, which was not false at all.
Li Zhi's face suddenly fell. This was originally stolen by him, but it was taken away by Changle.
"Oh! I didn't expect my drawing to be so valuable. If I could draw seven or eight drawings a day, I would make a lot of money every day. Then I wouldn't have to worry about the Mo's Village. "Meton mocked himself.
Princess Changle suddenly smiled.
"Brother Mo's drawing technique is amazing. Being expensive is just one of the reasons. The greater value of this drawing is the swimming pool in the drawing. This is the first swimming pool drawing in the world. Of course, it is worth a lot. Sister, you must put it away properly." Li Chengqian smiled.
"Don't worry, Brother Crown Prince!" Princess Changle smiled.
"This swimming pool, I heard Qin Huaiyu and the other two bragging about it. It is the ultimate enjoyment." Li Chengqian looked at the busy scene in front of him and then looked at Meton's drawing of the swimming pool and sighed.
Since ancient times, the ancient people's way of avoiding the summer heat was very simple. The emperor could go to a summer resort if he had the means. The high officials and nobles could only build a water house and pavilion. Ordinary people just went to the river to take a bath. However, Meton had done something different.
Swimming pool, caring for people, making ice, all of these were things that people had never heard of or thought of.
"The weather is hot. Everyone, you have worked hard. Come, give everyone some ice!" Li Chengqian suddenly remembered the purpose of this. Immediately, a few eunuchs carried a bucket of crushed ice and distributed it to the craftsmen.
With the method of making ice with saltpeter, the ice in the imperial palace became abundant. If it was in the past, the imperial family would not have enough ice, so why would they care about ordinary craftsmen?
"Thank you, Your Highness!" The craftsmen were overjoyed.
The method of making ice with saltpeter had not spread yet. Ice was still a rare thing in this era. Usually, it was the courtiers who enjoyed the treatment of being given ice. Ordinary craftsmen had never tasted ice in the summer.
The ice-cold ice melted in their mouths, and the cool liquid slid down their throats into their stomachs. Immediately, everyone shivered and the heat disappeared. The craftsmen immediately had an expression of extreme enjoyment.
"Brother Mo, please!" Li Chengqian extended his hand and invited.
Meton's treatment was naturally better than the ordinary craftsmen. The ice he was given was placed on a plate, and there were more than ten pieces.
"How do I eat this?"
Meton looked at the empty and transparent ice on the plate in astonishment. At the very least, there should be a piece of wood that could be made into a popsicle or something!
"It's very delicious," Li Zhi greedily reached out to grab an ice cube and slurped it with an expression of enjoyment.
"You guys are eating it like this?" Meton looked at Li Zhi, who was eating to his heart's content, and could not help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
"What else?" Li Chengqian asked in astonishment. Even Princess Changle was puzzled. Wasn't eating ice like this?
Soon after, the two of them suddenly realized that Meton was the person who created the world's most delicious dishes, stir-fried vegetables and cakes. They could not help but be stunned. Could it be that there were other ways to eat ice that they did not know?
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