Zhao Xu put down the pen in his hand and rubbed his wrist, feeling slightly sore.

The "Sutra on Prolonging Life" has more than a thousand words more than the Sutra on Eliminating Disasters.

And he was too young and had little strength, so he could only write for a while and rest for a while.

However, I finally finished copying this volume of "The Sutra of Extension of Life".

Seeing Zhao Xu put down his pen, Feng Jing, who had been standing beside him, immediately handed over a cup of honey water that he had boiled and soaked according to Zhao Xu's instructions.

Zhao Xu took a sip and moistened his throat.

In the new century, Zhao Xu was already obsessed with health preservation.

When I was in my twenties, I would soak wolfberry in a thermos cup every day. Even when I went to an archaeological site, I would bring a box of lozenges with me so I could take one when I had nothing to do.

Now, as a teenager again, Zhao Xu has also brought back the habit of keeping healthy.

If Bianjing was not in the north, there would be no lemons. Zhao Xu wanted to ask Feng Jing to find some lemons to make water.

After drinking the honey water, Zhao Xu looked at the sun outside and asked, "What time is it now?"

"Your Highness asked, what time is it now?" Feng Jing turned his head and looked at the corner outside the sleeping screen. There was a device placed on the fourth step of the stairs, with a female official standing guard next to it.

When the female official heard this, she quickly knelt down, looked at the copper pot in front of her, and then replied: "Reporting to your highness, it is now two and a half hours after Shenshi!"

Feng Jing bent down and repeated to Zhao Xu: "Your Highness, it is now Shenshi quarter and a half..."

Zhao Xu's eyes were in a trance on the device, and then he remembered, what was that device?

It was a clock in the Tang and Song dynasties. It was driven by water power and used the scale in the copper pot at the bottom to keep track of the specific time.

Considered a pioneer of mechanical clocks, the one placed in Zhao Xu's dormitory should be the latest model. It was developed in the fifth year of Yuanfeng by Ouyang Xiu's son Ouyang Fa.

The notch of this model has subdivided the scale, dividing each hour into four quarters, and each hour also has the function of telling the time.

However, this engraving is far from reaching the pinnacle of contemporary technology.

In Zhao Xu's previous life, when Su Song promoted the Taishi Bureau, he organized and mobilized hundreds of skilled craftsmen from multiple departments, including the Taishi Bureau and the Capital Water Supervision, to build a palace in the imperial city.

A huge thing that can be called a spectacle.

Yuanyou Water Movement Instrument is later known as the Huntian Water Movement Instrument.

This instrument not only realizes the automatic time telling function, but also is accurate to the minute. At the same time, it also has astronomical demonstration and observation functions.

In the new century, Zhao Xu also saw a replica of the Huntian Water Movement Instrument made by Su Song in the museum.

According to the explanation in the museum: This is the earliest and most advanced mechanical clock in the world, hundreds of years ahead of the West.

At that time, Zhao Xu was quite proud after hearing the introduction, but when he went back and thought about it, he felt quite sad.

Because the Huntian Water Movement Instrument was brutally dismantled by the Jin soldiers after Jingkang, it has since become a swan song.

Since then, for hundreds of years, no one has studied or advanced it.

Even the manufacturing technology has been completely lost, and imitation has become a luxury.

Who is to blame?

Blame Zhao Ji?

Blame Wanyan Gou?

Strange golden soldiers?

It seems that everything can be blamed, and it seems that it can't be blamed at all.

After Zhao Xu returned from the museum, he tossed and turned on the hotel bed and thought about it all night. Finally, he finally figured out who should be blamed.

Blame him!

Live too little and die too young.

As long as he can live for two more years and survive to the Queen, will Zhao Ji get his turn in that position? No!

Can Zhao Ji become emperor?

No way! I don’t have the ability!

Everyone Zhang Dun knew - Prince Duan could not rule the world because he was frivolous.

Can Queen Xiang not know?

knew!

But among Zhao Xu's brothers, apart from Zhao Ji, the one who is qualified to take over the imperial throne is Zhao Xu's compatriot brother Zhao Si.

As for the relationship between Zhao Xu and Empress Xiang during his lifetime, we cannot say that mother and son were on good terms, but they could only be described as strangers.

Therefore, out of consideration for her own status, Empress Xiang will never make Zhao Xu's sibling again!

If Zhao Si is not established, Zhao Ji is the only option.

Even if I hold my nose, I have to stand upright.

"In this life, I will strive to live to an old age and be on par with the future Qianlong!"

"Go to bed early and get up early, and get enough rest!"

"As long as I live, I can change everything!" Zhao Xu murmured softly.

Seeing that Zhao Xu was absent-minded, Feng Jing could only raise his voice a little and respectfully report to Zhao Xu again: "Your Highness, it is now two and a half quarters of Shenshi!"

Zhao Xu came back to his senses and nodded. He calculated in his mind that it was about 4:15. In less than an hour, Bianjing will usher in night in early spring, and the palace gate will be locked.

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Then he and Feng Jing told him: "Feng Jing, please help me pack the "Life Extension Sutra" carefully, and I will go for a walk outside the palace!"

Then he led the people out of the dormitory and came to the garden in front of Qingning Palace.

Qingning Palace is said to be a palace, but in fact it is not big. There are only a few palaces in total, and two courtyards at the front and back. There are many ministers in Tokyo, and the places they live in are bigger and better than the Qingning Palace where Zhao Xu lives.

There is a reason for this.

Qingning Palace was built after Yingmiao was moved from Pu Residence to the palace and was enthroned in front of the prince. It was rebuilt from the old official residence of the Imperial City Division under the edict of Renmiao.

As for the relationship between Renmiao and Yingmiao, it is well known that we can only say that they are not familiar with each other!

As an adoptive father, Renmiao cared very little about Yingmiao. Even before his death, he did not really regard Yingmiao as his son. He only said, "My surname is Zhao Sike." The implication is: If you hadn't forced me to

I was asked to adopt an adopted son, but I actually didn’t want to adopt him at all!

Even if Yingmiao was given the gift of an imperial heir, he would be taken into the palace.

For banquets in the palace, the seats in the British Temple are also arranged behind the ministers.

Naturally, don’t think that Renmiao will arrange a good place for Yingmiao, let alone that someone will take care of it and repair it.

It is said that at that time, the throne of the prince was simply cleaned up, the plaque of the Imperial City Division was removed, and the plaque of the prince's throne was replaced.

Many palaces are simply covered with spider webs, and even the pillars have been eaten away by termites.

As an adopted son, Yingmiao also has a resolute character, with a clear distinction between grievances and grudges.

After he ascended the throne, he even refused to attend the funeral ceremony in Renmiao, pretending to be sick.

Later, a controversy arose, directly challenging the etiquette and law. The angry Ci Sheng once thought of deposing the Ying Temple.

In the end, Han Qi came forward to make peace, and because of Zhao Xu's father, Ci Shengcai and Yingmiao made peace on the surface.

Naturally, it was impossible to repair, reconstruct, or expand the prince's throne while Yingmiao was in power.

He just wished he could preserve everything here and let his descendants see the Qingning Palace and know the humiliation he had suffered.

Being able to issue an edict to change the name to 'Qingning Palace' in accordance with the customary practice is already a sign of respect for the royal tradition.

The real change in this place happened last year, when Zhao Xu's father felt that his health was getting worse and worse, so he issued an edict to rebuild Qingning Palace.

This gave rise to the current appearance of Qingning Palace.

However, the layout and scale of Qingning Palace still maintain the same appearance as when the prince was a prince.

Walking in the garden of Qingning Palace, Zhao Xu stepped on the warm sunshine of early spring and smelled the revival of everything in the palace.

Zhao Xu's thoughts began to swirl.

He originally thought that he had already forgotten his life in Qingning Palace.

But now, Zhao Xu knows that he has not forgotten!

Those childhood days in Qingning Palace were just sealed in dust.

Now, walking in this garden again, everything feels so familiar.

He used to play here and laugh here.

He has an impression of every plant, tree, and pavilion here. He can even recall some fleeting glimpses and some childhood joys.

The days he lived here were the last happy days of his youth in his previous life.

"Yes... this is it!" Zhao Xu walked into a small pavilion, reached out and touched the carved patterns on the stone table and stone seats in the pavilion, recalling in his mind that his father once sat there

On the stone seat opposite him, he was led to meet a child prodigy who entered Beijing to take part in the boy examination.
To be continued...