kingnovel Chapter 273 Trouble in the Family Mansion
Chapter 273 Trouble in the Family Mansion
Li Xiaonuan thought to herself, she now had two bargaining chips. She had already used the telescope to exchange for the lives of everyone in the Li family. But she could still use the bomb.
Therefore, to absolve the innocent Chu Xun'er and the second young master of the Chu family of their guilt, they would have to rely on the merits of those bombs.
However, those bombs are currently under the control of Prince Jing. If we want to use them as leverage, we'll have to trouble Prince Jing.
The cultivation and isolation of penicillin and streptomycin that Li Xiaonuan mentioned earlier have not yet been implemented.
Perhaps this could be used as a bargaining chip with Prince Jing.
Because of the discovery of the telescope, Li Xiaonuan thought of the microscope used to observe microorganisms in her previous life.
However, to manufacture a high-magnification microscope, the polishing and thickness of the lenses have extremely high standards and requirements.
At present, it is not impossible to make a rough microscope, but the conditions are still far from mature if we want a high-magnification microscope.
Currently, no one in Qisong can make glass products.
Metallurgy has a long history in China, but advanced metallurgical techniques were in the hands of Europeans.
This is why China has fallen behind others.
Perhaps it is because the Chinese people consider themselves the Celestial Empire, and other countries are all their subjects, that China has been destined to remain stagnant and closed off from the world.
The Confucian-dominated nation attempted to suppress those less learned nations through spiritual superiority.
But what's the result?
The various experiences of the late Qing Dynasty clearly reflect that a country that does not value developing its own industrial research will lag far behind others in national strength.
Of course, if we were to wait until that day, Li Xiaonuan in this life would probably have been dead for hundreds or thousands of years.
But if we can inspire the creativity and scientific research enthusiasm of our people now, perhaps many things will not have been invented by Europeans first.
In this way, Li Xiaonuan realized that the firing of glazed tiles and the smelting of glass can actually be integrated, can't they?
However, producing high-quality glass products requires extensive research and experience.
While crystal is a very good material for lenses, it is not as good as specially fired glass.
After all, crystal needs to be carefully polished to become a usable lens.
If there is even the slightest deviation during the process, the entire piece of crystal will essentially be rendered useless.
Of course, discarded crystal pieces have their uses. But no matter what, crystal pieces can't compare to something polished from a whole piece of crystal.
After thinking about all these things, Li Xiaonuan wrote down all her thoughts on paper.
A good memory is no match for a bad pen. If Li Xiaonuan forgets a certain point one day, she only needs to open the organized notebook to remember it again.
In the past few days, the capital city has basically stabilized. Therefore, Li Xiaonuan felt that the city should be quite safe.
Staying at other people's houses all the time can be inconvenient. Li Xiaonuan was thinking that she should rent a place outside for a few days.
But then she thought again that the Spring Festival was approaching, so Li Xiaonuan was in a hurry to get back to the village. Otherwise, Xiaoyang and the old lady would definitely be very sad and heartbroken in the village.
As for those plans, we'll have to wait until next year to consider them.
At present, her top priority is to save Chu Xun'er and the Second Young Master Chu's lives.
Thinking this, Li Xiaonuan picked up her pen and wrote a long letter to Xiaoyang.
After finally managing to organize her scattered thoughts into a rough outline, Li Xiaonuan heard someone speaking loudly in the courtyard.
Li Xiaonuan quickly put away the manuscript and went out to see what was going on.
The noise, at first glance, seemed to be a discussion, but upon closer listening, one could discern something else entirely.
The person speaking was clearly making an accusation. And the object of her accusation was her own family.
There's always trouble in a wealthy family; that's exactly the situation we're in now.
"Oh dear, I really don't know what treasures that country woman has. It's just a few bars of scented soap, I took them and that's it. We have scented soap in our own household too. I think it's much better than the one in that country woman's room. Our princess just gave it away like that."
"I wonder if that country woman learned it from us. I was thinking of just taking three or five yuan and then covering it up for her. Who would have thought that she would actually scold me for being a thief?"
"Everyone knows that their family is only able to live in our Prince's mansion because they are favored by the Prince. Yet they are still so ungrateful, causing trouble for the Prince every day. This old woman truly feels sorry for the Prince."
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Li Xiaonuan listened quietly behind the door for a long time before she finally understood what was going on.
It turned out that a young steward in the Prince's mansion saw the handmade soaps drying in Su's room, which were not yet fully ripe, and became envious, so she took them.
Of course, he was eventually caught red-handed by the Su family.
Another point is that the matriarch was very hostile towards their family. No, it should be said that she was extremely hostile.
What is the purpose of this?
Li Xiaonuan was completely baffled.
Furthermore, why did this steward mother choose to cause trouble in the courtyard where Li Xiaonuan lived, instead of elsewhere?
Did this stewardess think that she had some kind of affair with Prince Jing?
That's right. Since waking up yesterday, Li Xiaonuan has spoken with Prince Jing twice in private.
Each time, it was in the study in the outer courtyard of the Prince's mansion. That place was a forbidden area of the entire mansion.
Without Prince Jing's special permission, unauthorized persons could not easily enter that study.
From this perspective, it's quite reasonable that the people in this mansion misunderstood their relationship with Prince Jing.
However, since even the Princess Consort of Jing didn't come to test her, why should she, a mere stewardess, cause trouble?
Could it be that Princess Jing was behind all of this?
That's not the right way to think about it. Princess Consort Jing and Prince Jing have been getting along quite well these past few days.
Although their interaction was still a little awkward, it was clear that they were very close.
This morning, the little princess happily told Li Xiaonuan that she was going to have a younger brother.
Unable to figure it out, Li Xiaonuan pushed open the door and went out. She wanted to ask that steward what benefit that person could gain from making such a fuss about their family.
"Madam, you say my mother stole the secret recipe for scented soap from your manor, do you have any evidence?" Li Xiaonuan stood upright on the steps in front of the door and asked the old woman who was talking to a maid in the courtyard.
The manager, who had come prepared, was quite rude when she saw that Li Xiaonuan had opened the door as she wished.
“There is definitely evidence. You moved into our palace and that's how this scented soap was made. Isn't that evidence?”
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaonuan laughed. Who pushed such a fool out as a scapegoat?
Or perhaps this adorably clumsy old woman is a litmus test set up by someone?
“Mother, don’t you know that those scented soaps were already made by my mother when she was in the other courtyard?” Li Xiaonuan smiled so brightly that the old woman was dumbfounded.
"You stole our family's recipes when you were in the other courtyard," the old woman continued, still unaware of her mistake.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaonuan couldn't stop laughing. She then sent someone to fetch the young princess.
Li Xiaonuan wanted to see what these demons and monsters were trying to extract from her.
However, the courtyard was unusually quiet today. Li Xiaonuan called out to everyone, but no one came forward to answer.
Li Xiaonuan frowned, glanced at the head maid standing with the old woman, and immediately sensed something was wrong.