Yuanying finally got what he wanted from Wei Zheng with the Emperor’s help. After that, the boy fully let go of himself. To enable his future wife to become an official, he shamelessly approached Li Jing to write her a recommendation.

The boy had no shame. He shamelessly used his connections to get his way and even wrote his own recommendation letter and told Li Jing to copy exactly.

Li Jing had a great relationship with the boy and wouldn’t say no to a favor. He followed exactly according to Yuanying’s wishes. After that, the boy took advantage and asked for 2 more – one for Wu Mei and one for Cheng Yang.

Li Jing had no choice but to let him take advantage of him. He wrote letters of recommendation for all 3 at once according to Yuanying’s wishes. He usually don’t get involve in such matters, but this time he used up all his recommendation qualifications at once.

Yuanying was touched and they had a meal together. After that, he took away Li Jing’s son’s family.

Li Dejian (Li Jing’s son) works at the East Palace and had not much experience outside of that. When Li Jing heard that His Majesty is allowing Prince Teng to build ships, he agreed to send Li Dejian as long as the Crown Prince agrees. Although he himself has problems with his legs and could not manage much, his son is young and he hopes that he can achieve something, rather than live a mediocre life.

After Yuanying left, Li Jing asked for warm wine and drank with his wife, Hong fu.

“Once this kid leaves, Chang’an will be much quieter.”

Yuanying has been creating commotion one after another since the day he was allowed to roam outside the Royal Palace. The library, the sunflower garden, Thousand Gold tea, Cuiwei Palace and Prince Teng Pavilion, every year is different and very lively.

Li Jing knows Yuanying better than others: “He will still make lots of noise in his fiefdom, it won’t be quiet.”

Hongfu felt the same but she was a little reluctant to see the boy leave: “That being said, it’s not easy to meet again after that.”

Although their family had many descendants, there are very few like Li Yuanying who is lively, cheerful and eloquent. Even though Li Yuanying didn’t visit very often, it’s a pity not to see him again.

“Anyway, we are not the most reluctant  to see him leave.” (Li Jing)

Hongfu laughed and poured half a glass of wine for Li Jing and half for herself. They agreed that this is the last glass of wine and no more.  Yes, they were reluctant to see him leave, what more the person who has been disturbed by him all his life.

Li Yuanying was not reluctant at all and ran around getting things done. He went to the Imperial Academy looking for Kong Yingda regarding the internship candidates as they were going to set off.

Kong Yingda saw him  jumping around like a wild horse, and thought that he will be lawless in his own fiefdom. He advised the boy with a stern face to be more stable. You’ll be going to your own land, so show some manners!

Since he will no longer be hearing Kong Yingda’s lectures in the future, Yuanying obediently nodded his head, indicating that he would be obedient and not make mistakes. He also told Kong Yingda to exercise well and keep his body and mind healthy. In two years, he will fix the road to Mount Tai, so teacher Kong need to have good legs to accompany the Emperor!

Kong Yingda warned sternly: “The common people’s lives aree not easy, don’t do things that waste money and labor!”

Yuanying nodded: “Of course, of course, if I do something bad and Old Wei takes Sister Shu away from me?”

He listened to the teachings earnestly, then in turn entrust Kong Yingda with important matters: “I won’t be able to come back often after this. My sister-in-law, the late emperor told me to take good care of my nephews and nieces. Now I’m leaving and can’t protect them anymore. You often visit the East Palace, so please encourage my eldest nephew more as his life is not easy. He lost his mother at the tender age of 8 and the Emperor has high expectations and always scolds him with a stern face. He has not heard a word of praise. I know you are strict and it’s not easy for you to praise others every day. Can you praise him once a month?”

Kong Yingda wonders where the boy got his confidence to say such things about “protecting his eldest nephew. This is the Crown Prince we’re talking about, does he need protection? Praise the Crown prince once a month? If he doesn’t do anything outstanding in that month, how can he praise him?

Kong Yingda gave the list with a fierce face, and told him to leave quickly and stop saying unrealistic things. If he had to praise the crown prince repeatedly, wouldn’t he become a flatterer?

Yuanying aswered unhappily: “How can it be flattery to praise Chengqian? I think he’s a great prince.” After working, what’s wrong with having hobbies? It’s not like he went out to cheat and harm the citizens!

Kong Yingda didn’t want to discuss further.

Yuanying left with a sigh and decided that he needs to invite his eldest nephew to his fiefdom to play and relax some day. He will feel better after playing!

With everyone gathered, Yuanying arranged carriages and boats to send the interns to Taiyuan.

It has been more than a year since Yuanying sent a dragon bone expert with Li Zhi’s entourage. Now good news is finally here: There’s dragon fossils in Taiyuan!

The smallest dragon bone in Taiyuan is only a few meters long, but the largest one is 20 meters. The bone structure looks quite different from that ones at Sunflower Garden. This means that he can product new dragon models. Since it will be an impossible task to transport such a large fossil back to Sunflower Garden, we will need to buy a farm nearby to store it while they wait for Li Yuanying to arrive.  

Yuanying had inform the system to put up a notice about a preview on his personal library, saying that two new types of dragon fossil have been unearthed. Although they are not complete skeletons, the key parts were found and the research value should be good.

This is the first time Yuanying use his preview function. The system taught him how to do it so that he can post the task himself. If the reservation number reaches a certain limit, he will get corresponding rewards, such as double points.

Most function in the Myriad Realm library will consume points. At critical moments, he might also have to rely on points to save his life. Yuanying naturally followed the instructions to send out activity notices.

After several rounds of adjustment in follower numbers, the number of visitors to Yuanying’s library has stabilized. They check in from time to time to see if there’s anything new available. As soon as the preview went live, experts from all walks of life immediately flocked to the site, eagerly waiting to see the dinosaur fossils in Taiyuan.

Yuanying generously paid for all travel expenses They made several stops to admire the scenery along the way, and finally arrived at Taiyuan in mid-July.

Along the way, Wu Mei and the others often rode on horses instead of inside carriages. They are getting used to the life of “living in the public eye”.

Li Zhi receive news of their arrival and waited at the city gates to greet them. He’s obviously looking forward to their arrival. The uncle and nephew pair had not seen each other for a long time, and when they met, they walked into the city side by side.

Yuanying sense that Taiyuan is prosperous and great. He first asked Li Zhi to help the interns settle in. This was within their plan so everything went rather smoothly.

Yuanying felt that Li Zhi has become more mature and stable since becoming a father. He followed him back to Prince Jin’s Mansion.

“Your princess gave birth to your child at such a young age, you must treat her well.”

“Of course.” Li Zhi is not a heartless and unfaithful person, even if he is, he can’t do so. Taiyuan is his wife’s family home. She’s from a prominent aristocratic family, famous with the locals. How can he act ruthlessly?

Yuanying went to visit Li Zhi’s fat little son.

 “He’s not fat? He is thin but still a cute little ball. A child should have more meat.”

Li Zhi was speechless, thinking that Yuanying and father had the same preferences. They both thought that having more meat equals to being cute and blessed.

“Didn’t you say that being too fat is bad and will give you various problems?” Li Zhi thought his son was quite handsome. Li Yuanying, on the other hand, took two glances and complained that there was not enough meat on him.

Yuanying thought so too. Being chubby is cute, but being thin has its advantages. After carrying Little Round Ball’s newborn brother last year, he’s now interested in babies. He held out his finger towards the baby for him to hold. He then carefully took the child and looked at him. Gradually, the baby became much cuter.  Just as he was about to praise him, he felt his hand getting hot!

This kid peed!

It’s summer so the baby was lightly dressed and he peed directly on Li Yuanying’s hand. It was hot and it dripped all over Yuanying’s clothes!

This little kid peed happily and showed a toothless smile.

Li Yuanying: “…”

Boys are indeed naughty!

Li Zhi was happy: “My son knows how to pick people. He doesn’t pee early or late, but only pee on your hand.”

Li Yuanying hurriedly returned the baby and left to change.

It was time for dinner, and Li Zhi prepared lots of local delicacies for Li Yuanying to taste. He ate a full meal, and took Li Zhi to the tower with a night view of Taiyuan and they talked about the grand plans for the future.

Finding out about all of Li Yuanying’s big plans, Li Zhi couldn’t help but worry about his money bag.

But Yuanying wasn’t worry, if there’s no money, he will just make money happen! Thinking about his many plans, Yuanying couldn’t sit still. The next morning, he followed a guide to search for dragon bones, and  was busy scanning several sets of it!

After the system’s identification and restoration process, Li Yuanying got the result: it’s not 2 dinosaurs but 3!

Not a big concern. Yuanying gave viewing authority for the 3 sets of dinosaur fossils and exchanged for 3 dragon drawings. He is ready to make money ! It’s time to give tourists something new!

Notes from the Author:

System: Is my presence very high in this chapter?

Note: China Dinosaur website said that there are indeed three type of dinosaurs in Taiyuan.