System: Suspicion!

Chapter 3

The house became quiet.

Yinreng glanced at the stains on the floor caused by the urine left by Aunt Lan when she was taken away, turned his face away in disgust, called someone to come in and clean up, and went to the study room himself.

I prepared the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, took out the Three Character Classic, and the system in my brain seemed particularly excited.

[Little prince! You finally started reading and practicing calligraphy! You have recovered from your illness for several days, you should have picked up your textbooks long ago. Study hard and make progress every day! You listen to me! Only by studying can a country become strong, and only by science and technology can a country become prosperous! I have shown you so many videos after the Qing Dynasty these days, have you seen them? If a country is not strong, it will be bullied! Do you want to see the Qing Dynasty decline step by step?]

[Little prince, I am not trying to scare you! If you don't become stronger, you will be abolished in the future! You will even be imprisoned until you die! Do you remember the scene you saw in your dream when you were sick? Your Khan Ama scolded you and locked you up. Your fourth brother became the emperor!]

The scene in the dream? Yinreng frowned. During his illness, he not only recovered his memories of his past life, but also had a dream. In the dream, Kangxi ordered him to be deposed as the crown prince and confined to the Xianyang Palace. At that time, Kangxi looked at him, and there was no kindness in his eyes, only disappointment and disgust, and he even pointed at his nose and scolded him for being born to kill his mother!

Such memories should not exist in either Yinreng in this life or Ren Jiashi in the previous life. But he dreamed about it and was puzzled for a long time. Who would have thought that it was the system's credit. So, his ability to recover the memory of his previous life may have been due to the stimulation of the system.

Born to be the unlucky mother! Yinreng's breathing became rapid.

Considering the six years of father-son relationship between him and Kangxi, he did not believe that Kangxi would treat him like this. But even if he did not mention the dream, according to the history he knew in his previous life, he was imprisoned and died after being established and abolished twice. In the information about this period, there are also the words "born to harm his mother".

Everything made him unwilling to believe it, but he couldn't help but hesitate and feel uneasy.

Yinreng was somewhat dazed. What happened between him and Kangxi in the decades that followed? Did he change, become absurd, and unwilling to be the crown prince for decades? Or did Kangxi change, and could not tolerate a young, strong and outstanding crown prince around? Or did they both change?

The system noticed that his heartbeat was quickening, and thought he was afraid, so it spoke to comfort him.

[Little prince, don't be afraid! Now you have me. I will help you! As long as you listen to me, study hard, and complete the task. I will give you science and technology, and let you use these things to transform the Qing Dynasty. If you become an irreplaceable existence that is vital to the development of the Qing Dynasty, no one can threaten your position. You will be a unique prince, and a unique emperor in the future!]

Yinreng pursed his lips and said, "But you said that the emperor is the most miserable social animal in the world. My fourth brother died of exhaustion on the throne!"

The system choked and regretted that it had said something too much. It stammered and changed its words:

[That's your fourth brother's stupidity! The body is the capital of revolution, nothing is more important than your own body. Don't worry, I will teach you what to do and won't let you suffer so much.]

Yinreng rolled his eyes and said, "But I don't want to memorize. Memorizing is so tiring!"

[Only those who endure the most hardships can become the best! Memorizing is tiring. But after you finish memorizing the Three Character Classic, you can get a blueprint for making a table clock. Table clock, the one in your room. Made in the West. Little prince, don't just think of it as a toy. Do you know how expensive this thing is outside? The worst and cheapest ones cost dozens of taels. Yours will cost at least two hundred taels or more.]

[Didn't you say that your Khan Ama worked hard for the country? As the crown prince, don't you want to share Khan Ama's worries? With the production drawings, you can produce many clocks, and sell them for money. Use it for the national treasury, and when disaster strikes, the people will no longer have to worry about food.]

Yinreng frowned: "Then why don't you just give us food?"

System: ...What a little brat! Why so many whys!

It didn't make a sound for a long time. Yinreng was flipping through the Three Character Classic from time to time, very unhappy: "I don't want to make a clock. Can you just give me food?"

[Hmm…that…]

"Oh! No! It seems that you are not as useful as you say. Then what do I need you for? I am so tired and don't want to read anymore."

The system was somewhat doubtful about life... Oh, no, it was doubtful about all life. Didn't they say that the abandoned prince was smart and diligent? After it bound to the host, it looked at the host's life in the past six years and found that he was indeed smart and diligent enough. That's right! But why did he become so strange after waking up from the illness? Not only did he keep arguing with it, but he also became so lazy?

Seeing that Yinreng had dropped the book and was about to go play again, the system quickly stopped him. This was the first time the little prince had a book after waking up for so many days, so he couldn't give up!

[Although I can't give you food directly, I have a hybrid rice breeding program. Do you understand hybrid rice? I know you don't. In short, you just need to understand that this is something that can double the grain output. If the people all plant this kind of rice, the whole country will have a bumper harvest. You, Khan Ama, will no longer have to worry about food in disaster years and food for war.]

Yinreng wanted to laugh, this was a bit exaggerated. But he looked innocent, "Really? So after I finish reciting the Three Character Classic, will you give me a training plan?"

[This…this…that…Three Character Classic is not enough. You should at least memorize the Four Books and Five Classics.]

Yinreng: ...

His face drooped again, and he put down the book he had just picked up. "The Four Books and Five Classics are so difficult! I won't read them anymore! I'm going to the Construction Department to see if they have made any new things!"

system:!!!

[Little Prince, please don't leave! This is really not okay!]

The system is about to cry!

[I have set the program. The hybrid rice breeding program is of high level, and you need to complete high-level tasks to get it. The task of reciting the Three Character Classic is too easy. If you don't like the clock, we can change it to something else. But we can only exchange it for you with rewards of the same or lower difficulty level as the task.]

Yinreng thought, this should be the truth. It seems that the system really can't do it.

Having basically said everything he wanted to say, Yinreng stopped teasing it, closed the book and began to recite the Three Character Classic, very fluently, without even a pause, and recited every word without a single mistake.

The system was shocked!

[Little prince, you… you actually memorized it all! You just flipped through it when you were talking to me just now, and you remembered it? Do you have a photographic memory?]

Yinreng shook his head: "No! I have already started to learn, and I have already learned the Three Character Classic."

Not only have I learned it in this life, I have also read it in my previous life. Of course, the most important point is that the Three Character Classic has few words.

System: ...It seems...It seems so! No! When we first bound it, what was the task it gave us? It was to ask the little prince to recite the Analects. But the little prince was completely unimpressed by its various benefits, ignored it, and always suspected that it had ulterior motives. He always argued with it.

The landing binding is random and cannot be changed at all. What can I do? I can only lower the requirements again and again. In this way, reciting the Analects inexplicably became reciting the Three Character Classic, and the little prince still disliked it for a long time.

The system was silent. It suspected that the little prince did it on purpose. But it had no evidence! So according to the procedure, the host completed the task and the reward should be given.

Just when the system was about to take out the blueprint for making the clock, Yinreng spoke up: "No blueprints, give me a bottle of fat house happy water!"

The system is a bit confused. There are actually people who don't want the clock blueprint but want the fat otaku happy water!

[No! The system cannot directly provide products, but only product recipes, design plans, production drawings, etc.]

Yinreng understood immediately. They don't produce water, they only teach others how to produce water. Yinreng felt a little regretful that he couldn't drink the fat house happy water. But he thought it was better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. So he said readily: "Then give me the recipe."

The system secretly thought that this person was picking up sesame seeds and throwing away watermelons, but then it thought again, he was only six years old, what did he know. Or it landed at the wrong time and the wrong person.

Wait a minute! The system suddenly had an idea and exclaimed, "How do you know about the fat otaku happy water?"

How could a six-year-old kid living in the Qing Dynasty know about carbonated drinks that became popular in later generations? This is not normal!

Just as Yinreng opened his mouth, before he could say anything, the system said:

[Don't try to fool me! I am a computer program with memory function. I remember that I didn't mention these things to you. The video I showed you only showed the end of the Qing Dynasty's defeat, nothing else, let alone this!]

Yinreng burst out laughing: "I didn't mean to lie to you! How can you be so silly and cute!"

[Bah! I am an intelligent AI robot with many functions, strong technology, large storage capacity, and self-awareness. I am awesome! You are stupid, and your whole family is stupid!]

Instead of getting angry, Yinreng laughed even more happily. However, he just laughed, without any intention of clarifying the confusion for the system.

The system gnashed its teeth.

Yinreng: "Hurry up and bring out the rewards."

The system was reluctant, but had to give it due to the program settings. The next second, Yinreng had a prescription in his hand.

[The system has a storage function. You can silently say "collect" and the recipe will be put into the system backpack. You can take it out when you need it.]

Yinreng nodded. It was quite convenient. He silently said something, and the prescription disappeared from his hand. He silently said something again, and it appeared again.

[Little prince, I must remind you. Don't be too happy. The system can only store text files, nothing else.]

Yinreng was stunned for a moment and curled his lips. This was quite useless, but it was better than nothing.

Standing up, Yinreng stepped onto the table and took down the clock. He was too small to hold it firmly, and it dropped to the ground with a thud. Xiaozhuzi, who was waiting outside the door, was startled and rushed in immediately. Seeing that Yinreng was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Highness, are you okay?"

"It's okay. I just want to break it open and see."

Xiao Zhuzi was confused. Such an expensive Western thing, should he break it open and see what happens?

"I'm just curious about what's inside it, how it rotates, and how I can tell time. Help me find some tools, I want to pry it open."

Xiao Zhuzi: ...Okay. My master is the prince, so no matter how expensive the things are, it doesn't matter. As long as my master is happy, that's all.

So he took the order and left, and soon he brought back some tools. Yinreng was very satisfied with the efficiency of his subordinates. This was also due to his current status.

Leaving Xiao Zhuzi still guarding outside, Yinreng rolled up his sleeves and began to tinker with it, taking things apart while thinking and drawing at the same time.

After more than half an hour, a simplified version of the clock drawing was completed.

The system was dumbfounded! If it hadn't seen it with its own eyes, it wouldn't have believed it.

Is this really a six-year-old child living in the Qing Dynasty???

Is it sure that it is not bound to some evil spirit?

Check the scanned host data again and again.

[Age: Six years old.

Species: Human.

Status: Prince.]

System: ...Suspicion of Tongsheng again!

The author has something to say:

The system is a moron! Although he has self-awareness, his IQ is worrying, stupid and cute. Hahaha!

① Construction Department: The department under the Imperial Household Department in charge of palace repairs, which sometimes also made toys for little princes and princesses to play with.