Send These Glasses to His Majesty

After a simple wash, Xiao Tao came to call him for breakfast.

At the dining table, Fang Zheng was eating a steamed bun and had just picked up a small dish when he suddenly remembered something.

He asked everyone. "Hmm... I remember I fell asleep while bathing last night. How did I wake up in bed?"

"Of course I carried the Young Master to bed!"

Zhang Biao stopped what he was doing and grinned at Fang Zheng, showing two rows of big white teeth.

".........."

Luo Ningxin sat nearby, covering her mouth and giggling stupidly.

Fang Zheng was quite helpless. He thought some romantic scene had occurred, but it turned out to be Zhang Biao!

Xiao Tao drank her soy milk, shaking her head and sighing. "Don't sleep in the bathtub anymore in the future. It's easy to get sick!"

"By the way, Young Master, there was a letter from the county these days. Ao Chen said many commoners have moved to the capital to do business. He has already sent people to purchase a restaurant in the capital to help people from Taoyuan County settle in. It will also be convenient for you to find people to help out in the future by going directly to the restaurant."

A liaison office? Ao Chen thought quite thoroughly.

Fang Zheng nodded. "Good, from now on, call the restaurant the Taoyuan Guesthouse."

"Eww~ That name doesn't sound good."

"It will be called exactly that!"

...

Three days later, at the Banshan Newspaper Office.

Fang Zheng and Li Yuanzhao were gathered around a table with a small box on it.

"Your Highness! The items inside are treasures, truly priceless treasures!"

Li Yuanzhao's expression was solemn. "Stop being mysterious, open it quickly!"

Fang Zheng smiled and slowly opened the box, revealing about a dozen pairs of eyeglasses inside.

There were ten pairs of reading glasses, and the rest were various styles of flat, tinted glasses.

Toad glasses, round sunglasses, and so on.

The temples of the glasses were all exquisitely carved, especially the reading glasses, which had many Taiji, Eight Trigrams, and human meridian points engraved on them.

This was to prepare in advance.

First, when selling to elderly officials in the court, naturally some health benefits needed to be added. Second, it was also to differentiate from the affordable glasses that would be launched in the future.

Otherwise, there would surely be people who would hold grudges against him. Once the brand advantage was gradually established, no one would complain anymore.

Although the effect was the same, the poor could buy ordinary brands, while the rich could buy high-end brands!

This way, everyone would be satisfied!

Li Yuanzhao picked up the toad glasses curiously. "What is this strange-looking thing?"

"These are called eyeglasses, and these are sunglasses!"

Fang Zheng put on the round sunglasses, fanned himself out! He had quite the scholarly rascal style!

"Your Highness, wearing these on your face, how do you think I look?"

Li Yuanzhao circled around Fang Zheng, looking him up and down, then burst out laughing. "Ridiculous!"

Fang Zheng shook his head with disappointment.

This was the generation gap. He was always leading fashion trends yet was mocked by the masses.

"Your Highness, eyes are the windows to the soul. Now that I've covered my eyes, can you guess what I'm thinking?"

"I don't want to guess. Wearing such things in public would make people laugh at you. Old Fang, you don't want me to wear them too, do you!"

"Oh! I do have an idea. If the glass lenses were replaced with magnifying glasses, wouldn't things look larger? And if the Thousand-Mile Landscape Mirror was made smaller and set in the frame, wouldn't that give you clairvoyance?!" Li Yuanzhao said excitedly.

"Uh... magnifying glasses definitely won't work, and the Thousand-Mile Landscape Mirror is too heavy to hang! Come, come, Your Highness, try these sunglasses!"

To prevent Li Yuanzhao from continuing his train of thought, Fang Zheng quickly handed him a pair of sunglasses.

Li Yuanzhao took the sunglasses and turned them over a couple of times before hesitantly putting them on.

"It's dark! It's dark!" As soon as he put them on, Li Yuanzhao immediately exclaimed.

Fang Zheng was full of disdain.

"Your Highness, these are wonderful things that can make a lot of money!"

"Think about it. What do you fear most when you go to a gambling den? You fear others seeing through your eyes!"

"On the court, many colleagues are scheming against each other. What do they fear? They also fear others seeing through their eyes into their hearts. So this thing is very useful!"

"And that's not all. Look, these are called reading glasses."

"Many elderly people have overused their eyes. Oil lamps are especially damaging to the eyes. If they wear these, they can restore clarity to their blurry world! Wouldn't you say these are treasures?"

Li Yuanzhao looked around, the dark world feeling particularly novel.

Hearing Fang Zheng's explanation, he nodded repeatedly. "If it's truly as you say, then these are indeed treasures! My Imperial Father often tells me he can't see memorials clearly. I'll take one back for him to try!"

"Exactly! After His Majesty puts them on and is delighted, will he still beat you? With His Majesty wearing them every day, all the court officials will know of your filial piety. Will anyone still speak ill of you behind your back?"

"Later, these can also make money. Your Highness, let His Majesty try them. If he likes them, wouldn't that be the greatest advertisement? Not only can we make money, but we can also benefit the people!"

Li Yuanzhao grinned excitedly. "Yes! I'll go back to the palace right now!"

With that, Li Yuanzhao was about to run off, but Fang Zheng quickly grabbed him. "Your Highness, you forgot to take the glasses!"

"Which ones should I take?"

"Take them all! We don't know which pair will suit His Majesty. Oh... once in the palace, just say they're made of top-quality crystal. Don't say they're made of diamond!"

"Also, look at the patterns on the temple arms. They're all revival array formations engraved by Daoist masters! The raised bumps are designed according to acupuncture points by famous doctors of our time. They can press the Zanzhu, Jingming, and Sibai points... which have the effect of clearing the liver and brightening the eyes."

"Also, these lenses have miraculous........"

"I know!" Li Yuanzhao didn't have the patience to listen to the end and excitedly ran out of the newspaper office, speeding all the way back to the palace.

Along the way, he rode on horseback wearing the toad glasses, naturally attracting sideways glances from countless commoners on the road.

An iron-eating beast has come to life!!

Cries to kill the monster arose, but Li Yuanzhao ran so fast that all these voices were left far behind.

Upon entering the palace, Li Yuanzhao hurried excitedly toward Yangxin Hall. On the way, he encountered many palace maids and eunuchs who all revealed shocked expressions.

They could tell it was the Crown Prince, but there seemed to be something stuck on his face, two dark, terrifying things!

As he approached the entrance of Yangxin Hall, Guo Tianyang, who had just stepped out, immediately spotted Li Yuanzhao.

He quickly blocked him and wailed in alarm. "Oh my! Crown Prince! What's happened to you!"

"Your... why are there two plasters stuck on your face?! Who hurt you! I'll report to His Majesty!"

Li Yuanzhao took off his glasses, looking Guo Tianyang up and down, and sneered. "Ignorant!"

"These are treasures! They're called sunglasses!"

"Forget it, I won't waste words with you. I'm going to see my Imperial Father, let him take a look!"

Guo Tianyang stood with his mouth agape, utterly confused as he watched Li Yuanzhao walk into Yangxin Hall.