Last night's "Welcome Feast" allowed Princess Chunshan to show off her power.

However, Li Yunxing noticed that one person was not present, the fifth prince—Li Fengke.

Ever since Li Yunxing handed him the blueprint of the Thunderbolt Cannon, he has never been seen again.

It's just that the fifth prince usually lives in seclusion. Even if he doesn't attend the reception banquet, no one will notice him. He is a person who minimizes his own presence.

"The fifth prince did not attend yesterday. Send someone to ask what happened?"

Li Yunxing remembered this matter and casually gave instructions.

Li Yunxing's impression of the fifth prince was not bad. Although he didn't know why, he was at least much stronger than the second prince.

"My subordinate understands!"

The guards beside Li Yunxing retreated in response, and after a moment, they turned back: "Reporting to His Highness, the Fifth Prince said that no one was there."

"Oh?" Li Yunxing was a little surprised.

When did Li Fengke become so powerful? How dare he not even see his own people.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the servants and others have asked the maids and guards around the fifth prince. They all said that the fifth prince has not been out for several days. He has locked himself in the courtyard all day long. All food and drinks are delivered to the door by the maids. No one can see him.

Not the Fifth Prince." The guard replied.

I knew that Li Fengke had some stubbornness in the spirit of a modern craftsman, but I didn't expect that he would work so hard.

Li Yunxing was surprised.

In my heart, I somewhat understood his rudeness. After all, technology is the primary productive force. Li Yunxing could allow such technical talents to have a little quirks.

"I see..." Li Yunxing pondered for a while, then waved his hand, "Please lead the way."

The guards responded and led Li Yunxing to Yuqing Palace where the fifth prince Li Fengke lived.

Yuqing Palace was so quiet that not even the chirping of birds and insects could be heard.

"Your Highness, please wait a moment for me to make a briefing."

The guard bowed and finished speaking, then walked up the steps and knocked on the door.

I heard a lazy voice coming from inside, "Who is visiting? The fifth prince is ill and no one is here."

When the guard heard the words, he hurriedly turned back to look at Li Yunxing, as if he was a little unsure whether he should convey the words to the people inside.

Li Yunxing sneered, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that this was a common rhetoric used by these eunuchs and maids.

The fifth prince was not favored, and even these servants dared to fool him at will.

Thinking of this, Li Yunxing's face turned slightly cold, and he said sternly at the door: "How dare you, don't open the door quickly, I am the current Crown Prince!"

The guards were so frightened that they knelt down and did not dare to raise their heads, and the whole Yuqing Palace instantly became silent.

After a while, the door was opened, and two little eunuchs stood by the door tremblingly.

One of the older eunuchs saluted with a trembling body, "Slave, I'm here to see His Highness the Crown Prince..."

Li Yunxing asked him to kick him with his foot, and he was thrown to the ground.

When another young eunuch saw this, he knelt down with a plop and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't know that His Highness the Crown Prince was here. If I was disrespectful, please forgive me!"

Li Yunxing glanced at the eunuch, snorted coldly, ignored him, and looked at the guard.

"Why are you still standing there? Lead the way!"

"According to the order!"

The guards hurried to the front to lead the way.

The layout of Yuqing Palace is very simple, with corridors that can be seen at a glance.

But this scenery is not much better than that of the cold palace.

The courtyard is overgrown with weeds, and fallen leaves and dead trees are all over the ground. Occasionally, you can see a few flowering trees with slanting branches and withered branches and leaves, leaving only bare dry branches.

Even the tiles on the eaves were missing several pieces, making it look even more dilapidated and depressed.

Looking at the two deck chairs in the center of the courtyard, the floor was covered with rubbish like melon seed shells, which had obviously not been cleaned up for a long time.

The guards led Li Yunxing into the west wing and opened the ajar door.

It was empty inside, with nothing else but a bed.

Li Yunxing followed the two eunuchs around and around, and finally came to where the fifth prince Li Fengke was.

This is the backyard of Yuqing Palace. The door is closed, and there is food outside. Two steamed buns and a plate of side dishes are the fifth prince's lunch.

"Is this how you serve the master?" Li Yunxing looked at the food on the ground, his tone was cold and his anger could not be suppressed.

The two eunuchs were so frightened that they fell to their knees and said, "Prince, please spare your life!"

The cries outside the courtyard continued, finally alerting the people inside. Li Fengke opened the courtyard door, his eyes were bloodshot, and the stubble on his face covered most of his features, making him look decadent and embarrassed.

"Why are you so noisy?" the fifth prince asked the two eunuchs in a hoarse voice.

The two eunuchs shivered and knelt on the ground, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Following their line of sight, Li Fengke finally saw the prince, and quickly greeted him, "Brother, please see your highness the prince!"

Li Yunxing glanced around the scenery in the courtyard and looked at Li Fengke with a frown.

Li Fengke was thin, with dark skin, messy hair, many stains on his body, and shabby clothes. He looked like he had just crawled out of a beggar's den.

Seeing Li Yunxing's appraising eyes, Li Fengke couldn't help but lower his head and smiled shyly, "I'm sorry, I didn't know that the prince was coming today, so I haven't washed myself properly yet."

"That's all, let's go into the house first!" Li Yunxing stopped pursuing it and walked into the house.

When he walked into the yard, Li Yunxing was obviously surprised by the huge thing standing in front of him.

"His Royal Highness, this is the mechanism I created recently, what do you think?" Li Fengke was quite proud.

"Not bad! Not bad!" Li Yunxing was full of praise.

This is simply a work of art. Li Yunxing can't even imagine how Li Fengke completed it alone.

"Prince, don't worry, I have also made several styles of thunder cannons. Come and take a look!"

While Li Fengke introduced his masterpiece, he pulled Li Yunxing to the side and explained his inventions one by one.

"This is the first model of a Thunderbolt Cannon that I have made. Because it was only a drawing before and we had to consider whether it could be realized, so it took a long time to make it."

Li Yunxing listened patiently and made some suggestions from time to time.

This fifth prince is indeed a talented person. If he were not a prince, he would have become famous all over the world.

After Li Fengke introduced the things, he pulled Li Yunxing into another courtyard.

Li Yunxing walked in and found two relatively small thunder cannons placed in the yard.

"This is the second polished work, and a lot of wood was wasted in the middle." Li Fengke was a little embarrassed, "But these two are the last remaining masterpieces."

Li Yunxing couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that this thunder cannon was no more than two people tall and one meter wide. "How lethal can it be with such a size?"
Chapter completed!