The soldiers' intestines turned green with regret, as they all looked at the dwarf with hatred. But the dwarf did not understand, as he pointed at Yao shi and said: "It's him! I went out of the city to play, but who knew that I would be kidnapped by them along the way. They even threw me into the river. Quickly capture him and send him to the palace to be dealt with by the Emperor! "
"Shut your mouth!" Send him to the palace? This group of people hated that they could not give him a kick.
But the Imperial Guard said: "He should be sent to the palace. After all, he is a child from Qian Zhou. I heard that the people from Qian Zhou are also waiting for news in the imperial palace. Quickly go."
The soldiers nodded and left with the dwarf.
Wang Chuan and Huang Quan worked together to bring the still-dazed Yao shi back to the county princess' manor. They then advised the gatekeeper: "Nobody is to be allowed in. Madam is not seeing guests."
As for the Imperial Guard outside, he realized that something was off and quickly rushed to the imperial palace to inform Xuan Tianming and Feng Yu Heng. Unfortunately, he was a step too late. When he arrived at the palace's entrance, the guard told him: "The Ninth Prince and county princess Ji An might already be on Chang Yang Street." Chang Yang Street was the path that led to Heavenly Hall. Aside from the nobles and officials, normal people could not use it.
The Imperial Guard stomped his foot and simply sat outside the palace's entrance to wait.
At this very moment, Feng Yu Heng was pushing Xuan Tianming across Chang Yang Street and onto the square in front of Heavenly Hall. Looking from a distance, there were quite a few people standing inside Heavenly Hall. There were familiar people and unfamiliar people. Feng Yu Heng even saw his father, Feng Jin Yuan.
Xuan Tianming shrugged: "The old man's desire to show off has returned. He must have received news that we will be returning to the capital and gathered all of the officials to test the weapons."
Feng Yu Heng stared at the unfamiliar figures in the hall and pointed: "They're people from Qian Zhou, right?"
Xuan Tianming nodded, "They should be."
As they spoke, the two of them arrived at the front of the hall. Zhang Yuan had been waiting at the door for a long time. Seeing the two of them arrive, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Your Highness, County Princess, you've finally returned. The emperor has been waiting for a long time. Quickly follow this servant into the hall."
He purposely didn't speak very softly, just enough for the people in the hall to hear. At this moment, everyone in the hall turned their heads to look at the door. Even Tianwu, who had been sitting on the dragon throne, widened his eyes.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the item in Xuan Tianming's hands. It was covered with a red cloth, so they couldn't see what it was. However, everyone knew the purpose of their return to the capital, so it was not difficult to guess that the thing under the red cloth should be the first steel weapon made by Dashun.
General Ping Nan was the most impatient. He was the first to rush forward. His voice was trembling as he said, "It's done? Is it really a success? "
Feng Yu Heng smiled and nodded at him, "Old General, it's done."
With just one sentence, General Ping Nan's old tears almost fell down. He did his best to control his excitement and quickly moved out of the way for them. Feng Yu Heng pushed Xuan Tianming forward step by step. Finally, she stood at the front of the hall and faced Tianwu.
She let go of the wheelchair and took two steps forward. She knelt down and gave a deep bow: "This daughter-in-law greets Imperial Father. Long live Imperial Father!"
The more Tianwu looked at this daughter-in-law, the more satisfied he was. He wanted to personally help her up, but his son coughed and stopped his thoughts.
"Heng Heng! Quickly rise. "Why did Tianwu feel that his voice was filled with flattery?
Zhang Yuan walked back to his side and said in a small voice: "Emperor, be a bit more reserved."
Tianwu gritted his teeth and his lips twitched as he replied in a small voice: "Reserved my ass!" Then he said in a hurry: "That, the steel has been refined?"
Feng Yu Heng nodded, "Not only has steel been refined, the first piece of steel that has been refined has been used to create my Dashun's first steel weapon." Saying this, she turned to look at Xuan Tianming.
Xuan Tianming raised the item in his hand high up. After attracting everyone's gaze, only then did Feng Yu Heng reach out and take off the red cloth.
With the red cloth being taken off, everyone sucked in a cold breath. Even the Founding Emperor stood up from his dragon throne.
They saw the long blade in Xuan Tianming's hand giving off a cold aura. It was shining brightly and the blade shone brightly. The clarity of the blade was like a person had been restored.
They had seen this kind of weapon once before. It was the one that Feng Yu Heng used to break Zong Sui's iron essence on the first day of the new year. However, that belonged to Feng Yu Heng. Even if she promised to let Dashun use the method of refining steel, whether or not it could be refined was another matter.
In this half a year, everyone in court had been on edge, especially after they found out that Feng Yu Heng had already gone to the military camp. They were worried all day long. On one hand, they wanted to hear news related to refining steel, but on the other hand, they were afraid of hearing news related to refining steel.
Everyone was afraid of failure. They were afraid that after waiting for half a year, they would hear that Dashun could not refine steel at all. Today, Emperor Tianwu had gathered all the officials for a meeting, but this matter had been discussed from noon to evening. There was clearly nothing to do, but they were not allowed to leave and kept chatting with them. Some smart people guessed that there was definitely something going on. However, they did not expect that it was the Ninth Prince and county head Ji 'an who had returned.
With steel in hand, General Ping Nan was the only person who could carry a weapon into Heavenly Hall. He could not wait any longer. He pulled out the sword at his waist and slashed at the steel blade in Xuan Tianming's hand.
Feng Yu Heng could see that the sword in his hand was a treasure. It was a gift from the previous Emperor. Since the first day General Ping Nan went to the battlefield, he had carried it with him. It was still in good condition today.
She was afraid that the broken sword would hurt people's hearts. Just as she was about to stop him, she saw Xuan Tianming shaking his head at her. Thus, she changed the topic and said: "If General's sword breaks, Heng will use steel to forge another one for you."
Just as she finished speaking, General Ping Nan's sword struck the blade. With a peng sound, the blade broke into two pieces.
The sword hilt was still in his hand. The gem between his thumb and index finger gradually lost its luster. It was like it had lost its life along with the broken sword. General Ping Nan looked at the sword that had accompanied him for several decades and suddenly laughed. Then he looked at Feng Yu Heng and said excitedly: "Girl, do you mean what you said just now?"
Without waiting for her reply, Tianwu who was standing in front of the dragon throne became anxious, "Even if you make a sword, you have to give it to this one first! Old man Ping Nan, don't fight with this one, alright? "
General Ping Nan turned his head and said without any courtesy: "Girl promised me first!"
"I don't care!" Tianwu's unreasonable attitude came up again, "In any case, you have to give it to this one."
Xuan Tianming was helpless. An emperor fighting with an official over something, this old man was not embarrassed. He waved his hand, "One for each person, give them all."
The two old men nodded in satisfaction and said in unison: "That's more like it."
The few of them chatted and laughed as they decided on their own benefits. Those officials who were stupefied and had their mouths wide open still hadn't come back to their senses. Everyone knew how important General Ping Nan's sword was to him. Moreover, it was a gift from the previous emperor. Even if it wasn't a treasure, it wasn't far off. But now, it was broken just like that, and General Ping Nan didn't feel any heartache.
Everyone knew that this was the charm of new steel, and this was the pressure of new steel.
Dashun's officials all knelt down and shouted: "Congratulations to the emperor for the creation of new steel!"
The remaining three people who hadn't knelt down were too embarrassed to continue standing. They also knelt down and loudly said: "Congratulations to Dashun for unifying the world."
Emperor Tianwu laughed for a while. After laughing enough, he said: "What unifying the world, now is not the time."
Feng Yu Heng facepalmed. What kind of words were these? Wasn't this clearly telling them that there would be a day when she would unify the world, and they would all have to wait for her?
Sure enough, the three people's expressions became ugly. One of them stood up, and an angry aura surged forth. Looking at Xuan Tianming, he said: "I wonder if this one has the honor of testing the weapon?"
Xuan Tianming put down the steel sword and looked at this person, casually asking: "General of Qian Zhou?"
That person nodded, "This one is Xing Hai Sheng. Would His Ninth Highness please give me some pointers!"
Once these words came out, the imperial uncle from Qian Zhou angrily scolded: "Shut up! Dashun's new national treasure has been born. How could a small foreign country like ours possibly try it out! Also, His Ninth Highness's legs are severely injured. How could he give you pointers? "
"Hah!" Tianwu waved his hand, "I, Dashun, have always viewed the foreign countries as brothers. I have never looked down on you. Now that Dashun has new steel, this general wanting to try it out is something that should be done. As for Ming's legs … you're worrying too much. Even if he were to fight from a wheelchair, you would not be able to defeat him. "
The corners of Feng Yu Heng's lips twitched. The shamelessness of this father and son was truly the same. She did not say anything else. She just pushed Xuan Tianming's wheelchair out of the hall. While walking, she said: "If you want to fight, then fight outside. It's more spacious outside."
Once this invitation was given, the general of Qian Zhou immediately followed. Even Dashun's people followed them out.
Emperor Tianwu was supported by Zhang Yuan as he walked at the very back. He quietly asked the eunuch at his side that was responsible for arguing with him: "The bull that We have bragged about, old ninth should be able to handle it, right?"
Zhang Yuan nodded, "Your Majesty, do not worry. Ever since we were young, when has His Ninth Highness ever caused you to lose face?"
"These words are true." Tianwu's face became even more confident, "I don't know if that child from Qian Zhou has been found or not. Say, for those idiots that can't even keep an eye on a child, I really don't know how they managed to transport so much gold over. This place is really strange! "
He muttered to himself as he walked to the center of the square. A eunuch had already brought a chair over. Zhang Yuan helped Tianwu sit down. Feng Yu Heng also let go of the wheelchair and moved to the side. In the center of the square, only Xuan Tianming and the general of Qian Zhou, Xing Hai Sheng, remained.
Xing Hai Sheng snorted and received the weapon from the Imperial Guard. Glancing at it, he smirked. It was clear that he was not satisfied with the weapon.
Xuan Tianming, however, said: "If we directly use weapons, I fear that we will be finished in just one exchange. Since you said that you wanted me to give you some pointers, there is not much meaning in deciding the victor in one exchange. How about this, for the next 30 exchanges, I will not touch your weapon. How about it? "
Xing Hai Sheng did not try to be brave. This was not his weapon, so there was no guarantee of its quality. Thus he nodded, "If that's the case, then many thanks to His Ninth Highness."
Just as he said this, he suddenly charged forward. The sword in his hand stabbed at Xuan Tianming.
The Dashun generals all frowned. General Ping Nan did not hold back and snorted: "Shameless!" He said what all of the Dashun officials were thinking.
But they immediately found that Xing Hai Sheng's shamelessness was truly practiced. If he wanted to fight, he would fight. He would not hit anyone, but the sword in his hand was focused on stabbing at Xuan Tianming's wheelchair. As he fought, Xuan Tianming began to laugh, "It seems that you really like I's wheelchair. Since that's the case, I will gift it to you!"
As soon as he said this, the person who was originally sitting in the wheelchair suddenly jumped up. His two legs stepped in the air, and he jumped behind Xing Haisheng. He kicked Xing Haisheng's back, and with a bang, Xing Haisheng staggered forward.
Staggering a few steps, he fell into the wheelchair that Xuan Tianming had been sitting in.
As for the person that had left the wheelchair, he landed gracefully and stably. He did not look disabled in the slightest!
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