Su Nanting was extremely excited on the way, but he calmed down immediately after entering the palace. He walked steadily and strode to the door of the imperial study.
Knowing that there was no one else inside, Su Nanting said loudly, "Your Majesty, I, Su Nanting, have something to report."
The emperor was buried in a pile of memorials. He looked up at Su Nanting's voice and asked, "Didn't he accompany his wife to the other courtyard to recuperate? Why is he back?"
The chief eunuch whispered what happened at Xiangguo Temple two days ago, "The wife of Marquis Anchang is ill."
The emperor laughed and said, "Marquis Anchang is quite pitiful. Let's summon him in."
"Marquis Xuan Anchang comes to see you."
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
"Stand up and take a seat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Su Nanting couldn't sit still any longer, so he took out something from his pocket and said, "Your Majesty, I have come up with a folk remedy for headaches. Please take a look at it."
Home remedies for headaches?
The emperor glanced at Su Nanting. When did Marquis Anchang become so unstable? Based on his understanding of him, there might be something hidden.
"Show it up."
Before opening it, the emperor was somewhat nonchalant, but after opening it, he became more and more shocked. After reading it once with wide eyes, he glanced at Su Nanting and started reading again from the beginning.
His face was calm, but his slightly trembling hands betrayed his current mood.
After reading it again, the emperor tried to calm down and said, "Everyone go out. Marquis Anchang stays. No one is allowed to approach the imperial study."
"Yes, servants, take your leave." The eunuch in charge led everyone out of the imperial study and closed the door.
The emperor could no longer control himself and rushed to Su Nanting excitedly, holding his shoulders and saying, "My dear, this recipe really can cure headaches. Where did you get it from?"
In recent years, they have been suppressed by Northern Qi using thunder bombs. They have explicitly stipulated that the lower Guo Jing Dynasty is not allowed to research thunder bombs. If they discover any, they will march south.
The emperor was unwilling to give up. Since he couldn't research it openly, he secretly asked a few confidants to study it secretly. However, after so many years, he still couldn't create a thunder bomb that could match the Northern Qi's thunder bomb.
The power is slightly greater than that of firecrackers, so it's not worth showing off.
The emperor often participated in it and was very familiar with Hongtianlei. He knew that Su Nanting's prescription was many times better than theirs.
"Your Majesty, I have found my lost daughter. We went to Guliang County to reunite as a family."
The emperor asked doubtfully, "You're not saying that this thing was researched by your daughter, are you?"
Su Nanting replied, "Your Majesty, my daughter is a doctor, and all doctors have to make medicine. Her master was obsessed with making medicine, and one day his furnace exploded, and he came up with this recipe."
"Her master's health deteriorated after the bombing, and he passed away a few years ago, leaving everything to my daughter."
"It was I who accidentally mentioned that thing from Northern Qi, and my daughter remembered that her master seemed to have it, so she took it out. I got the materials and tested it, and it was incredibly powerful, so I rushed back as fast as I could."
"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."
The emperor would not doubt Su Nanting's loyalty. "Can you bring something back?"
"There is one." Su Nanting said in an awkward voice, "It makes too much noise, and I can't find a suitable place to put it."
He also brought one, and the emperor was so excited, "You don't have one, but I do."
After so many years of research, there must be a secret base. The emperor called the chief eunuch in and said, "I and the Marquis of Anchang have important matters to attend to. No one else can enter. Anyone who disobeys my order will be executed first and then reported to the emperor."
The chief eunuch knew the matter was serious and immediately knelt down, "Your servant obeys your order."
The emperor took Su Nanting out of the secret room. There was a carriage waiting for them outside the palace. Su Nanting's secret guard brought a thunder bomb. The emperor held it in his hand and couldn't let it go, and was very careful.
"I wish I could see its power right now." It was about the same size as the one they made, and the emperor wanted to see how powerful it was.
"Your Majesty, you will know after it explodes."
For safety reasons, Su Nanting held it himself.
Their carriage took a small road and finally stopped at the royal cemetery.
The emperor took Su Nanting directly into the tomb of the retired emperor. There was a different world inside. Many people wearing aprons, sleeves and gloves were busy working, and smoke or fire came out from time to time.
The people here have incomplete hair and eyebrows.
Seeing that they were about to kneel down to the emperor, the emperor waved his hand and told them to do what they had to do.
The emperor continued to lead Su Nanting inside, going deeper and deeper, and finally stopped in front of a deep pit.
There is a strong smell of gunpowder here, I think this is where the test explosions are taking place.
"Your Majesty, I will let the experienced one go. Let me do it." Su Nanting didn't dare to let the emperor go. It's better to be safe than sorry.
The emperor was actually itching to do it, so he agreed and said, "Come on, my dear."
"Your Majesty, please hide in a safe area."
When the emperor reached a safe place, Su Nanting took out the tinderbox, still a little nervous. He repeated Amu's instructions in his mind, and finally, with determination, opened the tinderbox and ignited the thunder bomb.
Throwing the thunder bomb into the deep pit, Su Nanting rushed to the emperor at the fastest speed, "Your Majesty, cover your ears and open your mouth."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a deafening bang, and mud and water splashed around, hitting the surroundings of the deep pit like a rainstorm.
The entire tomb chamber trembled, and a layer of soil fell from above, forming a cloud of dust mist.
The emperor and everyone present were stunned, followed by a burst of cheers, "Success, success!"
The emperor came back to his senses and put his hand on Zuo Su Nanting's shoulder in disbelief. "My dear, am I dreaming?"
It doesn't feel very realistic.
Seeing tears in the emperor's eyes, Su Nanting said loudly, "Your Majesty, this is not a dream, it is real, everything is true."
The emperor wiped the dust off his face, listened to the cheers around him, and nodded heavily, "It's true, it's all true."
The emperor quickly approached the pit and ordered torches to be lit, allowing him to see clearly what was inside. The power of this was comparable to the new thunder bombs of Northern Qi.
"Your Majesty, with a slight improvement, it is even more powerful than Northern Qi's."
There were too many shocks today. The emperor felt a sense of pride in his heart. If it were not for the need to maintain the dignity of the king, he would have wanted to hug Su Nanting and suffer.
It was not advisable to stay here for long. After the emperor calmed down, the monarch and his ministers left the cemetery and rode their horses at full speed to the palace.
"My dear, I want to go to the place you mentioned."
It is not easy for the emperor to travel, and it requires a large number of troops. It would be exposed if he took pictures like this.
"Your Majesty, it's almost time to plant wheat in autumn."
The emperor clapped his hands happily, "Yes, how could I have forgotten about this."
"Your Majesty is extremely happy, and I am happy too. With the Thunder Bomb, I can avenge my two brothers and countless soldiers who died on the battlefield."
"I understand your feelings. I want to do the same, but I don't have the strength. It has caused hardship to the soldiers at the border and wronged the people."
The emperor clenched his fists and said, "To take revenge, we need an opportunity. We can't act rashly."
Success or failure concerns the people of a country, so we must be cautious and have complete confidence.
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