She was aggrieved and holding back tears, and she discussed with him: "Aye, I really don't understand. These people are obviously knowledgeable, why did they start out by... ahem, talking nonsense! I noticed that those who were very noisy at first also said something meaningful later. It's not that they don't have such knowledge and ability."
"What else?" Emperor Mingyan asked, "Do you think my subjects are all useless?"
"So, why?"
Emperor Mingyan smiled and said, "Before I expressed my stance, they supported the direction they thought I would choose, or perhaps, they thought it was the right direction. After I expressed my stance, they weighed the pros and cons and some of them firmly opposed it, but as long as it was feasible, they would plan in this direction."
He touched her head and said, "Although your words were unpleasant to the ear, they did listen to you. If you were not here today, I am afraid that this small matter would not reach the result I want after several discussions."
Yan Shiyue suddenly realized.
Then she said to him very seriously: "Aye! In the final analysis, we are not strong enough! Great! As long as we are strong enough, no matter Aye or anyone else, there is no need to worry about the consequences! No need to care about the south and north of the desert!"
Emperor Mingyan laughed at her and said, "Yes, what do you want?"
Yan Shiyue thought for a moment and said, "I want to make something. Father, please give me an order and a few people." She stood up and whispered a few words in his ear. Emperor Mingyan's eyes narrowed and he asked, "Are you serious?"
Yan Shiyue nodded.
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...
Emperor Mingyan thought about it and said, "Yes."
So he issued an edict, ordering the Crown Prince and Yan Shiyue to handle it together. Huo Qijing selected two thousand Shenwu soldiers to accompany and protect them, and they left the city overnight along with the craftsmen and others.
The two wounded soldiers, the Crown Prince and Yan Shiyue, needed to ride in a carriage the entire journey.
It's already past Laba Festival, and there are still twenty days before the Chinese New Year. There must be something special going on if they are sent out at this time.
The prince simply moved to sit on her side of the carriage and asked her, "What are you going to do now, to deal with the things in Mobei?"
"Something that will shock all nations!" Yan Shiyue said, "Cannon!"
The Red Cannon was introduced in the late Ming Dynasty, but gunpowder was already available in Dayan, used to make firecrackers, but not yet popularized. According to Huo Qijing, there were rockets made of gunpowder in the Northwest Pass, which were also just beginning to be used.
The firecrackers in the previous dynasties were made by putting real "bamboo" into the fire. Since bamboo is hollow, it makes crackling sounds. I don't know when firecrackers made of gunpowder became popular.
With gunpowder, it is not difficult to make a cannon.
Although she has a good memory, it is not to the extent of photographic memory. She can only recall clearly things that she has studied carefully.
But ever since I fell into the Black Water River, I felt... as if my Ren and Du meridians were opened up, and I had some fragmentary memories about the daughter of the Yan family and Princess Yue'er. As for other things, the ones I had come into contact with before could also be remembered all at once.
For example, cannons.
She felt that if she thought about it carefully, she should be able to make a musket.
I am happy, but there is always a sense of indescribable confusion, the kind of confusion that cannot be found at all.
The prince was waiting for her to explain in detail, but she suddenly became stunned.
The prince rarely saw her with such an expression, so he couldn't help but reach out and gently ruffle her hair: "Yuer?"
She suddenly became very unhappy and shouted, "Don't call me! Don't touch my head! I'm not happy!"
Prince: “……???”
He asked her sincerely: "Is it because my name is not Huo Qijing?"
Yan Shiyue paused and couldn't help but laugh.
Really, with the emotional intelligence of Emperor Mingyan and the Crown Prince, it's not easy to lose your temper. Can just one sentence help calm you down?
The group arrived at Xishan, thirty miles away from the capital, and quickly set up camp.
The envoys from Mobei should arrive in Chang'an at the end of December, and then stay in the post house, waiting to attend the New Year's grand court meeting with envoys from other countries on the first day of the New Year. The subsequent military exercises should also be around the Lantern Festival.
Time was running out, so the prince and Yan Shiyue started to get busy as soon as they arrived.
On the day when Yan Shiyue went to court, Huang Mingxiao came out of the teahouse and found a carriage broken down on the road and the coachman was repairing it.
Huang Mingxiao frowned and was about to walk away when he heard a voice saying, "But is it the young master of the Huang family?"
When Huang Mingxiao looked up, he saw a young woman in the carriage lifting the curtain and looking over at him. She had bright eyes and white teeth, and was extremely beautiful.
Huang Mingxiao said: "My surname is indeed Huang, I wonder who your wife is?"
The young woman got off the carriage and bowed: "My dear, you are polite. My husband's surname is Liu. When I went to Yue Gaofang yesterday, I happened to meet you and spoke up for justice, so I listened to a few words." She frowned and shook her head: "That guy is really...unfaithful to his wife!"
Huang Mingxiao immediately felt like he had found a friend: "That's right!"
The young woman sighed, "It's a pity that others are afraid of her power. There are very few people like you who dare to speak up for justice."
"I don't deserve it," Huang Mingxiao said complacently, "I just wanted to teach her a lesson on behalf of all the talented people in the world."
The young woman looked at him lovingly: "But my dear, you should be careful. That man is very powerful and I am afraid he will threaten you or take revenge on you."
"So what!" Huang Mingxiao said solemnly, "The general of an army can be taken away, but the will of a common man cannot be taken away."
The young woman said, "My dear, you have noble aspirations and a chivalrous heart. I admire you very much."
The two had a brief conversation, then the driver fixed the carriage, the young woman got on reluctantly, and they went their separate ways.
The shadow guard dressed as a young woman couldn't help but spit as soon as she got in the car. She really didn't expect it to be so easy. Looking at his expression, it was obvious that he had no doubts at all.
Huang Mingxiao certainly wouldn't doubt it.
When he was in Yizhou, he was used to being praised by others. He always felt that he was the only one in the world who was full of knowledge and talent. He felt that he was upright and honest, so why was it strange that he was admired by others? It would be strange if he was not admired by others, right?
He walked away triumphantly.
Unexpectedly, the next day, he met her again in Deshan Garden.
A familiar scholar smiled and asked him, "Do you know her?"
Huang Mingxiao asked: "How is she?"
The scholar smiled and whispered in her ear: "It is said that her maiden name contains the character 嫱, so everyone calls her Xiao Zhaojun. She is very wealthy, but her husband died early. It's such a pity that such a beautiful lady is gone. I wonder who will be able to pluck this delicate flower in the future!"
It turned out that she was a widow. Looking at her appearance and the nickname given to her, you could tell that she was an unfaithful woman. Her husband had died, but she was still showing up in public and flirting with men. She was truly shameless.
But when she stood up, he also stood up. As expected, as soon as they left Deshan Garden, she called him, "Mr. Huang?"
"Mrs. Liu." He raised one corner of his mouth to hide his contempt: "What a coincidence."
So the two of them went to a teahouse together, cursed Yan Shiyue together, and then parted reluctantly.
Huang Mingxiao returned to the rented courtyard and Zhou Bei came to greet him.
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