Chapter 73: Marquis Wu'an Presents Blueprints
As usual, Marquis Wu'an went to his wife's courtyard for dinner and rested in the main courtyard. However, before attending the morning court the next day, he went to the secret room in his front courtyard study to take a look at the blueprints Zhao Lingmeng had sent him. Just this one moment, he was truly impressed with his daughter.
Wu Anhou also understood weapons. After carefully examining the blueprints, he knew that the weapon Meng'er was researching was likely successful. If it could truly be as powerful as described in Meng'er's letter, then her loyalty would be proven.
Marquis Wu'an immediately and carefully tucked the blueprint into his arms, ready to present it to the emperor. As for the idea of ​​finalizing the blueprint first and then presenting it to the emperor, he worried about the possibility of it being leaked. Privately manufacturing weapons was a serious crime, and Marquis Wu'an couldn't afford to take the fall. So, he decided to take a gamble.
Marquis Wu'an took the blueprint and went to the morning court as usual. However, after the morning court, he slipped a piece of silver to the eunuch outside the door, saying that he wanted to see the emperor alone and asked him to help report to the emperor.
When the emperor received the news that Marquis Wu'an wanted to see him alone, he was stunned for a moment. Knowing that Changyou was never one to make a fuss, he immediately waved his hand to dismiss the attendants and summoned Marquis Wu'an in.
"Your Majesty, long live the emperor!"
"Okay, didn't I tell you that you don't need to be so polite in private?" The emperor interrupted Wu'an Hou's salute simply and rudely.
Marquis Wu'an completed the ceremony before standing up and saying with a smile, "I know that Your Majesty is considerate of me, but etiquette cannot be abolished. Otherwise, I will be fine, but those censors will bother Your Majesty again."
"You always have a lot of crooked logic when it comes to speaking. I can't argue with you." The emperor put down the memorial he had not yet finished dealing with and prepared to concentrate on chatting with Marquis Wu'an.
"Your Majesty, guess why I came to see you this time?" Wu Anhou used to be the emperor's study companion. He grew up with the emperor and always stood by the emperor, so he was relatively bold. Looking at it from another angle, it was actually specially raised by the emperor! After all, after being a lonely man for a long time, he still hoped that there would be someone to talk to him normally.
The emperor slowly took the tea from the table, took a sip, and then said with a smile: "You are the only one who dares to let me guess, so I will guess that it is related to your eldest daughter. What is her name?"
"My eldest daughter is called Zhao Lingmeng." Marquis Wu'an smiled foolishly as he reminded the emperor of his daughter's name.
"Look at you. Ever since your daughter was born, you have been talking about her every three sentences. My ears are getting calluses from hearing it. Didn't you mark your concubine's daughter as your legitimate daughter a few days ago? Why don't you mention it?" The emperor was simply curious. Apart from Marquis Wu'an, there was no other minister around him who doted on his daughter so much.
Wu Anhou also knew what the emperor meant. He was just testing his attitude towards Zhao Lingyun to gauge whether he would stand for his daughter. Wu Anhou really had no intention of getting involved in these things, so he smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, you know that my wife is my beloved, and Zhao Lingmeng is our last child, a girl. Of course, I dote on her. If my wife hadn't been afraid of me being henpecked and insisted on taking a concubine, there wouldn't have been any of this."
Marquis Wu'an looked regretful after he finished speaking. Even the emperor was impressed by his subject. Fortunately, his wife was sensible, otherwise who knows how Marquis Wu'an's reputation would be ruined by him.
"Alright, I know you only favor your eldest daughter. Just tell me what you want to talk to me about. I won't change your son-in-law's assessment. Every country has its laws, every family has its rules."
The Emperor was also afraid of this doting father. If Marquis Wu'an hadn't always acted in front of him, saying he would get his eldest daughter anything she wanted, would he have hinted that Marquis Wu'an should marry her off poorly? Therefore, the suffering that little Zhao Lingmeng endured was entirely his fault as a father.
"Your Majesty, you are wronging me. I am not the kind of person who cannot distinguish between public and private. If Sun Tu really has his own ability, I will not show favoritism. But if he wants to borrow my power, forget it." After the Marquis of Wu'an finished speaking, he had an expression that said, "Your Majesty, you are wronging me," which made the emperor speechless.
"So what's your business? If you don't want to tell me, just leave! I'm still busy." After the emperor said this, he patted the memorials piled on his desk, meaning, see, I'm really busy.
After the emperor finished speaking, he saw Wu Anhou carefully take out a thick stack of papers from his arms, and very tactfully stepped forward to spread it on the emperor's desk, while also moving the memorials on the emperor's desk to the side. The emperor rubbed his forehead, thinking that he should not argue with this fool.
"Your Majesty, please take a look?" After Wu'an Hou had finished laying the floor, he enthusiastically invited the emperor to take a look.
The emperor glanced at the Marquis of Wu'an and thought, since he was so attentive, he should take a look! As a result, the emperor was so captivated that he spent a long time looking at it. He thought about it and felt that this blueprint was very likely to work.
Because Jing Kingdom has always been surrounded by wolves, there are constant frictions everywhere. The emperor has also personally led the army and is quite knowledgeable about weapons. "Where are you from? Have you tested it? How powerful is it?"
"The emperor seemed to have told me to take my leave just now!" Marquis Wu'an is very good at handling things and is very bold, daring to be arrogant because of his favor.
"Okay, okay, you really don't want to suffer any loss, and you don't know how to give me some space." The emperor pointed at Marquis Wu'an and laughed. The emperor liked the Marquis Wu'an's straightforwardness.
"This was designed by my eldest daughter. I just received it last night and sent it to the emperor today. I just took a quick look at it. Meng'er did give me a scaled-down model, but it's still quite large, and I can't bring it into the palace!" Although Marquis Wu'an was making a fuss, he was still very serious when it came to business.
"Do you think it's feasible?" The emperor looked at Marquis Wu'an. He knew that this guy was knowledgeable about weapons, so he wanted to hear Marquis Wu'an's opinion.
"I think it's worth a try!" When the emperor heard Marquis Wu'an say this, he knew that there was an 80% chance that this weapon would be successful.
"Hahaha, Changyou, we have a good daughter." The emperor patted Marquis Wu'an's shoulder happily.
"Your Majesty, that is my daughter?" Marquis Wu'an protested in a low voice.
"Changyou, don't be so stingy! Give me half of your daughter!" The emperor felt a little regretful now. If he had known earlier, he would have let the little girl marry into the royal family.
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