When Zhu Ya had something important to do, she was so busy that she couldn't even see half of her body.
She and Zhu Sijia were locked up in Changle Palace for a month, and suddenly she was no longer around. Changle Palace was missing a lot of laughter and laughter, and Zhu Sijia was not used to it.
I don’t know what she promised Yan Xiu, but she spent so much time on it.
At the end of February, Zhu Ya finally returned to Changle Palace.
She wished Scarlett happily: "The gunpowder made by the slave will be tested in the open space in the western suburbs today. Your Majesty specially asked the slave to come back and ask you to go and watch it together."
Zhu Sijia: "The open space in the western suburbs? Does that mean we can get out of the palace?"
Zhu Ya: "Yeah, you can't try it in Xijing City, right?"
Zhu Sijia couldn't help but wonder, now is a special period, Yan Xiu is worried about her safety and won't let her go out, but at the same time, he wants to take her with him on such an important occasion.
Zhu Ya explained: "Jieyu doesn't need to worry. This time half of the civil and military officials will go to the western suburbs, and we can go back quickly without any delay."
After leaving the palace gate, Zhu Sijia saw countless official carriages gathered outside the palace, all waiting for Yan Xiu to show up before setting off.
Zhu Sijia was worried for Zhu Ya: "Are you nervous about such a big battle?"
Yan Xiu made it clear that he wanted everyone to see what priceless treasure he had obtained, so that the courtiers who were ready to move and had their own agenda would be reassured.
Zhu Ya: "I'm not nervous, I'm not nervous. I've been fully prepared for this."
After waiting for a while, Yan Xiu's carriage appeared at the palace gate, and all the officials knelt down to salute. Yan Xiu half-opened the window, glanced at Zhu Sijia, and motioned for her to get up and ride with him.
Wish Scarlett good luck and get on the carriage.
She couldn't help it and asked Yan Xiu out of curiosity: "Why does Your Majesty want my concubine to accompany you today?"
Yan Xiu dropped the ball and said casually: "The scenery in the western suburbs is quite beautiful, so I brought cicada to relieve my boredom."
It's a lie to relieve boredom, but it's true to bring her along as a witness at such important moments.
By the way, let’s explore which area of Xijing is suitable for an outing. The Qingming Festival is approaching, and I will take her out again then.
Although the western suburbs were far away, Yan Xiu's carriage was not boring. He patiently guided Zhu Sijia to play chess in the carriage, and it felt like he had arrived in the western suburbs not long after.
There is a piece of flat land surrounded by mountains in the western suburbs, and the mountains have their own viewing spots. Climbing up to the low observation deck, you can have an unobstructed view of the scenery on the flat land.
There are countless hard boulders standing on the flat ground. According to Zhu Ya's introduction to everyone, those stones are all simulated enemy soldiers.
After Zhu Ya, Zhu Yuancun and others arranged the ground properly, they quickly ran up to the observation deck on horseback and panted to report to Yan Xiu: "Your Majesty, everything has been arranged. You can tell Uncle Chiayi to light the fire."
Yan Xiu looked at Ren Huai: "Uncle Chiayi, let me see your archery skills."
Ren Huai stepped forward with a silver bow in hand and stood at the front of the crowd. He was high-spirited and said humbly: "Compared with Your Majesty, my archery skills are nothing more than a mere skill."
But he still couldn't suppress the confidence in his eyes.
As he spoke, he lit an arrow filled with kerosene and pointed it at the open space, while the throwing car that was moved onto the observation deck was also ready to go, ready to throw the explosives made by Zhu Ya in the direction of the open space.
At this critical moment, Zhu Ya reminded: "Your Majesty and all of you, please cover your ears."
Except for the officials who looked down on women indiscriminately, everyone else followed suit.
The explosive package was thrown into the air by a catapult. Just when it was about to land, an arrow pierced the sky and shot straight towards the explosive package.
A loud sound of "Boom--" stung both ears.
Immediately afterwards, there was a landslide in the open space. The huge rocks exploded and splashed everywhere, stirring up bursts of white smoke and dust. The loud noise became more deafening, and the dust even reached the observation deck.
Yan Xiu hurriedly reached out and covered Zhu Sijia's mouth and nose, fearing that she would inhale it.
Coughs sounded one after another in the surroundings. When the dust completely dispersed and the field of vision was opened again, the boulder guard in the open space was blown into pieces the size of a palm, and a large hole several feet deep was opened in the center of the flat ground.
Everyone was shocked by this sight.
Yan Xiu teased Ren Huai and said, "Uncle Chiayi's archery skills are even better than mine."
The shooting speed and strength of arrows lit with kerosene must be trained repeatedly.
Ren Huai was so proud that he said carelessly: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. Rockets are Weichen's special skill. Weichen is the most——"
He stopped in time and almost spilled the beans about Zhu Sijia asking him to set the fire.
Yan Xiu: "What's the most?"
Ren Huai swallowed: "Weichen likes to practice archery the most, and he is always influenced by his elder brother!"
Ren He was confused. When did he become good at archery?
Those ministers who had forgotten to cover their ears just now, regardless of their dizziness and tinnitus, stepped forward to congratulate Yan Xiu: "Congratulations to your majesty for obtaining this magical weapon!"
If this kind of magical weapon can help us in this conquest from east to west, the unification of the world will be the general trend.
Yan Xiu was extremely satisfied and ordered Zhu Ya to make explosives on the spot to help Zhu Yuancun and Ren Huai go out to fight.
Zhu Ya knelt down and refused: "Your Majesty, what you see today is all that the slaves have worked hard day and night to make. The improved gunpowder of the slaves is different from that in ordinary alchemy furnaces. Not only is the production method complicated, but the raw materials are also difficult to find. Only I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with my two uncles when they go on the expedition."
Just because it is unavailable now does not mean it will not be available in the future.
Yan Xiu frowned when he heard this and looked at Ren Huai and Zhu Yuancun: "Without this help, are you two confident in defeating the Zhou and Qi kingdoms?"
Zhu Yuancun and Ren Huai looked at me and I looked at you, and they all replied: "Wei Chen will definitely let the Qin army's cavalry trample the capital of Zhou and Qi."
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On the way back to Beijing, Yan Xiu specially changed into an inconspicuous carriage.
I thought Yan Xiu's carriage would drive directly back to the palace, but he didn't expect that he would turn the carriage into the West Market and stop in front of Baiweizhai.
Zhu Sijia looked at the plaque of Baiweizhai outside the window, and her heart suddenly rose in her throat.
However, Yan Xiu slowly pulled her out of the carriage: "I'm not allowed to patronize the shop run by Cicada?"
Zhu Sijia stumbled and said: "You, you all know?"
Unexpectedly, he knew about it from the beginning, which meant that he was deliberately conniving.
Yan Xiu: "Cicada thinks that the money I give is not enough, so why not make some extra money by yourself? There is nothing in the world that I don't know about. Let's go in and have lunch first, and then go back to the palace."
Zhu Sijia blushed: "Concubine, cough, I have absolutely no intention of doing this. I ask your husband to be wise."
She was a little nervous at first, but today she took off her veil. No one in Baiweizhai would recognize her as the boss. Even shopkeeper Bai didn't recognize her when he came forward.
Fortunately, it was not exposed.
As soon as he stepped into Baiweizhai, Yan Xiu saw an extremely familiar face.
Dragon Guard, broken jade.
Why is he here?
Could it be - it's Old Seven again, what is this Old Seven thinking about all day long?
When Suiyu saw him, her face froze, and she maintained her composure and presented the menu to the two of them: "Sir, this is our menu. The cinnabar-colored one is our signature dish."
Yan Xiu looked unkind and stared at Suiyu coldly: "Bring up all your signature dishes."
