RPAGF Chapter 392
Chapter 392
Hearing Zhu Jingchen's words, Xu Heming was not angry.After all, he was not in the wrong regarding this matter.
Who could blame him when the Emperor had kept even this a secret from him?
"Your Majesty, you kept this matter from me!" Xu Heming stood up, a hint of grievance in his tone.
"Alright, this matter is my fault. Later, when you marry that girl from the Li family, I will personally officiate your wedding." Knowing he was in the wrong, Zhu Jingchen decided to personally officiate Xu Heming's wedding.
This could be considered as giving them both face.
"However, it is my fault for forgetting to tell you, but we must still be on guard against the Qinling Kingdom," Zhu Jingchen sighed and said.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to marry Zhiwei sooner. It's just that you should have at least told me about this so I could have my mother prepare. Otherwise, it is truly too impolite," Xu Heming said with some dissatisfaction.
However, since the person before him was the Emperor, his tone softened considerably.
Although Zhu Jingchen was the Emperor, he was the one at fault first in this matter.
He could only laugh it off.
"Isn't it because there has been one piece of good news after another recently? I was so happy that I forgot to tell you." Zhu Jingchen had truly forgotten.
Xu Heming did not reply. He just stared blankly at Zhu Jingchen, with a look that clearly said: Do you expect me to believe that?
"Alright, I received news that the Qinling Kingdom plans to send their Third Prince and Ninth Princess over. They likely want to renew the century-old treaty, and might even be considering a marriage alliance." Zhu Jingchen brought up the matter of the Qinling Kingdom again.
After all, they had to be on guard against this.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty, I know what to do. That Third Prince of the Qinling Kingdom had better not act recklessly. Otherwise, I will definitely let him experience the power of our Lannuo Kingdom's new weapons." As Xu Heming spoke, he pulled a short dagger from his sleeve.
"This..." Seeing the dagger, Zhu Jingchen's eyes filled with excitement. If he guessed correctly, this must be a dagger forged from the refined iron mine, right?
"Your Majesty, this first dagger should be given to you!" Xu Heming said with a smile.
Without a second thought, Zhu Jingchen hurried to Xu Heming's side and took the dagger, making a few practice swings.
"Your Majesty, aren't you going to test it?" Xu Heming raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Test it?" Zhu Jingchen was a bit confused. He looked Xu Heming up and down, seemingly pondering which part to slash to minimize the damage.
"You, come here!" Xu Heming rolled his eyes again and called a young guard carrying a sword from outside the hall to come in.
The young guard was a bit confused but quickly walked over. Seeing Xu Heming and Zhu Jingchen holding a dagger and gesturing about something, he couldn't help but feel a wave of panic.
Were they going to use him as a test subject?
At this thought, the young guard trembled.
Was he going to lose his little life here today?
"Test it on him?" Zhu Jingchen looked at the young guard, momentarily misunderstanding Xu Heming's intentions as well, thinking that Xu Heming wanted the young guard to test the dagger's sharpness.
"Is that not okay?" Xu Heming frowned, not understanding. He merely wanted the Emperor to use the dagger to chop at the sword hanging at the guard's waist.
Although the Lannuo Kingdom was poor, it wasn't so poor that they couldn't even use a sword for an experiment, right?
"Beloved Subject Xu, you just make the decision." Zhu Jingchen thought for a moment and handed the decision-making power over to Xu Heming.
"Hurry up and draw your sword!" Xu Heming ordered, looking at the trembling young guard.
"Yes!" The young guard was terrified.
"Your Majesty?" The young guard was extremely afraid. If he drew his sword, wouldn't he be charged with the crime of assassinating the Emperor?
"Your Majesty, why don't you try it?" Xu Heming motioned for Zhu Jingchen to step forward with the dagger.
"Wait, Xu Heming, you want me to use this to fight him?" Zhu Jingchen felt that Xu Heming was sending him to his death.
"Your Majesty, I want you to use this dagger to chop his sword!" Xu Heming quickly clarified.
He thought to himself that if he didn't explain clearly, the Emperor might actually think he wanted someone to assassinate him.
"Oh, you should have said so earlier!" Hearing this, Zhu Jingchen breathed a sigh of relief. If that was the case, it was fine.
However, when Zhu Jingchen chopped down forcefully, the young guard was so frightened that he closed his eyes, and his sword dropped directly to the ground.
"Didn't you eat enough?" Zhu Jingchen was a bit displeased; he hadn't even used full force yet.
"Forgive me, Your Majesty! Forgive me, Your Majesty!" The young guard was so scared that he quickly knelt down, completely oblivious to what Prince An and the Emperor had just said.
"Alright, you may leave!" Xu Heming picked up the sword from the ground and waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, this time, I will do it!" Holding the sword, Xu Heming signaled Zhu Jingchen to hurry up and test the dagger.
Zhu Jingchen looked at the dagger in his hand, then at Xu Heming, still feeling a bit uneasy.
However, he would not be satisfied if he couldn't test it himself.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jingchen forcefully chopped at the longsword.
Originally, he thought that at most, the longsword would be chipped.
But unexpectedly, with a loud clang, the spot Zhu Jingchen had just struck snapped right off!
"This..." Zhu Jingchen was also stunned.
It was this powerful?
"Your Majesty, this is the weapon forged from our new iron mine. What do you think?" Xu Heming asked, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.
"Good! Good! Good!" Zhu Jingchen happily said good three times in a row.
He was clearly very satisfied with the dagger's sharpness.
"Your Majesty, given time, we will definitely be able to forge more powerful weapons. When that time comes, we will no longer fear the coercion of the Qinling Kingdom," Xu Heming quickly said.
However, forging these weapons required not only iron ore but also a massive amount of money.
Although their Lannuo Kingdom was not as impoverished as before.
It was still poor at its core.
Fortunately, Heping County now had a gold mine, but because it was still being excavated.
For now, it was a case of distant water being unable to quench an immediate fire.
"Your Majesty, Jin Yan requests an audience!" A young eunuch's voice rang out from outside the room.
"Hurry and let him in!" Zhu Jingchen felt a surge of joy, thinking that Jin Yan had gone to investigate the situation at Yutu Mountain on his behalf.
Coming back at this time, could it be that there was news from Yutu Mountain?
"Your Majesty, should I head back first?" Xu Heming felt that if he didn't leave soon, another errand might be dumped on him.
"Ah, what's the rush? You stay and listen as well." Zhu Jingchen was unwilling to let Xu Heming leave so quickly.
"Your Majesty, I still have many matters to attend to." Xu Heming thought about how he needed to return to his estate to discuss the wedding with his mother.
He really did have things to do.
Although the Emperor had acted somewhat unethically this time, he was actually quite happy to see his wedding date approaching.
"Your Majesty, great news!" Jin Yan ran in excitedly at this moment.
He was shouting about great news.
"Jin Yan, have you made a discovery at Yutu Mountain?" Zhu Jingchen asked with a look of anticipation.