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Chapter 403 'The Thief Will Never Die'

Ruan Yunting's understanding of Daliang Kingdom's history was limited, and only those miscellaneous records of unofficial history mentioned the legendary history of the founding emperor, and mentioned the experience of helping Daliang Kingdom win as if the heavenly soldiers descended from the mortal world.Now, the traditional ancient firearms are in front of her, or is it a gift from the Queen of Dayi Kingdom? !Ruan Yunting's mind couldn't turn around for a while.

The emperor played with the musket in his hand and asked curiously, "What is this?"

Joshua laughed and said, "This is a musket developed by our country. You only need to pull the trigger to activate the mechanism. Its range is one mile, within one mile, and His Majesty the Emperor can use it to hit anything he wants." "

The emperor looked into the muzzle of the gun, and the joy in his heart could no longer be concealed.This is the treasure he tried his best to find!Unexpectedly, all the items of Empress Xiuyan were destroyed, and now Dayi Kingdom actually has this artifact!

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ruan Yunting's expression at the moment, and what inadvertently appeared in the emperor's mind was Ruan Yunting's surprised expression when he first entered the tomb.

Her surprise was different from ordinary surprises, to be precise, it was even more unbelievable, as if she knew something at all, now that she saw the thing in front of her, she felt that it shouldn't appear, that's why she was so shocked.

Yes, that's it.

The emperor grasped his thoughts, put down his musket in doubt and said, "Is this thing really that magical? Princess Duanyang."

Ruan Yunting stood up, "Your Majesty."

"Can you use this thing?"

Ruan Yunting shook her head with a smile, and said: "Your Majesty Daliang, I don't know how to use it." She smiled friendlyly at Joshua: "You just said 'pull the trigger' to turn off the engine. What is the trigger?"

Joshua and Ruan Yunting have been friends since long ago, and they got such an excellent score from Ruan Yunting, and they have long wanted to repay her. Now that she has questions, he is naturally willing to explain, so he took the score from Ruan Yunting. Explain the musket to the emperor and Ruan Yunting: "This is the trigger, hold the gun like this... This is the insurance, you can add gunpowder here..."

When Joshua was explaining, all the people present were watching curiously, whispering to each other, sometimes admiring in amazement.Ruan Yunting showed surprise and interest, and asked some questions that she knew she knew, and Joshua answered them one by one.

The emperor felt a little disappointed when he listened to it. Could it be that Ruan Yunting really didn't know this thing?
But he still didn't give up. Back in the tomb, she did behave differently than usual, as if she was very familiar with the decorations in the tomb and the password on the stone gate.

"Princess Duanyang County Bingxue is smart, after hearing this, she should have learned a lot, right?"

Ruan Yunting didn't know what the emperor's plan was, so she said conservatively: "I'm not very good at using it yet."

Princess Qionghua, who had been sitting by the side for a long time, said eagerly, "I've almost learned it. Why don't you let me try?!"

"Qinghua!" Prince Duan scolded severely.

Qionghua pouted aggrievedly.

The emperor smiled and said: "Since Princess Qionghua is interested, why not try it?" Pointing to the one in his hand: "The princess will use my one to compete with your cousin. ?”

"Your Majesty! This matter is inappropriate!"

As soon as the emperor's words fell, some ministers objected: "This thing is dangerous. If it hurts people, wouldn't it be a disgraceful thing? Besides, Princess Qionghua and Princess Duanyang are both golden branches and jade leaves. If there is something wrong with this thing, wouldn't it hurt people?" to them?"

The emperor looked at Joshua with a smile, fearing that the world would not be chaotic.

Joshua said indignantly: "His Majesty the Empress of our country sent gifts to His Majesty Daliang and Princess Duanyang to make friends. How could it possibly hurt them? As long as you use it as I said, there will be no problem!"

Qionghua's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she looked at the musket expectantly. Ting'er got one, but she didn't.
"In this case, let Princess Qionghua and Princess Duanyang have a try, I trust Her Majesty the Queen of Dayi Kingdom." The emperor smiled schemingly, and looked at Prince Duan: "Where is Prince Duan?"

If Prince Duan refuses, doesn't it mean that he doesn't trust the Queen of Dayi Kingdom?

At this juncture, even if you hurt yourself, you can't show weakness!
"It's better for me to come..."

"Hey!" the emperor waved his hand, "I lent Princess Qionghua that musket to let her play with Princess Duanyang. If Prince Duan makes a move, won't he force my ninth younger brother to play?"

Ruan Yunting knew that her father cared about her, so she naturally didn't want him to embarrass her, so she smiled and said, "Since sister Qionghua is interested, how about we play?"

"Naturally." Qionghua was overjoyed and walked quickly to the center.

Joshua ordered Detai to clear an open space for the two of them, and set up two archery targets two feet away.

Ruan Yunting and Qionghua walked to the designated location together, and learned how to activate the mechanism with Joshua.

Ruan Yunting knew what the emperor was thinking, so she naturally pretended not to understand and acted modestly.

After Joshua explained, he said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, just do as I said, but the recoil of muskets is very strong, you have to be careful, you must hold the gun, don't worry .”

"Ok."

"I know, I know."

Everyone in the imperial garden watched with bated breath, while the emperor looked at Ruan Yunting a little nervously, observing her every move, seeing her jerky raising the gun, aiming carefully, and even putting her fingers on the wrong side when it came time to shoot. He closed his eyes nervously and his arms were trembling, the emperor's heart was completely cold.

Ruan Yunting is really not familiar with muskets. Could it be that she really has nothing to do with Empress Xiuyan's treasure?Was it really a coincidence that happened before?
"Bang-bang-!"

There were two loud bangs one after another, the shaking emperor's heart trembled, and when he came back to his senses, both Ruan Yunting and Qionghua had already pulled the trigger.

Qiong Huazhen's arms were numb, but he was so happy that he asked people to see the results on the target.Ruan Yunting handed the musket to Joshua, and said with a smile, "It seems that I'm really not good at using muskets, it's a pity for those gunpowder."

Joshua laughed and said: "The princess is just too scared, I'll just wait until I'm proficient in using it." He closed his eyes and beat indiscriminately, and couldn't even find the trigger, so it's strange that he hit the shot.

"Palace Master Qionghua hit the red heart!" The little eunuch held up the target and showed it to the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, the Emperor and Prince Duan for a week.Ruan Yunting's target was quietly taken down by Detai's orders.

Qionghua triumphantly bumped Ruan Yunting with her shoulder, and joked: "It's a pity to give you such a good hidden weapon."

"Yes." Ruan Yunting smiled cooperatively: "You are still smart, you can learn everything easily, I don't remember how to use it at all. Even now, my arm is numb from the shock."

Back at the seat, the banquet continued, the emperor naturally praised Princess Qionghua, and found a good reason for Ruan Yunting's miss, and the atmosphere was very harmonious for a while.

The emperor is in a good mood.Although Ruan Yunting didn't know the secrets of the treasure and couldn't help him, it also showed that he didn't have to worry about the location of the tomb being leaked, and it was a good thing that the people of Xiwu had the secret of the magic weapon.

Seeing that the emperor no longer "casually" focused on herself, Ruan Yunting could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Just when the guests were enjoying themselves, suddenly a little maid hurriedly walked around to Detai and whispered a few words in his ear.

Detai's complexion changed drastically, he bowed his body to salute the emperor, his voice was neither high nor low: "Your Majesty, someone from Ci'an Palace replied that the Empress Dowager is seriously ill and has fallen into a coma, and the imperial doctors are treating her."

"What!" Emperor Zeng stood up abruptly, and said to Prince Duan, who frowned tightly, "My lord, please do what you want."

"Your Majesty, please." Prince Duan stood up and cupped his hands.

The emperor pulled the Ninth Prince and took Xu Xiangwan and other concubines away in a hurry.

Ruan Yunting put down the glazed cup, and exchanged a glance with Prince Duan.

It seems that the Queen Mother's situation is really not optimistic.The evidence hasn't been obtained yet, so she doesn't want to die now...

The queen mother's life and death had nothing to do with Ruan Yunting, but this matter involved whether she could persuade Prince Duan to be with Jun Lanzhou smoothly, so she couldn't help but worry.

The Empress Dowager's illness lasted for several days. Not only did the people in the government and the public feel heavy, but Prince Duan and Ruan Yunlan were also delayed in leaving. In order to show concern, they can help at any time, so they can't leave at this time.

After four days like this, the Empress Dowager had already entered a state of deep coma, and the imperial doctors couldn't even feed her medicine.In desperation, the emperor thought of Shui Qiuxin again, and photographed the eunuch Detai with an imperial decree to raise Xin Xiaozhuxuan.

Shui Qiuxin no longer cares about wild cranes, after all, he is just a commoner. The emperor's order came, and he had to weigh his own capabilities if he wanted to be stubborn. In desperation, he had no choice but to agree, saying: "I will send someone to pack the medicine box. Please wait a moment, father-in-law."

"It's natural, water genius doctor, please do what you want." Detai waited respectfully.

Shui Qiuxin was about to tidy up the medicine box, and had just left the whole courtyard when she saw Jun Lanzhou, dressed in plain white muslin and short brown, with moccasin boots on her feet and a riding whip in her hand, coming in from the side door.

"Master!" Seeing Shui Qiuxin, Jun Lanzhou knelt on one knee and cupped her fists in salute.

Shui Qiuxin helped him up with one hand, and said: "It's just in time for you to come back, follow me into the palace."

"Enter the palace?"

"The queen mother is critically ill, and the emperor issued an imperial edict."

Jun Lanzhou's expression changed, "Yes, Rong Tuer is going to change clothes, and he will be here soon."

Jun Lanzhou hurried to meet Prince Duan, and then Shui Qiuxin left with Detai.

When Ruan Yunting heard that Jun Lanzhou was back, she greeted her but saw no one.Helplessly sighed.

Just as she was about to go back to the bedroom in dejection, Ruan Yunlan walked over quickly: "Sister."

"Brother Lan? What's the matter, you're in a hurry."

"Just now Lan Zhou gave my father a note, and the address on it is the same as the one you gave my father!"

"Oh?" Ruan Yunting smiled: "Unexpectedly, we found out together. What did the father say?"

"Father didn't say anything, but just scolded Lan Zhou, saying that he was 'undecided', and Lan Zhou smiled and said that father was 'to each other'. Sister, I am not angry when I look at father."

(End of this chapter)