NCCnovel Chapter 1137 Battle Situation: A Close Call
Chapter 1137 Battle Situation: A Close Call
The system ate roasted potatoes while watching its host scribbling and drawing on the blueprints.
I've gotten used to the fact that I can't help with anything anymore.
After finishing our meal, we stood at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation to enjoy the rain.
Originally, she wanted to sneak out to play with Xiang Yu.
As soon as one foot stepped out, the green-bean eyes met those of Iris, who was guarding outside.
Outside, a fierce storm raged. Iris had just finished bathing the puppy and was standing guard at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
She was afraid the puppy would sneak out to play, and bathing the puppy was a painful experience she could only endure once a day.
The system silently retracted its outstretched claw.
It turned around and ran to its host's side, obediently watching its host study the blueprints.
Out of the corner of her eye, Liang Chongyue caught a glimpse of a white, furry dog running past her and coming to her side.
Nothing was said.
Just as the system leaned its head closer, I lifted my foot and bumped into the system's head, which was about to act cute.
The system understands what the host means.
The host means she is busy.
Liang Chongyue was busy until the third watch of the night before she finally finished.
For several days in a row, the system watched the host's routine and became a little worried about the host's health.
He bought a lot of tonics and fed them to the host.
After the morning court session ended, all the civil and military officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony were waiting for His Majesty to leave first.
Liang Chongyue did not rush to leave the court, but instead addressed Xiang Zheng, who was standing below:
"Duke Dingguo, please come with me."
Xiang Zheng has been busy these past few days, investigating the weapons battalion within the military camp.
Upon hearing His Majesty's voice, Xiang Zheng immediately realized that it might be related to the weapons battalion.
The military officers who knew about this all turned their attention to Xiang Zheng.
The civil officials had already gotten used to His Majesty's favoritism towards the Duke of Dingguo.
His Majesty has a long-standing friendship with me, having grown up with me since childhood.
This is something that ordinary people cannot compare to.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will come immediately."
Liang Chongyue then stood up and addressed the officials below:
"Okay, if there's nothing else, let's leave."
The rain lasted for several days, with continuous drizzle.
Sometimes large, sometimes small.
Yunling held an umbrella for His Majesty, while Xiangzheng held her own umbrella and followed behind him.
Liang Chongyue had already had the system investigate how much explosives the military camp still had left last night.
Xiang Zheng was quick; she had already made up for all the missing parts.
However, Liang Chongyue was unsure whether he had personally contributed money to it.
However, Liang Chongyue naturally wouldn't ask about such a trivial matter.
Upon reaching the outside of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Liang Chongyue strode in.
Xiang Zheng handed the still-dripping oil-paper umbrella to a palace maid standing nearby.
After straightening his official robes, he followed His Majesty inside.
"Your Majesty does not know why you have summoned me. Please enlighten me."
Liang Chongyue did not sit on the dragon throne, but sat directly on the Luohan bed.
Pointing to the other side.
"Come, sit down first."
Xiang Zheng sat down next to His Majesty, and Yun Ling served the Duke of Dingguo his favorite tea.
Xiang Zheng did not rush to pick up the teacup. Instead, after smelling the familiar aroma of milk tea, she followed His Majesty and took a sip.
"The reason I summoned you here today is still about the weapons battalion in the main camp outside the capital."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Zheng immediately stood up, walked to His Majesty, and bowed.
"I have investigated this matter thoroughly, and all the missing weapons in the weapons battalion have been replaced. It was my dereliction of duty, and I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
Liang Chongyue waved to Xiang Zheng.
"I know this matter has nothing to do with you. Come back and sit down. I have more to say to you than just this."
Xiang Zheng then looked up at His Majesty.
Seeing that His Majesty's expression was normal, he then sat down next to His Majesty.
"I need all the explosives in the camp outside the capital. Are they all available?"
Xiang Zheng felt fortunate that she had replenished the explosives a few days earlier.
Otherwise, she really wouldn't know how to respond when she met His Majesty today.
"They've all been replaced. If Your Majesty needs them anytime, I can arrange for them to be delivered immediately."
After Xiang Zheng finished speaking, she raised her eyes and glanced around the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
"However, the amount of explosives stored in the camps outside Beijing is quite large. If they were all transported to the palace, it would be rather dangerous."
Liang Chongyue naturally took this into consideration as well.
Leaving aside the amount of explosives, it was just her, the system, and their dog that managed to stuff hallucinogenic herbs into the cavity.
Even if you gave her another half month, working non-stop, you still wouldn't be able to finish stuffing it all in.
"I know, I'll leave it with you for now, but I need to stuff something into those explosives."
Liang Chongyue opened a small drawer in the low table on the daybed, took out a small sachet, and handed it to Xiang Zheng.
Xiang Zheng has never doubted the authenticity of anything His Majesty gives her.
He took it directly and looked up to ask His Majesty for instructions.
Seeing that His Majesty had no further reaction, he opened the sachet.
Inside was hay, but the hay still had dried flowers on it.
It was quite novel; Xiang Zheng had never noticed what kind of herb this looked like after it was dried.
As Xiang Zheng was wondering, a faint fragrance wafted into her nose as soon as she opened the sachet.
At first, I just thought it smelled nice.
Now, the smell is more than just pleasant; Xiang Zheng recalls the scene of her father and mother accompanying her to practice martial arts when she was a child.
That's the time she misses most now.
After watching Xiang Zheng shake her head vigorously, Liang Chongyue's eyes gradually revealed an expression of infatuation.
Liang Chongyue dipped her hand in the cold tea that had been prepared beforehand and sprinkled it on Xiang Zheng's face.
Xiang Zheng is a martial artist, so the effects of these hallucinogenic herbs came on quickly and went off just as fast for her.
After Xiang Zheng regained consciousness, she saw His Majesty sitting opposite her and her first thought was to check whether she had lost her composure in front of His Majesty.
She wouldn't have cared in the past.
But now she is the Duke of Dingguo, the first female duke in the entire Great Xia Dynasty.
Her relationship with His Majesty was one of mentor and friend, ruler and subject.
She cannot break the rules.
There are no distinctions of rank in the Hall of Mental Cultivation; I fear His Majesty will teach her a lesson later.
"Don't be nervous. It only takes a few breaths from when you start hallucinating to when you come to your senses."
Xiang Zheng finally felt a little relieved.
However, he didn't dare to relax completely, so he kept the hand holding the herbs a little further away from himself.
"Does Your Majesty intend to stuff these herbs into the explosives?"
When Xiang Zheng asked this question, several possibilities came to mind.
She had indeed only recently received the Tiger Tally from her father, but she wasn't entirely unaware of the power of the explosives used in the military camp.
Seeing His Majesty nod, Xiang Zheng became even more puzzled.
"Won't those explosives just blow this hallucinogenic herb to ash?"
When Xiang Zheng asked this question, Liang Chongyue believed that she had already guessed what she was going to do.
Even if I didn't guess it completely, I guessed at least half of it.
"I've tested it, and it's exactly as you said; it will explode into ashes."
"But the effect of frying it into ashes is even more obvious."
Xiang Zheng was speechless again. She had already sat down, ready for His Majesty to capture those monsters.
The monsters are terrifying, even if it's not a fight to the death.
They must be extremely anxious.