kvmb Chapter 344 Asking for Marriage
Chapter 344 Asking for Marriage
Chapter 344: Requesting for Marriage
Huaqing Palace.
All civil and military officials were on holiday, but Emperor Yuan was still handling government affairs.
While reviewing the memorials, he asked the Crown Prince about the progress of ice production. "Prince, what is the current situation of the ice production department?"
"Father, the ice-making tools have been completed, and the first batch of raw materials has been purchased. I plan to begin experimenting with ice-making tomorrow. However... we are still short of manpower."
"Do you have any idea?"
The prince answered without hesitation, "I think we can recruit people from the Supervisory Office first. It will take some time before the Supervisory Office is officially established, and they are idle at home anyway. Besides, they are reliable."
Emperor Yuan nodded, "Let's do this for now."
The prince wanted Jiang Yueyang to come and watch them make ice, but then he changed his mind and decided not to take up her vacation time.
After Emperor Yuan finished dealing with the memorial in his hand, he said, "Hao'er is not young anymore. I want to make him a king."
Hearing this, the prince did not react in any special way, but simply said: "But if you are crowned king, then my third brother will be on his fiefdom."
"He is going to take up a position in the Supervisory Department and will not leave Beijing for the time being."
"So which fiefdom will Father allocate to my third brother?"
"Huazhou."
Huazhou is very close to the capital and occupies an important geographical location.
Not only does it have convenient transportation and a developed economy, it is also a frontier position for defending against foreign enemies and has close ties with the capital.
Emperor Yuan explained, "Hao'er is devoted to you. With him guarding Huazhou, we will be an indestructible barrier."
"I understand your father's intention."
"As long as you know."
At this time, the eunuch came in and announced, "Your Majesty, General Lu requests an audience."
Emperor Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and after a moment's silence, he slowly said, "Let him in."
Not long after the eunuch left, Lu Yunting came in.
He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Emperor Yuan waved his hand to decline the greeting.
Lu Yunting stood up, took out the jade pendant and presented it with both hands, "Your Majesty, I came to the palace to ask for an audience with Your Majesty to grant me a marriage with Lord Xiao Jiang."
As soon as these words were spoken, the pen in His Royal Highness's hand suddenly paused, and the expression on his face froze.
Emperor Yuan glanced at Li Fuquan, and Li Fuquan immediately went down and brought up the jade pendant.
Emperor Yuan held the jade pendant and asked, "What is this?"
"My Jade Order can mobilize 100,000 soldiers of the Lu Family Army."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuan rubbed the jade pendant in his hand with his fingertips and looked at Lu Yunting with deep eyes.
"Before your order, the Jade Order is just a decoration."
Lu Yunting saluted and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured. The 100,000 soldiers and horses under this Jade Order will only obey the Jade Order."
Emperor Yuan did not doubt the truth of Lu Yunting's words. "Are you planning to exchange 100,000 Lu family soldiers for your marriage to Jiang Yueyang?"
"Yes."
Emperor Yuan remained silent.
Lu Yunting spoke again: "Your Majesty, once I find the murderer of my father, I will lay down my arms and return to the countryside. The Lu family army is loyal and devoted, and I hope Your Majesty will treat them well."
The prince lowered his eyes. For her, he could really give everything.
Emperor Yuan responded, "I agree to the marriage."
"Thank you for your grace!"
After Lu Yunting left, Emperor Yuan looked at the Crown Prince below and asked, "What do you think about Lu Yunting retiring from the army and returning to the countryside?"
The prince slowly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, General Zhenguo is already old and will be unable to lead the troops in a few years.
Lord Xie cannot leave the capital easily, as other generals are not as brave and good at fighting as General Lu.
If General Lu has no intention of rebellion, I believe that if General Lu retires from the army, the court will lose a great general.
"Furthermore, General Lu's reputation as a war god is feared throughout the world. If word were to spread that he had retired from the army, various factions would be tempted to stir up trouble, potentially sparking unnecessary war."
After hearing the prince's words, Emperor Yuan fell into deep thought.
***
Back to Loge, after Luo Cheng learned that Loge had woken up, he dragged his seriously injured body over.
As soon as he reached the door, he asked anxiously, "Log, how are you? Are you okay?"
Seeing that the injuries on Luo Cheng's body were not much less serious than his own, a hint of surprise flashed in Luo Ge's eyes.
"I'm fine, why are you hurt like this?"
Luo Lie bribed that person to kill me, so why did that person go to the trouble of injuring Luo Cheng so badly?
Or does Luo Lie also want to take Luo Cheng's life?
But if Luo Lie and Luo Cheng joined forces, Luo Lie should not take Luo Cheng's life at this time.
Then there are only two possibilities, one is that the person who betrayed was not Luo Cheng, and the other is that Luo Cheng was planning for himself.
He also wanted to be the King of Nanzhao.
Luo Ge was wrong. In fact, the real situation was that Ye Wuhen thought that he could not kill Prince Luo Cheng, but it was okay to seriously injure him.
That way, not only can the cunning Prince Luocheng be taught a lesson, but Jiang Yueyang won't have to play with any prince or princess, killing two birds with one stone.
Duan Yi helped Luo Cheng sit on the stool in front of the bed. "I was just about to ask how you got hurt so badly."
Loge coughed weakly twice, "That man is very skilled in martial arts. I am no match for him."
"Then how did you escape from his pursuit?"
Log's eyes twitched slightly, and he replied calmly, "After that man severely injured me, he realized I couldn't escape, so he let down his guard, and I took the opportunity to escape. Later, he chased me for a distance, and then seemed to be called back by someone."
After hearing what Luo Ge said, Luo Cheng did not have any doubts.
I was just thinking that the killer was so powerful that if he knew that Loge was not dead, he would definitely come to assassinate him again.
At that time, I would probably be killed too.
I almost died last night.
Unexpectedly, Luo Lie spent a huge amount of money this time and hired such a powerful killer.
I have to think of a way...
"Luo Cheng, what are you thinking about?"
Luo Cheng immediately came back to his senses, curled his lips and said, "I'm wondering who wants to kill us? Is it someone from Daxia, or..."
Last night, they secretly went to Huguo Temple to find out why the temple was closed.
But the temple gate was closed, warrior monks were guarding outside the temple, and there were imperial guards patrolling, so they had no way of finding out what was going on inside.
Luo Ge echoed Luo Cheng's words and said, "We are now in Daxia territory. If you kill us, Daxia will not be free from responsibility. The Heavenly Khan would not do such a stupid thing."
"Then it can only be him."
"But how did he know I was in Daxia?"
Hearing this, Luo Cheng said calmly: "Those people may have been sent by him to kill me."
Loge nodded. "The people he found are too powerful. We have to deal with them. Otherwise... I'm afraid we won't be able to return to Nanzhao."
"What can you do?"
"First, find out who those people he brought here are and see if they can be used by us."
Luo Cheng nodded and said, "Leave it to me. I will find out the origins of those people as soon as possible."
It just so happened that he also wanted to talk to those people.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
Luo Cheng asked, "What's the matter?"
"His Royal Highness the Third Prince and the lady-in-waiting are here."
Luo Cheng looked at Luo Ge, his eyes asking what he meant.
Luo Ge looked at Duan Yi and said, "Go and tell them that we are new to Da Xia and have some difficulty acclimatizing. We would like to stay in the inn for a few days to rest. Please forgive us."
"Yes, master."