The Beloved in the Palm

Chapter 179: Cixingzhou

The guards didn't know they were going up the mountain to look for ore, and they didn't prepare anything else.

They still had to spend time on the mountain, so someone took out a bag of iron sand and said with a smile: "Come on, let's see if there is any iron ore first."

The so-called iron sand is an unprocessed mineral mined from magnetite.

It is naturally magnetic.

It is reasonable to use magnetism to find iron.

But...

Xue Qingyin was still surprised: "Why do you still carry this thing with you?"

"Princess, don't you know? This thing can be used for bleeding from wounds, carbuncles, ulcers, and sores."

"Even bruises, burns from water and fire, etc."

The guards hurriedly explained to her.

Xue Qingyin was shocked.

This thing... can it be swallowed? Or applied externally?

This was just as shocking as when she learned that cockroach liquid was widely used in medicine.

I am ignorant. She thought to herself.

Everyone took the iron sand and really went around looking for it. They knew that they couldn't go too far, so they went in groups of two or three to prevent accidents.

For a while, only King Xuan and Xue Qingyin were left.

And two guards who were still standing beside them, as if they were determined to defend them to the end.

Xue Qingyin was a little worried. What should we do?

She was worried.

King Xuan suddenly reached out, came around from behind her, and pinched her cheek.

"Hmm?"

"Do you remember what you said?"

"What?... I, let me think."

Xue Qingyin thought to herself that I talk so much every day, I really can't remember what I said.

"Your Highness..." Hint?

Before Xue Qingyin finished speaking, King Xuan pressed her lips with his fingers.

She suddenly realized.

Wasn't she just saying it casually at that time? She just wanted to cooperate with King Xuan in a two-way manner to deceive Gan Zixu and others into coming to the forest to do something that could not be seen by others.

You really remember it?

She was suddenly grabbed by King Xuan and turned around.

Facing him.

The moonlight squeezed into the gap and fell on the face of King Xuan.

The moonlight was cold, and his handsome eyebrows and eyes were also soaked with a bit of coldness.

But he bent his head and kissed her.

The action was gentle.

"Your Highness!" Suddenly, a guard shouted in a low voice.

"Your Highness, Princess!" This time, they were called directly.

King Xuan: "..."

He let go.

Xue Qingyin pulled some distance from him, and saw that his eyebrows and eyes seemed to be colder than the moonlight.

Xue Qingyin grinned maliciously, lifted her skirt and turned to run to the place where the sound came from.

King Xuan hugged her waist from behind, and with a slight force, he lifted her up.

Now Xue Qingyin's feet couldn't even touch the ground.

She opened her eyes wide and fluttered twice.

I only heard King Xuan say: "Don't run around, be careful of branches."

Then he hugged Xue Qingyin over.

"We are so lucky to have the blessing of His Highness." Several guards greeted King Xuan with burning eyes.

They squeezed out the excited voice from their throats: "Iron! There is really iron!"

In ancient times, due to technical reasons, most people could only mine the surface ore.

If it was buried too deep, it would be difficult for them to dig.

The ore that Gan Zixu could mine must be very easy to mine.

Xue Qingyin looked down at the sound, but she couldn't see anything.

She herself had never seen what the iron ore looked like, so she naturally couldn't tell.

The guards asked: "Your Highness, do you want to dig down?"

"Don't move now." King Xuan said.

"That's right, so as not to alarm Gan Zixu."

Anyway, the mine is here, is there anyone who can move the mine overnight?

No one mentioned it, and they wrote a letter to complain to His Majesty overnight.

There is still some mercy in opening a gold mine.

If you open an iron mine privately, you may have to kill your entire family, which is equivalent to being convicted of treason!

After all, iron smelting can make weapons, and the young and strong men in the mines can easily become their own private soldiers.

This is absolutely intolerable for Emperor Liang De, who has a strong desire for control.

They turned around again.

This time, they didn't find anything else, but they picked two more mushrooms.

"It is said that the roads in Xingzhou are blocked, there are many foreign races, and they are very poor. Now I walk more in the mountains and find that there are many tree species and medicinal materials." The guards couldn't help but sigh.

This is not surprising.

Areas with large mineral reserves are often lush forests, and plant and animal resources are quite rich.

King Xuan said: "It is a treasure land." But even so, his face was still very calm.

The guards agreed greatly.

"This treasure land was found by Yin Yin." King Xuan changed his tone.

The guards hurriedly said, "The princess is kind and intelligent, and we admire her very much."

If the princess hadn't insisted on coming, how could they have such a harvest?

Xue Qingyin couldn't help laughing.

What do you mean I found her? Gan Zixu would be so angry if he heard it...

I don't know how much time they spent before they went down the mountain.

Gan Zixu couldn't bear to sleep. Before going to bed, he couldn't help but mutter to himself that Prince Xuan was really interested and was not afraid of mosquitoes and insects...

At this time, before the sun rose, a letter was quickly sent to the capital via the military post station.

When it was delivered to Emperor Liang De's desk, he was not surprised at all.

"I ran into trouble so soon. It seems that Princess Xuan is not Gan Zixu's opponent..." Emperor Liang De shook the letter in his hand and laughed.

The eunuch beside him naturally did not dare to look, so he just asked: "Is your Highness asking for help in the letter?"

"Prince Xuan is of that character and will not ask for help. For Qingyin, he is willing to lose face. He even asked me to include Xingzhou in his fiefdom. If I nod, Gan Zixu will become a citizen of his fiefdom. This is to use power to oppress others with justification."

"Then your Majesty...should you agree to your Highness?"

"What do you think?"

"I don't understand, and I dare not speak nonsense."

Emperor Liang De looked in a good mood. He said: "Xingzhou is poor, and it is a bit embarrassing for him to give me face."

"Come here, grind the ink!"

Emperor Liang De smiled: "I will give Princess Xuan another three million taels."

Not long after.

His Majesty's handwritten letter and an imperial edict were quickly sent to Xingzhou.

The two ministries of Menxia and Zhongshu did not stop it.

Xingzhou is really too poor.

It was a military stronghold a few years ago, but now it is really insignificant.

Besides, Gan Zixu and the others have also heard of it...

When encountering such a person, King Xuan still has a headache.

"Take this tea and boil it. I will drink this Xianhao today." Emperor Liang De twisted the tea leaves sent with the letter and pushed them to Wu Shaojian.

Wu Shaojian asked, "Is it sent by His Royal Highness King Xuan?"

Emperor Liang De nodded and smiled helplessly, "Yes, when they arrived in Xingzhou, they saw that the tea there was special, so they must let me taste it."

Wu Shaojian hurriedly said, "Your Highness and the Princess are really thinking about Your Majesty all the time."

Emperor Liang De snorted and laughed, "This Xue Qingyin, she is asking me for something."

But even so, the smile on his face became stronger.

Now that King Xuan has gone far away, the more King Xuan and the others miss him, the more they ask him, the happier he is.

Only in this way can the relationship between father and son be restrained.

The news that Xingzhou was included in the fief of King Xuan had not yet reached Xingzhou, but it had spread in the capital first.

"They are all poor places. I don't understand whether my father values ​​King Xuan or hates him." King Wei shook his head after hearing the news.

"Xingzhou?" He Songning, who was sitting next to him, flashed a very subtle look.

He said, "I'm afraid Qingyin will suffer. I should bring her some more things."