Chapter 45: Gift-giving
The welcome ball for the Holy See mission ended in such a hurry, and everyone went back to their homes and looked for their mothers.
A chaotic ball, with no one but Victor Mu, achieving its goal, only raises more questions.
The queen can be said to be the biggest loser, she was greatly disgraced by her daughter, and left the scene early, but she still insisted on marrying Sophia to Victor. However, at this time, Sophia was firmly controlled by Princess Sally, and the queen's people couldn't even take Princess Sophia out of Princess Sally's mansion.
The Empire faction not only failed to dissuade the Empress from marrying Sophia to Victor Mu, but instead took the eldest lady of Duke Jefferson's family into it, and every day for the past two days, the Templars sent flowers all over the city to the Academy of Magic. Ignorant civilians are lamenting the romance of the Victor Knights, but they don't know that the big names in the imperial capital are already having a headache.
The rest of Princess Sally, who seems to be something that no one dares to mess with, seems to be powerful, but she has completely turned herself into a lone husband. Except for Sophia, who is still hiding behind her, there is no one around her who can support her. She had just dressed up Sophia at the welcome dinner, and before she could show it off, the Templars' early departure brought the ball to an early end, for which she was almost blown up.
In comparison, the only one who can be regarded as a victory is Victor Mu, who successfully muddied the waters of the imperial capital, but whether he can touch the fish depends on the subsequent development.
Rafael is now living in the royal palace on the campus of the Imperial University with Qin Shouzhuo, and as for the reason, the villa where she used to live is almost full of flowers. Sophia's team of attendants began to pack up their things and move into Princess Annan's mansion that night, and now there are no royal family members in this palace, Qin Shouzhuo and Rafeier live here is actually not in accordance with the rules, but at this time, no one cares about the rules.
From the second day of the welcome ball, Victor was constantly receiving pro-papal ministers and bureaucrats, and the traffic outside St. Lawrence's Cathedral even affected the worship of ordinary people.
Just when the undercurrent of the political arena was surging, an unconfirmed news was circulating in the imperial city: the three wealthy merchants in the imperial capital united with the five major merchants in the empire to form a joint chamber of commerce to find Qin Shouzhuo, the president of the Magic Mechanics Research Society, to discuss the joint production and sales of magic power vehicles. After that, this news was confirmed by an unnamed Mr. Qin Shouzhuo, and it caused an uproar in the public opinion circles of the imperial capital for a while.
On the day of the welcome ball, due to the rumors that the Iron Warcraft was attacking the city, most of the people in the imperial capital stayed in the room honestly, and the soldiers patrolling the city were blocked by the houses, and the horizon was not far away, and there were not many people who really saw Qin Shouzhuo driving away. However, such a novelty and no deliberate intelligence blockade have already been full of rumors in just two days.
The establishment of the United Chamber of Commerce, regardless of whether the final cooperation is developed or not, at least proves that the rumored steel monster that people can control is true.
However, Qin Shouzhuo rejected them.
This is another big news that detonates the imperial capital business circle, the super chamber of commerce jointly funded by the three wealthy businessmen and the five major merchants, I believe that Qin Shouzhuo, as one of the partners, will definitely get no less, but it was still rejected for reasons and its popularity:
"I am the only one in this world who can make these things, and it is a good choice to control the growth of the quantity to maximize the benefits. ”
"You must know that the strength of our three wealthy merchants + five major merchants can block all your sales channels. ”
"It doesn't matter, I don't need a channel for sales, strictly speaking, I'm still a small workshop-style production, and people who need it will come directly to me. ”
"Our influence is enough to cancel the order of the military department from you!"
"Then I'll sell the self-propelled magic cannon to other countries, even orcs. I have always believed that a real international arms dealer is an arms dealer who can sell weapons to a hostile country to attack his own country. ”
A fallacy and heresy angered the negotiators of the United Chamber of Commerce, ushered in a large group of military representatives from other countries and forces, and even the priest of Lawrence Cathedral kept hinting that he might buy some self-propelled magic cannons.
The Imperial Military Department urgently negotiated and sent a representative to supervise the order of the Military Department, so as to indicate that the order would never be canceled, and Qin Shouzhuo also reciprocated by delivering a self-propelled magic cannon for training in advance - well, it was the one that was broken in the previous test, and it was repaired and sold as a new one.
At that time, the officers in charge of harvesting had straight eyes, and they had never seen such shamelessness. For the sake of the three delivery instructors at the same time (the Magic Power Research Club was packaged and sold by Qin Shouzhuo to punish him for seriously interfering with Qin Shouzhuo's behavior of making a girl in order to play the silver phantom), he pinched his nose and signed the receipt.
Of course, the most important thing for Qin Shouzhuo in the past few days is to complete the automatic wheelchair that Sophia wanted. His Majesty the Emperor has returned to the imperial capital, and yesterday hundreds of civil and military officials and meritorious nobles in the capital gathered to go out of the city to greet him, and Victor Mu, as the leader of the Holy See's mission, was naturally among them, following the team out of the city for 10 miles to greet him.
At this sensitive period, Raphael did not go to greet him, but sent the butler of the Duke's Palace in the capital to attend. And Qin Shouchuang, there is no official at this time, and he is not even qualified to join the team to join in the fun-even if he has, he doesn't want to go.
When I came back in the evening, I only heard that the second princess had a big fight with the queen again, and His Majesty the Emperor left the scene early with a dark face.
Early the next morning, Qin Shouzhuo was very surprised to see Princess Sophia return to the palace of the Magic Academy with a full honor guard. Sure enough, His Majesty the Emperor was the turning point of the whole thing, and just after he returned, Princess Sophia was liberated. However, it wasn't until we chatted in the evening that I realized that things were not that simple.
As soon as His Majesty the Emperor returned, he called the queen to serve, after all, he was the queen's father-in-law, and with that qualification, no one could say anything else. In the Wannian Palace where the emperor lived, the queen was scolded in front of the female attendants, and got four comments: mediocrity, jealousy, incompetence, and lack of godsons.
At noon on the 15th, Princess Sophia entered the palace with an automatic wheelchair made by Qin Shouzhuo to present gifts, and Rafeel was invited to attend the celebration dinner of the Wannian Palace, and entered the palace first, Qin Shouclums............ I didn't have the qualifications to participate, and as an automatic wheelchair manufacturer, I waited outside the palace gate, and the north wind blew ~ the snowflakes that floated ~ ah~~ ah~~~~
Waiting outside the palace gate means waiting outside the palace gate, that is, standing stupidly in the square outside the palace gate, and there is no chance to hide in the cave of the city gate to avoid the wind. The north wind blew and the snow drifted, and in a short time a thin layer of snow accumulated on the ground. Just when Qin Shouzhuo felt that his spirit was about to be in a trance, he finally heard an order summoned from the city gate: "Chuan ~ The craftsman who built the automatic wheelchair, Qin Shouzhuo will meet ~~"
"............" felt that the brain meridian was about to freeze, but he didn't realize for a while that it was himself. After waiting for a while and there was no reply, the female officer who gave the order felt that something was wrong, and the forbidden army guarding the square shouted loudly: "Who is Qin Shouchuang! Speak up! Hurry up!"
Finally, a faint, hoarse voice came from the crowd below the city tower, "Grass people Qin Shou clumsily took the order. ”
Under the envious gaze of a group of people around him who were also frozen and twisted, Qin Shouzhuo desperately stomped his numb legs, staggered to the city gate building, and when he saw it, he hurriedly went over to support him-this is the object that the third princess specified to take care of, and he had to wait outside the palace gate before, although it was hard, he couldn't do anything, and now he could come in, so he didn't hurry up to serve. After tossing and turning for another hot towel and a brazier for 5 minutes, Qin Shouzhuo did not completely recover from it, so he followed the female official who passed the message into the Wannian Palace to meet the emperor.
As soon as I entered the inner door, I saw a dark shadow in the distance laughing and running wildly in front of me, and a large group of Praetorian Guards and inner servants behind followed me, shouting while running: "Your Majesty ~ Your Majesty the Emperor ~ Slow down ~ Dangerous ~~~~~"
As the saying goes, old children, it seems to make some sense.
Seeing Qin Shouzhuo arrive, Sophia hurriedly beckoned Qin Shouzhuo to her side, and without waiting for Qin Shouzhuo to stand firmly, she couldn't wait to speak: "President Qin, the automatic wheelchair that His Majesty the Emperor made for you...... Very satisfied, but, the problem now is, you have to find a way to make him stop. ”
"............" There was an unspeakable silence, and Qin Shouchou couldn't help but ask himself from the bottom of his heart, did he forget to design the brakes? After repeated confirmation, he was convinced that the brakes were ...... It seems like...... Probably...... Yes, then how did it become like this now? Qin Shouzhuo couldn't understand what His Majesty the Emperor was doing, so he stood under the eaves and took a look at the situation first.
His Majesty the Emperor, who seems to have been disabled for a long time and has finally regained the ability to act alone, has vented his frustration of being trapped in the past 20 years of being trapped in sliding rods, shoulders, and cars, and has been running wildly since he figured out how to operate.
Generally speaking, the structural center of the wheelchair is relatively high, and the running speed should not be too fast, otherwise the center of gravity will be unstable, but there are many old monsters in this world who have cultivated to a high level. Sophia has only been in the palace for a few hours, counting the lengthy red tape, the time for His Majesty the Emperor to get the automatic wheelchair is really not long, and at this time it is already at the level of being able to walk the wall in a wheelchair, Qin Shouzhuo said calmly.
I saw His Majesty the Emperor sitting in an automatic wheelchair rushing towards a section of stairs, when he was about to get down the stairs, his body leaned back, the wheelchair and the ground were 30 ° ~ 45 °, suddenly jumped up, maintained a distance of about 1/4 ~ 1/5 meters from the relative height of the stairs and climbed up to the high stargazing platform, and then suddenly stopped in the middle of the stargazing platform, and burst into bursts of wild laughter. In the midst of that crazy laughter, the hundred officials and ministers knelt down along the gentle slope around the stargazing platform, and shouted in unison, "Congratulations to His Majesty the Emperor for obtaining this artifact and returning to the position of the Grand Master!"
His Majesty the Emperor, who had finished a long laugh of mania, finally turned around, his whole body was full of joy, and he parked his wheelchair firmly in the center of the observatory, calling Sophia's name.
"Sophia, my dear Sophia, come to me. ”
Hearing the voice calling for herself, Princess Sophia straightened her skirt slightly, and quickly walked to the stargazing platform and knelt down, her long skirt spread back, like a trumpet flower, beautiful and generous.
"Twenty years, these twenty years, I have not thought about regaining my free legs, I have been patrolling the empire everywhere looking for the miraculous doctors hidden in the people, I have been experimenting with various home remedies, but it has brought me disappointment again and again. In order to support the expenses of my rounds, the already poor treasury was even more miserable, but after so many years of searching, not only did it greatly drag down the finances of the imperial court, but it has also been practically fruitless.
"Over the years, many courtiers loyal to the empire have spoken to me, begged me to give up, and advised the emperor to persuade me to give up. I understand what you mean, there are indeed many inappropriateness in all these years of working hard and costing people and money just to satisfy my personal desires. In recent years, I have basically given up the possibility of treatment and focused on the Imperial Council, but I didn't expect that today, it is the curve that has reached my original goal. ”
"I have to say that the people who designed this wheelchair are very ingenious, all aspects are considered well, the person is comfortable to sit on, and more importantly, this explosive magic makes the wheelchair owner have unlimited possibilities. As far as I feel about the experience just now, the requirements for the user's magic control are very high, and even if I control it, it is far from being able to say that I can do it as I want, but after a period of practice, the situation should be much better. ”
"This is one of my favorite gifts of twenty years, and there is no one, Sophia, you have done a great job. ”
"If Grandpa likes it, it's fine. ”
"Well, stand up. Seeing Sophia stand aside, His Majesty spoke again: "The boy who built this wheelchair, stand in front of me." ”
Hearing the call, Qin Shouzhuo hurriedly walked to the stargazing platform and knelt down on one knee.
"You have created a gift that I can't refuse, I like it very much, I heard that this wheelchair was made by Sophia on your behalf, and I specially grant Sophia the right to make you a knight. Also, as a token of appreciation, I decided to send you something that I hope you will put to good use. ”
His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand, and his own attendants sent a thank you gift, it was a long wand with a dark and straight body, and the head of the wand was inlaid with a red crystal.
Seeing this wand, there was a gasping sound around the stargazing platform, and it was obvious that His Majesty the Emperor was not simply sending a return gift. Moreover, the person who gave the gift was Princess Sophia, and Qin Shouzhuo was at best a craftsman employed by Sophia, so there was no reason to give him a gift in return.
Seeing that Qin Shou took the wand steadily, His Majesty the Emperor said in a voice full of longing: "This is the weapon I used to break into the world when I was young, and it is not a particularly good wand, I hope you don't dislike it." It's not a strong soldier, but it's a thought, and now I'm giving it to you, hoping that you will take it and protect Sophia's child while I'm away. ”
"With this staff in hand, take it and do what you think you should do!"
http://h5.17k.com/inc/fragment/0/3670.html
[Solve the book shortage] total click over one billion high-quality book collection to watch for free for a limited time!