Chapter 271 I Believe in Her
After Qianhuan left, the council hall fell into a heated debate. Most of the ministers felt that Qianhuan was just a young girl who had little experience in the world and what she said must be nonsense, so they told Dongling Kingdom not to pay any attention to it.
However, the old minister who had been on a diplomatic mission to Dayuan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to believe her words. Please send someone to warn the people and take precautions in the next two days to avoid casualties caused by the earthquake."
The King of Dongling was very surprised. He asked, "Master Liu, no one believes what the girl said. Why do you believe it?"
"Your Majesty, I was sent as an envoy to Dayuan Country to participate in the Five Countries Cultural Exchange Conference. I witnessed with my own eyes how Princess Jingrou made a stunning debut. She challenged the envoys of our four countries alone and won all of them. I can say with certainty that as long as she is willing to take action, she will definitely win. So I beg Your Majesty to trust her once, and trust me once."
"Okay, since Lord Liu said so, I will believe her this time."
Afterwards, His Majesty the King of Dongling sent people to post notices on the streets to warn the people of the city that an earthquake would occur in the next two days and asked them to take precautions.
However, a day and a half had passed and there was no movement in the city.
Chi Ying couldn't help but get anxious, "Miss Qianhuan, two days will soon be over. Are you sure there will be an earthquake in the city?"
"Chiying, don't worry. I have confidence. Just get everyone ready. If we find any unusual movement, we must escape from the inn immediately."
"Yes, I obey."
After the court was dismissed today, the officials could not help but laugh at Lord Liu, "Lord Liu, it seems that you are also shortsighted this time."
Facing their ridicule, Lord Liu could only look helpless. He was also thinking about the people of Dongling Kingdom. He was not afraid of ten thousand things, but of one thing.
However, amid the laughter of the crowd, someone suddenly felt the ground begin to shake.
The crowd began to stir, the ground shook more and more violently, and finally, everyone realized that the earth dragon had really turned over.
So everyone began to flee towards an open area, fearing that they would be hit by tiles falling from the hall.
The city was in chaos at this time, but fortunately the people had received the warning long ago and most of them survived. Only a few stubborn people were buried under the ruins.
Qianhuan and her group rushed out of the inn as soon as the earthquake occurred, so no one was injured.
At night, the ground finally stopped shaking, and after confirming that there were no aftershocks, everyone dared to go into the house to rest.
This night is destined to be a sleepless night.
Early the next morning, someone from the palace came to Yuelai Inn to announce the imperial decree, and Qianhuan was respectfully received into the palace.
This time, the King of Dongling Kingdom also gave Qianhuan a seat.
Lord Liu was promoted by the King of Dongling State for his meritorious service, which severely slapped the faces of the officials who had mocked him before.
"County Lady Jingrou, thanks to your advance notification of the earthquake, many unnecessary casualties were avoided. On behalf of the people of Dongling Country, I would like to express my gratitude to you."
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be so polite. I am honored to be able to help the people of Dongling. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to trust my method to deal with the yellow fog?"
"Of course. I am very willing to trust County Lady Jingrou. I will have someone bring out a snow fruit in a moment. Please tell me how to deal with the yellow fog."
"it is good."
So the emperor sent someone to the ice cellar to take out the snow lotus fruit, and the emperor signaled the eunuch to give the snow lotus fruit to Qianhuan.
Qianhuan looked at the transparent box in front of her. A trace of cold air continued to come out from inside. The box was surrounded by ice cubes, and a snow-white fruit was placed in the middle.
Qianhuan was very excited. That was great. Ziyu was saved. All her hard work over the past few days was not in vain.
His Majesty the Dongling Kingdom kindly reminded, "Princess Jingrou, I gave you the Xuefu Fruit, but whether you can take it back to Dayuan Kingdom has nothing to do with me. This Xuefu Fruit grows on the top of the extreme cold, and can only be placed in ice to preserve its medicinal properties. The ice in this box can only last for two and a half hours at most. Once the ice melts, the Xuefu Fruit will quickly wither and lose its effect."
Chi Ying frowned when he heard this. He couldn't help but said worriedly, "What should we do? It will take us at least ten days to get back to Dayuan. Without Han Bing, we can't get the Xuefu Fruit back to Dayuan."
However, Qianhuan was not worried at all. She smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, Lord of Dongling. Two and a half hours is more than enough time for me. I will find a way to bring the Xuefu Fruit back to Dayuan."
The King of Dongling Kingdom did not expect Qianhuan to be so confident. Could it be that this woman has the ability to turn water into ice?
I have to say, the truth about the King of Dongling Kingdom has been revealed. Qianhuan is indeed planning to turn water into ice.
The King of Dongling State was more and more convinced of Qianhuan at this time, so after Qianhuan told him the method to control the yellow fog, the King of Dongling State immediately sent people to implement it according to her method.
Before leaving, Qianhuan said, "Your Majesty, all living things have spirits. The reason why the yellow fog is so severe in the western part of Dongling Country is because human beings have destroyed the balance between all living things. As long as Your Majesty follows my method and persists, the yellow fog will definitely improve."
The King of Dongling nodded in agreement. Originally, the King of Dongling wanted to host a banquet to entertain Qianhuan, but Qianhuan was thinking about ice-making and politely declined the King's kindness.
After they left the palace, Qianhua took out a silver ingot and told Chiying, "Chiying, change all the silver ingots into copper coins, give a handful to each of your subordinates, and ask them to give the common people one or two copper coins and go door to door to borrow toilets."
Chi Ying was confused, "Miss Qianhua, I don't understand, why did you ask them to use the toilet?"
Qianhuan then told Chiying her real purpose. It turned out that Qianhuan wanted to collect saltpeter from the toilet and then use it to make ice.
"Chiying, hurry up and do it, otherwise the Xuefu Fruit will lose its effectiveness once the ice in the box melts."
Upon hearing this, Chi Ying immediately exchanged copper coins and took people to go door to door to borrow toilets to collect saltpeter.
An hour later, everyone returned to the inn smelling bad, but fortunately they had collected about two kilograms of saltpeter.
Qianhuan immediately started using saltpeter to make ice, and Chiying was skeptical at first.
But an hour later, he saw with his own eyes that the water had turned into ice, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.
Their future princess is so amazing. She actually knows how to melt water into ice. This time, he is really full of admiration for Qianhuan.
"Chiying, the matter of Hanbing has been resolved. The weather in Dongling Country is getting colder and colder. If it snows heavily, it will definitely delay our trip. Next, you should take people to prepare dry food. Time is urgent and I don't want to delay for a moment. Let's set off tonight and return to Dayuan."
Chi Ying was also eager to go home, "Yes, I will prepare it immediately."