Xianyang City.
Zhangtai Palace.
Ying Zheng's face was burning with anger.
"Hasn't Sheng Qi been caught yet?"
A roar was like thunder.
The officials below were all trembling in fear.
"I have ordered the army to seal off Xianyang City and search every house. I believe we will be able to find Sheng Qi.”
Li Si stepped forward and cupped his hands.
"Find it? When will you find it?”
Ying Zheng asked coldly.
Li Si was speechless.
He really didn't dare to say such things.
At this moment, a young eunuch came to report.
"Your Majesty, Divine Immortal Marquis Lu Xuan requests an audience.”
Ying Zheng was slightly startled.
Although Lu Xuan was conferred the title of Deity Marquis and was given the position of Great General, he had always been focused on training his soldiers and never went to court.
Why did he come to see her today?
"Divine Immortal Marquis, please come to the palace." Ying Zheng ordered.
"Yes!"
The young eunuch respectfully retreated.
Soon after, a shriek of a duck's throat could be heard from outside the hall.
"Summon the Divine Immortal Marquis!"
On the high platform, Zhao Gao's expression changed slightly.
Logically speaking, at this time, the Startling Salamander's assassination should have succeeded.
Lu Xuan deserved to die, but why did he come to Zhangtai Palace?
The officials in the hall also looked over.
Since the Immortal Marquis was granted the title of General, he lived in seclusion and rarely went out to court.
There must be something going on in the palace today.
Under everyone's anticipation, a graceful figure quickly entered Zhangtai Palace's main hall.
He held a brocade box in his hand.
"Lu Xuan greets Your Majesty."
Lu Xuan stood in the hall and bowed.
A faint smile appeared on Ying Zheng's face.
"Mister Lu, is there something urgent that you need to do to enter the palace?”
All the officials were envious.
Lu Xuan was really favored by the emperor.
When the emperor saw him, he would greet him with a smile.
He even addressed him as " Mr. Lu " instead of addressing him by his name or official position.
This kind of treatment was something that any minister in the court could not compare to.
"I know that Your Majesty is unhappy about the escape of the Dark Swordsman Sheng Qi, so I have specially sent a small gift to Your Majesty.”
Gifts?
Ying Zheng's dragon eyes showed a trace of astonishment.
His pupils constricted.
All the officials looked over.
Lu Xuan smiled faintly and slowly opened the brocade box in his hand.
In an instant, a hideous and terrifying head entered everyone's eyes.
On the head, that person's eyes were still wide open.
He died with grievances.
The numerous tattoos on its face also clearly indicated the identity of this head.
It was none other than the Black Swordsman Sheng Qi.
"Hahaha!"
Ying Zheng threw his head back and laughed.
"Deity Marquis is truly worthy of his title. He actually killed Sheng Qi so quickly.”
"Pass down the decree, reward the Immortal Marquis with one thousand taels of gold and five hundred households of food.”
Ying Zheng waved his sleeve, looking extremely heroic.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"I have another request!" Lu Xuan cupped his hands and said.”
"Mister Lu, please speak frankly," Ying Zheng said with a smile.”
"The 3,000 soldiers I trained have already gained some momentum. I would like to ask Your Majesty to bestow a name on this army, the Immortal Army.”
Lu Xuan had been using the name Immortal Army for a long time.
But the emperor's name was different.
Without an official name bestowed by the Emperor, the Immortal Army could only be a private title that could not be used in public.
Official venues still could not be addressed like this.
It would be different if he was given a name.
This was also an honor for the soldiers who joined the Immortal Army.
Great Qin had one million soldiers, but only a few of them had received a name from the Emperor.
Of course, at this moment, Lu Xuan had specially brought up the matter of bestowing a name to tell Ying Zheng that his focus was still on training the army.
Slaughtering Sheng Qi was just a casual move.
He didn't want Ying Zheng to think that he liked to meddle in other people's business instead of doing proper business.
This was not beautiful.
Even though Lu Xuan had not been in Great Qin for long, he had gradually come to understand the political situation.
He was also very familiar with dealing with such matters.
The waters of the imperial court were very deep.
He always had to maintain a certain degree of advance and retreat.
As expected, Ying Zheng was very happy to hear his request.
"Mr. Lu is training soldiers for Great Qin and is loyal to his duty. You can be called a role model for all officials!”
"I approve! From now on, the 3,000 elite soldiers trained by Mister Lu would be the Immortal Army.”
Ying Zheng's voice was as loud as a dragon's and as loud as thunder.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lu Xuan thanked him.
"The marriage between Mister Lu and Man 'er should also be put on the agenda," said Ying Zheng with a faint smile.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Li You stood out from the main hall.
"Your Majesty, I don't think we need to rush the marriage between the Divine Immortal Marquis and the princess.”
"Oh?"
Ying Zheng frowned slightly.
The marriage between Lu Xuan and Ying Yinman was personally decided by him.
What did Li You mean by saying this now?
"The Divine Immortal Marquis is the disciple of an Immortal.”
"It won't be long before the Divine Immortal Marquis leads his army north to pacify the Xiongnu," Li You said loudly.”
"When he returns triumphantly, he will use the King of the Huns as a betrothal gift and marry the princess. Wouldn't that be a beautiful thing that will be passed down through the ages?”
He gave such a high-sounding reason.
Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng's dragon eyes flashed.
This idea sounded pretty good.
It was recorded in the history books and was also fascinating.
The officials in the hall all agreed.
"Good idea!"
"If this is the case, the historian should write a heavy stroke in the history books.”
……
" What do you think of this proposal, Mister Lu?" Ying Zheng looked at Lu Xuan.”
"Good!"
Lu Xuan looked deeply at Li You.
This guy really went to great lengths to stop her wedding with the princess!
However…
What was the use!
Just pacify the Xiongnu.
Lu Xuan said loudly,"The Huns have not yet been destroyed. What can we do?”
"I am willing to lead my troops to clear the Xiongnu and pacify the north. I will use the vast grasslands as a betrothal gift to marry the Great Qin Princess!”
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