115 A Mechanical Contraption (2/2)

When he noticed that there were others present in the room, he changed his form of address.

”Your Majesty, this time you have to praise this lowly one because I delivered on my promise and didn't disappoint you.”

Su Li looked at him with a faint smile.

She had noticed early on that Zhou Sheng still had the habit to address her by his nickname for her – Princess.

She knew he did it because he was used to calling her that so she never found fault with him for that.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

However, she sometimes worried that he would slip-up in front of others and that it would spell trouble for her.

It was a wonder that the other person had never completed his form of address in front of outsiders to date and everyone simply assumed that he was more used to calling her Prince.

She marvelled at the sheer misunderstanding going all around but couldn't be bothered to reprimand him.

However, that didn't mean she couldn't pull his proverbial leg.

”Zhou Sheng, you do know that the way you address Zhen can spell trouble for you, don't you?”

He seemed to be taken aback by her words and before he could ponder about her words seriously, she couldn't contain her mirth and laughed at his flabbergasted look.

”Ah! Zhou Sheng finally is turned speechless. Call the press Corps, this is one worthy news.” She joked weekly.

However, he didn't seem to be in the mood to play along to her tune.

”First, praise me before making fun of me.”

Looking at his earnest expression, she couldn't help but ease him some more.

”Your self-inflated ego is already enough to fill an entire room, Zhou Sheng. If I praise you even more, wouldn't you dare to ascend to the heavens?”

”No. No. Forget about my ego for a second and truly praise me because I delivered on my promise. See, I told you I won't disappoint you and I didn't.”

Ning Fu silently watched the byplay of words between the two people.

He didn't know what his brother and the monarch were talking about but he saw the undercurrent of emotions in the monarch's eyes at his brother's words.

”Well, yes. You have never disappointed me to date, anyway. So, don't keep me in suspense and talk in circles. Tell me, what is it?”

At the monarch's words, Zhou Sheng removed something from the folds of his robes - where he had hidden it and with a flourish, presented a mechanical-looking contraption to the monarch.

Ning Fu didn't understand what it was since he hadn't been able to take a closer look or why it was worth his usual reticent brother acting in such an unusual way but when he shifted in his position to take another closer look, he realised that the metal contraption was a 'gun'.