Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

It will be known as expected.

Li Huoyue was not surprised.

Before she came, she had considered many worst-case scenarios.

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His Majesty knew that she was also a time traveler.

"Yes, I have inquired about Xu Zhuangyuan before. I know that Your Majesty wants to know how to make guns, so I went to find the production drawings."

Li Huoyue took the initiative to bring up this matter and also mentioned Xu Jiaoer.

It is perfectly normal for her to have contact with Xu Jiaoer.

"Why do you want to know about this?"

The emperor did not ask about the method of making firearms, but instead asked about Li Huoyue's purpose.

It is possible that His Majesty will continue to ask later, or it is possible that His Majesty has already obtained the method.

It doesn’t matter. Li Huoyue will no longer make arbitrary guesses.

When facing a stronger person who is much stronger than you, all kinds of tricks and schemes sometimes seem unnecessary.

Just like last night.

Instead, you will unconsciously expose yourself.

Li Huoyue answered honestly, "Because I wanted to cancel the engagement, I had to seek cooperation from Xu Zhuangyuan, so I went to get to know Xu Zhuangyuan first."

This was indeed Li Huoyue’s original plan.

If there hadn't been a sudden miracle, she would have gone to find Xu Jiaoer and pushed this matter forward together.

This is not a lie, it is all true, but only part of it is told.

"Then why did she tell you that?" His Majesty also knew about this matter. After all, Xu Jiao'er's speech in the hall had refreshed the people of the Southern Kingdom for a long time. "She is so generous? Her beloved's fiancée also shared for free?"

This is a very pointed question.

If Xu Jiaoer wanted to reveal that she used the method of making firearms to attract the emperor's attention, she had to make Xu Jiaoer realize that the other party met two conditions.

Condition one, of course, is to be able to understand.

Be able to understand what gun manufacturing is and what guns are.

Condition two: the other party has something more attractive than the secret of “gun manufacturing”.

Otherwise, in Xu Jiaoer's opinion, she could have rested easy and risen to the top with just this secret.

"I know about the time traveler and use this to threaten her."

Li Huoyue said that this was also something she had to say today.

She is not afraid of her image becoming despicable, and the emperor does not care how she loves to use tricks.

"You can threaten Xu Zhuangyuan with the matter of the time traveler, which means you know the details about the time traveler?" The emperor's tone rose slightly when he said the last two words. It sounded like a question, but it actually felt like a prelude to conviction.

Li Huoyue gritted his teeth and said, "Yes."

"How dare you!" The emperor was waiting for this sentence. When he got Li Huoyue's answer, he immediately flew into a rage. "Although you are Li Lian's daughter, how could you know these details? This is a serious mistake that warrants execution of the entire family! I see that everyone in your Li family has nine heads, waiting for me to chop you off every day!"

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When Li Huoyue triggered the key words, his brain started analyzing almost uncontrollably.

But before coming, she had practiced it repeatedly, and as soon as she showed signs of diverging speculation, Li Huoyue immediately bit the tip of her tongue to bring her consciousness back to the present.

Don't let yourself be distracted by other things at this time, and don't be affected by interference.

Li Huoyue had already anticipated such a bad outcome.

Even if the entire family is to be executed, you have to wait until everyone is imprisoned first. That is a matter for the future, and you can be afraid and worried about it later.

Focus on the present.

Focus on what’s in front of you.

Li Huoyue kept reminding himself.

"I dare not." Li Huoyue explained slowly, "My father came to me before and told me that the emperor asked him to find someone to pretend to be a time traveler and get close to King Li. That's when I learned some details about this time traveler."

The reason was very reasonable. His Majesty seemed to have calmed down a little and only asked Li Huoyue:

"You agree?"

Li Huoyue hummed and replied:

"Since others can know, why don't you choose me? If I fail, it will save the lives of the entire family. Only our Li family will be beheaded."

This answer made the emperor laugh in anger. Is this something that should be saved?

"I did order this." After the emperor laughed, he probably felt in a good mood and no longer mentioned chopping off Li Huoyue's head for this matter. "But I have already ordered Li Lian, and today is the deadline. He didn't do it. Do you know what this means?"

Li Huoyue was still kneeling on the ground. She did not answer directly, but said: "That is why I am eager to see His Majesty today."

"You... are here for this matter?" The emperor's tone was a little puzzled. In his opinion, Li Huoyue should not have come for this matter.

Li Huoyue did not hide the purpose of her visit and said bluntly: "This incident is just a fuse. The reason I really want to see Your Majesty is because I want to become the new Special Inspector!"

After waiting for a long time, there was no movement in the hall.

Li Huoyue didn't dare to move or urge, he could only kneel on the ground and wait for the response from his superior.

"Stand up first."

The emperor only said this one sentence, but Li Huoyue knew that he had crossed the first threshold of beheading.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Huoyue expressed his gratitude first, then slowly stood up.

After Li Huoyue stood up, the emperor asked, "Why do you want to become a special inspector?"

This was also a question that Li Huoyue had anticipated. She replied calmly, "My old father is incompetent. I can take his place."

The emperor laughed again, sighing that Li Lian really had a good daughter.

"You think you are more capable than Li Lian, then tell me, if you were the special inspector, what would you do?"

Li Huoyue replied: "Establish a special inspection office and recruit more people to capture time travelers together."

"What do you mean?!" The emperor was shocked by Li Huoyue's suggestion. "You want to make the matter of the time traveler public? This is ridiculous!! Li Huoyue, you really are worthy of being Li Yuanyuan's child! You act just as wildly and eccentrically as before!! Have you ever thought about the consequences of doing this?!"

My mother’s name is Li Lihuo, Yuanyuan is her nickname.

He called his mother by her nickname, with a strange anger in his tone.

Li Huoyue knelt down again, biting the tip of his tongue hard, forcing himself to calm down.

"Your Majesty, please be wise. I am still young and may do things inappropriately." Li Huoyue followed the Majesty's wishes and directly admitted that her proposal was not appropriate.

After a pause, seeing that His Majesty did not order anyone to drag her away, he continued, "It's just that ever since I read the records of time travelers that my father brought, I suddenly discovered that there are many people with time travelers lurking in Kyoto, but my father has never been able to find them.

Father, he is truly loyal to Your Majesty, but he is truly incompetent.

I think if he had a capable assistant instead of investigating alone, maybe he could gain more?

Anyway, now that you think he is not doing a good job and want to dismiss him, why not give me a chance and some assistants? The gains may be more worthwhile than spending time training new special inspectors. "