Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

The next day.

The epidemic was getting worse and worse, and the people there began to get nervous when they heard all kinds of screams.

They wanted to go over and take a look, but were stopped.

There are more and more cases of fever among the people. Since Doctor Jiang has not yet come out of isolation, he can only use ordinary fever-reducing prescriptions to boil medicine and drink it.

At the same time, the news that Song Zhi deliberately released also reached Mu Yuanzhi's ears.

Mu Yuanzhi laughed, "Good, good! The epidemic has spread, and there's nothing you can do to save it."

"It only takes the sacrifice of a few people in this city to pull you down from the altar. Their death is well deserved."

He looked towards the horizon and said, "I'll wait for you to come back to me. I don't mind you marrying my third brother. Zhi'er, you will see my feelings."

His eyes were full of smiles, as if he had already seen Song Zhi admitting defeat and leaning in his arms.

A palace attendant trembled and said, "Your Majesty, Tuoba has sent many letters. Please see..."

Mu Yuanzhi snorted coldly, "They just want me to fulfill the marriage we made in the past. Tell them that if they, Tuoba, are willing to submit to Tianqi and hand over all their troops for my command, I don't mind marrying them back as a toy."

"No... no, Your Majesty, Tuoba is here to request a break off of the engagement."

The servant was so frightened that his face turned pale and he couldn't even speak complete sentences.

Mu Yuanzhi's eyes suddenly tightened, "What did you say? Cancel the engagement?!"

"Yes, it is."

"Snapped!"

Mu Yuanzhi's face turned pale and he knocked over the teacup on the table.

"Little Tuoba, how dare you reject my favor? Are they tired of living? Even if the grassland people are good at fighting, they will never become a major force."

His fingers trembled slightly with anger as he extended one finger.

"You! Write me a reply immediately and tell me that if you don't send Tuoba Yu here, I will send troops to crush Tuoba."

The servant was even more terrified, with cold sweat pouring down his forehead. He stammered, "Tuoba...has...already defected to the Phoenix Kingdom."

"How dare he!"

Mu Yuan punched the desk, causing a crack on the large desk.

The palace man was afraid that the next punch would hit him, so he immediately held his breath and pretended to be dead.

Mu Yuanzhi's chest heaved violently, and veins popped out on his forehead.

After a long pause, he gritted his teeth and said, "I want you to know that your choices are all wrong. Only I, only I, am the one destined by heaven."

He ordered in a cold voice, "Go spread the word that Phoenix Country has been infected with the plague, and then execute the plan I've given you."

"Yes."

The palace maid felt relieved and ran out like the wind.

Next, the news that the Phoenix Kingdom was infected with an epidemic spread like wildfire. People said that this was because a woman named Song Zhi proclaimed herself emperor and rebelled against the Tiangang, which offended the wrath of heaven, so heaven punished the Phoenix Kingdom.

The plague was now almost incurable, and unless Song Zhi could submit to Tianqi again, the wrath of heaven could be averted.

The twelve cities of the Phoenix Kingdom were all in a panic. Epidemics are something that people shudder to talk about at any time, let alone an epidemic that is incurable.

As long as you get it, it means death.

Some timid people have forgotten why they live such a stable life now, and they began to blame Song Zhi for disregarding everyone's lives for his own selfish reasons.

What's worse, some people even started causing trouble in the city lord's mansions of various cities, shouting for Song Zhi to get out of the Phoenix Country.

Whenever Xie Ting heard such words, he would roll his eyes. "You are all so smart to tell the people who founded the Phoenix Nation to get out of the country."

Gradually, these troublemakers began to gather together for demonstrations, and they wanted to expel Song Zhi under the guise of justice.

Faced with these situations, Song Zhi himself did not have any extra emotions, but just asked someone to silently write down the names of all those who made trouble and marched.

Seeing that Song Zhi remained indifferent, these people became even more aggressive.

More and more people were causing trouble. They gathered at the City Lord's Mansion, looking like they were going to rush in and smash the mansion.

Seeing this, Xiao Tao was furious. "How can these people be so ungrateful? It's our fault that we let them live so well. They are a bunch of ungrateful wolves. Your Majesty, please step in and suppress them. Otherwise, these people will really think they can shit on our heads."

Song Zhi said calmly: "You are getting more and more impatient. What are you panicking about? The termites haven't come out yet, why do you have to come out so quickly?"

Mu Nanqi scratched her nose and said with a smile, "You are becoming more and more sinister."

Song Zhi raised his eyebrows, "I learned this from Master Qi."

"The Empress's salary hasn't been paid yet."

"You are my royal husband, do you also need to give it?"

"Brothers will settle the score."

Song Zhi picked up the teacup and put it to Mu Nanqi's mouth, "I'll give you a cup of apprenticeship tea."

"It's bad, Her Majesty."

As they were talking, Meng Qi suddenly hurried in from outside.

"Some of the five hundred women have already died. The others are terrified and have drawn their swords to rush out and demand justice. However, they are carrying the plague, so our brothers dare not stop them. They are almost at the city gate now."

Song Zhi stood up in an instant and said, "We absolutely cannot let them get near the city gate."

She spread the false news that the city was infected with an epidemic, and that was for Mu Yuanzhi to hear. In fact, no one in the entire Yuecheng was infected.

Meng Qi was a little embarrassed, "But no one dared to step forward."

Song Zhi was so angry that he almost died. "Use arrows. Find some archers with excellent archery skills to attack them from the city gate and from behind. If they dare to come, kill them all."

Meng Qi's eyes suddenly lit up. "Yes, I was so anxious at the time that I forgot about this method. I'll do it right away."

Meng Qi came and went in a hurry, and his tall figure quickly disappeared in the yard.

Song Zhi looked at Xin Wanyun who was covering his face. Xin Wanyun said, "Don't tell him that he is a soldier I brought up next time you go out. I feel ashamed."

Song Zhi laughed, "If you don't acknowledge him, it will probably be more painful than letting him die."

Xin Wanyun shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'd better go to the quarry to see if there's anything wrong."

Song Zhi quickly said, "I'll go take a look too."

These words came true.

When they arrived at the quarry, the people were in the process of rioting.

They looked terrified. "Lady Empress, please tell us what's going on. We're not suffering from heatstroke, are we? We heard those women say they were infected with the plague. We're dying, aren't we?"

"Your Highness, I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child at home. I don't want to die."

"I don't want to either."

"I don't want to either. Ah Hua next door is still waiting for me to go back and marry her. As long as I get the wages this time, I can let her marry me in a grand ceremony."

As they talked, everyone choked up and a group of simple men just started crying.

The work in the quarry is hard and tiring. If you are not a hard-working person, you will not come here.