The empress is wild and cool, and I'll help her secure her throne

On Corpse Sewing Street, at a hundred-table imperial banquet.

An Luoyu was wearing a phoenix robe. The phoenix embroidered with gold thread sparkled in the sun, highlighting her supreme majesty and unparalleled elegance!

She walked slowly to the first phoenix chair and sat down amidst the officials who were bowing to her.

"Please sit down, my dear ministers!"

An Luoyu's voice, which sounded intimidating without being angry, was heard, and everyone dared to raise their heads and sit down again.

"Today we are hosting a royal banquet in honor of the corpse-stitching craftsman Ye Qianxuan. Please be at your leisure... Hey, where's Ye Qianxuan?"

An Luoyu scanned the entire room and didn't see Ye Qianxuan, so he frowned slightly.

Everyone looked at each other.

Although everyone was looking for someone to talk to just now, no one cared whether a corpse tailor was missing.

Even though this corpse tailor is the protagonist today.

Li Mingda immediately stood up and said:

"Your Majesty! This boy is extremely arrogant. He hasn't even arrived after the Holy Ride. This is extremely disrespectful! Your Majesty, please punish him!"

Uncle Zhao died inexplicably, and the revenge for his son's beating has not been avenged yet. In addition, the other party is the only successor of Liu Zaidao, so Li Mingda naturally wants to seize every opportunity to kill Ye Qianxuan.

"Your Majesty! Young friend Ye Qianxuan went to Heizang Mountain to find a way to perform a sacrifice and ask for firewood for me."

"That place is filthy and dirty. Perhaps because they are afraid of offending the Holy Spirit, they are taking a long time to bathe. I believe they will arrive soon."

Kong Zhongzhi stood up to speak for Ye Qianxuan.

All the civil and military officials remained silent, but upon closer inspection, they were all trying hard to suppress their laughter.

In their opinion, Kong Zhongzhi was really driven crazy by His Majesty's task of "offering sacrifices and asking for firewood"!

They actually chose to believe that a corpse tailor could solve the problem of firewood shortage in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty that had lasted for hundreds of years!

There is very little vegetation in the Black and Dirty Mountain, and poisonous fires are rampant. How can you find any way to offer sacrifices and pray for firewood there?

The empress also frowned slightly, wondering if she had been too nice to Ye Qianxuan recently!

How dare you do such a disrespectful thing!

"Your Majesty! Ye Qianxuan is just a lowly corpse-sewer! Even if he has some talent for poetry, it's not worthy of being worthy of being in a prestigious position!"

"The Minister of Rites' claim that he went to solve the problem of obtaining firewood for the sacrifices is sheer nonsense!"

"Your Majesty, I beg you to punish Ye Qianxuan for his disrespect!"

Li Mingda knelt on the ground and shouted again!

Kong Zhongzhi felt so angry that his teeth were itching - this guy just called him teacher, but after he refused to show goodwill to Zuo Cheng, he called him by his official name!

Just as Kong Zhongzhi was about to argue, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind:

"Your Majesty! I am late, and I beg your forgiveness!"

Ye Qianxuan jumped off his horse outside the Corpse Seaming Street, then ran quickly to about twenty meters in front of the empress, knelt down with a thud, and kowtowed deeply!

The moment Ye Qianxuan appeared, everyone in the audience looked at his embarrassed appearance and whispered:

"This guy... he even dared to be late for the Empress' banquet!"

"And he knew he was going to see the emperor, so why did he get all covered in black dust?"

"It is also disrespectful to meet His Majesty with an unclean body!"

The corpse seamers in the back row were even more disheartened—yes! From now on, everyone's impression of corpse seamers as despicable and filthy would be further deepened!

Ye Qianxuan, ah Ye Qianxuan, on such an important day, can't you just take a bath!

Kong Zhongzhi's heart sank - I just said you were late because you took a shower! Aren't you slapping me in the face?

Finished!

I'm afraid Ye Qianxuan can't escape the charge of disrespect!

"Your Majesty! This boy is dirty and disrespectful in front of Your Majesty!" Sure enough, Li Mingda bit Ye Qianxuan again!

"Your Majesty! I got this black dust all over my body because I was trying to solve the firewood problem in Dongzhou!" Ye Qianxuan immediately replied, "I finally found a way to solve Dongzhou's firewood problem. I heard that Your Majesty had arrived, so I didn't even have time to take a shower. I rushed here as fast as I could to tell Your Majesty the good news!"

"what?!"

At that moment, the whole audience was shocked!

The looks of the civil and military officials were extremely complicated!

There is doubt, surprise, contempt, disdain...

"Solved? The winter firewood problem that has plagued our Dong Zhou for hundreds of years has been solved?"

"How is it possible! This problem that several ministers of industry and ministers of rites couldn't solve was actually solved by a corpse tailor?"

"Oh! He must be bragging and trying to attract attention!"

"I guess he's just trying to find an excuse to shirk his responsibility for being so disrespectful!"

In short, the attitude of most civil and military officials is disbelief.

Li Mingda, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, sneered, "You lowly corpse-sewist, you're really good at flattering yourself! The problem of burning firewood in winter in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty has been around for years and has never been solved. And you've solved it completely in just a few days?"

Ye Qianxuan ignored the old man's ridicule and continued to say to the empress:

"Your Majesty, I, the common people, have used my unique technology to transform the black dirt of Heizang Mountain into honeycomb coal. Not only is it inexhaustible, but it also burns a thousand times better than firewood!"

After hearing Ye Qianxuan's words, the civil and military officials began to criticize and ridicule even more!

"The dirty black soil from Black Dirty Mountain? The fire from that stuff is poisonous!"

"Do you even need to tell me about burning dirty black dirt? So many untouchables have had to burn dirty black dirt to keep warm in the winter, and they've died in droves!"

"This Ye Qianxuan, does he think we are as cheap as he is? I absolutely do not need that filthy thing!"

Li Mingda also sneered and bowed again:

"Your Majesty, Ye Qianxuan, with his eloquence, actually wants to use poisonous black dirt to solve our Dongzhou firewood problem. His heart is damnable! I request that he be charged with the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Kong Zhongzhi's heart skipped a beat, but he still chose to believe Ye Qianxuan in his heart. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty! Why don't you take a look first?"

The Empress' eyes narrowed slightly. "Dean Kong is absolutely right. Let's see first. If it doesn't work, then we can punish him for his disrespect and deceiving the emperor!"

And just at this moment, Uncle Fu came on horseback!

Uncle Fu knew that Ye Qianxuan needed it urgently, so in such a short time, he made fifty honeycomb coals and wrapped them in cloth!

Ye Qianxuan took the fifty honeycomb coals and moved out a stove from Room No. 5 of Xuanzi. He then put some wood chips on the bottom, lit it, and put three honeycomb coals on it.

Soon, the honeycomb coal was burning red!

The other civil and military officials covered their mouths and noses and dispersed. Everyone knew that the black and dirty soil was poisonous.

But the strange thing is that after the honeycomb coal was burned red, there was no smoke or unpleasant smell, and at the same time, an unprecedented warmth spread from the middle of the stove!

Ye Qianxuan knelt on the ground and reported: "Your Majesty! After I processed this black dirty soil, it became non-toxic honeycomb coal. It also burns longer and produces more heat, making it more useful than firewood."

"Most importantly, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty has a huge stockpile of black dirt. It would take the entire Eastern Zhou Dynasty 500 years to burn it all!"

All the civil and military officials were completely shocked!

"This corpse tailor is quite amazing!"

"Yeah! This dirty black soil can actually burn without producing poisonous gas. How did they do that?"

"It's only about the warmth of a stove, but I can feel it from twenty meters away. It's really a good salary!"

"So, this honeycomb briquettes can completely replace firewood, and our Dong Zhou's winter firewood problem is completely solved! Then Bei Liang and Nan Wu, don't try to use this to strangle our Dong Zhou!"

Li Mingda, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stared blankly at the red-hot stove. He felt extremely dissatisfied, but he couldn't utter a word of rebuttal.

This guy actually turned the toxic black dirty soil into non-toxic honeycomb coal!

Li Mingda seriously doubted whether this guy named Ye Qianxuan was really just a lowly corpse seamstress!

The empress came down from the phoenix chair, checked the stove herself, and looked at the honeycomb coal. It was indeed durable, hot enough, and non-toxic!

"Honeycomb briquettes... if they really are shaped like a honeycomb, you'd be quite good at naming them!" The empress smiled and said, "Tomorrow, you will hand this special technology over to the Ministry of Industry. Then, immediately begin excavating Heizang Mountain. Order the entire Eastern Zhou territory to use honeycomb briquettes instead of firewood, effective today!"

"Dean Kong! Now that Dong Zhou's firewood problem has been solved, you don't have to bother offering sacrifices and begging for firewood anymore!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Kong Zhongzhi bowed his head deeply, then looked at Ye Qianxuan with gratitude!

He actually didn't trust Ye Qianxuan to solve the Dong Zhou firewood problem before. He was really ashamed!

From then on, he really owed Ye Qianxuan a big favor!

After Ye Qianxuan thanked the empress, he suddenly changed the subject and said seriously, "Your Majesty, I have something else to ask!"

"Oh?" The empress frowned slightly, thinking that Ye Qianxuan wanted to reward him, so she said lightly: "You are a great contributor, tell me what it is?"

"As long as it's not too much, I'll agree to everything you ask!"

"Your Majesty, please punish Li Mingda, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, for collaborating with the enemy!"

Ye Qianxuan's clear voice echoed throughout the Corpse Seaming Street!

Li Mingda was stunned for a moment, and looked at Ye Qianxuan with horror in his eyes!

I bit you for a long time, but it was just a bite that made you commit the crime of beheading!

You bite me and you want to kill my entire clan right away!