What kind of girl would travel to another world?

The previous chapter mentioned that Wei Qingping was imprisoned again, this time with the king of the small northern country "Grilanchi".

Wei Qingping once again grabbed the gate and cried out, "It's unfair! It's unfair! Let me out! I'm just a commoner with nothing, why are you arresting me? It's unfair! It's unfair!" Even as she cried out, she knew it was useless. She'd seen movies and TV shows where people used to shout like that, and the actual effect was pretty much the same. In any case, no one would pay any attention to her.

At this time, the Swordsman King remained silent and just let Wei Qingping keep crying out for justice.

Seeing that King Jianhao didn't move or speak, Wei Qingping became anxious, so she asked him, "Why don't you say anything? Aren't you anxious about being locked up?" She thought that King Jianhao would win over the jailer or join in crying out for justice, but he did nothing.

Seeing how anxious she was, the Swordsman King answered her calmly, "This is what being a king is like. Commoners just need to cry out for justice, but the king has a lot of things to consider." In fact, he was not thinking about anything important.

After hearing this, Wei Qingping said to King Jianhao, "That's not right. I just heard your wife say that she seemed to be saying that you are a commoner. So the question is, are you a king or a commoner?"

After hearing Wei Qingping's question, King Jianhao explained to her, "She means that she despises my status as a commoner marrying into a family, and that I wasn't originally a noble. Alas, what kind of wife am I? I guess after tonight I'll just be her ex-wife. Her marital status will be changed to 'widowed', and mine will have to be changed to 'lost me'."

Seeing that King Jianhao was still talking nonsense and didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, Wei Qingping said to him, "You still have the mind to joke." She thought again, "That's not right. If the queen killed you, she would definitely kill me to silence me. I am innocent! How could I become a victim of your palace fight?" After saying this, she continued to grab the gate and shouted, "Help! Help! Help! Help!..."

After an unknown amount of time, King Jianhao saw Wei Qingping's endless clamor and quickly stopped her, saying, "That's enough! Stop shouting, it's useless! The jailers and guards must have all been bribed by the queen right now, so it's useless to shout at the top of your lungs."

After hearing this, Wei Qingping said to the Swordsman King, "I don't believe it! I'm going to shout!" Then, she grabbed the fence door and shouted, "Break my throat! Break my throat!" She now had a mentality of trying every possible means, and no matter what she shouted, she would shout.

After hearing this, the Swordsman King was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and said to Wei Qingping, "You don't even let me joke, so why don't you stop making jokes yourself, okay?" From his tone, one could tell that he was quite helpless.

Wei Qingping said to the king, "No way. I thought that by taking refuge with a 'fellow countryman' like you, I would have no worries about food and clothing in this alien world. How come I'm locked up again all of a sudden?" After a while, she continued, "If you didn't come, I would be locked up. If you came, I would still be locked up. So, wouldn't you have come here for nothing?"

King Jianhao couldn't accept his current situation and said to Wei Qingping, "You only lost your livelihood, but I lost my throne!" Although he had just thought about abdicating and letting Wei Qingping take over, he felt a huge difference in the way he felt when he was being stripped of his throne. He couldn't hide his resentment. The difference was like when you donate money to someone and when someone else takes it away from you.

Wei Qingping suddenly felt strange and said to King Jianhao, "Don't you have a few loyal subordinates in the palace? Where are your loyal ministers? Where are your loyal ministers? Save them!" She thought that as a king, he must have a few confidants of his own. After all, movies and TV dramas always play it that way.

King Jianhao said to Wei Qingping: "I really don't have that. As a king, I naturally treat everyone equally and fairly." He really didn't have any confidants of his own.

Wei Qingping was despaired after hearing this, and said to King Jianhao, "You are so unpopular as a king. When the queen rebelled, no one came to save you." She directly and without hesitation pointed out the shortcomings of King Jianhao.

King Jianhao looked helpless and said to Wei Qingping, "I'm afraid the palace is full of the queen's power right now. Come to think of it, I was originally just a personal guard of the previous king. I was appreciated only because I saved the previous king many times. Later, I was ordered to marry into the king's family and take over the throne. In terms of appeal, I may not be as good as the queen who is of noble birth." He felt a sense of loss when he said this.

After listening to what King Jianhao said, Wei Qingping thought about it and asked him, "After you became king, didn't you build up your own power? Didn't you read history and novels before?" She must have watched too many palace fighting dramas and novels, so she thought of these things immediately.

After hearing this, King Jianhao sighed deeply and answered Wei Qingping's question helplessly, saying, "Speaking of this issue. I have made changes to the residential structure in the royal capital, but I have always changed the personnel structure in the palace. So forget about building up your own power. The people in the palace are protecting each other so well that not even a needle can get in." After he finished speaking, he became even more dejected.

After hearing this, Wei Qingping suddenly remembered the scene she saw when she first entered the royal capital, and asked King Jianhao, "Huh? I was shocked when I first arrived in the royal capital. The streets were full of half-demons and half-elves. Are you saying that there are so many half-demons and half-elves in the royal capital because of the changes brought about by your policies?" She was finally able to answer a question in her heart, so she listened carefully to King Jianhao's answer.

King Jianhao answered Wei Qingping's question and said, "That's right. The population of the royal capital is currently about 300,000, with the tall humans, half-demons, and half-elves each accounting for one-third. Unfortunately, the changes brought about by the series of policies I have implemented are only limited to the population structure in the royal capital. It seems that this approach has made people in the palace more inclined to support the queen. Now that I think about it, it is true that I have harmed their interests too many times. Therefore, for the sake of their own interests, they will naturally turn directly to the queen's side. Alas, after thinking about it, I still completely miscalculated. I didn't expect that the queen would really not care about the feelings between husband and wife." After speaking, he began to sigh repeatedly.

Wei Qingping expressed her great incomprehension and asked King Jianhao, "Aren't you and the queen husband and wife? Why does she hate you so much?" She didn't understand why the relationship between the couple was so bad that they even reached the point of using swords against each other.

When King Jianhao heard Wei Qingping ask this, he could see some sadness on his face. He thought for a moment and replied, "It's a long story. For a long time after we got married, she was very close to me. But one day, after she found out that I was originally a commoner, she had a big fight with the previous king and didn't talk to me much after that." At this point, he sighed and continued, "The king's personal guard is an important position, usually held by trusted nobles. She mistakenly thought I was a noble, so she didn't object to this marriage." At this point, he paused and continued, "It may also be that our philosophies on governing the country are too different. You have seen her character. She is definitely not the kind of person who knows how to give up or be content to be second to others. Sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams is the most terrifying thing." After he finished speaking, he fell silent again.

Wei Qingping was filled with questions. After a while, she asked the Swordsman King, "What is your philosophy of governing the country? Whose interests have you harmed? How did you become so hated?"

King Jianhao did not blame Wei Qingping for speaking her mind, but continued to answer her questions patiently, saying: "Perhaps it is because the reform of the army has harmed the interests of too many high-human races. I absorbed so many half-demons based on the needs of this country. Why can't they understand?" He was not asking Wei Qingping or anyone else, but asking himself.

After hearing this, Wei Qingping asked King Jianhao, "Are you saying that the army of this country is composed of half-demons?" She felt incredible and wanted to get clarification on this matter.

King Jianhao answered Wei Qingping and continued to explain, "The majority of the army's soldiers are still composed of the High Human race, but the Half-Demon race plays a very important role. This is the optimal solution I came up with after considering the country's terrain and thinking for a long time. Recruiting a large number of Half-Demon soldiers will naturally allow more Half-Demon residents to migrate to the country, and they naturally prefer to come to the capital, which is more accepting of them than other towns and villages. This may be one of the reasons why I angered the Queen."

Wei Qingping asked King Jianhao again, "Is there anything else you have done that has angered the queen? Tell me everything." She had already begun to gossip about others, and at this time she was very curious about the deterioration of the relationship between the couple.

King Jianhao thought for a moment, then said to Wei Qingping, "Well, it should be quite a few. To sum up, I have reduced the benefits that the nobles can obtain, and I have not allowed their titles to be hereditary. After all, this country is small, and there is not much practical land, so there is too little territory to give to the nobles. Even in times of war, such nobles can't provide much additional combat power to the country, so I think there is no need for them to exist at all. It would be better to gradually take back the titles and limited land and manage all the land by ourselves. This is also a series of policies that I have come up with after considering the unfavorable conditions of this country and thinking about it for a long time. Now that I think about it, it has indeed harmed the interests of too many people." After speaking, he began to think with his head down.

After listening to what King Jianhao said, Wei Qingping asked him again, "So, with your reforms, has the country's army become stronger than before?" She asked whatever she thought of.

King Jianhao then answered Wei Qingping's question, saying, "You've hit the nail on the head. Currently, this country's army has less than 20,000 soldiers, but that's already the limit for this small country. After all, unlike other large countries, we don't have as much territory to support nobles and then let the nobles recruit private soldiers in times of war. So even if war breaks out, an army of 20,000 is the limit for this country. Since the number is limited, what's the key?"

Wei Qingping immediately answered the Swordsman King's question, saying, "Of course it's about quality! If we can't increase the number of soldiers, then we can only improve their quality."

King Jianhao then said to Wei Qingping, "What you said is neither wrong nor entirely right. It is not enough to just improve the quality of soldiers. We must also improve the structure of the army and find the most suitable types of soldiers to match each other, so as to establish a systematic army." After that, he sighed deeply, and continued, "Now that I think about it, there is really no need to rush to reform. In fact, I was just thinking about preparing for a rainy day at the beginning. It has been many years since there has been a war. Perhaps in the eyes of others, these are unnecessary reforms. Alas, I guess it will be said to be a futile reform." In the end, he began to mock himself.

After listening to this, Wei Qingping felt a little confused and said to King Jianhao, "I don't understand, but I am deeply shocked." After that, she didn't ask King Jianhao any more questions.

Then, they both suddenly stopped talking. In the dim light, only a flickering candle on the cabinet outside the cell illuminated them.

The Swordsman King was the first to break the silence and suddenly said: "Why are we locked up in this kind of cell? I have clearly given the order before. This dark and unventilated dungeon should have been sealed long ago. The environment here is so dirty and messy that it is really uninhabitable. Alas, nothing has changed. What else can be changed?" After saying that, he sighed continuously.

After hearing what King Jianhao said, Wei Qingping also said, "No way! At least change this cell to a cleaner one. There aren't cockroaches and rats on the floor, are there? It's so scary!" She had just finished speaking when she immediately reacted and shouted, "Oh!"