As early as the beginning of the year, when Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng first heard that Hu Hai had usurped the throne and destroyed the two hundred years of foundation of the Qin Dynasty, he imprisoned Zhao Gao and confined Hu Hai in a private residence outside the palace, and ordered that if anything happened to him, he would secretly execute him and bury him in the imperial tomb.

However, Su Jinyue's arrival broke everything.

The repeated assassinations against San'er made him realize that he must give the rebels a breakthrough point to divert the danger from Su Jinyue.

If you are too rigid, you will break. Instead of letting everyone stare at San'er, it is better to take the initiative to reveal the flaws.

No matter how they try to maneuver, they cannot escape the control of Ying Zheng.

"Look at this palm, it's all worn out."

Su Jinyue looked at her younger brother's hands with heartache and called Lady Gui to get medicine for his wounds.

"Don't go to Muji's place for the next two days. If she knew, she would definitely cry again."

"Yes, I understand, sister." Thirteen said with some regret, "It's just that the kite you made for me is broken. I don't know if it can be repaired."

Su Jinyue touched the top of his head and said, "What's the big deal? I'll make you a bigger and better looking one."

"Okay, hiss..."

"Be gentle, be gentle."

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Shisan had taken the medicine and was about to return to his palace to rest when he ran into Su Ji who came happily with a row of new robes.

"Thirteen, my son, what's wrong with you? Wuuuuuu... Come and see me quickly."

Well, what is coming has finally come.

"That Hu Ji was not a good person. Her son, Eighteen, is so domineering. She deserves to fall from favor. It's been over six months, and Your Majesty has never set foot in her Hu Xuan Palace again. I never thought her son would still be so domineering and rude."

"My poor child, are you still in pain? I have some excellent medicine for your wounds. I will apply it to you myself later."

Su Jinyue listened helplessly to Mu Ji's muttering. Fortunately, she stopped crying, otherwise she really didn't know how to persuade her.

The days passed leisurely, and Thirteen's injuries soon improved, but the bruises on his face would take time to fade away.

That day, Su Jinyue rushed to the Shaofu to check the progress of steel refining and happened to meet several people from the Gongshu family.

"Third Princess An, how come you have time to come here today?"

Old man Cai led everyone forward with a smile on his face.

The Qi and Mo factions advocated universal love, and to be honest they had no deep hatred with Gongshujia.

Both sides were interested in avoiding war, and they got along quite well. As for the private academic disputes, without any secret plots involved, both sides felt a sense of mutual appreciation.

Gongshu Yang still looked like a gentleman, respectful and elegant as ever, walking beside Cai Yan with a slightly raised eyebrow, occasionally turning his head to look in the direction of Su Jinyue.

"Gongshuzi is here, and I have some blueprints for the sword and halberd. Let's study them together later."

As soon as Su Jinyue finished speaking, several people from the Gongshu family turned their heads to look at her.

"Ha ha……"

Why is he looking at her like that? With those big eyes staring at him, who wouldn't be socially anxious?

"Hehe... let's go see how the steelmaking is going first?"

Su Jinyue took two quick steps and came to the front of the crowd. Look, let me show you the back of my head, hehe.

"Third Princess, you went the wrong way. Go to the right."

Su Jinyue put away her smile, turned around expressionlessly and walked towards the aisle on the right. Haha, no laughing matter.

Beside the steelmaking furnace, Mr. Ou and several other alchemists had been waiting for a long time.

The Taoist priests standing behind Ou Sheng with their heads bowed included a few newcomers, presumably new recruits who had recently joined the sect. Their faces were filled with uncontrollable excitement, and they all wanted to meet the immortal master as soon as possible, and even better still, to exchange a few words.

They had been in Xianyang for some time. During the time they worked in the Shaofu, they had witnessed many magical skills and admired the Third Princess very much. They were also very envious of their fellow disciples who had come earlier and envied them for being able to meet the Third Princess in person.

As the footsteps approached, several people hurried forward to greet them.

"Your servants pay their respects to the Third Princess."

"Disciple pays homage to the Immortal Master."

Su Jinyue kept walking, waved to everyone to follow, and went straight to the steel furnace.

"Third Princess, look, the molten iron has been refined. The batch of 100- and 1,000-year-old steel from the day before has already reached a very high hardness. We are only one step away from success."

Cai Yan pointed to the sword rack next to the stove and took out each one for Su Jinyue to check.

"This is all thanks to the advice of Gongshuzi and Ou Sheng. By leveraging everyone's strengths, we were able to quickly identify the most suitable temperature and ratio."

He was so excited that he raised a sharp sword and chopped it hard at the table next to him. There was a loud "stirrup" sound, wood chips flew everywhere, and the sword blade was deeply embedded in the table.

Even though they had expected this, everyone was still shocked by the power of the knife.

"Good knife!"

Most of Gongshujia's disciples loved to wield swords and knives, and now they could no longer wait and started to try other samples.

Someone else murmured, "If this steel were used in crossbows, wouldn't it be possible to build a bigger and faster crossbow?"

"Yes, yes, it can also be used as a gun carriage and a ladder to climb walls."

"..."

Amidst the multitude of opinions, only Gongshu Yang remained silent. He walked to the side of the table and carefully touched the knife mark made by the previous cut with his fingers. It was three inches deep, and there was a crack next to it caused by the vibration.

He was once again thankful that he did not refuse to come to Xianyang because of his anger.

Just this method of steelmaking is worth it for them to come here.

Just as he was feeling excited and was about to look towards Su Jinyue to thank her for her teaching, he heard a clear female voice coming from behind him.

"You have done a great job, Shaofu Ling. I believe that steel will be forged in a few days."

"We thank the Third Princess for her praise."

"Ahem..." Su Jinyue coughed twice and continued, "Well, don't waste these now. Make a few iron pots. Bai Yujing needs to come up with new dishes, and we can use these iron pots to test their durability."

Cai Yan looked up at Su Jinyue and saw her serious expression. Thinking of the alchemists behind her who were staring at her eagerly, he lowered his head silently and responded in agreement, "Yes, Third Princess, this iron pot does need to be tested and promoted as soon as possible."

"Okay, then keep working hard."

As Su Jinyue was speaking, she was about to walk out of the room. When she passed by the newly arrived alchemists, she deliberately paused, looked at them with praise, and nodded slightly a few times. After doing all this, she strode forward and walked out of the Shaofu without looking back.

"Master is looking at me!"

"The Immortal Master must know how hard we've worked. Is she going to officially accept us as her disciples?"

The alchemists were so excited by each other's affirmative looks that they couldn't express it in words. They looked at each other warmly, expressing their joy.

They will definitely work harder, make steel, and blow up furnaces!

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