The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

Old Lady Li felt a little embarrassed. Seeing the "angel" was angry, she immediately ordered the servants behind her: "Go! Bring out the lady!"

"Yes! Old Lady!"

After a while, Huang Suqiu came out, looking confused and wearing coarse linen clothes.

She was puzzled as to what had happened until Eunuch Gao congratulated her son on his restoration to the title of prince! Furthermore, His Majesty gifted the Li family with a state banquet!

Huang Suqiu was overjoyed. This sudden turn of events happened a little too quickly.

She also wanted to go to the palace to ask His Majesty to pardon her son, but she didn't expect that her wish would come true.

After she thanked him profusely and accepted the imperial edict at Eunuch Gao's reminder, when she saw her hands covered in chilblains...

Eunuch Gao frowned, looked at Old Lady Li, and said in a cold voice, "Old Lady!"

"Yes! Angel!"

"Originally, our family shouldn't interfere in the Li family's affairs, nor should we say too much. But... these are turbulent times. You should know the situation in the royal capital better than we do in the palace! Right now, Your Majesty relies on the King of Qin the most. Your Majesty doesn't want to see the King of Qin fighting bloody battles on the front line while his family is on fire. Do you understand?"

Old Lady Li was stunned when she heard this. She glanced at Huang Suqiu, then at Li Jihuan and Chen Anran, mother and son, whose faces were now flushed. She sighed and nodded, "Thank you for the reminder, eunuch! I'll make a note of it."

"Then you should get ready and prepare to go to the palace for the banquet tonight!"

"Send the father-in-law away!"

After seeing off Eunuch Gao, Old Lady Li returned and found Huang Suqiu heading towards the backyard again. She was startled and shouted, "Suqiu! Wait, where are you going?"

Huang Suqiu said "Oh", looked at Chen Anran and Li Jihuan, and said, "Anran and Jihuan still have a pile of clothes in the backyard for me to wash. I'll go back and do the laundry!"

After hearing these words, the three of them blushed with embarrassment.

Old Madam Li felt a little embarrassed. If it wasn't for her consent, how could the concubine and illegitimate son be so rampant?

Thinking of this, she stepped forward and took Huang Suqiu's hand, sighing, "No need to wash it! The servants will wash it for you!"

At this point, the old lady turned around and accused Chen Anran and Li Jihuan, "You two are such idiots! Can't you do your own things? Can't you use the servants at home? Why do you have to wash for Suqiu? You have no respect for your parents, a concubine and a bastard, and Suqiu is the wife of the Li family!"

Ah this...

When we asked her to wash before, didn’t you say anything?

Why has the face and mouth changed now?

However, they also knew that Li Jize was likely to be reused by His Majesty again, and that he might even bring the Northern Liang Wolf Riders back to support the king. If that happened, he would be credited with saving the emperor.

So, under the watchful eyes of Old Lady Li, the mother and son quickly apologized with a smile on their faces! They also promised that they would wash their own clothes in the future and would never trouble their sister/aunt again.

In order to appease Huang Suqiu, Old Lady Li even asked her pretentiously, "Suqiu, do you have clothes and gold and silver jewelry for the state banquet?"

Huang Suqiu had an indifferent expression, "It's okay! Mother-in-law, I'm used to it anyway."

"How can that be? Come on! Go buy the lady some nice clothes. As for the jewelry... An Ran, you have quite a bit of jewelry, give some to Su Qiu!"

"what?"

Chen Anran, who had been pretending to call her sister just now, was not happy when she heard that she was going to take the jewelry from her.

"Why? Why should I give him my jewelry?"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Li glared at him and said coldly, "What do you mean by 'yours and mine'? Didn't you buy those jewelry with money from the Li family? Have you ever earned a penny for the Li family?"

Chen Anran: “…”

Frustrated! Unhappy!

He originally thought that the imperial edict was to promote his son. But he never expected that it would turn out to be Li Jize's personal show, and even his mother Huang Suqiu was favored.

Why?

My Ji Huan is also very good, right? He, Li Jize, only deceived the Beiliang Wolf Riders and took them away. If the Wolf Riders were in my son's hands, he would also come to the king's defense!

……

Howling!

Qinghe County.

It was quite lively at this moment, with not only scouts coming and going, but also infantry training and warships parked in the canal.

Li Jize was on the bow of the ship at the moment, watching the infantry training in front, accompanied by the chief secretary Chen Yingyuan.

Li Jize didn't even turn his head, but simply said, "How is it? Did Prince Consort Wang Tongjiao and the others enter the capital smoothly?"

"Your Highness! The covert route Zhang Shun set up has successfully allowed them to infiltrate. However..."

"But what?"

Li Jize suddenly turned around and looked at Chen Yingyuan.

"When they disguised themselves and passed through the area controlled by the bandits, their identities seemed to be exposed. A fight broke out between the two sides, and several brothers were killed before they were brought in. I'm afraid... I'm afraid the bandits already know where we are!"

If Li Jize went north to defend the king, he could have sailed his warships from the canal and launched a surprise attack, catching the enemy off guard.

But he chose to stay in Qinghe County and blackmail the empress into giving him the title of "Grand Marshal of the Army of the World". He had already missed the best opportunity for a surprise attack! In other words, if he really had to fight the bandits, it would mean a head-on confrontation.

Li Jize curled his lips slightly and asked Chen Yingyuan, "How many of Li Zhenbei's million-strong army can fight?"

"Most of them are refugees who were taken hostage. His main force is the Beggars' Battalion! This army is composed of veterans who have followed Li Zhenbei through many years of battle. Even ordinary refugees who have survived rounds of life and death elimination still have terrifying fighting power!"

"What about our soldiers?"

"This……"

Chen Yingyuan actually wanted to say that our soldiers were disaster victims who had only received three months of training!

Without the musket, you are nothing?

"Do you think we can, with these new recruits and our muskets, ask the Empress for the position of Grand Marshal of the Armies?"

Li Jize suddenly said something, and Chen Yingyuan thought about it for a moment before replying, "Yes! Ask for it on your knees!"

Li Jize patted the warships at his feet and asked, "Then with warships and artillery, infantry and muskets, can we take this position without any hesitation?"

Chen Yingyuan was stunned, and after thinking about it, he suddenly reacted.

Good boy! It turns out that the King of Qin didn't want to serve the king at all. He just wanted this position!

As for...

What will happen to this empress after being given this position?

He doesn't care!

Either the game is over once the city is broken, or Li Jize will go and break the city and hold the emperor hostage to control the other princes.

Judging from the current situation, the biggest possibility is that Li Jize will cause the city of his childhood sweetheart to be destroyed and die in the royal capital.

Vicious! He really intends to take the money and not do the job!