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

Seeing that the King of Qin was in a bad mood, the subordinate who was responsible for conveying the message immediately asked tentatively: "This... King of Qin, do you want me to drive them out?"

"them?"

When Li Jize heard these two words, his first subconscious reaction was Wang Yuanya and her senior brother Yan Anxun.

Great! Really great!

Before, I was asked to put national interests first, but I went to attack the barbarians, missed the opportunity to integrate the south, and caused the current mess.

Now, what was this woman doing here again? Was she bringing her senior brother with her?

"What do they want to do?"

Li Jize asked in a cold voice, apparently not noticing that they were in a meeting and many of the "poor scholars" who were responsible for taking notes had stopped what they were doing and were looking at him.

They also couldn't understand how the King of Qin, who had been fine before, could become so aggressive in the blink of an eye.

"Report to King Qin! They said they represent the righteous army and came to discuss cooperation with us!"

"Cooperation, I..."

Li Jize was so angry that he almost wanted to curse, but then he realized something was wrong and turned around to find so many people looking at him.

In the past, there was a lot of righteousness and awe, and no one was divided into old or young, north or south.

Now that the rebels have really proposed cooperation, Li Jize started cursing. How unbecoming of the King of Qin is this?

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the urge to curse, Li Jize said, "I don't want to see them!"

"So let them go?"

"..."

When they saw that the King of Qin didn't say anything, his subordinates thought he had agreed and were about to go down and do as he was told.

But Li Jize suddenly shouted again, "Wait!"

"Yes! Your Highness the Prince of Qin!"

The subordinate agreed and stood still again, thinking about it for a while...

Li Jize frowned and complained, "Let me think about this matter again. Let them... let them wait for now!"

"Yes!"

"Besides... no one can let this news leak out, especially the old lady!"

Last time, Li Jize felt so embarrassed and aggrieved because his mother Huang Suqiu "interfered". Now he can't let her know about it again.

This time, not only the messenger heard it, but everyone else also stood up and said, "Yes, sir!"

After finishing the work, everyone was still waiting for Li Jize to continue explaining today's work.

Li Jize thought for a moment, looked at them and said, "Oh, right! Where were we talking about just now?"

"King Qin, you... you just mentioned the hydraulic lathe!"

"Oh, yes, the hydraulic lathe!"

Li Jize opened his mouth and continued the previous topic. Everyone quickly sat up straight, holding their brushes and began to continue their previous work.

"This hydraulic lathe, a hydraulic transmission device, is the most important thing if you want to make rifling... the most important thing is..."

The people below were recording enthusiastically, but just as they were recording, they realized something was wrong. Why did the King of Qin pause again?

They looked up at Li Jize and found that he was thoughtful.

Could it be that this "hydraulic machine tool" was something truly extraordinary? Even the King of Qin couldn't explain it clearly.

But the next moment...

They found out they were mistaken!

Because Li Jize was distracted, he suddenly said, "Hey! How dare she come here? How can she be so shameless? Who is she?"

Everyone: "..."

Does it take a thick skin to build a hydraulic machine tool? What kind of logic is this?

……

At this moment, there was an official post station near Qingzhou, which was responsible for entertaining the Qin King's guests.

"You two, please come this way!"

The soldier in charge of the message took Wang Yuanya and Zhang Xiaolan directly into the inn and told them to stay there tonight.

Wang Yuanya and Zhang Xiaolan looked at each other and both frowned.

Wang Yuanya raised her head, looked at the soldier with a puzzled expression, and asked, "General, what exactly does your King Qin want? Why doesn't he see us?"

The messenger didn't dare to say anything wrong, he just said that this was the order of the "King of Qin"!

Wang Yuanya felt even more uncomfortable, and even spoke with a hint of anger in her tone. She said dissatisfiedly: "General Jun, please make it clear, it's me! I am Wang Yuanya!"

"Yes! But this is what the King of Qin meant."

"..."

Ah this...

Wang Yuanya felt a little embarrassed and awkward, as if she was pretending to be an idiot!

"Please rest here, both of you. If the King of Qin wishes to see you, someone will come and notify you. I have military duties to attend to, so I will not accompany you any longer!"

After saying this, the soldier made a gesture of goodbye and turned and left.

After he left, Zhang Xiaolan crossed her arms over her chest and couldn't help but complain.

"Humph! Li Jize is really getting all cocky now! It's true, he used to be the King of Qin, but he was a thorn in the emperor's side. But now? He's far away from the emperor, and he's occupied a piece of land on his own, acting like a local tyrant. And the place he chose is particularly good, right at the mouth of the Tianjiang River. How come none of our brothers in the rebel army thought of this?"

She is so jealous!

That’s right, why didn’t Li Zhenbei keenly realize the value of Qingzhou’s interests at the time?

Wang Yuanya sighed. She ignored her companion Zhang Xiaolan's complaints. On the contrary, she felt a little uncomfortable.

After all, before, when my husband heard my name, he would definitely come out to see me.

But now...

Why didn't he come to see me first?

Is he still angry with her, or has he found another woman?

That’s right! He’s the King of Qin, how could he be short of women?

Especially now, Li Jize seems to have told the public that the empress is still alive!

Could it be that……

Because the two of them are back together, Li Jize has once again become the empress's bootlicker, and he no longer has any "marital love" for her?

"Hey! Hey, Wang Yuanya! Wang Yuanya!"

While Wang Yuanya was daydreaming, Zhang Xiaolan beside her was also confused. Why was she standing there motionless as if she had been acupunctured? She was almost becoming a "husband-waiting stone".

"What...what happened?"

After a long time, Wang Yuanya finally reacted and gave Zhang Xiaolan an awkward smile.

Zhang Xiaolan rolled her eyes and said, "What should we do next? They've confiscated our weapons and left us here without a care in the world. When will we be able to complete the task assigned by the Northern King?"

"This……"

Wang Yuanya frowned as she thought about this. "Yes! They came here with a mission. If they don't reach a cooperation with Li Jize as soon as possible, I'm afraid the rebels won't be able to hold on!"

"Be patient and don't be impatient. Now that we are here, we should make the best of it. We are on someone else's land, so we can only follow the local customs."

With a sigh, Wang Yuanya turned and went into the inn.

Zhang Xiaolan was also helpless. If her weapons had not been confiscated, she would have gone to the "Prince Qin's Mansion" tonight to assassinate Li Jize.