“But I’m not full yet…”

[Tell me, what's wrong with Rong Yi? Why did they have to find out right now, of all times, while I was eating? I didn't eat enough breakfast, and now I'm stunted growing taller. I'm definitely going to yell at him.]

Ah...you're just too kind. If it were me...I'd secretly curse him too.

"Your Majesty..." the Queen began, but before she could finish her words, the Emperor waved his hand and said, "Eat, and come here quickly after you finish."

Hey, not bad!

Ji Yingying nodded and started eating. She ate slowly, and the emperor also sat down to eat with her.

After the emperor sat down, Eunuch Cao immediately arranged for people to serve the dishes. With the emperor eating there, there were a few more dishes.

After she finished eating, Ji Yingying was taken away by the Emperor.

The Minister of War was also summoned to the palace and learned that someone in Haixiang Kingdom wanted to use witchcraft on the Emperor to usurp the throne, which panicked everyone.

General Luo also came.

As for the envoys, they haven't figured out anything yet, so naturally they can't be told about this matter.

"Long live the Emperor!"

"Yes, get up, all of you. You've all heard about this, haven't you?"

"I've heard about it, but I don't know who is so bold as to come alone to..." destroy a country!

"Bring her up." Not long after, the person was brought up. It was a woman.

Moreover, she was a harmless-looking woman. How could they have guessed that she was a traitor who wanted to destroy another country?

[I suddenly thought of something.] Ji Yingying also remembered it after seeing the strange faces of these old men.

【What's up?】

[This group of people didn't seem to think about her. How could a woman destroy a country?]

[This doesn't seem like a big deal. After all, this group of people look down on women.]

[Yeah, I think too much. You always say that, but you don’t. I really feel bad for you…]

[Hmm, these words are really nice.]

I have even better songs, do you want to hear them?

[Come on, come on, play some fish.] Xiangxiang seemed to be sitting on a small stool, waiting for her to sing.

Good luck is coming, I wish you good luck, good luck is coming, bring joy and love, good luck is coming, we have good luck, welcome good luck and prosper all over the world...

[We've traversed the mountain paths, singing folk songs; cast our fishing nets, singing fishing songs; and sang pastoral songs, plentiful are the cattle and sheep!]

Ji Yingying

"I'm..." She was singing so happily in her heart, but when he called out, he responded immediately. Just as she thought: he's a top-notch horse!

"Your Majesty, let's change the shipbuilding technology and then build our own ships."

"Good idea..." The emperor was also very satisfied. Haixiang Kingdom has shipbuilding technology, so it should be possible to replace the ships.

He's a traitor; would the other side be willing to replace him?

"In that case, then Master Xiaoji, you come and make the exchange?" General Luo said. The next second, she grumbled, "You already know it's impossible to make the exchange, yet you still want me to do it? Are you crazy?"

"I can't change. I'm young. You can't bully me because I'm young."

"I'm afraid we can't exchange shipbuilding technology. Once we find out that Pang Wen'an is a traitor, the other side probably won't be willing to exchange it. My dear ministers, please think about it again."

Coastal countries, don’t know what they have?

[Xiangxiang, check if the other party has anything that can be exchanged for that woman?]

I estimate it will be difficult. It's not that it's hard to replace her, it's that they originally wanted this woman dead, and they don't care who killed her.

【Oh~ I understand! 】

Ji Yingying immediately raised her hand and said seriously, "Your Majesty, just send it back. There's no way to change it. We can only ask the other party to give it to us."

"Very well, I'll leave this matter to you, my dear minister. If you do a good job, I will reward you with a promise."

[Is your promise worth money?] Although she thought so, she still agreed.

"Minister Hong, send someone to invite the envoy from Hai Xiang Kingdom to an audience."

"yes"

Not long after, the envoy from Haixiang Kingdom arrived. Upon seeing the person on the ground, his brows immediately furrowed.

The person paused for a moment, just a second, and then immediately bowed respectfully.

Pang Wen'an's eyes widened when she saw this person, clearly not knowing why their Minister was here.

"This person was captured by the Sixth Prince of our dynasty. At first, we didn't know she was from your country. Later, when our soldiers were interrogating her, we accidentally learned her identity, so I specially returned her to you." Minister Hong finished speaking.

Ji Yingying immediately continued, "Messenger, she is so bold that she dared to use poisonous insects to deceive our emperor. Not only that, she also pretended to be the Sixth Prince and wanted him to marry her. And, our soldiers found out that she has 10,000 troops, and some of them have sneaked into our dynasty."

"We are still investigating the people she brought with her. You can't do this. You're taking advantage of her and taking all the benefits... You're pretending to surrender, and then sending people to plant spies in our court. You're trying to kill our emperor. You're being disrespectful. If that's the case, don't blame General Luo for leading his men to conquer your small country."

"Emissary, we are not bragging. Our weapons are constantly updated. There are no old ones, only new ones. We also have abundant food. There are only leftovers. No one will starve to death, and no one will suffer from the cold in winter. Even if we attack you in winter, we will not be afraid. Therefore, it will not take long to deal with you."

Ji Yingying's words shocked the envoy.

It's nothing else, it's just that they have weapons and the people here don't have to suffer from hunger and cold.

"Your Majesty, this person is a traitor to our country. We do not know why she is here. Our country has sent people to arrest her as usual."

"In that case, please keep your people under control, envoy. Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, our dynasty will definitely not let your country off!"

"The princess's words are my words." The emperor finally spoke, and at the same time looked at Ji Yingying with satisfaction: this little girl is finally willing to help Tianyou Dynasty.

“It takes us a lot of effort to arrest people, and our emperor was also frightened. You should give us some compensation, otherwise this matter will not be over.”

"What kind of compensation does Her Highness require?"

"Then it depends on your sincerity." The conditions have been put forward, and it depends on how they measure them.

This tactic of "courtesy before force" was used so well by a young girl that General Luo couldn't help but take a second look.

I heard that his position was also recommended by the eldest princess, so it seems I should repay her well in the future.

Ji Yingying was unaware that she had unknowingly gained a powerful backer.

"How about this? We're willing to extend our use rights to the salt lake for another five years. What do you think?"

"Ten years!" Ji Yingying immediately stretched out her hands. Her chubby little hands were so cute! The emperor couldn't help but laugh. This move doubled her strength.

"That's too much, Princess!"

"Fifteen years?" Ji Yingying looked at Pang Wen'an. She felt that taking the entire salt lake would not be a problem, but it just depended on whether they were willing to give it up.

"Okay, fifteen years!" The envoy was also afraid. If he continued talking, let alone fifteen years, he would really lose the salt lake to the other party. Although their country was not short of salt, it was their own thing after all. How could they give it to others?