In the 652nd year of the Yan Dynasty, natural disasters such as floods, locust plagues, earthquakes, and droughts hit most parts of the country, including Shenzhou. Countless people were displaced and lost their homes.

In order to resist the Yanqing Emperor's brutal and licentious rule, the people in the disaster-stricken areas rose up in resistance, among which three uprising armies were the most famous and powerful.

The three rebel armies were led by Xie Liu, Wu Gou and Lin Nan.

Among them, the headquarters of Xie Liu’s rebel army was located in the mansion of Liu Kai, the prefect of Shenzhou County.

As the governor of a province and the highest-ranking local official, Liu Kai's mansion was naturally magnificent and extravagant, covering an area of ​​tens of thousands of square meters.

Xie Liu was extremely satisfied with using Liu Kai's mansion as the capital.

Perhaps, the place where the emperor lives far away in the Forbidden City is just like this.

That day he finished his official duties and resolved a dispute among his subordinates over land, then leisurely returned to his mansion to check on the progress of the dragon robe made by the embroiderer.

The embroiderers found it difficult to start with the bright yellow fabric, and could only use their imagination to embroider a dragon claw. When they saw Xie Liu, they knelt down in fear and said:

"Greetings, sir..."

"You should call me Emperor, have you forgotten?" Xie Liu's face darkened.

Although he had not yet officially put on the dragon robe and held a formal ceremony to worship the heavens and enthrone himself as emperor in front of the people, he was already eager to give himself a title.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't mean it..." One of the embroiderers quickly apologized, while the other sisters beside her shrank their shoulders tremblingly, trying to reduce their presence.

Unexpectedly, Xie Liu's face darkened again:

"Who gave you the right to call yourself me?"

The embroiderer's face turned pale. Although Xie Liu was born into a farming family, he had killed many people recently, so his momentum was inevitably more fierce. When he got angry, his momentum was even stronger. The embroiderer was so scared that she couldn't speak clearly:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't mean it. Please forgive me..."

Hearing this, Xie Liu nodded in satisfaction. He sat on a stool in the middle of the embroidery room. Another servant had already poured him a cup of hot tea on the table.

He deliberately slowed down his pace and took a sip, trying to be as elegant as the nobles. However, due to habit, he did not know how to be elegant and instead got his mouth scalded by the scalding tea.

Then, his face darkened again, and he took out his anger on the embroiderer:

"It's been three days, why hasn't the dragon robe been embroidered yet? What use do I have for you?"

It was the embroiderer who had just begged for mercy who spoke again:

"Your Majesty, the dragon robe is too complicated to make. We have never seen a real dragon robe, so we can only embroider the dragon claws based on our experience..."

"You didn't do your job well. Go and receive your punishment in the evening." Xie Liu said.

The embroiderers' bodies instantly collapsed, but they still had to suppress their fear and kowtow in response.

After Xie Liu left, the servants who served him also left. The embroiderers looked at each other with bitterness in their eyes.

Everyone says that the current emperor is a tyrant, but why do they, who have been in contact with Xie Liu day and night, feel that he is not much different from the new emperor?

When he was recruiting people, he said nice things like "I come from a peasant family just like you, and if you join me in rebellion, I will definitely not treat you unfairly."

Now he hasn't even become emperor yet, but he's already using his usual punishment tactics...

At this time, Chu Qi was still on his way to the destination...

The situation was urgent. Every day she wasted on the road would mean she would have less control over the rebels.

While the situation has not yet fully developed, she will first control the rebel leader, and then she will be able to use the rebels at her disposal.

Two days later.

The residence of the governor of Shenzhou.

Chu Qi broke in alone and found where Xie Liu was. Before they could even talk for a few words, she successfully hypnotized Xie Liu.

Upon learning that Xie Liu was planning to become emperor, Chu Qi touched her chin and thought that Xie Liu was really reliable. She didn't need to stir up the people at all, as the opportunity to become emperor was delivered to her doorstep.

However, becoming an emperor does not necessarily require an orthodox dragon robe. Chu Qi is unique. She asked the former prime minister Xuan You to draw a rough outline of a dragon robe, changed the main color to black, and then found a portrait of a dragon and gave it to the embroiderer.

Xiu Niang was confused about this and didn't understand why the person who wanted to become emperor changed from Xie Liu to another person?

Fortunately, the other person was also given food to eat and was not punished like Xie Liu. The embroiderer stopped thinking about it and focused on embroidering the dragon robe.

With the rough pattern and the portrait of the dragon, the embroiderer's work became much easier. Within ten days, she had a brand new dragon robe.

On the day when Chu Qi held her coronation ceremony in the Shenzhou Mansion, the sky was clear and cloudless. Under the complicated gazes of the former loyal ministers of the court, she successfully completed the coronation ceremony.

The opening procedures, toasting to the heavens and praying for blessings, all went very smoothly.

Chu Qi used Shenzhou as his base camp and named the country after himself, Chu.

Everyone who heard about the speed at which Chu Qi founded the country couldn't help but laugh out loud.

It is considered a child's play for a small rebel army in Shenzhou to be so arrogant as to establish a country in Shenzhou.

You have to know that the real master of Yan State, Emperor Yanqing, is still alive and well. She, a mere commoner, actually dreamed of relying on a group of refugees who were not capable of doing anything and claiming to be the emperor of Chu. How pathetic and ridiculous.

However...no one knew that Chu Qi actually had the ability to run a country.

In order to protect the State of Chu, we must first ensure the military strength and food supply.

She was well aware of these two points. According to the development of her current era, it would be difficult to achieve even with the assistance of the former minister of Yan State and the current minister of Chu State.

It's time to summon the system, and it's time to use the points in the backpack.

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