Chapter 343: One person doesn’t kneel, but the whole world bows down to him. It’s worth it!

Emperor Xu clapped his legs happily. Finally, there was good news, and he praised generously.

"You've given me a great surprise! In five days, the envoy will come to the palace to pay homage. I give you five days to build this device!"

Hao Wu shook his head and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, I can't do it."

Emperor Xu thought for a moment and said, "Five days is too short. How about ten days?"

Anyway, the envoy will stay here for ten days or half a month. By then, he can find some reasons to let the envoy see the power and strength of their Xu State.

Hao Wu lowered his head even more, and said guiltily, "Even if you give me ten years, I'm afraid I still won't be able to make it."

Xu Huang frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

"Hao Wu, are you trying to please me?"

Hao Wu's back stiffened, and he kowtowed to explain, "I dare not, but this blueprint was sent to the Ministry of War by Lord Jiu. I came here to see the emperor with Lord Jiu, but...I didn't see her."

For a long while, there was silence in the imperial study.

Emperor Xu moved his shoulders and asked in a cold voice, "Which Lord Jiu?"

"Huh?" Hao Wu was stunned.

Perhaps the only person who could be found in Shengjing was Lord Jiu? Did the Emperor really not know Lord Jiu, or did Lord Jiu anger the Emperor?

He said cautiously, "It's Master Jiusujiu."

Another long while passed.

"Oh, it's her." Xu Huang's tone was light, but a hint of reluctance could be heard from it. "Such an amazing blueprint, was it really drawn by her?"

…

Outside the palace.

Li Ningwan sighed: "Yuyu, you were too impulsive today. Jiang Jing, you are still her fiancé, and you didn't stop her."

Jiang Jing only felt his neck getting cold.

He coughed lightly and said, "My Lord, please don't be angry. If I speak up, the Emperor will definitely be even more angry with Ah Su. Besides, Ah Su is not an impulsive person. She must have a reason for doing this."

Jiusu responded.

"Eh? The one who knows me best is Jiang Jing," she said. "To put it simply, I'm challenging the emperor's authority. If the emperor sends someone to fetch me, it means I've succeeded."

Jiang Jing raised the corner of his mouth and said lightly, "When two people confront each other, one of them must retreat. Retreat again and again, and the bottom line keeps shrinking. From now on, the emperor probably won't dare to punish Ah Su easily. After all, his words are golden."

The two smiled at each other.

By chance, the Marquis saw it.

Li Ningwan patted Jiang Jing's shoulder and signaled him to leave on his own. He felt very unhappy that his cabbages were being eaten by pigs.

He said as he got into the carriage.

"Yuyu, it seems you've miscalculated."

Jiusu stepped on the small stool and said, "I didn't expect that the emperor could resist such a great temptation. Forget it, I won't go to the Salt Bureau these days, so I will rest at home and accompany you and mother."

She got into the carriage.

Jiang Jing lifted his clothes and suddenly turned his head to see someone running towards him. He said, "Perhaps, you can't rest now."

As he was speaking, Eunuch Shang came running over.

He was panting, and his usually high-pitched voice was thicker.

I saw Jiusu lift the car curtain.

His smile was full of flattery: "Master Jiu, I have finally caught up with you."

Jiusu smiled faintly: "Ah? I wonder what Eunuch Shang wants to talk to me about? If there is nothing, I still have to go back to the mansion to pack my luggage and go to the countryside to retire."

"Oh my." Eunuch Shang's face was covered with smiles, his smile blooming like a flower. He reached out and helped Jiusu get off the carriage. "The emperor was angry just now, how could he really let this virtuous minister leave? Look, the emperor has come to his senses and regretted it. Could you please go back again, Master Jiu?"

As he spoke, he turned around, his smile faded, and looked at the dull servant.

"Come here quickly!"

He turned around.

"The Emperor specifically ordered you to return in a carriage."

Jiusu exchanged glances with the other two, then raised the corners of his lips and said, "Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty. The scenery of the palace is beautiful. I'd better walk."

The emperor’s reward is one thing.

But she agreed to ride in the carriage just after she offended the emperor. What's the difference between this and being too arrogant?

Eunuch Shang waved the carriage away, fell a small step behind Jiusu, and said with a smile.

"I have never seen any girl... No, even men can't compare to you."

There was a sentence he kept in his heart.

It wouldn't be too much to be a female prime minister.

Back in the imperial study, the emperor's attitude was completely different. Looking at Jiusu kneeling on the ground, Emperor Xu laughed dryly: "Haha, my dear Jiusu, you really are unpredictable to me."

Jiusu lowered his head: "I, the guilty minister, don't understand."

Emperor Xu picked up the blueprints, his face filled with joy. "Don't call yourself a criminal! You are a loyal minister! A meritorious minister! If you can build this device within ten days, I will grant you a special privilege! Anything!"

A moment.

Just when everyone thought Jiusu was unwilling and still holding a grudge.

Jiusu spoke up: "Anything is fine? How about not kneeling?"

Eunuch Shang's hands trembled. Oh, this little ancestor is really bold. Since the emperor ascended the throne, no one has failed to pay homage to him except the empress dowager. He secretly glanced at the emperor's face, and sure enough, it was dark.

"It hurts so much to kneel for too long." Jiusu sighed.

When Hao Wu first came into contact with Jiusu, she frightened him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat. His mind raced, and he threw himself on the ground, shouting, "Your Majesty! With this item now in the world, who in the world will not submit to you? It's only a matter of time before all nations come to pay their respects!"

Emperor Xu came back to his senses.

He had already considered it in his mind.

If one person doesn't kneel, the whole world will bow down to him. It's worth it!

"I……"

Jiusu waved his hands, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is too bold. Besides, making this thing requires a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. The Ministry of War is not under my control. If I do this, I will be accused of usurping power."

Emperor Xu didn't care about that at all and just threw a sign over.

"As long as you can create this within ten days, I grant your request. Furthermore, I'll make one exception: you won't have to kneel before anyone except your ancestors and the concubines." He pointed at the token. "Take this and command at will. Who dares to question it?"

Once this token is issued, it is as if the emperor himself has arrived.

Thank you for your kindness.

No kneeling.

After leaving the imperial study, Hao Wu walked with her. Looking at the girl who was a dozen years younger than him, his expression relaxed. He said, "Master Jiu, can you really build this peerless siege weapon within seven days?"

"Yes." Jiusu thought, "But the people in the Ministry of War may have to work overtime."

Overtime? Hao Wu thought that the talk of young people nowadays was really incomprehensible. He guessed that it meant working overnight. He waved his hand and said, "It takes a thousand days to raise an army but only a moment to deploy it. How many people do you need?"

Jiusu stretched out a finger.

Hao Wu nodded: "Okay! Just one thousand people! I will go back and mobilize them now. I will wait for your arrival at the Ministry of War."

Jiusu actually wanted to say that only a hundred people would be enough.

This structure looks complicated, but it is actually very simple.

"that…"

Watching Shangshu run away, she walked around the system helplessly.

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Rubik's Cube by 'worshiping the God of Wealth'.]

Jiusu didn't know how to play, but she couldn't help but restore the Rubik's Cube when she held it in her hands. The more she restored it, the more addicted she became, until it became so messy that it couldn't be messed up anymore. Then she took the system back and planned to memorize the Rubik's Cube formula when she got back.

"Hmm? Where is this?"