Ever since Xie Qi discovered the large number of time travelers, everyone in the capital who wanted to make money with modern knowledge was secretly recruited by Xie Qi.

Of course, there were also some people who were extremely vicious before they traveled through time. Xie Qi did not give these people any chance and killed them directly. Such people did not deserve a second life.

Moreover, Xie Qi also discovered that the 100 time travelers did not all come at once. Even if someone is an ordinary person now, it is not certain whether he will encounter an accident in the next second and be possessed by a time traveler.

Therefore, in addition to finding out the time travelers who have come here, Xie Qi also has to keep an eye on whether there are people in the capital who have died accidentally and come back to life.

Moreover, Xie Qi completely handed over the task of catching the time traveler to Wang Meng and Liu Yanxue.

He himself put aside the matter and continued to attack the strategy.

At this moment, the imperial study was completely silent, with only Xie Qi and Zhan Ze present. They sat at their desks, quietly processing memorials on state affairs, and the atmosphere seemed somewhat solemn.

Outside the palace, Xie Qi and Zhan Ze's alter ego, Mu Qianyi, have a close and ambiguous relationship.

In the palace, Xie Qi and Zhan Ze had just an ordinary relationship between monarch and subject, maintaining proper etiquette and distance from each other.

At this time, Xie Qi's eyes fell on Zhan Ze who was writing seriously next to him. He hesitated for a moment, put down the brush in his hand, and sighed heavily.

The sigh seemed particularly abrupt in the silent imperial study, but Zhan Ze didn't seem to notice it. He was still concentrating on the article in his hand.

Seeing that Zhan Ze didn't respond, Xie Qi couldn't help but sigh several times in succession, hoping to attract Zhan Ze's attention.

Zhan Ze paused with the brush in his hand, pondered for a moment, and finally could no longer pretend that he had not heard the sigh.

He stopped writing and looked up at the emperor, his tone respectful and gentle: "Why is your Majesty sighing? Is there something troubling you?"

Xie Qi: "My dear Zhan, I...I seem to have fallen in love with someone, but I don't know if the other person is willing to accept me."

Zhan Ze heard Xie Qi's words and unconsciously tightened his grip on the brush. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke, "If Your Majesty really likes her, you can just marry her into the palace."

After saying that, he lowered his head and continued writing, but the words between the lines seemed a bit messy.

Xie Qi didn't seem to notice Zhan Ze's abnormality, and continued to speak to himself: "But he is a man, I am afraid he doesn't want to stay in the palace."

Zhan Ze never expected that the emperor would fall in love with a man. He felt mixed emotions and opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

The emperor looked at Zhan Ze's lowered head, a sly look in his eyes. He then took out the white jade pig waist pendant from his waist and said, "My dear Zhan, look, this is what he gave me. Isn't it cute? I think it can be used as a token of our love."

As Xie Qi spoke, he placed the white jade pig on the table and started playing with it.

When Zhan Ze heard what Xie Qi said, he couldn't help but look over. When he saw what the token of love was, his heart was suddenly shocked. Wasn't this the gift he gave to Xie Qi?

It was not until this moment that Zhan Ze suddenly realized that the person Xie Qi was talking about was actually himself!

Seeing Zhan Ze stunned, Xie Qi quickly raised his hand and waved it in front of Zhan Ze's eyes, asking with concern, "Zhan Aiqing, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

Zhan Ze was awakened by Xie Qi's voice. He came back to his senses, shook his head in a panic, and stammered, "No...nothing, Your Majesty, I just suddenly thought of something. Your Majesty, please continue to deal with the memorial."

Xie Qi: "I haven't finished speaking yet. I want to express my feelings to him, but I don't know how to make him accept me. My dear Zhan, what do you think I should do?"

Zhan Ze pretended to be calm and continued writing on the paper. However, although the brush in his hand kept waving, he actually didn't write a single word.

He tried to maintain a calm appearance. "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. If the other party is also pleased with Your Majesty, no matter what Your Majesty prepares, the other party will agree."

Xie Qi: "Really! Then I feel relieved."

Just as Xie Qi finished speaking, the eunuch suddenly rushed in from outside, shouting anxiously, "Your Majesty, General Wang has something important to discuss with you!"

Xie Qi: "Let him in."

General Wang strode into the hall, his expression solemn. He knelt on one knee and spoke in a loud, deep voice, "Your Majesty! Urgent news from the border: the barbarians have suddenly invaded. Their forces are powerful. Our dynasty has lost two cities, and now our food and fodder are running out!"

When Xie Qi heard this, he remembered that in the original plot, General Zhou Lan did not really subdue the enemy but cooperated with the enemy, which was why the enemy withdrew from the city.

It now seems that the enemy has learned that Zhou Lan is dead, which is why they launched a sudden attack.

Due to the urgency of the war, Xie Qi did not leave the palace today, but was preparing for the expedition.

Moreover, Xie Qi's idea was very simple. He did not intend to fight a war for a year or two. It would be best if it could be resolved in a month.

Xie Qi then came to the newly established Jianguoyuan. The people working in this courtyard were all time travelers. So far, there were 36 time travelers.

And what’s different from other Hanlin Academies and the Cabinet is that this place is divided into several areas, and different people are doing experiments in each area.

Xie Qi walked straight through the areas where people were researching food, fashion items, and soap and rouge, and finally arrived at the lab dedicated to science students.

If the destroyer saw this scene, he would be furious. After all, he found so many time travelers to make trouble for Xie Qi, not to help him.

All I can say is that he didn't anticipate that the traversers he bound to were too weak and couldn't hide themselves.

Xie Qi found one of the time travelers who specialized in chemistry and asked, "Liu Zhi, how much gunpowder and cannon barrels have you made?"

When Liu Zhi heard this, he pulled back the curtain and said with a smug look on his face, "Not much. It can just destroy ten cities."

Xie Qi: "Well done."

Liu Zhi: "Hahaha, the emperor is really amazing. He was able to foresee the war in advance and let me make more preparations."

Xie Qi: "Go to the border or not, I'll give you a promotion."

Liu Zhi quickly waved his hand: "Forget it, it's so far, I won't go."

Xie Qi: "Wang Meng, I won't let your father go this time. You can go with me."

When Wang Meng heard this, he asked in confusion, "Are you going too?"

Xie Qi: "Of course, I will lead the army myself."

Xie Qi knew that because of General Zhou Lan's incident, many soldiers still did not obey him as the emperor, especially the hundreds of thousands of troops far away at the border.

They were the soldiers led by Zhou Lan. If they were not allowed to change their opinion of him as the emperor, even if Wang Meng arrived at the border now, that group of soldiers would most likely oppose the people sent by the court in order to avenge their General Zhou Lan.

Xie Qi went there to let the hundreds of thousands of soldiers know that General Zhou Lan was just a show-off, so that they would be willing to fight for the court.