In the imperial study, the Empress slowly opened her mouth: "Mr. Qin, with this military treatise, our southeast is safe. As for the trouble in the north, you said that we should unite with the Northern Xiongnu to attack the Southern Xiongnu from both sides. That is a good idea. However, the Xiongnu are powerful and not so easy to deal with. Besides the Xiongnu, how should we deal with the Jiang Kingdom?"
When Da Jiang was mentioned, Qin Chuan remembered that he had also tied up Jiang Ran, who was right outside the door, so he told the Empress about it.
The Empress, intrigued, looked around and said, "Bring her in."
The imperial guards outside the door brought Jiang Ran in.
At this moment, Jiang Ran's mouth was blocked by the Seventh Dimension Space, and she could only make "mmm" sounds. Her eyes were glaring at Qin Chuan, as if she wanted to devour him alive...
Qin Chuan pulled out the Seventh Dimension, and Jiang Ran took a deep breath, as if she had come back to life...
Once she caught her breath, Jiang Ran immediately launched into a tirade against Qin Chuan…
Qin Chuan shoved the Seven Dimensions back into place, looking at Jiang Ran's wide eyes and warning her, "This is the imperial palace, and the person in front of you is the Emperor of the Great Gan Dynasty. Can you just shut up? If you keep making a fuss, believe me, I'll stab you to death with a stick right now."
Jiang Ran nodded fearfully, seemingly gripped by terror at the mere thought of that stick...
Qin Chuan then pulled out the Seven Dimensions Space again, which was now covered in Jiang Ran's saliva.
The Empress noticed that he was holding a long, white object and asked with some curiosity, "Mr. Qin, what is that you are holding?"
"Oh, this, hygiene..." Qin Chuan paused, then corrected himself, "This is a menstrual pad!"
"What?!" The Empress and Jiang Ran couldn't help but exclaim at the same time.
Jiang Ran was furious, wishing she could glare Qin Chuan to death: "You actually used this to gag me?! I'm going to kill you!!"
Empress: "..."
Qin Chuan, completely ignoring their stares, picked up the Seven Degrees Space menstrual pad and introduced it, saying, "I enjoy tinkering with small inventions. This menstrual pad is comfortable, leak-proof, and breathable. It's truly a wonderful item for women!"
Seeing the somewhat strange atmosphere in the imperial study, especially with the palace maids covering their mouths and barely suppressing their laughter, Qin Chuan realized that discussing the Seventh Dimension was indeed inappropriate at this moment. Therefore, he immediately said solemnly:
“Your Majesty, this female thief from Jiang Kingdom attempted to assassinate you and told me about the ‘Crimson Moon Society.’ I brought her here so that Your Majesty could deal with her personally.”
The Empress lowered her eyes and said in an icy tone, "You mean, she's not the only one who wants to assassinate me? There are many others behind her who want to assassinate me?"
"Jiang Ran, if you want to live, tell me everything you know! You only have this one chance!" Qin Chuan said, glaring fiercely at Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran realized that Qin Chuan intended to save her life, so she repeated what she had said to Qin Chuan on the official ship in front of the Empress.
"The Crimson Moon Society?" The Empress sneered, her cold gaze fixed on the void, and she sneered, "Jiang Yao, you vile woman, you really haven't forgotten me! Very well, I'd like to see what tricks you have up your sleeve to deal with me..."
"Guards, take this Jiang Kingdom traitor away and skin her alive!" the Empress coldly ordered, her face revealing neither joy nor anger.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran collapsed to the ground in fright, her eyes vacant and lifeless, her lips trembling, as if her very soul had been stolen away...
"What? Sliced alive?"
Hearing the Empress's words, Qin Chuan was shocked. Was the Empress really that ruthless? She would kill someone at the slightest disagreement.
However, Jiang Ran still has great value, so how can we just kill her like that!
Thinking of this, Qin Chuan disregarded everything else and spoke:
"Your Majesty, Jiang Ran knows information about the Crimson Moon Society and some secrets of the Jiang Kingdom. Rather than killing her now, it would be better to spare her life and have her serve my cause. This way, the Jiang Kingdom will have something to fear..."
Jiang Ran looked at Qin Chuan, never expecting him to dare defy the Empress and plead for mercy at this time...
The Empress's cold gaze swept across Qin Chuan's face, and Qin Chuan immediately lowered his head, cold sweat pouring down his forehead, face, and neck...
This plea seems to be going to offend the Empress...
Oh no, oh no, I should have kept quiet!
Just as he was filled with regret, the Empress slowly spoke up and said, "Mr. Qin is right. Let's do as Mr. Qin says."
The eunuch on the Empress's right asked, "Your Majesty, should this female thief be sent to the Dali Temple or the Ministry of Justice?"
"Send it to the Dali Temple and give it to Xiao Yue," the Empress said calmly.
Jiang Ran was taken away.
Before leaving, she gave Qin Chuan a very complicated look...
After Jiang Ran was taken away, the Empress continued the previous topic and asked, "Mr. Qin, how should we deal with the Jiang Kingdom?"
Qin Chuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "I'll never talk nonsense again. Luckily, the Empress didn't blame me..."
Upon hearing the Empress's question, he regained his composure and replied, "Your Majesty, the Jiang Kingdom has a population of only a few million. It is a small country, not worth mentioning. I have a plan to destroy the Jiang Kingdom..."
"Oh?" The Empress's lips curved slightly as she looked at Qin Chuan: "If you have any good ideas, please speak frankly."
Qin Chuan said, "My strategy is the same as when I attacked the Southern Xiongnu. I will use the method of 'befriending distant states and attacking nearby ones' to unite with the stronger states among the thirty-six kingdoms of the Western Regions, such as the Yuezhi, to form a pincer movement against the Jiang Kingdom. We will send troops together to attack the capital of Jiang and destroy the kingdom."
"Befriend distant states while attacking nearby ones..." The Empress pondered these four words, then her eyes suddenly lit up. "Mr. Qin's strategy is indeed extraordinary. How come I didn't think of it..."
At this point, the Empress's eyes suddenly dimmed again. "However, although my Great Gan has a population of forty million, the male-to-female ratio is severely imbalanced. Fewer and fewer men are available to enlist. If we were to wage war against the Japanese pirates, the Southern Xiongnu, and the Jiang Kingdom simultaneously, I fear we would lack sufficient troops and suffer a crushing defeat..."
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