After the blindfold was pulled off, Ye Renwu slowly opened her eyes, and then saw the light in the room.
Helen was sitting five steps in front of her, with a female official standing on each side.
"Your Majesty." Ye Renwu quickly knelt on one knee and saluted.
"Get up. You've suffered so much." Helen sighed and said.
"It is not hard for your servant Ye Renwu to see Your Majesty." Ye Renwu replied quickly.
"Do you know where this is?" Helen asked suddenly.
Ye Renwu looked around and lowered his head: "If I am not mistaken, this should be your majesty's new bedroom."
"You are indeed attentive. You only went there once, but you knew that my bedroom is new." Helen raised a smile, "Ye Renwu, do you know why I brought you to my bedroom?"
Ye Renwu shook his head: "I don't know."
"If you don't know, I'll tell you. Because the bedroom is my forbidden area, I let you come here to let you know your position in my heart. In my bedroom, you and I are no longer in a relationship of emperor and subject, but can be like before. Do you understand now?" Helen asked.
Ye Renwu's heart suddenly warmed up, and he nodded quickly: "Your Majesty Ye Renwu understands."
"Now that you understand, and there are no outsiders here, then tell me, when did you have an affair with that Wulaglindo?" Helen asked.
"Your Majesty, please be aware that Ye Renwu is as pure as ice and as innocent as a jade. She has never been with any man, and it is even more impossible for her to hang out with the enemy chief." Ye Renwu knelt down again.
"Really?" A hint of hesitation flashed across Helen's eyes.
"It's absolutely true." Ye Renwu replied.
"Ye Renwu, although we are from different branches, we are still from the same clan. Even if I want to protect you, I have to convince others." Helen glanced at Ye Renwu and continued, "So, if you really feel wronged, let my female official check you out, okay?"
"Your servant Ye Renwu is willing to accept the examination." Ye Renwu said loudly.
"Oh? You have to think it over carefully. If you tell me the truth now, I will be happy to protect you. But once the investigation begins, I will have no choice but to deal with you impartially." Helen said.
"Your Majesty, I have nothing else to say. Please start the inspection." After Ye Renwu said this, a feeling of sadness suddenly surged in his heart.
Helen raised her right hand slightly and beckoned to the female official on the right. The female official naturally understood, bowed and saluted, then quickly walked in front of Ye Renwu and said, "General Ye Renwu, please take off all your clothes."
Ye Renwu looked up at the female official, stood up slowly, hesitated for a moment, and began to undress. When she was about to finish undressing, another female official led a dozen attendants and maids holding large candles and walked out quickly from behind the screen of the side door, and formed a group around Ye Renwu.
Being surrounded by so many people "admiring" her, Ye Renwu felt ashamed and resentful, and the sadness in her heart naturally became even greater.
"General Ye Jianwu, please lie down on the pile of clothes and spread your legs." The female official glanced at Ye Jianwu's face and said calmly.
Ye Renwu glanced around and saw Helen's indifferent face a few steps away. Her heart trembled again. She bit her silver teeth lightly and slowly sat down on the pile of clothes. After a slight hesitation, she closed her eyes and slowly spread her legs apart...
After a moment, the female official sighed, stood up, separated from the maids and walked back to Helen.
"Your Majesty, General Ye Jianwu is no longer virgin." The female official's voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for Ye Jianwu who was several steps away to hear clearly.
"Impossible! Bitch! You are slandering me!" Ye Renwu didn't care about being embarrassed, he turned over and stood up from the ground.
“Shut up!” Helen suddenly stood up, glanced at Ye Jianwu with mixed emotions, and said, “Ye Jianwu, you really have let me down!”
"Your Majesty, please understand. I am loyal to you!" Ye Renwu bowed down in a hurry.
"No need to say more, Ye Renwu. I will not try you in Hulit Province because you have made contributions to the empire. If you have any grievances, go back to Tianjuan Palace to appeal." Helen said coldly, waved her sleeves and turned around, "Put on your clothes. I don't want to see you again."
"Your Majesty!" Ye Renwu knelt down and cried out sadly...
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The moonlight was bright, Wu Lai was leaning back in a large recliner, holding a small silver wine pot in his left hand, taking a sip from time to time. Mikoyan was sitting on a large chair two steps to Wu Lai's right, also holding a small silver wine pot in his hand.
"The high priest's wine is indeed delicious. It is a perfect match for watching the moon on the deck." After taking another sip, Mikoyan said with a smile.
"Your mouth is becoming more and more smooth. My wine is just ordinary stuff, but your little silver pot is very exquisite." Wu Lai laughed and said.
"As long as you like it, High Priest." Mikoyan said with a smile, "A few days ago, I heard that the dock was about to be repaired, so I had people repair the temple bedroom. I thought that if you, High Priest, can live there while the Wulai is under repair, the Knights have also made arrangements."
"I would like to move back to the Green Building, but..." Wu Lai suddenly sighed. Now he didn't really have the final say on where to live. He also knew that if he insisted on moving back to the Green Building, there would definitely be a group of people who would try to dissuade him, saying that it was unsafe or too noisy, and Mikoyan beside him would definitely be among them.
"How can we live in the Green Building?" Mikoyan said quickly.
"I won't stay." Wu Lai quickly made his attitude clear. He didn't want to listen to Mikoyan's nagging.
"High Priest, you should live in the temple's bedroom." Mikoyan muttered, and suddenly asked, "High Priest, the weapons factory has moved here, so there is no factory on Grindo Island?"
"Leave a small number of senior technicians to be in charge of research and development. We must have a large ordnance manufacturing plant here. No, it should be called an ordnance factory. We cannot do without it. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. The current war situation is favorable to our army, but I have hesitated to issue the order for a general attack. It's not because the output is too low to meet the needs of the front line." When Wu Lai said this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. The ordnance factory had been in operation for almost two months, but the output of new ordnance had not met expectations, which gave him a headache.
"It would be great if Galileo were still alive. Alas, that old guy's brain works faster than anyone else when it comes to mechanics." Mikoyan sighed.
Wu Lai nodded, but he also knew that the root of the problem was not the machinery and manufacturing capabilities, but the raw materials - Assyria City was located in the core area of the Assyrian territory, not close to all the raw material production areas, and the transportation cycle was usually dragged out.
"Don't talk about this anymore, Mikoyan. I'm afraid you didn't come to see me today just to drink and watch the moon, right?" Wu Lai asked with a smile. Although Mikoyan was allowed to board the ship without notifying, he never boarded the ship without a reason.
"Great Priest, there are indeed two things." Mikoyan stroked his beard.
"Tell me, let me hear it. Were you caught having an affair with someone's wife?" Wu Lai joked with a smile.
"Look at what the high priest said. I almost took it seriously." Mikoyan laughed, but he was also happy in his heart. You know, if Wu Lai is still willing to joke with someone now, that person must be his close friend.
"Okay, tell me, one by one, and don't scare me." Wu Lai said as he stretched.
Mikoyan nodded and said, "High Priest, I... I heard that you gave the two confiscated gold mines to the Assyrian Bank?"
"You are really well-informed. This is what happened. The bank now belongs to the territory, not to an individual. With two gold mines as capital, the operation will naturally be smoother." Wu Lai replied.
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"Then... I heard that a total of three gold mines were confiscated?" Mikoyan asked tentatively.
"Mikoyan, are you trying to say that the remaining gold mine is best left to the temple?" Wu Lai asked with a smile.
"That's about it." Mikoyan grinned. "You know, High Priest, the income of the temple is not as good as before, and the expenses are so much higher."
"I'm not afraid to tell you that I don't have the power. Even the two cities that the bank acquired before were not decided by me. It was the decision of the parliament. As the honorary speaker, I just signed the resolution to show my support for their work." Wu Lai spread his hands, "So, I'm sorry to disappoint you."
"High Priest, you are too polite. You are the leader of the temple. What you say is a divine decree to all clergymen. We will obey all your instructions." Mikoyan nodded, but he was a little disappointed in his heart. High Priest Wu Lai didn't care much about the temple now, but handed over the daily affairs of the temple to him, the archbishop. You know, this is not a small business, there are so many people to feed, so many guards need to be repaired, maintained and rebuilt. Now Mikoyan wishes he could turn one gold coin into two.
"Let's talk about the second one." Wu Lai took another sip of wine.
"The second thing is that I want to recommend a talent to you, High Priest. I think that with his intelligence and knowledge of mechanics, he can be of great use to the Ordnance Manufacturing Institute, no, the Ordnance Factory." Mikoyan said.
"Is there such a person? Who is it?" Wu Lai suddenly became interested...
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The carriage was a bit bumpy, but Night Blade Dance didn't care.
The wind started to blow outside the car window, whistling, accompanied by the sound of horse hooves, wheels, and the clinking of armor plates...
As she listened, Ye Renwu became a little annoyed, so she moved and pulled up the blanket that was originally covering her knees to cover her face.
How about I just suffocate myself to death? ——This sudden thought startled Ye Jianwu.
After thinking for a while, Ye Renwu shook his head and said, "No, I have to find a way to prove my innocence."
Just as I was thinking this, there was a sudden commotion outside the car window - the sound of arrows, shouts of warning, screams, cries of pain, the neighing of horses, and the light of torches shaking wildly...
It was an ambush! Ye Jianwu frowned and turned over, but her body was severely stopped just halfway up - it was only then that she remembered that she was tied up with six copper chains.
The sound of the driver's whip and shouting suddenly rang out, and the carriage became even bumpier, but the shaking only lasted for a few breaths before stopping. Before it stopped, the sound of chaotic horse hooves and the driver's screams suddenly rang out outside the window.
Ye Renwu subconsciously held her breath. Now she could hardly even sit up. No matter what these ambushers wanted to do to her, it would be effortless.
Am I going to die here? Ye Jianwu couldn't help but wonder.
But what she didn't expect was that the carriage started moving again very quickly - it obviously turned around, and then galloped in the direction it came from. There were chaotic sounds of horse hooves and torches on both sides of the window, and it sounded like there were at least a dozen riders running around the carriage.
Who are these people? Ye Jianwu looked at the car window, but it was closed...
When it was almost dawn, the carriage finally stopped. After the door opened, two masked men in black jumped into the carriage and opened the chains that locked Night Blade Dancer.
"Who are you?" Ye Renwu asked, but the two men in black ignored her. Instead, they held her arms on the left and right and jumped off the carriage.
"Let me go." Just as Ye Jianwu struggled hard, two more men in black came quickly and grabbed Ye Jianwu's arms.
"You'd better not move." One of them said in a deep voice...
After making sure that she couldn't break free from the four strong men, Ye Jianwu simply relaxed her body: "Either you let me go, or drag me away. I won't take the initiative to go with you."
The four men in black were also very decisive - they simultaneously lifted up Night Blade Dancer and quickly ran towards the woods not far away...
"Who are you?" Ye Renwu frowned and asked.