"Pah! In your eyes, does that mean we, the Southern Kingdom, can be bullied at will? You say the process isn't important? Not important my ass!"
"I only value the process. Is this the kind of etiquette you have? And you expect our country to have a high yield of grain?"
Guan Zhiyue launched into a furious tirade, knowing full well that this so-called colonel wouldn't kill her, giving her the right to be arrogant.
The man in black standing to the side, seeing Guan Zhiyue's shrewish outburst, really wanted to draw his katana and slice her in two, but his colonel kept giving them warning glances.
They dared not move again and could only stand obediently to the side, listening to what they had to say!
"Miss Guan, you are aware of our requirements. We would appreciate it if you could discuss this matter with us."
Guan Zhiyue yawned; she was incredibly sleepy, especially late at night. Then, her eyes lit up, and she said casually, "High-yield grains aren't entirely impossible."
"Is that really true?" The colonel was excited and stood up abruptly, looking at Guan Zhiyue with great excitement.
Guan Zhiyue blinked and said, "It's too late tonight. I've been brought here by you and I'm exhausted after all this time. Find me a room so I can get some rest. I'll tell you tomorrow."
The colonel noticed Guan Zhiyue's uncertain expression. Guan Zhiyue saw through his thoughts and said, "Don't look at me like that. With so many of you, do you think I, a frail woman, will run away?"
The colonel thought for a moment, then nodded to the man in black beside him, and Guan Zhiyue was led into an empty room.
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Here at the palace.
With the help of the imperial physician, Li Qiji and his entourage finally regained their strength, got up from the ground, and had their wounds treated.
"My son, what should we do now? We don't know where they've taken Yue'er." Empress Dowager Xin sat on a chair to the side, looking at the bloodstains and corpses piled up on the ground, and couldn't help but feel worried.
"Your Majesty, I will send people to search for her right now. I will definitely find Yue'er. It is getting late. Your Majesty, please return to the palace to rest for a while!" Li Qiji looked at the Empress Dowager, who was sitting dejectedly to the side.
Inside the palace, the entire place was now littered with corpses, including those of men in black and members of the Imperial Guards. This was the first sight Li Qiji saw after leaving the palace.
"Brother, sister-in-law, she..." Li Qishang followed behind his elder brother and couldn't help but ask.
Li Qiji dared not think about it now, he only hoped that Guan Zhiyue was alright and had not been harmed in any way.
The night was so dark and so long. It was as if time slowed down considerably after something was anticipated, no longer passing as quickly as it used to.
“Your sister-in-law is blessed by the heavens and will be fine. Now, take some men and clean up the palace. I’m going out of the palace for a bit.” Li Qiji raised his hand to cover his arm, which he had sprained again from the exertion.
Li Qishang didn't understand what his elder brother was going to do, but he still nodded seriously and said he was going to deal with matters in the palace.
A moment later, the two brothers began to divide the work and cooperate. Li Qiji went alone to the headquarters of Tianji Star in the capital. This organization was established by Li Qiji himself, but apart from the high-level personnel who knew that their leader was the emperor, the others were unaware of it.
They thought their leader was a reclusive master who always came and went without a trace, and the people below rarely saw him appear.
Tianji Star.
"Lord Pavilion Master, what brings you here?" Xiao Ling ran over from the side, quickly clasped her hands in greeting, and Li Qiji simply nodded indifferently.
"A few things happened in the palace tonight, are you aware of them?"
Xiao Ling said, "Third brother has already investigated, and we should have results soon."
This third brother is the third leader of Tianji Star, named Xiaoyu. He is also a person with extremely high martial arts skills and good information.
"Alright, the Queen was kidnapped by a group of men in black tonight. Have you found out which direction they went?"
Xiao Ling said, "The third brother also knows about this matter. I originally thought he went to the palace to report to you, Pavilion Master. I didn't expect you to come. The Empress has been arrested and taken out of the capital."
"What?" Li Qiji was shocked. They had already left the capital in just a short while. It seemed that his Yue'er was in grave danger.
However, he then thought that Guan Zhiyue was pregnant with a baby and shouldn't be in any bad shape. "Do you know where those people took the Empress?"
"We know the general direction, but we don't know the exact location yet."
After all, things happened too suddenly. Li Qiji didn't say anything after hearing the answer. He was satisfied with the result found in such a short time.
"Alright, keep an eye on it. If there are any new directions, send someone to inform me immediately. I'll go and check the general direction you've found."
"Yes, I understand!" Xiao Ling clasped his hands in a salute and left to find Guan Zhiyue's exact location.
Li Qiji arrived at Tianji Pavilion, which is the assassin organization. They took about fifty people with them, all of whom were highly skilled in combat. If they encountered those men in black, they would definitely be able to put up a fight.
Chen Xiuming and Chen Xiujun watched as their Pavilion Master walked in from outside, and quickly bowed respectfully. After Li Qiji gave his instructions, he led his men away from the capital.
However, after Guan Zhiyue was locked in a small room by the Japanese, a large lock was added to the outside, and the sound of the lock being locked could be clearly heard, which made Guan Zhiyue very angry.
However, she wasn't worried at all. After entering the house, she immediately slipped into her spatial dimension, played with Xiao Tuantuan for a while, and replenished her energy before slipping into the dimension again. She even took out a bundle of explosives from inside.
"Holy crap, Master! You're ruthless! You actually did something like this?"
Looking at the explosive pack in Guan Zhiyue's hand, and then at the cramped room, Xiao Tuantuan couldn't help but clap her hands in praise!
"Master, your space is so small, if you explode, where will you run away? And with such a big commotion, how can you even call this an escape?"
Guan Zhiyue scratched her head, somewhat speechless, and said, "Then what should I do? I don't know martial arts, so the Strength Pill is completely useless now!"
Helpless, Xiao Tuantuan pointed to the big rat on the table next to her and said, "Master, why don't you let this thing out and let it dig a hole for you?"
Guan Zhiyue: "..." By the time it finishes beating me, I estimate I'll already be a dried-up corpse.
"Don't be picky, this will be very quick."
So Guan Zhiyue, half-believing and half-doubting, took the mechanical rat and threw it on the ground. Soon after, the rat burrowed a large hole in the ground.
Guan Zhiyue complained that the speed was too slow and the hole was too small for her to crawl into. Xiao Tuantuan gave her twenty more, and soon the hole was widened to be just big enough for Guan Zhiyue to crawl into.
The mechanical mouse was incredibly fast at digging holes. As it dug, Guan Zhiyue followed and crawled inside. After about two hours, just as the sky began to lighten, Guan Zhiyue successfully escaped.
"I never expected these rat bastards to be so powerful. Come on, come on, let's eat and drink well with your old man." Guan Zhiyue crawled out of the hole, stretched her arms and legs, and was very satisfied with these mechanical rats.
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