No matter how much Xie Yanhua gritted his teeth, the King of Wu clearly preferred the idea of a marriage alliance.
However, when it came to sending someone, Cao Wei, who was the one who came up with the plan, said she didn't want to travel far to the State of Zhao.
As Cao Wei ate her snacks and drank her tea, she thought to herself, "Are you kidding me? This place is completely simulating ancient times. The carriage's rear end is practically cracked. Although the carriages have become more luxurious and comfortable after I became a noble, they're nothing compared to the comfort of modern cars and high-speed trains. Now I truly understand why there's an idiom like 'traveling on a journey,' it's no exaggeration at all."
Moreover, at least the land in the park is relatively flat. In ancient times, it would probably have been even more difficult. I don't know how those people who traveled around the world were able to travel on the road every day.
However, the protests were ineffective, and Cao Wei still had to go on a mission to the Zhao state. As a representative of the aristocratic families in the mission, Xie Yanhua also volunteered to join the mission.
She never expected that someone would willingly suffer.
Xie Yanhua was going to see who the Zhao general was who had disrupted his plans! He also needed to make some preparations in Zhao for a future attack. As he left, he glanced at Cao Wei, and seeing her still so listless and lazy, a surge of anger welled up inside him.
"It's not the right time yet," Xie Yanhua said, flicking his sleeves as he left.
Cao Wei didn't notice Xie Yanhua's unfriendly gaze, because she was waiting for the king's banquet. After the meeting, the king invited her to stay for dinner again. Everyone else looked at her with envy. Just kidding, nowadays, it's probably only the kings of various countries who can eat well in this park. If she has the chance to eat a few more meals, she will definitely eat a few more.
[Tsk tsk tsk, this park is really something. They even categorize the food into different classes, and they've recreated that in a way that makes you want to punch them.]
[Absolutely! The banquet the king hosted for Cao Wei had over a hundred dishes! The table was so long, you couldn't even finish a tiny bite of each dish! I thought the banquet I saw at Cao Wei's house a few days ago was luxurious enough, but this was nothing compared to that! Damn feudal dynasties!!!]
At this moment, I truly want to sing that song from the bottom of my heart! Arise!!!
[Indeed, within the same Wu Kingdom, Zhang Ertian in the barracks is still happy with wild vegetable buns, while here, noble families have meat, vegetables, and white rice, and the king has over a hundred dishes. And this king had the nerve to ask why the treasury was empty just a few days ago?! If he ate less at each meal, how much could that feed the army and the people underground?!]
To be honest, Cao Wei's strategy of recruiting people is really effective. They should really go all out to drain the national treasury and distribute the money to farmers! Let's get those billions in subsidies going!!
[You guys didn't see the last time they raided houses. How much wealth did that minor commander have? Enough to feed so many people! Pah! It would have been better if all of them were executed. Why wasn't General Huang on the show? Get a family tree!]
[That's probably unlikely. Among these contestants, only Chen Ai has relatively high combat skills, and many are in their thirties or forties. There are very few in their twenties, and their stamina is clearly lacking. General Huang's moves require considerable physical strength.]
[I wish I had been selected! I would definitely have been able to find a family tree like everyone suggested!]
[Great! I support that! I just wish I could get in next time. Even though I'm not good at fighting, I could go in and cause infighting among them!]
[You all speak so righteously now, but once you go in, they'll bribe you with money, or even make you a nobleman directly, and you'll still resist?! I'm afraid you'll all become one of those people!]
Hou Mengmeng is busy climbing the social ladder every day, and has even managed to get close to a concubine from a top Korean family. It has to be said that her status is rising rapidly.
She went from having no permanent servants to now being surrounded by a retinue of servants, with at least three or four servants attending to her every day—she's practically a rocket in the making.
Of course, she didn't forget to give Wang Wu a hand. Wang Wu had recently sown discord between his godfather and the ministers, and was almost eliminated by his godfather. After all, they were all seasoned foxes; everyone knew about the tales of Liaozhai.
Besides, Hou Mengmeng has been making all sorts of plans lately. South Korea has been beaten into such a sorry state, and the king is indulging in wine and women every day. I always feel there is some crisis.
She needed to secure her own future; if the country were to be destroyed, all her efforts would be in vain.
Nobles are hard to win over, and the current concubines treat her like a little pet. Aha! Merchants! Look at how some merchants rose through the ranks by sponsoring others. Let her think about it; it seems she'd have to be exiled first. Look at how many powerful figures in history were exiled as hostages before returning to achieve great things.
"You want me to find you a child?!"
"Yes, didn't I ask you to bribe a royal physician last time? Now that I'm pregnant, I'll have to have a child later, right?"
Wang Wu felt completely lost, unable to keep up with Hou Mengmeng's train of thought. What was all this about?! This was a variety show, wasn't it?! How could someone get pregnant and have a child on a TV show like this?!
"By the way, we need someone clever. I heard from Madam Gao that Korea won't be destroyed. At most, they'll just have to pay reparations and send a hostage. I'm planning to take the child with me as a hostage. You can stir things up inside Korea, and then I'll come back with the child, and we can completely control the government."
Wang Wu himself found it outrageous. He didn't understand why Hou Mengmeng would go to another country and bring a child as a hostage. But if Hou Mengmeng hadn't saved him last time, he probably would have been killed by his "godfather" who had already taken revenge on the minister.
But now, that "godfather" has been eliminated by him. He has also boarded Madam Gao's big ship with Hou Mengmeng. Although the two of them are just pawns in her game, they still have a pretty good status in front of others in the palace.
"Okay, I guess there aren't any too young ones. The youngest in the park is probably already a teenager."
Hou Mengmeng waved her hand, "It's okay, I'll take the fake child to another country, and then you can send the real child over on the way. It's a switcheroo, you know what I mean?"
Aren't you afraid of being discovered?
"What did you find out? Don't be a coward! This is just a variety show. Even if I really dared to have a child with the King of Korea, would that NPC dare? Don't take it too seriously. When we come back in a few days, the fake child will become a real child. It would be best if there was only one child left by then, so they would have no choice."
Wang Wu really didn't expect Hou Mengmeng to grow up so quickly. Well, that's right, it's a variety show, and he was indeed influenced by the immersive environment, so he was a little cautious and taking things one step at a time.
Lu He never returned after leaving that day, which left a significant impact on Wang Wu's heart. The NPCs' indifference and that steamed bun made him feel somewhat dazed for a while. It was clearly a variety show, but the immersive experience with various unknown rules and unspoken rules made it difficult for him to completely detach himself and look at it from an outsider's perspective.
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