Chapter 5 The Queen Mother summoned me, I am a genius

The Queen Mother lifted the curtain and walked over.

Don’t say that the empress dowager is old, but she still has some charm.

This doesn't mean that Ye Qi is hungry, it's just his objective feeling.

The Queen Mother stood in front of Ye Qi, staring at him intently.

Ye Qi felt that there were three other powerful auras in this room.

There is a very familiar smell, it should be Begonia Duoduo.

The other is even more powerful.

In Northern Qi, there are only two people who are more powerful than Haitang.

One is the Grand Master Ku He, he can’t come.

The other one is Haitang’s senior brother, Langtao.

There was another aura, not as powerful as Haitang Duoduo and Langtao, it should be the ninth-grade sword master, He Daoren.

What’s going on? Are they going to kill people to silence them?

Fortunately, Ye Qi brought Wang Jian with him, so defeating Lang Tao and He Dao Ren was no problem.

Needless to say, Haitang Duoduo will definitely not do anything to herself.

In short, the Queen Mother should have some serious questions to ask herself next, which is equivalent to an important branch direction in the game.

"General Ye, what do you think of Qi?" the Queen Mother asked casually.

Ye Qi said: "Compared to Nanqing, Qi is relatively weak, and the fact that it was defeated repeatedly before is a good proof of this."

The Queen Mother was obviously displeased when she heard this.

"So, you look down on Qi State!"

Ye Qi clasped his fists and said, "I don't look down on Qi. I am just objectively analyzing the current situation. In fact, I believe that our Qi has great potential and is expected to surpass Qing and become the largest country in the next five years or even three years!"

After hearing Ye Qi's words, the Queen Mother's expression was obviously relieved: "Then how do you think Qi will be able to surpass Qing in the next few years?"

Is the Queen Mother so easily taken in?

If you give me candy, I will give you some praise after I give you some praise.

Leaders like others to praise the country they lead, as this proves that they are good leaders.

If you don't answer this well, you'll be digging a hole for yourself.

"Compared to Southern Qing, Qi has a tough folks, strong soldiers, and a higher overall quality than Qing. As long as we command properly, defeating Qing will not be a problem. More importantly, the northern border is rich in mineral resources, which can be used to forge sophisticated weapons and armor. I have a very good smelting method that can help us in Northern Qi build an elite armored force in a very short time."

The Queen Mother thought for a moment and said, "General Ye's words are not without reason. Our Northern Qi's technology is relatively backward. If General Ye has better smelting technology, it will greatly improve our Northern Qi army. But I have a question for you. Do you feel resentful that Qi failed to provide you with food and grass during the previous Northern Expedition?"

It turns out that this is the key point of this matter.

Ye Qi smiled slightly: "I don't have any resentment. Those are all problems caused by Shen Zhong's personal grudges. If anyone is to blame, I will only blame Shen Zhong."

About food and fodder.

Although Shen Zhong stepped forward to stop it, the Queen Mother couldn't have been unaware of it.

In the first year, Shen Zhong put the issue of food and fodder under the pressure.

But in the second year, Ye Qi's battle reports came one after another, shocking the royal family.

The reason why they didn’t provide food and fodder before was because the royal family never expected that Ye Qi could achieve such great success.

To put it bluntly, I look down on him.

By the second year, even the Queen Mother did not dare to withhold Ye Qi's food and fodder.

They were afraid that Ye Qi would rise up in rebellion, attack from both the north and the south, and probably destroy the country.

So the Queen Mother sent a team to deliver food and fodder to Ye Qi.

But Ye Qi refused, saying he didn't need it.

Ye Qi really didn't need it, because he already had a food and fodder manufacturing machine at that time.

The Queen Mother's food and fodder were of even poorer quality.

But the Queen Mother thought that Ye Qi was resentful and dissatisfied with Northern Qi, so she often sent Haitang Duoduo to investigate.

The main thing is to see whether Ye Qi has the intention to rebel.

After several exchanges between the Saint and Ye Qi, the Queen Mother got a reassuring answer that Ye Qi had no intention of rebelling.

This put the Queen Mother at ease.

When summoning Ye Qi to the palace this time, the Queen Mother decided to ask him in person so that she could finally put the worry in her heart to rest.

If she senses that Ye Qi has ulterior motives, she will order Lang Tao and Haitang Duoduo to kill Ye Qi together.

It shouldn't be a problem for three ninth-rank masters to kill one ninth-rank master.

Moreover, outside the palace, there were already heavy troops surrounding it.

Ye Qi noticed it when he came.

His storage ring is equivalent to Doraemon's pocket, storing many items he signed in over the past two years.

Ye Qi found it ridiculous that such a small number of people wanted to trap him.

This fight can be had, but it is not necessary.

Ye Qi knew the point of the contradiction, so he transferred it to Shen Zhong.

The Queen Mother followed Ye Qi's words and said, "Yes, it's because of that fellow Shen Zhong. As an important official in the court, Jinyiwei Zhenfusi, he abused his power, and my patience with him has been exhausted. If you have no complaints about my Qi State and serve my country wholeheartedly, I will promise you to get rid of this scourge of Shen Zhong. General Ye, what do you think!?"

After shifting the point of conflict, the Queen Mother, in order to gain Ye Qi's loyalty, spared no effort to explain her determination to eliminate Shen Zhong.

On the one hand, she could gain Ye Qi's loyalty, and on the other hand, she had indeed lost her patience with Shen Zhong.

"Everything is decided by the Queen Mother."

Afterwards, the Queen Mother discussed with Ye Qi the plan to get rid of Shen Zhong.

How should I put it, there is no difference between it and Zhan Doudou’s.

The Queen Mother came this time just to see Ye Qi's determination, and removing Shen Zhong was just a small incidental matter.

After Ye Qi left the palace.

Zhan Doudou walked out from the next room.

"Mother, I have said that General Ye has no second thoughts about our Qi State, and I also really like General Ye!"

The Queen Mother said unhappily, "You really like her? The Saint has already taken the lead, and you, the Emperor, still want to be a concubine?"

"But they're not married!"

"Remember, you are the emperor of Qi, your identity as a woman must not be exposed!"

After saying this, the Queen Mother left.

Zhan Doudou was left alone, stamping her feet and sulking.

Zhan Doudou murmured, "The identity of a woman cannot be exposed. So if I pretend to marry a woman and get pregnant with Ye Qi's child, and then announce to the public that it was my wife who gave birth to the child, then my identity as a woman will not be exposed. I am really a genius."

On the way home, Ye Qi looked calm.

Wang Jian, who was standing by, asked, "Sir, are you worried?"

Ye Qi chuckled: "That old queen mother, if Haitang Duoduo and Zhan Doudou weren't in Qi, I really wouldn't have planned to help her."

"So next, should we follow the plan of the little emperor and the queen mother?"

"Of course we have to do it. Anyway, Shen Zhong and I are not on good terms, so getting rid of him won't do me any harm. Let's go and find Yan Bingyun."

Yan Bingyun is the son of Yan Ruohai, the chief of Nanqing Inspection Bureau, and the chief of Nanqing's secret agents lurking in Northern Qi.

After lurking in Shangjing, Yan Bingyun made friends with high-ranking officials in the upper class of Northern Qi and came into contact with Miss Shen.

By taking advantage of Shen Wan'er's feelings, Yan Bingyun successfully obtained secret military intelligence from Northern Qi, laying the foundation for the victory of the Southern Qing army.

This matter has been noticed by the Little Emperor and Zhan Doudou, but now is not the best time to catch him.

So he sent Ye Qi to investigate.

(End of this chapter)