Yan Jinxi didn't pay attention to Xiaobai, but walked straight inside, and then sat down at the dining table and began to eat.

"Miss, try this fried cuttlefish shreds, the taste is very lovely." Xiaobai stepped forward again and said earnestly.

Since the last time she happened to see Yun and Xiaobai talking and laughing outside the city gate, she began to be wary of Xiaobai, and since then she has never told Xiaobai about her thoughts and whereabouts.

In this life, she is no longer as naïve as in her previous life, so without a city, she only wants to solve troubles for Shen Luo, and has never considered herself and the Fu family, if the enemy thinks of her like this, it is really a big mistake.

Yan Jinxi frowned slightly, thought about it, and asked tentatively, "What do you think of the national teacher?" ”

"Miss, the slave maid thinks that the national teacher Lord Jing is unusually handsome, young and promising, Wen Taowu is proficient in everything, and he has been in power all over the world in his early twenties, and since the founding of the Chu State, no courtier has such an achievement as him......" The maid Xiaobai praised Jing Yan a lot.

Speaking of Jingyan, Xiaobai's eyes were full of light, and her emotions were a little excited, not at all like the steady person she was on weekdays......

Heh, Yan Jinxi sneered, sure enough, she was right, Jing Yan is your master in secret, and it is also the eyeliner that Jing Yan planted in her Xilan Garden, you will definitely say good things for him.

"Xiaobai, is your compliment too much for him? What about some impractical? He is just a national teacher of my Chu State, and he is also a courtier of Chu State. Yan Jinxi asked.

"No, Miss, the slave's words are not enough to praise the National Teacher, is the young lady devoted to the National Teacher? The slave can also see that the national teacher is also interesting to you. ”

Yan Jinxi: "......"

Yan Jinxi only felt that Xiaobai's words were really outrageous, when did she fall in love with Jingyan? At most, they have a few cooperative relationships.

This Xiaobai acted so well, like the master behind the scenes, but now she is still exposed.

Yan Jinxi's face as white as mutton fat jade was like frost, and the powerful aura exuded from her body made Xiao Bai shudder:

"In that case, how about I give you to Jing Yan, even if it's just a concubine, then you will have endless glory and wealth for a lifetime, it's better than you being a maid for a lowly concubine like me in this prime minister's mansion?"

"No, Miss, you misunderstood the meaning of the slave, the slave and the maid will never dare to climb the national teacher." Yan Jinxi's words shocked Xiaobai, and he knelt down and said, "The slave is only willing to stay by Miss's side all the time and wait for Miss." ”

"In that case, I won't force you anymore." Yan Jinxi didn't say anything more.

Originally, she wanted to take the opportunity to let Xiaobai leave Xilan Garden, so that the national teacher Jing Yan would lose his eyes and ears in Xilan Garden.

But after thinking about it, now that the enemy is clear and she is secret, maybe Xiaobai can be used as a pawn to deal with Jing Yan in the future, and it will be smarter to deal with it this way.

The night is as cool as water, and the Xilan Garden is exceptionally quiet, and there is a faint sound of falling leaves outside the window.

"Miss, something happened to the Ministry of Industry, and Ning Shangshu from the Ministry of Industry asked you to go to the Ministry of Industry overnight." At this time, the maid Yu'er entered the door in a panic.

"What?"

"Miss, the person from the Ministry of Engineering did not say what was going on."

"Then don't be in a hurry, I'll go back early tomorrow morning, I'll rest first today, you all retreat."

In the early morning of the next day, Yan Jinxi put on an official uniform and entered the palace.

When passing by the National Teacher's Mansion, I met a handsome man in an official uniform, isn't that the National Teacher? It's really a narrow road. Yan Jinxi pretended not to see this person and walked straight in the direction of the palace.

Above the Golden Palace of Chu State, Emperor Shen Luo said with a sad face: "The Yan State has invaded our Chu State, and the most difficult problem now is the problem of weapons, how to build a weapon for 100,000 Chu soldiers in three days?" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers lowered their heads and pondered, but after a long time, no one spoke.

Only Prime Minister Yan stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority is to immediately send a competent official of the court to build weapons, this kind of thing has always been under the control of the Ministry of War, Your Majesty can ask Ning Shangshu's opinion." ”

As soon as Prime Minister Yan said this, everyone echoed and agreed with him.

Shang Shuning, the female official of the Ministry of War, had to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, this is a weapon of 100,000 people, how can it be made in three days, plus our Chu State has always lacked iron weapons, it is undoubtedly even more difficult." ”

Lady Yan's rhetoric was reasonable, and Emperor Shen Luo couldn't help but sigh on the dragon chair.

At this time, Shen Luo's eyes revealed a bit of ruthlessness, and said: "Ning Shangshu, this is a matter under the jurisdiction of your Ministry of Industry, you must come up with a solution for me today!" ”

Lady Yan was frightened, the courtiers of Chu State all knew Shen Luo's methods, at that time, the Fu family offended Shen Luo for some reason, hundreds of people up and down the Fu family ended up with a full house of beheadings, and even the former queen Fu Yuyin, who was pregnant with a dragon fetus, was killed by Shen Luo, with one body and two lives.

At this time, Female Official Ning inadvertently glanced at Yan Jinxi, who was standing behind her, and couldn't help but think about it, and said: "Your Majesty, Female Official Yan is young and promising, the last time Female Official Yan dealt with the Xingping Locust Plague, it is enough to show Female Official Yan's ability, why don't you hand over this matter to Female Official Yan, and the minister will assist her on the side?" ”

Shen Luo glanced at Yan Jinxi standing in the court at this time, she was still as calm and calm as ever, and her face was unwavering.

"Yan Jinxi, I order you to start supervising the manufacture of weapons from today for three days, and I will order the treasury to allocate 100,000 taels of gold for you to use to build weapons." Shen Luo ordered.

"Yes." Yan Jinxi responded that openly disobeying the emperor's order was a capital crime, and she had to do so.

Besides, this could be an opportunity? In her previous life, she was the concubine of the General's Mansion, and she was quite involved in weapons, if she could do this, she would stabilize her position in the court of Chu State, and at the same time, she could also gain Shen Luo and Yan Ziran's trust in herself, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, Yan Jinxi thought so.

"Good, next court." Shen Luo finally frowned.

……

"I can't help myself." This is Jing Yan's voice. When she raised her head, she was facing the extraordinarily deep eyes of the national teacher Jing Yan.

Jing Yan walked away.

When she was walking out of the Golden Palace, Yan Jinxi heard several old ministers in the court of the Chu State talking about her-

"This female official Yan of the Ministry of Industry seems to be a little overwhelmed, it is a weapon of 100,000 people."

"It should be a woman or a concubine, and she doesn't know the difficulties, so she should come down."

"You just let her try, let alone three days, I think it will be difficult for her to hold on for even a day......"

……

In short, the courtiers of the Chu State were all skeptical of Yan Jinxi.

Yan Jinxi walked up to those old ministers, opened his thin lips, and asked: "The three adults, highly respected and well-informed, Jinxi is naturally difficult to compare, but the adults are not optimistic about Jinxi to do this, why don't the adults take the initiative to ask the emperor to do this?" ”

"Female Officer Yan, this ......"

Her words made the old ministers in the court speechless.

Yan Jinxi sneered, the Chu State ruled by Shen Luo, except for the national teacher Jing Yan, everyone else was a rabble. The funny thing is that the only capable person is still the one who is seriously jealous of Shen Luo.

After Yan Jinxi returned to the Ministry of Industry, he began to plan to build weapons.

However, Ning Nuguan and the others were more leisurely than the other, gossiping there in groups of threes and twos, as if the military disaster of the Chu State had nothing to do with them.

Yan Jinxi walked up to these people, lowered his eyebrows and smiled lightly: "Ning Shangshu, please also help me build weapons." ”

"Hahaha......" Ning Shangshu laughed, and then she mocked, "Yan Jinxi, the emperor has handed over the work of making weapons to you Yan Jinxi, and it has nothing to do with us." ”

"Really? Female Officer Ning, the emperor has ordered you to assist me, if three days later, I Yan Jinxi has not made a weapon. At this time, Yan Jinxi's peerless face was covered with a layer of mystery, "In case this weapon is not created by then, not only I, Yan Jinxi, will be punished by the emperor, do you think that as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, you will be spared?" The emperor's temper must be better known than me. ”

"Yan Jinxi, are you talking to this official like this?" Female Officer Ning's face turned purple, but she still didn't say anything soft.

But then Lady Ning thought about it, and realized that what Yan Jinxi said made some sense.

Female Officer Ning put down the matter in her hand and summoned the other officials in the Ministry of Industry and said, "From today onwards, you will all start to assist Female Officer Yan in building weapons. ”

How could Yan Jinxi not see that this sanctimonious Ning Shangshu was just perfunctory to her.

This time, the Yan State invaded the Chu State, and the soldiers of the Chu State lacked weapons, which would be fatal to the success or failure of the Chu State.

Female Officer Ning sent a female official Lin, the youngest official in the Ministry of Works, to assist her.

At this time, a small servant in the Ministry of Industry walked in, leaned in front of Lady Ning and whispered something, and walked out alone mysteriously.

……

"Female Officer Ning, I guess it's someone from the household department who came to give the silver ticket for the 100,000 taels of weapons?" Yan Jinxi walked up to Female Officer Ning and asked.

"So what? I am the secretary of the Ministry of Works, shouldn't the silver ticket be handed over to me? At this time, a trace of cunning crossed Lady Ning's face, and she continued, "Yan Jinxi, when you need this silver, you will be with me." ”

"When is it time to give the money to the helpers? Since Lady Ning wants to take care of this money so much, then Jinxi will go into the palace and tell the emperor how about handing over this weapon to Ning Shangshu? Yan Jinxi was as calm as ever and asked rhetorically.

Ning Shangshu couldn't refute it, so he had to hand over the silver ticket to Yan Jinxi.

Now that there is a silver ticket, this is only the simplest link for Yan Jinxi, and the most important thing is how to fight the weapons of these 100,000 soldiers in three days.

She sat at the table, thinking intently, how to deal with this military disaster in the Chu State, this matter is related to the safety of the people, and it must not be taken lightly.