People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

"It is up to Your Majesty to decide."

Cao Ze simply passed the buck back. He had no use for anything else; he was about to run away anyway. Oh right, before running away, he still had to help Jing Ni chop this old man into mincemeat.

I really don't know how this guy became the Wolf King. A general under his command managed to take away most of his soldiers, which caused his daily progress in developing Jing Ni to be completely ruined.

The Wolf King seemed to have been waiting for Cao Ze to say those words.

"I have no sons, only two daughters..."

Cao Ze thought to himself, "Who told you to be so shameless, you old bastard?"

The Wolf King drew out his words, paused, and then asked, "What does the gentleman think of Manyu?"

Cao Ze recalled his several encounters with the Crown Prince Manyu; she was a true white lotus, consistent inside and out.

A kind-hearted older sister, personally certified by Hu Ji.

Wait a minute, why is this old guy bringing up Manyu?

Cao Ze glanced at Hu Ji, whose face had turned extremely pale, not far away.

Goodness gracious, is this old man going to cause him trouble?

"Your Highness...is kind-hearted and has an excellent reputation..."

Cao Ze braced himself and carefully considered his words.

I just hope that old Deng doesn't...

"Very well, I will make the decision today and arrange your marriage with Manyu. What do you say?"

Cao Ze could almost see the tiny flame in Hu Ji's heterochromatic contact lenses.

Meanwhile, Manyu kept her head down, remaining silent, as if she already knew.

Cao Ze's mind started working.

Hu Ji is generally not good at getting things done, but she's more than capable of ruining things.

As the saying goes, good people are always the ones who get guns pointed at them... Oh no, I mean everyone has a natural instinct to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.

After comparing the risks with his own goals, Cao Ze sighed.

Compared to lassoing horses on the grasslands, being an unwelcome son-in-law who marries into the emperor is far less desirable than going to the Qin state and becoming an ornament on the First Emperor's lap.

As is widely known, being a prince consort is a profession without sovereignty and easily susceptible to being cuckolded.

So he chose the latter; at least the workaholic, Ying Zheng, known as the "Rolling King," wouldn't miss out on his love of eating, drinking, having fun, and getting married.

In short, he was just too eager to improve.

The wolf king frowned and asked, "Why do you sigh, sir?"

Cao Ze replied quite naturally, "Ever since I was taken in by Princess Hu Ji, I have developed feelings for her. Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."

The best way to ruin a marriage is to let a third party legitimately intervene and engage in so-called "female competition."

Yes, Hu Ji would be very suitable.

Manyu, who had been keeping her head down and nervously waiting for Cao Ze's approval, suddenly raised her head and looked at Cao Ze in surprise.

The wolf king's expression changed slightly: "No!"

Before she could even feel any joy, Hu Ji cried out, "Father, why? My husband and I are truly in love!"

At this moment, Hu Ji had only one thought: she could not give Cao Ze to her sister. Apart from the fact that Cao Ze knew too many of her secrets, losing Cao Ze was no different from giving up the throne.

Cao Ze looked at Hu Ji, who was shouting herself hoarse for love, and his lips twitched slightly.

Wow, that's a great move! She's even more adept at it than I was at it myself. Hu Ji's tea ceremony is excellent; I'd love to try it sometime!

The wolf king was somewhat displeased, knowing that Hu Ji had always been unwilling for her sister to become the heir to the throne.

Therefore, when considering how to win over Cao Ze, the decision was made to have Manyu marry Cao Ze.

With Cao Ze's assistance, Manyu was able to make up for her lack of military expertise.

"No means no!"

The wolf king said firmly.

Cao Ze was already secretly pleased; Hu Ji was so unpopular.

That's true. Compared to the scheming and manipulative Hu Ji, everyone would find the pure and innocent Manyu to be better.

After all, this prince is no fool; he has contributed a great deal to the defense of the city.

Moreover, they possess the basic political qualities that are required.

They can all accept him as their husband and be tied to him; that's a very admirable level of awareness.

Moreover, many officials in the hall remained silent, which showed how unpopular Hu Ji was.

No wonder they valued themselves so much back then; their lack of power was their original sin.

Cao Ze observed that Hu Ji was not in a good situation. With such ordinary conditions, he really didn't know where she got the confidence to become queen.

The matter quickly ended unhappily.

Cao Ze, who had been ignored and treated coldly by the wolf king, returned to his hut with an indifferent expression.

Women will only hinder his progress and advancement; it's best to ignore them.

Of course, his wife Jingni is an exception.

He still needs Jingni to smoothly return to the Central Plains, unlike the alluring Hu Ji and the pure and innocent Maggie Cheung~

Jingni put down her pen knife, glanced at Cao Ze who had returned, and said, "Didn't you want to improve?"

Cao Ze: "???"

Chapter 12: Pregnant, Melancholy

Cao Ze froze, looking at the words on the bamboo slip.

Suddenly, I remembered that I had been pestering Jingni for the past two days, saying a lot of things, wanting to learn a "foreign language" from her.

That said, it's quite amusing that Jingni is delivering jokes with such a serious expression.

Jingni frowned and said, "You think it's funny?"

Cao Ze laughed, spouting nonsense: "Your husband is a professional; he doesn't usually laugh unless he can't help it, cough cough..."

Jing Ni completely ignored Cao Ze's inexplicable joke; this was a lesson she had learned from spending a long time with Cao Ze.

At first, Cao Ze learned the languages ​​of seven different countries from her, thinking he was just trying to amuse her.

After all, in this chaotic world, how could a learned person not be literate?

But in the last two days, it was discovered that Cao Ze genuinely doesn't recognize the scripts of the seven languages.

Cao Ze's repeated requests for her guidance were always the same: "Madam, I want to improve! I want to learn to read!"

She was so tired of hearing it that when Cao Ze came back, she blurted out those words without thinking.

The fact that Cao Ze laughed at this suggests that there was a deeper meaning behind those words that she was unaware of.

Jingni said calmly, "Don't you want to learn the languages ​​of the Seven Kingdoms?"

Cao Ze quickly straightened his posture, sat down next to Jing Ni, and said respectfully, "Please teach me, Teacher Jing Ni."

If you want to do well in the Seven Kingdoms in the future, you can't just rely on your words if you can't read the texts; you also need to be good with words.

Jingni felt a strange sensation in her heart, wondering why Cao Zeping's seemingly ordinary words always made her feel that something was amiss.

Then, the two of them took turns teaching and learning.

Occasionally, Cao Ze would make up a joke to try and amuse Jingni, and also to relieve the boredom of studying.

The scripts of these seven countries are like scribbled characters; anyone who can write and read them is no ordinary person.

Jingni's expression remained indifferent, like a cold fairy untouched by worldly affairs, but she harbored a complex mix of emotions that she could not share with outsiders.

Being with Cao Ze and listening to him say those seemingly interesting but incomprehensible phrases always made her relax, to the point that she became somewhat attached to that feeling.

But as an assassin, he is also the most important Heavenly Rank assassin in the Luo Wang organization.

She knew all too well that she was in danger.

But for some reason, she couldn't control herself.

Since we're treating it as a dream, let's make that dream even more beautiful.

Cao Ze had no idea that Jing Ni would have such complicated thoughts. During the break, he tirelessly explained the inside jokes and memes to Jing Ni.

Jingni simply listened quietly, remembered, and thought...

And just like that, it was the end of November.

The heavy snow had already covered the entire grassland, turning it into a silver-white wonderland where only one color remained.

At this moment, the borders of Wei Kingdom had not yet seen snow, but the landscape was already desolate and bleak.

The increasingly ruthless Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie, after being utterly defeated by Xuan Jian with a single sword not long ago, created a new option: they handed over the evidence of Wei Yong's crimes that they had collected to Lord Xinling, Wei Wuji.

Wei Wuji used this opportunity to imprison Wei Yong, regain control of the Wei infantry, persuade the King of Wei to join the alliance, and then executed Wei Yong.

All of this surprised Lü Buwei, who was far away in Xianyang.

It turns out that Wei Wuji's apparent despondency and lack of success over the past few years were all an act; he had been waiting for an opportunity.

Thinking back to the last alliance where Qin was defeated by Wei Wuji, Lü Buwei couldn't help but feel murderous intent; he hated surprises.

But now is not the time to assassinate Wei Wuji. He will wait until the war of alliance is over before he kills Wei Wuji!

"Send someone to contact Jingni and ask her how much longer it will take to kill the Wolf King."

Lu Buwei glanced at the various intelligence reports on the scrolls and gave the order without looking up.

If possible, he hoped that Jingni could return as soon as possible to carry out the next mission and refine his plan.

The Luo Wang organization is currently short of personnel; to be precise, it lacks enough assassins to complete high-difficulty missions.

"Yes!"

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