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

He barely managed to swallow the words, "Let me explain."

You can't back down now, or you're doomed.

“That’s right. If we don’t do it this way, they won’t live more than a few days before they die from the dissipation of their souls.”

"Ultimately, it's all because of your Yin-Yang School's Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Flow."

"If I hadn't painstakingly deduced the secret technique in Handan back then, how could they have escaped unscathed and even reached the first-class realm?"

Cao Ze angrily accused Yan Fei, "Those things from your Yin Yang School are truly harmful!"

"You've always known, yet you've never helped Black and White. Black and White are so loyal to you; you truly disappoint me!"

Yan Fei was taken aback. What was going on?

It was clearly Cao Ze who was cheating on her with her subordinates, so how did it suddenly become her fault?

"I……"

Cao Ze interrupted, "No need to say more. I've done everything I could. They're recovering well now. As long as they don't use the Myriad Leaf Flying Flower Stream too frequently, there won't be any problems. If you're not satisfied, just take them and leave!"

"I……"

Cao Ze still didn't give Yan Fei a chance to speak.

"I've already said it! You know me, I'm not that kind of lowly person who lusts after women. If I wanted to find women, I would already have a harem of concubines around me, so don't look at me like that again!"

Cao Ze did it all in one go, pretending to be angry, and left with his hands behind his back.

Once he was outside the courtyard, he let out a long sigh of relief.

This is really messing with my mindset.

He looked just like a cat that had just stolen a fish and saw its owner watching him quietly.

Just as Cao Ze was wondering whether he should leave to avoid the situation, Wushuang Gui entered with a well-dressed man who was still clearly a servant.

“Imperial Censor Cao, I am the steward of Lord Changping. Our lord would like to invite you to his residence. This is the invitation; please keep it safe.”

"When will you be available, sir?"

Cao Ze clapped his hands. "What a coincidence! I have time right now. You lead the way."

The housekeeper was surprised that it was so easy; he had thought he would have to ask three times.

Cao Ze had just left with the butler when Yan Fei appeared where he had been standing.

What about people?

Yan Fei looked around, wanting Cao Ze to explain things to her face.

She had a lot to say, and she would feel terrible if she didn't say it.

Jing Ni followed closely behind and, seeing Wushuang Gui standing to the side, asked him a question.

The peerless ghost let out a few low, muffled growls.

Jingni understood and said to Yanfei, "Someone is looking for him, but he went out on business."

Yan Fei took a deep breath and said, "Jing Ni, find me a room. I want to be alone for a while."

Jing Ni nodded slightly and arranged for Yan Fei to stay in the room next to Yan Ling Ji and Li Wu.

As she left Yanfei's room, she immediately ran into Yanlingji and Liwu.

"Hehe, Sister Jingni, it's dawn now, shouldn't you tell us?"

Yan Lingji grinned, showing her little tiger teeth, and playfully "threatened" Jing Ni.

"If you don't tell the truth, Li Wu and I will drag you and Cao Ze into it next time!"

Jingni's heart was pounding, her cool and pretty face flushed, and her ears turned red.

She saw that Li Wu was also looking at her with her starry eyes, and smiled helplessly.

"Okay, I'll tell you. Be more careful next time."

Yan Lingji and Li Wu immediately perked up their ears.

Jingni said leisurely, "Just let him get it out inside, it'll be quick."

After Jingni finished speaking, she left immediately.

After pondering for a while, Yan Lingji asked in bewilderment, "Why not make it out?"

Li Wu, who was initially excited, rolled her eyes upon hearing Yan Lingji's words. "What do you think?! What couldn't she produce?"

As the midwife who delivered the baby, how could she not understand Jingni's hints?

It was something that both she and Yan Lingji overlooked.

Without that thing, how could you possibly get pregnant?

Yan Lingji slapped her forehead, her bright, watery eyes revealing a look of annoyance.

"No wonder!"

"I'm so annoyed!"

Let's get him tonight!

……

Chapter 446 The Seductive Fox

Cao Ze arrived at the residence of Lord Changping.

Since it was a private banquet, the butler arranged for him to stay in a pavilion by the lake within the mansion.

This was his first time visiting.

Compared to Lü Buwei's understated yet luxurious Prime Minister's mansion, Lord Changping's mansion was undoubtedly much more magnificent, showcasing the grandeur of a great noble family.

It was just a private banquet, but perhaps because of the high regard they held for him, the table was laden with countless golden goblets of fragrant wine and jade platters of delicacies.

Putting everything else aside, the food in the hall he was in was the most abundant and luxurious he had ever seen in the Qin Dynasty, even without comparing it to modern times.

Eight kinds of tea and fruit were laid out: hazelnuts, walnuts, pine nuts...

Eight kinds of candied fruits: candied papaya, candied dates, candied plums, glutinous rice stuffed lotus root...

In addition, there are all kinds of seasonal fresh fruits, such as oranges, pears, sugarcane... almost everything that can be seen in season is available.

If it were just these things, Cao Ze might not care too much.

After all, these things are either seasonal fruits or foods that can be stored for a long time.

But what the maids kept bringing out made Cao Ze sigh, realizing what extravagance, corruption, and the ruthless consumption of blood and flesh by the nobility truly meant.

A dozen or so maids carried trays laden with dishes—hand-pulled lamb chops, eight-treasure chicken in a cloth bag, crystal pork knuckle, roast goose, roast chicken…

If these weren't enough, then the freshwater and seafood dishes such as seafood soup, lobster, crab claws, whelks, and Yellow River carp left Cao Ze speechless.

This is seafood, pure, fresh seafood, not the pickled kind!

There was no such thing as cold chain transportation in this era.

Transporting seafood from coastal states like Qi to the Qin Dynasty was even more difficult than Yang Guifei wanting fresh lychees from Lingnan on her birthday.

Unless you hire a second-rate or higher expert who is skilled in ice-attribute techniques to transport them.

But to ask such a skilled person to do nothing but travel thousands of miles as a deliveryman, just to cook a dish...

Cao Ze shook his head slightly; he couldn't do it.

A group of maids brought in various kinds of food, filling several large tables to the brim.

When the maid opened the door on the lakeside, a cool breeze blew in, and Cao Ze, sitting in the hall, could see the shimmering water on the lake at any time.

But he didn't look there. Instead, he looked at the table opposite him, where, like his own, it was laden with lavish food and drink, but the person hadn't arrived yet.

As Cao Ze was thinking, a burly man with a beard, rough skin, but piercing eyes, walked in with a glamorous woman dressed in a pinkish-purple robe.

Cao Ze naturally recognized the newcomer. The nine-star pearl grass on the newcomer's shoulder was something that only Tian Guang, the leader of the Farmer's Clan, was qualified to wear in the entire world.

Cao Ze knew the woman behind him was that vixen just by smelling her fragrance.

Besides his occasional blissful, honeyed days, who else could it be?

"Hehehe..."

A seductive, wet laugh echoed in the hall.

Tian Mi gently covered her delicate, smooth mouth with her small hand, giggling.

Her gaze lingered on Cao Ze's official robes for a few moments, and she was secretly shocked. She hadn't expected that in just a short time, Cao Ze had been appointed as a high-ranking official and held the powerful position of Imperial Censor.

Of course, these were insignificant matters compared to the fact that she knew Cao Ze had driven Lü Buwei away.

"Sir, are you surprised?"

Tian Mi rudely bypassed the chivalrous leader and walked briskly to Cao Ze's side, saying in a tone that was both coquettish and reproachful, "You haven't come to see me for so long, I thought you had forgotten about me..."

The reason she dared to disregard the presence of the chivalrous leader was because he had already instructed her to use any means necessary to win over Cao Ze during her time in Xianyang, whether it was through seduction or pregnancy and childbirth.

She was actually still conflicted, because if she got pregnant with Cao Ze's child, she would really be dependent on Cao Ze in the future, and she wouldn't be able to get away even if she wanted to.

But when she heard Xia Kui say that Lü Buwei was taken away by Cao Ze and was even appointed as a high-ranking official by the King of Qin, she immediately lost all her worries.

If the original Cao Ze was a copper thigh, then the current Cao Ze is a gold thigh, enough to make her willingly take risks, even using children, pregnancy, and other means to tie herself to him.

Cao Ze was caught off guard by Tian Mi's sudden flattery.

Damn it, your boss is still around, do you have to be so flamboyant?

Cao Ze calmly removed his arm from Tian Mi's cleavage and said to Tian Guang, "Is Tian Guang, the chivalrous leader, also here for the banquet? Please join us."

Now his status has changed; he is now a high-ranking official in the Qin state.

As one of the Three Dukes, the Grand Censor held a position in the imperial court equal to that of the Chancellor and the Grand Commandant.

Aside from the prime minister, whose functions and powers are slightly weaker, in later generations he would be the supreme leader who combines the functions of the public security bureau, procuratorate, and court.

To put it bluntly, taking advantage of the aftermath of eliminating Lü Buwei's remaining faction, he could easily destroy any noble family overnight.

In other words, he didn't have any other wicked intentions, otherwise he would have become someone in Xianyang City who could stop children from crying in no time.