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"Well, I didn't know you were the Emperor. I thought the Southern Dynasty was an enemy faction." Jiang Jingwei glared at him, her cheeks puffed up. Given the Fire Master's temper, even her own father would fight to the death if someone dared to shave his head like that.

But now, she was weakened by illness, her limbs limp, and could only be bullied by Yuan Shi Tianzun.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhang Yuanqing urged. "Tell me about the mission."

Jiang Jingwei sat cross-legged, leaning against the rockery, and said weakly, "My main quest is to monitor Zhao Shun and the situation inside the palace, reporting to the Shenrui Army regularly. The side quest is to assassinate the tyrant."

The main quest is so safe, yet you chose the more difficult side quest? You won't die if you don't complete the side quest. This girl is a disgrace to the Fire Master profession.

Zhang Yuanqing was filled with complaints and asked, "What is the Shenrui Army?"

Jiang Jingwei tilted her head, recalling, "The Shenrui Army used to be an army of the Southern Dynasty. Sixteen years ago, they were annihilated. The surviving Shenrui Army soldiers became bandits, planning to take revenge on the Emperor and the Southern Dynasty. My character's father was a member of the Shenrui Army."

I need to investigate the detailed information of the Shenrui Army!

Zhang Yuanqing's expression relaxed slightly. Although Jiang Jingwei was also from an enemy faction, this indicated it wasn't a career issue, but a copy issue. A copy issue would be easier to solve.

According to the copy mechanism, teammates are unlikely to become mortal enemies, so there must be a solution.

I'll find a chance to ask Xiao Fu!

He opened his inventory and took out a porcelain bottle, throwing it to Jiang Jingwei. "Heal your illness first. I'll take you back to the sleeping quarters later."

Since Xiahou Aotian and the Palace Master of Zhisha came along, the gang warehouse of the Returned Dead had a steady supply of pills and life essence. The pills refined by scholars could heal both injuries and illnesses.

With trembling hands, Jiang Jingwei carefully took the porcelain bottle, pulled out the cork, and swallowed a few brown pills. Soon, her pale complexion gradually turned rosy.

Then, she squatted down beside the two beauties, pried open their mouths, and rudely stuffed pills in, pinching their noses to force the unconscious duo to swallow.

Soon, one of the beauties woke up with a groan. They looked around blankly. Seeing Zhang Yuanqing, Concubine Wan's pale face blossomed like a flower, filled with surprise.

"Yuan Shi Gege, you came to save me! I knew it. With Yuan Shi Gege around, there would be no danger. *Sob*." She threw herself into his arms like a swallow returning to its nest.

As expected, Xie Lingxi was so calculating. Zhang Yuanqing wasn't surprised. She was the most manipulative in the Returned Dead.

Zhang Yuanqing then looked at Wang Geji. "Are you the Queen?"

Queen's beautiful, pale face broke into a happy smile. "Gang Leader, you came to save me."

Xie Lingxi nestled in Yuan Shi Gege's arms, sobbing. "We failed to assassinate the tyrant. Yuan Shi Gege, are you here to assassinate the tyrant too?"

Zhang Yuanqing reached out and wiped his face. "Take a look at who the tyrant is?"

Xie Lingxi and Queen stared, both jumping back in shock. After a few seconds, they realized, Xie Lingxi stammering, "Yuan… Shi Gege, you are the tyrant?"

"Assassinate me, assassinate me!" Zhang Yuanqing gave each of them a flick on the forehead. "Brainless things."

Although he already knew the reason for the quest, leading his teammates to make the wrong judgment, believing that the Southern Dynasty was an enemy faction, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but want to beat them up, remembering the life-or-death crisis he experienced last night because of his teammates.

Having been hit, Xie Lingxi and Queen looked puzzled. "If you are the tyrant, why did we receive the quest to assassinate the tyrant?"

"Tell me your side quests and main quests first!" Zhang Yuanqing said.

Xie Lingxi and Queen confessed their quests and character information. Concubine Wan was an informant placed in the palace by the Zheng family. Her main quest was to cooperate with the Zheng family's actions. The side quests were two: one, assassinating the tyrant, and two, gaining the tyrant's favor and becoming a noble consort.

The little green tea assassinated him because she didn't want to become the Emperor's noble consort, so she chose the other side quest to let the tyrant die!

Wang Geji represented a faction in the lake area called the Azure Dragon Gang. The gang leader was a famous hero in the Jianghu City.

The Azure Dragon Gang wanted to assassinate the Emperor. Their slogan was "Kill the tyrant to save the people," so they sent the talented daughter of a court jester who was skilled in music, Wang Geji, to infiltrate the palace as a singer.

Wang Geji's main quest was to "get close to the tyrant and gather intelligence" to create opportunities for the Azure Dragon Gang's assassination. The side quest was to assassinate the tyrant.

The main quests of the three beauties were not to assassinate the tyrant. This was understandable. After all, the main quest was related to life and death. If the main quest was to assassinate the tyrant, then it would be a never-ending battle with Zhang Yuanqing.

To some extent, everyone was a teammate, and such a quest was unlikely to appear. On the other hand, Zhang Yuanqing was the Dominator, and the beauties were the Saints. Their levels didn't match. It was unreasonable to have a Saint assassinate a Dominator.

Currently, there were three known forces: the Shenrui Army, the Imperial Preceptor, and the Azure Dragon Gang.

Alas, the situation in the capital is more complicated than on the front lines, Zhang Yuanqing sighed. And his burden was no less than Fu Qingyang's, but even heavier.

Not only did he have to deal with three enemies, but he also had to find a way to save his teammates. While he was thinking, light footsteps came. The three beauties looked surprised. Zhang Yuanqing perked up his ears, distinguishing the footsteps, and reassured them, "Don't be nervous. It's Red Rooster."

As soon as he finished speaking, the footsteps approached, and it was indeed Li Changte, the white-haired eunuch in red uniform, the tyrant's lackey.

In a second, Xie Lingxi changed her face and smiled sweetly. "Oh, so Eunuch Li is Red Rooster! Thanks to Red Rooster for staying by Yuan Shi Gege's side, otherwise we would have accidentally killed Gege. Our gang is so safe."

Red Rooster was overjoyed when he heard this, throwing the package hanging on his shoulder over. "Change your clothes." After saying that, he walked out of the rockery forest first.

Zhang Yuanqing followed, and behind him, Xie Lingxi said softly, "Yuan Shi Gege, I'm scared. Can you not leave?"

"No." Jiang Jingwei raised her eyebrows. "You go and change with Yuan Shi Tianzun."

"No need, there's nothing to see!" Zhang Yuanqing replied loudly, hurrying away and hiding behind a rockery on the edge with Red Rooster, waiting and waiting. After a quarter of an hour, Xie Lingxi's voice finally came from the depths of the rockery forest.

"Gege, we're changed!" The two then returned to the scene and saw three female teammates bowing their heads, adjusting their crooked collars and skirts.

Jingwei complained, "Ancient people's clothes are so difficult to wear. Aren't they tired of wearing such troublesome clothes every day?"

Zhang Yuanqing reached out and gently brushed their faces one by one. With a wave of light, three beautiful faces turned into pretty and delicate girls and women.

Not too outstanding, but worthy of Zhao Shun's harem's appearance.

There are no ordinary-looking people in Zhao Shun's harem, except for Wanmei.

After the three of them changed their appearances, Zhang Yuanqing looked at Red Rooster and said, "Take them to the sleeping palace, and say they were transferred from another palace to serve me. I'll follow behind you and sneak in."

The four teammates nodded slightly and walked towards the sleeping palace under the leadership of Red Rooster. Zhang Yuanqing stopped in place, waiting for them to walk a distance, and as they were about to approach the sleeping palace, he used Night Wander, quickly catching up.

His Night Wander time was limited, so he couldn't slowly follow behind the team.

"Creak."

Red Rooster pushed open the palace door and led the people inside to wait.

Zhang Yuanqing took the opportunity to sneak in, and then revealed his figure, looking towards the inner hall where the curtain hung down. Immediately, his eyes narrowed in doubt. Behind the curtain sat two graceful figures.

"You're back!" A familiar voice came from behind the curtain. "You recruited three beauties to serve you on the first day you entered the copy. You're even more of a tyrant than Zhao Shun!"

Hearing this familiar tone, Zhang Yuanqing immediately understood, exhaling lightly and saying, "You're unhappy that I didn't let you serve me?"

The curtain was lifted, revealing the voluptuous Consort De with her snow-white skin.

There are only two women left in the team, either Little Aunt or Guan Ya, but Guan Ya wouldn't speak to him in this tone, so it was Little Aunt.

Consort De wrinkled her nose and said, "Let's match the information. My main quest is to protect the Southern Dynasty from being destroyed, and my side quest is to protect you. Yesterday it was 24 hours, but today it's updated to 72 hours."

The same side quest as Red Rooster!

Zhang Yuanqing asked, "What's the quest level?"

"Level 4."

"Lower than I thought. Then why didn't you save me yesterday?"

"The eunuch next to you took the lead. Besides, it's good for you to suffer a bit." Consort De turned her gaze to the three palace maids. "You found your teammates. Were the assassins yesterday also teammates?"

Zhang Yuanqing shrugged. He led Red Rooster and the other three into the inner hall, matching everyone's character information, main quests, and side quests. Then, he laid out the current predicament.

Zhang Yuanqing asked, "What insights and analysis do you have on the subsequent actions?"

Jiang Jingwei stared blankly, her mind empty.

Red Rooster subconsciously said, "Where's Guan Ya? Quickly find Guan Ya. She's a scout, and her analysis is good."

"Alas, I'm short two brains here. I envy Little Round for having so many talented people!" Zhang Yuanqing sighed.

Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment, saying, "From the quests, all we can do is wait passively, waiting for the assassin to arrive and ensuring you survive for 72 hours. But based on the difficulty of surviving for 24 hours, the 72-hour side quest is even more dangerous and is likely to cause casualties."

Before she could finish speaking, the Palace Master of Zhisha laughed and interrupted. "Xie Lingxi, Queen, and Jingwei can lie low or assist, so they don't have to fight the enemy head-on. Red Rooster and I will be the main force. You and Yuan Shi Tianzun improvise. As long as the Transcendent Realm doesn't actively seek death, we can guarantee the survival rate. Besides, the enemies are already clear: the Shenrui Army, the Azure Dragon Gang, the Imperial Preceptor, and the Zheng family behind him."

"It's difficult for the Shenrui Army and the Azure Dragon Gang to enter the palace to assassinate. The crisis in 72 hours should come from the Zheng family."

Xie Lingxi was worried. "The level of that Imperial Preceptor is unknown, but the Zheng family must be raising experts, and there are their people in the Imperial Guards. Once the assassination begins, Yuan Shi Gege will be a sitting duck, and we will have to fight the Zheng family to the death in the palace. At that time, there may really be casualties. In short, I can't watch Yuan Shi Gege be in danger."

Hearing this, Jiang Jingwei subconsciously said, "Then let's escape from the palace! The Azure Dragon Gang and the Shenrui Army won't be able to find Yuan Shi Tianzun."

Zhang Yuanqing frowned. "The notes reminded me that I can't give up the Emperor's identity, but escaping from the palace is a way out and can be discussed in the long term."

"I think what you need to do now is play dumb. Zheng Longtu was attacked, and the Zheng family will definitely test you. If they find out that you know the Zheng family is plotting against you, they will definitely send experts to kill you."

"But if you don't know this and are just a tyrant, then the strength of the experts the Zheng family sends to kill you won't be too exaggerated." The Palace Master of Zhisha twirled her hair with her fingers.

"In addition, one of your side quests is to gain the support of the people. This may be a hidden plot or a hidden function. If you don't want to sit still and wait for death, you can consider completing this quest."

"How do I gain the support of the people?"

Red Rooster said, "It's simple. Yuan Shi just needs to issue an imperial edict of self-condemnation. This should be able to gain the support of the people. That's how it's portrayed on TV."

Jiang Jingwei clapped her hands, saying, "That's right, that's right!"

"What nonsense!" Queen rolled her eyes. "Zhao Shun is already a tyrant. In the face of a large-scale invasion by the Northern Dynasty, issuing an imperial edict of self-condemnation will give the Zheng family a reason to usurp the throne. The Zheng family will be overjoyed, and the resentment among the people is already deep. An imperial edict of self-condemnation is likely to incite civil unrest."

Zhang Yuanqing nodded. "In this situation, an imperial edict of self-condemnation cannot win back the support of the people. Instead, it will give a reason for the people to vent their resentment. The people fear imperial power and dare not act recklessly for the time being. If the Emperor himself admits his guilt, then what do the people still have to fear? The traitors will be even less afraid."

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This is very simple psychology.

"Moreover, I am a puppet emperor, and it is difficult for government orders to leave the palace. It is almost impossible to win back the support of the people through proper means, unless I leave the palace." The more Zhang Yuanqing spoke, the more his brows furrowed.

"But if I leave the palace, the Qinglong Gang and the Shenrui Army are waiting for me. If I don't leave the palace, I have to face the assassination of the Zheng family. Both paths are dangerous."

Xiao Yuan said softly, "It's still better to leave the palace. If you stay in the palace, you are passively waiting for the enemy to assassinate you. If you leave the palace, although you will also encounter assassinations, you can carry out side quests. In terms of income, it is best to avoid the palace."

Xie Lingxi added, "I think the side quest of gaining the support of the people is very important. This also fits the main theme of the copy of the King of a Doomed Nation."

"Although hiding in the palace can avoid the Azure Dragon Gang and the Shenrui Army, the Zheng family will assassinate you once, and if they fail, they will assassinate you again. If they fail the second time, they will definitely go all out the third time. In other words, we can only survive for 72 hours at most and then be wiped out."

"It's a bit like sitting and waiting for death. The third assassination will definitely happen. We really have to leave the palace. Alas, it's a bit of a headache. Let's deal with the current difficulties first."

Zhang Yuanqing rubbed his eyebrows, turned his head to look at Red Rooster, and said, "There are only women in the palace. I will arrange two tasks for you. One is to find a female group from the Yuyin Workshop to come over. I have nothing to do today, and I want to listen to music. The second is to investigate what is going on with the Shenrui Army?"

Red Rooster bowed and left. Zhang Yuanqing continued to discuss the details of leaving the palace with the women, how to gain the support of the people after leaving the palace, when to leave the palace, how to hide it from the Imperial Guards, and so on.

Furthermore, he couldn't give up his identity as the Emperor, so the things that symbolized the Emperor's identity had to be taken away to prevent the Zheng family from controlling the imperial palace and supporting a fake.

We can't suffer the same loss as Huang Silang!

A quarter of an hour later, Red Rooster returned and knocked on the door of the sleeping palace, leading a group of delicate young ladies in, one after another. The young ladies of the Yuyin Workshop were all beautiful, tall, and slender, with colorful clothes fluttering.

At a glance, it could be seen that they were the best kind of entertainment. Zhao Shun knew the correct way to use a dance troupe.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" The ladies of the dance troupe saluted one after another.

Zhang Yuanqing instinctively smiled. "No need to be polite, no need to be polite. Ladies, I want to see you all dance! Play the music and dance quickly."

Xiao Yuan, Palace Master, Xie Lingxi, and Queen's faces sank at the same time. Only Jiang Jingwei forgot about the mission, her eyes shining, looking forward to the performance of the song and dance troupe.

Immediately, the musicians holding the zither and pipa retreated to the side, and the remaining six dancers began to swing their long sleeves, twisting their waists and dancing gracefully.

At first, Zhang Yuanqing was not focused, thinking about his character and the copy's plot. Gradually, as he listened to the melodious zither music, the gurgling pipa music, and watched the snow-white bellies with navels exposed twisting and turning, and the full curves outlined when the buttocks were raised, he suddenly felt that this was the landscape that adult men dreamed of.

He gradually became addicted. At this moment, an Imperial Guard stepped over the threshold and broke into the palace, loudly saying, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Zheng requests an audience."

Here it comes!

The people in the palace were energized. Zhang Yuanqing relaxed his body, maintained a lazy sitting posture, and said faintly, "Invite Prime Minister Zheng."