Chapter 478: Chapter 479: That Slap Ca Really Fast! Chapter 478: Chapter 479: That Slap Ca Really Fast! “Let’s hear it?” Zhao Xiyan smiled and handed her a cup of tea, “Why not enlighten your husband?”
“Do you really want to hear?”
“Of course it’s for real.”
Seeing Zhao Xiyan’s eager expression, Qi Yue’s spirits were lifted.
“I an, I can explain, but you need to be prepared, it’s a bit dry!”
“Just say it!” Zhao Xiyan pursed his lips, “To , whatever Yueyue says is never dull.”
“…” Qi Yue was instantly convinced.
Once this man beca enlightened, he had an ace up his sleeve—sweet words flowed out of him with no cost!
It was really more than one could withstand.
She pursed her lips and began to explain in detail.
“It’s like this, just now Qingzhu said that during the stormy season, people die upon touching the seawater. It’s actually not mysterious at all. In our world, this is very common, and it’s called electricity. I initially thought it was lightning that electrified the seawater, killing the fishern who approached it, but that’s not the case. For one, lightning rarely occurs above the sea, and two, seawater has electrical resistance, so even if lightning strikes seawater, it won’t electrocute people… Also, I had thought that Shen Gong was collecting electricity from lightning and then using the current to do things, such as making weapons or extracting tallic sodium to produce fake silver… but these things are too restricted, and to accomplish them in this world is practically impossible!”
Having said that, Qi Yue anxiously watched Zhao Xiyan’s reaction.
“…Do you understand?”
Zhao Xiyan glanced at her dispassionately, his face showing a ‘you’re underestimating ’ displeasure!
“Yueyue suspects that the lightning issue is just a smokescreen to cover up what Shen Gong is really up to.”
Qi Yue was taken aback, and then burst into laughter.
“Husband, you’re indeed no ordinary man; you understood it as soon as you heard it!”
Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiyan shook his head.
“I, however, find what Yueyue has said to be very interesting. With Shen Gong’s skills, he could be doing so unimaginable things…”
Qi Yue frowned.
“Do you an he could actually be collecting lightning?”
She paused, and then leaned her entire back against the chair, sitting more comfortably.
“How is that possible? Do you know what it takes to collect electricity? Do you want to know what knowledge is required? If Shen Gong knew all this, he might have already changed the world…”
As she spoke, a new idea suddenly struck her, and she abruptly sat up from the chair.
“…But maybe it’s not so certain after all…”
Zhao Xiyan frowned, reached out to push her back into the chair, and fetched a cushion for her to lean on.
“Yueyue, can’t you think more about our child…”
Qi Yue, however, continued regardless.
“Husband, I’ve thought of a possibility.”
“What possibility?” Zhao Xiyan moved closer to her, took both her hands in his, and stared at her intently.
“I thought of a creature called an electric eel, which carries electricity. It’s much easier to control than lightning, and the sumr is when it’s most active. If handled correctly, it might really be possible to do sothing with it.”
As Qi Yue was speaking, her mind was rapidly churning, coming up with no fewer than a dozen potential applications.
“But still, sothing’s not quite right. The power of electricity is great, but no matter what Shen Gong does, at this place he’s dood not to have it for long… and if he doesn’t have it for long, he can’t accomplish much…”
“It’s also uncertain,” Zhao Xiyan suddenly said, “just like you ntioned, Shen Gong’s ultimate goal might not be the electricity itself, maybe it’s to use the electricity to do sothing else…”
“What’s the use?” Qi Yue, already deep in thought, didn’t ponder too much upon hearing the question and continued the conversation, “Shen Gong chose such a place—the sea, lightning, stormy weather… Surely he’s not thinking of extracting sodium from seawater to make counterfeit silver… He already controls the Nanyue National Treasury; he could simply exploit his power to plunder the people, why go through all this trouble?!”
Zhao Xiyan thoughtfully said, “Perhaps his real goal isn’t the silver itself?”
“Then what else could it be?” Qi Yue sighed, “I really can’t think of anything else…”
“If you can’t think of anything, then don’t bother, you always overthink,” Zhao Xiyan affectionately scolded her as he stared at her, then stood up and walked behind her, starting to massage her head.
And truth be told, his technique was quite good.
With Zhao Xiyan’s fingers cool to the touch, and the sleeves of his robe carrying his unique, cold fragrance, Qi Yue couldn’t help but feel drowsy.
“The massage feels good, rember to do it more often…”
She muttered, then started talking about Shen Gong again.
“Husband, what on earth is Shen Gong trying to do, what is his aim? If what he’s planning involves us, the Longnan County Governnt, then he’s clearly not on the sa side as the Nanyue Emperor… Since it’s not for seizing the Nanyue Kingdom, then what is it for?”
“Stop overthinking,” Zhao Xiyan continued to massage her head, “Have you forgotten about Li Tianyi? I’ll go to the military camp later and bring him back.”
On hearing this, Qi Yue nodded repeatedly.
“Exactly, how could I have forgotten about him… It seems he also wanted to investigate sothing. But since he just left, he probably hasn’t found anything yet. Otherwise, we could wait a few more days and just et him once Shen Gong arrives in Gemidu City.”
“Mm, that’s what I was thinking too!”
From Fengdu to Gemidu City, it usually takes ten days on horseback.
In those ten days, hot air balloons could make the trip five tis.
Was she worried she couldn’t control Shen Gong?!
However, Qi Yue could never have anticipated that, in just these few days, the situation among the four nations had once again undergone a trendous shift.
First, the barely alive old Emperor of Donggao suddenly sprung back to life and very assertively challenged the hundred thousand troops of the Qi Family that had surrounded Yanjing.
The two armies had already clashed in a skirmish three days ago.
And the outco was that neither side gained any advantage.
The short commander sent a letter asking if they should deploy lethal weapons for a quick resolution!
As for Western Chu, it was a hole that Qi Yue had dug for herself.
“That old coot actually launched an attack on the sixteen states of Youyun and even claid that Youyun’s sixteen states belong to Western Chu? Wants to take them back?!”
Looking at the content of the reports, Qi Yue was simply in disbelief!
The slap to the face ca so fast!
She was like the farr who saved a serpent!
Initially, she had saved the Western Chu Emperor and allowed him to live a few more years because she saw the power struggle between the old Emperor and Qin Zhongyu.
Her plan was for the Western Chu royal family to deplete their nation’s strength through infighting until they had no choice but to submit obediently.
But she hadn’t expected the old Emperor to involve Qin Zhongyu in state affairs, pushing aside Qin Zhongqi, whom she had wholeheartedly supported to the sidelines!!
“How audacious!” she said indignantly, slamming the intelligence report on the table, “That old man had promised … Had I known, I should have fed him a pill… Ah, the benevolence of a woman…”
Zhao Xiyan, who was reading ssages from the Beiyuan Capital City, hurriedly pulled her hand over to look.
“Doesn’t your hand hurt from hitting so hard?!”
Qi Yue gave him an annoyed look and took the docunt from Beiyuan.
After one glance, she was almost ready to jump with anger.
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