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The light in Gu Yi Chen's eyes dimmed and he softly said, "There are always some unreasonable people in this world." He seemed unwilling to say more and answered vaguely. Then, he returned to the case and continued to repair the mechanical bird until it was four o'clock in the morning.

When Mu Qianxue and Xia Yue saw with their own eyes the mechanical bird that was made out of wooden pieces of iron wire flapping its wings and flying in the night sky, the shock in their hearts was indescribable.

At this time, Xia Yue finally believed in the words Mu Qianxue had said earlier about mechanism techniques.

The mechanical bird's performance was not perfect. After flying two rounds, she fell head first onto the ground. This fall was even more vicious than the one before, nearly splitting into pieces. However, it was enough to leave an indelible impression.

"Right now, this mechanical bird is only in elementary form. Once I improve, I can be like a real bird, flying freely in the sky. Also …" Every time the subject of mechanism techniques was brought up, Gu Yi Chen, who was not proficient in speaking, would become talkative and his eyes shone with an extraordinary light.

Mu Qianxue patiently listened. After he finished speaking, she gave a slight bow and said, "Young Master Gu, you are still young, but you have such accomplishments. I am truly impressed." With that, she pointed at the wooden cow in the corner and said, "I wonder what's so special about these items?"

"There's nothing special about these two things. They can only be used to drive the treasures. Also, they're quite sturdy and hard to break." In order to make Mu Qianxue understand, he opened up the chest of the wooden ox. The interior was quite spacious and could store many things. As for walking around, she mainly relied on the mechanisms inside; it was possible to travel several kilometers at a time.

Mu Qianxue pensively said, "In other words, as long as you push the mechanism a few kilometers away, the Wood Ox will be able to continue walking tirelessly, right?"

After receiving a definite answer, Mu Qianxue's eyes flashed with joy, "I wonder how long will Young Master Gu take to create a Wooden Ox like this?"

Gu Yi Chen thought for a moment and said, "Although this item isn't that complicated, it still requires quite a bit of effort and materials. Around three days."

Mu Qianxue frowned slightly. "If I give you enough manpower and materials, can you make one in one day?"

"This …" Gu Yi Chen pondered for a moment before replying, "It should be possible. It's just that why did Miss Mu ask this? If you like it, you can just take this with you."

Mu Qianxue slowly said: "I would like to purchase ten of these wooden oxen from Young Master Gu within ten days. As for the price, Young Master Gu can tell me."

"Ten?" Gu Yi Chen was astonished and said, "Miss Mu, why do you need to do this? If you need to move objects, one or two would suffice. Each wooden ox can carry several hundred jin worth of items."

"I need to transport a lot of things, even if I were to talk about ten of them, I'm afraid it won't be enough." With that, she bent down and said seriously, "This matter is extremely important to me, even to the Zhou Dynasty. I hope that Young Master Gu will agree. As for the reason, I will tell you slowly later."

"Miss Mu, please wake up." Despite all the doubts in his heart, Gu Yi Chen still agreed and promised to do his best to make her ten pieces of wood.

It was already five o'clock in the morning when they were walking out of the manor. As the morning light shone down from the east, Xia Yue asked curiously as they were on their way back to the manor, "Princess, what do you need those ten wooden cows for? Why are we still in such a hurry for ten days?"

"Did you forget what you said yesterday when the nine kings came over?" The wind that had been blowing for an entire night still continued to blow, fluttering the corners of Mu Qianxue's clothes like a butterfly.

Xia Yue immediately said, "This servant remembers that the Ninth King said that the Qi Kingdom is coming. His Majesty had ordered the Pingyang Kingdom to send out their troops and to conscript the one hundred thousand strong army under the Duke's command."

"What else?"

Xia Yue gave it some thought and said, "Also, we don't have enough food. His Majesty forced him to find a way to prepare food to protect the army."

Mu Qianxue took a light breath of the cold air and slowly said, "Food and fodder need a large number of commoners. Every day those commoners travel, they consume a large amount of food, so in the end, the amount of food that can reach the soldiers is at most half of what it was before. Some of it is less than forty percent. He has no idea what the things that she has created, to the Great Zhou, mean. "

"So that's how it is." Xia Yue came to a realization and then said with a face full of doubt: "But the one leading the troops is the Pingyang King, wouldn't the princess be helping others?"

"I've already thought of a way." As she said this, she handed a slip of paper with the materials needed for the production of wooden cows to Xia Yue, "King Mu should not be in court yet, so you should work harder. Quickly go and ask him to prepare these things before nightfall, and also invite him to come to the Mu residence with Prince after the assembly.

"Alright, this servant will go now." As they spoke, they had already returned to the Mu residence. After Xia Yue ordered the servants, who were guarding the entrance, to support Mu Qianxue, she quickly left.

Inside King Rui's mansion, Shen Xijun sat in the bronze mirror and allowed Ah Zi to comb her clothes and dress her up. Her makeup covered her haggard night without sleep, but her bloodshot eyes were still clear.

"This lowly one is here to pay my respects to the wangfei." Cai Yuan's attentive voice came from outside.

A'Zi said softly, "If wangfei isn't willing to see him, then this servant will send him away."

Shen Xijun looked at her exquisite makeup in the bronze mirror and coldly said, "Let him in."

"Yes." A'Zi walked up to the door and opened it. When Cai Yuan entered, he smiled and knocked Qian'er. "This lowly one pays his respects to wangfei. Wan-fu wangfei."

Shen Xijun picked up a pair of pure gold earrings and gave them to Ah Zi to bring. "Manager Cai is quite considerate. Stand up."

"Thank you, wangfei." Cai Yuan straightened his back and smiled, "His Highness went to court before he even passed. Before he left, I'll have you tell my wife that after you get up, I'll go to Zhaoming Palace with her. He'll be waiting for you two in the palace."

Ah Zi frowned. "Didn't His Majesty give His Highness three days of rest? How come he's in court again?"

Cai Yuan sighed. "It was originally like this. Unfortunately, something happened in the southern territory, so how could the prince continue staying here?"

Shen Xijun doubtfully asked, "What happened in the Southern Wilderness?"

I heard from the prince that His Majesty had received an urgent call from the south to send troops to attack the south, that Yangguan Valley had been surrounded and heavily wounded, and that things were not looking good. As soon as you got married to the prince, His Majesty immediately sent word to the king that the king had sent an army to attend the meeting in the side hall.

"Father?"

"Exactly." Cai Yuan looked like he wanted to say something, but hesitated. Shen Xijun looked at him and asked, "Manager Cai, do you still have something to say?"

Cai Yuan gritted his teeth and lowered his head. "This little one knows that the wangfei will be angry with the prince for sleeping in the west yard last night, but …" This matter really cannot be blamed on the Prince! "