Chapter 178 New Clothes Every Month

Gongsun Ce looked at Xiao Mimi's expression asking for help, turned his head away and ignored Xiao Mimi's pleading expression. Xiao Mimi looked at Gongsun Ce, whose conscience was almost negative, and it kept running in front of Gongsun Ce carrying Gongsun Yan.

Gongsun Ce could only comfort Xiao Mimi silently in his heart. He only hoped that Xiao Mimi could understand what he was thinking.

"Ouch~~"

Little Mimi made a tragic sound. If it had known earlier, it would have died at Gongsun Ce's hands rather than working like a slave for its stuttering.

Gongsun Ce walked into the backyard and began to think with a negative conscience about making a rocking car for Gongsun Yan.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

A group of young women were playing mahjong in the backyard. Playing mahjong was better than being bored. Although Gongsun Ce did not find the harmony of yin and yang boring, he could not stand it with these young women.

When they were satisfied in other aspects, they would pursue spiritual satisfaction. There were many entertainment measures in the Qin Dynasty. In addition to wrestling, there were also various acrobatics, magic, funny rap, competitive dance, cockfighting and dog running, etc.

But after watching for a while, these young women will feel bored because it is not novel enough and the various entertainment measures lack innovation and are just the same old things over and over again.

Mahjong alleviates their spiritual emptiness to a great extent.

Gongsun Ce decided not to go anywhere for the time being and to spend the New Year's Eve with this group of young women.

Time quickly came to December 30th, which is New Year's Eve. The snow has stopped and there is no wind, and the weather is good tonight.

In the backyard of the Taiwei Mansion, Gongsun Ce lit a bonfire and asked a group of young women to gather in a circle and wait for the New Year.

"My little master, where's the surprise?"

Since Gongsun Ce had said in advance that there would be a surprise, Yan Lingji looked around but couldn't see anything that could be called a surprise, so she couldn't help but ask.

Gongsun Ce took Yan Lingji into his arms, raised his right hand and gently scratched the tip of Yan Lingji's nose, "Impatient, wait a little longer."

"Well, how long do we have to wait?"

"arrive."

Gongsun Ce recited the dragon script softly, and the women in the backyard suddenly felt the temperature around them rising.

Gongsun Ce waved his hands gently, as if playing an invisible piece of music.

As his fingers moved, flames gushed out from his palms and shot straight into the sky, like fire dragons tumbling in the air.

The flames intertwined and changed in the air, gradually forming a huge picture.

That was the scene of Pangu creating the world. The heaven and the earth were separated, and clear and turbid air were born from the chaos, and eventually turned into mountains, rivers, plants, insects and fish.

Then, the scene changed and turned into the scene of Nuwa creating human beings.

Nuwa was seen holding a gourd vine in her hand and waving it gently, and countless lives were born from the mud spots.

The flames continued to change, and the scene of Dragon Quest came into view.

A warrior in armor and holding a sword fought fiercely with a ferocious dragon.

Their figures intertwined and collided in the flames, and every clash of swords and claws was terrifying.

In the end, the brave man successfully defeated the dragon and won the victory with his firm belief and fearless courage.

Nanyue, Lady Hu, Madam Hu, Madam Mingzhu, Zinu, Feiyan, Yanlingji, Jingwei, Honglian, Zilanxuan and a bunch of other girls, as well as Han Wangan's former concubines were all deeply attracted by the performance. They watched this grand fire show in the backyard or front yard of the Taiwei Mansion.

There was a gleam of amazement in their eyes and they were completely conquered by Gongsun Ce's fire show.

They knew that this performance was not only a visual feast, but also a surprise given to them by Gongsun Ce.

Gongsun Ce placed his head on the crook of Yan Lingji's neck in his arms, feeling the beauty of Yan Lingji and watching the surprise flash in the eyes of the young women.

First Encounter at Zilanxuan

Five big words flashed in the sky, and then the images of Gongsun Ce, Nong Yu and Zi Nu kept appearing in the air.

Gongsun Ce made the flames form pictures in the air of his meeting with Nong Yu and Zi Nu.

Zi Nu unconsciously recalled the past scenes. Her first meeting with Gongsun Ce was not a pleasant one, because Gongsun Ce wanted to dig up the best cabbage she grew right from the start.

Nanyue covered her mouth and chuckled. She didn't know what had happened between Zinu and Gongsun Ce.

The flames spun and jumped in the air, as if they had life.

Every detail is clear and every movement is so real.

First encounter at the King of Han’s palace.

The moment these five words appeared, the scene in the sky changed and the flames transformed into cherry trees, red lotus and Gongsun Ce.

Honglian's eyes flickered. She liked this gift from Gongsun Ce very much.

Afterwards, the women around Gongsun Ce appeared one after another in the picture. Under the reflection of the flames, Gongsun Ce remembered many things and inevitably felt a little touched.

At this time, the whole city was in an uproar.

People came out of their homes and looked up at this rare fire show.

They were shocked by Gongsun Ce's fire show and were even more moved by the warm and beautiful scenes.

Finally, the flames gradually dissipated, leaving behind a brilliant starry sky.Inside the Xianyang Palace.

Ying Zheng looked at the fire show and sighed, "Love?"

Ying Zheng suddenly remembered a lot of things, and the faces of two women flashed before his eyes. One was Lady Zheng Guo, who gave birth to Fusu for him, and the other was Gongsun Li Ji, whom he had met many years ago.

Ying Zheng had certain feelings for Lady Zheng, but Lady Zheng's background in the State of Chu and Zhao Ji's scandal made Ying Zheng unable to believe that Lady Zheng would not become the next Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji did not have any court officials firmly supporting her, but Lady Zheng had court officials from the Chu faction behind her. If Zhao Ji could still cause such a disaster, what about Lady Zheng?

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng's thoughts suddenly wandered, and he was thinking about the possibility of having a daughter and marrying her to Gongsun Ce.

As Gongsun Ce's psychological suggestion on Ying Zheng increased, Ying Zheng felt more and more that he could not live without Gongsun Ce, so he would think about how to better keep Gongsun Ce.

If you want to retain or win over your subjects, you can use the following methods:
1. Status: granting official positions and titles

2. Money, rewards and fiefs

3. Marrying daughters, sisters, and other daughters of the royal family to ministers

4. Emotions: Sometimes playing the emotional card can help keep your followers.
After much thought, Ying Zheng felt that Gongsun Ce already had a high position and a generous salary, and he had no shortage of status and money. Moreover, he was sincere to Gongsun Ce. Apart from arranging a girl for Gongsun Ce, he seemed to have no other means to keep Gongsun Ce.

Ying Zheng looked at the endless fire show and began to think about how to arrange a sister who was related to Gongsun Ce by blood. After much thought, he couldn't find a suitable candidate except Mi Lian, the daughter of Changping Jun.

Ying Zheng shook his head and rejected this idea. Changping Jun's little thoughts had been revealed in front of him by Gongsun Ce. Once Changping Jun started to take any action, he would be captured immediately, and Mi Lian would become the daughter of a criminal, so Mi Lian was not suitable at all.

In the post house.

Yan Dan watched the fire show over Xianyang and finally decided to cross the line.

Yan Dan stood up and closed the window, looking at the mountain ghost on the bed, "I agree. As long as I can leave Qin, I can pay any price."

"Cough cough..."

Shan Gui coughed twice, and felt more and more contemptuous of Yan Dan in her heart, but she needed a chance to leave Xianyang and avoid Luowang's search, so Yan Dan was her last choice.

"Prince Yan, let me make it clear in advance that this method may not be successful. You are well aware of Luowang's capabilities."

Yan Dan nodded and said, "No matter what the cost, even if I fail, I will give it a try."

Yan Dan had the same idea as Changping Jun - to hold a high position in Qin, steal Qin's resources to build up his power, and when Qin attacked Chu, he would stab it in the back and then successfully ascend the throne.

However, Yan Dan overlooked one thing. Ying Zheng valued Changping Jun because the Chu faction was powerful, and Qin had just experienced the Lu Buwei Rebellion and could not fall into another turmoil so quickly.

But what did Yan Dan have in Qin? Apart from a little friendship with Ying Zheng, Yan Dan had nothing in Qin.

The next day, in the morning.

"Oh no! Crown Prince Yan has passed away!"

With a cry of surprise, the post house fell into chaos. Soon, Gongsun Ce brought Wei Liao and Li Si into the post house.

"Oh, is he really dead?"

Solving the case should be the job of Li Si, the chief justice, but Gongsun Ce was very curious about what Yan Dan was up to, so he brought Wei Liao, an old hand, to take a look.

But when Gongsun Ce looked at Yan Dan in front of him, he found that Yan Dan had indeed stopped breathing and heartbeat, but there were no scars on the surface, which was very interesting.

"Wei Liao, what do you think?"

Gongsun Ce asked Wei Liao, because Wei Liao was an old hand, and he might know things like the secret art of faking death that Gongsun Ce and Li Si didn't know.

"I need to check it out."

After saying that, Wei Liao began to examine Yan Dan, peeling off layer by layer like peeling an onion, getting to the essence.

Then, Gongsun Ce and Li Si saw the Six Soul Curse at Yan Dan’s dantian.

Gongsun Ce injected his true Qi into the Six Souls Curse that had not yet dissipated. Even the Six Souls Curse that had not yet dissipated clashed with Gongsun Ce's true Qi.

"Real thing?"

Gongsun Ce touched his chin and thought of a person, that was the mountain ghost. However, according to Feiyan and Jingwei, the true energy in the mountain ghost's body was disordered, so it was impossible for him to survive until now.

Unless Yan Dan saved the mountain ghost and sorted out the true qi for the mountain ghost, but Yan Dan was only at the first-rate level, how could he sort out the true qi for a master, unless it was the harmony of yin and yang.

But if something really happened between the two, Shan Gui shouldn't have attacked Yan Dan.

Thinking of this, Gongsun Ce once again transmitted his true energy into Yan Dan's body. One of the bases for judging whether Yan Dan was real was the true energy.

Yan Dan practiced the Yan royal family's mental method, so it was impossible for someone with similar true energy to Yan Dan to appear in Xianyang.

"Strange, is it true?"

"Brother, what is true?"

In response to Li Si's question, it was Wei Liao who answered, "The true energy in Yan Dan's body is cultivated from the Yan royal family's mental method."

Li Si asked Gongsun Ce, "Brother, how should this case be characterized?"

"The elder Shan Gui from the Yin-Yang family defected and killed Yan Dan." At this point, Gongsun Ce showed a strange smile, "So..."

(End of this chapter)