What's wrong with me, a powerful minister, supporting a few female officials?

Chapter 341 The Empress's True Weapon for Peeping at Su Mo!
Lord Nangong left heartlessly, leaving Su Mo alone in the study, grieving.

I really just wanted to go and have some fun... why is Lord Qianhu so sensitive? (Nangong Sheyue: Is it really the door you wanted to go to?)

But as he was leaving, he left behind the words, "Come to my house for the New Year next year."

Isn’t this the three hundred taels of silver that are missing here?
Of course, it's not too late next year.

Su Mo didn't consider himself a gentleman.

He's seen everything he should and shouldn't have seen. Who else could Lord Nangong marry? It's perfectly reasonable for him to pursue her himself.

In her past life, Su Mo found the most annoying things about novels and TV series to be those with idiotic plots.

The male and female protagonists clearly love each other, but various misunderstandings and twists and turns prevent them from being together in the end.

Ah!
Keep up the good work!

We'll try our best to get Lord Nangong to stay at our residence for the holidays next year!
Su Mo composed herself, took out the booklet again, and continued to write and draw on it.

He was genuinely afraid that Nangong Sheyue would see this booklet!

This time, the equipment I'm documenting isn't some trash like the Eight-Ox Crossbow or the Divine Arm Bow!

This time, they've really got some serious stuff.

If this gets out by accident, it will definitely lead to my death, and even Nangong Sheyue will be implicated!
Because what Su Mo drew was a weapon that could truly allow mortals to kill immortal sorcerers!
flintlock musket!
Nitroglycerin is also a powerful weapon that can kill immortal sorcerers. It almost killed Wang Xiuzhi last time. However, its actual application is subject to many limitations.

Firearms are still more convenient.

The principle of a flintlock musket is very simple.

Black powder, spring steel, and flint—these three can be combined to make it work.

Su Mo happens to know all of these things!

If he could, Su Mo really didn't want this thing to appear in the world!
The problem is, now others are forcing him to unleash his ultimate weapon!
If an assassination attempt happens once, it can happen again!

Next time they come, even Zhenhai Jinzhong might not be able to protect themselves!

An Wu won't stay by your side to protect you forever.

Su Mo is no longer a novice cultivator.

He already had a general idea of ​​the power level of the so-called magical treasures in this world.

The most powerful weapon is probably comparable to a heavy sniper rifle like the Barrett, and may not even have the range of a heavy sniper rifle.

Cultivation techniques are mostly supplementary.

Such as transmitting messages, soundproofing, spying, and invisibility!
These abilities would seem incredibly impressive to people from the previous generation.

In reality, once the cultivation filter is removed, it becomes clear that these cultivation methods can be achieved with modern technology, and in some cases, even more effectively.

Su Mo didn't believe that the level of martial arts in this world could compare to that in his previous life.

Of course, the supernatural powers of cultivation in this world, if taken back to one's previous life, would be impossible to guard against.

Similarly, weapons from your previous life are still applicable here.

For example, if Su Mo points a gun at a Golden Core cultivator, the Golden Core cultivator will not feel any magical power from the gun and will think it is a powerful magic weapon.
The key is that it's effective for surprise attacks!

All the detection methods used by Taoist sorcerers are related to spiritual energy.

For a highly skilled sorcerer, if someone secretly targets them with an offensive magic weapon, they can become instantly alert.

Being targeted by a gun?
Su Mo really didn't believe that they could sense it like that!
The pistol has a simple structure, but the bullets are more complicated; even a single primer is difficult to handle.

Therefore, Su Mo drew a short-barreled flintlock musket, figuring that using only improved gunpowder, it should be more powerful than the historical flintlock musket.
Of course, we'll only know how powerful it actually is and what level of warlock it can kill after it's built and tested.

After completing the diagrams of the flintlock musket components, Su Mo did not write down the gunpowder formula.

Just keep it in mind.

Even if we really want to make up for it, we should wait until we're halfway to our graves.

We will pass this booklet down to future generations as a family heirloom for the Su family.

I had just closed the booklet and was about to put it back in the hidden compartment of the bookshelf.

As soon as she turned around, her mouth suddenly touched something unusually soft and warm.

Su Mo was shocked and quickly distanced herself, only to discover that Leng Liuxi had entered the study at some unknown time!
He was bending down to peek at the family heirloom he was writing!

The lips that just touched were the Empress's cherry lips, which they had accidentally touched once before in the cabin, and which they had subconsciously licked with the tip of their tongues!
Su Mo hurriedly tucked the booklet into his sleeve, swallowed hard, and asked awkwardly, "Your Majesty... my lord, what brings you here?"

I had just taken a bath in the Ziwei Palace in the afternoon, and not long after we parted, the Empress came to visit again.
I don't think I think that way, do I?
The reason why Nangong Sheyue refused to stay in his house and spend the Spring Festival with him was because he guessed that the Empress would come to find him.
Leng Liuxi chuckled and said, "Feeling bored in the palace, I came to visit my husband's residence."

As she spoke, she looked "curiously" at Su Mo's sleeve: "What was that book in Su Lang's hand just now?"

He secretly thought to himself that it had been a while since he had peeked at this guy's booklet, and he must have added a lot of things to it.

The booklet is much thicker than before!

Su Mo had no idea how long Leng Liuxi had been there, nor whether she could understand the principles of a flintlock pistol.

Hmm, I don't think so.

After all, without understanding the principles of gunpowder, this pistol is just a lump of iron.

He chuckled and said, "It's nothing, just some random scribbles. I'm just putting it away so the adults won't laugh at me."

Then, he quickly changed the subject: "How did you get in, sir?"

I clearly closed the doors and windows!
Leng Liuxi blinked her pretty eyes mischievously and uttered two words: "Guess?"

I guess she’s your sister!
Su Mo looked annoyed.

That's amazing!
However, Tianying Zhenren's methods are indeed extremely strange and unpredictable, making them impossible to guard against!

Su Mo's determination to forge the flintlock musket grew stronger!

He looked at Leng Liuxi with a wry smile: "My lord, could you please not do this next time? People can really scare each other to death."

"besides……"

Su Mo hesitated for a moment: "This humble servant is also afraid of accidentally offending you next time, my lord."

Upon hearing this, the Empress's pretty face instantly flushed red, and in the end, she could only glare fiercely at Su Mo: "Hmph! My lord, you've been rude before!"

"If this happens again, I will punish you severely!"

Su Mo subconsciously retorted, "As long as you don't sneak up behind me, my lord."

The Empress was so angry she was grinding her teeth!

If anyone else spoke to me like that, I'd drag them out and give them a hundred lashes!
She huffed angrily, then her expression turned serious: "I have come here today with another matter to tell you, my lord!"

Seeing Leng Liuxi's expression, Su Mo knew it wasn't a good sign, and his heart skipped a beat. He quickly asked, "What is it?"

Leng Liuxi took a deep breath: "The Empress Dowager wants to see you!"

"The Empress Dowager? Empress Dowager Zhang?!?"

Su Mo's eyes widened suddenly as he stared intently at the Empress, exclaiming in disbelief, "The Empress Dowager wants to see me?"

The Empress glared back at Su Mo angrily: "Not my husband yet!"

"I told you not to speak earlier, but you still dared to laugh! Your mother must have noticed!"

Su Mo opened his mouth wide, unable to close it for a long time, and finally looked at the Empress awkwardly: "Then what should we do?"

The Empress frowned slightly and pondered for a moment before saying, "Mother is probably just suspicious."

"I suspect they'll be testing you before they see you, so you really can't say anything carelessly."

After pausing, fearing that Su Mo might not realize the seriousness of the matter, she added a warning: "The Empress Dowager is always... serious, and she is not so easy to talk to as I am."

Even without the Empress saying it, Su Mo understood the seriousness of meeting Empress Dowager Zhang.

He said somewhat guiltily, "Don't worry, sir, I know!"

Leng Liuxi thought for a moment, then added, "Furthermore, when Mother sees the young master, she also wishes to resolve the feud between him and the Imperial Uncle..."

Su Mo immediately replied, "This humble servant has no grudge against the Imperial Brother-in-law!"

Leng Liuxi...

Finally, he glared at Su Mo and said, "Can't you speak properly?!"

Su Mo: "Ahem!"

"There is indeed a misunderstanding between me and the Emperor's brother-in-law, but it's not serious."

He paused, then asked, "What should I do?"

Leng Liuxi said without hesitation, "Let it be as it was before... Well, don't be too blatant. For example, making Zhang Shouning kneel in public is unacceptable."

Su Mo nodded emphatically: "This subordinate understands!" Leng Liuxi: "Understood then..."

Su Mo: "I'll make him kneel down in private!"

Leng Liuxi suddenly didn't want to talk to Su Mo anymore.

She glared at Su Mo through gritted teeth: "Be serious!"

"You must not be disrespectful when you meet the Empress Dowager, or I will truly not forgive you!"

Leng Liuxi was annoyed, but then she whispered to Su Mo, "Your Majesty prefers young men with a steady temperament... In front of Your Majesty, you must behave with composure."

"Furthermore, Mother is sentimental and enjoys talking about the past... She also loves poetry... Hmm... This young man is most skilled at it, and he will surely please Mother."

"My lord, please compose a poem about the past for me to hear!"

Su Mo...

The more I listen to this, the more something seems off.

It's like a son-in-law meeting his mother-in-law?

He even asked himself to write poetry?

I haven't plagiarized in years!

"Your Majesty, can't I just not write a poem? This humble servant hasn't written a poem in many years!" Su Mo looked at the Empress with a pitiful expression.

Leng Liuxi said decisively: "No way!"

Su Mo said with a bitter face, "Alright then, let me think about it."

Leng Liuxi was just about to ask Su Mo to write something better.

If you can't write one right now, I have one here that's not bad, my lord, you can take a look.

The next second, Su Mo said, "Hmm... This day last year, in this very place, faces and peach blossoms reflected each other's redness. But where have those faces gone? The peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze."

Complete copying!

Su Mo looked at Leng Liuxi with a bitter face: "Do you think this poem is acceptable, my lord?"

Leng Liuxi...

This guy can be really infuriating sometimes!
I really don't know how Lin Moyin could stand it!
She gave a curt snort: "No way!"

Su Mo was immediately stunned.

This is a masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages; I only copied it by shamelessly.

This still won't work?

The Empress said angrily, "This is clearly... a love poem between a man and a woman. It must have been written by my husband before, to deceive women in their boudoirs... How... how could he say this in front of his mother!"

Su Mo...

"Ahem, let me think about it some more, I've got it!"

Moss creeps up the old stone steps, vines climb the walls, burying the years. A child chases his dream with a kite, a neighbor's baby calls through the window. The wind chimes shatter ten years of memories, the slanting shadow sinks into the sorrow of twilight. Suddenly, the setting sun shines on the empty alley, an old locust tree stands in the cold autumn.

After saying that, he looked at the Empress with a miserable expression: "My lady, is this alright? This humble servant really can't think of anything else."

Leng Liuxi...

What else could she say?
"It's alright, I guess..."

Before the Empress could finish speaking, her expression suddenly changed, and she shouted sharply, "Who!"

As she spoke, she suddenly raised her hand, and a beam of white light flew out from her sleeve, piercing through the window frame like lightning.

Before Su Mo could react, the Empress waved her hand, and the white light flew back into her sleeve.

On her bare palm appeared a paper-cut image of a lady.

What's even weirder is.

The painting of the lady seemed to be alive, radiating a powerful magical aura. It struggled incessantly in the Empress's palm, but when it could not break free, a burst of fire appeared, and it instantly turned into ashes.

Su Mo stared in disbelief at the bizarre scene.

"Sir, what's going on?"

"You do have some skills, managing to escape my pursuit!" Leng Liuxi snorted with a dark face, then looked at Su Mo and explained, "Just now I discovered that a spiritual creature had infiltrated your residence, so I took action to capture it."

She paused, her eyebrows furrowing slightly, a look of suspicion on her face.

"This is a spirit-attached talisman technique. A wisp of a divine soul is entrusted to the spirit paper to act as an incarnation. When walking outside, it can conceal one's identity from others."

Su Mo was shocked: "There are such techniques?"

The Empress nodded: "This technique is extremely rare. It is said to have been lost for a long time. I have also seen it in ancient books."

"This technique relies on external objects to achieve the ability of spiritual travel, but it has many limitations and is far inferior to a true spiritual travel technique."

In fact, the Empress's Mysterious Heaven Mirror, like this Spirit Attachment Talisman Technique, borrows external objects to achieve a low-end version of the Divine Travel Technique.

There's no need to explain it to Su Mo.

Su Mo's expression instantly darkened: "Who would use such methods to infiltrate my residence? Are they trying to assassinate me again?"

Leng Liuxi shook her head: "It shouldn't be."

"The spirit-attacking talisman technique has little offensive power and certainly cannot harm Su Lang."

Su Mo's heart skipped a beat, and he whispered, "Could it be that those merchant envoys are using tricks to try and find out my secrets?"

Leng Liuxi frowned even more deeply: "This technique has long been lost. How could those merchants possibly find someone who understands such an ancient method to spy on intelligence!"

Su Mo shook his head with a serious expression: "This subordinate does not think so."

"The commercial tax is very complex, so it's not surprising that such a sharp sorcerer would take action."

"If not, then it might be related to the assassination attempt on me last time!"

Speaking of this, Su Mo couldn't help but ask, "Has Your Excellency discovered the reason for my assassination attempt?"

Since it concerned his own life, Su Mo had to get to the bottom of it.

He strongly suspected that this was the work of Prince Rong.

He also wanted to take the opportunity to test Leng Liuxi's attitude.

Leng Liuxi hesitated for a moment, her pretty face becoming slightly serious, before she said in a deep voice, "According to the investigation by Lu Su and Gou Nu, this matter is probably inseparable from Prince Rong!"

Su Mo was shocked: "Prince Rong?"

"How can this be!"

"I have never offended Prince Rong, so why would he want to assassinate me? Could it be... could it be because of the soap business?"

As he spoke, Su Mo hesitated for a moment, then looked at the Empress with a dark face: "Is a business with a profit of only a few hundred thousand taels worth Prince Rong sending someone to assassinate this humble servant?"

Leng Liuxi waved her hand and said softly, "My lord, there is no need to worry. I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly!"

"If it was truly his doing, I... I will not let him off the hook!"

Upon hearing this, Su Mo immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

We absolutely must not let him get away with it!
I'm afraid you'll be worried about family ties and sell out the man surnamed Su!

He immediately sneered inwardly.

Just as I expected!
It was King Rong who sent someone to assassinate him!
The Empress knew that King Rong was only trying to assassinate her for the sake of soap sales!
The soap business can generate a profit of over ten thousand taels of silver a year.

What do you want to do, Prince Rong?
Rebellion?
The new army under Princess Baicheng only has a military budget of 200,000 taels of silver per year!

Leng Liuxi seemed unwilling to mention the matter of Prince Rong again, and then instructed Su Mo: "My lord, you must urge your second uncle to bring the whale oil back as soon as possible."

"The price of oil in Beijing is getting higher and higher, and the people are complaining a lot."

Su Mo nodded: "This subordinate understands."

The Empress thought for a moment and then said, "The person who is secretly spying on my husband should be a Golden Core cultivator, most likely from an ancient immortal sect."

"Before we ascertain the other party's identity, just in case, my lord, please return to the palace with me... But then, I'll stay at your residence tonight."

Upon hearing this, Su Mo was speechless.

No wonder Nangong Sheyue left.

As one of the highest leaders of the Phoenix Cry Division, Nangong Sheyue had an extremely good understanding of the Empress's personality.

They probably guessed that the Empress was bored in the palace and wanted to celebrate the festival at their own residence!
Of all the things the Empress said to me, this was probably what she really wanted to say!
He dared to flirt with Nangong Sheyue, but he felt a little guilty about flirting with the Great Wu Empress!
Hey!
What if the Empress insists on forcing herself on me!
Is it better not to resist, or is it better not to resist at all?

(End of this chapter)