Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

Of course, when there is a third party present, Xin Tiao Qian should still pay attention to the issue of address.

At that time, you can no longer call her "sister". You can call her "county lady" or "advisor", which are formal titles.

However, given the special status that Akane Shinjo holds in Taiyi's heart, no one would dare to pick a fight with her even if she deliberately called her "sister".

But Akane Shinjo is quite confident in her heart and she will not do anything that may cause disgust to others.

"I'm here to see Princess Kaguya. She should be in her bedroom now, right?" Akane Shinjo looked at Zhang Chunhua and asked.

"Lady Kaguya? She often goes to Lady Shangxiang's bedroom." Zhang Chunhua glanced at the report in her hand and replied, "At this time, she probably hasn't returned to her bedroom yet. If you want to find her, it's best to go directly to Lady Shangxiang."

"Sun Shangxiang..." Xin Tiao Qian scratched her head awkwardly.

She is aware of her special status in the new country.

Therefore, when facing Sun Shangxiang, the real "Queen", she felt somewhat guilty in her heart, so every time she came to the new country, she would consciously avoid the opportunity to meet Sun Shangxiang.

"Can someone take me to Sun Shangxiang's bedroom?" After hesitating for a moment, Xin Tiao Qian decided to go to Sun Shangxiang.

After all, there is no point in escaping, she will have to face it sooner or later.

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Zhang Chunhua nodded, then walked around the desk and went to the inner room next door.

Not long after, Wang Yuanji was brought out by her.

"This kid usually comes to help me deal with some backlogged documents." Zhang Chunhua explained with a somewhat 'there is something fishy here' attitude.

"Let her take you to Lady Shangxiang's bedroom."

This was the first time Wang Yuanji saw Xin Tiao Qian in person.

While greeting each other, Wang Yuanji saw through Xin Tiao Qian at a glance and found that she was still flawless.

So there is naturally no possibility that Xin Tiao Qian hooked Taiyi with her body.

So...it is indeed because of emotional factors that Shinjo Akane's status in the new country is extremely special.

With just a greeting, Wang Yuanji's mind was already filled with a thousand thoughts.

Wang Yuanji's temperament is somewhat dull.

She is not good with words.

But Akane Shinjo is still good at sparking topics.

So when they arrived in front of Sun Shangxiang's bedroom, the two of them had already reached the point where they could affectionately call each other "Sister Yuanji" and "Xiao Qian".

"Xin Tiao Qian? So you are Xin Tiao Qian." Looking at the girl with a strong personality and vitality standing next to Wang Yuanji, Sun Shangxiang hesitated for a moment before smiling, "My friends in the back court all call me Shangxiang directly, you can call me that too."

Sun Shangxiang took the initiative to extend an olive branch of "friendly coexistence" to Xin Tiaoqian.

"Sister Shangxiang, you can also call me 'Xiao Qian' or 'Qian-chan'." Xinjo Qian said it in both Chinese and Japanese.

She accepted the olive branch.

The eyes are the windows of the soul.

Through Sun Shangxiang's clear eyes, she realized that the other party was not a scheming fox.

So the acceptance rate is still quite high.

"Xiao Qian, how old are you this year?" Sun Shangxiang felt dizzy when she was suddenly called sister.

After all, she was relatively young in the imperial court.

Although there is a younger sister of the Cao family who is a few years younger than her, due to their positions, the two of them rarely appear in front of her on a daily basis, let alone be called "sister".

"Eighteen." Xin Tiao Qian answered confidently.

After all, January 2nd has already passed in the scientific worldview.

So no matter whether she is seventeen or eighteen, she is eighteen now!

"Ah, I'm a little older than you." Sun Shangxiang happily grabbed Xin Tiaoqian's hands, "It's okay for you to call me sister!"

"By the way, you should have met Princess Kai, right?" Sun Shangxiang continued excitedly, "She is the same age as me, and she is my best friend besides Princess Kaguya."

"Kai-sister." Akane Shinjo nodded, "We've been living together for the past two days."

"She is learning how to play Gomoku from me now."

"Hey? That Kai actually started learning chess?" Sun Shangxiang raised her eyebrows in surprise and asked.

"Well, it seems that she was easily crushed in chess skills when she was here, so she wanted to use the 'knowledge' on Earth to learn across generations."

"I've heard about it." Kaguya's lips curled up slightly, "She challenged Galasha to a chess game a few days ago, and ended up losing miserably."

"Ah...Galasha." Sun Shangxiang scratched her head helplessly, "Why is she so desperate to challenge Galasha? That girl's chess skills are among the best among her peers."

"The only ones who can definitely beat her are Lady Huang Yueying and County Lady Zhang Chunhua."

"A rookie is not afraid of tigers. He goes to the mountain knowing there are tigers." Princess Kaguya's eyebrows slightly curved. "Isn't that Kai's personality?"

"I can't refute it at all." Sun Shangxiang lowered her head helplessly.

"But, Gobang...Xiao Qian, can you please teach me too?" Sun Shangxiang blinked and looked at Shinjo Qian and asked, "I feel that when Kai comes back, she will definitely play Gobang against me first to restore her confidence from me."

"Of course no problem!" Shinjo Akane gave a thumbs up and replied, "But I'm not a professional chess player, I'm just an amateur. At most I'll just give you the rules."

"That's enough." Sun Shangxiang followed suit and gave a thumbs up. "At worst, we can call Cai Wenji over later. She is also quite talented in chess."

"Cai Wenji! I want to see her!" This was another heavyweight figure that Xin Tiao Qian had only heard of but never seen in person.

Sun Shangxiang simply clapped her hands, and two women in tight-fitting clothes appeared from behind the pillars.

"Please invite Cai Wenji."

These are the female servants trained by Sun Shangxiang.

Since she became the queen, these maids moved into the rear palace with her and were at her service.

However, the majority of the female waiters' team was controlled by Lu Lingqi.

Chapter 137 Iwanaga Kotoko Has Seen Through Everything

"Oh, welcome back." Kotoko Iwanaga sat on the chair and waved at Taichi.

After arriving in the new country, Iwanaga Kotoko was awarded an honorary title for donating everything she had to the new country.

With this honor, she won't have to worry about food, drink and entertainment in the new country for the rest of her life.

Except for top-secret places and places with restricted access to certain types of people, other places are not protected from her.

And they will have priority in various social welfare aspects.

Although she did not have the right to attend court meetings or participate in politics, in terms of status and priority in the new country, she was above the Yukinoshita family.

Among the officials of the new country, except for the few who held titles, everyone else had to bow to her when they saw her.

"I heard that you opened a handyman shop in Jianye City, so I came to take a look." Taiyi nodded at Furufang Yuri and Kurosawa Mika who were working for Iwanaga Kotoko.

"You can't say we're a jack of all trades." Iwanaga Kotoko shook the spoon she was using to scoop out desserts and replied, "We don't do manual labor."

"After all, we only have three weak women here."

Not everyone follows Iwanaga Kotoko.

The technical talents of the Yanyong family who had followed her to the new country had been placed in various industries inside and outside Jianye City through Taiyi's channels.

Hinasaki Fukuhisa and Hinasaki Fukaha, mother and daughter, entered the art museum.

Of course, the former serves as an assistant to the latter.

I heard that Hinasaki Fukaba is favored by the Muse band and they plan to focus on her training.

But this group of people are still listed under Iwanaga Kotoko's side.

"By the way, even now, I still can't understand why you built the capital of the new country in 'Jianye City' instead of in Xiandai City." Iwanaga Kotoko blinked and looked at Taiyi and asked, "With your ability, it shouldn't be a problem to connect the water, electricity and gas in Xiandai City."

"When the time comes, we just need to find some professionals to build the network, and the first complete modern city can be built right away."

"Idiot." Taiyi shook his head helplessly and sighed, "I want to develop the entire new country, not just a city."

"Of course, the modern city can quickly recover to its previous level, but will a bunch of old antiques whose knowledge level is still fixed at a thousand years ago still be useful at that time?"

"I have to get everyone up to speed. I have to let some high-level people raise the new country's society to modern standards. Once everyone has adapted, we can officially enter the modern level."

“It is expected that the project will take decades to complete.”

"Oh my... a harmonious society?" Iwanaga Kotoko narrowed her eyes and looked at Taichi. "This is the society that the founding emperor envisioned."

"Although I think your idea is good, it's not very realistic."

"Of course I know it's unrealistic. After all, everyone has their own ideas." Taiyi curled his lips, sat on the sofa and took the tea handed over by Kurosawa Mika, "But as long as the development trend can be closer to my ideal, I will be satisfied."

"Besides, most of the management of New Country are idealists, and the two leaders are the most idealistic." Taiyi grinned, "I have given them enough power. If they still can't make New Country's development tend to my ideals, then I can only say... It's time to lay off grassroots managers."

"Capital is allowed to develop, but it is not allowed to take root." Iwanaga Kotoko came to Taichi and poked him with a spoon. "Fortunately, I have known you for quite some time, and I have long been aware of your nature. So when I first came to the new country, I donated all my assets to obtain my place to live."

"But as for Yukinoshita..." Iwanaga Kotoko's eyes turned ambiguous as she looked at Taichi, "I heard that she even planned to tie up her own two daughters and send them to your back court?"

"Superior status, abundant assets, unimaginable privileges, she can only choose one of the three." Taiyi replied with a grin.

“It means giving up profits and continuing to climb the pyramid of power.”

“It is to give up status and make huge profits in a dozen years through modern knowledge and technology.”

"Or maybe he could just rely on the privileges of his two daughters entering the imperial court to expand his family."

"I'm looking forward to Mrs. Yukinoshita's final decision."

"...I don't know why, but I suddenly want to see your expression when you find out that your plan has failed." Iwanaga Kotoko pouted and looked at Taichi in dissatisfaction. "Mrs. Yukinoshita is not a fool. She was able to resolutely come to you and give up everything on Earth to join the new country. She is not a narrow-minded and indecisive person."

"Moreover, I heard that when the Yukinoshita family was developing their own specialty, they not only strictly followed the rules and regulations of the new country and acted rigorously, but also expanded their network to the level of 'new favorites'."

"...Then I can only say that Mrs. Yukinoshita adapted to the rules of the new country quite quickly." Taichi muttered with his eyes narrowed.

"That's not necessarily true." Iwanaga Kotoko shook her head and said, "If she adapts quickly enough, the best thing she should do now is to donate her current assets."

"Sooner or later, conflicts will arise between state-owned and privately owned companies, leading to a confrontational situation."

"By the way, you're not planning on using the Yukinoshita family as a target, and are planning to involve the remnants of the aristocratic families from the Three Kingdoms period and the 'powerful families' from the Japanese Warring States period, and deal with them all at once, right?" Iwanaga Kotoko asked, looking at Taichi with some suspicion.

"You really read a lot of books that you shouldn't have read when you were on Earth." Taiyi raised his eyebrows and gave a joking answer that was not a response.

The new country does not allow the emergence of aristocratic families and powerful clans that harm the people and challenge the majesty of the national government.

The existence of privileged families can be allowed, but they must be limited within the laws and regulations that will inevitably be introduced in the future.

Of course, Taiyi had already communicated with Taigong Wang, Liu Bei and Zhang Chunhua about this as early as the founding of the country.

The four of them reached a consensus.

After all, after the death of Liu Chan, Liu Bei's lineage was basically extinct in this world.

In addition, the new country had just been established, and Emperor Taiyi was unwilling to delegate power to them, so he had no time to find women to have children.

Unless something unexpected happens in the future, the Liu family will definitely not be able to grow stronger.

After all, Liu Bei wanted to do more for the country and the people than to reproduce offspring.

This way we will not let down Zhuge Liang's trust in our life.

There is no need to talk about Taigong Wang. The people of the original fairyland have no good feelings towards aristocratic families.

And Zhang Chunhua...she has lost all her children, and the Sima family has no descendants.

Naturally, she would not object to her and Wang Yuanji's reliance on each other in the future.

Chapter 138 Curacao Seizes the Handle

"I suddenly began to look forward to what your country will become in the future." Iwanaga Kotoko grinned.

"Even if not everything goes according to my wishes, it won't deviate too much." Taiyi waved his hand and replied, "Unless those who have seen me in action have all returned to the underworld, the people of this country will no longer know how to fear."

"Then what do you plan to do with the Yukinoshita family?" After many twists and turns, Kotoko Iwanaga finally brought the topic back to the Yukinoshita family.

In response, Taiyi also showed a look of disgust.

He didn't think that Iwanaga Kotoko was really talking about this topic just out of curiosity.

He had been dealing with a monster that had been a spirit for who knows how many years for such a long time, and he had successfully concealed his thoughts.

Kotoko Iwanaga is far more difficult to deal with than those who are well-informed and resourceful.