Outside the dragon chariot, many officials knelt on the ground with their whole bodies almost lying on the ground, remaining silent.
Liu Xinyan turned around and knelt on the driving seat, not daring to raise his head and look inside Long Chai.
He knew in his heart that he had completely messed up this time, and he was still in a daze.
Sun Miao, the Minister of Rites, felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. It was a perfect test ride, but he couldn't understand how such an accident could happen.
"Your Royal Highness, the eldest princess... The crime of humble duty deserves death. If your highness loses even half of her rich body, the crime of humble duty will not be redeemed by death..."
Sun Shangshu’s voice was trembling.
At this time, the eldest princess's personal maid had already entered the dragon chariot to serve the princess. Without waiting for the eldest princess to reply, the eldest maid beside her said unceremoniously: "Then Master Sun can die to apologize now."
The eldest maid next to the eldest princess is a close confidant. Even if she is just a servant, these adults know in their hearts that what she says represents the eldest princess to a certain extent.
When Sun Shangshu heard this, he was so frightened that he lowered his body even lower and kept kowtowing in apology.
The eldest princess's voice came out from the dragon chariot without any fluctuation, making it impossible to guess how happy or angry the eldest princess was at this moment.
"Jiu'er, don't be rude!"
The eldest princess scolded the maid next to her, but as a maid who had served the princess all year round, Jiu'er knew the eldest princess's temper. Immediately he said with some grievance: "Your Highness, it was too dangerous just now. The slaves were scared to death. If you were injured in the slightest, they would all die! If it weren't for the Lord who risked his life to hold on to the leaning dragon, Chariot, the consequences would be disastrous..."
"Okay!" The eldest princess interrupted Jiu'er, with a hint of anger in her tone.
Jiu'er also knelt on the ground and confessed.
The officials were so frightened by Jiu'er's words that they did not dare to blame this little maid for speaking such arrogant words. Everyone knew that the eldest princess was using the maid's mouth to beat everyone else.
The officials collectively confessed the crime under the leadership of the Minister of Rites, and it was a long time before the eldest princess walked out of the dragon chariot.
The eldest princess didn't even look at Liu Xinyan, and walked straight down the dragon chariot. She first glanced at the officials who were kneeling and worshiping, and finally stopped at Wang Ze, who was slightly weak and even trembling all over.
The eldest princess gave Jiu'er a look, and Jiu'er understood and stepped forward to help Wang Ze up.
Wang Ze thanked him and stood up. However, due to the excessive exertion, his body lost strength and he almost fell down.
"Your name is Wang Ze?"
the eldest princess asked.
"Your Highness...yes."
"You have done a good job in rescuing the driver this time, and you will be rewarded."
Wang Ze thanked him, stood up, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I dare to advise you because of my humble position. After the gold-lacquered and heavy-armored dragon chariot is transformed, if it becomes like this... Your Highness, you can't sit on it anymore!"
The eldest princess paused for a moment, then walked to Sun Shangshu.
"What did Master Sun say?"
Sun Shangshu didn't dare to raise his head. At this moment, he felt the eldest princess walking in front of him. He didn't even dare to breathe, and said: "I deserve death for my crime, but the autumn hunting ground is extremely dangerous. Your Highness must ride in a gold-lacquered heavy armor." Dragon chariot!"
The eldest princess's gaze rested on Sun Shangshu's kneeling back, and after a moment she said, "Okay, everyone, get up. It was a false alarm, and I was not injured."
The ministers thanked him and just stood up.
Wang Shangshu stood up and looked at Sun Shangshu with some doubts in his eyes.
Based on his understanding of Sun Shangshu, in the situation just now, he should not insist on the eldest princess continuing to ride in the gold-lacquered heavy-armored dragon chariot. Is there something hidden in this that he doesn't know?
At this time, the servants had moved seats for the eldest princess, and Wang Ze and Liu Xinyan stood in front of the eldest princess.
One person is doing meritorious service in protecting her, while the other person is incompetent at worst, and endangers the safety of the eldest princess at worst.
At this time, the two of them stood in front of the eldest princess, and their mentality was naturally completely different.
Liu Xinyan had never experienced this before. Even if he repeatedly told himself to calm down, he was already at a loss.
And Wang Ze on the side
At this time, he seemed much calmer.
The eldest princess looked at Liu Xinyan calmly, "Liu Xinyan, tell me, what's going on?"
"Your Highness, I don't know why a big hole suddenly appeared on the road..."
"I'm not asking you to explain why there is a pothole on the road. I'm asking, why can't this dragon chariot be modified to support such small bumps? How can I take the dragon chariot to the Autumn Hunting Ground?"
The venue of Qiu Hunting Field is not as good as this other courtyard, and you will have to drive up the mountain and cross the river.
Of course, today there will be an accident where the dragon chariot almost tipped over. In fact, it has a lot to do with Liu Xinyan's improper handling.
"Your Highness... please give me another chance. I will definitely forge the flying carpet to be more perfect and ensure that such an accident will not happen again..."
"Promise? How do you guarantee it? Are you going to put Her Royal Highness in danger again?"
At this moment, Wang Ze suddenly interrupted, determined not to miss this opportunity to add insult to injury.
Liu Xinyan was so panicked that he didn't even have time to secretly hate Wang Ze in his heart. He quickly explained: "Your Highness, this is not the case..."
Wang Ze didn't wait for Liu Xinyan to finish speaking, then interrupted: "Your Highness, I think this flying carpet is actually a monster trying to please people. How can an ordinary spiritual weapon be so spiritual? I think this flying carpet is actually controlled by someone. Your Highness, the monster, will never be able to use it again."
Wang Ze's words successfully aroused everyone's suspicion, even the eldest princess had a hint of suspicion.
Before, everyone was secretly sighing at the spirituality of the flying carpet, but now that Wang Ze said this, everyone felt that someone must be secretly controlling this thing.
The eldest princess looked at Liu Xinyan, with a cold look in her eyes besides questioning.
If this flying carpet is secretly controlled by someone, then if I just enjoyed lying on it, wouldn't that be equivalent to being "played with" in disguise?
In the eyes of the eldest princess, who has a mental disorder, this is a taboo behavior.
Liu Xinyan looked at Wang Ze with wide eyes at this time. He was so angry that he was furious. He pointed at Wang Ze and cursed: "You are spitting blood!"
"Then why don't you explain?"
"I... the flying carpet was forged by the weapon refiner I found from the Black Rock Area. It will never be manipulated by others!"
"Then you can tell me why this flying carpet is so spiritual?"
"I...I don't understand, but the weapon refiner I found can explain it to Your Highness!"
"Hey, what about the weapon refiner? But he is in the other courtyard. If he is there, Mr. Liu will call him out and ask questions."
"Master Wang is deliberately making things difficult. How can an unofficial weapon refiner come here?"
"I don't think he can't come, but he can't come!"
"What do you mean?!"
"What's the point? Your so-called weapon refiner might have been killed and silenced by you!"
"You...you are slandering!"
Wang Ze and Liu Xinyan just quarreled in front of the eldest princess, without any official etiquette.
But this is exactly what Wang Ze wants.
Liu Xinyan said that at best it sounds like he is simple-minded, but at worst it sounds like he is short-minded.
Wang Ze didn't care what the truth was, he just wanted to make the eldest princess have a little doubt about Liu Xinyan. And Liu Xinyan's performance was as he expected before. At this time, he seemed to have been greatly slandered, filled with grief and anger.
"enough!"
The eldest princess scolded the two of them.
The scene became quiet for a while, and other officials did not dare to watch the excitement, especially Sun Shangshu, who was in charge this time.
"Your Highness, Liu Xinyan definitely would not have such evil intentions!"
Of course, Sun Shangshu's excuse for Liu Xinyan was not because of his kindness, but because he had strongly recommended Liu Xinyan in front of the eldest princess. At this time, the two of them were just grasshoppers tied on a rope.
At this time, Wang Shangshu no longer pretended to be mute, and stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, Liu Xinyan is a subordinate who holds a humble position. His character is good, and his humble position can be guaranteed by the head on his neck."
Wang Shangshu's words are very important and can be regarded as a salvation.
Liu Xinyan died.
The eldest princess waved her hand and said, "Okay, I have never doubted your loyalty."
"But I am very dissatisfied with this mission!"
"Sun Shangshu, why didn't the dragon chariot be engraved with a suspended bridge array at the bottom and go to such a long time in this renovation?" The eldest princess asked Sun Shangshu.
Sun Shangshu hesitated and was speechless. At this time, he definitely could not tell the eldest princess that the Ministry of Industry was unwilling to contribute. That did not mean that he did not take her eldest princess into consideration.
"Your Highness, Master Sun was planning to inscribe the Suspension Bridge Formation. It was Liu Xinyan who recommended himself, so Master Sun gave up on the Suspension Bridge Formation."
At this time, Wang Ze suddenly interrupted.
Liu Xinyan's eyes widened in disbelief.
But before he could explain, Sun Shangshu understood what Wang Ze meant. Now is the time to sacrifice his chariot to protect his commander. If there is any dirty water, just pour it on Liu Xinyan alone.
"Your Highness, it's like this. I'm using someone in a humble position without care. Please punish me, Your Highness!"
As soon as Sun Shangshu said this, Liu Xinyan naturally lost the chance to explain.
"snort!"
Seeing that the time was ripe, Wang Ze immediately continued to speak: "Your Highness, I am afraid it is already too late to inscribe the suspension bridge formation at this time. I still have another thought for my humble duty."
"explain!"
"Because of time constraints, it is difficult to make major changes to the gold-lacquered heavy-armored dragon chariot. Since we can't make changes to the dragon chariot, why not focus on the road!"
"Your Highness can take this opportunity to order people to flatten all the Autumn Hunting Road. This will indeed be a relatively large project, but it will be a long-term and beneficial project. Your Highness will have smooth access to the Autumn Hunting Ground in the future."
After hearing this, the eldest princess thought about it and found that it did make some sense.
"Then I'll leave this matter to you. If you can't finish it before the autumn hunt, you can all resign on your own!"
"Okay, I'm exhausted."
After the hasty announcement, the eldest princess went back home.
All the officials also dispersed, leaving only Liu Xinyan and Li Dong standing there lonely.
Although the eldest princess did not punish him, everyone present at the time knew that Liu Xinyan was finished.
Compared with the loneliness of Liu Xinyan and Li Dong, Wang Ze and Wang Shangshu, who returned to the official office at this time, can be said to be very proud of themselves.
Wang Shangshu sat on the main seat, laughed and said, "Okay, Wang Ze, you did a good job today!"
Wang Ze also sat down with a smile and flattered Wang Shangshu.
"Did you manipulate the big hole today?"
Wang Ze looked mysterious and said: "If this were not the case, how could a big hole appear under the wheel by such a coincidence, and this hole had not been discovered by Liu Xinyan, and it could cause such a big bump in the dragon chariot."
Wang Shangshu laughed heartily again.
"However, if Liu Xinyan had not made a mistake while driving, it would not have had such an effect. Thinking about how dangerous it was at that time, I was almost smashed into a meat pie by the dragon chariot." Wang Ze continued.
"Good luck is found in danger. If not, how could you be appreciated by the eldest princess?"
Liu Xinyan and Li Dong still don't know that what happened today was all done by Wang Ze and Wang Shangshu.
Originally, Wang Shangshu forced the matter to Liu Xinyan, but he did not expect that he would be able to figure out a way to transform the dragon chariot.
After Liu Xinyan found the weapon refiner from the Black Rock District, Wang Ze began to secretly plan what happened today.
What Wang Shangshu didn't expect was that Wang Ze did more than just that.
"What? You hooked up with the eldest princess's maid?!"
