Thinking of this, Wei Yao ordered, "Bring the state minister over here."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Soon, the Prime Minister of the Wei Kingdom, Gongzi Jiu, arrived.
Gongzi Jiu was also called Wei Jiu, and he was Wei Yao's older cousin. He was an all-rounder and had even learned the art of governance and military from the previous Prime Minister.
However, Gongzi Jiu had a special characteristic. He had great ambition but little talent. He only learned the surface of every kind of knowledge and was greedy and lecherous. In the simulation, Kingdom Qin had sent someone to bribe the Prime Minister of Kingdom Wei. And that person was him.
"My King," Gongzi Jiu bowed and greeted Wei Yao who was sitting on the throne.
"Prime Minister," Wei Yao said to Gongzi Jiu, "I summoned you here to carry out a secret mission for me."
"I heard that there's a commoner in Qin called Zhang Beichen. He's quite talented, so I'm going to find him and make him work for Wei. Activate Kingdom Wei's secret agents in Kingdom Qin. You must find Zhang Beichen and bring him back to me unscathed. Do you understand?"
As Wei Yao spoke, she gave Gongzi Jiu a portrait.
Gongzi Jiu looked at the man in the portrait and thought that he was a handsome young man. He thought, "With my cousin's personality, she must have taken a fancy to this pretty boy, right? This pretty boy is indeed handsome, no wonder my cousin likes him. Since she wants to find that pretty boy, he would help her. As long as my younger cousin does not manage the country's matters, wouldn't I, the Prime Minister, have the final say in Kingdom Wei's imperial court?"
"Yes, Your Highness! I will definitely help you!" Gongzi Jiu took the portrait and went off to complete the mission.
...
"... Where is this place?" When Zhang Beichen woke up again, he found himself in a strange place.
He was in a corner, surrounded by a group of sallow, emaciated, dirty beggars. There were only mud walls around, and very few brick walls.
The pedestrians on the road were also wearing ancient costumes and didn't speak mandarin, but he could understand them.
"What's going on? Is this the film studio?" Zhang Beichen recalled that he seemed to have been sucked in by a vortex and then he woke up here.
"Wait, did I transmigrate?" He stood up and looked around.
He asked the beggar next to him, "Old man, where is this place? Why am I here?"
Most people ignored him, but a beggar laughed and said, "I'm afraid you're too hungry. This is Kingdom Qin. As for how did you get here? How would we know? You're probably just like us, refugees who have lost their homes."
"Seeing that you're wearing so little, you'd better hurry and find some clothes to cover your body. Otherwise, you'll freeze to death at night!"
"Kingdom Qin?" Zhang Beichen was stunned. Could it be the Kingdom Qin in the game?
That was when he felt the surrounding coldness. Kingdom Qin was a bitterly cold place. Even if there was sun during the day, it was still a little cold. If it was nighttime, without any clothes to cover his body, he would definitely freeze to death!
Zhang Beichen's spiritual energy was circulating in his body, so he wasn't affected too much.
Zhang Beichen continued to ask the beggar, "If this is Kingdom Qin, then who is the King of Qin?"
"You don't even know this?" The beggar was very talkative and said, "Yesterday, the new king ascended the throne and even gave everyone porridge. The current king is the previous general of agile cavalry, Ying Yiren."
"Ying Yiren! It's really her! I know her!" Zhang Beichen blurted out.
Hearing his words, the beggar was shocked and scolded, "B*stard, you're even trying to get close to the king. If you want to die, don't drag me down with you! Quickly get lost!"
The people around him also avoided him, but Zhang Beichen was still in shock. He had indeed transmigrated, and he had transmigrated into that game!
At this time, he realized that his brain could still load the game, 'Battle Empress'. The few skins that he had saved were also in it. Furthermore, there was also a tools inventory where his magical treasure, the 'Measuring Ruler', was stored.
"All of this is real!" Zhang Beichen's brain worked quickly. It seemed that the situation had been confirmed. He had not only transmigrated to the game world, but he was also in Kingdom Qin.
As for the time, it was the same as the start of the game, when the empress of Kingdom Qin had just ascended the throne.
"Sh*t, it's very dangerous at this time!" In the game, during this period, the empress of Kingdom Qin might wage a war to take revenge on Kingdom Wei.
With Kingdom Qin's current strength, it was definitely not Kingdom Wei's match and Kingdom Qin was in danger of being destroyed.
As for himself, he would most likely die in this chaotic world!
"The most important thing now is to find the empress of Kingdom Qin and find a way to become her hanger-on. If it doesn't work, I'll go to the trusted aide of the empress of Kingdom Qin, Jing Ping." Fortunately, he had already simulated it in the game, so Zhang Beichen wasn't too flustered.
"Brother, may I ask which city is this?" Zhang Beichen continued to ask.
"Liyang, the capital of Kingdom Qin."
Zhang Beichen heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily, he was in the capital. If he was in another city, he might have died before he could find the empress of Kingdom Qin or Jing Ping.
"Then do you know where the Qin Palace or the mansion of Senior Public Official Jing Ping is?" he asked again.
Upon hearing this, the beggars became suspicious. One of them asked, "Why are you asking this?"
"You're dressed so strangely and you're asking such a question. Are you a spy from Kingdom Wei?"
"Report to the officials and arrest him!" A beggar shouted, wanting to drag Zhang Beichen to the government in exchange for a reward.
"No, I'm a traveling student!" Zhang Beichen quickly explained, "I'm going to join them!"
In this era, traveling to study was a very common thing. Between the seven kingdoms, the students of the Hundred Schools of Thought would travel to other kingdoms to study. Even if they were enemies, they would not make things difficult for these traveling scholars.
"Cheh! Boring!" The beggars didn't really attack him, but they ignored him.
Zhang Beichen had no choice but to say, "Brothers, please show me the way. When I become their distinguished hanger-on, I promise to return you a full meal!"
"You still want to be their hanger-on? I'm afraid he's become a fool from being starved!"
"Tsk, just come and beg for food with us!"
The beggars said disdainfully, "You said it yourself. Lord Jing Ping's mansion is in the west of the city. If you see the board saying Jing Mansion, that's his place. As for Her Highness's residence, it's in the center of the city."
"You really took his words seriously?" The beggar asked.
"Who cares? It's not like I'm losing anything. If he really has some ability, I might be able to eat my fill!"
"Thank you, brother. I will keep my promise!" Zhang Beichen thought for a while and decided to go to the Qin Palace to see the empress.
He wanted to know how things would develop this time. If he was rejected by the empress of Kingdom Qin, it would mean that the empress of Kingdom Qin was about to attack the Kingdom Wei, and he would have to go to Jing Ping as soon as possible to persuade Ying Yiren.
Zhang Beichen wasn't sure either. Although he and Ying Yiren had become husband and wife in the game, this was the real world. Ying Yiren didn't know him, and he didn't have any background. How could he gain her trust and protect them?
He moved forward and soon arrived at the center of the city. As expected, the Qin Palace could be seen from here.
It wasn't as grand as Zhang Beichen had thought. On the contrary, the Qin Palace was just like an ordinary mansion. It was just a little bigger and didn't have many luxurious decorations.
"Kingdom Qin has been at war continuously and their treasury is empty. In the simulation game, the empress of Kingdom Qin had to sell the assets of the imperial family to fight. From this, it seems that the empress of Kingdom Qin is really poor!" Zhang Beichen sighed inwardly.
He walked forward and saw a pair of guards standing guard in front of the palace.
"Stop. Who are you?" A guard with a halberd stopped him.
"I'm Zhang Beichen, a traveling student," Zhang Beichen quickly said, "I want to pay a visit to the empress of Kingdom Qin and serve her!"