Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

However, Li Ji's voice did not interrupt the feast.

The nobles present were still indulging in pleasure, not even noticing Li Ji's appearance at the palace gate.

Li Ji's voice was easily drowned out by the decadent music played by the musicians, leaving no ripple.

Guo Yi, the former Administrator of Kuaiji Commandery, who was seated at the lowest seat, was the first to notice Li Ji's appearance.

This frightened Guo Yi so much that he quickly released the beautiful maid he was embracing, sat upright, lowered his head, and looked terrified.

Guo Yi, after all, was once considered a local warlord, later becoming a puppet controlled by Jia Xu, who extensively purged obstacles to Liu Bei's control of Kuaiji.

However, after Liu Bei was promoted to Governor of Yang Province, Liu Bei did not kill Guo Yi to avoid damaging morale.

Instead, Liu Bei left Guo Yi a leisurely position in Shouchun, with not much freedom, but at least his life was safe and he had no worries about food and clothing.

It was precisely because of this that Guo Yi was very respectful and fearful of Prime Minister Li Ji, fearing that Li Ji would remember him, and secretly prayed.

'Yuan Gonglu is the one who is entertaining the King, Prime Minister, don't look at me, don't look at me, I'm just tagging along...'

The next moment, Guo Yi saw out of the corner of his eye that Li Ji had drawn the Qinggang Sword from his waist and walked forward a few steps, the sword suddenly slashing towards him.

"Ah!!!"

Accompanying Guo Yi's subconscious terrified scream was the sound of the table in front of Guo Yi being split in half.

Suddenly, interrupted by Guo Yi's voice, who was so frightened that he thought his life was over, the music in the hall stopped, and the entire banquet came to a halt.

The people at the banquet opened their somewhat dazed eyes and looked towards Li Ji's direction.

Li Ji's actions not only forcibly stopped the banquet but also frightened Jiang Gan, making his heart skip a beat.

Drawing a sword in public was an extremely dangerous act.

Immediately, Jiang Gan carefully looked towards Liu Bei, who was sitting in the main seat, but saw that Liu Bei's cheeks were flushed and his eyes were blurred with drunkenness.

"Hmm? Zikun is back..."

Liu Bei seemed to have not yet reacted, stunned for a good few seconds before staggering to his feet and saying.

"That... quickly, quickly add a seat for Zikun..."

Li Ji, carrying the sword, strode forward to the middle of the hall, the dancers in front of Li Ji bowed and retreated to both sides, clearing a path.

"May I ask, has Your Majesty neglected state affairs for ten days?" Li Ji asked in a deep voice.

Liu Bei said with a smile. "Zikun is making a fuss over a trifle. Under the harsh winter, there are few state affairs. The four provinces are peaceful. What's wrong with drinking and feasting with my ministers?"

"Your Majesty!!!"

Li Ji suddenly shouted out, his face full of murderous aura, and questioned.

"Does the Great Han only have four provinces? Is Your Lordship satisfied with becoming the King of Han? Has Your Majesty forgotten the oath to support the Han Dynasty and revive the Great Han?"

These three consecutive "Could it be" made Liu Bei, who originally had a drunken look on his face, also look ugly, and he said angrily.

"Presumptuous, do you still have the etiquette of a subject in your heart? I have fought all my life. Can't I enjoy myself during the peaceful time of winter?"

"The world is not yet settled, the two thieves Cao and Lu have split the land and established themselves, and thousands of Han people are still in dire straits, how can we talk about enjoyment?" Li Ji retorted.

Being questioned by Li Ji in public again and again, Liu Bei's face completely hung up, his anger overflowing, and he shouted.

"Presumptuous, bold, arrogant, you dare to interfere with me, is your position as Prime Minister coming to an end?"

Li Ji, with no intention of backing down, slowly bent down and cupped his hands.

"I implore Your Lordship to return to the official residence to govern immediately."

Liu Bei's chest heaved rapidly for a while, and he made several breaths of psychological preparation, secretly comforting himself "It's fake, Zikun can understand", before shouting with a face full of anger.

"Get out of here, don't spoil my fun."

Li Ji, maintaining his bowing posture, stood motionless in place.

This conflict between the ruler and his minister also frightened everyone in the banquet, including Yuan Shu, so that they did not dare to make any noise, for fear of attracting Li Ji's thunderous anger.

Li Ji can't convince Liu Bei at this time, but can't he deal with them?

Moreover, everyone also knows how to say this conflict between the ruler and his minister, but with Li Ji's high prestige, it is really not something that can be done in a few words if Liu Bei wants to seize Li Ji's position as Prime Minister.

A good few breaths passed, which felt like years to everyone.

Li Ji then got up and turned to walk step by step towards the outside of the hall.

Just as Li Ji walked to the door of the hall, Liu Bei's voice rang out again from behind him.

"Why are you all looking down and lowering your eyes like this? Don't let Li Ji spoil the fun..."

"Come, come, come, continue playing music and dancing, I and all of you will drink this cup to the fullest."

At this moment, Jiang Gan looked at Li Ji, who had walked to the door of the hall and couldn't help but stop, and saw that Li Ji's usually upright back seemed to have instantly become hunched, and he couldn't help but feel unfair for Li Ji.

The Prime Minister has worked his heart out for the Great Han, and the King of Han is treating the Prime Minister like this.

"Let's go."

Li Ji's voice was no longer the gentle and steady voice of ordinary days, but revealed a strong sense of powerlessness, and then he stepped out of the Han King's mansion in the music that sounded again behind him.

After leaving the mansion and getting into the carriage.

Under Jiang Gan's gaze, Li Ji, who was sitting in the carriage, was stunned for a good while before he seemed to realize it and ordered to return to the official residence.

This made Jiang Gan couldn't help but take the initiative to persuade him.

"Why doesn't the Prime Minister return to the mansion to rest for a while? The official business can be dealt with tomorrow."

Li Ji sighed and replied.

"The Prime Minister's affairs can be shared by Lu Zijing for a part, but the King has not been in charge of government affairs for many days, presumably the government affairs in the official residence that need to be decided by the King have already accumulated like a mountain, and this Marquis urgently needs to handle a part of them on his behalf."

"And if this Marquis can rest for a day, can the people involved in these government affairs be delayed for a day?"

Li Ji asked back, and then said.

"Don't talk too much, return to the official residence."

Immediately, Jiang Gan didn't say anything more, but he couldn't help but feel complicated in his heart.

Accompanied by Jiang Gan, Li Ji, who returned to the official residence, did not stop for even a moment and directly began to deal with the mountainous official business.

This processing lasted until nightfall.

Jiang Gan, who was assisting from the side, already felt exhausted, but Li Ji, who was buried in the documents, did not have a single extra action.

This made Jiang Gan, who was secretly complaining in his heart, could only whisper to persuade him.

"Prime Minister, there is still more than half of the remaining official business that has not been processed, I am afraid that it will not be processed today, and the Prime Minister has not rested for even a moment after traveling a long distance to return to Shouchun, why not go back to the mansion to rest first, and then continue to process it tomorrow."

"What time is it?"

Li Ji asked, raising his head.

"It's the beginning of Hai Shi."

Li Ji frowned slightly and then said. "It's still early, process it for another hour..."

However, before Li Ji could finish speaking, Gu Wei's somewhat panicked voice suddenly came from outside the house.

"Prime Minister, something bad has happened..." (End of this chapter)