Getting Simulated By The Empress Is Not My Intention - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Loyalty and Courage

“I don’t believe that I can’t revitalize Kingdom Qin!” Ying Yiren took a sip of hard liquor and chose to start over.

The opening was the same as the previous round, but this time, the man named Zhang Beichen didn’t come to her side.

“Although you don’t have much strength, you are loyal. If you come to seek shelter, I will also give you a position,” Ying Yiren thought. In the last game, she had been deserted by almost everyone, and only Zhang Beichen had been there to protect her.

Because of Zhang Beichen’s loyalty, she had originally planned to give him an insignificant official position this time to ensure that he would not worry about food and clothing. She didn’t expect that Zhang Beichen would not come to her side in this round.

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“I can’t go to the empress of Kingdom Qin directly this time. Otherwise, I’ll be rejected again. I have to build up my reputation.” Zhang Beichen changed his strategy. He first visited the nobles and ministers of Kingdom Qin and became their hanger-on. This way, he could make a living and avoid being recruited into the army.

This time, when the first decree was issued, Ying Yiren changed her strategy.

[You decided to temporarily endure and stabilize the old clan while resting with the people.]

[A year has passed. The power of Kingdom Qin has recovered slightly.]

[In the winter month of the following year, the chief of the Rongdi tribe in Longxi saw that Kingdom Qin was weak. He was incited by Kingdom Yan and Kingdom Zhao and started a rebellion.]

“The chief is such a jerk. When father was here, he got beaten up and swore never to cause trouble. It’s only been a year since father died, and he’s already rebelling!” Ying Yiren cursed in her heart and began to think of a solution.

At present, the strength of the Qin Army was stronger than that of the Rongdi tribe. However, the key was that there were Kingdom Wei, Kingdom Zhao, Kingdom Yan, Kingdom Chu, and other countries surrounding Kingdom Qin.

Once she moved the army away to suppress the rebellion in Longxi, these countries would definitely take advantage of the situation and attack Kingdom Qin. At that time, Kingdom Qin would be in danger of destruction.

[You convened a court meeting to discuss this matter with the officials. Some support the army to go, while others suggest paying reparations to appease the chief.]

[At this time, your trusted minister, Jing Ping, suggested that you send people to Longxi to drive a wedge between the chief and the Kingdom Yan, Kingdom Zhao, and other countries. Then, you can find an opportunity to secretly suppress the rebellion with the army.]

Ying Yiren thought for a moment and agreed to Jing Ping’s suggestion since there was no other way.

[Jing Ping sent his hanger-on, Zhang Beichen, to Longxi to drive a wedge between the chief and the other countries.]

“Zhang Beichen? How did this guy become a hanger-on of Jing Ping?” Ying Yiren noticed the name.

…

“I’ve finally gotten to the critical mission.” Zhang Beichen sighed. He had been a hanger-on of Jing Ping for a year.

In this era, one’s social status was very important. Because he had no background, Zhang Beichen had to do some chores.

After learning about the rebellion in Longxi, Zhang Beichen decisively recommended himself and finally got Jing Ping’s recommendation to become the secret emissary of Kingdom Qin.

“Empress, I’m going to Longxi as an emissary. You must stabilize the rear!” Zhang Beichen began his mission to Longxi.

[You disguised yourself as a traveling merchant and secretly came to the Rongdi tribe in Longxi. You scouted around and heard that the secret emissaries of Kingdom Zhao and Kingdom Yan have already met with the chief and agreed to attack Kingdom Qin together.]

Zhang Beichen needed to make a decision at this time.

In this game, sometimes it was a choice-based decision, and sometimes it was an independent decision.

Like Ying Yiren, because of her identity as an empress, she had many strategists, so she often had to make choice-based decisions.

Zhang Beichen was a hanger-on and an official, so he had to make independent decisions.

Zhang Beichen thought about it. The current situation was that the surrounding countries had joined forces with the chief to attack Kingdom Qin. With the strength of Kingdom Qin, it was definitely not their match and would definitely be destroyed.

If he went there as an emissary of Kingdom Qin, he might be killed by the chief directly to show his determination to send troops.

“Looks like I’ll have to find another way.” Zhang Beichen thought that the chief was not a match for the Qin Army, but he was at the back of Kingdom Qin. When Kingdom Qin was facing other countries, the rear must not be chaotic. Otherwise, Kingdom Qin would have enemies both in front and rear.

And the chief had been long for the land of Kingdom Qin for a long time, so he could not give it up.

Since that was the case, it would be better to sow discord and make the chief and the other countries suspicious of each other. Then, they would quickly take down the Rongdi tribe and then negotiate peace with the other countries.

[You’ve disguised yourself as a secret emissary of Kingdom Wei to meet the chief. You claimed that the empress of Kingdom Wei wanted to give the land she promised to Kingdom Zhao and Kingdom Yan to the chief and asked him to send troops in advance.]

[The emissaries of Kingdom Yan and Kingdom Zhao angrily rebuked. The chief accepted your request in the face of temptation and killed the emissaries of the two countries.]

[The chief didn’t inform the other countries and sent troops in advance. Ying Yiren, who had already deployed her army, personally went into battle and suppressed the rebellion in Longxi.]

At this time, the game reminded Zhang Beichen that he had unlocked the achievement.

[Secret emissary of Kingdom Qin: Zhang Beichen] This seemed to be a brand new skin. On the skin, there was a picture of Zhang Beichen wearing the clothes of the grassland and driving a wedge between the chief and the secret emissaries of the two countries in the tent.

In the picture, Zhang Beichen was neither humble nor arrogant. He spoke with confidence and had the demeanor of an unparalleled strategist.

This achievement card could be used as Zhang Beichen’s new identity card.

Zhang Beichen saw that his Strategy had increased by 10 points, his Reputation had increased by 30 points, and his card had changed from white to blue.

On the picture, it also said, “When you equip this skin, you will receive the skill ‘Disguise’. [Disguise: change your appearance and voice to disguise as someone else.]”

“Finally! I’ve finally improved!” Zhang Beichen sighed in his heart. “But how should I activate this skill?”

In addition to this, he also unlocked a premium skin that belonged to the empress of Kingdom Qin.

[Pacifying Longxi: Ying Yiren]

This picture was even more valiant. Ying Yiren was dressed in black armor, holding a long sword in her hand, and riding on a white horse, and behind her were thousands of soldiers and horses, looking valiant and heroic, exuding a domineering aura!

“Empress of Kingdom Qin is so awesome. I must get her!” Zhang Beichen accepted the new skin happily. It was different from his official skin that increased attributes. The empress’s skin was for collection and to look good. The second was to increase the intimacy and trust between the player and the empress in the game. Finally, it had the effect of increasing the strength of the empress.

“Next, it should be time to negotiate peace with the other countries, right?” Zhang Beichen thought.

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[You used Zhang Beichen’s plan to sow discord and sent troops to suppress the rebelling Rongdi tribe in advance.] Ying Yiren finally got some good news.

The corners of her mouth curved up slightly, and she happily drank a cup of wine. She was pleased in her heart. “This is my ability. Zhang Beichen’s card could actually be upgraded to a blue card. It turns out that the talent can be trained. When he comes back, I’ll reward him with an official position.”

[After hearing that the Rongdi tribe was suppressed, the empress of Kingdom Wei was furious and joined forces with the other five countries to attack Kingdom Qin.]

[Option 1: resist tenaciously and defend our country with our lives!]

[Option 2: continue to drive a wedge between the countries, and at the same time, send troops to guard the borders.]

[Option 3: bribe the spy to confuse the empress of Kingdom Wei and cede territory to negotiate peace.]

“How can one country stop six countries?” Ying Yiren chose the second option, which was to sow discord and then send troops to defend the border.

[The six countries didn’t continue to fall for your plan of sowing discord. Kingdom Wei launched the first attack and took down the west land of the river. When the other five countries saw this, they all sent their troops to attack Kingdom Qin.]

[The old clan saw that things were bad, so Meng Yuan led his men to start a rebellion. They broke into your palace to kill you and surrendered to the six countries. At this point, Kingdom Qin was destroyed.]

“Ah? I died again?” Before Ying Yiren could swallow the wine, she realized that her simulation had failed again.

[Simulation evaluation: failed. You’ve learned your lesson from this simulation, but Kingdom Qin is too weak to resist the invasion of the six countries. It still can’t avoid the end of destruction.]

[Simulation reward: simulated memory.]

Ying Yiren absorbed her memories and started to reminisce about her “life”.

After she ascended the throne, she was not as reckless as before and hid for a year. Even after pacifying Longxi, there was no major chaos.

When the other six countries besieged Kingdom Qin, Ying Yiren still felt that she could continue to sow discord between them. But she had forgotten that weak countries had no diplomatic ties.

The emissaries of Kingdom Qin would not be able to say anything at all in other countries. The six kingdoms had already secretly finished dividing up the land of Kingdom Qin, so Kingdom Qin did not have the qualifications to negotiate.

“Alas, I still miscalculated.” Ying Yiren sighed.

She thought the game was about to end, but it was still going on.

“What’s going on?” Ying Yiren saw that she could choose the spectator mode from the side. It turned out that there were still remnants of Kingdom Qin.

[The chief of the Rongdi tribe heard the news of Kingdom Qin’s defeat and detained Zhang Beichen, who was ready to return to his country. The chief appreciated Zhang Beichen’s courage and wanted to appoint him as an official, but Zhang Beichen rejected him sternly.]

[When Zhang Beichen heard the news of Kingdom Qin’s destruction and the empress of Kingdom Qin’s death, he looked up to the sky, sighed, and bowed to the East. But he didn’t fall into depression just like that. Instead, he endured the humiliation and lived in the Rongdi tribe for ten years.]

[10 years later, Zhang Beichen escaped from the Rongdi tribe when the guards were not paying attention.]

[Zhang Beichen returned to Kingdom Qin in disguise. After much effort, he finally entered Meng Yuan’s residence. One day, Zhang Beichen took advantage of the fact that Meng Yuan’s guard was down to suddenly attack and assassinate him.]

[Zhang Beichen was surrounded by guards. He laughed and said, “My Empress, I’ve finally avenged you!” After that, Zhang Beichen was hacked to death!]

Ying Yiren’s heart trembled after she saw this. “How… how could there be such a loyal subject! He endured humiliation for more than ten years, gave up his wealth, and even disregarded his own life just to take revenge for me!”

“He is so loyal and courageous! I… I…” Ying Yiren’s eyes were glistening with tears. Although she was now a spectator, it was as if she had personally experienced the battle.

She knew how much humiliation Zhang Beichen had suffered. As long as he defected to the chief, he would obtain wealth and glory. But for her, he had rejected all of them!

Ten years later, everyone had already forgotten the existence of Kingdom Qin and her, the last empress! The old clansmen of Kingdom Qin had become the subjects of Kingdom Wei.

But Zhang Beichen still remembered her. He even risked his life to become an assassin just to avenge her!

Ying Yiren’s heart was touched. “If there’s such a person in the real world, I’ll definitely put him in an important position! I swear!”

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“You cunning b*stard, how dare you harm my wife! I’ve finally killed you!” On the computer screen, Zhang Beichen showed an expression of successful revenge.

He had worked hard for so long just to raise an empress. He didn’t expect that this old clan would directly lead people to rebel and kill his empress of Kingdom Qin! All his previous efforts were in vain!

How could one not take revenge for killing his wife? Therefore, Zhang Beichen didn’t choose to end the game but continued to simulate it. Finally, the old clan’s leader, Meng Yuan, was killed!