Chapter 203: Sending Troops To Nan Jiang (2/2)

“There is a huge difference,” Murong Xue retorted emphatically, “Invention means that I have to choose the suitable blocks, tailor them to the right size, polish them afterwards and put all the blocks together in the end. The whole process must be completed by myself. While reassembly means merely putting all the available blocks together and form a wooden snake.”

“What do you mean?” Qin Yuyan stared at her in complete confusion.

“The wooden snakes of Nan Jiang are made of blocks, which must be tailored and polished to the exact size. I am not a carpenter, so I cannot make such delicate blocks, let alone the whole wooden snake...” Murong Xue raised her voice.

“Just like a clever woman cannot cook a meal without rice, neither can you invent the wooden snake without suitable planks. Am I right?” Yuan Fangfei interrupted with sparkles in her eyes.

“Exactly!” Murong Xue nodded.

“It’s plain and simple! Even an uneducated girl grown up in the military camp like me can understand. And some noble princess who claimed to have rich knowledge is still in confusion. Such an idiot!” Yuan Fangfei smirked.

Qin Yuyan felt humiliated and her eyes sparkled with hatred. Is there anything worthy of being proud of? Qin Yuyan had never heard of the wooden snakes, so it was natural for her to feel confused.

Everybody was in agreement. Murong Xue did reassemble the eight-tailed wooden snake with the planks from other snakes! But now, all the snakes had been torn into pieces. They couldn’t compel Murong Xue.

“It seems Her Highness had great fun with these wooden snakes. If you can make these planks, I can reassemble them into whatever shapes you like including snakes, tigers and cheetahs.” Murong Xue giggled with contempt.

Qin Yuyan was infuriated. As the princess of Mo Bei, how could she do carpentry as those servants? Murong Xue was clearly insulting her! Such a mean bitch!

“Thanks for your kindness!” Qin Yuyan said gently, with her voice filled with enormous hatred.

“Don’t mention it!” Murong Xue answered unhurriedly, totally ignoring the spite in her voice.

Seeing the emperor was no longer staring at her, Murong Xue let out a sigh of relief secretly. Impressive as those wooden snakes were, they were defeated by her right before the emperor’s eyes. Though he didn’t say a word, his hesitant expression had shown that he hoped Murong Xue could invent snakes to enhance the fighting capacity of their army.

Murong Xue wasn’t good at handling mechanisms, let alone making the wooden snakes all by herself. Qin Yuyan deliberately put obstacles in her way, which offered her a chance to lay her cards on the table. The emperor would definitely not bother her again.

“Head back to the imperial palace!” With a wave of his sleeves, the emperor left in stride without looking back.

Attacked and nearly murdered by Cang Qiong’s snake army at the summer retreat, with the square destroyed and civil ministers, as well as their female family members being killed, the emperor was certainly not in the mood for relaxation!

Only through commanding the army to attack and occupy the capital of Nan Jiang, could the emperor give full vent to his anger!

The Empress, Madams, as well as the civil and military ministers, had to follow him back to the imperial palace. They came to the summer retreat along with the emperor, so they had to return with him as well.

As the daughter of the Country-guarding Marquis, Murong Xue didn’t need to go back to the capital. She winked at the group of people gradually fading away in the distance.