Chapter 58: Improving the Catapult

After dismissing the others, Li Heng kept Pei Mian, Wang Sili, Di Ruoxi, and Gao Shi behind.

Occasionally, when overwhelmed by frustration and exasperation, she would frantically type out text messages to Chu Huandong, only to sorrowfully delete them character by character before pressing send. She could not burden Chu Huandong with worry; she could not let him fret. She would wait for him to return safely and grant her happiness.

So what if it was the Liu family? So what if they were the largest family in Rongcheng? One never saw members of the Liu family out for a spin in a Lamborghini, nor did one ever see them dispatching a convoy of five brand-new Mercedes-Benzes to escort someone on a shopping trip.

With her hair styled loosely into a wind-swept bun framing her temples, and her delicate brows lightly traced with faint, sweeping lines, she exuded a subtle, spring-like charm. Her skin was as smooth and flawless as warm jade, possessing a soft, luminous texture.

By then, the only person who would envy and resent her was Gu Ruoying, who had suffered at her hands several times. If Gu Ruoying had any sense, she would stay quietly within her own palace quarters and mind her own business.

Flanking the Emperor on either side were the imperial concubines, among whom was even the Empress, clad in a full phoenix robe, her hair adorned with a dazzling array of phoenix hairpins and tassels. At a glance, one might mistake her for some mythical golden phoenix descended from the heavens.

The second reason was that he remained ignorant of the secret behind that iron mine, unaware of what the mine truly signified for the Western Flow Kingdom.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself, If you dare to behave with such lawless audacity while I am still alive, what atrocities won't you commit as an imperial relative once I am gone, when no one will be able to check your power? Anyone who holds the imperial authority in contempt and treats the laws of the country as mere trifles deserves nothing less than death.

"Sigh, my tooth is gone. Look at this..." Lele, possessing a childlike innocence and giving the matter no further thought, opened his mouth wide and brought it close to Elder Shangshan.

Just as the eldest brother finished speaking, a wave of commotion erupted outside the grand hall, accompanied by wails of terror, throwing all the servants into a state of panic.

Even to Concubine Jiang's two children, she had never once paid any heed. And whenever Lian'er entered the palace to pay her respects, it was done with such natural ease that it was as if she had never even been mentioned in advance.

Everyone was dumbfounded. Kaiser had been lurking near the goalkeeper just moments ago, yet somehow, no one had noticed him.

Among all the military generals, only Mo Yudong dared to speak freely to Lin Feng; it would be a lie to say the others did not envy him.

Cold as ice yet serene as a mirror, it seemed to cleave the very air and pierce deeply into Xiao Mu's eyes.

Pansy clung tightly to his arm, refusing to let go as she insisted, "I want to learn more knowledge too; you can just count this as previewing our lessons."

If the task were handed over to other officials, there was no guarantee they wouldn't belong to the faction of the Prince of Li or the cliques of the other imperial princes.

This man was utterly ordinary in appearance—not quite ugly, but certainly miles away from handsome. As for his height, it was a mere one hundred and sixty centimeters, a number that not even height-increasing insoles could rescue.

Ron's face flushed red under the reprimand, and just as he opened his mouth to retort, Harry shoved him firmly back down into his chair.

When he first proposed this idea, Ellie rejected it. That dragon girl, hopelessly addicted to leisure, was far too lazy to conduct any magical research; laziness was simply innate to the dragon race.

The Georgian Aviladze remained on standby on the bench. None of the team's three forwards were particularly tall—Perez, the tallest, stood at only 182 centimeters, while both Kaiser and Sektioyu barely scraped the one-meter-seventy mark. They would undoubtedly be at a disadvantage in aerial duels during this match.

At that moment, Liu Yifei was engrossed in browsing various online banter and witty remarks, occasionally letting out silvery, bell-like bursts of laughter.

Zhang Si could finally contain himself no longer and lashed out with a vicious kick to Li Si's chest, sending him crashing to the ground.

Manager Liu also nodded in agreement, noting that it was no wonder so many people had to be hired—a stunt of this magnitude truly required the coordinated efforts of a multitude.