Ren Baqian carried the box into the main hall. The empress was wearing a red muslin dress with a white undergarment underneath. Her hair was simply tied up at the back of her head and she was concentrating on her dinner. It was as if she did not see Ren Baqian coming in.
Ren Baqian could only stand there and wait with the box in his arms.
After the incident in the afternoon, Ren Baqian's impression of the empress changed greatly when he saw her again.
Previously, he only felt that this empress was of noble status. Even though she could send a polar bear flying with a slap, Ren Baqian was rather surprised. However, after seeing the brute force of the Dayao people, Ren Baqian was somewhat used to it.
But today, after that so-called expert who came out of nowhere to challenge him, the empress had already risen to the level of a humanoid tyrannosaurus in his heart, second only to a Super Saiyan.
Today, Ren Baqian obediently stood there with his head lowered. He did not even lift his head and stared at the box as he entered the main hall. This box looked much more beautiful under the illumination of the lanterns. The galaxy on the box was glowing with starlight.
After the empress finished her dinner, she said, "Today's dinner dishes are not bad. Cook the same dishes tomorrow."
Her voice was cold.
"Yes." Caretaker Gou bowed and took away the dinner.
"Come up. Why are you so well-behaved today? "The empress's cold voice sounded.
Previously, even though he clearly knew that the empress was in front of him, even though he clearly knew that accompanying a monarch was like accompanying a tiger, but since he came from the real world, Ren Baqian still had many habits that were hard to change, such as looking around and so on.
Usually, when he was telling a story, as the story progressed, he would often make all kinds of hand gestures, which made the empress feel rather amused. Dayao itself did not pay much attention to etiquette, so she did not feel that he was being rude.
Therefore, when she saw him looking downwards and being so well-behaved today, the empress felt that it was a little strange.
Ren Baqian hurriedly said, "I was just thinking that Your Majesty's martial arts are matchless and your might is world-shaking. Today, this kind of rascal actually dared to challenge Your Majesty. He is really overestimating himself. He came all the way to Dayao just to let Your Majesty display your exceptional martial arts to deter the rascal. At the same time, he can relax from handling state affairs and worrying about the people. From this point of view, he has succeeded and is considered to have made a contribution to Dayao.
I wonder if his contributions to Dayao should be recorded in the annals of history. "
"Pfft." Qing Yuan and Hong Luan, who were behind the empress, covered their mouths and giggled softly. They looked at Ren Baqian with interest. Not only did he know how to tell stories, but he was also very funny when he spoke.
The corner of the empress's mouth curled up slightly, but she immediately retracted it. Ren Baqian guessed that she should be in a good mood at this moment. It seemed that ever since his previous attempt at bootlicking failed miserably, his painstaking research had finally yielded some results.
He felt slightly proud of himself. He still had some potential in this area. Following which, he carried the box and walked to the bottom of the stone steps. The empress raised her head and saw the dark blue box that was decorated with galaxies. She was very interested and asked, "Is this what you want to present to me? What is it? "
At the mention of the box in his hands, Ren Baqian became more spirited. He raised his head and said, "This is an air cooler. The weather was scorching hot now. Ordinary people were like this, not to mention the empress who was in the palace handling the affairs of Dayao every day and working hard for the welfare of millions of people. After much consideration, I specially made this air cooler to present to Your Majesty. "
Following which, he took two steps forward and placed the box not far from the empress. He said, "Your Majesty, I have been impolite. I still need some crushed ice and half a basin of water."
"Qing Yuan! Hong Luan, "the empress called out softly. Immediately, the maid from before nodded at Ren Baqian and went to fetch the water. Another maid then placed the basin of ice beside Ren Baqian's hand.
Ren Baqian opened the lid, added the ice and water in succession, and then covered the lid. After a while, he reckoned that the ice water should have soaked through the cloth. He directly pulled the string on top of the fan. Immediately, the cold air was blown to the empress's body along with the wind.
"Eh?" The empress let out a soft cry of surprise. She took two steps forward with great interest. Feeling the cold wind blowing on her body, she squinted her eyes, which appeared somewhat long and narrow. She had a satisfied look on her face. At this moment, her expression didn't make her look so heroic. After squinting her long and narrow eyes, she looked a little more gentle and charming. Her entire person looked beautiful and alluring.
However, this was only for a moment. The empress took a few steps forward again. She was separated from Ren Baqian by a box. Ren Baqian could even smell the fragrance coming from her body. His mind was slightly stirred, and he immediately restrained his mind. Ren Baqian felt that he was about to become an old monk sitting still.
The empress opened the lid and looked at the structure inside. Then, she turned around and returned to the couch with a trace of a rare gentle smile on her face. "If you put this thing a little further in, it would be rather cool to use. You are very considerate."
"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty." Ren Baqian lowered his head.
"Well, continue with your story," the empress said while lying on the couch.
"Yes." Ren Baqian began to narrate the story while the empress listened attentively while lying on the couch.
As Ren Baqian narrated the story, the empress didn't have any expression. However, the eyes of Qing Yuan and Hong Luan lit up. Obviously, both of them were extremely interested in this story. Their mood also fluctuated along with the fate of each character in the story.
After listening for a long time, the empress waved her hand and asked, "Is there any other story?"
After all, from her point of view, all those schemes and stratagems were nothing more than a sword. Those so-called valiant generals were equivalent to the ordinary soldiers of Dayao. It was just like listening to a group of ants fighting. At first, it was still somewhat fresh, but after a few days, it became somewhat boring.
Hearing what the empress said, the two maids were slightly disappointed. Both of them felt that this story was pretty good.
Ren Baqian wasn't engrossed in his storytelling today. He had been paying attention to the empress. Seeing that she waved her hand, he immediately stopped and nodded his head in agreement.
"Since it's like this, let me tell Your Majesty about The Investiture of the Gods," Ren Baqian said. Originally, he wanted to talk about The Journey to the West, but there were too many things that needed to be explained. It would be better to talk about The Investiture of the Gods first and then follow up with The Journey to the West.
"What is it about?" the empress asked.
"It's about the ancient investiture of the gods," Ren Baqian replied. He thought that the martial arts level of The Investiture of the Gods was definitely high enough.
The empress was rather interested and said, "Oh, then let's talk about this."
"Yes." Ren Baqian opened his mouth and started from Pangu's creation of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to give the empress an idea.
When he talked about how Su Hu rebelled against the Shang Dynasty because he wanted him to offer his daughter, the empress faintly sighed and said, "Exactly. Wasn't the founding of Dayao because of this? "
These words made Ren Baqian slightly stunned. He really wasn't clear about what happened before the founding of Dayao. He only knew from Caretaker Shi's words that Dayao was originally made up of aboriginals and was founded 70 years ago. He wasn't clear about the specifics.
He wasn't sure if it was because she was reminiscing about the past, but the empress listened even more attentively.
This Investiture of the Gods was much more interesting to her than the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Especially after Zheng Lun's two beams of white light that sucked people's souls, Chong Heihu's vision blurred, and he fell off his horse and was captured by Zheng Lun. This kind of story was extremely interesting to the empress. She said, "These things in China are rather similar to Great Xia. It is said that there are also strange people in Great Xia, but they are rarely seen. Furthermore, China and Great Xia sound similar. "
Ren Baqian hurriedly said, "China is millions of miles away from Dayao, it's just a coincidence of the names."
The empress nodded her head in agreement and continued listening to the story. In the end, after hearing Ji Chang's persuasion and Su Hu's agreement to gift his daughter, she immediately raised her eyebrows and slapped the back of the couch. Immediately, wood splinters flew everywhere and the back of the couch was smashed into pieces by her slap.
"This Ji Chang's words are better than his singing. First, Su Hu rebelled, then he wanted to gift his daughter. He's neither a minister nor a father, he's hesitant and fickle. "
Ren Baqian shrunk his neck. This Investiture of the Gods wasn't written by him, so he couldn't be blamed.
He didn't expect her to have such a big reaction when she heard this part. Combined with what the empress said about Su Hu rebelling against the Shang Dynasty, Ren Baqian felt that there might be a connection. Presumably, it was related to the reason why the first emperor of Dayao revolted.
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