"I've taken a look at your things. Why are they all messed up?" The empress picked up a newspaper from the couch, folded it twice, and made a paper airplane. She had learned this from Ren Baqian.
Following which, the empress raised her hand. The plane first flew up high and then dipped down diagonally. Ren Baqian reached out and plucked it. He placed it in front of his nose and sniffed it. Besides the scent of ink, there was also the empress's fragrance.
"After all, this is Lan City Daily, and it's published by the students of the school. It's not Dayao Daily, and it's better to write some gossip to arouse the interest of the commoners. It's a pity that there are too few literate people. I plan to post the daily on the streets and find a few people to read it. This way, even if the commoners are illiterate, they will know what's written on it. "
Ren Baqian walked to the side of the couch and put the newspaper down. Then, he picked up a fruit and a small knife from the small table. He quickly rotated them a few times, and the skin of the fruit fell off.
Ren Baqian looked at it from every angle and nodded his head in satisfaction. The peeling was just right, not one inch more or one inch less. If it was one inch more, it would be too thick, and if it was one inch less, it would be too thin. It was just enough to peel off the entire peel. His knife technique had improved again.
In the future, he could get a title like the First Blade of Wind and Cloud, which sounded better than the Stinky Emperor.
"Your Majesty!" Ren Baqian handed the fruit to the empress, and she praised, "Your control of strength is much better than before."
"Not at all, I'm still far behind you. Your ability to control your body when drawing a circle is beyond my reach. Although it looks like you're just drawing a circle, you can see the whole picture just by looking at a corner. "Ren Baqian was overjoyed and quickly said.
Flattery in business required reciprocity. Otherwise, who would play with you?
Then, he waited expectantly for the empress to continue praising him.
"It's really not bad! When I was five years old, I probably did this! "The empress held the fruit in her hand and spun it in front of her eyes.
Ren Baqian: "Emmmm."
The empress squinted at Ren Baqian's depressed expression. Her eyes curved into crescents, and her gaze was full of smiles. She used her finger to touch the fruit, and it immediately broke into eight small pieces. With a flick of her finger, one of the pieces flew into Ren Baqian's mouth.
"Take a seat," the empress said casually.
Ren Baqian pulled a chair over and sat beside the couch. He pulled the empress's hand over and placed it against his own palm. The warmth of their palms was transmitted to each other.
Even though it wasn't his first time holding the empress's hand, he always felt that the empress's hand was very delicate and soft. It was as if she could touch his heart.
He could even feel the empress's strong heartbeat through his palm.
"I can feel Your Majesty's heartbeat, and Your Majesty can also feel my heartbeat. This is called mutual affinity! "Ren Baqian laughed.
After that, both of them calmed down and felt each other's heartbeat. Both of their heartbeats sped up a little, and the surrounding temperature also rose a little.
"I would like to try the taste of Your Majesty's lip balm!" Ren Baqian leaned forward and put his face close to the empress's.
The next second, a tubular object was stuffed into Ren Baqian's mouth. The empress's eyes curved into crescent moons. "My lip balm is in your mouth. You can eat it all!"
Ren Baqian's eyes widened. He took out the lip balm from his mouth and finished it in one mouthful, two mouthfuls.
"It tastes very good!" Ren Baqian exclaimed. "After tasting it, one isn't enough."
Then, another tube of lip balm was stuffed into his mouth.
The empress stretched out her hand, and ten tubes of lip balm appeared between her fingers. "You bought 50 tubes for me last time!"
"Forget it, I'm almost full!" Ren Baqian sat back down resentfully.
The empress looked at Ren Baqian, and there seemed to be something in her eyes. Then, she quickly extended her head and lightly touched his lips. The soft and gentle touch only lasted for a moment before parting ways.
"The lip balm on Your Majesty's lips is much sweeter than this." Ren Baqian held the empty tube in his hand.
"Why didn't I know?" The empress looked at him with a smile.
"I'm known as an honest and adorable husband, and I've never spoken a single lie in my life. Now, my lips are also stained with lip balm. Your Majesty, you can try it and see if it's … "Ren Baqian moved closer to the empress, lowered his head, and kissed her gently. Their lips and teeth were connected, and the hot air between their noses brushed against each other's face.
A few seconds later, Ren Baqian quickly licked her lips, retracted his head as fast as he could, and laughed. "It's really sweet!"
The empress snorted and blushed, but she wasn't annoyed at all. She pretended as if nothing had happened and changed the topic.
"The candy on the tree has been eaten up!"
Ren Baqian turned to look at the tree. Not only was the candy gone, but even the branches were gone … Only a bare trunk was left standing there.
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"Lan City Daily, the freshly minted Lan City Daily. A shocking secret is about to be revealed. The grudge between the Minister of Works and the Minister of War!"
"Lan City Daily, why are the Minister of Works and the Minister of War at loggerheads? This issue of Lan City Daily will officially reveal the secret! "
Hearing the sound of a newspaper seller coming from outside the wall, Zhang Junzheng sent someone to buy a few copies.
Newspapers weren't new to Zhang Junzheng since they existed in the Yun Nation.
However, the Yun Nation's newspapers were mainly printed by the imperial court and distributed to the warlords' residences in various cities. They were mostly about the transfer of officials and some major events in the Yun Nation. Ordinary people couldn't see them at all.
This Lan City Daily was completely different. It was mainly targeted at the common people. In addition to some major events, it also had a lot of gossip about the officials in the imperial court.
Zhang Junzheng felt that the Lan City Daily that had just appeared actually had both advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage was that it made the common people feel more familiar with the officials in the imperial court and felt that the officials were actually doing such things.
At the same time, it allowed many officials who weren't well understood to enter the eyes of the common people.
The disadvantage was that the officials in the imperial court lacked a lot of prestige.
Ren Baqian didn't know what the Black Bamboo Academy's chief was up to by creating this thing.
A moment later, Zhang Junzheng took the Lan City Daily and carefully studied it. The first page was the battle report of the Yun Nation. This issue of Lan City Daily was published three days after the previous issue. During these three days, the Yun Nation had lost another four cities.
Zhang Junzheng estimated that this was actually news from three to six days ago. This was because it would take at least three days to travel from the Yun Nation to Lan City even with the help of a yawning bird.
However, when he heard that the Yun Nation had lost cities one after another as if they didn't have the strength to retaliate, he felt a sense of satisfaction.
He had also pondered about it recently. This time, Dayao's goal didn't seem to be to plunder and leave as everyone thought.
If they were to plunder and leave, Dayao's goal should have already been achieved by now. They had captured a quarter of the Yun Nation's cities, which was enough for them to plunder.
There was also no need to send spies into the various cities to spy on the news.
Zhang Junzheng had a feeling that Dayao's goal this time was to occupy the entire Yun Nation.
Would the Yun Nation be destroyed this time?
Although the Zhang family was almost driven out, Zhang Junzheng still felt a little sad when he thought about the fall of his homeland.
Furthermore, did Dayao have those officials to send to the Yun Nation?
If it wasn't handled properly, he was afraid that the Yun Nation would become a quagmire that would continuously swallow Dayao's energy and military strength.
Zhang Junzheng was slightly lost in thought. After a while, he flipped to the next page. The largest page at the back was about the grudges between Tong Zhenye, the Minister of Works, and Qin Chuan, the Minister of War.
After reading it, Zhang Junzheng almost vomited blood.
Not only him, but everyone else also felt like vomiting blood after reading the newspaper.
Everyone knew that Tong Zhenye and Qin Chuan were like fire and water. Fights in brothels were common occurrences, and there were also many fights in the imperial court.
Even if they were beaten up by the empress in the end, they would rather be beaten up than let the other party go. They would rather perish together with the other party.
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