Ren Baqian held the empress's hand while his other hand rested on a stack of boxes that contained cakes, candies, and wine.
As the light around them began to distort, the scene in front of them instantly changed to that of the empress's bedroom.
Then, they saw a bespectacled lady in metal armor standing in front of them. She cupped her fists and greeted, "Your Majesty!"
The pair of red-rimmed glasses added a feminine charm to Xin Zhe's appearance.
"Why are you waiting here?"
The empress let go of Ren Baqian's hand and tore the ropes around the boxes. She took down a box from above and opened it. It was full of candies.
"Your Majesty, Great Xia has invaded again!" Xin Zhe said in a deep voice.
Great Xia had started preparing a few months ago. The empress had received the news long ago, and even Hong Wu had started preparing. As a result, they weren't surprised to hear this.
The empress, who was about to grab a handful of candies, paused. She took out a piece of Dove chocolate, unhurriedly tore open the packaging, stuffed the chocolate into her mouth, turned around, and asked, "When? What's the situation? "
"The Great Xia army left Tiesuo Pass last night, crossed the border, and started attacking Ping City, Shun City, and Ziyue City this morning," Xin Zhe reported.
"Tell the General-in-Chief Who Supports the Nation to be careful," the empress said.
At this time last year, Great Xia used some unknown method to persuade Lu Pinghai to attack Hong Wu. This time, Hong Wu was probably the main target of the other party.
As long as Hong Wu was fine, the Protectorate of the North wouldn't be in chaos.
If 20,000 aboriginal warriors were to be used to defend the city, it would be enough to defend against the enemy's 500,000 soldiers.
"In addition, the Chen Nation also strengthened their attack this morning," Xin Zhe added.
"They can't sit still anymore? The Chen Nation is just a small nation. Their army is good at fighting on the water and not on land. What can they do even if they launch an all-out attack? "the empress sneered. "Xin Zhe, you can leave first. Go and release Tong Zhenye and Qin Chuan. Then, inform the ministers to attend the court meeting in two hours."
"Your Majesty, this time, Great Xia is mainly for revenge and to save the Yun Nation!" Ren Baqian said.
"Our target is their 500,000 soldiers. As long as they are eliminated, Great Xia will fall into internal strife. No matter who wins or loses, they won't have the energy to worry about us for the next 10 years."
"I know." The empress nodded.
"I'll bring these things back first. Her Majesty still needs to change her clothes," Ren Baqian said.
"They're all mine!" The empress pointed at the stack of boxes and raised her chin slightly.
"There's also a box of street lamp caps inside." Ren Baqian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"You can take the lamppost, the rest are mine." The empress continued to assert her sovereignty.
Ren Baqian pointed at the box and said, "Wine …"
Actually, he still wanted to bring some wine back. Occasionally, he would want to drink a little in the middle of the night. He didn't know when he got this habit.
He probably wanted to celebrate his arrival in this world every night.
"It's all mine." The empress didn't budge an inch.
Ren Baqian had no choice but to carry the box of light bulbs and leave. When he returned to the courtyard, he saw Tiantian and Gungun getting bigger and bigger. They were now taller than him, reminding him that pandas weren't cats but bears.
Fortunately, even though these two fellows were a little big and stupid, their characters were still pretty good. When they saw Ren Baqian, they pounced on him with their mouths full of fangs and bit his arm. Then, he slapped them away.
Well, when they were young, they loved to bite like this. At that time, it wasn't a big deal. But now, if they were to bite again, even the skin of an ordinary person would be torn off.
"The two of you are getting uglier and uglier!" Ren Baqian looked at the two fellows who were rolling on the ground and acting cute. He felt regretful. They were so cute when they were young, but it was a pity that they grew up crooked. After raising them for so long, he couldn't bear to give them to the beast park anymore.
The Listening Cat cub, the golden retriever, quickly took out two moldy dried fruits from the fur on the back of Tiantian's neck. It compared the sizes of the fruits in its hands and hid the bigger one. It jumped onto Ren Baqian's shoulder and passed the smaller one to him.
"You little fellow!" Ren Baqian stretched out his fingers and rubbed its head. Then, he pointed at the two pandas rolling on the ground with a worried face and said, "Don't be crooked like them in the future."
"Cha!" the golden retriever called out and passed the smaller dried fruit to him.
"Forget it, keep it for yourself." After Ren Baqian finished speaking, the golden retriever immediately jumped back onto Tiantian's neck and hid the dried fruit in its fur.
"Indeed, it's made of plastic!" Ren Baqian couldn't help but shake his head. He opened the box and called two guards to follow him to change the light bulbs of the street lamps.
At noon the next day, the plaza between Beihong District and Zhulian District was crowded with people. The blazing sun in the sky didn't reduce the enthusiasm of the people around the plaza. The entire public order bureau was mobilized to keep the onlookers away.
"What are so many people doing?" a passerby who was carrying goods asked in confusion when he saw the situation.
"I don't know. I heard that Her Majesty will be here in a while," the person who was called immediately replied.
"Roughly when?"
"I don't know the exact time, but it should be soon!"
Upon hearing this, the passerby started to hesitate. Was it more important to deliver the goods or to wait and see the empress … These two thoughts battled intensely in his mind for two seconds, and the thought of waiting to see the empress won a hard-fought victory.
At this moment, waves of cheers came from the crowd in the distance.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! "Chaotic shouts spread throughout the plaza.
Upon hearing this voice, everyone knew that the empress had arrived.
Sure enough, the crowd began to part like a tide, and the empress's imperial carriage, which was followed by two rows of guards, slowly entered the plaza.
Following the empress were the court officials.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! " As the curtain of the imperial carriage was lifted, everyone saw the empress get up and step out of the carriage, and there was another round of cheers.
"Her Majesty is really loved and respected!" Ren Baqian said.
"Because Her Majesty is the most beautiful treasure of Dayao!" Tong Zhenye said. He then looked at Ren Baqian with a look that said, "You've taken advantage of me." Her Majesty taking a fancy to you is the greatest blessing in your life.
"Because of the many decrees issued by Her Majesty, a lot of the burden on the people has been lightened. Moreover, Her Majesty is the empress of the aboriginals, so the people will naturally love and respect her, "Tu Wan added.
Everyone dismounted from their mounts and looked up at the cement building that was about 60 meters tall.
The building was very rough and didn't have much decoration. In the eyes of the aboriginals, as long as it was big enough, it would meet their aesthetic standards.
At 60 meters tall and 67 meters, it could be said to be the tallest man-made building in the world. To the aboriginals, it was already a masterpiece.
In the end, under Ren Baqian's strong request, a layer of colorful stones of different sizes was pasted on the surface as decoration, giving the bell tower a dreamy look.
At this time, the top of the bell tower was completely covered with the empress's favorite red silk cloth.
Ever since the clock was installed, no one had seen its true appearance.
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