The first day of the new year was also the day before the wedding of Ren Baqian and the empress.
Today, the walls of the palace were decorated with aboriginal-style ornaments, just like the outer walls of the official residences.
Teng Yue's head had been hanging on the palace wall for more than a year. His head had been buried under the palace for so long, but it hadn't been eaten by insects or rats. It hadn't become a skeleton either, but most of the water had been removed, and his face could still be vaguely seen.
This gave Ren Baqian a clearer understanding of the body of a Spirit Wheel expert.
Of course, Teng Yue was once the fourth most powerful expert in the world and was proficient in spear techniques. His body was far stronger than an ordinary Spirit Wheel expert's!
Next to Teng Yue was a row of skeletons. They were the Spirit Wheel experts of Tianjing Basin, the two Spirit Wheel experts who had tried to assassinate Ren Baqian, and some other experts who had been killed by the empress.
However, there was something different in the middle that immediately changed the style of the painting!
An erhu that had been bitten by insects and rats!
The bow was blown by the wind and knocked against the body of the instrument, making a sound like a wooden fish being struck. It was completely different from the surrounding objects that gave off a chilly breeze when the wind blew! It felt much warmer!
Ren Baqian didn't know who was so stupid as to dig up this thing and hang it on the palace wall.
However, Ren Baqian felt that this aboriginals style that was full of horror was even more thoughtless!
What Chinese style, French style, British style, Mediterranean style … I only admire the aboriginal-style!
Your Majesty's wedding is tomorrow!
What's the point of hanging a row of skeletons on the palace wall? Huh?
Ren Baqian turned his head to look at those hanging on the wall and felt helpless. He and the empress each put on a Calabash Brothers mask and slipped out of the palace.
On the first day of the new year, there should have been fewer people in Lan City. However, because the empress's wedding was tomorrow, the number of people in the city increased. In addition, after the Yun Nation was defeated, the goods in Lan City were much richer. At this time, the streets were full of burly men and enchanting women.
Among them, the most eye-catching were the two Calabash Brothers masks that Ren Baqian and the empress wore …
These masks were even more eye-catching than their actual faces!
Most of the shops on both sides of Jingyang Street were now open. Two of the Yun Nation's families gave the empress gifts and took back their original shops. The next day, they were arrested, and a large sum of money was spent to get them out. Now, they were finally well-behaved.
Speaking of which, the people of the Yun Nation might not know which was more important: their heads or their money! The Yun Nation was already gone, yet they still dared to sell it at ten times the previous price. Ren Baqian was willing to bet that these two families wouldn't survive for more than half a year!
There were only a few shops that had been taken back. Other than that, there were still many shops that were closed. The entrance became a good place for the mountain people to set up their stalls.
"Seven Leaf Grass, a ten-year-old Seven Leaf Grass. It has an excellent effect on muscle growth and hemostasis. It's a must-have medicine for hunting in the mountains and fighting on the streets!"
This advertisement was filled with the valiant aura of the aboriginals!
"Black Mountain Red Flower. Since the opponent is using Seven Leaf Grass, you should use Red Flower. I guarantee that you will recover faster than him!"
Well, in less than a minute, the two shops started fighting. While fighting, they took medicine to replenish their health. After fighting for a full five minutes, no one was injured, but the two shops had sold more than half of their medicinal herbs!
"Scorpion tubes, thirty copper coins for one. High-quality poisonous scorpions. Once stung, you will lie down for seven days … Inhaling a mouthful of it will make you faint for half a day …"
Yes, this was selling drugs on the streets. Speaking of which, this advertising slogan was really creative!
However, there were quite a number of people around the stall!
"Clear Spring Mountain's Red Scorpion Leg is even sharper than iron! The price of seven of them is equivalent to an iron knife of the same size! "
Ren Baqian glanced at the stall and saw that it was selling scorpion claws. The big ones were the size of a short knife while the small ones were the size of a dagger. If they were really similar to iron, they would be good items for the commoners!
"The city is much livelier than usual today!" the empress said excitedly as she looked at the bustling scene of people coming and going on both sides.
"It will be this lively every day in the future. Your Majesty, please don't find it annoying!" Ren Baqian laughed.
Now that they had the supplies from the Yun Nation, Lan City was the first to prosper.
As a capital, the population of less than 100,000, including the farms outside the city, was really too small.
"Why would I find it annoying? It would be great if that's the case! " The empress said. Although she was wearing a mask, Ren Baqian could guess that she must be smiling under it at the moment.
The two of them walked to the shops of the royal family and saw that there were many attendants of the Yun Nation standing outside. The shops were filled to the brim.
Whether it was glass products, mirrors, or spices, they were all very attractive to the rich and overbearing local tycoons of the Yun Nation.
Of course, the price was ten times that of the aboriginals!
The two of them stood outside and looked for a while before walking directly to the other districts. Ren Baqian sighed as he walked and said, "These people from the Yun Nation are really rich! After giving so many gifts, they actually still have money to buy things! "
The first thought that came to the empress's mind was to rob them again!
Then, she realized that the Yun Nation was already her territory!
This made her feel a little regretful!
"In the future, the money to build a new city will depend on them!" Ren Baqian laughed.
There were many local tycoons in Great Xia, but Great Xia was in flames now. They would wait for them to settle down before robbing them!
Of course, they would use all kinds of unique products!
Robbing with these things wasn't much slower than robbing with a knife!
The two of them walked around the city for a long time and somehow found themselves on a very familiar street.
Compared to other places in the city, this small building was much more exquisite. There weren't all kinds of fruit trees in the courtyard, but waterside pavilions.
Although it was afternoon, a group of good-looking girls were leaning against the window and laughing.
Then, they heard Tong Zhengye's loud laughter and said, "Come, let me feel whether this body is plump or not …"
This old man! Ren Baqian cursed in his heart. He turned to the empress and whispered in her ear, "Your Majesty, it's Sir Tong!"
"Yes! I'm not deaf! "the empress responded faintly.
Seeing that the empress didn't react at all, Ren Baqian picked up a stone and threw it at the window from which the laughter came.
Then, a woman screamed!
"Which b * stard threw the stone? Do you want to die? "Tong Zhengye's furious voice came from the window, and a figure jumped out.
Other than that old thing, Qin Chuan, there was no one else who dared to throw a stone into his room!
"Old b * stard, today, I'm going to …" Before Tong Zhengye could land and finish cursing, he suddenly found a figure in front of him.
A familiar red dress!
A familiar movement!
It was still the same familiar formula and the same familiar smell …
"Your Majesty?" Tong Zhengye was stunned and blurted out.
Bang!
The speed at which Tong Zhenye flew back was faster than the speed at which he came!
A few screams were heard in the small building!
The empress floated back to Ren Baqian's side and turned to look at him.
"Ahem, I was just greeting Sir Tong. I didn't expect him to be so agitated!" Ren Baqian coughed and sounded surprised.
The empress stared at him, didn't guess what he was thinking, and continued to walk back.
Finally, the two of them turned to the bottom of the clock tower. This place was now a small square with many stone chairs around it. Unfortunately, they were all occupied, which made them feel a little regretful. They originally wanted to sit here for a while.
Seeing that the street lights were starting to light up, the two of them walked back to the palace.
"Hey, Your Majesty, the wedding is tomorrow!" Ren Baqian suddenly said.
Even though the wedding was tomorrow, he didn't feel very excited while strolling around the city with the empress. Instead, he felt a little calm.
It was as if he had everything in the world as long as this person was by his side.
All other feelings were gone!
"Yeah!" the empress responded softly.
"Are you nervous?" Ren Baqian smiled and bumped his shoulder against hers.
"Yeah …" The empress's voice was very soft!
"This isn't like you, Your Majesty!" Ren Baqian chuckled.
"Why aren't you calling me by my name? It seems to have been a long time … "The empress asked another question. This question had been on her mind for a long time, but she had never mentioned it.
Ren Baqian thought for a while and calmly said, "This has always made me remember that I have Your Majesty, the only woman in this world. No one can replace her and compare to her!"
"Is that so?" The empress asked softly. This answer was somewhat unexpected. In fact, she quite liked it when Ren Baqian called her by her name because he was the only one who would do that.
However, this answer wasn't annoying!
On the contrary, she was a little happy!
Ren Baqian pulled the empress's shoulder and stretched his face forward …
Then …
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