Tang Qian and the others wandered around the Imperial Star, and when they returned, everyone felt as if they had just watched a 3D holographic movie, a bit dazed. As the saying goes, there's no harm without comparison. Only after arriving here did they realize how backward the high-tech they had previously enjoyed was.
A rather goofy soldier said with a simple smile, "Those things look so fancy! I don't dare push too hard when I walk on them, for fear of breaking them, hehe."
"Idiot! You stepped on something so high-tech, and you actually broke it? You're a fool!" Captain Zhao Bin slapped him on the head and scolded him with a laugh. While he said that, Zhao Bin himself was no different, like a country bumpkin who'd lived his whole life in a poor mountain village. Whenever the guide showed them around, he was timid, afraid they'd accidentally break something, which would not only cost him the money but also earn him the cold shoulder.
"Hehe, actually, I think their barbecue is really delicious. It seems that the people of the Empire really like eating meat."
"That's right. They have orc genes. Luo Cai will definitely like them."
"But I think their meat culture is still a bit limited. Aside from barbecue and some other dishes we don't cook in China, there aren't many dishes like frying, stewing, steaming, stir-frying, hot pot, or combining them with other vegetarian dishes. If we were to open a restaurant here, we'd definitely have business."
Qin Changqing entertained them in the garden on the rooftop of the palace. After listening to their chatter about their experiences that day, he said with a smile, "You're just new here and haven't gotten used to it yet. It'll be fine once you get used to it. The people of the Empire, aside from some extremists, are actually quite cheerful and easygoing. They have their own food culture, but they're also very tolerant of foreign cultures."
Zhao Bin nodded in agreement. "Yes, the people of Imperial Star are actually quite nice. They were very attentive when explaining things to us. Our guide, knowing we wanted to do business here, even gave us advice, telling us which businesses were good and which were not, and the preferences of the eight clans of the empire."
Qin Changqing thought about it and realized that the guide responsible for leading them was prepared by Qi Feng. Judging from Qi Feng's personality, the people he arranged were probably the White Feather Wind Gods of the Wind Wing Clan, so their personalities were naturally impeccable.
They chatted for a while, and when Qin Changqing saw Tang Qian writing something on an electronic board without saying anything, he took the initiative to ask, "What's Mr. Tang's opinion?"
Tang Qian seemed to have just finished his work. Upon hearing this, he placed the electronic board in front of him and said, "I've drafted a plan. Please take a look at it first."
There were already several pages of content written on the electronic board, which showed that Tang Qian had not wasted the day. He already had a plan in mind while visiting.
Qin Changqing raised his eyebrows and glanced at the contents of the plan. The more he read, the more satisfied he became. It seemed that Tang Qian was indeed a good businessman, and General Luo's idea at that time was not unnecessary.
"Okay, you take care of it. If you need money, tell me and I'll find a way." The only solution Qin Changqing could think of was to borrow from Lan Sinian, or let Lan Sinian invest in the company. After all, he was still penniless and had to hurry up to make money.
Tang Qian was deeply grateful that he had given him full authority. At the same time, he felt a surge of ambition, wanting to achieve his ambitions on the broader stage of the Galactic Empire and lead Earth across the interstellar gate. This was the best era for them, and this best era was brought about by Qin Changqing.
Tang Qian acted quickly, and the next day he found a spot in the imperial capital, planning to open his first store there. Qin Changqing went to see it and thought it was good, so he told Lan Sinian that he wanted to borrow money from him.
"Does the Queen need anything from me?" Lan Sinian sat elegantly on the sofa, his long legs casually crossed, looking at him with a smile.
Qin Changqing clearly saw a gleam of wisdom in his smiling eyes, and thought to himself that now I have to ask for help from others, I will endure it!
"Yes, I have no money now, and I can't find anyone else to borrow money from here except you." Qin Changqing spread his hands. Even if Her Majesty the Queen asked for help, her attitude would be arrogant - if you dare to refuse me, you will have to sleep on the floor/sofa/balcony tonight.
This was a sad thing to say. Lan Sinian was actually quite generous. He gave Qin Xu so much pocket money that he couldn't even count the number of decimals. Of course, he also gave Qin Changqing some pocket money, but compared to the small stash Qin Xu had saved... it was heartbreaking to smell and tearful to see. Thinking of this, Qin Changqing felt stupid. His son was so rich, why didn't he just borrow from him?
The Emperor was a shrewd man. He saw through his plan at a glance, but still said with a smile, "I have someone invest his pocket money. I'm afraid he doesn't have any cash at the moment."
Qin Changqing: "..."
Lan Sinian grabbed his hand across the coffee table, placed it on his lips and kissed it. He looked at him meaningfully and said, "I am willing to do anything for my beautiful and noble queen. I only have one small request. I hope the queen can satisfy me."
The two had been together for a while, and Qin Changqing was already very familiar with his tricks. He knew exactly what he was trying to do, and his eyes were like sharp, reflective knives, piercing him with a whizzing motion.
He gritted his teeth and asked, "What do you mean by praying?!" He deliberately emphasized the word "praying".
As expected, the Emperor made his shameless request. He gazed deeply at the beautiful and noble Empress, and like a humble mortal hoping to gain the mercy of a noble goddess, he expressed his deepest desire, "I hope that the Empress will give me some of your time. That would be enough for me."
Qin Changqing gritted his teeth. Giving him some time, wouldn't that mean he could do whatever he wanted during that time?!
"Lan, Si, Nian!"
The person whose name was called looked at him expectantly.
Qin Changqing felt so suffocated that he stared at Lan Sinian. The atmosphere in the living room was turbulent at that moment. Lightning and thunder flashed between their eyes as they looked at each other, and strings of thunder flowers filled with the smell of incense exploded silently.
"Okay, I agree." Qin Changqing raised his chin slightly and asked proudly, "Which period of time do you want from me?"
The Emperor was very satisfied with the affirmative answer and smiled at him, his white teeth sparkling. Then he said, "Then Queen, please pack up and help me meet someone."
"What?" The queen, who was ready to "sacrifice herself", was a little confused.
Lan Sinian looked at his queen meaningfully, put on a surprised expression and asked: "I need the queen to spend some time to help me contact someone and ask something. Is the queen thinking about something strange?" After saying that, she looked at him with a "pure and upright" face.
Qin Changqing understood very well that he was deliberately teasing him just now. He felt very suffocated in his heart. But what Lan Sinian said just now was indeed not serious at all. No matter how he looked at it, he must have been thinking about something else, which made him even more suffocated.
But the "pure and upright" Emperor was still pushing the issue further, and asked in a particularly "straightforward" manner: "Ah, Changqing, you don't think that I want you for a while because I'm going to do something strange to you, do you? How could you think of me like that? I'm not that kind of person!"
Qin Changqing felt a "bang" sound, and these words were like a needle gently poking the "balloon" of his breath. In an instant, the shock wave of the explosion made the entire mountain where the palace was located shake, rivers flowed back, and thunderstorms rushed!
"Lan, Si, Nian!!!" The noble Queen flew into a rage, grabbed the large pillow beside her, and madly beat the Emperor with it. It was a scene of domestic violence! The Emperor, relying on his height and long legs, ran away with a smile when he angered someone. Qin Changqing was immediately even more angry. He chased him with the large pillow and beat him all the way, shouting, "I'll beat you to death, you evildoer!!!"
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Qi Feng had just entered the house from the garden when he saw Little Prince Qin Xu walking out with his red face in his hands. He looked helpless and asked worriedly, "Little Prince, why is your face so red? Are you sick? Are you feeling unwell?"
Qin Xu shook his head, looked back helplessly, sighed softly, and then said: "Dad and the others are so childish, they even fight."
"What? They are fighting?" Qi Feng was shocked and was about to run into the house to stop the fight, but Qin Xu was quick to catch him.
"They are just playing and fighting like little kids. Uncle Qifeng, don't pay attention to them." Qin Xu shook his head like a little adult. He no longer fights with his classmates in the classroom.
Qi Feng finally understood. Although Bai Yu Fengshen was generally gentle and simple in character, he was, after all, an adult man in his twenties. The word "fight" immediately reminded him of some unspeakable things. His handsome face turned red and he stared at Qin Xu.
Your Majesty and the others are so open-minded, in the living room...
The truly pure and upright butler Qi Feng was too embarrassed to think about it any further.
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The emperor and empress had a fight in the living room of the palace, and after that they had to get back to business.
Qin Changqing put down the large pillow he had used as a tool for domestic violence, slowly straightened his clothes, and looked up at Lan Sinian, who had been severely beaten by him, and asked, "Tell me, what happened?"
Despite being beaten, the Emperor's handsome face still had a dazzling smile on it. However, when it came to business, he quickly returned to normal. "It's about Baron Shaman."
Qin Changqing nodded, "You say."
Before he could finish his words, Lan Sinian sighed softly and said, "The princess's nephew Hu Zhan and the police officer haven't woken up yet. The treatment cabin is useless to them."
"This... may be because the cause of their brain trauma is mania. I've heard that the treatment cabin has limited effect on wounds caused by superpowers, and the same may be true for mania." Qin Changqing felt a little heavy-hearted. Those were two living lives. If they couldn't wake up, their families would be so sad.
Lan Sinian patted his shoulder and said, "So I plan to use other methods to investigate. I hope you can help me."
"Of course." It was a rare occasion for Lan Sinian to ask him for help, and Qin Changqing, who felt that he had received too much favor from him, had no reason to refuse.
Lan Sinian smiled at him and said, "This matter requires the cooperation between you and the princess. I will talk to the princess now."
"good."
Although the Hu family had purchased the empire's finest and most expensive treatment chamber, Hu Zhan still showed no signs of recovery, and the entire Hu family was once again in a state of extreme despair. The princess's eyes were red. She had no son of her own, and she loved this nephew almost as if he were her own son, but she had never expected it to turn out like this. The despair of seeing a young person die is always the most difficult to endure.
After receiving the communication from the emperor, the princess perked up a little, thinking that maybe she could ask Her Majesty the Queen for some help, so she quickly answered the call.
Lan Sinian told her his thoughts and concluded by saying, "Don't worry too much about Hu Zhan for now. I'll ask Chang Qing to think of a solution and also have people gather more medicinal herbs so we can do our best to treat him."
"Okay, thank you, Your Majesty. You don't have to worry about this matter. I will cooperate with Her Majesty the Queen to help you." The princess was grateful to the two of them for their dedication to her nephew, so naturally she would not refuse.
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The Imperial Capital Star has a large population, and there are countless nobles of all sizes.
Mrs. Bomi's family is one of the more famous and powerful nobles, but it is not easy for nobles like them to show up in front of the Lan royal family.
However, on this day, Lady Bomi happened to receive an invitation from the only princess of the Lan royal family. The princess had a gentle personality and gentle hobbies. Unlike other orcs who favored violent aesthetics, she loved flowers. Her favorite thing on weekdays was to invite noble ladies to accompany her to appreciate and admire flowers, and today was no different. Lady Bomi felt that flower appreciation was a completely unorcish hobby, but since the other party was a noble princess, Lady Bomi was still very happy to accept the invitation despite her disapproval of her hobbies.
There are several natural flower fields in the large manor where the prince resides. Beautiful noble ladies sit among the flowers and chat with smiles on their faces. I wonder if they are appreciating the flowers or the flowers are appreciating them.
All the ladies present were of noble status, and Madame Pomi was not conspicuous among them, but she still chatted with them very eagerly, trying to get closer to them, until one of the princess's maids asked her for something, and she followed the maid away with some surprise.
Mrs. Bomi originally thought that it was the princess who had just left for a while looking for her, but unexpectedly she was led into a room by the maid.
"Madam, please, the princess is waiting for you inside." The maid bowed to her and turned away.
Although Mrs. Pomi was surprised, she didn't think much about it. She straightened her clothes, pushed open the door and walked in.
What surprised her was that besides the princess, there was also a young man in the room whom she had never seen before. The young man was quite handsome, with delicate features, yet he was like an ice cube in the summer, the type that should be cold and unapproachable, yet somehow, he was not dislikeable.
The princess asked her to sit down and personally poured her a cup of tea.
"Princess, may I ask who this is?" Mrs. Bomi was usually quite romantic, but she was not so shameless as to think that the princess was pimping for her.
"He is Her Majesty the Queen." The princess smiled gently, but had no intention of introducing herself to Her Majesty the Queen.
This behavior indicated that the person of higher status than her had something to ask her, but had no intention of establishing a friendship with her. Madame Pomi was also very clever and immediately figured out the connection. However, when she remembered that this person was actually the mysterious queen, her eloquent speech immediately faltered.
"No, I don't know what Her Majesty the Queen wants to talk to me about?" Mrs. Bomi asked nervously.
Qin Changqing put the teacup in his hand on the table, smiled at her and said, "Madam, don't be nervous. I just want to ask you something."
"Please ask, Queen." Madame Pomi couldn't think of any news she had that he wanted to know, but she had no right to refuse.
"It's like this. I heard that you have a good relationship with His Majesty's former guard, now Baron Shaman. I want to ask you about some things in Baron Shaman's mansion." Qin Changqing said slowly.
Hearing him mention Baron Shaman, Madame Pomme's face became a little unnatural. She coughed lightly and said, "We have a pretty good relationship. I wonder what you want to inquire about?"
"I want to know if there's anything unusual happening in his family recently. Any unusual activity will do. Of course, if you know the people in his family well, you can tell me too."
Bomi immediately realized that this was an attempt to investigate Shaman's background, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. She forced a smile and said, "I, I don't usually go to his house, so I don't know much about it."
Qin Changqing was not in a hurry despite her perfunctory response. He tapped the table steadily with his fingers, again and again. Bomi was terrified. She cursed Shaman in her heart. What on earth had this bastard done to implicate her? She had only slept with him a few times, why was she so unlucky!
Although the princess sat nearby, she had no intention of interrupting the conversation. Seeing Qin Changqing's cup empty, she refilled it. Suddenly, Qin Changqing raised his voice and asked Bomi, "Madam, I heard your mother's family has many farms and is engaged in the food supply business?"
Bomi, who was secretly complaining, was startled by his suddenly raised voice. When she heard him mention her mother's family, tears immediately fell from her eyes. She said anxiously, "It has nothing to do with us. We don't know what Shaman did. Your Majesty, you must find out."
When she cried, Qin Changqing was also frightened. Fortunately, he had good self-control and held it back secretly. There are few men who are not afraid of women crying, and he is no exception!
The princess glared at Madam Bomi in annoyance. Seeing her crying pitifully, she sighed and comforted her, "Why are you so anxious? The queen just wants to ask you something, not to accuse you."
"Oh, oh, I see." Mrs. Pomi nodded honestly.
Although it was unintentional, Qin Changqing, the princess, played the good cop and the bad cop, and it actually achieved an unexpected effect.
After Mrs. Bomi calmed down, she tried hard to recall what she had seen and heard during the few times she had visited Shaman's house.
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