The sweet aroma of the boiling rice wine dumplings filled the air. Lan Sinian sniffed it and asked, "This smells so good! Is it ready to eat?"
Qin Changqing pushed him away and jumped off the stove, then served him a bowl of food in a white porcelain bowl.
The rice wine dumplings tasted very sweet with a slight sourness and a hint of wine. Lan Sinian took a bite and found it delicious.
"Eat, it's time to go to bed after you finish eating." Qin Changqing placed a bowl of food in front of him and served one for himself. He really liked eating these sweet things.
Lan Sinian looked at the food in front of him, then at the spoon he had placed near his mouth, and said, "Honey, can you feed me?"
Qin Changqing looked at him in confusion. An expectant expression appeared on the emperor's handsome face. Qin Changqing paused, scooped a spoonful of fermented rice with the spoon he had just used, and there was a round glutinous rice ball in the porcelain white spoon. He handed it to Lan Sinian's lips.
Lan Sinian immediately opened his mouth and took the entire spoon along with the glutinous rice balls in his mouth, his eyes still smiling as he looked at his beloved queen. It was an action that couldn't be simpler, but he always made it full of eroticism.
Qin Changqing glared at him and took the spoon back. There was no expression on his face, and the tips of his ears hidden in his hair were a little hot. This guy is a fucking purebred hooligan.
"Hmm, this is so sticky." His Majesty the Emperor was so busy teasing his own queen that he almost got his upper and lower teeth stuck together without noticing.
Qin Changqing was amused by him again. "If you're not used to it, don't eat it."
"No." The Emperor shook his head, glanced at the glutinous rice balls in the bowl, and said affectionately, "This glutinous rice ball is like the Queen and me, a round whole, sticky, sweet, and round. Moreover, even if it is stretched out, it will not break, and it is impossible to separate it."
Qin Changqing: "..."
Lan Sinian's eyes lingered on his lips as he began to talk nonsense, "It would be even better if the Queen could feed it to me with her mouth. We could each hold half and stretch it out, and it would still keep us tightly together."
Qin Changqing couldn't help but imagine the scene in his mind as he followed his words. He suddenly felt extremely ashamed. He subconsciously stuffed another spoonful of glutinous rice balls into his mouth and said expressionlessly: "Shut up and eat your food properly."
His Majesty the Emperor could tell at a glance that his Queen must be shy, and his blood boiled. He was eating the glutinous rice balls with great effort, but his eyes were full of ferocious wolf light, as if he wanted to eat someone. He stared at Qin Changqing fiercely, as if what he was chewing was not the glutinous rice balls, but his sweet, expressionless and shy Queen!
Qin Changqing rolled his eyes. The area where his gaze fell felt a little hot, and the heat spread from his skin pores into the depths of his body...
This hooligan!
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Because of a bowl of rice wine dumplings, the noble Queen was tossed and turned all night and woke up late the next day.
When the princess came over, Qi Feng told her that he was still resting. She immediately thought of His Majesty, who was young and strong, and the two of them seemed to have a very good relationship. They must want to stick together all day long. This situation was very normal. While she was happy for His Majesty, she was also worried that she had come too early and disturbed their intimacy.
Qi Feng's ears were red as he said, "Don't worry, Princess. The Queen should be up soon. He has other things to do today."
The princess nodded, glanced at Qi Feng, and asked with a smile: "Qi Feng is not young anymore, have you found a partner?"
When Qi Feng heard this, alarm bells immediately rang in his heart, and he hurriedly found an excuse to leave.
The princess who wanted to act as a matchmaker but failed was very regretful. What a good young man he was. If he was brought to the "blind date market", there would definitely be many people who would like him.
When Qin Changqing got up, Qi Feng told him that the princess was waiting for him in the garden. The queen felt embarrassed for getting up late, especially because the person who made him get up late was because he indulged someone too much last night, and that person became more and more demanding... He wished he could chop that person to death with a knife.
The princess was sitting in the garden drinking tea. Seeing Qin Changqing coming out, she smiled and said, "Did you bring this drink from Earth? It tastes so refreshing. It has a slightly bitter taste at first, but then becomes sweet after you finish it. What's its name?"
"This is called tea, and it was brought from Earth." Qin Changqing sat at the table and explained to her the other functions of this tea, such as relieving greasiness, clearing heat, etc.
The princess, who was already very fond of flowers and plants, was very pleased to hear this and asked, "Do you have any extra ones this time? If so, please give me some."
"Of course, I'll ask Qi Feng to prepare it later. You can take it back and drink it slowly. If you like it, I'll have someone send it to you later." Qin Changqing originally planned to promote the products of the Earth on the Imperial Star, especially to these nobles who lived a refined and luxurious life. Naturally, he was happy to give more to people to help advertise for him.
The princess came today for her nephew Hu Zhan. After they chatted for a while, the topic shifted to this.
"We gave him the medicine as you prescribed, and he seems to be feeling a little better. His muscles had been severely atrophied before, but after taking the medicine you prescribed, his condition has clearly stopped worsening."
Qin Changqing pondered for a while and said, "Then I'll go see him again today."
"Okay." The princess nodded repeatedly in gratitude.
Hu Zhan still hadn't woken up, but compared to when he was just unconscious, his body was obviously much thinner, and his originally beautiful muscles were almost invisible. He had only been unconscious for a few days, but he looked like a vegetative person who had been lying in bed for years.
Qin Changqing sat by the bed and took his pulse for a while. He found that his previous physical decline had stopped, but he had not woken up yet. There must be other problems in his body.
His gaze slowly shifted to the cinnabar jade ornament on Hu Zhan's wrist. Upon closer inspection, he was a little surprised to find that the cinnabar jade ornament had changed color. The surface was dark and dirty, as if it had been placed under the dust and a thick layer of dirt had accumulated. The beautiful cinnabar color was no longer visible.
Qin Changqing frowned and touched the cinnabar jade ornament. Suddenly, a red light emanated from his wrist again and flew into the ornament. Then, he saw a layer of dirt suddenly cracking on the surface of the ornament. Qin Changqing looked at it in confusion for a moment, then took a small brush from the medicine box and carefully scrubbed it.
The dirt on the ornaments was swept away bit by bit by the small brush, like a layer of peeling old wall paint, while the ornaments inside regained their bright cinnabar color like peeled boiled eggs.
"Your Majesty, what's going on?" The princess who had been waiting nearby asked in surprise.
Qin Changqing didn't know how to explain it, so he shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Let me take it back and study it."
The princess nodded. She didn't understand these things, so she didn't ask any more questions.
Qin Changqing had more guesses in his mind when he held these black dirt-like things. He didn't have time to think too much, so he took the things and left the Hu family and returned to the palace.
Although Lan Sinian deliberately kept his allowance low, he was otherwise very generous. He not only had several pharmacies set up for him in the palace, filled with all sorts of high-tech medical equipment, but also, considering Qin Changqing didn't know how to use many of the devices, he specially prepared a team of AI assistants. All Qin Changqing needed to do was speak, and the AI would help him operate them.
The composition of the things swept off the cinnabar jade ornaments seemed to be very complicated, and it would take a long time to check them out. Qin Changqing couldn't wait any longer, so he went to the room where the police officer was accommodated.
The police officer's condition seemed to be even worse than Hu Zhan's. Qin Changqing picked up the ornament on his wrist and took a look. Sure enough, there was also a thick layer of dirt on it. When his fingers touched the cinnabar jade on it, the same situation that had occurred with Hu Zhan soon reappeared. Qin Changqing collected a lot of peeled "dirt".
He also handed these things to AI for inspection. He originally wanted to stay and wait for the results, but he unexpectedly received another call from Tang Qian.
"Mr. Qin, we have already negotiated for the building and are now thinking about how to renovate it. Would you like to come and take a look?" Tang Qian's voice sounded very happy, and this was indeed something worth being happy about.
Qin Changqing was also very happy when he heard this, and immediately said, "Well, I'll go and take a look too."
Tang Qian is very good at doing things and dealing with people. He initially selected several locations on the Imperial Star. After careful selection and various evaluations, he chose two of the most suitable ones and sent them to the palace for Qin Changqing to review. When Qin Changqing said that he thought both places were good but was not prepared to make a decision, Tang Qian quickly decided on one of them.
In the past, people with Qin Changqing's personality might not like Tang Qian's handling style, thinking it was too slick and too flattering. But it is undeniable that when someone takes care of your mood everywhere and does everything perfectly, it really makes you feel comfortable.
The building is in a very good location, in a bustling commercial district. Because it is a specially approved pedestrian street, the street is very spacious, and each building on both sides of the road is no more than five stories high. Compared with the various towering sci-fi buildings in other areas, the buildings here look relatively low, but the architectural style is more exquisite and gorgeous. Various flowers and trees are in full bloom on both sides of the road, and tiny petals are flying all over the street, like a fairyland. It is indeed very suitable for people to come here for a leisurely stroll.
Qin Changqing looked around. In addition to various pleasing buildings and plants, this commercial district also had many imperial food restaurants. Walking among them, he could occasionally smell the aroma of meat mixed with the fragrance of flowers. He nodded with satisfaction.
"This area has a very large flow of people on weekdays. Let's open a food restaurant here first. It should have a lot of business." Tang Qian led him to the chosen building.
The building was bustling with activity. Luo Yuhuan and Zhao Bin were unpacking the old items. To save money, they couldn't afford an AI robot to help them move things, so they did it themselves. They had too many people to do anything anyway. And with more people working, the whole scene seemed bustling with activity. Everyone was full of energy and vigor, which was always a good sign.
"Hey, Tang Qian, don't be lazy. We agreed to mop the floor. If I catch you slacking off again, I'll beat you to death." Luo Yuhuan picked up a luxurious big sofa in one go, panting while looking for trouble with Tang Qian.
Qin Changqing laughed and said, "You meddle in a lot of other people's business."
Luo Yuhuan turned around carrying the sofa and found Qin Changqing coming. He immediately smiled and took the opportunity to complain, "It's all because of this bastard who's always slacking off and not working. If I don't keep an eye on him, who else should I keep an eye on?!"
Tang Qian, who was being accused in person, smiled good-naturedly, but quickly retorted, "Young Master Luo is so good at confusing right and wrong. Let me ask you, do you have any evidence that I'm lazy? If not, what you said is defamation, and you will be held legally responsible!"
"Stop talking nonsense to me, you boss! If you have the guts, let's just have a fight!" Luo Yuhuan was carrying such a big object, he was out of breath, and he was still yelling at people with his neck stretched out.
Tang Qian laughed again and slowly straightened his cuffs. "I'm a civilized man, not like some bandits who resort to fighting when they can't win an argument. That's the behavior of barbarians."
"You!" Luo Yuhuan's face flushed, "Who the hell are you calling a bandit?"
"Whoever admits it will tell the truth."
Luo Yuhuan wasn't one for talking, and when Tang Qian chided him, he got carried away and wanted to fight. But he at least remembered that he was carrying something, and it wouldn't be worth it to break it for this bastard. He sneered, "Fuck! You deserve a beating, you fucking bastard! Just wait until I put the thing down and then I'll come back to settle the score with you!"
"At your service any time."
"snort!"
The two of them were bickering endlessly. Qin Changqing looked at Luo Yuhuan, who was striding away with his things, and then at Tang Qian. He thought to himself that it was no wonder that the two of them didn't get along. Luo Yuhuan's personality probably hated people like Tang Qian who were "slippery-tongued" the most, and Tang Qian probably treated Luo Yuhuan like a child. Luo Yuhuan scolded him harshly, but he didn't even realize he was being treated like a child.
Zhao Bin came over to him with an embarrassed smile and said, "Changqing, don't mind it. This is a daily occurrence for them. They feel uncomfortable if they don't have a fight in a day." At first, he thought that as the captain he would take care of this matter, but later on, he naturally didn't bother to care about it. Anyway, they would not really fight.
Qin Changqing smiled and shook his head, "It's quite interesting. You don't know anyone else here, so it's fun to argue."
Zhao Bin chuckled, then suddenly remembered something and said quickly, "Changqing, take our homework back to Xiaoxu later. We promised to hand it in to him today, but we almost forgot."
"What homework did he assign you?" Qin Changqing asked curiously.
"Oh, it's a daily diary written in the official language of the empire, for practice. I'll have someone show it to you later." Zhao Bin turned around and snapped his fingers. Soon, a soldier with a shy and cute smile ran upstairs, took out a stack of notebooks and handed them to Qin Changqing.
Qin Changqing took it in his hand and opened the cover. He saw the words written on it in Imperial language:
April 20, sunny
The weather is very sunny today, and the streets are covered with XX. The smell is very XX. We have never seen this kind of XX on Earth, but it looks a bit like cherry blossoms...
The whole page was filled with XX, and Chinese characters were marked next to it to prevent people from not understanding it. The first few chapters in each book had obviously been corrected with a red pen. Not only had the mistakes been corrected, but comments and scores were also written in Imperial Language in the blank space below - it was obviously Qin Xu's handwriting.
In order not to dampen the enthusiasm of these soldiers, Qin Changqing tried very hard to hold back his laughter. Qin Xu himself was still a half-baked person, but he was very enthusiastic in teaching the students.
There are quite a few exercise books. In addition to these soldiers, even Tang Qian has one. Maybe it's really the difference in IQ and genes. Tang Qian learns much faster than others, his handwriting is beautiful, and he gets high scores. Needless to say, the worst student is none other than the truant king Luo Yuhuan.
Only then did he realize that he had done a very unsatisfactory job. He had not even thought of hiring more teachers to teach them. He had just given them learning chips and left them alone. Alas, his son was indeed more reliable than him.
Tang Qian saw him looking at their homework books and said to him, "Oh, I was just about to tell you about this."
"What's the matter?" Qin Changqing closed the homework book and prepared to take it back to Qin Xu to deal with it. The little guy is willing to teach others and can learn by himself. This is a mutually beneficial thing.
"It's about learning about the imperial culture." Tang Qian paused before continuing, "Once our business is on track, sir, can you find a way to get Earth to send a group of students here to study?"
When Qin Changqing heard this, he realized that this was a serious matter. If the Earth wanted to gain a broader space for development, it must find a way to learn the Empire's super-high technology and explore the universe, which was almost completely blank to the people on Earth. Scholars were the vanguard at the forefront.
Qin Changqing nodded. "Actually, I've thought about this problem as well, but I don't understand other subjects at all, and I can't come up with a plan for the time being. So, after you go back, prepare a plan with General Luo and the others, and then I'll talk to His Majesty about how to do it specifically. The school needs to be discussed, and other government officials in the empire must also approve it before it can work." This is different from a purely economic exchange between the two sides. Although Lan Sinian is the emperor of the empire, he cannot have the final say in this matter.
"Okay, I'll contact General Luo." Tang Qian nodded, a smile brimming with enthusiasm. No matter how much family quarreled behind closed doors during peacetime, now that they had truly stepped out of Earth and faced the entire universe, everyone would subconsciously strive for greater development for their homeland and their people. Tang Qian didn't know what other people on Earth thought, but at least every Chinese person would do the same.
Of course, it is necessary to put a hold on sending students to some restless countries. It is also not possible for China to take the lead in everything while others just take advantage of the situation without doing their work.
Qin Changqing didn't understand design and couldn't give much advice on decoration. He had only one requirement, which was that the place should be unique and memorable after people came once. So he left it entirely to Tang Qian to solve. Tang Qian obviously already had a plan in mind and agreed without hesitation.
Qin Changqing stayed in the small building for a while, then prepared to return to the palace with their homework books. However, when the aircraft was halfway there, it unexpectedly received a call from Xitu, whom it had not seen for a long time.
"Xitu? Do you have something to talk to me about?" Qin Changqing was a little surprised.
Xitu was clearly anxious. Without even a chance to greet them, he hurriedly said, "Mr. Qin, my colleagues and I encountered two people while on duty today. My colleague was injured by them. Nothing serious happened at the time, but no one expected them to go crazy after we returned to the police station! They killed everyone without regard for their relatives. I suspect they've been infected with mania. Could you come and help them..."
Qin Changqing originally wanted to find more patients to confirm his guess, so he immediately agreed to his request, "Okay, I'll be there right away."
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Lan Sinian had just returned from District 8. With the cooperation of the manager of the casino run by Sharp Knife, he had finally uncovered solid evidence linking Shaman to the drug addict. However, Lan Sinian still harbored questions about whether their relationship was connected to the police officer and Hu Zhan's sudden bout of mania, and whether Shaman had been bribed by his third brother. He wanted to clarify these two points, so he avoided secretly arresting Shaman.
It was already evening when he returned to the palace. What surprised him was that Qin Changqing did not return to the palace.
Qi Feng said: "Han Hai just sent me a message. The Queen's friend Xitu asked him for help. He is still in the police station."
Lan Sinian nodded, retracted his foot that was about to enter the door, and turned to walk out. "I'll go pick him up."
Qin Changqing worked in the police station until very late. When he came out, wiping the sweat from his forehead, he saw the message Lan Sinian sent them, so he walked out quickly.
Lan Sinian had an unlit cigarette in his mouth, leaning against the aircraft, and looking sideways at the other end of the street.
It must be said that the Emperor's profile under the streetlight was truly handsome, and with a great figure, he was particularly attractive. Qin Changqing stood at the entrance of the police station with his hands in his pockets, admiring him from a distance for a while before slowly walking over.
When he got closer to the person, he found that Lan Sinian seemed to be looking at something, and he stood beside him curiously and looked in the direction he was looking.
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