Chapter 1018: Handling

"Dare to ask, what realm is Your Majesty's martial arts cultivation?" Miss Luo Quan asked curiously.

"Great Emperor!"

Ye Zhining crossed her legs, her smile carrying three parts of domineering power: "The cultivation method I practice is slightly different from traditional martial arts cultivation methods. Besides my own accumulation, it also includes the luck of the Saint Tang Heavenly Dynasty.

Combining the two, it is the Great Emperor.

In terms of combat power, it is above the Dao-entering realm. You wouldn't understand how fierce it is specifically, but you should have a deep experience."

"Indeed, stopping time at every turn is quite fierce." Miss Luo Quan curled her lips and teased.

However, she blinked and asked in a hurry: "Your Majesty just said that your strength has been suppressed. How much is left now?"

Ye Zhining's expression was solemn: "It's hard to say. The pressure of the Heavenly Dao laws here is much stronger than I imagined. I, who originally crushed Heavenly-tier martial artists, now estimate that it would be quite strenuous to deal with ordinary Earth-tier martial artists."

"Is that so..." A flash of light suddenly appeared in Miss Luo Quan's eyes.

She is now a Human-tier Blood-Quenching Realm martial artist. Although she is only one step away from the Earth-tier, in terms of real combat power, most Earth-tier Transformation Realm martial artists are not her opponents.

Even if she uses all her trump cards, she has the power to fight against ordinary Soul-Awakening Realm practitioners.

And combined with Ye Zhining's statement, the strength of the two should be about the same now, and maybe she is even stronger!

Doesn't that mean, hia——hia——hia～～

"My beloved concubine, why did you suddenly laugh so obscenely?" Ye Zhining found that Miss Luo Quan suddenly laughed foolishly, and it carried a treacherous aura.

"I just suddenly had an idea, which is to spar with Your Majesty.

Your Majesty's cultivation has reached the pinnacle, and your understanding of martial arts must be far superior to mine. If you can give me some pointers, it will definitely benefit me a lot."

"Easy to say." Ye Zhining smiled slightly, "When I return to the Universe, I can guide you personally every day."

"Don't, can't it be here?" Miss Luo Quan said and directly stretched out her hand to put it on Ye Zhining's shoulder, wanting to test her depth.

Ye Zhining twisted twice, but found that she couldn't break free from Miss Luo Quan's grasp at all.

"Haha, I didn't expect Your Majesty's strength to be suppressed so severely. I subdued you without any effort." Miss Luo Quan couldn't help laughing when she saw Ye Zhining's appearance.

And Ye Zhining flushed, nervously saying: "My beloved concubine, what are you doing? Let go of me!"

"Don't be alarmed, Your Majesty, I am not a bad person." Miss Luo Quan was grinning, eager to try.

When she was controlled by Ye Zhining before, she was touched up and down quite a bit.

Now that she finally caught the opportunity, she must pay it back properly.

However, just as Miss Luo Quan's hand was about to grope downward, she suddenly found that she couldn't move.

"Damn... too rash." Miss Luo Quan revealed a surprised look. It seems that Ye Zhining's panic just now was all pretended, and her strength hadn't fallen much at all!

"My beloved concubine, it seems you are very dishonest."

Ye Zhining lifted Miss Luo Quan's hand on her shoulder, then turned her head and pinched her face: "If I hadn't used a little trick to test you, I really wouldn't have discovered your thoughts.

I have always held the dominant position. How dare you, my beloved concubine, reverse the heaven and earth?"

"Your Majesty misunderstood. I just wanted to spar with you, and had no other thoughts."

This time, the immobilization technique was stronger than the last time, at least she could speak this time.

Although she was reversed and handled, Miss Luo Quan was still quite calm, after all, she didn't do anything unfavorable to Ye Zhining.

However, the explanation in a hurry was misinterpreted by Ye Zhining according to her own wishes.

"Spar?"

Ye Zhining's fingers slid on Miss Luo Quan's face, which was like curd, feeling the world's ultimate beauty with concrete touch: "I don't have the talent to be a teacher in martial arts. However, another thing can be taught by words

"Besides, there happen to be ready-made props right here."

Ye Zhining said as she stood up, pulled out the drawer from the very bottom left of Miss Luo Quan's wardrobe, and then dumped it onto the bed, spilling out a pile of colorful things.

Miss Luo Quan saw this scene and her eyes nearly popped out: "How did you know where these things were!"

"Last night, I couldn't sleep, so I got up and rummaged through the room, wanting to find something interesting to play with. I didn't expect that I would actually find them.

Who would have thought, my dear consort, that you look so proper on the surface, but play so wildly behind the scenes."

Ye Zhining looked at Miss Luo Quan with a chuckle, her eyes filled with the words "I understand you."

If there were a crack in the floor right now, Miss Luo Quan would definitely have crawled into it immediately.

These reward props that Ye Zhining dug out were things she had bought on Taobao through Seeing Wen Xia's recommendation.

Except for Seeing Wen Xia, no one else knew.

Of course, that wasn't the case anymore; Ye Zhining hadn't slept in the middle of the night and had rummaged through everything, actually discovering all of her reward props.

And she hadn't even noticed a thing last night.

Now that both the witnesses and the evidence were present, Miss Luo Quan didn't even have a chance to argue.

Since it had come to this, she simply threw caution to the wind: "I only used these things in the past; I haven't touched them in a long time.

Besides, isn't it normal to have things like this? There should be similar products sold on the Universal Star, right?"

"It's true that it's been a while since they were used; I didn't even smell anything." Ye Zhining nodded in agreement.

And this sentence successfully made Miss Luo Quan's face turn as red as a monkey's butt: "They didn't have a scent to begin with!"

"Don't be so shy, I didn't actually say anything."

Ye Zhining's smile was brazen, finding this version of Miss Luo Quan truly adorable: "But it's best not to use these things in the future; the technology is backward and they aren't hygienic. The Universal Star has better ones."

After finishing, she paused and then laughed again: "I forgot that my dear consort has the Immaculate Glazed Body; bacteria and viruses don't seem to matter."

"No matter how immaculate, one still has to be hygienic. What would it look like to be sloppy?"

Miss Luo Quan countered Ye Zhining's point, while simultaneously discovering that the immobilization spell on her body had also vanished.

Just as she was preparing to say something to ease the awkward atmosphere, she noticed that Ye Zhining seemed to have become engrossed in studying the props on the bed.

This appearance made Miss Luo Quan feel that Ye Zhining must have only given these props a cursory glance after finding them last night.

She hadn't dared to look too closely, or perhaps she hadn't felt comfortable looking too much.

But regardless of which it was, it showed that Ye Zhining didn't seem as proper as she appeared on the surface.

So Miss Luo Quan laughed: "Your Majesty, you say there are more and better similar products on the Universal Star, so you must have similar shopping and usage experience, right? Take this opportunity to share some."

"Nonsense!" Ye Zhining's tone suddenly rose, "How could I have ever used such things!"

"If you haven't, you haven't, why be so agitated?" Miss Luo Quan looked at Ye Zhining's slightly red, pretty face, thinking that even a female emperor has moments of shyness.

Unlike the tension she had feigned earlier, this time Ye Zhining seemed genuinely a bit embarrassed.

Miss Luo Quan said softly: "Actually, it's nothing to have used them. A sage in our country once said, 'Food and sex are human nature.' There are products only because there are needs, and these needs all stem from instinct.

As the saying goes, it is better to guide than to block; forcibly suppressing one's nature is actually not good."

Miss Luo Quan's voice was like the whisper of a succubus, plucking at Ye Zhining's heartstrings.

In truth, she really hadn't used these props. Deep in the palace, before she had ascended to the throne, all purchases were handled by the Grand Steward.

Although she had seen advertisements for some similar products, she had never dared to make up her mind to buy one to try.

Later, after ascending the throne, she was busy with state affairs and gradually stopped pondering these matters.

This accidental discovery in Miss Luo Quan's room was entirely caused by her impolite behavior of not being able to sleep at night.

Breaking Miss Luo Quan's secret also reignited her own curiosity.

Compared to the high technology on the Universal Star, these props in Miss Luo Quan's drawer, which lacked any technical content, actually had a more primitive visual impact.

Just one glance last night had made her face flush and her heart race.

In that instant, her imagination was like a wild horse off its leash, galloping across the fields of fantasy.

What did Miss Luo Quan look like when she used these things?

What did she herself look like when using them?

How exactly should these things be used, and what kind of experience was it?

Messy thoughts filled her mind, every one of them so difficult to put into words.

However, Miss Luo Quan's previous sentence made her suddenly enlightened.

Food and sex are human nature; these are naturally common human feelings, nothing to be embarrassed about.

Of course, someone like Miss Luo Quan, having her reward props dug out by someone else, was indeed a bit embarrassing.

But it didn't matter; the dear consort seemed quite open-minded, which was a good thing.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Miss Luo Quan saw Ye Zhining lost in thought for too long and called out softly twice.

"Hmm, what is it?" Ye Zhining came back to her senses and looked at Miss Luo Quan.

"If Your Majesty likes them, I'll give them all to you to study."

Miss Luo Quan used a storage pouch to pack up all the props on the bed: "I have carefully cleaned and disinfected them; they are absolutely clean!"

"Ridiculous, how could I want these things!" Ye Zhining refused flatly.

"I have the shop where these props were purchased here. If Your Majesty likes any, just buy them directly with your phone."

Miss Luo Quan stuffed the storage pouch into the original drawer and then turned to walk to the door: "I'm going downstairs to get some hot water."

Actually, there was half a sentence left unsaid, which was that I don't even know what you want to do.

With a soft sound of "thump," the door closed.

Only Ye Zhining was left in the room. She glanced at the interface on Miss Luo Quan's phone, feeling a bit hesitant.

She knew Taobao; it was the largest shopping website in the country where her dear consort resided, with all kinds of goods available.

And the phone Miss Luo Quan hadn't locked was exactly on the Taobao website.

Was this hinting at something to her?

Ye Zhining hesitated for a moment, but still gathered her courage to pick up the phone, then found the purchase history and clicked into it.

However, the next second, the door suddenly opened.

Ye Zhining shuddered all over, quickly switched to another app, and explained: "I was just browsing the news, I wasn't looking at that."

Isn't this like saying "there is no silver buried here"?

Miss Luo Quan saw this and giggled: "I forgot to take my water cup. Your Majesty, please continue, I didn't see anything."

"I didn't do anything!" Ye Zhining was so anxious she nearly slapped her thigh, "My dear consort, if you do this again, I'm going to get angry."

"Alright, alright, I'm wrong, I'll disappear immediately." Miss Luo Quan quickly grabbed her water cup and left the room.

Actually, she had come back on purpose to see if Ye Zhining had made up her mind. The result was about what she had expected: Her Majesty the Empress called her "dear consort" every other word and threatened to "bring her to justice on the spot," but in reality, it was all just talk on paper; she had likely never done anything for real.

Of course, given the level of internet development on the Universal Star, the process of "bringing to justice on the spot" could certainly be watched and learned at will, so if Ye Zhining really had this idea, she wouldn't be at a loss.

So Miss Luo Quan also kept a sense of proportion, not making Ye Zhining too embarrassed, lest she become angry from shame and use those reward props on her directly.

In that case, it would really become a "Miss Luo Quan Miserable" scene.

After going downstairs, although she didn't know what Ye Zhining was doing, Miss Luo Quan was very sure that the Empress wouldn't want to be disturbed right now.

So after getting water, she used the living room TV to open Weibo, wanting to see today's hot topics.

However, as soon as she clicked on the trending searches, she was met with several trending topics related to "Empty River Blue."

"Empty River Blue" is the name of a poem written by an ancient patriotic general.

In the movie's setting, it is the general's last words, and the entire plot revolves around this poem.

Judging from the dark, gloomy, and eerie movie posters with the actors' serious and tense expressions, this movie should be following a suspense route.

However, the actors include both sketch performers and comedy actors, so the style seems a bit strange.

Considering that this patriotic general was one of the most aggrieved loyal officials in ancient times, his ending must be tragic.

Combining the two, the style is even stranger.

Perhaps Director Zhang is conceiving a very new type of movie; as a junior, and having not yet seen the finished film, Miss Luo Quan won't comment further.

But one thing to say is that this movie, which was filmed in less than four months, is on par with her in terms of production speed.

The actors are all quite good, but there are also quite a few controversial figures.

And as the release date approaches, the frequency of buying trending searches for promotion is a bit too high; almost every day, she sees several different related topics on the trending list.

By comparison, "The Wandering Earth 2," which had a longer preparation time and higher production costs, has almost no promotional news to be seen.

She doesn't know if the director is too confident, feeling there is no need for a big fanfare.

Or if the promotional strategy was wrong from the start, leading to such low intensity.

But if "The Wandering Earth 2" continues with such a passive promotional approach, it might suffer a loss after its release.

Although she isn't a sci-fi movie fan, she still hopes that "The Wandering Earth 2" will be a box office hit just like its predecessor.

This could stimulate the domestic film industry's strength, change the environment, and simultaneously boost the film market.

The benefits are multifaceted, but the prerequisite is that "The Wandering Earth 2" must be a good film.

However, judging from the trailer, Miss Luo Quan hasn't found anything stunning yet.

And for a special effects blockbuster, it's more enjoyable to watch on an IMAX big screen in a cinema; ordinary screens and speakers completely lack that atmosphere.

But regardless, she has decided to contribute a movie ticket to "The Wandering Earth 2" this Spring Festival.