After I traveled through the book, my sister kidnapped my mother

Bian Ruitong and Duan Jiling had had enough of playing in Yunjing and its surrounding areas, so they thought about going out for a walk and taking a look. After waiting for the old elder to send her a batch of new medicine, the two of them set out to play.

Before leaving, Wen Zhimiao gave the two a token, which allowed them to act as they saw fit and seek help from local officials.

Although it may not be useful, it is best if it is not useful.

A few months after Bian Ruitong came back, he took Duan Jiling away with him. Fortunately, Zheng Shu and Qi Linglang came back, otherwise Yunjing City would have become deserted again.

A few months may not sound like a very long time, but if you think about it carefully, a lot has happened.

Most of Lu Jin's territory has been destroyed, and He Yuanyao has been promoted all the way. He is no longer General He but General He.

Bian Ruitong and Duan Jiling left Yunjing. The new experimental base built by Wen Zhimiao was almost completed, and all they had to do was wait for Zheng Shu and Zuo Dai to move the things over.

Qi Linglang joined the Ministry of Works and is now an official of the Ministry of Works.

There wasn't much change for Shi Wanyue and Wen Zhimiao, except that they seemed to have more and more tasks to do.

It is really not easy to be the crown prince.

In early November, the city of Yunjing had already started to feel a little cold.

You can even see a layer of white frost when you wake up in the morning.

Good news came from the west. Apocalypse's army successfully conquered Lu Jin's capital and Dama was captured, which meant that Lu Jin's royal family had been completely destroyed and half of Lu Jin's territory had been occupied by Apocalypse.

Now only the other half has not yet been returned to Apocalypse. Part of this half of the land is controlled by the forces of the Divine Religion. These people actually want to negotiate peace with Apocalypse. Their idea is that as long as Apocalypse can withdraw its troops, they would even let Lu Jin become a vassal state.

Another group that is still resisting is the resistance army composed of the lower-class people of Lujin. In the face of the destruction of their country, many people will become more united.

Wen Zhimiao admired their fearlessness, but this could not stop her expansion.

Yun Jiuzhao wrote to say that he would rush back to Yunjing before the New Year and go to Lian'an City after the New Year, but He Yuanyao would not be able to return.

Half of Lu Jin's territory was incorporated into Tianqi's territory. This was a happy event, but it was also a headache. It was not easy to govern it well.

After all, conquering is only the first step. The most difficult part is to make those people willingly admit that they are the people of Apocalypse.

It is relatively easy for some people of Apocalypse. After all, these people do not live very well under the rule of the Lujin royal family.

After becoming the people of Tianqi, their lives became better. There were fewer taxes and fewer people to support. Wen Zhimiao also suggested redistributing the land.

Many slaves were liberated, allowing those slaves at the bottom of the society, who had no human rights and whose lives and deaths were controlled by others, to have their own land.

For this group of people, belonging to Apocalypse is naturally a good thing.

But there are still some former beneficiaries who are dissatisfied with Apocalypse's rule. After all, Apocalypse has deprived them of many of their fields and wealth.

Part of the wealth was returned to the people, and part was used as military pay.

When Wen Zhimiao sent troops to Lu Jin this time, he really didn't mobilize much supplies. Most of them were supplies confiscated from Lu Jin nobles.

That land once had extremely strong religious beliefs, which were very different from the apocalyptic system, and the road to sinicization was still long.

All these things added up to a lot, and the affairs of the Eastern Palace also increased little by little. There was always a thick stack of documents on Wen Zhimiao's desk.

Before, she had said that Su Qingluo was so busy that there was no end in sight. Now, she felt that she was the same and had not even become emperor yet!

But Su Qingluo was not idle either. She had to deal with many matters and meet many people every day. Wen Zhimiao had no way to protest.

After all, compared to Su Qingluo, Wen Zhimiao seemed to have more free time. Most of the time, she only had to work half a day, but Su Qingluo had to work more than half a day.

She spent much less time with Yunzhou every day.

Yunzhou is quite leisurely all day long, playing shadow puppets, cards, mahjong, watching operas and listening to music, making handicrafts he wants, or reading books.

Anyway, he doesn't care much about Su Qingluo's government affairs, unless Su Qingluo is really too busy, he will help look at the memorials or give some advice.

It was a rare day when he was not so busy. Su Qingluo accompanied Yunzhou in doing wood carving. Yunzhou had recently become fond of wood carving, but the finished products were not very good-looking.

Su Qingluo was also willing to accompany her to do these things. She felt it was a special kind of fun to learn together. As long as two people could do it together, she would think it was great.

When Wen Zhimiao found the two, Yun Zhou had just painted a kitten on Su Qingluo's face.

The emperor was not annoyed by the painting on his face, and even smiled extra gently.

"Are you happy?" Su Qingluo said to her softly.

Yun Zhou snorted: "Just barely."

"It was my fault that I couldn't accompany you to the theater yesterday. Don't be angry. I will definitely accompany you tomorrow, okay?" Su Qingluo had promised Yun Zhou that she would accompany him to the theater yesterday. It was a play that Yun Zhou had been looking forward to for a long time, but Su Qingluo was too busy to go.

Yun Zhou reached out and pinched her cheek again: "Do you think I'm angry because of this?"

Su Qingluo looked at her in confusion: "What else?"

Yun Zhou reached out and flicked her forehead: "Why didn't you tell me that you've been suffering from insomnia and headaches lately?"

Su Qingluo suddenly felt guilty: "It's not a big deal, I just didn't get enough rest."

"I told you to stay up less late, but you didn't listen." Su Qingluo has indeed been sleeping very late recently.

Su Qingluo admitted her mistake after hearing her words: "I know I was wrong, Zhou Zhou, don't be angry."

Yun Zhou reached out and poked her cheek: "Stop it."

"These things are not that urgent, right? Do you have to stay up late to deal with them?" Yun Zhou didn't understand why she was so anxious.

"Confess and you will be treated leniently." Yun Zhou narrowed his eyes and looked at her.

"Mother wants to take you to Fuan City for a visit before the New Year, so she is anxious to get these things done."

Wen Zhimiao's voice suddenly came, with a hint of teasing.

Yun Zhou looked at Su Qingluo: "You didn't say that."

"If I tell you, there will be no surprises." Su Qingluo explained a little aggrievedly, and glared at Wen Zhimiao with dissatisfaction.

[Why are you glaring at me? Zhou Zhou doesn’t like this very much, especially since you are making yourself so tired. She will only feel guilty. Do you understand, stupid mother?]

[Although she would feel sad, she would also be angry.]

"I don't need such a surprise. If you are very busy recently, we can go later or not go at all and talk about it next year." Yun Zhou's tone was very calm, but he spoke very seriously.

Su Qingluo said softly, "I understand."

The emperor looked like a child who had made a mistake, but of course he was happy in his heart, after all, Yun Zhou cared about her.