My brother entrusted his child to me, and I livestreamed raising the baby, making the Empress cry wi

It was the chief eunuch behind her. He quickly reached out to help, but Shu Jingwei shoved him away.

On the square in front of the palace.

Zheng Tong, from the Ministry of Works' Construction Department, suddenly felt his legs go weak and sat down on the cold white marble square. He desperately scrambled backward, his official robes billowing up to his waist, revealing his white underpants.

Wen Ren, the Vice Minister of Rites, screamed "Ah!" and instinctively closed his eyes, spreading his ten fingers to cover his face. He curled up into a ball, his teeth chattering, and even the feathers on his official hat trembled.

Zheng Xiao from the Shanglin Bureau was even more outrageous. He suddenly turned around and tried to run away, but ended up bumping into his colleague's chest. The two of them cried out in pain, "Ouch!" and "Ah!" and fell to the ground in a tangled mess.

The official hat flew out, bounced twice on the ground, and then fell to the ground crookedly, knocking off one of the beads on the top of the hat, which rolled away.

The entire Taihe Hall square was in complete chaos.

The behemoth roared across the sky.

The sound of the wind whipped up by the airflow filled everyone's ears, whistling and howling like ten thousand beasts roaring at the same time.

Then--

It went away with a "hum".

The red and white shadow grew smaller and smaller, farther and farther away, until it became a blurry dot and disappeared into the sky.

After a moment of silence.

The live chat exploded with comments.

[Commoner Sun Dazhu: Ahhhhhh!!! I was so scared! I thought it was going to crawl out of the sky! My legs are still weak!]

[Commoner Li Laoliu: How could something so big and heavy move so fast?! It came rushing over in a flash! My heart was about to jump out of my throat!]

[Commoner Wang Chuanzi: Did you hear that sound?! It was a loud rumble! Like thunder! No! Louder than thunder! My ears are still ringing!]

……

The Taihe Hall Square was deathly silent.

Even the wind has stopped.

Shu Jingwei stood at the highest point, her chest heaving violently. The five-clawed golden dragon on the dragon robe twisted and deformed with her breath, as if struggling, or perhaps mocking her.

Her face was ashen white, and her lips were completely bloodless.

She was scared!

She was terrified in front of the entire court!

She's the emperor!

They are of noble birth!

He is the most honorable person in the world!

How could she be afraid in front of a demon?!

How could you show such panic in front of your subjects?!

A surge of shame and indignation welled up from her chest, burning like fire down her throat and onto her cheeks.

Her face instantly turned from white to red, then from red to purple, burning hot, as if she had been slapped a dozen times.

Lin Ye!

It's Lin Ye again!

He did it on purpose! He absolutely did it on purpose!

He released that thing just to scare her!

I just wanted to see her make a fool of herself!

It was all to make her lose face in front of all the civil and military officials!

Her teeth were clenched so tightly they were grinding together, her cheeks were taut, and her ten fingernails dug deep into her palms, leaving four crescent-shaped bloody marks that stung painfully.

"An illusion!"

She suddenly spoke, her voice loud and shrill, shattering the deathly silence of the square and making the ears of several eunuchs nearby go numb.

"It's all a smokescreen! It's fake! That sorcerer's charade to scare people! I saw through it at a glance! It's all fake!"

The court officials had just gotten up from the ground. Some were still brushing the dust off their official robes, some were still picking up their fallen hats, and some were still rubbing their sore heads.

Upon hearing this, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at each other in bewilderment.

fake?

You're absolutely right, after all, you're the emperor.

But no one dared to utter a sound.

Everyone lowered their heads, staring at their toes, afraid to move.

Shu Jingwei's gaze swept over the people below, her chest still heaving. She took a deep breath, then another, trying to suppress the surging shame and indignation.

"However—" Her voice suddenly changed, her eyes narrowed, and she looked at the gathering of Ministry of Works officials before speaking slowly.

"The Ministry of Works should carefully study that kind of vehicle. Its structure, its principles, what materials it uses... Ideally, it should be able to build that kind of vehicle for me as well."

If they can't build roads, surely they can at least manufacture cars. After all, their Great Flame Kingdom is the number one power!

Once she makes those things too, let's see how arrogant Lin Ye will be then!

Wu Yong, the Vice Minister of Works, was still slumped on the ground, his legs limp and unsteady like two boiled noodles.

Upon hearing this, his lips twitched, and his right eyelid twitched as well.

He couldn't help but think to himself: You said it's fake, so what can we possibly research about a fake? The real thing would require divine intervention; how could we possibly create something like that?

But he dared not say it.

They didn't dare utter a single word.

He struggled to his feet and, along with the other officials from the Ministry of Works, responded in unison:

"I... obey your order."

The voices were uneven and weak, like a group of wilted eggplants huddled together groaning.

Shu Jingwei ignored them.

She looked up and continued to gaze at the sky.

The camera on the backdrop switched again.

Ahead lay that gray road.

On the road, cars came and went one after another, speeding past on the wide road.

Before, when I stood on a tall building and looked down, those metal boxes looked like small toys. They slid down from my feet one by one, and I didn't feel anything.

I was just so busy looking at that god-made road.

Now that they were closer, the people of the Great Flame Kingdom realized—

Just how fast are those metal boxes?

Whoosh—a white car darted from the left to the right of the screen, as fast as an arrow released from a bow, taking only two breaths.

It is ten times faster than their fastest carriage.

No! A hundred times faster!

[Coachman Ma San: Good heavens!!! That metal box disappeared in a flash! I couldn't even catch a glimpse of it!]

[Commoner Niu Si: My God! It's so fast it's practically a shadow!!! My carriage takes three days to make a trip to the capital, this thing won't even take an hour, right? No, no, no, it'll only take the time it takes to drink a cup of tea!]

[Commoner Yang Wu: One after another, like a string of candied hawthorns. Why don't they collide?! They're so close together, it's terrifying to watch! My heart is in my throat!]

……

The comments were still scrolling wildly, like a pot of boiling water, bubbling and bubbling out.

But Lin Ye didn't let them continue looking at the car.

His driver has arrived.

A black Bentley was slowly approaching from a distance, its hood ornament gleaming silver in the sunlight.

The image on the sky suddenly flashed.

Lin Ye's face appeared in the center.

He smiled, holding Xiaodouzi's hand in one hand and with the other hand in the pocket of his wool coat, his posture as casual as if he were taking a stroll in his own backyard.

The little boy looked up at him, the little ball on his hat swaying in the wind.

She didn't know what her godfather was laughing at, but when he laughed, she laughed too, revealing two rows of small, white teeth, making her look silly.

The baby fat on her cheeks created two shallow dimples, round and soft, making you want to reach out and poke them.

Lin Ye looked at the Great Flame Kingdom people on the screen who were still in a daze and slowly spoke.

"Gentlemen—"

The voice wasn't loud, but it carried clearly to every corner of the Great Flame Kingdom, as if speaking right next to everyone's ear.

Are you satisfied with what you've seen?