Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

With the attitude of the minister of the Ministry of War here, it is not good for those ministers who are biased towards Prince Jia to hold a different attitude, and can only propose some similar methods.

"Your Majesty, I feel that double taxes and military service are inappropriate, which may lead to unnecessary casualties." The Minister of the Ministry of War said, "If you are forced to join the army, it may affect the morale of some soldiers. The corvee will make up for it.”

There is still a difference between corvee service and military service. The former is assigned by the local government to do work, such as repairing the city wall and clearing the river. It is just a little tired and there is no danger to life.As for military service, you usually have to serve as a soldier on the frontier. After a short recruit training, you may be sent to the front line.

The relationship between the Zhou Dynasty and the Xiongnu is not very good now. It has been more than three years since the last time the Huns were defeated. Maybe the next winter will be the time for the Huns to completely turn against the Zhou Dynasty. At that time, they will be at the forefront The troops will certainly suffer heavy casualties.

After mentioning the impact on the morale of the army, the Minister of the Ministry of War's face became a little ugly. In the end, he still did not refute the words of the Minister of the Ministry of War.

After a lot of fuss, this matter was barely finalized.With this, Zhou Xingzhi also became clearer that the Minister of the Ministry of War is not the kind of person who seeks refuge with Prince Jia for profit, but to better display his ambition and talent.

If this is the case, it will be much easier. Prince Jia can promote him to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he can promote him to be a general.Compared with staying in the intricate court, he should prefer to lead troops to fight in the battlefield.

I don't know if Prince Jia is planning something, since Zhou Xingzhi came back from Jiangnan, the ministers in the court have settled down a lot.Especially during the court meeting, even Yu Shi seldom chatted with Zhou Xingzhi, and some of her ideas and plans were well arranged.

On the other hand, Zhong Qingyi also earned his first sum of money after going out to work for two months.With the balm with different flavors and exquisite packaging, the market for noble ladies has been successfully opened. It can be said that there are several noble ladies in the capital.

"Sister, this is the latest lip balm, all natural ingredients, even if you accidentally eat it, there is no problem at all!" After eating the bonus of the balm, Zhong Qingyi became more courageous and directly created a new color The lip balm, which also adds some natural flavors, looks good and smells good.

"Is this a new gadget you've been tinkering with?" Ye Ningxuan picked it up and looked at it carefully, then put it in front of her and smelled it.The fragrance in the lip balm is much weaker than that on the balm, but it still smells good.

"What do you think, sister?" Zhong Qingyi asked.

"It looks good, you can give it a try." Ye Ningxuan stared at the lip balm in her hand, and couldn't help but began to imagine what Zhou Xingzhi would look like with this lip balm.

"Then sister, would you like to do me a little favor?" Zhong Qingyi couldn't help rubbing his hands, "Proportion, sister gave this lip service to some people or something."

"Huh?" Ye Ningxuan was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized that Zhong Qingyi wanted to help her become famous.If even her own queen praises the good lip balm, it will work well, and this kind of lip balm will soon become popular.

"Sister, anyway, do I earn half as much money as you and Your Majesty, so why don't you help me?" Ever since he successfully left the palace to do business, Zhong Qingyi has become more and more courageous, and has focused his attention on Ye Ningxuan. .

"Yes, yes, but I have a small request." Ye Ningxuan didn't refuse it because it was a piece of cake for Ye Ningxuan.

"Sister, please tell me." Zhong Qingyi sat up straight, waiting for Ye Ningxuan to speak.

Ye Ningxuan smiled, "Actually, my requirements are not high, just..."

Today's morning ended early, and there was nothing to be cautious about delivering the memorial. Zhou Xingzhi finished all the work before lunch, and successfully obtained a whole afternoon of leisure time.

"This is Jiang Qianhu from the Imperial Guard. He has been practicing swordsmanship since he was five years old. It has been 30 years." Zhou Xingzhi introduced a man in a strong suit in front of him, "Aren't you interested in swordsmanship a few days ago? I brought him here."

"I see Your Majesty, Empress." Jiang Qianhu was a little nervous, it was the first time he was getting close to the empress.

"Jiang Qianhu, get up." Ye Ningxuan didn't expect Zhou Xingzhi to act so fast, and cleared her throat, "I just want to learn some basic sword moves."

"Empress, do you have any foundation in martial arts?" Jiang Qianhu asked.

Ye Ningxuan nodded, "I learned it for a while, but my father and brother thought the sword was too sharp, so they just taught me some simple boxing techniques and small grappling."

"I understand." Jiang Qianhu nodded, and then took out a wooden sword.In front of the empress, no one dared to use real weapons to make moves, otherwise, if he was charged with any crime, it would be a serious crime of ransacking his family and exterminating his family.

Jiang Qianhu demonstrated a set of the most basic sword moves, which he practiced when he was seven years old. There is no high requirement for physical fitness, as long as he practices enough times, he can master them.

Ye Ningxuan watched seriously, and at a distance of about three meters from Jiang Qianhu, she began to imitate the sword moves like him.

"It should be lifted up a bit." Zhou Xingzhi supported Ye Ningxuan's wrist and corrected her posture.Zhou Xingzhi didn't need to follow the practice, she almost understood this simple sword move after seeing it twice.

"Press down here, and the speed of the sword can be faster." Zhou Xingzhi compared the postures of the two, held Ye Ningxuan's wrist, and directly demonstrated the movement of the sword.

Jiang Qianhu silently watched the interaction between the emperor and empress, and when he saw the one where Zhou Xingzhi drew his sword, his eyes suddenly brightened a lot.He can swear by his sword skills, His Majesty must have learned it a long time ago, and the speed of this sword is not inferior to his own.

But then again, if His Majesty is proficient in swordsmanship, why should he teach himself? Wouldn't it be better to teach the Queen directly?

Jiang Qianhu only dared to imagine this question in his heart, and did not ask it ignorantly, and continued to slow down to demonstrate his sword moves.

An hour passed quickly, and sweat broke out on Ye Ningxuan's forehead.It was probably due to her good talent, after an hour of teaching, she was able to connect the twelve stances of sword moves together, and it looked like that.

"Xingzhi, have you learned this set of sword moves in advance?" After Jiang Qianhu left, Ye Ningxuan couldn't help asking.

Zhou Xingzhi thought about it, and raised his hand to wipe Ye Ningxuan's forehead with a handkerchief, "It's not like I learned it in advance, Master Wu taught me the same thing before, so I'll just take a look at it."

There is nothing wrong with the advanced technology in my previous era, but this does not mean that there is no requirement for physical fitness.On the contrary, as the performance of the mecha continues to be updated and iterated, the physical requirements for the driver are also getting stronger.Before being brought here by the turbulence of time and space, Zhou Xingzhi could also be called a strong man in the original era, not to mention his physical fitness.

"Then aren't you a martial arts genius?" Ye Ningxuan raised her head, and belatedly noticed the soreness in her arm, "My arm is so sore."

"I'll rub it for you later." After wiping off the sweat from Ye Ningxuan's head, Zhou Xingzhi brought his nose closer, and after smelling it, he couldn't resist kissing the tip of Ye Ningxuan's nose.

Ye Ningxuan quickly wrinkled her nose, and looked at Zhou Xingzhi with a face of resistance, "I just sweated and haven't taken a shower yet."

"It's okay, I've smelled it, and it doesn't smell bad at all." Zhou Xingzhi said with a smile, "Besides, even if it smells, I won't dislike you."

"I hate myself." Ye Ningxuan took a step back, "I want to take a bath."

"Okay." Zhou Xingzhi nodded, thought for a while and added, "Can I help you?"

Ye Ningxuan shook her head resolutely, "No need, I can do it myself." Ye Ningxuan swore that if the two of them were honest with each other, they would definitely go off the rails.Now that my physical strength is almost overdrawn, if something happens at this time, I definitely don't have the slightest ability to resist.

It's midsummer now, and after dinner, you can still vaguely see the sun that hasn't completely set, and the orange-red light infects the white clouds, dyeing them with their own color.

After the sun went down, the temperature at night did not drop much.Zhou Xingzhi still slept with Ye Ningxuan, but the quilts on the two of them had become a thin layer, and some ice cubes were placed in the room to maintain a comfortable temperature.

"Xingzhi, at this time last year, you should have set off for the summer resort in Chengde, right?" Because of the temperature, Ye Ningxuan did not hug Zhou Xingzhi, the two simply held hands.

"Well, but I won't go this year." Zhou Xingzhi closed his eyes, "Every time I go, it's a big expense, and this summer is not very hot, just put more ice cubes to cool down."

Ye Ningxuan hummed, "If you don't go there, the amount of ice used in the capital will increase. Some ministers probably don't have so many ice cubes stored?"

"Really?" Zhou Xingzhi recalled, "There should be a way to make ice with saltpeter, right?"

"Yes, this method requires a lot of saltpeter." Ye Ningxuan said, "Generally speaking, more ice is stored in the ice cellar."

Nitre, wait, saltpeter?Zhou Xingzhi's drowsiness was swept away. If she remembers correctly, □□ is an important component of the original thermal weapon, and the raw material of □□ includes saltpeter?

"Tsing Yi came to see me today." Ye Ningxuan quickly changed the subject, "She tinkered with something new."

"What is it?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

"Mouth fat, the color and taste are very special." Ye Ningxuan said, "Tsing Yi wants me to give it to some noble girls in the capital in the name of the queen."

"Then she wants to open up the upper-level market." Zhou Xingzhi understood immediately after hearing it, isn't this just advertising in disguise, and it still doesn't cost money.

"Yes, I thought that making money in Tsing Yi means we make money, so I agreed." Ye Ningxuan suddenly shortened the distance between herself and Zhou Xingzhi as she spoke, "What do you think of Xingzhi?"

"It's ok, as long as Ning Xuan thinks it's okay, then do it." If Zhou Xingzhi doesn't interfere with these things, the messy things in the court are enough for her to keep busy.

"Your Majesty, can you agree to a small request?" Ye Ningxuan couldn't help but licked the corner of her lips and asked softly.

After hearing the title His Majesty, Zhou Xingzhi had some bad premonitions in his heart.The two of them called each other by name in private. Generally speaking, when Ye Ningxuan called her His Majesty at this time, she was either angry or holding back.

Zhou Xingzhi recalled that she has been with Ye Ningxuan after finishing her business today, so she shouldn't have done anything wrong, right?

"Okay, you can just say it." Since you didn't make any mistakes, you don't need to worry about what's missing.

"When Tsing Yi came to see me today, she gave me a box of mouth cream she had just researched. I think its color and fragrance are good." Ye Ningxuan said, let go of Zhou Xingzhi's hand, and put it under her pillow , took out the mouth grease.

"Xingzhi, why don't you give it a try?" Ye Ningxuan asked expectantly.

Zhou Xingzhi raised his eyebrows, "Me? Put on lip balm?"

"Yes." Ye Ningxuan nodded slightly, Xingzhi is a woman just like herself, so she should also have the right to use balm and lip balm.

"Okay, then you can paint it on for you." Zhou Xingzhi responded in one gulp.

Lipstick is something new to Zhou Xingzhi, no matter before or now, she has never used anything similar to cosmetics.

Ye Ningxuan got up from the bed, first wiped her hands with a handkerchief, then scraped out some red paste-like objects with her index finger, touched Zhou Xingzhi's lips under the dim light, and then used her fingertips to slowly rub the lip balm Spread evenly.

"Tsing Yi said that this lipstick is edible, very...safe." Ye Ningxuan carefully looked at the red lips in front of her, lowered her head and smelled the smell on her lips, "This seems to be jasmine-scented."

Zhou Xingzhi chuckled, "Then my queen, do you want to have a taste of Jasmine?"

Seeing that her little plan was seen, Ye Ningxuan stopped pretending, and directly lowered her head and kissed Zhou Xingzhi, "It's the smell of Jasmine."

"Don't forget, you practiced sword today." Zhou Xingzhi reminded him kindly.

"So Xingzhi, don't move now, just lie down obediently..."

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