Chapter 958: Chapter 958

She said angrily, "Sending a prince to marry in alliance, wouldn’t it arouse the emotions of the entire court? Self-destruction of our foundation? If it spreads, it would easily give the enemy an opportunity to attack us in public? It would also make the alien races look down on our dynasty, bringing countless harms and no benefits. Even taking ten thousand steps back, we should select some noble children, like the Princely Heir... This kind of play, discussing court politics recklessly, deserves execution, let alone smearing a female emperor in this way, what is intended by it? Ma Yan should be ordered to arrest and interrogate them all!"

Soon after, she began to feel afraid, thinking if Zhuang Xiaocheng and the others from the Kuangfu Society had used storytelling, plays, and other methods to slander her ... who knows what kind of trouble it would cause.

Zhao Douan opened his mouth, held back for a long while, then said, "It’s different here..."

The Empress accepted the explanation reluctantly, pressing the remote control hard, wanting to change the video, but accidentally pressed the button for switching videos.

The screen automatically switched to a new video.

Only to see several huge colorful things jump out, dancing joyfully:

"Makka Pakka... Makka, Pakka, Akka, Wakameeka..."

The Empress turned her head, glanced at Zhao Douan again, mocking in her eyes as if to say, what kind of strange things do people in your world watch.

Zhao Douan said expressionlessly, "This is for children to watch."

The Empress reluctantly believed him and turned back to continue changing channels.

This time, it was a particularly popular fantasy Chinese animation, featuring an amazing scene of paper figures, the battle between two young supremes, each move causing heaven and earth to collapse, the great avenue being wiped out.

The Empress was dumbfounded by the sight. Even as someone in the Heavenly Human Realm, she couldn’t compare to the scenes depicted.

She frowned, "Is this also for the children here to watch...?"

Zhao Douan coughed lightly, replying, "Adults watch it too. It depicts imagined Immortal Battles."

The Empress disdained, "Ordinary people, always ." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒•𝙣𝙚𝙩

Some storytellers in Yu Country spoke of ancient battles between immortals and demons, just as exaggerated and ridiculous.

Zhao Douan, as a modern person, felt a bit embarrassed, seriously saying, "Scenes with real people fighting are much better."

The Empress silently switched the channel, coincidentally landing on a slow-motion fight scene in the snow.

Xu Zhenguan laughed out loud.

This time it was a soap opera, and the Empress watched a little longer before sneering and shaking her head, "No different from those scholar-lady romance novels."

A vast grassland, animals running.

"Spring has arrived, and once again it’s the season for..."

The disdain in the Empress’ eyes deepened.

After changing through a dozen or so videos, the Empress quickly adapted to this new entertainment medium, though she dished out scathing critiques with a look of contempt, she was evidently captivated by this new thing, like discovering a fun toy, losing herself in it.

Even the white Qingyun cautiously crawled out from under the cabinet, staring at her curiously, unnoticed.

"Are there any plays related to your historical past?" Xu Zhenguan pondered for a moment, then grabbed the remote control and turned to look at the Painting People whom she had been ignoring.

She hadn’t forgotten her cultivation task was to understand this world.

She had already come to know how ordinary people lived here but knew little of this world, seeming to change channels at random, but actually quickly familiarizing herself with this foreign world from various angles.

History... Zhao Douan thought for a moment, saying, "The history here is long, there are narratives spanning thousands of years, but they’re brief."

The Empress threw the remote to him, instructing, "Then get the history of the most recent decades."

Zhao Douan pondered briefly, nodded, and replied, "Alright."

Then, he searched on the TV for an explanation video of "Awakening Era"...

This time, nestled on the couch, the Empress’ face showed none of the disdain or contempt; instead, she became more and more focused, immersed, occasionally pausing the video to ask Zhao Douan when she encountered terms she didn’t understand.

Thus, the Empress quietly watched the film in the living room, her face illuminated repeatedly by the changing lights and shadows.

Qingyun, unsure when it came out, crouched beside the couch, leaped onto the Empress’ side, carefully sniffing, and then daringly edged closer, eventually curling up beside her, its fluffy tail whisking gently, sapphire eyes lazily watching Zhao Douan standing to the side.

Finally, the film explanation video finished playing, and the Empress fell into deep thought. After a while, she spoke, "You live in a very good era."

Zhao Douan smiled and said, "Yeah, at least there’s no war."

Indeed... at least there’s no war... The Empress thought of the current chaotic wars in Yu Country and then recalled the planes, cannons, and firearms shown in the film just now...

She couldn’t understand the planes, but cannons and firearms were very much like the weapons studied by the Divine Mechanism Camp, only much better.

The Empress’ eyes suddenly brightened, and she stood up, staring at Zhao Douan, "How are the firearms and cannons crafted here? Take me to see. Now, immediately."

She thought that if she could learn from here, it could play a decisive role in suppressing the rebellion in the court.

At this moment, she even abandoned her cultivation and the Grand Ancestor’s legacy.

Zhao Douan was stunned for a moment, explaining, "You’re probably unable to understand those things..."

The Empress frowned, confidently saying, "I may not understand, but my Imperial Consort can; he knows how to craft such firearms, just not as well as yours here."

Xu Zhenguan believed that if she could convey the method of crafting more advanced firearms from this painting, even if she didn’t understand, she could memorize it rigidly and show it to Zhao Douan, then the Little Forbidden Army would surely learn.