The people inside the courtyard knew about what was happening, but the empress restrained herself from going in to find out what Ren Baqian was doing. She talked listlessly with Hong Wu and was clearly absent minded.Seeing her like this, Hong Wu sighed and left after sitting down for a while.

On the way out, he saw Ren Baqian fiddling with the candy tree and gave a snort as he assumed that this rascal was engaging in dishonest practices again. He tried a few times to come up with the words for "evil courtier," but to no avail, although he knew the meaning of it.At this time, the Protectorate of the Northeast was still at war with the Yun Nation. Although Great Xia had already retreated, this matter was obviously not over yet.Domestically, the whole northern region was in a slump.In this situation, this courtier not only didn't look for solutions, but instead made these childish things to indulge the empress, which made Hong Wu extremely angry.If Ren Baqian wasn't capable, Hong Wu wou