The villain queen eavesdropped on my inner thoughts and won't let me lie down?

"Well... I've been worried that I would be disliked by you, Master."

"You are already more beautiful than the most beautiful wife I ever dreamed of marrying. How could I possibly dislike you?"

Roger wasn't lying. This was the true thought of that ordinary young man from Earth.

A gentle and virtuous personality was his only requirement for a wife.

"Master, you really know how to sweet-talk!" Little Joey didn't believe it. "Compared to Her Majesty, compared to those noble young ladies of Aodu, I'm just a firefly. How could I be considered beautiful? Master will meet more and more beautiful girls in the future... so I really am nothing..."

Roger remembered a poem and recited softly: "You are not the sun, you are not the moon, does that mean your joy is lessened by much?

You have completed your survival, you have lit your own lamp;

All that you have is your own, you are indebted to no one;

You have only obeyed the power within you.

You have broken through the shackles of darkness, you are small, yet you are not insignificant."

Little Joey listened, entranced: "What is this?"

"This is 'The Firefly.'"

"So beautiful."

She leaned against Roger's chest, her heart intoxicated.

The girl took his hand and said like a kitten, "Master, it's late, will you stay here tonight?"

"Hmm?"

"Because your little firefly wants to light you up!"

Roger smiled, caressing her slender waist, retreated to the bedside, and then they fell together.

At the same time, he released his mental power, extinguishing the magic crystal lamps in the room, his nimble hands untying the light shirt on her body: "Let me examine where the firefly emits its light."

Little Joey: X﹏X

ps Bounty progress (26/47)

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Chapter 76: This Side Suggests You Execute Roger

The City of Mysteries, Maple Spirit Moon Shadow Palace.

The Eternal Night Empress summoned Left Prime Minister Margaret alone.

Margaret was responsible for military affairs and intelligence, and had two dedicated secret intelligence units under her command, called Nightingale and Sparrow respectively.

The members of Nightingale were not limited to the human race, and their professions were mostly bards, with a few being noble socialites.

Regardless of gender, Nightingale's primary selection criterion was beauty, followed by training to master various chatting, PUA, and charm techniques.

They roamed among the upper class and professional powerhouses, obtaining intelligence through superb skills.

The profession and personnel composition of Sparrow were very complex. On the surface, they were all ordinary people who could not be found in a crowd.

But in reality, they were experts in lock picking, eavesdropping, parkour, and other skills to forcibly obtain intelligence.

Nightingale and Sparrow worked together and made great contributions in the war process of sweeping across seventeen countries.

The importance of intelligence in war is beyond doubt. At critical moments, a little extra information can reverse the situation.

After the establishment of the empire, the war gradually subsided, but the Eternal Night Empress's investment in Nightingale and Sparrow did not decrease, but increased.

Because the enemy turned to the surrounding religious countries of different races, the cost of infiltrating or finding seedlings from those believers willing to provide intelligence to the empire was several times higher than that of the previous countries, which were also human races.

Although the progress of external intelligence acquisition was slow, Margaret's control of domestic intelligence was quite good.

"Nightingale did notice that some nobles intended to hoard food and grass. It was my negligence. I thought it was normal storage, but I didn't realize they were even making that kind of money!"

Margaret gnashed her teeth in hatred after hearing the Eternal Night Empress's description of the situation.

Even an old schemer like her couldn't stand this kind of shameless behavior of making a fortune from national disasters and wanting to swallow the bottom people in one bite.

I worked so hard to pretend to be a restoration army to reduce the possibility of rebellion in the seventeen countries.

As a result, this group of nobles in the empire were making trouble over the issue of eating, wanting to hoard and speculate, and take over the farmers and land together. Isn't this forcing the people of the seventeen countries to rebel, making her previous efforts go to waste?

She had been negligent before, but with the Eternal Night Empress's reminder, she would not let go of these scum. She solemnly guaranteed:

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will mark all the nobles with this kind of dissent and not give them any chance to cause chaos or defect!"

The Eternal Night Empress smiled faintly: "No need. After you find out, arrange channels for them to escape to the religious countries and intercept the property they take away at the border."

Margaret said unexpectedly: "Your Majesty, these people deserve to die, are you just letting them go so easily?"

"Let go?" The Eternal Night Empress snorted, "If I were to grant them death, that would be too easy. I want them to sit abroad and watch the empire become strong and grow, and then sweep across the paradise they think the moon is particularly round in, and catch them back to hang on the street lamps... This trick is called killing people's hearts!"

Margaret, with her demon bloodline and natural evil alignment, listened with bright red eyes: "Your Majesty, what a great plan! Play with them, play with them, play enough! Your trick is so satisfying!"

The Eternal Night Empress sat lazily on the Star Throne, listening to Margaret's praise, a smile on her lips.

The feeling of being flattered is really good.

The feeling of copying homework is also really good.

The method is the subject's, and the glory is the king's. That's the right taste!

If it were the former Eternal Night Empress, she would definitely interrupt Margaret's praise, because a good empress would not listen to rainbow farts too much.

And she would also explain that this was not her idea and give the credit to Roger.

But after chatting with Roger tonight, she "figured it out."

High EQ is called doing what you want and returning to yourself, and low EQ is just becoming lazy.

Anyway, Roger doesn't care about these false names, so why should she waste her words to explain it to him because of her moral standards?

It's thankless and strenuous, so why bother?

She had realized that if someone wanted an apple, sending several cars of oranges would not be fragrant.

Similarly, no amount of rewards can fill some people's greed, and no amount of lofty ideals can awaken all the people of the empire.

So the Eternal Night Empress was too lazy to keep up her "perfect" persona.

That's why Angelina heard her say with confidence, I'm just here to eat dessert at your house.

The praise in the tenth volume of "The History of the Qing Teng Empire" eliminated the Eternal Night Empress's last trace of concern about doing so.

The vast majority of the people of the empire can accept an imperfect empress, as long as she can bring them victory, security, food and clothing, and protect their little happiness.

These poor people are so, so easy to satisfy.

But those nobles, who always put their own interests first, will infinitely amplify and criticize any shortcomings in the empress's behavior, etiquette, or words, and damage her reputation.

Because the Eternal Night Empress cared about face and reputation, she was kidnapped by these public opinions and did many things against her will.

In the past, the Empress was just the CEO of the Qing Teng Empire, and the nobles who controlled the reputation of Aodu were the chairmen of the board.

Using the methods they were good at, they facilitated many things and cut away the greatest benefits.

The Eternal Night Empress once felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't say what it was.

Until Roger told her that she didn't owe this empire anything.

The Eternal Night Empress suddenly understood that those people were holding her up, praising her, prescribing the appearance that the empress should have, and binding her into a saintly purity, which was actually kidnapping her to dedicate herself to the empire and bear all the internal and external troubles.

She had done so much, but they were colluding with each other, sucking the blood of the empire, and living the most decadent, extravagant, and indulgent lives.

Secretly, I don't know how they laughed at her, the silly "king," right?

The Eternal Night Empress was naturally extremely intelligent, but she was just too lazy to use her brain before.

Once she did, she quickly figured out that she was supposed to be the supreme person in this country, but in the end, she became a worker for them?

Why?

No matter how well I do, I can't get their loyalty.

Only if their interests are slightly damaged will they replace the empress and sell the country for glory?

I'm tired, I don't love it anymore.

From now on, the opinions of the imperial nobles are all bullshit!

Sorry, nobles, I won't be a perfect empress anymore!

Anyway, as long as I ensure that most people have enough to eat, even if I smoke, drink, and drive a Gundam, I'm still a good empress!

She realized that beyond the responsibility of the "king," there should be a freedom that belongs to the "king."

To some extent, the Eternal Night Empress is now being led by Roger to lie flat.

However, because the Eternal Night Empress's sense of responsibility is far stronger than Roger's, even if she lies flat, she will still work hard for this empire.

But without those external rules and regulations, she is more real and more herself.

First of all, she can fully enjoy Margaret's rainbow farts!

Of course, Margaret also had a great time tonight.

As the most fanatical toxic fan, she poured out three thousand words of rainbow farts to the Eternal Night Empress's wisdom.

Without being interrupted, she was super happy. The Empress loves her fans too much!

Just her single rhyme, double rhyme, triple rhyme, just her endurance, just this punchline, can Angelina do it?

The tail behind Margaret swayed proudly, her eyes turned.

She wanted to take advantage of Her Majesty's happiness today to do something big!

Only Margaret said in a heartbroken tone:

"Your Majesty, the imperial nobles' disloyal intentions are also closely related to 'New Arcana.'"

The Eternal Night Empress's face darkened slightly: "So, you think 'New Arcana' is wrong?"

Margaret, I misjudged you. You look so handsome, but you also want to stop me from getting on a giant golem?

"Your Majesty, you misunderstand. I have recited 'New Arcana' no less than ten times. Every word reveals wisdom that transcends the times. You are the lighthouse that illuminates the path for magicians! You are the compass that makes magic great again!"

Margaret replied in a singing tone, "'New Arcana' must continue, but there are some small obstacles now. I want to help you quickly quell the dissatisfaction of the nobles and traditional magicians, that is..."

The Eternal Night Empress waved her hand: "Speak without worry."

She has not forgotten that there is still a sword of Damocles hanging over the empire's head at any time, Roger's predicted ten-year countdown.

Therefore, the sooner more magicians support magical industrialization and contribute their wisdom and strength, the sooner the empire's national strength will take off.

Seeing this, Margaret immediately stepped forward and whispered: "I suggest you execute Roger Charles, the president of the 'New Arcana' society. Your Majesty can immediately regain the recognition of the magicians!"

The Eternal Night Empress frowned: "Roger founded 'New Arcana' single-handedly. If he is executed, who will continue to run this magazine?"

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. The most difficult thing about 'New Arcana' is to propose a new and feasible idea. Now this most difficult hurdle has been crossed under your guidance. That Roger is just a useless younger brother who can do this well. If the remaining work is handed over to me, I will definitely run the magazine better for you!"

"Oh, so you want to pick the fruit?"

"If you are not at ease with me, I think Minister of History Dio Brando can also preside over 'New Arcana'!"

The Eternal Night Empress almost rolled her eyes.

After all, aren't these two the same person?

If you cut one down, who will play the other?

A dead person?

My dear Left Prime Minister, how much fake wine did you drink to come up with such a wonderful plan?

However, Margaret confidently analyzed: "Your Majesty, I am not betting on this wave. Executing Roger to regain the recognition of the magicians, and then gradually promoting the thinking of magical industrialization, will inevitably be smooth. Such a small sacrifice can be exchanged for a huge acceleration. The opportunity is not to be missed, you can no longer hesitate..."

To be honest, Margaret's plan, although a bit vicious, is really effective.

Pushing Roger out to quell public anger, and then changing the goal of full industrialization, to gradually apply magic in the field of people's livelihood, is indeed easier for magicians to accept.

This is like negotiation, first proposing a high price that the other party can never accept, and then gradually lowering the price to make concessions.

Boiling magicians in warm water, Margaret is confident that her trick has a success rate of 98%!

But the problem is that the Eternal Night Empress originally had complex feelings about Roger, and the conversation at the Law Salon has risen to the level of "soulmate."

In her opinion, in this vast empire, Roger is the only subject who can understand the grand vision in her heart and look at the empire and the gods from a similar height.