She was wearing a blue denim skirt with suspenders, a lively white vest, goose yellow over-the-knee socks and black leather shoes, two golden ponytails, and sunglasses on her forehead. She looked like a pure beautiful girl. Christine was a little dazed when she looked at herself in the mirror. Even if she didn't wear sunglasses, even if Archduke Charles was here, he wouldn't be able to recognize her daughter, let alone others.
Lu Ming bought a bunch of clothes and took them to the car. Yu Luan helped Christine change her clothes.
Christine naturally refused sternly at first, but Lu Ming left. The little girl Yuluan timidly persuaded her in a low voice, saying that she should try the costume in the car. Christine was embarrassed to scold her, but she was also tempted, and for some reason, she really changed her clothes.
Yu Luan even carefully changed the nail polish on her fingers and toes to a girlish style and applied nail polish tips. However, the royal family has an ancient tradition of using only three fixed colors of nail polish, and any other fancy colors are considered vulgar, not to mention Christine's current dreamy pink nail polish.
"Haha, we are all back to the age of 17 or 18, how great!" A laugh came from behind. It was Lu Ming, who was wearing a black jacket and loose baggy pants, a typical decadent teenager.
Kristine looked at him, feeling somewhat helpless. She was about to say something, but when she saw his sharp eyes staring at her, she remembered her current image. Her pretty face turned slightly red, and she felt a little ashamed. She turned her head and coughed, “Change it back for me!”
"Let's go and have fun!" Lu Ming smiled, "Chris, this kind of opportunity is rare. In this lifetime, maybe only half a day..."
Christine heard her call her "Chris", which was the nickname given to her by her parents and close friends of the same generation. She couldn't help but frown and said, "You are becoming more and more disrespectful!"
"Your Highness is really just a little girl now. Think about when you were seventeen or eighteen, your classmates and friends still called you Chris." Lu Ming smiled and said, "If you don't move, I will pull your arm to get out of the car."
"How dare you!" Christine glared.
"Your Highness, you can try it! See if I dare..." Lu Ming smiled and leaned towards her.
Christine looked at him indifferently.
Lu Ming took a few steps closer, and finally felt guilty, and raised his hands, "Okay, I won't dare to get off... If you really don't want to get off the car, then forget it. It's useless for me to be a villain. I originally thought that Your Highness must be busy every day and must be very tired, so I wanted to help Your Highness relax..." He felt aggrieved, shook his head and walked aside.
Christine glared at him and said, "Stop being so arrogant!" She walked towards the car door and said, "Let's go!"
Lu Ming coughed and hurriedly followed.
…
Lu Ming and Christine were in front, strolling in the commercial street. Yu Luan, also dressed as a beautiful girl, was behind, holding large and small paper bags, all of which were what Lu Ming and Christine had just bought, various large purchases. However, after seeing a storage room, Yu Luan deposited all the paper bags at the counter.
"Chris, do you know how to play billiard?" There was a billiard room ahead, and Lu Ming nodded.
Looking at the smoky billiard room, several teenagers around fourteen or fifteen were smoking inside.
"I vetoed the ban on sales!" Christine frowned as she watched the scene.
Lu Ming knew that she was talking about the regulation that prohibits teenagers under the age of 18 from buying cigarettes. However, nowadays, the harmfulness of soft drugs has not been truly recognized for more than ten years, and tobacco has not yet been put on the agenda of affecting health. Christine is a liberal and is very disgusted with any compulsory measures that restrict people's freedom. Therefore, she led the High Court to reject the regulation.
There is nothing wrong with these. The justices are just ordinary people. They should just follow the scientific evidence. Science has not reached that stage yet, so we cannot be too demanding.
What’s more, this regulation cannot solve the problem for both smokers and non-smokers.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Don't think about these things today. Let's go and watch a movie."
…
It was a small cinema. The movie that was about to be shown was a romance film, and the audience were all young men and women.
Lu Ming bought a ticket for a small private room and went to buy a bunch of snacks.
However, the drinks were a bit awkward. The main target customers of this cinema are couples, and there are very few small bottles of drinks. They were sold out when Lu Ming bought them. He only bought a large cup of couple juice, which was a very large cup with two straws in it.
Seeing the drink that Lu Ming placed on the small table, Christine looked at it for a few more times but didn't say anything.
Soon, the lights in the theater went out, a beam of light shone onto the screen, and the movie began.
Christine seemed a little tired. It had probably been a while since she had walked so much and gone in and out of various shops for shopping. She leaned lightly on the soft seat in the box and closed her eyes.
Lu Ming didn't disturb her and just watched the screen silently.
"You bought so many snacks, why don't you eat them? It's okay, I didn't sleep." Christine said suddenly.
"I don't really want to eat those things, it's just the atmosphere." Lu Ming smiled.
"Lu Ming, what do you think will happen to the empire in the future? Can the East China Sea always maintain peace? Will it be destroyed by artillery fire one day?" Christine sighed softly.
"I said I don't want to think about these things today!" Lu Ming was helpless, but after thinking about it, he said seriously: "I hope we can stop the war from spreading here! Although I am just fighting a small battle now, I also have a plan. My next step is to control Anshan Province, but how can I take Anshan without letting the three provinces and the Japanese intervene? I need to plan it carefully. For the time being, as for the blueprint in the northern region, I think I must control Anshan and Haixi. As for Longbei, I hope it will become my ally and depend on me. As for the northern border province, I will have to adapt to the development situation..."
Kristine slowly sat up straight, looking at Lu Ming with her beautiful eyes, a strange light flashing across them, "This is the first time you've told me this."
Lu Ming nodded: "We haven't had dinner or played together for a long time, and I can't say these things to you over the phone."
"You are very ambitious." Christine shook her head gently, "But you are lazy by nature. How can you have so many ambitions? Your staff members often give you advice, right?"
Lu Ming sighed, "Maybe. Originally, I just wanted to be a lawyer. I don't know how I got to where I am now! In fact, sometimes, I am also very tired. I don't know what will happen in the future. I also have enemies who killed my entire family. My life experience is also very strange, so..."
I have never told these words to anyone, perhaps because I have very few equal friends around me, and sharing these with others would make me seem too weak.
Lu Ming's hand moved slightly, and it was Christine who reached out and gently patted his hand to comfort him.
"Don't worry, I think we are all good people, and God will guide us." Christine said softly.
Lu Ming nodded and smiled: "Look, why is the atmosphere so depressing? We were all teenagers in the past, so we should do teenagers' things." He picked up the big glass of juice and handed it to Christine, "I'm thirsty, you drink first, or I'll go buy you another glass!"
Christine waved her hand gently and said, "You drink it." Suddenly she asked, "Don't you have a wife who is officially married yet?"
Lu Ming thought about it and nodded, "Yes, but in my heart, my consorts are all my original wives."
Christine snorted and shook her head: “It’s rare to find a man as shameless as you.”
Lu Ming didn't dare to speak.
Christine smiled again, "Okay, I apologize to you. I know that what you said today should have never been told to a third person, and what you said was what was in your heart. I shouldn't have scolded you like this."
"You are right to scold..." Lu Ming said in a low voice.
"Actually, Windsor mentioned this to me. I shouldn't have told you. Her original intention was to see how you develop. Moreover, we both thought that this matter was absurd and certainly not feasible. But after listening to what you told me today, I think that this matter is not a fantasy." Christine pondered the wording, "There is a marriage. She is still young. Of course, after she turns ten, according to our royal tradition, she can officially get married, which is also very beneficial for your future development. However, her status is ten times more noble than mine. Although she has lost her father now, my father is temporarily her guardian, but when it comes to marriage, she still needs her own consent."
Lu Ming was stunned. He seemed to know who Christine was talking about, but he couldn't believe it. What was the identity of that prince? How could it be possible
"Just give me an idea of it first, and I'll think about it," Christine said.
Lu Ming knew that although Christine said this, since she had brought it up, she would definitely push for it.
Then he laughed bitterly, "What on earth are we doing? It's all about military affairs and political interests. Alas! Is this a naked political transaction between us?"
He picked up the glass of juice and said angrily, "Chris, come on, let's drink together, one for each!"
"Why are you so angry all of a sudden?" Christine was helpless, but after thinking about it, she really leaned over, bit the straw, took two sips, and said, "It's okay now!"
Lu Ming, who was biting the other side of the straw, was stunned and smiled bitterly: "Why do I feel like you are just teasing a child!"
Christine chuckled.
Lu Ming was silent for a while, then said, "Thank you for your appreciation."
Indeed, with my current strength, what can I do to match that person? This can only mean that Christine is very optimistic about her potential, so she thinks that the marriage she wants to promote will not become a laughing stock of the royal family in the future.
Over there, Christine didn’t say anything, and suddenly said, “It’s only been a few minutes, and I already feel that my idea is ridiculous!”
Lu Ming smiled: "That's normal. Chris, you are only seventeen years old now. It's normal not to think about many things. It's normal to think about them one by one."
Christine shook her head, tore a bag of snacks, and started eating them casually. It was as if she had returned to the age of seventeen and turned into a rebellious girl.