"Your Majesty! This is bad, the foreigners' warships are coming again!"
The empress was unmoved. "I know. How is the garden we're building for the empress doing?"
"Your Majesty! This is bad, the foreigners want to build railways for us!"
The empress didn't even blink. "No need to make such a fuss. How are the birthday preparations for the empress coming along?"
"Your Majesty, the parrot we were going to give the empress has suddenly stopped talking!"
The empress was shocked. "What! This is serious! I'll go at once!"
In short, this is a story about the Ming Dynasty holding on until 1839.
