Mermaid [Interstellar]

The crinoids gently rippling in the water exudes a faint fragrance.

Alice picked up the ladle and stirred it before pushing it to Pearl: "It's ready to drink."

"Hmm." Pearl responded softly, holding up the cup with both hands and taking small sips: "It's delicious."

"That's good," Alice replied with a smile, and picked up the cup to drink herself. "Last time you melted your legs and left in a hurry. I haven't congratulated you yet."

Turning legs is also something to celebrate?

Pearl lowered her eyes and her eyelashes trembled, which was true for her, but Alice probably didn't know her situation.

Will the lofty Duke miss her, a little mermaid on a remote planet?

If this is true...

Pearl turned her head to look at the Duchess opposite, and Alice looked up at her as if feeling something: "Huh?"

The voice was slightly lower, and the rising tail sound expressed her doubts just right.

"It's nothing..." Pearl wanted to hide it, but choked on the water, "cough cough cough cough..."

Alice stood up and stretched out her hand to pat Pearl on the back: "Why are you so careless, it's so big..."

She stopped suddenly—this action was too intimate, her froze hands stopped in the air, and Alice turned her head suddenly: "It's fine."

Pearl: "..." Don't act like nothing happened, okay?You forgot to take your hand back!

Alice: "Drink water drink water."

The two fell into a state of drinking water in silence again.

Pearl sighed softly. Although the two of them wouldn't feel embarrassed if they didn't talk, she still couldn't help but want to talk to Alice more, and wanted to be more intimate.

"My lord, what kind of place is Yunhaixing...?"

Alice looked at Pearl, and a trace of astonishment flashed in her eyes that was too late to hide.

Pearl didn't miss it, she hurriedly added: "I think, I will probably go there to study in the future? May I ask you first?"

Is this question weird?

Why Alice didn't answer for a long time, Pearl felt uneasy, did he ask something that shouldn't be asked?

She carefully recalled what she had said, but she couldn't find any sensitive points.

"Yunhaixing...is a very beautiful place," Alice said after a long silence, "it's very suitable for mermaids to live in."

There are no more mermaids there.Pearl added silently in her heart, her normally beating heart trembled abnormally.

"It's all the sea, the sea is huge and beautiful..." Alice fell into distant memories, talking slowly, and the pictures of the past unfolded in front of her eyes like a scroll.

What Alice was talking about was the scene of Yunhaixing in the past. Pearl lowered her head. She still knows about the reconstruction project of Yunhaixing. It was led by Alice.

Any politician with such achievements will regard this as his achievements and show off like a peacock spreading his tail.

Alice was really different.

Pearl's heart was beating violently, her face turned red abnormally, only Alice's voice was left in her ears, faintly and in a trance, as if it came through the clouds and mist.

"Pearl, Pearl..." Alice called her name, and the voice was so nice.

Pearl was in a trance, and couldn't help but want to get closer to the person who made the voice. She turned sideways to get closer to Alice——

Wait!

Sitting up straight suddenly, Pearl almost wanted to grab the ground with his head, what was he doing! ! !

"Pearl..." The Duchess's expression was difficult to discern. She called Pearl's name, as if hesitating to speak, and wanted to say something.

"Alice...I..." Pearl's heart palpitated violently, she always felt that she should do something, but the reality was that she couldn't do anything.

Alice's eyes were as gentle as water: "Pearl, if you want to come to Yunhaixing, if you need anything, you can tell me."

what do i wantwhat do i need

Pearl covered her heart and asked herself, she always wanted to get close to Alice unconsciously.

That's wrong, Pearl, have you forgotten the cloud sea star incident?

She said to herself like this, learn from the past and take it as a warning.

...Besides, Alice won't like her, right? What's the difference between this kind of me and the mermaid of Yun Haixing?

If it and Alice are really successful, Blue Star will be the next Cloud Sea Star.

……

Monarch star.

Secretary Gordon knocked politely on the door of His Majesty's study.

"Come in." The emperor's deep and hoarse voice came from inside.

Gordon stepped in, bowed first, and then reported: "There is news from Duke Alice that Earl Vincent's private escape has angered the 'Skeleton Squad'—they are not going to let anyone go now."

The emperor frowned. He was already in his old age, and no matter how carefully he took care of his face, there would inevitably be wrinkles. At this moment, he frowned, and his whole face was wrinkled like old tree bark: "What's the matter, Vincent? While talking, it was Alice who took the money and refused to let her go."

Gorden pursed his lips and smiled: "Is this...the public is right and the wife is right."

The emperor gave him a look: "What do you think, tell the truth, don't have any scruples."

"Personally... I don't really believe that the 'Skeleton Corps' let people go without getting the money. One is that this is not in line with the 'Skeleton Corps'' previous style of doing things, and the other is—" Gordon laughed, "I never I have never seen such a good thing - something that can be done without money."

The emperor nodded: "It makes sense, you mean Vincent is lying?"

Gordon: "I don't think it's possible. There's no need for him to offend Duke Alice like this."

If both are impossible, there is only one left—the "Skeleton Group" deceived Vincent and made him misunderstand Alice.

The emperor didn't say anything more, Gordon moved closer and said: "The 'Skeleton Squad' deliberately detained His Highness the Crown Prince, we want to..."

"I don't know," the emperor waved his hand, interrupting Gordon, "Since this matter has been handed over to Duke Alice, we have to believe that she can rescue Philip."

Gordon: "Your Majesty is right, and His Highness Cyril has also gone to assist. I believe His Highness the Crown Prince will return safely soon. The so-called brothers are united, and their strengths can cut gold. These days, neither of them is here, and His Majesty is busy. If they can come back, His Majesty will feel a lot easier."

The emperor's face was gloomy, and he was silent for a while before he said: "I haven't seen the two of them for some days, and I still miss them. I'm really old..."

Gorden laughed and said, "Your Majesty, how can you be old? Following you in handling political affairs, I, a young man, can't match your energy."

"You just know how to talk." The emperor glanced at Gorden, the tails of his eyes turned into fishtails, and waved him back. "Okay, get down and get busy, so you don't have to work overtime again."

"Yes." Gordon backed away with a smile on his face, and when the door closed, the corners of his mouth curved down, and his facial paralysis returned.

The heavy wooden door was closed.

The sound insulation of the study room is very good, you can't hear the sound from the outside at all, once the door is closed, the study room is dead silent.

The emperor took out a piece of paper from a pile of documents, on which a lot of numbers were densely written.

The taxation of Yunhaixing is different.

The emperor closed his eyes, and tapped his fingers on the table continuously. Since Alice mortgaged a lot of family property for the Yunhaixing reconstruction project, the entire Davis Starfield had not paid taxes to the central government for decades.

So far, the Davis family still has a lot of gold and silver antiques stored in the bank—Alice promised to redeem them after receiving the tax. These mortgages are all guaranteed by the tax of Davis Star Field.

At the beginning, the central government didn't pay a penny, and the reconstruction project of Yunhaixing was done by Alice, who went bankrupt.

Moreover, Alice has not fully redeemed these things, and it seems unreasonable to force her to pay taxes.

The current economic development momentum of Yunhaixing is very good, and many nobles of Diwangxing like to run there.

It would be a lie to say that the tax is not high, every report of Alice said that it can barely maintain - the maintenance and upgrade of the jump point, the construction of a new jump point, the maintenance of the airport, and the maintenance A large number of technicians...these all cost money.

There is nothing wrong with it, and Yun Haixing's annual financial report is also very beautiful, and there is nothing wrong with it.

——Except for too much expenditure, there is really no money left for the central government.

The emperor was very depressed. He stared at Yun Haixing's financial report for a long time, but he still couldn't see any way out. Instead, he became even more tired.He sighed slightly, sometimes he really had to admit that he was old.

Those two children, the emperor's thoughts drifted to the distant Blue Star. If something happened to Philip, he would have only one choice after a hundred years.

That child Cyril...is too sharp.

If anything happened to Philip, he would have to choose Cyril, and he might not make himself feel better then.

The emperor's eyes gradually turned cold, and Alice should be given some pressure. Although they were engaged, they both terminated the contract... It must be a breakup.

——You still have to figure it out, otherwise he is getting older and Cyril is young and vigorous, and he may be difficult to control.

Walking with standard steps, Gordon walked all the way to his office with a calm expression.

He sat down to deal with the business for a while, and took out another terminal from the drawer when no one disturbed him: His Majesty began to urge the rescue of the prince, and suggested that it should be completed as soon as possible.

After the news was sent, he sat alone for a while and still did not wait for a reply. He couldn't help walking around the office a few times impatiently, and when he saw that there was still no news, he dealt with the affairs patiently for a while.

When the matter was almost settled, he sent another message: The emperor has been paying special attention to Yun Haixing's financial situation recently, please pay attention!