Same light

Ever since Alfred shook his sleeves and left that day, the relationship between the two has fallen into a kind of subtle indifference.

The queen has been sick for several months and has not seen outsiders. Now that she is recovering from a serious illness, he and the emperor have attended all important occasions together. Moreover, unlike most previous queens or high priests, he is not just a mascot to support the scene, but Truly have the right to speak under one person in any occasion.

The emperor gave the queen enough respect in front of others, but Xiu felt that Alfred seemed to be still angry.

The phrase "The heir to the throne is not allowed to undergo genetic surgery" was forcibly written into the imperial law by Alfred the next day. The cabinet ministers were puzzled by this, the Grand Marshal was thoughtful, and the Queen remained silent.

Alfred still eats and sleeps with Xiu every day, and Xiu is as considerate as before, and he doesn't seem to be unhappy, but Xiu can feel something is wrong.

The farewell kiss when going out in the morning changed from a kiss on the lips to a kiss on the cheek, and in bed at night, Alfred seldom touched him in different ways as before.

Not that Alfred doesn't touch him in bed anymore, but there's clearly a huge difference between sleeping holding hands and putting his arms around him.

Alfred must still be angry, the conflict that day was not resolved at all.

In this regard, Xiu couldn't help being a little distressed.

Since Alfred took the throne, both of them have been very busy, and now that everything is on the right track, they are even more busy.Alfred is now concentrating on the development policy and tax law reform of the frontier planet, and Xiu is doing his best to help him with foreign affairs.Although it was impossible for the emperor and empress to come to the negotiating table in person, the daily meeting minutes were still stacked high on the desks of Xiu and Alfred.

The heavy government affairs make them not have much private time to deal with those delicate personal emotional issues every day.

Just when Xiu was thinking about whether to arrange time to have a good talk with Alfred, a piece of news grabbed his attention.

"Your Majesty invited him to the Holy Golden Palace?" Xiu asked, unable to hear the emotion, "Would you like me to receive him?"

The Minister of Culture confirmed: "Yes, Your Highness."

Xiu felt uncomfortable, but in front of the minister, he still asked calmly, "When did Your Majesty invite the male lead?"

The Minister of Culture replied: "A few days ago when I came to the palace to report, I informed Your Majesty that Mr. actor is about to arrive on the main planet, and His Majesty made this decision."

Xiu remembered that that day he was delayed in meeting the Minister of Culture because he was talking about exchanging names with Alfred. In the next few days, he was busy guiding the negotiations between the Emperor and the Federation, so the meeting with the Minister of Culture was delayed.One day later, Alfred said he was free, so he met the Minister of Culture instead of Xiu.

Xiu subconsciously regretted that he didn't meet the Minister of Culture by himself at that time. He didn't expect Alfred to invite Ai Po to the Holy Golden Palace as a guest.

Today, the progress of the show "Love Without Flaws", which is arranged by Alfred behind the scenes, is approaching the end, and the enthusiasm for discussion among the people is unprecedented. The public statement of the emperor's cousin-in-law Austin Stone added some political color to the show.

While being impacted by the values ​​​​of the Federation at the other end of the universe, the young people are excitedly analyzing whether this is a signal of the new emperor's avant-garde and open-mindedness.

The Commonwealth may be God's promised land, but their own homeland is also full of hope.

At this time, the emperor invited the protagonist who was born as a commoner to come to the Holy Golden Palace as a guest to strengthen this signal and pave the way for the introduction of the equality bill later. This is undoubtedly a good move for Alfred, and Xiu naturally agrees.

Approval and delight are two different things.

"Since he has arrived on the main planet, let's make arrangements for tomorrow." He suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and said lightly, "You go to the court etiquette officer to discuss the process."

"Yes." said the Minister of Culture.

"Choose a suitable palace as the living room." Xiu couldn't help but said, "Stay far away from His Majesty's bedroom."

Before the Minister of Culture could reply, Xiu immediately added: "This is the first time that a commoner has stepped into the Holy Golden Palace as a guest. It is of great significance. At that time, a video record will be kept. Don't arrange it in His Majesty's living area, avoid Unnecessary trouble, understand?"

The Minister of Culture bowed his head, complimenting the queen thoughtfully.

Xiu also felt that since he was the one to receive the reception, it would be better to receive Aibo in the Holy White Tower as the high priest, so that Aipo would not set foot in the Holy Golden Palace.But he didn't say anything about the proposal.

However, this matter still stuck in his heart, which made him very concerned, even minded.

This mindfulness reached its peak at night when he went to find Alfred in the nursery.

Carlo is still in the incubator. His condition has been stable recently. If there is no accident, he will soon be able to move to the master bedroom to live with his younger brother.Therefore, his own little baby cradle was also dressed up and placed next to Karin's cradle.

Alfred was teasing Carlin - by waking up the baby who was sleeping soundly, stuffing a pacifier into his mouth while he was yawning, and grinning at his son as the maid frantically stopped him The reaction was to laugh.

...In short, Xiu Rarely didn't comment on Alfred's way of playing, but instead looked at the empty cradle next to him with concern.

In the early stages of his pregnancy, it was seeing Alfred crying into the empty cradle that finally made up his mind to keep the baby.

The empty cradle brought back memories of some wild fantasy he had had at the time: a brown-haired baby lying in the cradle, May's—that is, Epper's—brown hair.

"Brother." Alfred had already walked to Xiu's side, "Why are you here today? Do you want to go back together?"

"I'm coming to find you."

As Xiu said, he walked to Karin with Alfred, and Karin had already fallen asleep in a daze.

With twins and premature birth, Karin is still a very small one even after being born a few days ago. Xiu reached out and stroked his fluffy blond hair carefully.

It's very soft, and the color is a bit light, but... Xiu Xin thought, anyway, this is blond hair, which he gave Alfred, not brown hair.

The cradle that is still empty will soon sleep a blond baby.

Xiu's mood calmed down somewhat, but this was not the purpose of his coming to find Alfred.

"Do you have any plans for tomorrow morning?" Xiu asked.

"Yes." Alfred said, "After the morning meeting, I made an appointment with a few people to talk about tax reform... What's wrong?"

Xiu said as lightly as possible: "The lead actor you invited will come over tomorrow."

"Oh, is it scheduled until tomorrow?" Alfred said, "This press release has already been written by someone, just sit with him for a while and take a usable photo."

In other words, Alfred just wanted such a piece of news.

Xiu felt a little better, but he still said, "Take a short time and come with me."

"I'll meet him with you?" Alfred said in surprise, "That's too grand, it's not necessary. You were originally asked to come out because the emperor's interview was too solemn. This can be interpreted as a private matter." meeting."

Xiu said lightly: "Of course you won't be mentioned in the press release, I just want you to introduce me, and then you can leave to talk about tax reform. After all... I don't know him either."

He actually knew it.

Xiu saw Ai Po twice, one time when Ai Po held Alfred's arm, and the two swaggered past Xiu intimately, and the other time when Ai Po told Alfred that she was "pregnant".

Alfred obviously also recalled the first two embarrassing meetings between Xiu and Ai Po, touched his nose and said: "Uh, yes, it would be more appropriate for me to introduce... Then I will accompany you there tomorrow."

The matter was finalized. Alfred originally wanted to show Xiu "the funny expression of his son suddenly being stuffed with a pacifier when he was woken up and yawned", but Xiu resolutely stopped him and forbade him from doing so again, Alfred De had no choice but to give up resentfully, and went back to the bedroom with Xiu.