Crown Prince's Wedding Banquet

"Life and death?" Zhou Qin frowned and said, "Is that what I understand?"

"Yeah, it should be right." Qi Jiayu said on the other side of the communicator, "The so-called life-and-death game in the fighting arena means that the mecha fights until it is damaged or the driver fights until it dies, and the game is declared over."

"No, no, wait." Zhou Qin interrupted him, "What if the mecha is damaged, and the pilot will fight until one dies?"

"That's not necessary. If the mecha is damaged, the damaged party loses. But if the mecha is not damaged, then fight until the driver dies."

"Brutal." Zhou Qin commented.

"Well, indeed." Qi Jiayu agreed.

"Why does Barbarian still have this kind of fighting?"

"Your Highness, there is nothing exciting about doing an adventure like an underground fighting arena. Where does the traffic come from?" Qi Jiayu said, "As a businessman, I also need to make money. You know, like Miao Ying This kind of senior mecha designer, as well as her maintenance team, have to be supported, and the price is astonishing."

Zhou Qin pinched the bridge of his nose: "Okay, let's not worry about this. This kind of life-and-death situation must be established with the consent of both parties, right?"

"Yes."

"Then we disagree."

"..." Qi Jiayu remained silent, "From the news I just got from Miao Miao, it seems that Lingyue's pilot, Ellis, has confirmed his participation. The game of life and death has been established. It will be tonight."

"What?" Zhou Qin stood up abruptly.

He turned on the pager and asked Butler Wu: "Where is Mrs. Lan?"

"The Department of Internal Affairs arranged for the servants to come over and confirm the details of the two weddings with Lan Xia. It is currently in the reception room of the Crown Princess on the second floor."

"Okay, I see." Zhou Qin turned off the beeper and complained to Chen Cang: "Why don't you stop Lan Xia from confirming the situation of life and death."

Chen Cang couldn't tell: "Last time I stopped, but you abandoned me for several days. How dare I? And with Lanxia's character, it seems that anything can be accepted, but anyone who has made up his mind can accept it." You can't stop it, not even yourself."

Zhou Qin sighed and went downstairs to Elias' reception room.

When he entered the living room, a dozen or so courtiers were standing at the bottom of the steps, reporting some details of the wedding to Elias in the main seat.

"The wedding will be held in the middle of next month, that is, at 15 o'clock in the sun on the 12th of the bimonthly rendezvous month, at St. Edward's Church in Xiting District. According to your previous feedback to the inner court, the scale of the wedding will not be too large, about 800 guests will participate in the wedding between His Highness and you, including most of the royal family members in Emperor Star, the cabinet, high-level members of the parliament, and other nobles... If you have anyone who needs to be invited, please ask your secretary to come Send me the list by January 1."

"After I confirm the list with Your Highness, I will ask Bai Rong to send you the list." Elise said.

Bai Rong stood by his side and recorded this point.

"The main designer of your dress for this wedding is Abel Lauren... He seems to have done costume design for you, do you remember him?"

"Abel Lauren?" Elise's mind went blank.

"It's the one who designed your clothes for you at King Qing's banquet last time." Zhou Qin said to Elias as he pushed the door open.

"Your Highness." Elis stood up and saluted him.

"Xia Lan, are you done with your work?" Zhou Qin asked.

Elis looked at the inner court officer who was still confirming the details, and the inner court officer was also very clever, and quickly said: "There is one more thing, we can temporarily come to an end today."

"Please speak."

"The bouquet of flowers at the wedding, I don't know what flowers Lan Xia likes?" The inner court official asked him, "After we get your intention, we can make preparations."

"Uh..." Elis was stunned, "What kind of flowers are there usually?"

The inner court officials never expected that the soon-to-be-married princess did not know anything about flower language, so they were stunned.

"Ivy, lily of the valley...and white camellias." Zhou Qin made a timely rescue, "That's it. You guys step back first, and if you have other things, make an appointment in advance."

The inner court officials were at a loss for the crown prince's hasty "drive-out behavior". Everyone thought that they had not done something well enough to offend the crown prince. After a hasty salute, everyone was sent outside the door by Bai Rong , as soon as the door of the living room was closed, Zhou Qin couldn't help but said to Elias: "You accepted the invitation from Zhu Shao's life and death game?"

"Yes, Your Highness." Elis walked down the steps and stood in front of him.

"Cancel immediately."

"Sorry, once confirmed, the life-and-death game cannot be cancelled." Elise said.

"Aren't you messing around?" Zhou Qin took a deep breath, "We can all see the damage of Lingyue yesterday, and the performance has dropped by more than 30%. And that Zhu Shao's mental power is A+, and your mental power is only A after the exoskeleton is improved. .Not only that, his mech performance is also quite good, Kazeya has almost never lost."

"I know all of this, Your Highness." Compared to Zhou Qin's agitation, Elise looked exceptionally calm, "I just remembered that as a test, Ling Yue hadn't done the limit test under ignoring conditions. Zhu Shao's mech level It is higher than Lingyue, and it can be said that the performance is better than Lingyue when Lingyue is damaged. At this time, the limit of the mecha can be pushed out, and then adjustments can be made on Yinyue, isn't it? "

"But this is a game of life and death!" Zhou Qin waved his hand, "Do you understand the game of life and death? Your life will be in danger!"

"On the battlefield, which battle does not risk your life?" Elis said, "Your Highness, you should understand the meaning of this very well."

Zhou Qin felt that once Elis made a decision, he would become absolutely stubborn, no matter what anyone said, he would never change his decision.

"I know Your Highness is worried about my comfort." Elis said, "Thank you very much, but it is unnecessary."

"It's not...necessary?" Zhou Qin was stunned for a moment, then laughed angrily, "Did Lan Xia mean that my concern is meaningless? You're used to doing your own thing, and it's true that you don't want to listen to anyone's words."

Elis was stunned: "Your Highness, you misunderstood... It's just that too much care and concern on the battlefield will lead to too many entanglements and can't use your hands and feet. This is actually more dangerous. I can guarantee my safety , please don't worry."

Such verbal assurances are simply unconvincing.

Zhou Qin felt a sense of powerlessness that broke his heart but was still useless.

He said dejectedly: "It's up to you."

"Your Highness—"

Zhou Qin slammed the door and left.

"His Highness is angry." Plank Road said, "His various physiological indicators are close to the characteristics of anger."

"This can be seen without matching physiological indicators." Elis sighed.

Crown Princess Lan Xia stood in the living room for a while until Bai Rong came back.

Bai Rong asked Iles with some doubts: "I just saw His Highness leave in a huff. What's going on? Did you quarrel with His Highness?"

"It's not a quarrel... probably because I offended His Highness." Elis sighed again.

"Because of the life-and-death game?" Bai Rong asked - he had a closer grasp of Elias's itinerary recently, so like Ren Xingyu, he knew about the underground fighting arena and Yinyue.

"Well, he's worried about my safety."

"Then are you still going?"

Elise was silent for a while, as if he had experienced a fierce struggle in his heart, and finally he said, "I have to go."

Before and after dinner, Yong Mu and Owen Adams arrived at the Crown Prince's Manor successively, and Ren Xingyu received them at the door.

"Is Your Highness home?" the prince and the brigadier asked Ren Xingyu.

"Your Highness didn't go to the outer court today." Ren Xingyu led the two of them to the third floor, saying as he walked, "He's not in a good mood today."

"Why?" The brigadier general was more straightforward, "Did you quarrel with Lanxia?"

Ren Xingyu looked at him in surprise: "Did you install bugs in the manor?"

"...I'll just make a random guess," Adams said. "It turned out to be a guess. Your secretary is a bit loose-spoken, so tell the truth if you cheat casually."

Ren Xingyu shut his mouth tightly immediately, and Ren Adams didn't say a word when he asked him any more questions.

Zhou Qin had been waiting for them in the study, and the few people talked a lot when they met, and began to review the situation of the past two days.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, the loyal/dogs under King Qing have carried out frequent underground solicitation activities before and after the parliament. It is known that the marshal is firmly standing by the third child." Yong Mu took out several documents, "And King Qing planned to do it before and after your canonization ceremony and wedding. Now that your wedding has been brought forward, it completely disrupted their actions. Therefore, King Qing is a little passive in terms of the current situation in Emperor Star."

Zhou Qin nodded, and he looked at Owen Adams: "What about the army? What's King Qing doing?"

"As for the Imperial Star Guard, King Qing has already made use of it." Adams said, "Information indicates that key personnel in Xiting District, Shangcheng District, and Zhongping District have been secretly exchanged."

He turned on a virtual projection and pointed to several places.

"We have reason to suspect that Prince Qing is planning something ulterior. Not only that, but also very serious." Adams said, "In terms of the capital galaxy, the first military fortress has Commander-in-Chief Clark, but King Qing is not The only possibility is the fortress and the expedition fortress. There is no doubt that the fortress has a large number of troops that the second prince belonged to before, and King Qing will definitely use this force."

"With the number one military fortress, we can actually compete with the strength of the fortress." Zhou Qin said.

"Yes. Now I am mainly worried about the expedition fortress. It is also the expedition fortress that decides the outcome. No one can mobilize the troops of the expedition fortress unless the marshal authorizes it. But since the marshal chooses to stand on King Qing's side, I am very worried about the next expedition fortress The trend of the expeditionary force. Once the expeditionary force enters the capital galaxy, it will form an overwhelming advantage. It is very unfavorable to us."

"But based on the tiny clues so far, I can fully judge that King Qing wants to seize power by force. It's the same as her brother." Adams concluded.

Zhou Qin was silent for a while.

The three-dimensional map of the capital galaxy is floating in the sky, and the expedition fortress is hidden in the most distant Oort cloud, and its position is unknown.

He almost expected that the next battle would be more difficult than the constitutional amendment plan.

"Your Highness." When Zhou Qin was contemplating, Chen Cang whispered in his ear, "Well, Mr. Lan, he... drove the Dark Night Meteor to the underground fighting arena."

Said to let him "arbitrary", is he really arbitrarily? ?

The Crown Prince's words have no effect at all, do they? !

The poor flexible screen in Zhou Qin's hand "clicked" and was crushed by him.

Extra Story: Butler Wu's Bedtime Stories

"I have a new job. There is a lack of a housekeeper in the Yeshan King's Mansion. Would you like to go?" Mr. Pete, who is in charge of the re-employment unit for veterans, asked Wu Chengliang.

"No." Wu Chengliang refused without thinking, "I am a veteran, what kind of housekeeper should I be? Mr. Pete, are you confused?"

"It's a good job." Pete said, "If it weren't for you always picking and choosing, neither doing this nor going there, I wouldn't have thought of you. The night mountain galaxy has not had a lord for a long time , the Yeshan King who was enshrined this time is said to be the emperor's own son. He is only 12 years old, and he will come to Yeshan in a few days. It can't be empty all the time, that palace... so let's find a housekeeper to see it The most important thing is to look after the child, 12 years old is a good age, you don’t need to take care of it, and it won’t be so big that the attendants have too many opinions to resist.”

"So it's basically a nanny?" Wu Chengliang didn't even think about it, "Will I go or not, as a Beta, I haven't even gotten married, and I don't know how to take care of children. It's annoying to think about it."

"Go."

"Why don't the others go?"

"Because you haven't found a job for more than a year, I'm on the blacklist of the re-employment unit because of you. If I don't solve you, I'm afraid I will continue to deduct wages."

"No, I don't want to—"

Pete quoted a salary.

Wu Chengliang changed his words spinelessly: "I don't want Mr. Pete to worry about it. I'll go and start working tomorrow."

But the next day, when he stood in the deserted and desolate palace, put on the butler's clothes, and tried to tie the Windsor knot for the ten thousandth time, he really regretted it a bit.

"This is harder than aiming at a fly 2000 meters away." Wu Chengliang muttered.

He looked at the wrist communicator. It is said that the spaceship that made the transition had arrived at the outer port of the Night Mountain galaxy last night, and the small starship in the galaxy was already heading for the fourth planet with the 12-year-old Night Mountain King.

If the prediction is correct, it will soon reach the surface of the planet.

Wu Chengliang gave up the Windsor knot, tied a bow around his neck indiscriminately, and then rushed to the mansion in time under the high-speed elevator leading to the surface.

The down sign of the elevator flashes rapidly.

After waiting for about 5 minutes, the elevator reached the ground floor.

The elevator door opened, and strangely dressed officials came out carrying many suitcases. It took Wu Chengliang a while to realize that these people should be the legendary palace servants.

"Excuse me, where is King Yeshan?" Wu Chengliang approached and asked.

Several internal servants looked at his attire, turned away their faces in contempt and went about their own business, and ignored him.

"Are you the butler of Yeshan Palace?" A young servant came out of the elevator and asked him.

"It's me, it's me. My name is Wu Chengliang."

"I am Dachun." The young servant saluted him, and then walked into the elevator. After a while, he walked out of the elevator carefully leading a child.

The moment Wu Chengliang saw the child, he froze for a moment.

The child was a little cold, his eyes were dark, and he couldn't see any emotion.

Standing alone at the elevator door.There is no intersection with the surrounding servants.

Wearing a suit of shorts, the white shirt inside was embroidered with many beautiful patterns.He held an adult's knitted coat in his hand, and he didn't let go of it.

He was led out of the elevator by Dachun.

"This is His Royal Highness King Yeshan." Dachun introduced.

Wu Chengliang stepped forward to salute: "Your Highness, hello, I am your housekeeper Wu Chengliang."

King Yeshan replied coldly: "Hello, Steward Wu. My name is Zhou Qin."

His voice still has a child's milky sound, but there is a kind of loneliness and anxiety in his voice that is not easy to be noticed.

Wu Chengliang couldn't help squatting down and asked him, "Has your Highness worked hard all the way?"

At this time, King Ye Shan's eyes moved. He looked at Wu Chengliang and moved his eyes down: "Butler Wu, your bow tie is not fastened."

"Huh?" Before Wu Chengliang could react, King Yeshan had already raised his little hand to help him tie a Windsor knot again.

"The Windsor knot is the basic bow tie. My father taught me how to tie it." Ye Shanwang said, "He said that every gentleman knows how to tie a Windsor knot."

If I remember correctly... His concubine's father has passed away, right?

Then he was thrown to Yeshan by the emperor?

Wu Chengliang didn't know what was wrong, but felt that the softest part of his heart had been poked by this child.

"Really? Then His Highness is also a little gentleman." He said to Ye Shanwang.

"I'm not young." Ye Shanwang corrected him seriously, "I'm 12 years old."

King Yeshan is much easier to serve than Wu Chengliang thought.

Except for studying, he has almost no excessive requirements.

Compared with children of the same age, he is more mature.However, he kept silent about his dead father.He didn't have any special friendship with the attendants in the mansion, and the only one who was a little closer was Wu Chengliang.

It's been like this for about two weeks.

One night, King Yeshan stood at the door of Wu Chengliang's bedroom.

"Can you tell me a story?" the King of Night Mountain asked him.

"Story?" Wu Chengliang was worried, "What story, Your Highness."

"The story of the princess and the dragon." Ye Shanwang's small figure looked a little pitiful, "My father always told me stories before, otherwise I couldn't sleep at night."

Wu Chengliang hesitated for a moment, and pulled back the quilt on the bed: "If your highness doesn't dislike it, can you sleep here with me?"

King Ye Shan seemed to have been invited, and quickly climbed onto his bed.

He shrank beside Wu Chengliang, looking at him with dark eyes.

Wu Chengliang sighed: "Let me think about the story of the princess and the dragon I heard when I was young."

As he spoke, he turned on the communicator, searched for a ready-made story about a princess and a dragon, and finished the story without moving a word.

"That's not the case." Ye Shanwang protested, "There is no prince who slays a dragon, and the princess is not with the prince."

"Who is the princess with?"

"The princess and the dragon are together." Ye Shanwang said, "Every time my father talks about it, it is the princess and the dragon who are together. He said that the princess killed all the princes and finally got together with the dragon. .It is me."

So, the princess is the emperor.

The dragon is the biological father of King Ye Shan?

Wu Chengliang suddenly felt that the story was a little sad.

"Shall we change the story?" Wu Chengliang said, "I'll tell you a story about interstellar pirates."

"Interstellar pirates?" Ye Shanwang's eyes lit up, he grabbed Wu Chengliang's hand, and looked at him, "I want to hear it."

Wu Chengliang thought for a while and said: "Outside the Yeshan galaxy, there is a group of interstellar pirates. They always burn, kill, loot and commit all kinds of crimes. However, a pirate king appeared later. I heard that he is the son of a certain noble blood. He relies on Super high mental strength and no bottom line behavior style have recruited most of the pirates. Now everyone in the neutral zone flees after hearing his name. Isn’t he very powerful.”

"But I don't like bad guys." Night Mountain King whispered, "Is he a big bad guy?"

"It doesn't matter, there are good and bad."

"Then will he invade the Yeshan galaxy? Will he bully my people?" The Yeshan King asked him again.

"This... it is inevitable that sometimes."

"Then I don't like him." King Yeshan said, "Butler Wu, when I grow up, I will manage Yeshan well and become a qualified king."

Wu Chengliang didn't know that a 12-year-old child would say such a thing.Although childish and cute, she already has extraordinary ambitions.

He was startled, and said to King Ye Shan, "Since Your Highness doesn't like the Pirate King, then I don't like him either. You will definitely become a very good king."

King Yeshan smiled, and asked him in a childish voice, "Will Butler Wu accompany me?"

Wu Chengliang didn't know whether King Yeshan was referring to the future or this night.

He helped the sleepy-eyed child cover the quilt.

"Sleep, Your Highness, I will accompany you."