Chapter 65

Yamashiro Hiroshi hesitated.

Now that Lu Huai has officially resurrected, Jiang Yun can naturally free up his hands to look for the [Queen].

Jiang Yun did not mention the Queen in diplomatic occasions, obviously he was very sure that Olin would never let go of the Queen.

As a result, the powerful Union Foreign Minister was too lazy to negotiate with Olin in a diplomatic manner.

He would adopt other ways of bargaining, such as - directly robbing.

Even without Marcus's "kind reminder", the Olin cabinet and the royal family had already been prepared for this.

[The Queen] left the Ice Wasteland Planet and has been kept in a secret laboratory in the Lilna Palace.

—Transfer? Transfer to where.

In all of Orin, there was no place safer than the Palace of Lierna.

All the privy ministers of Olin who had contact with Jiang Yun had a strong fear of this Omega.

Many officials believed that since Jiang Yun already knew that the [Queen] was kept in the Lillena Palace, the [Queen] should be transferred as soon as possible.

But Jiang Yun, can he really take the [Queen] away from the heavily guarded Lillena Palace?

Shancheng Bo looked at Jiang Yun, who was talking with the Foreign Minister of the Sawyer Republic, Yaman.

The Sawyer Republic and the Alliance have been friendly countries for many years, and Jiang Yun himself has a good personal relationship with Alman.

Yarman was still thinking about having coffee with Jiang Yun and his wife. "Ever since I first saw you, I've wanted to meet your husband. I didn't expect to have this opportunity today. My wife and I have always been very curious about how outstanding Colonel Lu is to make you willing to marry him."

"I think your wife has already met my husband at the tea party." Jiang Yun said politely, "Maybe we can have a few more drinks at the dinner."

"Want some coffee?" Alman asked.

"No," Jiang Yun raised a meaningful smile at the corner of his lips, "drink."

After the energy summit, Jiang Yun and Alman went to the Lillena Palace together.

As expected, the security at the Lillena Palace was extremely strict. Jiang Yun was asked to remove his watch, which was then inspected for a full five minutes before being returned to him.

Each staff member carries a DNA tester, so if there is a DNA mismatch between a person and the person, the Austrian side can immediately locate the person.

Representatives and officials from various countries arrived at the Lille Palace one after another, and the flower-viewing and tea-drinking party for their families also ended.

Jiang Yun and Alman, accompanied by security personnel, stood under the corridor covered with wisteria, waiting for the arrival of their partners.

Not long after, a burst of overly hearty laughter came over, and Jiang Yun's eyebrows jumped when he heard it.

The young Alpha, the only one under forty, walked over, surrounded by a group of Omegas. He was chatting and laughing with Mrs. Alman on one side, and talking to Queen Mother Olin on the other, his mouth never stopped, like a social butterfly who could get along with everyone.

Alman was very surprised and thought to himself that he didn't expect that Foreign Minister Jiang, who was such a cold and aloof person, would like such a lively Alpha.

After meeting Jiang Yun's eyes, the smile on Alpha's face immediately disappeared.

Alpha walked up to Jiang Yun and stood at attention: "Jiang... Yun, you're here."

Jiang Yun looked her "husband" up and down several times and said calmly, "Let's go."

Behind Jiang Yun, Alman whispered gossip to his wife: "What do you think of Colonel Lu?"

Mrs. Alman lowered her voice and said, "Colonel Lu's appearance is impeccable, but...sigh, I always feel that although Colonel Lu deserves a very good Omega, he doesn't deserve someone as good as Foreign Minister Jiang! Unless Colonel Lu can talk half as much, then he and Foreign Minister Jiang will be a perfect match."

Jiang Yun led Alpha towards the banquet hall. Along the way, whenever they encountered a reflective glass surface, Alpha would stop and look in the mirror.

"Look at this bold black hair, deep eyes, sharp jawline, and Adam's apple full of sexual tension..." Alpha couldn't let go of his temporary face, "So damn handsome."

"Enough is enough. Don't you have an Adam's apple?" Jiang Yun glanced back at Alpha coldly and said, "Besides, you're too far away from me. This is very suspicious."

Alpha quickly took a step forward: "Ah, sorry."

"You seem very nervous. Lu Huai rarely gets nervous," Jiang Yun said, looking straight ahead, "You need to relax a little."

"Only an idol can feel relaxed walking alone with you. I dare not get too close to you." Alpha sighed, "You have no idea how much of a shadow Colonel Lu feels about his 'good brother' falling in love with his wife."

Jiang Yun: "I know."

Alpha: "He was afraid that I would be seduced by your beauty tonight, so he forced me to acknowledge him as my father before exchanging identities with me. I succumbed to his tyranny and accepted it."

Jiang Yun: “?”

What is Lu Huai doing?

How could you just adopt a son out there without discussing it with him? Aren’t two sons enough for him to be a father?

"Since Colonel Lu is my father and you are his partner, then you are also mine..." Alpha met Jiang Yun's warning gaze, which said, "If you dare to say that, you will be a lieutenant colonel for the rest of your life." He changed his words to a word that better suited Foreign Minister Jiang's image: "Godfather."

"Sorry, I don't want a son anymore." Jiang Yun said in a slightly cold tone, "If you had a daughter, I might consider it."

As night fell, the lights of the ancient Lille Palace came on, and the imperial feast began.

The doors of the banquet hall were slowly pushed open from both sides by the royal guards, and the precious fragrance rushed towards them. The first thing they saw was a huge portrait of the first emperor of Olin.

The royal guards, dressed in uniform heavy armor and top hats, stood motionless on both sides of the banquet hall like expressionless sculptures.

The luxurious crystal chandeliers divided the space into many bright and dark areas, like a miniature of the interstellar structure, presented to the politicians in a gorgeous and illusory way.

Tonight, it seems that only one person is qualified to stand in the aura of power - Emperor Olin, Smollett Lu.

The monarch, only thirty years old, shared the sullen look that had been passed down through the centuries by the royal family of Orin, like his uncle and cousin.

His eagle-like eyes were embedded in deep eye sockets, and every glance he gave to a guest was filled with the meaning of measuring and evaluating.

In less than a second, Smollett's eyes were fixed on Jiang Yun among the more than a hundred politicians.

——Omgea, the beauty who shouldn’t have been the protagonist of the dinner party but attracted everyone’s attention the moment she appeared.

Although Smollett is young, he believes that he does not have the common arrogance of young Alphas. It is his caution and prudence that allows him to sit on the throne of Olin.

He acknowledged Jiang Yun's great victory on the Ice Desolate Planet and even dismissed a young and promising foreign minister for this.

But the planet Belloc is not an icy planet, and the Lierna Palace is not a temporary research institute.

Jiang Yun and his partner's every move is under the eyes of the royal family. What kind of trouble can they stir up?

Representatives from various countries came forward in order to offer their country's respect and blessings to the young monarch.

Jiang Yun was the first to walk towards the throne and stood in front of Smollett.

His position was a few steps away from the throne, just enough for him to look the seated monarch in the eye.

He didn't bow, but simply lowered his eyes and nodded. "On behalf of the Union Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I extend my most sincere congratulations to Your Majesty."

Although Jiang Yun's speech was so brief that it seemed perfunctory, it perfectly conformed to the diplomatic etiquette of the two countries and there was nothing wrong with it.

Smollett narrowed his eyes and gave Jiang Yun a response that was even simpler than Jiang Yun's blessing: "Enjoy the dinner, Alliance diplomat."

Jiang Yun smiled slightly: "Sure."

Jiang Yun did what he said. Holding a wine glass, he shuttled among the people in suits and ties, and responded to every long-planned conversation with a smile.

Those who wanted to get close to Jiang Yun consciously formed a vortex of relationships around him, from close to distant. Some lucky ones even received Jiang Yun's active greetings and toasts.

The person farthest from the center of the vortex was actually Marcus, who represented the same alliance as Jiang Yun.

One of them represented the Presidential Palace, and the other represented the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but they didn't say a word to each other, and even the eye contact was only one-sided with Marcus.

Politicians are well aware that this is a reorganization of power.

Jiang Yun's husband, the youngest Alpha at the state banquet, stayed by Jiang Yun's side all the time, blocking a lot of alcohol for him while using his wit and humor to push the atmosphere to one climax after another.

"No, I seem to be a little drunk." "Lu Huai" laughed, "Everyone, wait for me to wash my face and sober up, and then we can talk later."

"Lu Huai" handed the wine glass to Jiang Yun and walked out of the banquet hall under countless secret gazes.

The ubiquitous Sky Eye surveillance system turned in the same direction at the same time, firmly locking onto "Lu Huai".

"Lu Huai" raised his eyes and glanced vaguely at the Sky Eye closest to him, as if he was looking at the person on the other side of the Sky Eye, with a provocative smile on his face.

His mission in Operation Echo was only one: to disguise himself as Colonel Lu, enter the Lillena Palace, and then disappear under Olin's nose.

He didn't need to leave the Lillena Palace, nor could he leave the Lillena Palace.

But he had to make sure that no one could find him in the Lille Palace.

Although it is impossible for him to find and take away the [Queen] without relying on technological equipment, isn't this still a trivial matter?

In his latest assessment file, [Disguise] and [Stealth] have both been upgraded to [Maximum Limit].

There is no possibility that a bearded uncle will appear and ask him for a kiss this time, and his mission will not fail again.

"Lu Huai" moved his neck left and right and strode towards the bathroom.

The imperial dinner was still going on with laughter and joy.

Jiang Yun took over the responsibility of controlling the situation from "Lu Huai".

He listened intently to what others said, and used a few words to keep the atmosphere lively. For a moment, no one noticed that Colonel Lu seemed to have been away for a long time.

A royal guard hurried to Yamashiro Hiroshi's side and whispered something to him solemnly.

Shancheng Bo's face changed and he immediately walked towards Jiang Yun.

Yamashiro Hiroshi asked Alman, who was talking to Jiang Yun, to leave for a while and asked, "Excuse me, where is your husband, Minister Jiang?"

Jiang Yun looked as if his interest had been disturbed: "Didn't he go out to sober up?"

Shancheng Bo said in a deep voice: "He has been gone for twenty minutes."

"Really?" Jiang Yun asked indifferently, "Maybe he thought the night view of the Lillena Palace was nice, so he went for a walk alone."

"Okay, I understand." Shancheng Bo knew that it was useless to ask further, so he turned around and left without delay.

There was no time to hesitate; they had to make a decision.

Hiroshi Yamashiro found the king he served in the banquet hall.

The walls isolated the noise of the banquet, and the environment where you could hear a pin drop and the absolute silence were very conducive to the king's meditation.

In front of Smollett Lu, there was an agent file that only the top leaders of the alliance could get.

That was Lu Huai’s file from seventeen years ago.

"Marcus of the Alliance has been urging me to move the Queen out of the palace as soon as possible. He believes that as long as Jiang Yun and Lu Huai know the Queen's location, it's only a matter of time before they find her." Smollett drummed his fingers on the table and asked, "What do you think?"

Hiroshi Yamashiro still insisted on his point of view: "As long as we all agree that the Lierna Palace is the safest place, there is no need for [the queen] to be moved."

"Operation Deep Sea, the Kolmina Elimination, the 1223 Star Track Heist..." Smollett looked at the nearly impossible operations in the file, his fingers suddenly paused. "Now, you tell me, the Alpha who completed these missions alone is lurking in my Lilna Palace, and none of you can find him, right?"

Yamashiro Hiroshi bowed deeply. "I'm so sorry, Your Majesty."

Smollett sneered: "At the research institute on Ice Wasteland Planet, if I hadn't ordered the transfer of the Queen in advance, the Queen would have fallen into Jiang Yun's hands long ago."

Shancheng Bo considered carefully and said, "The two situations are different, Your Majesty. Lu Huai, after all, is only a human being..."

Smollett interrupted his Prime Minister: "Quiet, I need to think."

After a long silence, the young monarch finally issued his carefully considered order: "Learn the lesson—move."

Yamashiro Hiroshi sighed silently, "Yes."

The imperial dinner came to an end amid laughter and joy.

Yarman had never seen Jiang Yun so in high spirits as he was tonight. In the past, Jiang Yun would only have a couple of drinks at most on similar occasions, but tonight he had gotten himself a little tipsy.

This bit of drunkenness did not affect his speech and demeanor at all. Instead, it made his delicate and cold white face turn lightly red, which made the politicians force themselves to look away and then hurried to find Colonel Lu.

——Colonel Lu, please come quickly. Foreign Minister Jiang seems to be getting drunk. Why don’t you come and take care of him?

Only then did Alman realize that Colonel Lu seemed to have disappeared for a long time.

"Strange," Yarman asked Jiang Yun, "Hasn't Colonel Lu come back yet?"

Jiang Yun shook his head and looked towards the door: "He should be back soon. He may not have eaten much tonight."

After the dinner, Yamashiro Hiroshi, with the sincerity of a host, shook hands with the politicians one by one and said goodbye.

When it was Jiang Yun and Alman's turn, Lu Huai still didn't show up.

"Foreign Minister Jiang, I need to remind you." Shan Chengbo shook Jiang Yun's hand, his old face carrying a heavy haze. "Once the dinner is over, the diplomatic time will also end. Any illegal stay in the Lierna Palace will be regarded as a violation of the empire..."

"I'm coming, I'm coming—" Alpha appeared out of nowhere and startled Alman, "Sorry to have kept you waiting."

Yamashiro Hiroshi's reminder and his expression froze for a second.

Lu Huai yawned and walked towards Jiang Yun at a leisurely pace. He took Jiang Yun's advice and acted relaxed and comfortable: "I accidentally took a nap in the garden. Didn't it delay anything?"

The royal guard's incredulous voice came through Yamashiro Hiroshi's headset: "This is impossible, Prime Minister! We have been paying close attention to the garden, but there are no clues or traces at all!"

The elderly Prime Minister closed his eyes helplessly.

The thing he was most worried about eventually happened inevitably.

Olin's fear and dread of Jiang Yun had been building up for too long, and it had long become the most deadly weapon that led them to defeat.

Jiang Yun chuckled. "No, but if you come back any later, you'll probably have to spend the night in the Imperial Prison." He turned to Shan Chengbo and nodded. "Well, we'll take our leave now. Thank you again for your hospitality tonight, Prime Minister."

——

This was a dessert shop a few streets away from the Lerna Palace. The owner was renowned throughout the city for her exceptional baking skills, especially her unique Nebula Pudding, which was both beautiful and delicious. Even many of Olin's royal family and nobles were captivated by its unique, cloud-like texture.

Normally, the Nebula Pudding would have sold out by this time of year. But today was the Emperor's birthday, and the Lierna Palace was hosting a grand banquet. For the safety of dignitaries, several streets near the palace were closed, and as a result, the number of customers had dropped by half.

The dessert shop was deserted and the owner was drowsy in the aroma of syrup.

Suddenly, an urgent news report interrupted the light music playing in the store: "Latest news, at 11:03 pm, Belloc time, an explosion of unknown nature occurred in the suburbs of the capital. Five transport vehicles collided in a chain reaction, carrying a large amount of ammunition and firearms... The specific casualties are still being calculated..."

The shop owner exclaimed, covering his mouth: "Oh my God..."

Before the shop owner could take in the details of the news, the wind chimes hanging by the door began to play a light melody.

——A guest has arrived.

The shop owner quickly perked up, a smile plastered across his face. "Welcome, how can I help you?"

The tall young man walked to the transparent window, bringing a hint of autumn coolness to the sweet air.

He was wearing a black windbreaker with his hands in the pockets on both sides of the windbreaker. He bent down and looked at the neatly arranged exquisite desserts with an expression of deep thought and seriousness.

The shop owner wanted to make a recommendation to the young man, but he also felt that since he was thinking so seriously, it would be better to let him make his own choice.

"One Nebula Pudding, take it away." The young man raised his bright eyes and smiled politely, "Thank you."

The Nebula Pudding was placed in a beautiful box tied with a light blue bow. The box was loaded onto the SUV and placed on the passenger seat along with a sniper rifle.

Finally, they were taken by an off-road vehicle to the hotel where the Union Foreign Minister was staying tonight.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' special car had been waiting in the hotel's private parking lot for a long time.

Lu Huai took off his disguise, bit off his gloves, and got out of the car with Pudding in his clean hands.

He knocked on the window of the special car, and the window fell smoothly, revealing a face that looked exactly like his.

Lu Huai raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is it good?"

"Awesome, so awesome." Gu Xingzhou regretfully and reluctantly removed his facial disguise. He knew his limited-time experience as Colonel Lu was over. "I want to live with this face in my next life too."

Lu Huai sneered: "Then you will be reborn as my real son in your next life - get out of the car."

Gu Xingzhou rolled down from the passenger seat quickly: "Foreign Minister Jiang is sleeping in the back. He did drink a bit too much tonight."

Lu Huai responded nonchalantly, "I see. The target is in the trunk. Give it to Fu Mingqian and tell him that if he doesn't want to die, it's best not to wake it up."

"...Is it so scary?" Gu Xingzhou held a cylindrical portable experimental cabin and retreated tremblingly as if he was holding a bomb that could explode at any time.

Lu Huai sat in the back seat and closed the car door.

Jiang Yun didn't know whether he was woken up by the sound of the door closing or the smell of dessert, but his long eyelashes trembled like butterfly wings, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

"Baby, you're awake! I brought you some dessert on the way back." Lu Huai asked Jiang Yun while holding the pudding, "Do you want to eat some?"

Jiang Yun's sleepiness had not yet completely dissipated. He stared at the dessert with misty eyes for a long time before slowly focusing his gaze on Lu Huai's face.

How could it be such a common opening line?

Lu Huai just came back from a mission, shouldn't we report the situation to him first?

But in fact, it doesn’t seem to matter if you don’t report it.

Because Colonel Lu's mission will not fail.

Jiang Yun took the pudding and stared at the tempting frosting body in thought for a long time.

Such a familiar feeling...Why is it so familiar?

Suddenly, Jiang Yun came to his senses and grabbed the collar of Lu Huai's windbreaker.

Lu Huai let Jiang Yun pull him over.

Jiang Yun used all her strength to pull her husband up, but she herself could not sit steadily and was pressed onto the back seat by the Alpha who came over.

Jiang Yun sniffed Lu Huai's neck gently and smiled contentedly.

Unfortunately, his smile was too light and shallow, and Lu Huai didn't have time to appreciate it before it turned into a soft arc.

"Colonel Lu is indeed the same as he was back then," Jiang Yun said.

Lu Huaixu pressed Jiang Yun, and was a little tickled by Jiang Yun's sniffing. He smiled and asked his wife: "What?"

"In addition to pheromones, Colonel Lu also smells of blood," Jiang Yun said. "Desserts and blood, isn't that exactly the same as on our honeymoon?"

Lu Huai suddenly realized: "Are you talking about the Star Track robbery that happened during our honeymoon?"

"Well," Jiang Yun raised his body slightly and kissed the corner of Alpha's mouth as a reward, "You are still as handsome as you were back then."