Chapter 23 The Past



Shi Xing was stunned, his brain crashed.

For a long while, he could not associate the words "Your Majesty" with "Chi Yao".

The former was too far away from him. In his previous life, he had only heard of and seen him in news reports, in the mouths of the Lu family, and in the signature of the inquiry document sent by Shuchao when he signed the divorce agreement.

As for the latter, he ran into him once before his death, and he has seen him countless times in Shuchao so far.

Maybe they were distant at first, but with repeated contacts and conversations, the other party was no longer an unattainable image in Shi Xing's heart.

And now, regardless of the popular science of the Star Network, just look at the reply of Xu Shiguan...

Your Majesty? Your Majesty? ? Your Majesty? ! !

This title was rolled on the tip of the tongue, and was repeatedly chewed, disassembled, kneaded, and gathered again.

Your Majesty.

Shi Xing tried once.

Tried twice.

Tried...

Never mind, he really couldn't equate the two in such a short time.

In fact... the two were too different in his heart.

Your Majesty was like a symbol of power, like the brilliant achievements since he took the throne, including but not limited to the widely acclaimed military reforms, killing of SSS-class D-class mutants at the border, reducing the scope of the border that the empire was responsible for since he took office, etc. When

these two words were mentioned, all Shi Xing could think of were these.

Your Majesty is a word that everyone knows exists in the empire, but is hidden behind countless things.

Your Highness, or Chi Yao, is different.

Chi Yao... is a real and tangible person who exists in his life.

Especially now he is not as afraid of him as he was at the beginning, instead he can feel the vividness of him as a person in the details of their interactions.

Shi Xing: "..."

He may need more time to accept this fact.

Fortunately, Xu Jin saw that he did not reply, and the second message came quickly, as if he could guess his thoughts, and asked.

[Are you asleep, or are you too shocked? 】

Realizing the impoliteness, Shi Xing quickly replied, [I haven’t slept. I’m so, so surprised.]

Shi Xing said truthfully: [I need some time.]

Xu Shiguan smiled on the other end, [You can still call him Your Highness. In fact, we don’t have many opportunities to call him His Majesty in real life.]

[Part of the reason is that Your Highness spends a lot of time leading troops outside, and the other part is related to personal habits and the little prince.]

He only mentioned it in one sentence, and when he felt that Shi Xing had recovered from the title of His Majesty, Xu Jin decisively changed the subject, [So, you asked Your Highness about the match today?] After

thinking about it, Shi Xing did not hide it, and briefly recounted what he had said in the study when he went to the business district and came back.

Xu Jin asked again, [What about Your Highness’ attitude? 】

Shi Xing,【It was a bit scary at first, but then...】

It couldn't be said that it wasn't scary in the study. After he came back, Chi Yao no longer used his aura to exert pressure. He was careful with his tone of voice. In fact, most of the questions were in his daily life, and he would use some of the tones he would use.

It's just... maybe those questions were too sharp. Even if the expression didn't mean that, but when it came to Shi Xing's ears, it still couldn't be said that they were very gentle words.

Shi Xing was a little frustrated and tried his best to describe it. In the process, except for the specific dialogue, the meaning was vaguely relayed.

Xu Jin grasped two key points, 【Your Highness asked you a lot of questions? 】

【Your Highness didn't reject you at the beginning? 】

Shi Xing was inspired, 【I think those questions are almost the same as rejection】

Especially after knowing the other party's identity, Shi Xing's head was buzzing when he thought of those questions.

His Majesty has a mental problem that cannot be cured. Not only his close followers know this, but also the upper echelons of power in the entire empire know this. This is no secret. When he was at the Lu family, Shi Xing could hear the Lu family talking about this from time to time, either worried or helpless.

If he didn't know the other party's identity, he might still be arrogant and think that his healing ability would be the best in the world in the future, that is, he could cure the other party.

But now that he knows...

In his previous life, what Shi Xing heard from the Lu family all day long was the worry about His Majesty's physical condition!

- His Majesty's mental power is too strong, and no doctor can cure the problem of the spiritual sea.

This has almost become a part of Shi Xing's cognition along with the external environment.

And it is very difficult for people to break the conventional cognition, and Shi Xing is also aware of this.

Thinking about this, Shi Xing immediately asked, "What was your highness's first mental power rating?"

The first time the imperial people did a mental power rating was when they were in their teens, and their mental power was still growing.

Although I know that this answer is not of reference value.

But it does not prevent Shi Xing from using this data to comfort himself and cheer himself up.

Xu Jin was stunned. [Well, the situation of the royal family is quite special. You have studied the history of the Empire in the Tree Nest, so you should know that the royal family is accustomed to intermarriage, and other bloodlines are frequently added in, in order to improve the genes and improve the spiritual power level of the offspring.]

Shi Xing was still dumbfounded and didn't react. [I know]

Xu Jin: [The two points of intermarriage and the tendency to find people with high spiritual power as partners have also been going on in the royal family... for a long, long time.]

[So...]

Shi Xing: [So?]

Xu ​​Jin: [The effect is also very significant.]

Xu Jin: [For example, Your Highness and Little Highness, if the level is calculated according to the conventional test, they will be SSS level from the first test.]

Shi Xing: "..."

Shi Xing: "..."

Very good, not only did he fail to comfort himself, but even the data that could not be used as a reference also gave him a blow, mocking his overestimation of his own abilities.

Shi Xing typed expressionlessly, [The effect is indeed very significant]

He had never heard of anyone from the Empire who got SSS level on the first test!

Forcing himself to return to Xu Jin's question, Shi Xing: [Yeah, you asked me a lot of questions]

[There wasn’t a clear rejection,] Shi Xing laughed at himself, [Maybe His Highness didn’t want to embarrass me]

Xu Jin: [No]

[His Highness is not that kind of person]

Shi Xing: [? ]

Xu Jin: [If he didn’t want to embarrass you, he would have proactively said no the first time you asked about the match, and blocked all possibilities before you had that inclination but hadn’t asked]

Shi Xing was shocked again, would the other party still be like this...?

Xu Jin: [But His Highness didn’t. He knew what you might be thinking, but he didn’t say anything final. He didn’t refuse explicitly the second time you asked. His Highness doesn’t like to do unnecessary things. He didn’t refuse, which proves that he is really considering it.]

[This also applies to asking you so many questions.]

[If he really won’t agree, he has already made up his mind. There is no need to waste time and effort to say all this.]

[Since he said it, he should really hope that you will think it over carefully.]

Of course, based on Xu Jin’s understanding of His Highness, His Highness should not have made up his mind.

From this perspective, Shi Xing did not think it was unreasonable.

Thinking of something, Xu Jin asked again, [Has your bracelet light brain come up with the best recommendation? 】

After Shi Xing read it once and confirmed it, he replied, "Not yet."

Xu Jin had a vague guess in his heart, but he only said to Shi Xing, "Oh, it should be too late."

He said goodbye to Shi Xing. He and Chi Yao had talked enough that night, and his mind couldn't fit more. The best way to deal with it now was to give him time to digest and accept it. Xu Jin knew it, so even if Shi Xing wanted to ask more, he didn't continue.

After closing the communication interface and saying good night, Xu Jin didn't sleep.

After thinking about it, he went to the study.

Sure enough, Chi Yao was standing by the window with his arms folded. It was unknown what he was thinking. The documents and markers on the desk were left there. He didn't put them away as usual even if he was not working.

Chi Yao was not as absolutely rational as he appeared.

Xu Jin saw it.

He thought it was a good sign.

He walked up to him and said hello. Chi Yao replied lazily without even turning back to look at him.

He knew that he had helped Chi Yao in this matter, and he also knew that it was not what Chi Yao wanted to see. He also knew that Chi Yao, who was in a delicate mood, might not want to see him, the instigator, at this moment.

But Xu Jin had his own purpose, so he asked Chi Yao what he thought of Shi Xing.

Chi Yao's reply was a little cold, "You know, emotional factors are not a reference factor for me to choose my partner."

Xu Jin: "I know that the heirs of the royal family have always been trained in this way and have this awareness."

Xu Jin followed two majesties, so it is impossible for him not to understand the self-restraint of the monarchs. Xu Jin knew it

very well, even too well. The last long talk about matching was based on this as the starting point, which made Chi Yao unable to refuse.


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