Shi Xing raised his head, most of his anger was released, but the discomfort in his heart from the beginning did not disappear.

In fact, it was aggravated by the deep feeling of powerlessness.

Shi Xing pointed out, "Who talks like that? If you say that, and I still have emotions, wouldn't it make me look unreasonable?!"

Shi Xing said in a broken voice. After he

finished speaking, he heard a chuckle.

Shi Xing was stunned and looked at Chi Yao, who lowered his head slightly, but the corners of his mouth were indeed raised.

Shi Xing: "..."

Shi Xing: "Your Highness, my emotions are not over yet."

He emphasized again with a stiff tone.

Shi Xing was a bit self-destructive, thinking that with Chi Yao's reaction, it would be better for him to just deny it and then have a fight. After the fight, when he'd vented his emotions, he should feel better... or

would he?

Maybe.

Shi Xing wasn't sure.

In fact, he didn't want to argue with Chi Yao in his heart, but he was really uncomfortable with him being kept in the dark.

And all the details connected, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Chi Yao's voice relaxed, "I know."

Chi Yao: "It's just that I find it funny to see you endure so much while talking seriously."

Shi Xing: "..."

Chi Yao affirmed, "You're not a person who is good at conflicts with others, Xingxing."

Shi Xing: "..."

Shi Xing sighed heavily. Shi

Cang leaned his head against the door panel and muttered, "Since you know this, why are you still joking with me like this..." He paused and said angrily, "Do you think from the bottom of your heart that I won't quarrel with you?"

Chi Yao lowered his eyes for a moment and replied truthfully, "I haven't predicted all your performances. I said this probably because I am this kind of person?" Shi

Xing was speechless.

Yes, Chi Yao did like to joke about some small details, but it was not too much. Sometimes, if you don't understand him and don't think about it that way, the person involved may not feel it.

Shi Xing let out a sigh again, annoyed.

The room was quiet for dozens of seconds. Chi Yao said, "If you really want to lose your temper, you don't need to think of so many reasons, and you don't need to think rationally. Losing your temper itself is not a rational behavior. If you want to find a reasonable motive to get angry, based on my experience in dealing with so many people, I'm afraid it will be more and more difficult to start."

Chi Yao was right. Shi

Xing was defeated and said frustratedly, "Forget it, I... am not that kind of person."

Unless the emotions are intensified to the point of being irreconcilable, Shi Xing really can't get angry easily.

His Highness's conversation rhythm is reasonable and ridiculous. Shi Xing thought that he might be hurt internally when he was holding it in, and he couldn't find an emotional explosion point in this rhythm.

"Then why don't you stop arguing and sit down and talk?"

Chi Yao suggested.

Patting the sofa beside him, "I guess you still have a lot to say."

Shi Xing: "It's embarrassing to walk over like this, Your Highness."

He always felt that walking over would mean giving up.

Chi Yao said with a smile, "Then I beg you to come over and don't be angry with me?"

Chi Yao lowered his attitude again, and Shi Xing was relieved by this sentence.

"No need." Even though his tone was still stiff, he moved and sat on the sofa side by side with Chi Yao.

Once on the sofa, he took a pillow to support his spirit and crawled to the other end of the long sofa.

Chi Yao thought of something and suddenly asked, "Have your mental filaments healed?"

After getting Shi Xing's affirmation, Chi Yao said, "Then can I start treatment again recently?"

Shi Xing's tone was still not very good, "It was fine a few days ago, but I don't know how to face you." After that, he deliberately said, "Don't change the subject, Your Highness."

Chi Yao raised the white flag, "You start."

Shi Xing is indeed not a person who likes to conflict with others. When he asked him to start, he didn't even start from the topic. He chose a slightly gentler angle as a buffer and asked from the contract, "Is there really no second mother tree in our galaxy?"

"As far as I know, yes."

Shi Xing hesitated, "Then... do you know the reason for the disappearance of the blue star? Can you tell me?"

Citizens don't know, but a country's leadership may not be completely unaware of things that are not in the textbooks.

However, Chi Yao's answer was not what Shi Xing expected. Chi Yao shook his head and said, "The information about Blue Star that all the planets in our galaxy have learned is the same as what you have learned. It disappeared very suddenly. When the Alliance was discussing the transplantation of the mother tree, their diplomats were the first to discover it, and then... nothing happened."

"Then the Empire became the only planet with the mother tree. As for the Blue Star people, a series of conflicts broke out with the Alliance."

Shi Xing knew that the Alliance and the Empire were not in harmony, but he didn't know how they were not in harmony.

Feeling vaguely that this was a point that he should know, Shi Xing looked at Chi Yao and said slightly off topic, "Can I ask what the conflict is? What has been the main conflict between the Alliance and the Empire?"

There was nothing that couldn't be said.

"As for the Mother Tree, it's like this. In fact, the Alliance wanted to get the Empire to join. Although they were in different camps, they had fought side by side for a long time and the relationship had eased a lot.

" Shi Xing didn't know this. "But in the end, the Empire didn't join the Alliance."

Chi Yao nodded. "The Alliance asked to transplant the Mother Tree, claiming that after the Empire joined, it would be a part of the Alliance. But the Empire and Blue Star had a strict contract, and the Alliance had a separate political power. They wanted to share the Empire's interests without even getting the Empire, so in the end, the matter of joining was shelved."

"The main contradiction is the issue of border garrison."

"The Empire's main star is at the edge of the galaxy, and the average spiritual power of the Empire's people is the highest in the galaxy. They think we have strong combat capabilities. In addition, due to our special geographical location, the stability of the border is crucial to the Empire. The Alliance wants to extend the Empire's border every year, thinking that this will be safer for the planets inside the galaxy."

"They are right, but why should we sacrifice more in exchange for common peace? Therefore, every once in a while, when the border of the asteroid is stationed on a new planet, the Alliance will come to trouble the Empire. Trade within the galaxy is also particularly frequent, and this problem is more difficult to deal with."

After a pause, he concluded, "The number of star beasts has increased in recent years, and the mutant star beasts have made all planets feel difficult. The border issues are always noisy. In addition, the tree nest has trained a lot of doctors, and all doctors first supply the military officers of the Empire. The Alliance and other galaxies cannot get medical resources, and the contradictions have become more acute."

Shi Xing roughly understood.

As for why other planets cannot get medical resources, he also knows that there are too few doctors, not enough to supply the Empire. Under the situation of stationing on the border, the Empire will not and cannot distribute doctors to other planets.

The atmosphere of these words is very good. In a trance, Shi Xing seemed to have returned to the usual time when he and Chi Yao had no conflicts.

When talking about things he didn't understand, Chi Yao was also so patient.

But he couldn't escape what he had to say.

Even though he didn't know how to continue, and didn't know where the conversation would end up, Shi Xing still chose to ask: "Why is your spiritual sea broken? When did it happen?"

"Has it always been like this? Can I ask? Can I talk about it?"

Chi Yao was expressionless at first, but after hearing the last two sentences, he smiled again, "Of course you can ask."

After a moment of silence, his voice became deeper, "I can talk about it, but I just don't want to mention it normally."

Seeing Shi Xing's eyes nervously sweeping over him, Chi Yao smiled faintly, "Don't be nervous, not wanting to mention it has little to do with the matter itself, not wanting to mention it because... probably because I have to talk about my parents." Shi

Xing was a little confused.

He had never heard Chi Yao mention his parents a few times.

He asked anxiously, "Is your relationship not good?"

Chi Yao laughed again and shook his head. The conversation atmosphere was relaxed and comfortable. Even if he said he didn't want to mention it, when he really had to speak, Chi Yao didn't hesitate and said directly, "It's not that it's not good, it's... it's too good. I just don't want to recall the past." He

cut through the chaos quickly and explained the whole story in just a few words.

"Strictly speaking, Bi Zhou, although he is also my nephew, he is the son of my cousin."

"I am the only child of my parents."

"My mission when I was born was to take over the empire, and because of the previous encirclement and suppression of star beasts on the border, the mental state of the previous king and queen was not very good. In short, since I can remember, the task of studying has been very heavy, but other than that, my family has never let me down. They gave me the best education and a caring home."

"The injury to my mental sea was an accident. While patrolling the border, I encountered a star beast. At that time, my mental strength level was not stable... That's what happened next."

"You know what happened next."

This is really a simple narration that cannot be simpler.

Shi Xing digested it for a while, but couldn't help but said something more, "It's hard to hear you put things so simply."

Chi Yao was silent for a moment, but he didn't avoid it. He lowered his eyes for a moment and smiled, "Although the past was good, it's all in the past. It's useless to keep thinking about it. People still have to look forward."

"Won't... miss it?"

There was a pause before answering, and Chi Yao's voice was very soft, "Yes, but this kind of emotion can't help me better. Indulging in the past is not good for me."

For a moment, Shi Xing felt Chi Yao's tiredness.

In all dimensions, tired.

Not only does he have to deal with various things every day and endure the discomfort in his spiritual sea, but he also has to be strong from the bottom of his heart.

Moreover, he also knows clearly that no one can share his burden.

Be it Bi Zhou or him, their joining is piling weight on Chi Yao.

With this thought, Shi Xing felt that he had no right to question Chi Yao, although his original intention was not...

The room became quiet.

Like some kind of identity change, this time it was Chi Yao who asked, "Now that you know the whole story, do you... still have emotions?"

Shi Xing didn't know how to answer.

He didn't speak, and Chi Yao said, "Actually, I have my own considerations for not telling you, it's..."

Shi Xing interrupted with three words, "I know."

Chi Yao was stunned.

Shi Xing: "Your Highness, I can still think these things through in the next two days."

Shi Xing actually thought very clearly.

Unconsciously, his tone turned worse again, "It's just a few reasons: I'm still in the maturity stage, and you don't want me to have the pressure and burden of treatment; the shattering of the spiritual sea is not a trivial matter, it's... you don't want me to worry too much; if you continue, I may face pressure from the Elders' Council and the Senate in the future. In this case, you don't want to tell me in advance what I might face, fearing that I am not capable enough and at the same time face too much pressure."

Chi Yao was silent.

After a while, he acknowledged, "You're right."

He let out a breath and suddenly said, "You don't have to worry too much. Since I'm a good match with you, I've already thought about the way forward. Bi Zhou has grown very fast, and your personalities are compatible. If... then you all follow my arrangements..."

There was nothing wrong before, but Chi Yao suddenly said this. When Shi Xing reacted and figured out what he meant by "worry", his emotions suddenly collapsed.

"I'm not worried! I'm not in a bad mood because of this!!"

"I..."

A wave of despair came over him, and Shi Xing collapsed and buried his face in the pillow, muffled voice, "Don't say that, I'll be angry."

Chi Yao was silent for a moment, and said softly, "But it's very realistic..."

"I'm really angry!"

Shi Xing's voice suddenly rose for a moment, interrupting Chi Yao again.

Chi Yao opened his mouth without saying anything. After a moment, he only uttered three pale words, "Don't be angry."

"It's too late." Shi Xing was irritated.

What was louder than irritation inside was pain.

It was the uncontrollable pain that would accompany the thought of the possible consequences of breaking the spiritual sea.

The core of Chi Yao's words was actually a suicide note.

What "if" means, they both know it very well. If one day, the contract can no longer restrain the spiritual sea, then the spiritual power that can cause such serious damage to the spiritual sea, what will it bring to the body after the spiritual sea is lost... Shi Xing has actually seen it once...

before he came back, when he met Chi Yao. When

they met again, he didn't know if it was instinct or other reasons, his mind always subconsciously ignored Chi Yao's physical condition at that time, but when he dreamed about it yesterday, Shi Xing remembered it clearly and was sure that the prince at that time, like him, didn't have much time left.

How bad does a person's health have to be before he wants to see more scenery outside.

No one knows it better than Shi Xing.

Therefore, he didn't know how to face Chi Yao these two days even though he knew the future direction in advance.

He couldn't accept it.

Shi Xing said in a hoarse voice, "I haven't worried. Do you think that after knowing the true situation of your spiritual sea, my first reaction is to lose your protection. What should I do? Do you think I am so selfish?"

Chi Yao: "But these are all things I should consider. You can stop worrying, but I have to plan well."

Shi Xing was completely defeated and said angrily, "Can you not say this now? If I really can't cure you, I will ask you even if you don't say it!"

Feeling Shi Xing's resistance, Chi Yao shut up. Shi

Xing buried his face completely in the pillow. The darkness would make him feel better.

He knew that he shouldn't be angry...

He also knew that Chi Yao did everything for his own good...

But, but who wants this for his own good!

He couldn't accept the thought that he couldn't cure Chi Yao. Okay, completely, he couldn't accept it.

"Are you okay?" Chi Yao asked uncertainly after a long while.

"No, I'm angry." He said this with a nasal tone.

Shi Xing once again thought of what Tan Baishan asked him before leaving the Northern Territory.

——"Actually, I'm very curious, what do you think of His Majesty now, the Majesty of the Empire, your boss, a relative, or a partner or lover?"

He now knew why Tan Baishan asked him this.

Because each identity, facing the possibility of Chi Yao leaving, felt differently.

And his reaction now, his uncontrollable emotions...

Chi Yao sighed, "Is there anything I can do to make you feel better?"

Shi Xing: "Your spiritual sea has recovered now."

Knowing that Shi Xing was upset, Chi Yao asked him in a good mood, "Can you change it?"

Shi Xing: "Then you told me about this at the beginning, without hiding it."

Going back to the past, it would be great, but it would be impossible.

Chi Yao was completely speechless.

Just when Shi Xing thought that Chi Yao had given up and would not speak again, the pillow in his arms was suddenly taken away. His eyes lit up, but before Shi Xing could adapt to the light, it went dark again.

Chi Yao came over and hugged him.

His chin rested on his forehead, his warm breath brushed across his skin, and he sighed, "Xingxing, don't be sad."

Shi Xing's eyes burned.

Chi Yao kissed the end of Shi Xing's eyebrow, his movements were very light, but when he realized what that soft touch was, Shi Xing froze.

Chi Yao said helplessly, "I don't want to tell you, and I don't want to see you like this."

Too many people suffered because of Chi Yao's life span, and he didn't want Shi Xing to be one of them.

Shi Xing felt that his emotions could not be saved, and he was so upset that he couldn't control it.

Chi Yao kissed him again.

Along with the uncontrollable emotions, Shi Xing clearly felt that in this contact, there was also an uncontrollable heartbeat.

But Shi Xing didn't dare to think about the meaning.