Shi Xing did not sleep well that night.

To be more precise, he had difficulty falling asleep.

Thinking about Chi Yao's spiritual sea condition, he thought randomly and felt that he should increase the intensity of treatment. But he also felt that he had not yet passed the maturity period and his mental endurance was too poor. Even if the intensity of treatment was increased, it would be a drop in the bucket. It was just self-consolation.

On the other hand, after leaving His Highness's room, the soft touch at the end of the eyebrow was like being branded on the skin and stuck to the heart. He would think of it from time to time and could not get rid of it.

Along with it, there were also messy and disturbing heartbeats.

Shi Xing didn't know what the rhythm was.

He didn't want to know.

Rolling around on the bed again and covering his head with the quilt, Shi Xing sighed heavily and began to count sheep in his heart.

As the white lambs jumped through his mind, Shi Xing's eyelids finally closed quietly...

The next day, he woke up, feeling very sleepy. After a quick wash, Shi Xing yawned and went to the breakfast table.

"Xingxing, you..." While eating, Fei Chu hesitated to speak.

Shi Xing: "?"

Fei Chu glanced at Chi Yao.

Chi was putting a cup of hot milk in front of Shi Xing. He didn't even raise his head, but as if he had eyes, he said to Fei Chu, "If you have something to say, say it. If you don't want to say it, swallow it back."

Fei Chu rubbed his hands, "Hey, you asked me to ask..."

Chi Yao: "I also provided the option of shutting up."

Fei Chu ignored Chi Yao's last sentence and looked at Shi Xing again, his eyes wandering between the two of them, "Did you have a quarrel last night?"

Shi Xing's action of biting bread paused.

Chi Yao said naturally, "Yes."

Shi Xing was stunned again.

Fei Chu's eyes lit up, "And then?"

Xu Jin raised his forehead.

Chi Yao said in a calm tone, "After the quarrel, you made up. Otherwise, can you eat at the same table?"

Fei Chu: "..."

Xu Jin couldn't help asking Fei Chu, "What's that expression on your face?"

Chi Yao smiled, "What else can it be? Disappointment."

Shi Xing choked and started coughing. Yan Changyue beside him patted him on the back. After the pat, Shi Xing's face turned red. He didn't know whether he should speak or not. He finally perked up.

In the end, he didn't say anything.

Except for Fei Chu, although others were a little curious, they didn't ask openly. Shi Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

In the morning, the new teacher Tang Mi took over Xu Jin's job and began to teach Shi Xing the structure of the entire galaxy, focusing on the relationship between the Alliance and the Empire.

"The Alliance was originally composed of six planets in the central zone of the binary system. Since its establishment, it has radiated outward from the center and continued to expand. So far, the six planets have become history. This area, together with this area, all belong to the Alliance." "

But the highest status and the most say in the Alliance are still the six planets when it was first established."

"The Prime Minister of the Alliance is elected every ten years. I don't know how many years ago, it has basically been the six major planets that have rotated candidates. The current Prime Minister is from Tianyuan Star. The officials who came to the Empire for diplomatic negotiations this time are also several officials from Tianyuan Star who serve in the Alliance."

"The development of the Alliance and the Empire can be said to be opposite. The Alliance is located in the center of the galaxy and is less likely to be affected by the star beasts, so it focuses on trade, cultural development, and technological innovation in life. The Empire is at the edge of the galaxy and focuses on weapons. The average mental power of the Empire is the highest in the galaxy, and the top technology tree is weapons research and development..."

There is not much content to talk about in the morning. After passing through another city, it will return to the imperial capital. Shi Xing wants to learn more, and he has reported to Xu Jin, and asked Tang Mi to add a cultural class for him in the afternoon.

In the morning, he learned about the galaxy structure, and in the afternoon, he focused on internal affairs.

Chi Yao was not there at noon. He went out with Fei Chu and Fu Qing. This was very rare. After the meal, Shi Xing still asked, "Did something happen?"

Without waiting for Xu Jin to answer, Tang Mi said, "It should be the alliance incident."

"This city is actually an air defense port around the imperial capital. All foreign airships and warships are not allowed to land in the imperial capital. They must stop at several nearby ports for inspection before they can change their route to enter."

"I guess they are holding your majesty and are worried about the reception standards."

Xu Jin confirmed, "That's it."

Shi Xing was puzzled, "What incident?"

He had been thinking about Chi Yao's spiritual sea for the past two days, and he didn't pay much attention to other things.

Xu Jin was hesitant to speak.

Tang Mi seemed to remember something at this moment. He slapped his head and blamed himself, "Tsk, I talked about history all the time. It's my fault. I forgot to tell His Majesty about the development of this diplomatic situation."

"It's like this. Tianyuan Star is relatively far away in the alliance. In other words, although their strength in dealing with star beasts in the alliance is not as good as that of the Empire, it is more than enough." "

In recent years, star beasts have been rampant again..."

"I don't know if His Majesty has told you that when the Empire and Blue Star signed the treaty, they wanted to..."

Shi Xing nodded. He knew this. "It was said that the Empire once thought about joining the alliance."

"Yes, but it didn't work out, because the Alliance asked the Empire to transplant the mother tree. It was Tianyuanxing who first proposed this request. In recent years, all the Blue Star people in the galaxy are in the Empire. Tianyuanxing has been eyeing it for a long time. It just so happens that he is their prime minister during this term, so the old matter is brought up again..."

Shi Xing: "?"

Tang Mi touched his head, "Required the Empire to share the mother tree and export Blue Star people."

Shi Xing was stunned, "For export, do they want blue fruits or Blue Star people before maturity?"

Tang Mi was silent for a moment, "They want a doctor."

Shi Xing really couldn't figure this out, "Doctor? Just... give it to them directly?"

"I'm sure they won't say that. Blue Star has already disappeared. Under the banner of rebuilding Blue Star, they are asserting the legitimate rights of the people of Blue Star and demanding that the Empire return the personal freedom of the doctor within the interstellar range..."

In other words, they want to bypass the Empire and invite the doctor to come alone in the name of the planet.

Shi Xing was silent for a moment, "Is there any difference between this and shameless robbery?"

How many resources are needed to train a healer? The crystals from the small to the mature stage, as well as the crystal beast cores in the mature stage, are all fed out bit by bit with energy. Sometimes Shi Xing even wonders, in terms of the crystal consumption of a healer or a battleship in a year, which one is more powerful, the former or the latter.

Shi Xing: "What about the people of Blue Star before they reach maturity? What do they say?"

Xu Jin pulled the corner of his lips sarcastically, "Of course they say that the Empire and Blue Star have a contract. In order to prevent attacks from star beasts and ensure the personal safety of the people of Blue Star, it is not recommended to leave the Empire before they reach maturity."

Shi Xing: "..."

Tang Mi defined: "There is no difference."

Changing the subject, Tang Mi said, "But the essence is just unreasonable trouble. Originally, both parties came to discuss the border guarding issue, and it is impossible for both parties to be too happy. They are just testing the bottom line of the Empire and just doing the routine operations."

Tang Mi said very presciently, "Now Tianyuanxing is making it known in the alliance. When people are coming in two days, they will say it is a misunderstanding, and let the Empire be patient."

Tang Mi's words perfectly predicted the subsequent development of this matter.

In the alliance, Tianyuan Star has been advocating the legal rights of the Blue Star people for a while. The Empire made a strong statement, saying that if the alliance insists, then the negotiation will be terminated and the Empire will temporarily not welcome all visitors from Tianyuan Star.

After the Empire's attitude was sent to the Star Network, the Alliance changed its tone and said that it was the behavior of a private organization and had nothing to do with the official ruling planet of the Alliance.

The matter was left unresolved and the Empire did not suffer any losses, but the malicious people were very powerful.

And as long as the attitude of the Alliance does not soften, it will have to maintain a fighting posture towards the airport. In order to be prepared to deal with all situations when the alliance's airships and battleships arrive, Chi Yao, Fei Chu and Fu Qing have increased military duties and are even busier.

One night during treatment, Shi Xing discovered that Chi Yao's spiritual sea was not as stable as before.

Feeling it again, it was indeed so, Shi Xing's heart sank.

Chi Yao was okay with this, "It happens every year. This year, my spiritual sea is relatively stable, and Erya is coming soon, so I should be able to hold on until she comes."

Shi Xing wanted to say something, but held back. He

just silently increased the treatment time.

After the spiritual threads grew, his spiritual power could now enter the edge of the middle layer of Chi Yao's spiritual sea under normal circumstances. If Chi Yao was relaxed, the contract could occasionally lead his spiritual power into the inner layer. Shi Xing could not treat the inner layer for the time being, but he found that the contract seemed to absorb his spiritual power and use it to restrain the broken spiritual sea.

Therefore, every time he could feel the contract, Shi Xing would let it absorb part of his spiritual power.

But the changes in Chi Yao's spiritual sea were more dramatic than Shi Xing imagined.

He felt unstable the day before, and his mental power overflowed once at noon the next day, and it was not destructive.

This is not a good sign.

Everything shows that Chi Yao's disordered cycle is about to reach its limit, and it may end at any moment...

Shi Xing is very worried about this.

The night before returning to the imperial capital, he inexplicably thought of Xu Jin's proposal. He originally did not consider it, but as he felt Chi Yao's overflowing mental power again in the middle of the night, Shi Xing had to force himself to think about it.

The next day, the battleship was moored in the First Army of the Imperial Capital.

Chi Yao had already changed into formal clothes, and Shi Xing stood behind him and put on the formal military dress prepared for him by Xu Jin.

When he thought about meeting all the officers of the First Army today, and having a formal meeting with the Elders Council after returning to the palace, Shi Xing was inexplicably nervous.

Shi Xing received a lot of treatment from the officers in the First Army. When they met again, Fei Chu kept introducing him and guiding his responses. He was shocked by the solemn waiting of the army and was speechless at the beginning, but he was fine after he adapted to it.

Lunch was served in the army, and the soldiers got along better than Shi Xing had imagined.

Maybe it had something to do with his identity, the imperial soldiers were very friendly to the people of Blue Star.

The difficulty lies in the palace.

Shi Xing knew it, and Chi Yao knew it too.

In the afternoon, he said goodbye to a group of officers and took Chi Yao's exclusive airship back to the palace. Shi Xing saw the airship with complicated logos on its hull again in his previous life.

Now Shi Xing knows that it is a royal exclusive logo, representing the ownership of the airship.

"Are you nervous?" Chi Yao asked Shi Xing before arriving.

Shi Xing looked at Chi Yao, and his breathing became noticeably faster.

Chi Yao curled up his eyes and smiled, "I suddenly want to ask an inappropriate question."

"You ask."

Chi Yao glanced at the people who were gathered on the other side of the huge spaceship to discuss, and suddenly came close to him. As if he didn't want everyone to hear what he said, he whispered in Shi Xing's ear, "Are you scared?"

His tone was filled with improper embarrassment.

His breath brushed against his earlobe while he spoke, and it itched slightly, and Shi Xing remembered that soft feeling again.

His heart skipped a beat, and he felt as if he had touched it, but he also thought it was an illusion.

Shi Xing subconsciously covered his ears.

Not forgetting that they were almost there, his tone was still very serious, "A little nervous."

After a pause, he said firmly, "But not afraid."

Chi Yao's lips curled up, "So powerful?"

Shi Xing: "..."

Shi Xing: "Your Highness, can you stop adding fuel to the fire and making fun of me at this time?"

He even said with a hint of begging for mercy.

Chi Yao laughed silently.

Shi Xing closed his eyes slightly to calm his innocent heartbeat.

In a moment, the airship stopped and arrived outside the palace.

Xu Jin checked everyone's clothes, confirmed with the palace eunuch that all the reception personnel outside the ship had arrived, and changed his name to Chi Yao, "Your Majesty, we're here, you can get off the ship."

After the cabin door opened, the first thing that caught Shi Xing's eyes was the ancient and majestic palace building.

Tall, solemn, and standing quietly.

The outer wall is etched with marks of thousands of years. It is one of the oldest representative buildings of imperial civilization.

Looking down, there is a large group of people standing outside the palace. When Shi Xing thought that the Council of Elders was among them, he took a deep breath, his throat moved, and his heartbeat accelerated again, but this time it was because of nervousness.

Chi Yao took the lead to get off the airship.

Shi Xing followed closely.

The red carpet was laid out, and Shi Xing followed closely behind Chi Yao in an orderly manner.

As they approached the main gate of the palace, Shi Xing recognized the two reception personnel in the lead.

One was the president of the Council of Elders.

The other was Chi Yao's nephew, Little Prince Bi Zhou.

When they were a few steps away from them, Chi Yao suddenly stopped.

Shi Xing was puzzled, but he stopped too.

Watching them stop one after another from beginning to end, the president and Bi Zhou opposite were also confused.

Until Chi Yao extended his hand to Shi Xing.

Shi Xing was confused, but Chi Yao did not take it back, and looked at Shi Xing very seriously with his smoky gray eyes. Shi

Xing held Chi Yao uncertainly.

He received a faint smile from the prince, and was then pulled to his side by Chi Yao.

They walked side by side, completing the last few steps back to the palace.