"Your Majesty , Your Highness, good day. " "Your Majesty, Your Highness, good day. "

His Majesty addressed Chi Yao.

His Highness, addressed Shi Xing.

Following the greetings from the president of the Presbyterian Church, the people behind him all bowed slightly and saluted solemnly.

"Good day."

Chi Yao and Shi Xing said at the same time.

"Your Majesty, you are back." Bi Zhou took a step forward, the child looked at Chi Yao with shining eyes, and did not forget Shi Xing after he finished speaking, but after all, he had only seen him a few times on the communicator. Shi Xing had the need to learn and grow, and Bi Zhou's schoolwork was heavier than his. Most of his limited free time was used to talk to Xu Jin, who he was familiar with, and he didn't talk to Chi Yao very often.

Bi Zhou saluted Shi Xing, "Good day, Your Highness."

Shi Xing smiled, "Good day."

Chi Yao looked at Bi Zhou for a moment, also showed a decent smile, patted the other's shoulder, "You have grown taller and older."

Bi Zhou hurriedly said, "I have used my talents very well this year!"

Chi Yao: "Then I will ask your teacher later."

Chi Yao: "Okay, don't stand outside, let's go in."

Xu Jin is the head of the eunuchs. After returning to the palace, the subsequent arrangements were reported to him one by one by the eunuchs in the palace. He nodded his head if he thought there was no problem, and the eunuchs would take further action.

The permanent residents in the palace are Bi Zhou, the teachers who educated Bi Zhou, and a group of eunuchs who take care of the palace.

After the introduction, there were no more people in the palace who could be said to be of equal status to Shi Xing. Shi Xing could get to know the rest of the people at any time, and he didn't have to rush to meet them when he just returned to the imperial capital.

Another group of people who came to greet him, and who could not be ignored, were naturally the officials of the Council of Elders.

The Council of Elders mainly supervises the direct descendants of the royal family and people with royal blood within five generations.

The scope of supervision ranges from personal powers and responsibilities, to the division of royal assets, to daily behavioral norms, and even to the public image of royal individuals in the empire, all aspects, no matter how big or small.

If the laws of the empire bind the citizens of the empire.

Then above the law, the Council of Elders binds the royal family of the empire.

Their existence effectively ensures that the power of the royal family is not abused and the royal responsibilities are not in vain.

"This is the president, Ren Yanyong."

Following Chi Yao's introduction, an elderly man in formal attire stepped out. Looking at the spots on the corners of the other's eyes, Shi Xing guessed that the president should be over 200 years old.

Older than Marshal Tan Baishan.

Ren Yanyong greeted Shi Xing, accepted Chi Yao's introduction, and pulled the young man behind him and said, "This is my son Ren Hong. Your Highness should have seen him in the Tree Nest. He is currently serving in the Elder Council."

"This is Vice President He Zhuang. She joined the Elder Council later than me. Currently, all matters of the Elder Council have to go through her hands."

A woman who was about a hundred years old stepped out, wearing a high-quality amethyst on her chest, and saluted Shi Xing gracefully.

"This is Vice President Jin Jun, who is currently in charge of His Highness Bi Zhou's education and public image."

A man stepped out, who was much younger.

"This is Vice President Xu Mirou, the young are formidable. The many documents that Your Highness is going to sign today were all written by her, and she edited and proofread them."

The last woman stepped out, Xu Mirou looked not much older than Shi Xing. Shi Xing thought she should be about the same age as Yun Wu, around 40. This age is indeed formidable in the Elders' Council. After

formally greeting each other one by one, Xu Jin and other attendants welcomed everyone to the living room.

"President and Vice President, please take a short break. Your Majesty and the little prince can change clothes before coming back."

Considering that there would be a reception, they all wore royal formal attire. For now, this part came to an end. Xu Jin informed everyone in the elders' council, and Chi Yao took Shi Xing to their residence to change into simple formal clothes.

Before returning to the palace, Xu Jin showed Shi Xing a three-dimensional map of the palace. When he was in it, riding the flying vehicle under the tall and staggered star trees, Shi Xing still felt dazzled.

"We're here."

After passing through an unknown number of buildings, the flying vehicle finally stopped.

"Except for the oldest palace, some buildings in the palace are demolished and rebuilt every once in a while, and the latest technology is used to equip the residents. This building is divided into three floors. It is the residence of His Majesty in the imperial capital. Currently, His Highness Bi Zhou lives here. Let's go in." Xu Jin introduced while climbing the stairs.

After entering and seeing the household robot that accompanied them all the way, Shi Xing finally felt a little familiar.

His and Chi Yao's bedroom is on one side of the third floor, Bi Zhou and Xu Jin Yanchangyue's is on the other side, and Fu Qing and Fei Chu's room is on the second floor.

Xu Jin led Shi Xing into the room prepared for him, a suite, with a bedroom inside, a study and a small living room outside, all for his private office and leisure.

"The living room is on the first floor, the study is on the second floor, and the training room is not in this building, but next door. There are all kinds of rooms. Yan Changyue or Fei Chufuqing can take you there later."

"With the suspended staircase in the middle as the boundary, there are only you and His Majesty on this side, and your room on this side, and His Majesty's room is opposite you..."

Thinking of the living arrangements of the direct relatives of the royal family in the past dynasties, Xu Jin hesitated for a moment and finally didn't say it.

Afraid that Shi Xing would be embarrassed, he enthusiastically took him to see all the rooms, and then went to visit Chi Yao's room next door.

"This is the study. If you come here to ask His Majesty to come, you will most likely see someone." "It's

a simple book room. All the laws of the Empire are there, and some history of the Empire is also displayed. There is a library in the palace, which is a separate building. Let Chang Yue take you there tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"This is an energy-sealed room. His Majesty will live here when his mental power is disturbed."

"There are also bedrooms and bathrooms, which are private spaces. I won't take you away. If you want to see them, just go by yourself. Robots and servants clean them every day. It's not a place that is off-limits. Don't be embarrassed." Back

in Shi Xing's room, the wardrobe had already been filled with a series of clothes according to the season and occasion. Xu Jin opened the dress column, glanced at Shi Xing, and asked while choosing, "Simple and stylish dresses, which one do you want to wear, black, white or gold as the main color?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were three knocks on the door.

Shi Xing turned around and saw Chi Yao, who had changed his clothes, standing at the door of his suite.

The dress was mainly black and gold, and the cut was well-made, which made Chi Yao look broad-shouldered, straight-backed, and long-armed and long-legged.

"Haven't you changed your clothes yet?" Chi Yao asked as he entered the room under the sight of his master.

Shi Xing looked Chi Yao up and down, "Uncle Xu just took me on a tour, and I changed right away."

Chi Yao nodded.

Xu Jinzheng hesitated, turned his head and took a quick decision, "I remember asking the palace to make a similar dress for you, so I'll let Xingxing wear it with you, so that we can look good standing together."

After seeing the Council of Elders again, Shi Xing changed into a dress that was not much different from Chi Yao's.

They had lunch in silent courtesy, and after a short rest, they began to sign a series of documents brought by the Council of Elders.

They were basically confirmation letters to go through the procedures.

Shi Xing and Chi Yao were matched as a couple, and the formal royal family direct line marriage would be much more complicated than their original steps.

And Shi Xing is now completing a series of pre-signing procedures.

None of them are very important, but they must be there.

At the beginning, in the Tree Nest, considering that Chi Yao would return to the imperial capital soon, the Elder Council did not let anyone take it to Shi Xing for signature. As a result, the two of them went to the northern border and delayed their return to the imperial capital for more than half a year .

Shi Xing's official seal, identity validity, and new identity certificate all need these documents to be processed. The Elder Council took the opportunity of welcoming Chi Yao to bring this series of documents over.

Tang Mi and Xu Jin helped Shi Xing to review, and later, Shi Xing only had to sign mechanically.

The chat after signing was the most turbulent part.

Ren Yanyong: "How do you arrange your studies, little prince?"

"What have you learned so far?"

"Oh, then what do you think of the army and internal affairs? It doesn't matter, just say it casually, I just asked casually."

It was not a casual question.

Every sentence was targeted, and Shi Xing knew it.

But he studied hard and answered cautiously. One or two sentences were hard to hear, but three or four sentences sounded a bit like Chi Yao's flawless office style.

Ren Yanyong and Vice President He Zhuang looked at each other, and Ren Yanyong said slowly, "Your Highness, can your body handle learning so much? People from Blue Star are very fragile during their maturity, so don't make it too hard on yourself."

Shi Xing replied with two words, "Not bad."

He was neither humble nor arrogant, and was so smooth that it was hard to get started.

Ren Yanyong carefully observed Shi Xing for a while, and shook his head in amusement. He was still a young man, how could he be so smooth? He just didn't talk much.

But he didn't want to break up with Chi Yao here, especially when Chi Yao's attitude was still ambiguous.

Ren Yanyong changed the subject and cautiously asked, "Before your majesty went to the northern border, you said you would consider the matter reported by the elders council, but you never gave the elders council a reply afterwards. May I ask, Your Majesty, do you have a definite idea now?"

It was not about anything else, but to temporarily deprive Shixing of its political and military power in order to better help Shixing pass through its maturity period.

Ren Yanyong felt that it was a difficult issue during the meeting, and everyone in the elders council felt the same way. Just when they thought that the meeting would be faced with His Majesty's veto attitude, they advised that they had thought of several proposals for filing, but Chi Yao seemed to have forgotten about it.

Ren Yanyong didn't dare to ask at first, for fear of appearing too impatient and making Chi Yao unhappy.

As a result, when he really asked, Chi Yao always said that he would consider it. After a long time, he also understood Chi Yao's delaying strategy, and he was not in the imperial capital. After the whole elders' meeting discussed it, they had no choice but to put the matter aside.

But now it is different. Now Chi Yao has returned, and Shi Xing has signed a series of identity confirmation letters for the direct line of the royal family, so they must talk about this matter.

Otherwise, the elders' meeting will not be able to carry out the subsequent work.

Chi Yao said with a little effort, scanning everyone and pointed out, "The elders' meeting has one president and six vice presidents. Today you only brought three to the palace. Are you sure you want to discuss this now?"

This is not a trivial matter. The people are not all there, and Chi Yao is too lazy to talk.

Noticing Chi Yao's gaze, Ren Yanyong straightened his back, thought for a moment, and suggested.

"Your Majesty, every time you return to the imperial capital, you usually come to the Council of Elders to inspect the work. Why not wait until you come this time and discuss it together?"

Chi Yao gave a better answer than Ren Yanyong imagined.

Not only did he agree, he also set the date for the inspection in two days.

Ren Yanyong was satisfied.

Although dealing with Chi Yao for many years, Vice President He Zhen did not feel at ease. Until the moment Chi Yao expressed his position, they would never guess what the other party was thinking.

Sure enough, Ren Yanyong made a few indirect comments afterwards, but Chi Yao ignored them one by one.

Instead, he asked two questions about the issues reported by the Council of Elders in the past six months, which forced Ren Yanyong, He Zhen, Jin Jun and Xu Mirou to answer the parts they were responsible for one by one, trying to satisfy Chi Yao.

During the observation, Shi Xingminrui discovered that the power of the Council of Elders was not as great as he had imagined. It was probably a mutually restraining relationship with the direct line of the royal family. As long as they took sides, they could restrain each other.

After the Council of Elders left, Chi Yao still gave them enough face and sent them to the door.

Ren Yanyong took a few steps and turned back suddenly as if he had sensed something.

Vice President He Zhuang: "What's wrong?"

"Do you... feel anything? For example, mental power?"

He Zhuang shook her head, looking at the people in the palace who were still standing in the distance and watching them go. Ren Yanyong was confused for a while, saluted again from a distance, and followed them away. As

soon as their figures disappeared, Xu Jin quickly waved back all his followers in the inner door of the palace, and also stepped aside a few steps.

Shi Xing's forehead was covered with cold sweat and he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he reacted quickly.

Ren Yanyong felt that Chi Yao's spiritual power was leaking, but it was not offensive. Fortunately, they walked away. The people around Chi Yao felt it at that moment. Shi Xing subconsciously opened a barrier to circle the people.

After Xu Jin asked everyone to leave, Shi Xing began to pour spiritual power into Chi Yao's spiritual sea.

But it didn't have much calming effect.

Just as he was wondering, Chi Yao grabbed his fingers and pinched them in his palm, and stopped him, saying, "If you have no attack power, it's just that your spiritual sea is adjusting itself. Since it can't be calmed down in a short time, why not wait a while and don't waste your mental energy."

Shi Xing immediately retorted, "It's not a waste!"

Chi Yao smiled and didn't argue with him, "Okay, it's not. But wait a while, okay?"

After a while, Chi Yao's spiritual sea stabilized as he said.

Shi Xing was checked several times, but nothing unusual was found. It should be that he had entered a period of instability.

Doctor Shi was a little helpless in the face of this situation, and began to worry again.

Chi Yao comforted Shi Xing a few words. Shi Xing felt uncomfortable, but he didn't want to let the patient comfort him, so he found a place to stay by himself.

Later, after consulting the doctor, Shi Xing found Xu Jin and proposed an idea he had been thinking about for a long time.

"This is not a solution. Otherwise, Uncle Xu, please arrange for His Highness and I to live in the same room."

Xu Jin was stunned.

Shi Xing said with a stiff face, "I am in the mature stage, and my mental power will leak out unconsciously, so the room I live in will be filled with the mental power of the Blue Star people. Living in this environment is actually good for Your Majesty."

It also has a certain soothing effect. Shi Xing has always known it, but he didn't expect that there would be a day when it would be useful.

Xu Jin: "In other words, we have to be in the same space?" Shi

Xing nodded

. Xu Jin: "Are you sure?"

Shi Xing closed his eyes and nodded.

But he finally added, "Just, as you said before, add another bed in Your Majesty's room."

After saying this, his ears turned red, as if he was emphasizing something unspeakable. He was too embarrassed and ran away.

Before dinner.

After dinner, Yan Changyue looked at the bed-moving robot and wondered, "Even if we live together, there is a door connecting the two rooms, isn't it okay?"

The rooms of the late king and queen were like this, two rooms, with a door in the middle.

The rooms of the royal family and their spouses are all of this style.

Therefore, Chi Yao's suite also has this structure. Xu Jin asked Yan Changyue to help him take care of it. Yan Changyue thought Shi Xing was going to stay in another room, but he didn't expect that Xu Jin wanted to move the two beds to one room.

It can be put down, but...

As the robot moved the bed away, Xu Jin locked the connecting door and gestured, "From today on, no one should tell Shi Xing that this is a connecting structure. This room is not there. This door..."

"We'll ask the engineering robot to seal it later, and then cover it up with a decorative painting."

Yan Changyue: "..."

Okay, whatever the chief aide says is what it is.

Later, Chi Yao also discovered this change and asked Xu Jin. Xu Jin said that Shi Xing proposed it, but Chi Yao didn't reply.

Shi Xing thought that it would take until tomorrow to get it done. He wanted to prepare himself mentally all night and accept the fate tomorrow. As a result, just after he finished washing up, Xu Jin called him and told him that it was done.

Shi Xing was confused, "Finished? What's finished?"

Xu Jin was also a little puzzled, "You said to add an extra bed in His Majesty's room. Yan Changyue and I have already packed it up in the evening, and we can move in today."

"Today, today?" Shi Xing's tongue was tied.

Xu Jin nodded heavily, "Yes, it's OK, His Majesty also asked?"

Shi Xing's mind was also tied, "He... asked what?"

He suddenly felt that it was a stupid idea for him to bring it up today.

Xu Jin repeated righteously, "He asked why there was an extra bed, and I said it was your idea, you want to go and live with him today..."

What did he mean? He used to live with Chi Yao?

Every sentence is right, but why does every sentence sound so wrong? !

Shi Xing collapsed, "Then what?"

Xu Jin righteously said, "Then His Majesty said he knew and would wait for you."

What? !

Still have to wait for him? ! !

Shi Xing was in pain and squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.

After the call was disconnected, Yan Changyue asked in a friendly manner, "When did your majesty say that he would wait for Xingxing? Didn't you say that you didn't get back to you?"

Xu Jin waved his hand and said firmly, "Since he knew, he would definitely wait for Xingxing. Don't we know your majesty's character?"

Yan Changyue felt that something was wrong, but at the same time, he felt that this logic could not be refuted.

In the middle of the night, Shi Xing scanned his iris and entered Chi Yao's suite. After a while, Chi Yao, who was half lying down and reading documents, heard a knock on the door.

"Who?"

"Your Highness, it's... me."

"Shi Xing."