The road from Central Park to the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum can only be described in one word.
Quiet, quiet, and damn quiet.
Except for the leading few, the rest of the diplomats from the Alliance were all transferred from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They were responsible for the Alliance's diplomatic visits and inbound visits all year round. The Alliance was powerful in the galaxy, and everyone was respectful wherever they went, including when they came to the Empire before. The Empire was also very kind to them. Shi Xing was a new member of the royal family. His domineering behavior might be related to his personality. His attitude did not have too many political references. But Chi Yao was different. Chi Yao was the Emperor of the Empire. Chi Yao's attitude...
Chi Yao's strong attitude towards the Alliance made all the diplomats nervous.
At first, I was complaining about the Empire's strength, but perhaps human nature is to bully the weak. After feeling Chi Yao's overwhelming mental power, and hearing about the strong mental power of the Imperial family, I thought about it for a while, and in the irresistible fear, I gradually felt that Tian Yuanxing was immature.
Yesterday, when they met and saluted, he sang a different tune, not to mention making the Empire uncomfortable. Today, he also tried to force his way into the ancient imperial mausoleum of the Empire, dragging down their law-abiding diplomats to pay for Tian Yuanxing's improper behavior and bear the pressure of Chi Yao's mental power together. It's really... unlucky.
After walking a few more steps, Miller and others more or less received the accusatory eyes from their fellow diplomats.
On the Empire side, everyone's hearts were also beating.
They were afraid of Chi Yao's attitude.
Compared to the alliance's anger and displeasure, the imperial reception officials, while feeling proud, secretly felt that their idea was not right. Thinking further, they had some deeper concerns.
The senior civil servants in the imperial capital knew about His Majesty's character and the decades of getting along with each other during his administration.
From the perspective of the empire, Chi Yao rarely acted on his emotions.
The little prince has been with His Majesty for only about half a year, and it cannot be rounded up to a year. It is obviously inappropriate and unlikely for Chi Yao to rush to his side. The
little prince does not seem to be attractive in character or appearance.
But if it is not emotional...
is Your Majesty's attitude towards the alliance too radical and too tough?
Once the arrow is shot, it cannot be retrieved. As His Majesty, Chi Yao has been taught by the previous kings and politicians since he was a child. No one in the empire knows better than him what his identity represents, how his every word and action will be magnified and speculated, and how it will be interpreted at the political level...
If His Majesty is not emotional, His Majesty will still treat the diplomats of the Alliance in this way... Thinking of this, the civil servants are not at ease. At a loss
, worried, secretly panicked, it can be said that there are a mixture of emotions.
First it was the little prince, and now it is His Majesty. Could it be that the innocence of the imperial capital is going to change?
There is no answer.
But the diplomacy is not over yet. There is still a dinner party. The reception clerks have a vague feeling that with Chi Yao's personality, once he has an outburst, it will not be long before he clearly tells everyone.
From Fei Chu's perspective, the trip to the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum can be described in four words: quiet as a chicken.
There is no deep meaning, just the literal meaning.
Not only the officials in the imperial capital were worried, but the diplomats of the alliance were also confused by Chi Yao's abnormal and strong attitude.
After entering the Ancient Imperial Mausoleum, the feeling of Chi Yao's terrifying mental power still remained in his bones. The Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs cue the process. Chi Yao, Shi Xing and Bi Zhou were introduced as the leaders of the royal family. The three of them looked normal. Chi Yao was not included in the original plan of the itinerary, and he didn't say much. Shi Xing didn't understand and remained quiet in awe. It was not appropriate for an official to talk, so Bi Zhou basically talked.
In the past two days, Shixing attracted a lot of hatred. Bi Zhou didn't offend anyone, and the diplomats had a relatively vague impression of Bi Zhou.
Since he started it, no one found fault with him.
There was no one from Tianyuanxing either.
They resisted the most fiercely, and Chi Yao's mental power exerted great pressure. Others didn't know that Fei Chu and Fu Qing were like mirrors in their hearts. Being controlled by Chi Yao's mental power, if he took more severe measures, the diplomats of Tianyuanxing would not look like decent people. I'm afraid they were forcing themselves to move, and they would be lucky if they didn't faint and make a fool of themselves.
Finding fault? I'm afraid they don't have the energy.
Fei Chu and Fu Qing's ideas were right. Until they left the ancient imperial tomb, the people of Tianyuanxing were still sweating coldly, trying their best to remain decent.
Chi Yao didn't care about them. After visiting the ancient imperial mausoleum, they went to the rest of the Central Park.
For an afternoon, the Tianyuan people didn't say a word. Shi Xing actually found it surprisingly quiet. On the way to the dinner, Shi Xing looked back on the spaceship and felt a little sorry.
"What's wrong?"
Chi Yao turned around and spoke when he noticed that Shi Xing was a step behind.
Shi Xing looked at Chi Yao with eyes full of expectation, and suddenly suggested, "Your Highness, let's go to the Central Park alone next time."
It was not an excessive request. Seeing Chi Yao nod, Shi Xing showed a brilliant smile, did not stay, and boarded the spaceship.
The dinner venue was not far away.
Before taking the seat, the reception officer confirmed the dishes with Chi Yao who came suddenly, and Fei Chu, who was standing aside, rarely looked worried.
Shi Xing saw this and asked a question. Fei Chu turned to him and whispered in his ear, "It's been so long, the people of Tianyuan Star should have recovered. If we want to talk about what happened in the afternoon, I'm afraid..."
I'm afraid they won't be very comfortable at this dinner.
Before he finished speaking, Chi Yao, who was looking at the dishes, interrupted and said, "If the enemy comes, we will stop him; if the water comes, we will cover it with earth. If they want to make trouble, let them come."
Fei Chu was a little surprised. Shi Xing had not been by Chi Yao's side before, so he didn't understand Fei Chu's surprise when he heard this answer. Ren Yanyong and Wei Zhen understood, and without waiting for Fei Chu to react, they spoke first.
Unfortunately, Chi Yao didn't want to listen to any questions or suggestions. He raised his hand to stop the two from speaking, and signaled the reception officer to continue explaining the dishes. Once confirmed, he led Shi Xing and others into the banquet hall one after another, without giving the two people any chance to speak.
Ren Yanyong: "..."
Wei Zhen: "..."
Knowing that Chi Yao acted after careful consideration, he must have his own reasons for doing so. The two civil servants looked at each other and had to resign themselves to following him into the banquet hall.
Not long after, the dinner began.
It started harmoniously.
The diplomats sat together, and whispering was not prohibited during the meal. In Fei Chu's sight, after the diplomats of Tianyuan Star talked to each other for a long time, Jane Miller finally stood up and started to blame as he expected.
Miller's face turned pale and he was furious. "I wonder what the deep meaning is that Your Majesty used mental power to force us, the visitors from the alliance, to pay respect to the ancient imperial mausoleum of the empire today?" When he
was furious, Chi Yao was distributing meat to Shi Xing. In the abnormal silence of the banquet hall, his hands moved slowly and his voice was leisurely, "Don't you want to enter the ancient imperial mausoleum of the empire? Since you insist, then pay respect first and then go in. What's the problem?"
Miller couldn't calm down. Jing, emphasized, "But my Tianyuanxing diplomats do not recognize the etiquette!"
After dividing the meat, Chi Yao handed it to Shi Xing. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he put the fork in his hand into Shi Xing's plate, and was in the mood to remind him, "Don't just stare at others, eat." Miller
: "..."
The people of the empire who think they are also others: "..." Knowing
that Chi Yao is a man of his words, Shi Xing took the fork and took a bite against his gaze.
Don't say, it smells really good.
Seeing Shi Xing start eating, Chi Yao turned his gaze to Miller. His smoky gray eyes were like inorganic matter. Unlike Shi Xing, who showed his emotions on his face, Chi Yao was more like the sea. On the surface, he always looked calm, but whether he was truly calm or there were undercurrents, outsiders would never know until he got angry.
Being stared at by this gaze, Miller's heart skipped a beat.
In the afternoon, Chi Yao also looked at everyone with these eyes, exerting mental power, forcing...
Feeling the remaining discomfort in his body, Miller pinched his knuckles hard.
Chi Yao's face was normal, and he asked again, "If you don't recognize the ceremony, then why are you entering the ancient imperial tomb?"
Miller choked.
Miller, being a bachelor after all, reacted quickly and argued wittily, "Your Majesty, please be careful what you say. We had not entered when the incident happened. We were discussing outside. Our military officers just did not know the rules of the ancient imperial mausoleum and were slightly out of control, so they were killed by His Highness Shi Xing of your country without any mercy!"
Chi Yao pondered, "Oh, you don't know the rules..."
Chi Yao: "It is said that on the way this morning, Bachelor Miller knew all the famous places of interest in our Central Park like the back of his hand, and left Xing Xing speechless many times. But when we arrived at the famous ancient imperial mausoleum, he said he didn't know the rules..."
His voice suddenly paused: "Do you really not know, or are
you pretending not to know?" Miller glared, "Your Majesty, please be careful what you say!"
Chi Yao emphasized: "The empire has not directly blamed Tianyuanxing and the Alliance. I am still here, and I think it is cautious enough!"
The diplomatic atmosphere changed abruptly.
Everyone present felt the signs of the coming storm, but no one dared to speak, fearing that speaking out would ruin the situation.
Unfortunately, the two people who argued did not think so. Jane Miller was treated preferentially wherever she went. Chi Yao came suddenly, his attitude changed suddenly, and he was physically coerced by mental force in the afternoon. It can be said that his brain has not been able to turn around at all. Therefore, when he heard Chi Yao say this, he immediately exploded with his high self-esteem as a grand scholar.
Miller: "Your Majesty, what do you mean? If Your Majesty insists on slandering Tianyuan Star and finding fault, our Tianyuan Star is not a planet that can be manipulated by others." Miller
threw the ground loudly, "May I ask Your Majesty, with such a bad and tough attitude, do you want to terminate this diplomatic negotiation, make enemies with the alliance or even break off diplomatic relations?!"
Ren Yanyong and Wei Zhen were choked.
This was the second time Miller had said the word "severance of diplomatic relations" on the same day.
Even Shi Xing, a political rookie, was keenly aware of something amiss.
Chi Yao, however, was not threatened by Miller and laughed, "Slander? If that's what the Empire thinks, what does Bachelor Jane Miller intend to do?"
Miller shook his sleeves and was furious, "Since it's so unpleasant, then we have no choice but to terminate the negotiation, leave the Empire, and return to the Alliance to report!"
The conversation had become so heated that no one could get a word in.
Not only the Empire officials, but other diplomats from the Alliance looked at Miller as if they had seen a ghost, shouting in their hearts, "What the hell, you're looking for trouble for Tian Yuanxing, but don't drag us down with you!
The Alliance still has requests from the Empire this time, so how can we just go back like this? The video footage in front of the ancient imperial mausoleum will be retrieved. Even if the empire is strong, you Tianyuanxing can't say that there are no problems at all, right? !
It's outrageous, out of the original rules! !
Some diplomats hesitated whether they should stand up to save the situation. Unfortunately, when they hesitated, it was too late.
Chi Yao: "I also think today's exchange is unlucky."
"Since Bachelor Miller does not know how to restrain his subordinates, but also deliberately shields them and tries to turn the tables. In the face of such a bad attitude of the alliance, there is no equality and respect. There is really no need for the two sides to communicate and cooperate."
This trend... Ren Yanyong and Wei Zhen wanted to pinch themselves at the same time.
After a slight pause, Chi Yao made a decisive statement:
"Since the alliance representatives are leaving, the Empire will not try to keep them any longer."
"Someone, send Bachelor Miller and a group of diplomats back to their residence."
Miller was confused.
The diplomats were also confused.
The imperial officials were even more confused.
But the army obeyed orders, and the moment Chi Yao gave the order, the surrounding soldiers took action immediately.
After a while, soldiers in military uniforms entered the venue and forced Bachelor Miller and other diplomats to leave the dinner. Miller stammered and wanted to say something, but Fei Chu saw it and released his mental power, and all the diplomats were speechless.
Surrounded by a group of tall and strong soldiers, they had to leave one by one.
They left in a daze.
Of course, the rest were not much better, and the imperial officials who stayed behind also felt confused. They
had vague guesses about Chi Yao's actions in their hearts, but they dared not be sure. There was
no other reason, everything happened too fast, and they could not react in time!
Shi Xing finished the last bite of meat, and the last diplomat of the alliance also boarded the airship to return to his temporary residence in the imperial capital under the "protection" of the imperial soldiers. Later
, the imperial reception staff will inform them when their airship will be ready and when they can leave the empire by airship. At the same time, they will send several copies of the termination of diplomatic agreements and "ask" them to take them back to the alliance together.
But now, the imperial officials are still at the dinner table, and the scene is so quiet that you can hear a pin drop. It was not
until a military officer came to report that the alliance officials had boarded the spaceship and left that Chi Yao raised his hand and ordered, "Everyone, please leave in turn."
The imperial reception officials also left the banquet hall one after another.
After most of the troops had left, Ren Yanyong and Wei Zhen hadn't shouted "Your Majesty" yet, but Chi Yao was the first to lean forward, close his eyes, and pinch his eyebrows.
Feeling something, Shi Xing's expression froze, "Your Highness!"
He reached out to pull Chi Yao, trying to test the other's spiritual sea.
Chi Yao did not resist, allowing Shi Xing to feel that his spiritual sea, which had not yet completely stabilized, was slightly turbulent again.
"Your Highness, your chaos is not over yet?!"
Shi Xing stared in disbelief.
Chi Yao exhaled, but was calm, "It's only been a few days here, how can it be that easy."
Normally, the chaos lasts for a week to a month, and even faster, only half a week has passed.
Before the time is up, even if there is a contract to treat, to suppress the injury and prevent it from expanding, and to prevent the disorder from erupting uncontrollably, the spiritual sea is injured, even if it is not painful, the discomfort will always continue.
Chi Yao is used to it, but Shi Xing secretly gritted his teeth.
Ren Yanyong and Wei Zhen were shocked, and finally reacted - Chi Yao was struggling to rush to take charge of the situation during the disorder period. Shi Xing
injected healing mental power into Chi Yao, and ordered without explanation, "Return to the palace."
On the way back, Chi Yao's condition plummeted. Shi Xing gave him all the available mental power, but he did not completely curb the residual fluctuations of the disorder period.
The good thing is that with the contract, although the mental power fluctuates, it will not reach the point of real disorder.
It's just... people won't be very comfortable.
Medical nurse Yu Guan entered the small villa where they lived and came and went.
Chi Yao didn't want to talk much when he returned to the palace. Shi Xing asked Xu Jin to take care of him and handed over some diplomatic affairs to Wei Wan. When asked how the diplomats of the alliance would handle it, Shi Xing told them to handle it according to Chi Yao's instructions.
Shi Xing: "Your Highness has his reasons for doing this. You just follow the normal steps of seeing off the guests."
Wei Wan nodded and retreated.
Ren Yanyong and Wei Zhen couldn't find Chi Yao. Shi Xing responded to the two civil servants with a few words. Fortunately, knowing that Chi Yao's physical condition was fluctuating, the two did not dwell on it. When they learned that Shi Xing didn't know and could only talk about diplomacy after Chi Yao was in a better condition, the two took their leave with special tact.
After Chi Yao was settled by the attendants, Shi Xing had just finished his work.
After a while, Xu Jin came to find Shi Xing, "Xingxing, His Majesty said he wants to see you."
Shi Xing was just worried about Chi Yao's condition. After asking Xu Jin, he learned that he had stabilized. When he thought about the three words "want to see you", he felt a chill on his back.
"Now, now?"
Xu Jin: "Well, it's getting late. Anyway, it's your room. You can go back."
Shi Xing: "..."
Facing Xu Jin who knew nothing, Shi Xing nodded reluctantly.
When he arrived at the door of the room, he found that there was no one there. Yan Changyue was also sent away, which meant...
if the old matter was brought up again later, no one would speak for him.
Shi Xing was silent.
After standing at the door for a while, Chi Yao's voice came out from inside, "Are you going to impal yourself on the door?"
Shi Xing: "..."
He was just a little scared.
But Chi Yao didn't give him a chance to hesitate, and continued.
"Come in."