Chapter 23 Old Stories "You think Cyril is very beautiful?"...
Feeling bored, Shi Wei chatted with His Majesty about her two ex-boyfriends.
It seems His Majesty doesn't care much about her having a boyfriend; he seems more concerned about the report.
Is there anything wrong with those numbers? He got the highest score, I really don't understand.
"I met my first boyfriend in college. He was from the mechanical engineering department next door, which was very close to our history department. I think we met at some event, and then he started pursuing me..."
"What's your name? Let me think... I think it's Monroe, but it's been so long..."
"Why did we break up? Well, it's because he wanted to join the army. He chose a very remote planet and became a naval frigateman, serving for twenty years. Actually, if he had only gone for five or eight years, I would have been willing to wait, but twenty years is too long."
Shi Wei cupped her face in her hands, her expression somewhat nostalgic. Monroe was a very quiet but kind Alpha. He looked big but was actually very obedient, and Shi Wei liked him quite a bit.
Monroe possesses super A-level strength, but comes from a poor family, so he longs to make a name for himself on the battlefield.
This was a goal he set when he was very young, and it was also the one he initiated the breakup with.
He knew that Shi Wei had no feelings for his pheromones and was only willing to be with him because he was very obedient. If he didn't join the army, he was willing to continue being obedient until she got tired of him.
Unfortunately, the two were too young when they met, and neither had a stable future. Monroe liked her and didn't want her to wait, so he broke up with her beforehand.
"At least you have some self-awareness," the Emperor said coldly. "How many twenty-year periods of youth does an Omega have?"
Shi Wei nodded, but then said, "He was actually a good guy. He listened to everything I said and wasn't clingy. It's a pity we weren't meant to be, and all we knew was how to break up."
Although he didn't mind, the Emperor still felt a little sour when he heard her praise her ex-boyfriend. When she was born, he had already become the commander-in-chief of the entire army. Their timelines were too far apart.
"And the second one?" Actually, these were all in the security bureau's reports, but he was still willing to listen to her.
Shi frowned slightly: "There's not much to say about the second one. His name is Eric, the son of an earl... He has a very arrogant personality. He pretended to be very gentle at first, but he became extremely arrogant because he was a nobleman. He wanted to interfere wherever he went and insisted on going with him. He was very annoying."
He was also annoying in bed, making insatiable demands and always clinging to her. Although Monroe also liked to be clingy, he was more obedient. When Shi Wei didn't want to do it, he would obediently endure it and never complain.
Eric kept saying she was frigid, which eventually made Shi Wei lose interest in him and dump him.
She seemed to have a lot of complaints about her second boyfriend, but the security bureau report mentioned that the count's son liked her very much and wanted to marry her, which caused a long-standing dispute with his family.
But in the end, I still got dumped.
So what kind of person does she actually like?
Obedient? Well-behaved? Not clingy?
He doesn't seem to fit the bill at all.
Shi Wei rested her chin on her hand and reminisced for a while about her two ex-boyfriends with opposite personalities. Their only thing in common was that they were both good-looking. She glanced at the Emperor and thought, "Hmm, this one is good-looking too."
She's even prettier than those two.
She admired the Emperor's heroic bearing for a while, then suddenly asked, "And what about you and Queen Eve? I've seen her picture; she looks a lot like Prince Cyril, very beautiful—"
She keenly noticed that Sklag II's eyes narrowed as he looked at her: "You think Cyril is very beautiful?"
Unaware of what was happening, Shi Wei nodded slightly.
Very well, another unlucky son.
However, her question made it seem like he hadn't explained Eve's situation to her in detail. This kind of thing should have been clarified earlier, so he explained how he and Eve had reached an agreement.
"Huh?" This secret surprised Shi Wei: "Her lover is dead?"
Shi Wei vaguely remembered the gossip the little blue man had told her when she escaped; it turned out that Queen Eve really did have someone she liked.
Similan and Cyril lost their mother at a young age and were raised by different teachers, receiving different values. Although they are brothers, they have a very poor relationship.
He also had a father who was busy with national affairs and fighting wars everywhere.
"The two princes are quite pitiful too." Shi Wei decided to make things less difficult for Similan in the future.
His Majesty narrowed his eyes again: "You think Cyril is also pitiful?"
The oblivious girl nodded again.
The Emperor didn't say anything else, but looked at her face and said, "Don't worry about your health. Let the doctor prescribe some hormone-regulating medicine to promote the secretion of your glands and prevent premature atrophy."
So what if he's a little cold? It's okay, he can wait patiently.
As for Cyril, he recalled the last banquet.
Was it because of the Similan Islands, or something else?
Good news came from Lu Qi's side: after several months of investigation, Fran's intelligence agency dropped its surveillance on Shi Chuan.
Although we don't know what's going on behind the scenes, the older brother is safe on the surface. Unfortunately, he personally identified Shi Wei as the one who was impersonated, so the two of them can't communicate normally. The security bureau provided Shi Chuan with a special encrypted communicator.
Having witnessed the entire process, Shi Chuan could guess that the National Security Bureau had put in a lot of effort, but he was still very worried: "Are you really alright? They didn't make things difficult for you? Did you make some kind of deal with them?"
He was caught after trying to escape, but he was still lively and energetic, and even looked to be in good health.
Shi Chuan thought of the second prince his sister had mentioned and asked, "Is it related to that prince?"
Shi Chuan always felt that his sister was wronged, and that if the prince had vouched for her, she might have been able to survive.
Shi Wei looked at her brother's projection and scratched her head, saying, "It has something to do with him, but not much. I'm safe now, but I can't leave the country... Hmm, come find me in Manla when the intelligence agency stops watching this."
If the Empress continues to be so high-profile, it probably won't be long before her true colors are exposed.
So she tried to comfort her brother again: "It's okay, don't worry about me. You'll probably understand why in a while... Anyway, you have to be careful of the intelligence agency, and keep it a secret from your classmate."
Shi Chuan frowned and agreed. He saw the scene behind Shi Wei, a typical Manra royal style—his heart sank, filled with bitterness.
But being alive is the best outcome.
Shi Wei didn't know how Manla negotiated with Fran, but in any case, her brother didn't need to worry anymore. The Emperor said that the negotiations with the mercenaries were almost complete, and Yi Lan wouldn't make a big fuss over an Omega.
She thought that made sense; she was just a tiny ant, why would she deserve the attention of so many big shots?
Manra First Star has no winter, and the long summer makes Shi Wei even more of a homebody. She absolutely refuses to go to places without a constant temperature system, and all the vacation spots that King Sklag II has chosen have been rejected by him.
She's taken the medication prescribed by the medical team, but it hasn't been very effective. Aside from her smelling a little better and being a little clingier to him during her period, there hasn't been any real progress between them so far.
The emperor lived a life of simple pleasures and abstinence, just like he had for a hundred years.
It wasn't that he didn't want to, but Shi Wei clearly still had reservations. Kissing and touching was already the limit, and no matter how he tried to seduce or coax her, it had no effect.
This made him a little irritable.
Shi Wei's dilemma stemmed from the uncertainty brought about by the disparity in their social status. Although Eric, her two previous boyfriends, was a nobleman with a strong personality, he was far less influential than an emperor.
This is no longer just about social status; Scolar II is renowned throughout the eight major star systems of the universe. The three star systems controlled by Manra, with hundreds of billions of people, all belong to him.
The gap between the two was so large that Shi Wei had no ambition and just wanted to give up.
If she were to marry a nobleman's son like Eric, and she worked hard to improve her career, perhaps the disparity wouldn't seem so great.
But she really had no way to deal with such an emperor.
Yet, they cannot refuse, whether psychologically or physiologically.
Shi Wei was caught in a dilemma.
He was slowly but surely cutting her heart away, swallowing it piece by piece.
After all, Shi Wei sighed, she really had everything she wanted now.
He converses with powerful figures and associates with no commoners; he spends his days dining, drinking tea, and reading with the rulers of the empire.
What they obtain are all the information and resources at the top of the pyramid.
King Scolag II would also take her to tea parties with his confidants to discuss how to divide the resources of the fifth star system, to see which side's support they could gain in this conflict between the two ports, and when would be the most appropriate time to launch an offensive on the southern front.
This is so tempting.
During a casual conversation, Secretary Jiang asked Shi Wei, "Miss Shi, do you think the spaceship manufacturing of the Fran Empire or the Stan Federation has a better investment prospect?"
Shi Wei thought for a moment and replied, "The Fran Empire. Although the Stan Federation has excellent technology, its mechanical industry is weak and it is too dependent on the Alliance. Its small land area also leads to poor resources. Recently, the Alliance has been busy fighting against Manra, and its military spending has skyrocketed. In the next ten years, the pie allocated to them will become smaller and smaller. On the other hand, the Fran Empire has a large star system and a small star system, abundant resources, and a complete mechanical industry system. It will soon eat up the Stan Federation's market."
The answer was rather bland. Secretary Jiang smiled and asked again, "If you were in the alliance, how would you handle this?"
Shi Wei gave him a strange look, but still answered: "Just make the nobles of the Stan Federation obey. Their conflict with the Fran Empire is irreconcilable. Even if they know they will lose market share, they will not unite with Fran... They are too weak and do not even have the right to waver."
Her analysis and answers were so calm that there wasn't a single mistake to be found, which drew several glances from the others.
Shi Wei remembered that their university professor said in the first class: Geographical environment determines the fate of a country.
The Manra Empire was established in the most resource-rich and habitable star system, and had a natural asteroid belt to protect it from external invasion, so it was able to reach the pinnacle of the universe. In contrast, mercenaries occupied remote and chaotic star systems. Even at its peak, Asta only conquered three star systems and could only occupy a corner of the universe, unable to dominate it.
Many countries have their history written at birth.
But there are always some people who want to change history.
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