Spare me?
This is nothing!
Isn't he supposed to be very capable?
Isn't that just being stubborn?
Who cares about her?
Ignoring the water council member's shouts and pleas for mercy, Jiang Si held up her lemon candied hawthorn, her dark eyes filled with pure innocence as she looked at Agares and urged him, "Honey, eat up! It's nothing shameful to like sour things and lemons."
Agares: "..."
Bo Jichen: "..."
Eating lemon candied hawthorn?
Is it really necessary to go this far?
So, besides soaking it in water and adding honey to neutralize the sourness, can you also eat sour things raw?
Those two really know how to have fun; I'm impressed.
He still prefers candied strawberries; they're so sweet and sour, that's what makes them delicious.
However… before he could even pick up the strawberry candied hawthorn, a lemon candied hawthorn appeared near his mouth.
Bo Jichen looked in the direction of the lemon candied hawthorn and saw his darling with a cold, expressionless face, speaking succinctly and meaningfully, saying to him, "Eat!"
Bo Jichen: "!!!!"
Agares took a bite of the lemon candied hawthorn that was near his mouth. The sourness made him frown. He didn't chew and swallowed it directly.
Six beautiful women stood trembling beside him, huddled together, their eyes wide with disbelief as they watched His Majesty the Emperor feed the Empress and the Princess feed Agares.
The elders of the conference hall were still rolling on the ground, groaning in pain, acting as if nothing had happened, eating, drinking, and having fun as usual.
This…this…this…
Is this still the majestic royal family?
Is this still the unapproachable His Majesty and Prince?
"Princess Consort, Princess Consort..."
The water council members kept pleading and shouting, which inspired the other people in pain to join in their pleas. They pleaded with Jiang Si, with His Majesty, with the Queen, and with Agares.
However, this family all chose to be deaf and unable to hear, and continued to drink tea and eat candied hawthorn as usual.
Half an hour passed.
The ten old men and women who had been rolling on the ground knelt down, their pain causing them to bang their heads on the ground repeatedly, begging for His Majesty's forgiveness, the Queen's forgiveness, and Agares' forgiveness.
With a flick of her fingers, Jiang Si unleashed an invisible, transparent spiritual force that enveloped the ten elderly men and women, relieving their pain and suffering.
The ten elderly men and women relaxed completely, their eyes filled with fear and apprehension, which made them hesitant to make any rash moves. They simply spoke to each other, their attitudes sincere and their words pleasant.
"Your Majesty and the Empress are still young and in their prime. There is no need to rush to find an heir. It was my fault that I was so inappropriate. Please do not hold it against me."
"Your Majesty, your fertility score is 45, which is the highest in the empire. We were in a hurry and found some people with lower fertility scores than you to annoy and disgust you. Please forgive us."
"Your Highness Agares, you have served your country and people, guarding the interstellar space. This shield of the empire is the face of the empire, the sharp sword of the empire. Even if you do not have fertility value, you are still a hero of the empire."
"Your Highness, Princess Consort..."
Jiang Si raised her hand and said, "Don't flatter me, don't apologize to me. I'm petty and don't like accepting apologies from others."
"As for you, ask His Majesty and the Empress whether His Highness Agares forgives you. If he forgives you, I have no objection."
The ten elderly men and women, tormented and ravaged by pain, were now shedding tears and snot. All their nobility, dignity, composure, and serenity had been crushed and vanished.
"Your Majesty..."
"The Empress..."
"Sigh!" Bo Jichen sighed heavily, and said in his aloof and domineering voice, "Elder Hu, Elder Sui, Elder Shui, Elder Guan... A few days ago, the elders of the Elders' Council attempted to murder the Princess Consort, and the Supreme Court, together with the Ministry of Police, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Taxation, detained and investigated the Elders' Council personnel."
"Although there hasn't been a nationwide announcement, you must have heard about the Supreme Court's commotion, yet you haven't. Today, you instigated His Majesty to commit a crime with me. This clearly demonstrates that too many members of the Council are ignorant of and disobey the law. In that case... I will notify the Supreme Court..."
"Even so, the Mineral Star System, 35 degrees north of the Eighth Star System under the jurisdiction of the Council, should be handed over to His Majesty." Before the Empress could finish speaking, Old Hu interrupted, ceding territory and paying reparations: "The Council will assist His Majesty in making the Troia Empire prosperous and strong."
Mineral Galaxy?
It sounds so high-class and impressive, like someone who's really rich.
Jiang Si leaned closer to her husband: "What's going on with the Mineral Galaxy?"
Agares lowered his voice and slowly said, "The Council of Elders and the Council of Councilors are not only two ancient institutions that can intervene in national politics, but they also control the Imperial Mineral System."
"In the early days of the Troia Empire, the Council of Elders and the Council of Councils owned 85% of the Troia Empire's mineral star systems. Over time, with various forms of mining and trading, the number of mineral star systems they controlled has decreased."
"Until my father's generation, they only controlled 25% of the mineral star systems. And this 25% of mineral star systems is a mineral star cluster located 35 degrees north of the 8th star system. Its annual output and exports are at least hundreds of billions, with no upper limit."
"Because the mineral star system they possess was obtained in the early days of the nation's founding. At that time, the law granted them special privileges, allowing them to avoid paying taxes and only requiring them to hand over 10% of their annual income to the national treasury."
"Annual output value of at least hundreds of billions, with no upper limit?" Jiang Si exclaimed in surprise, like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world: "Of that, 10% is handed over to the national treasury, so where does the rest go?"
Agares, unusually humorous, pointed to his young wife's pocket.
Jiang Si suddenly realized why Bo Jichen, that scoundrel, hadn't spoken before; he was slyly waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of the mineral star system.
Ah, that scoundrel truly lives up to his reputation as the one who raised His Majesty, that money-devouring beast. Every step he takes, every action he takes, is purposeful. He's the most awesome one out there; everyone else is nothing but a fart in his eyes!
No, she can't be used as a tool for nothing. Once we unite against the enemy, we have to make him pay his appearance fee!
Bo Jichen exchanged a glance with His Majesty the Emperor, then stood up, walked around the seats, and stood in front of the 10 old men and women. With his eyes lowered and his hands clasped in front of his lower abdomen, he was as elegant and noble as an unapproachable mountain: "Old Hu, Old Sui, Old Guan... I know you are worried sick about the successor of the empire, and I know you are thinking of His Majesty."
"So...you have approached His Majesty time and time again, telling him about the selection of concubines and secondary consorts, but I, as the Empress of the Empire and the Chief Executive Officer of the Supreme Court, have not said a word."
"You're now saying you'll give the Mineral Star System to His Majesty, making it sound like His Majesty and I have conspired to force you into this scheme."
"Forget it, you don't have to give up this mineral star system. Just stay in the Council. The Empire is prosperous now, and it's good that you pay 10% of your income every year."
"So I've recorded all the things you did today—criticizing His Majesty, criticizing me, criticizing the Princess Consort, and Prince Agares—and kept them as evidence. Let's use the Imperial Law and let the Supreme Court judge you!"
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