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The first thing Frey did when he came back was to give the meritorious people the honor and rights they deserved, and to settle his own lifelong affairs. The second thing he did was to take advantage of this favorable situation and make a major reshuffle in the cabinet.
Luther and Ampere have been jumping around for so long, and even tried to seize the throne while he was missing. Now that there is sufficient evidence, they are naturally the first targets that Frey will take action against.
"Prince Amper, in collusion with the royal steward, Luther, during my absence, spread rumors and stirred up unrest among the people. This constitutes a serious dereliction of duty. The cabinet has voted to remove Luther from his position as royal steward and exile him to the uninhabited planet of Beta. Moss Flair has been appointed royal steward. Amper's princely title and Grik royal family name have been stripped from him, and he has been demoted to a commoner."
When this news was announced to the entire Wenxing, it meant that the Prince faction had completely vanished. From then on, Wenxing was ruled by the new nobility, led by Frey, who expanded recruitment and promoted talents.
With the political upheaval on Wenxing, there were naturally many matters to attend to. Frey and his friends were kept busy every day, rising early and going to bed late. Fearing that the children's rest would be disturbed, Yu Sheng and Frey forcibly evicted Yu Guang, who had been clinging to their bedroom and trying to sleep with them. Yu Sheng even said sternly, "Look at your height! If you don't get enough sleep, you'll never catch up to your father, Frey." Yu Sheng had once learned of Yu Guang's secret wish: to be as tall as Frey's. Yu Sheng hadn't had the heart to tell him that his genes were all his, and the possibility of him being taller than Frey's... well, thanks to this wish, Yu Guang, who had always been picky about Caesar's vegetables, finally stopped being a picky eater.
That day, Yu Sheng and Frey were busy with the ceremony of establishing the queen. Yu Sheng wasn't the first male queen in the interstellar universe, but he was definitely unprecedented, and in the realm of interstellar law, he was still considered a pet. The United Interstellar issued daily warnings and protests to Wenxing, even deploying troops to the resource planet next to Wenxing. However, this was merely a deterrent, and no real action was being taken.
Disagreement arose within the United Interstellar. Since Queen Qiu En had suffered a defeat in the Zerg War, her interstellar command should have been revoked and a more capable leader appointed. However, Queen Qiu En's subordinates had brought back a chip containing a video recording of a Zerg battlefield. The video showed that it was Queen Qiu En's bravery in killing an intelligent Zerg that forced the aggressive Zerg to retreat. A rigorous official authentication confirmed that the video had not been altered in any way and was indeed the original.
After Queen Qiu En woke up, she immediately applied to the parliament to lead all the united armies to the Zerg's base camp - the Zerg Star Cluster, and take advantage of the Zerg's weakened period when one of their intelligent Zerg died and another was injured to completely wipe out the Zerg species.
The United Interstellar wasn't entirely foolish. Some felt the Zerg's overwhelming victory, coupled with the fact that the previously recaptured resource planet was harboring Zerg troops, suggested a conspiracy, and they absolutely refused to agree to Queen Quen's request. Others, however, supported Queen Quen's words, hoping the people of the interstellar could hold their heads high and wipe out the Zerg in one fell swoop. The United Interstellar Council was in a state of turmoil, each side vehemently arguing, neither willing to yield. For the time being, they had no time to attend to the thorny issue of Wen Xingli's pet queen.
What's even worse is that someone brought this conflict to the attention of the Star Network and started to stir up trouble. The Zerg had been suppressing them before, and people were in panic all day. Netizens finally found the breaking point and started to scold the United Star Network for inaction. Instead, they praised Queen Qiu En's bravery and supported her in leading the entire army to take down the Zerg Star Cluster.
"We must find evidence of Queen Qiu En's collusion with the enemy as soon as possible and expose her conspiracy." Yu Sheng read the latest news reports and said solemnly, "If this continues, once Queen Qiu En succeeds, Galaxy will be truly finished."
Although Wenxing was also half-sided with the Interstellar Alliance, one thing was undeniable: if the other planets were destroyed, Wenxing would not be able to survive alone. Moreover, Wenxing had not yet left the Interstellar Alliance, and the Interstellar Alliance also had soldiers from Wenxing. No matter from which perspective, Yu Sheng could not stand by and watch the Interstellar people fall into the trap of the Zerg and Queen Qiu En.
"Don't worry about that for now." Xi Ze stood beside Yu Sheng and slapped Yu Sheng on the head. "Hurry up and try on the wedding dress. The most important thing now is the ceremony to establish the queen."
"Don't you know me?" Yu Sheng approached Xi Ze with a smile, suddenly stretched out his hands and pulled Xi Ze into a bear hug, almost strangling Xi Ze to death. This made up for Yu Sheng's regret that he had not been able to hug him before.
Xi Ze narrowed his eyes, stretched out his hand and poked Yu Sheng's waist, forcing Yu Sheng to laugh until tears came out before letting him go. He raised his chin and said, "Don't be narcissistic. I don't know you well. Stop touching me."
There was a knock on the door, and a maid's voice came over, "Your Highness, have you changed into your formal dress?"
"Almost there." Yu Sheng's breathless voice sounded, "Sorry to bother you, wait one more minute."
The maid frowned in confusion. Why was His Highness's voice so hurried? She glanced at His Majesty, who was patiently waiting in the back, and thought of the handsome young man who had followed Her Majesty into the fitting room. Her heart skipped a beat, and all the cheesy gossip she'd read on StarCraft came flooding back to her.
Could it be that His Highness is really having an affair with Master Caesar?!
Just as the maid was getting anxious, the door opened and Yu Sheng, wearing a pure white dress with gold outlines and gold thread patterns, slowly walked out.
Frey looked at him, his eyes, which were as calm as water, were filled with ripples from the depths. He stood up and walked step by step to Yu Sheng. His lips slightly opened, but he did not say anything. Instead, he bent down and gave Yu Sheng a light kiss on the forehead.
Yu Sheng's face was flushed because of the quarrel he had just had with Xize. Paired with his white dress, he looked very youthful, like a pure and innocent boy who was about to enter the marriage hall with the person he loved.
The maid was blinded by the scene, while Caesar stood quietly not far away, looking at the happiness belonging to the two people, slowly raised the corners of his lips, and then made a gesture to the maid. The two of them quietly left the fitting room, leaving space and time to the grooms-to-be.
As soon as he walked out of the fitting room, Caesar's footsteps paused. The maid bowed and said respectfully, "Hello, Butler Moss."
"You go ahead and do your work." Moss nodded in response.
The maid could naturally sense the inexplicably complicated atmosphere. She quickly bowed again and left in a hurry.
Caesar greeted Moss indifferently, neither cold nor warm, just like an ordinary interaction that couldn't be more ordinary.
Moss reached out to stop Caesar. Caesar didn't dodge or fear, but looked at him coldly, "What are you doing?"
Moss's momentum softened, "Cize, you, look... they're getting married."
"Oh, so what?" Caesar frowned. "I'm happy that Yu Sheng and Frey are getting married. They're finally together, but what does this have to do with you?"
"I'm happy too. It's not easy for them to be together..." Moss turned into a chatterbox, rambling on and on, talking nonsense for a long time until Caesar began to get impatient. He then asked in a very small voice, so small that it was almost inaudible:
"What about us?"
Caesar was silent.
He wanted to say, "You don't have to be like this. I've already forgiven you. Those things don't matter to me anymore. We can get along as friends and partners, calmly and politely, but if you cross the line, I can't overcome the barrier in my heart."
Because as long as I'm with you, you will remind me of my humiliating past all the time, reminding me that I'm a useless person, a useless person with both mental and physical disabilities.
But Caesar couldn't say it. He and Moss had come to where they are today, and they had experienced countless ups and downs. When he was struggling in the trough, Moss chose to drop everything and come to Wenxing with him. From the perspective of a friend and comrade, he couldn't say this.
He could only remain silent.
"Xize, I..." Moss was about to say something when suddenly, a maid rushed over from the other end of the corridor. Her face was covered with wet marks, and it was hard to tell whether they were sweat or tears. Her hair was messed up while she was running and stuck to the sides of her face. It was not until she got closer that Xize recognized that this was Yu Guang's personal maid Anna.
Caesar's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly reached out to grab Anna, "Why are you in such a hurry? What happened?"
Anna was out of breath, and because of excessive tension, her words were trembling, "Your Highness, Your Highness, something happened!"
"What?" Xize's brain was confused and he almost fainted from the shock of the news. It was impossible for him to have his own child, so he treated Yu Guang as his own son. He was a little panicked when he heard the news.
"The little prince was sent to the emergency center." Anna calmed down and finally spoke smoothly, "I couldn't contact His Majesty and Yu Sheng, so I had to come here myself..." Yu Sheng and Frey took off their personal terminals and left them outside to try on clothes, so they probably didn't hear the reminders over and over again.
"You go notify them, I'll go take a look." Caesar said this and turned around and ran. He knew where the palace emergency center was. Because Yu Guang had "blue blood syndrome" in his body, which was like an invisible bomb, the little guy had to go there for a full body check every day and cooperate with the medical team to study ways to cure blue blood syndrome. For a long time, Yu Guang had been carrying holes on his body left by blood and marrow extraction. Every time Yu Guang acted coquettishly towards Caesar, Caesar would make him a delicious meal out of heartache.
"I'm going too." Moss turned around and caught up with Caesar. Anna had no choice but to run to the fitting room and bang on the door, "Your Majesty! Yu Sheng! Open the door!"
"Hey, is Anna here?" Yu Sheng was trying on his second dress. After all, it was the ceremony of enthroning the queen, and he had to change six sets of clothes to reflect the grandeur and nobility. The last button of his shirt was not buttoned yet. Frey walked over and opened the door, and saw the embarrassed Anna.
"What's wrong?" Frey frowned. He had a bad feeling.
"The little prince is in the emergency center..." Before Anna could finish her words, Yu Sheng, who was looking in the mirror, rushed over and ran out, dragging Frey.
—— Emergency Center ——
Looking at the curve of the alpha blood picture on the instrument dial fluctuating at a speed visible to the naked eye, the four men's faces seemed to be frosted, and no one spoke for a while.
Lying on the hospital bed next to the instrument, Yu Guang's body was connected to various wires. He was a little scared. He looked at the dial, then at his parents and two uncles. Suddenly, he couldn't control his tears and they fell down.
In fact, during the time when he thought his parents were dead, Yu Guang had rarely shed tears. But for some reason, since his parents came back, he turned back into the child who could lie in his parents' arms and act coquettishly, like a little turtle with a hard shell that took off the shell, leaving only a soft and fragile body.
Yu Guang's crying was like some kind of signal, breaking the silence in the observation room. Yu Sheng was the first to run to Yu Guang and hugged her in her arms, "Are you feeling unwell? Tell mom, mom is with you..." This was the first time that Yu Sheng called herself a mother. It was absurd and funny for a grown man to call himself the mother of a child, but in this situation, no one could laugh. Instead, they were filled with the need to lower their pressure.
"Mom, I'm not feeling bad." Yu Guang leaned softly in Yu Sheng's arms, tears still hanging on her little face. "Am I going to die?"
There was a moment of struggle on the faces of the four people, including Moss. Although he liked to tease and bully Yu Guang, and Yu Guang called him a bad guy from time to time, Moss loved this child from the bottom of his heart. Just like Caesar, he knew that he would probably not have any biological offspring, so he raised Yu Guang as his own child.
Now, Yu Guang showed the precursors of blue blood syndrome, which was undoubtedly like a sharp knife stabbing into the heart of each of them. From today on, Yu Guang's life had begun to count down.
Countdown to death, seven days.
"What nonsense!" Caesar clenched his fist and tapped Yu Guang's forehead with his index finger. "Don't let your imagination run wild. Cooperate with the doctors and you'll be discharged soon."
Yu Guang laughed, "Uncle Caesar, I want to eat the pure meat feast you make!"
"All you do is eat meat all day long." Yu Sheng forced a smile. "Have you finished the homework that your father, Frey, assigned you?"
"I'm done!" Yu Guang straightened up and said confidently, "I finished it a long time ago! Dad even praised me!"
Frey's stiff face softened, and he reached out and gently rubbed Yu Guang's head, "Be good."
The four of them chatted with Yu Guang, and soon, feeling safe, Yu Guang grew tired. He yawned, crawled into bed, and fell asleep with his head resting on the pillow. While he slept, his little hand was still tightly grasping Yu Sheng's.
Yu Guang's attending physician came over and whispered, "Your Majesty, the young prince has fallen asleep. Let's go over there and talk."
Frey nodded, and Yu Sheng carefully pulled his hand out of Yu Guang's. The four of them followed the doctor to the next room. After entering, the walls were covered with X-rays of Yu Guang's body and analysis records.
"Actually, we've successfully cured blue blood syndrome with the Rifle Rat." The doctor's first words made all four people's eyes light up, but the doctor's next words brought their hearts back to the bottom. "However, even with the Rifle Rat, the success rate of cure is only 20%. With such a success rate, I really dare not and cannot perform surgery on Your Highness."
"Is there no other way?" Moss narrowed his eyes. "I don't believe that after such a long time, you still have so much internal information. You really have no other way."
The attending physician nodded. "There is indeed another method, but it is more difficult to master and requires the cooperation of His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Queen."
"This method has a cure rate of over 80 percent." Seeing the hopeful expressions on the four faces, the attending physician couldn't bring himself to say the next sentence, "But there's one thing: Her Majesty the Queen's life is in danger."
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