Chapter 131
When Huo Zhengchuan thought of this, the live broadcast room at the competition venue was still exploding.
The barrage of comments in the live broadcast room never stopped when their Majesty and Ye Wangxing were fighting, and covered the entire screen.
We started out discussing mechas.
"Oh my god, this exoskeleton mecha can actually withstand so many blows from His Majesty. But why doesn't it seem to fire the laser cannon? Is it because he's my eldest son's roommate that he's letting me off the hook?"
"You're overthinking it. The laser cannons on His Majesty's armor are top-tier, powerful enough to destroy an entire city. They're not enemies, so why would he fire laser cannons? This exoskeleton is quite well made, surprisingly able to keep up with Beta's mental control. It doesn't seem to have much lag."
Then they discussed Ye Wangxing's combat effectiveness.
"Oh my god, this guy can actually hold on for so long, and he's a beta? This is incredible! Even an alpha like me can withstand a punch from His Majesty in under three seconds, and ask His Majesty to call for an emergency robot for me."
"He can even fight His Majesty! The exoskeleton he's controlling never stops moving its legs, ready to engage His Majesty in a duel!"
"It seems that this Beta's combat capability cannot be underestimated. He can actually fight on par with Your Majesty. Moreover, his exoskeleton is well designed. His resistance to blows and reaction speed have reached qualified standards. It's a pity that he didn't meet the standard this time."
"I think so too. I'm curious why he strapped a dummy to this exoskeleton mecha instead of climbing in himself? Isn't it common sense that designers should experience the exoskeleton mecha they designed? Why did he use a special dummy?"
"I guess the eldest prince abused his power for personal gain. It's so obvious. No wonder His Majesty came down to teach him a lesson."
"I wonder what the eldest prince thought when he saw that this opportunity he had worked so hard to get through the backdoor was rejected by his own father."
When the live broadcast room said this, some viewers were also a little led astray, thinking that this person was too open and aboveboard, and even dared to let the dummy go up in front of His Majesty.
——Until they saw His Majesty punch the robot, then walked towards Ye Wangxing with an unsatisfied look and carried him on his shoulders.
Even the position of his hands was wrong.
"No? Your Majesty, just... just carried the person away like that?"
"Your Majesty, I seem to be hallucinating. Why did you put your hand on the human drum?"
"Although it's very elastic and perky and looks nice to touch, Your Majesty, that seems like sexual harassment!"
Just when the comments were shocking and difficult to accept, they discovered that their Majesty didn't care about their feelings or public opinion at all.
——Because he simply pinched Ye Wangxing’s mouth and started biting him.
"...??? Am I blind? I think I saw our Majesty kissing a beta?"
This comment immediately ignited the public screen.
At that time, the entire barrage was full of ellipsis and question marks, or garbled characters. When a humming sound came from the radio on Ye Wangxing's body, no one could organize a complete sentence.
All in shock.
We don't even know when the competition has been judged and scored.
If His Majesty, the referee, hadn't left a few comments before leaving, Ye Wangxing's mecha probably wouldn't have been able to participate in the final evaluation. And this time, he was ranked third in the mechanical manufacturing competition.
The first one is the most expensive exoskeleton mecha, and it also supports private customization.
The second place is an exoskeleton mecha that looks a bit cheap but has a unique design.
However, everyone present at the award ceremony is in a state of mind that although you are very good, I'm sorry, you are really not as good as melons.
Everyone's face was filled with absent-mindedness.
——Even the first and second place are like this.
They looked like they couldn't wait for the award ceremony to be over so they could go and gossip.
The audience in the live broadcast room pointed this out directly.
"...There was no surprise at the honor in their eyes, only a desire for gossip."
"It feels like the next second, the two contestants will rush back to their rooms to play crickets after the leader finishes his speech."
"Now this leader has probably become the most hated person in the entire place."
The audience expressed their thoughts one after another, but they only paid a little attention to those two and then started discussing what happened before.
But the main focus is still on how the two of them met.
"...If they met through the eldest prince, wouldn't he be furious if he saw his roommate become his father's wife?"
"Indeed, just thinking about it makes it seem quite dramatic, with the roommate becoming a stepfather and all that… But I do think the eldest prince has a special relationship with that beta. Whose first reaction to their best friend becoming a stepfather is to storm off and cause trouble for his father?"
"Maybe it's because the eldest prince can't accept this?"
"Come on, the eldest prince and our majesty don't care about each other. The eldest prince doesn't care when his father will marry a stepfather. I can believe that His Royal Highness cares about me. He acts like the unappreciated second son in the family, carefully trying to please his biological father for attention."
"So the problem still lies with my roommate? Yeah, even good friends wouldn't give each other such romantic fireworks."
"Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: Look at what we do. We won't do that anyway."
"But you never know. After all, who knows, even close friends might be willing to give something like this?"
"Then how do you explain his aggressiveness towards his biological father?"
The person who posted the barrage earlier responded with a soul-searching question.
"...When did our eldest prince stop being aggressive towards his biological father?"
But there was inexplicable silence for a moment, but not long after they heard the news that Huo Zhengchuan had fainted.
——And countless political bloggers on the Internet began to analyze what Ye Wangxing’s appearance meant for the overall situation of the royal family.
The audience was having a great time gossiping in the live broadcast room, but when they returned to the internet, they were suddenly shocked by the serious atmosphere: ...
Isn't this a bit too serious?
It felt like they were just in the live broadcast room, and they were so excited about the gossip that they were laughing like silly roe deer.
However, as political bloggers analyzed, they also found that Huo Zhengchuan's reaction was reasonable.
The eldest prince's reaction of rushing down to cause trouble for his own father as if he had caught him cheating was completely out of line with normal circumstances.
Especially an hour later, when both the Crown Prince and His Majesty came out to be interviewed, their identically dark faces and the look as if they were searching for something further proved that there was definitely something wrong with these two.
At this time, the students of the Capital Military Academy also came out to reveal the information.
"...I knew their relationship was definitely more than just roommates! Ye Wangxing studied Mechanical Design, while the eldest prince studied Conducting. They were paired together during their freshman year due to a system error. It was clearly something that could have been solved by their sophomore year. Ye Wangxing even took the initiative to suggest it, but the eldest prince refused!"
"Right, right, right! Now that you mention it, I remember it now. Back in their sophomore year, the two of them were practically inseparable. Ye Wangxing gave the eldest prince a bunch of gadgets he had designed for mechanics, and he kept every one of them well. He almost put them in a box and put them up for display!"
However, some people say that their relationship is abnormal, while others say that their relationship is normal.
"Come on, that's because even though Ye Wangxing's little gadgets don't have much combat use, they're really fun. Who can resist a golden steel staff—a staff that can even spray gold, wood, water, fire, and earth!"
"I agree. I really want to take that staff home as a treasure. The eldest prince even carries it around every day to show it off, his mouth almost curled up to the sky. Of course their relationship was good at that time. Besides, didn't they have a falling out during their junior year? If they were truly a couple, they would have broken up long ago after such a big fight during their junior year."
The classmate said it casually, but he didn't expect that more than a dozen comments would pop up immediately below his comment.
——These are all from netizens who saw the suspected melon.
"What happened during their junior year? What happened? Sister, why don't you start a live stream? I'll give you a reward and you can explain it to us."
The military academy student was stunned for a moment. Baffled, he pulled out the latest military regulations and said, "Our subsidies have increased now, so the higher-ups forbid accepting tips. If you do, you'll be punished. But they did cause quite a stir during my junior year, and everyone at the Capital Military Academy should remember that."
Students from other military academies also began to post comments in the comment section.
"I remember that. The fight between the eldest prince and Ye Wangxing was real. Ye Wangxing's skin was all bruised and purple, and his legs were lame from the beatings. The eldest prince was also affected. The dark circles under his eyes took half a semester to disappear."
"I live next door to their dorm, and I could hear them arguing through the window. Remember, their windows are soundproof! And I even peeped through the window to see they were arguing, not having sex."
"...Little brother, you have a wide range of knowledge."
This made the onlookers in the comment section sigh.
"...You understood it immediately, didn't you? But they did have a serious fight during that time. It lasted for half a semester. They argued in the first half, and then they fought in the second half. Every day, Ye Wangxing would come to class limping, and the eldest prince would be covered in bruises."
"Yes, yes, I remember that. But they were military academy students after all. They reconciled after fighting for half a semester and restored their previous relationship. But then the eldest prince rebelled and went to film a movie, but he didn't forget Ye Wangxing. I guess he felt that the other party was a true friend of his."
"…Help me, what a joke of hell."
The onlookers complained, but later they also confirmed that Ye Wangxing and the eldest prince did have a good relationship, but judging from the current situation, it was either more than friendship but not love, or they were just pure brothers.
The unwilling spectators continued to stand at the center of the gossip and call for information. Many of them also manually searched for Ye Wangxing's previous experiences - they didn't need to look for the eldest prince, they just had to search for news about the royal family of all dynasties.
But after all, they have royal public relations, and they only found old news about the other party's sudden rebellion two years ago.
They can only dig deeper from Ye Wangxing's side.
And they did find something.
——But it was something no one had expected.
That was a report from 10 years ago.
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince is already fiancéd at the age of fourteen - Is the Ye Group selling their son for personal gain?"
In this report, standing next to His Royal Highness the Second Prince was Ye Wangxing, who was still a little immature but had the beginnings of his future graceful appearance.
All the onlookers: ...
"ah?"
This report completely set the Internet on fire, and everyone was attracted by the complexity of the royal family and the emotional entanglement involving the three royal fathers and sons.
——Even when it was revealed that Ye Wangxing was taken away by mistake at birth and the real young master of the Ye family was someone else, it did not attract much attention.
After all, all of Ye Wangxing's current achievements are due to himself - no matter whether it is in love or career, none of these achievements are achieved by relying on him being the young master of the Ye family.
Oh, no, the marriage with the second prince was indeed achieved by relying on the status of the young master of the Ye family, but it doesn’t matter anymore.
The spectators now just want to understand the whole story.
So, driven by the onlookers, the title #Royal father and sons were taken down by a beta# directly became a hot search and was clearly displayed there.
But there were still people who asked soberly in this national carnival.
"What's going on with the royal family's PR department? This trending search has been up there for two hours, and they haven't even taken it down? Are they all taking a day off today?"
The PR staff who worked overtime just to handle public opinion: ...
If it weren't for the powerful medical robot, this sentence would have knocked down a few people.
In fact, this incident can even be regarded as a major public relations accident.
But this time, even the strictest public relations director could not blame the public relations department employees.
After all, they have done their best.
——God knows that even a veteran like him who has seen all kinds of storms and even an elite who led the team to deal with the public opinion about the royal family's two princes, felt a buzzing in his head when he heard the news that his majesty was having an affair with a beta and kissing her in public.
However, before he could recover from the shock, news came that his eldest prince was having an affair with that beta. The royal father and son even had a fight backstage, and the fight was so exciting that every punch hit the flesh.
If they hadn't known to find a training ground and not exposed themselves to all the staff, the head of the public relations department would really want to find a rope to hang himself.
After finally dealing with the issue of the royal father and son killing each other, and paying everyone to keep their mouths shut, I turned around and found that the beta had escaped!
The head of the public relations department was confused. Was that person acting out some kind of "Runaway Wife" scene?
However, this also gave rise to two pieces of news.
Good news, His Majesty and the eldest prince tracked him directly through the positioning device on his body.
Bad news, when did His Majesty and the Crown Prince install a positioning device on him?
But the head of the public relations department did not have time to think it through. He quickly instructed the staff around His Majesty to keep the news secret. He had also adjusted all the authorities to ensure that the news about His Majesty would not be leaked to the outside world as much as possible.
The staff at that time immediately promised that the news would never be leaked, and even listed a series of plans, which made the public relations director nod repeatedly.
But an hour later, the staff tremblingly revealed two more pieces of information to the head of the public relations department.
The good news is that they don’t have to worry about the news leaking out for the time being, because the area around the villa has been sealed off.
The bad news is that the people who sealed off the villa were not royal staff or members of the Ye family.
——Instead, they are guards specially assigned by the Empire to scientific researchers who have made outstanding contributions.
There were even a few robot guards with federal logos mixed in.
The most important thing is...
They also went to find the beta.
After learning the identities of those people, the head of the public relations department said: ...
The public relations director's eyes were confused when he slowly put down the phone. He couldn't even think of any plan or emergency measures for a moment.
There was only one thought in his mind.
Have these bigwigs changed their taste to beta recently?
However, no matter how much he thought about it, he could only try hard to control public opinion again.
But just when he had racked his brains to come up with a plan to control public opinion, his office computer rang.
The head of the public relations department suddenly had a bad feeling, and when he opened the smart brain, the face of the royal spokesman Ji Ming appeared on the smart brain.
Then his premonition came true.
"Get ready! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to announce the cancellation of his engagement with Ye Wangxing—and he's going to hold a banquet live-streamed online to tell everyone."
Upon hearing the news, the head of the public relations department was silent for a long time. He seemed to calmly throw the plan he had just written into the trash can, and then slowly spoke.
"...Did a pig chew on your head, His Royal Highness?"
Ji Ming confirmed it in one second. The PR director opposite him must have gone crazy, otherwise he would not speak in such a tone at work.
But the situation is already a mess, and no one will attack the head of the public relations department for such a small matter - if this person falls, there is really no one who can take his place.
"Ahem, His Royal Highness is currently in good health, and this is a decision he made after careful consideration."
Ji Ming coughed twice and said helplessly.
"...carefully considered?" The PR director practically choked out the words, "—and what he means by carefully considered is to make a fool of himself in front of the entire universe, including the neighboring alliance?!"
Ji Ming did not get angry when he heard the roar of the PR director. Even his expression was calm. He just spoke softly.
"Mr. Minister, His Royal Highness's decision is truly well thought out. After all, between canceling your ID number and becoming a joke, everyone knows the right choice."
The head of the public relations department was confused at first and didn't understand why he said that, but he was a smart man after all, and he thought of the key point the next second.
"...Indeed, Your Highness the Crown Prince has truly thought this through carefully."
The head of the public relations department said with a serious expression.
He used the title of someone's lover and fiancé to show up in front of the five people who had just been ignored by their lovers.
...The danger to life has indeed skyrocketed.
The pain of the head of the public relations department had no effect on Ye's parents and Huo Zhengchuan, who had already decided to make the wedding cancellation party as big and as good as possible.
Being scolded a few times doesn’t matter; saving your life is the most important thing!
Especially when the head of the public relations department had almost lost all his hair, Huo Zhengchuan finally held this banquet.
Now he stood in the center of the banquet hall, wearing a well-cut black suit and a badge on his chest that symbolized his royal status. He glanced across the entire hall, feeling a little satisfied.
It was grand enough and there were enough people coming that the entire banquet hall was filled with people standing still while still being comfortable.
Such a banquet is just the right place for Huo Zhengchuan to spread the news.
However, Huo Zhengchuan was not in a happy mood.
In fact, Huo Zhengchuan had already thought about how to break off his engagement with Ye Wangxing. Especially after meeting Fang Yun, he had rehearsed this scenario countless times in his mind.
However, he originally thought that the scene of breaking off the engagement with Ye Wangxing must be private and secretive, and it would be best if outsiders would not discover that his original fiancé was Ye Wangxing.
The first was to give Ye Wangxing face, and the second was to reduce the strange looks others gave Fang Yun.
He knew that if this matter were to be made public, many people would think that Fang Yun had stolen his brother's fiancé, and he didn't want Fang Yun to suffer this.
Unfortunately, plans cannot keep up with changes and now he has to announce this matter to the whole universe.
But unlike what was expected, the person who was embarrassed was not Ye Wangxing.
But himself.
Huo Zhengchuan stood at the banquet with a smile on his face. All around him were eyes looking at him, some with gloating eyes, some with sympathy. The eyes that should have been on Ye Wangxing were now all focused on him.
This made Huo Zhengchuan quite unhappy, but looking at the five men who appeared at the banquet, he didn't dare to bring it up and could only stand on the etiquette platform silently.
The banquet hall is located on the top floor of the royal manor on the capital star, which is specially used for royal banquets.
Inside the hall, crystal chandeliers cast a soft glow, illuminating the faces of every guest. Nobles, politicians, business tycoons, scientific research elites, and even high-ranking representatives from the Federation, from various galaxies, gathered together.
Of course, some of them came here to inquire about the news of the Empire, while others came here to inquire about the news of the Alliance.
——After all, God knows why the President of the Alliance appeared at the banquet where the Imperial Crown Prince broke off his engagement.
It seems like he came here to laugh at the joke, but the way he was dressed up perfectly showed off his model face, which didn't seem like it.
It can only be said that it is an unsolved mystery.
Countless long tables were placed around the hall, laden with delicacies and fine wines from various galaxies. The sound of the band's music echoed throughout the hall, its melodious tunes adding a touch of elegance and solemnity to the banquet.
Huo Zhengchuan took a deep breath and signaled the band to stop playing, then said seriously:
"Dear guests, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedules to attend this banquet. Today, I stand here to announce an important matter."
He paused and searched the hall, but did not see Ye Wangxing. His expression was a little complicated, but more of it was relief.
It’s better that Ye Wangxing doesn’t show up. If he shows any expression at that time, it would be bad if I become a thorn in the eyes of others.
Thinking of this, Huo Zhengchuan spoke.
"——My engagement with Ye Wangxing is officially cancelled."
These words were accompanied by a toast of congratulations from everyone present.
Life was saved.
After getting off the stage, Huo Zhengchuan thought with tears in his eyes, turned around and found Fang Yun standing on the corridor leading to the swimming pool.
He was staring at the situation in front of him in amazement.
Huo Zhengchuan felt a little strange. What could have happened to shock Fang Yun so much?
He subconsciously looked over there, and then froze in place.
Ye Wangxing was standing by the swimming pool with his back to them. No one knew what expression he had, but they could clearly see the two people standing opposite him.
One is the president of the alliance. His exquisitely modeled face and long silver-white hair make him look delicate and elegant, like an elf in ancient legends.
——I have to say that having a good-looking face does give you an advantage. At least Huo Zhengchuan was stunned for a second by this pure beauty.
The other is his own father.
I have to admit that my father's face is indeed not as good-looking as the president of the alliance.
Huo Zhengchuan thought subconsciously, and then...
——He watched helplessly as his father, who knew where he got a cup of water from, poured it directly on him.
The muscular lines of the upper body are clearly visible.
"Ah, my hand slipped."
Huo Zhengchuan heard what his father was saying: ...
Who would believe that!
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