Chapter 614: Queen's Meeting
Today is a day of celebration in the empire.
In the main galaxy of the empire and the James galaxy within the territory of the Ninth Princess, all the lights turned into colors that represent joy in the local area.
Although different places have different civilizations, styles and ways of celebration, they are all celebrating the same thing.
The wedding of the Ninth Princess Sophie Yuna and her fiancé Richie Blythe.
"Oh, it looks like your little boyfriend is getting married."
On the main star of the empire, on the street of the floating city where the wedding was held, Qingxue's teasing voice rang in Zhao Dongxue's ears.
Zhao Dongxue remained silent upon hearing this. She looked at the photos of Richie and Sophie Yuna scrolling on the screen and sighed slightly.
“…He was engaged before he met me.” Zhao Dongxue said.
After knowing Li Qi's identity and investigating him carefully, Zhao Dongxue felt disappointed.
As the most beloved young master of the Duke's family, Li Qi's status is not only higher than Zhao Dongxue had imagined, but he is also engaged to the ninth princess of the empire.
Regardless of Li Qi's own identity or Sophie Yuna's identity, there is a huge gap between them and Zhao Dongxue. Zhao Dongxue actually has no chance.
She should understand this.
She has understood this too.
"What do you mean, are you still going to see him?"
Qingxue suppressed her joking intention and asked Zhao Dongxue.
Zhao Dongxue was silent for a moment, then said, "Since we're here, let's go take a look."
As Li Qi's former friend, Zhao Dongxue was qualified to watch the wedding. Not only her, but everyone who knew Li Qi, including Li Qi's classmates, were also qualified to come here to watch the wedding.
After all, a wedding is considered complete only when all relatives and friends gather together to give their blessings. Li Qi himself doesn't have many friends, and the only ones who can be called friends are those he met on Academy Star.
In the Empire, Li Qi really doesn't have many friends.
This was certainly due to Li Qi's identity, but it was more of Sophie Yuna's fault. Her possessiveness was too strong, and no one, regardless of gender, could approach Li Qi casually.
Because of this, Li Qi has so few friends, and even the people he met in the Federation have to be dragged over to make up the numbers.
Although Zhao Dongxue came here, she was not actually "attending" the wedding, she was just visiting.
In other words, she could not sit in the hall and listen to the priest take the vows, nor could she be there to see Sophie and Richie exchange tokens.
This is also natural, because Zhao Dongxue's status is humble and she is just a member of a small anti-terrorism team.
But Zhao Dongxue didn't really care about these things. Instead, she cared about another thing:
"By the way, why do I always feel like something is not right?"
"What's wrong?" Qingxue asked puzzledly.
Zhao Dongxue looked at the guards around her, and the Imperial Fleet and Imperial Mecha patrolling in the sky. After taking a few glances at the eighth-tier mecha divisions, Zhao Dongxue said, "Although Richie and Sophie Yuna's wedding is a very important event, there are too many guards and masters here. Along the way, I have seen at least three eighth-tier mecha divisions."
Although the eighth-level mecha master is weaker than the ninth-level one, now that the ninth-level ones have gone to the world sea to explore, the eighth-level one can be said to be the top in the interstellar era.
But now on the Imperial Star, these eighth-level strongmen have become cabbages.
Of course, as the capital of the empire, the most important place in a country, there is nothing wrong with the Imperial Star being heavily guarded.
But Zhao Dongxue felt that those eighth-level warriors flying in the sky were deliberately showing themselves. In addition to them, there were many other warriors of the same level hidden among them.
Even Zhao Dongxue, with the innate induction brought by the inherited mecha, can vaguely sense the powerful people of the same level hidden behind these powerful people! There are only a few in the open, but there are countless people hiding in secret, and there may even be a ninth-level one! Is it necessary to have such strict defense for a wedding? Zhao Dongxue was puzzled.
But it was the passerby beside her who solved her doubts.
"I heard that the Queen will be here today too."
"What? Hasn't the Queen appeared in public for a long time?"
"Yes, even when the Seventh Princess got married, Her Majesty the Queen never showed up in person... It seems that the Ninth Princess is Her Majesty's favorite princess, and it's not a rumor."
"That's right."
Passersby on the Imperial Star were talking to each other.
The "passers-by" who are able to settle on the Imperial Star are considered to be at the upper level in the entire empire, so some of the information revealed from their mouths is very valuable for reference.
So it was the Queen herself? That's not surprising.
Her Majesty the Empress of the Empire has been in power for nearly a hundred years. If it were not for the empire's own regulations that each emperor or empress could only rule for a hundred years at most, this young empress might have been able to rule for another hundred years.
Over the past hundred years, the Empress of the Empire was a man of iron and blood. She had raised the economy and strength of the empire to a higher level. Her prestige could be said to be the highest among the nearly a dozen emperors.
Her reputation among the people far exceeds that of any previous emperor. That is why the Queen's personal visit would surprise others.
"But even so... why do I still feel a little uneasy..."
Maybe it was an intuition, or maybe it was something else, but Zhao Dongxue always felt that there was something special about this wedding.
But her strength was low, and she couldn't detect anything by intuition alone, so she could only suppress her worries for the time being and walk towards the manor where Li Qi was going to hold the wedding.
…
"Is Her Majesty really coming?"
In a corner of the manor, Li Qi, who was being helped by a maid to put on a complicated groom's outfit, asked Yolin who was looking at him.
Yolin nodded: "Yes, it's really strange that His Majesty, who hasn't appeared in public for more than ten years, would come here in person."
"…because of Sophie?"
"It's possible. After all, Sophie is a rare child born by Her Majesty the Queen herself."
Yolin agreed with Li Qi's guess.
Although this is an era in which women hold power and strength, the relationship between men and women has been reversed, and many things have changed, but some extremely basic things still cannot be changed.
For example, having children is still a woman's job. If a man wants to "experience" it, he needs to undergo a reconstructive surgery first to install all the necessary things into his body.
However, nobles will not undergo any regenerative surgery and are purely natural native humans. Therefore, childbirth still has to be done by the women themselves.
It's just that the empress has a noble status. Even if she has countless concubines, if she has to give birth to every prince herself, then she doesn't have to do anything and just needs to give birth to children every year.
There are dozens of princes and princesses recorded today. Even without counting the time for cultivation, it would take decades for the empress to give birth to them all.
A normal person certainly doesn't want to turn himself or herself into a breeding machine, and the same goes for the queen, not to mention that she is the most powerful person in the entire empire.
Therefore, most of the time, the Queen would choose the 'concubine' she liked, provide her with the necessary elements for reproduction, and then throw her into the life incubator for cultivation.
in other words.
It's in vitro fertilization.
Among dozens of princes, nine out of ten princes and princesses came from this way.
Only a few were born by the Queen herself.
Today, the eldest prince, the third princess, the fourth princess, the sixth prince... and the ninth princess were born through normal reproductive means.
But even so, when the previous princes and princesses, except the eldest prince, got married, His Majesty the Empire did not attend their weddings.
How come His Majesty came in person today when Sophie was getting married?
Is it because Sophie is really favored by the Queen?
Although the Queen really likes Sophie, Sophie has not done anything particularly outstanding recently. Instead, she has done a lot of nonsense by relying on her status.
The Queen's favor is also limited. As the ruler of a country, she values capable people more.
What Sophie Yuna did recently should have reduced the impression of her in the Queen's mind. Not punishing Sophie Yuna was already a manifestation of her love for Sophie.
Why would you come here in person?
"What did mother say?"
Thinking about this, Li Qi asked Yolin.
As Li Qi's mother, Zelia will also attend the wedding, but she has not shown up yet.
"She sent me a message earlier, saying that she would be with the Queen."
Yolin replied.
Li Qi was stunned. He turned around after changing his clothes and asked with a frown, "Besides Mother and Her Majesty, who else will come?"
Upon hearing this, Yolin's smile deepened, and his narrowed eyes became more like a fox:
"The Minister of Finance, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Defense...even several elders from the Council of Elders are here."
“…What are they going to do?”
Li Qi's eyes widened slightly.
Not to mention Her Majesty the Queen, Zelia, apart from being Li Qi's mother, is also the Prime Minister of the Empire. The others are ministers of various departments, and they are a group of people at the top of the empire's power.
And not only them, but also the Council of Elders...
Everyone knows that the Council of Elders and the royal family are not getting along now because their power has been reduced to the extreme because of the Queen.
They didn't say anything about the Ninth Princess's waste of money and resources, which was considered honest. But now they have to attend the Ninth Princess's wedding? Are they really here to attend the wedding? ? Li Qi stared at Yue Lin, looking at the smile on his face, and vaguely guessed something: "...Will there be any problems at this wedding?"
"I'm not sure about that, but what I can guarantee is that we will never let you get hurt."
Yolin said seriously.
Li Qi's expression turned unpleasant. He frowned and was about to say something, but suddenly he saw Yue Lin stunned and tilted his ear to listen to something.
Feeling the fluctuations of consciousness in the air, Li Qi knew that someone was communicating with Yolin.
Sure enough, within a few tens of seconds, Yue Lin turned to Li Qi and said, "Get ready, the queen has arrived and she wants to see you."
Li Qi raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.
It was actually summoned by the Queen? (End of this chapter)
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