Chapter 615 Request and Beginning
In the temporary palace on the floating city.
Li Qi came here led by the court attendants.
After the servant brought Li Qi here, he turned around and left. The entire empty palace was left with only Li Qi.
Looking around, Li Qi glanced left and right, but did not see the Queen.
All he could see was a magnificent hall with gold as the main color and red as the secondary color.
Even though it is just a temporary palace, it demonstrates the extravagance of the imperial royal family. The seemingly simple decorations are made of materials rarely seen in the universe.
Even if they could dismantle the materials here and use them themselves, it would allow some low-level mecha masters and mechanics to advance to higher ranks.
However, these things are useless to Li Qi now. Now that his consciousness power has been transformed into soul power, things that can enhance his consciousness power are of limited help to him.
Ta, ta.
The sound of crisp footsteps came from the front.
Li Qi looked in the direction where the footsteps came from and saw a woman with shiny blonde hair and a golden-red crown walking out from the back of the palace and onto the high platform with a throne.
The moment Li Qi saw her, he lowered his head and bowed in a noble manner, without being rude to stare at the other person's appearance.
The Queen is also a ninth-rank powerhouse. Although it is not known whether she is a mecha master or a mechanic, her ninth-rank cultivation alone is enough to allow her to reach the throne in an instant.
But she deliberately revealed her footsteps to Li Qi so that Li Qi would be aware of her presence. She did not appear here directly to show her pressure as the queen.
This is a kind of courtesy, so Li Qi should also maintain the same courtesy.
"Rich? Look up."
Seeing Li Qi lower his head, the Queen chuckled and said.
Li Qi then raised his head slightly and looked towards the Queen. When he saw her face, even though his threshold had been raised due to his own appearance, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise in his eyes.
If Li Qi's own appearance was changed by love, then the Queen's appearance was truly "natural" and was not affected by anything.
Li Qi couldn't find an adjective to describe the Queen's appearance, and the only word he could think of that was close to the Queen's.
sacred.
Like a god, like a saint.
If religion still existed in the empire, then the Queen would definitely be the Saint who deserved it! Because her existence seemed to represent "light".
However, thanks to Li Qi's frequent mirroring, he had developed a certain immunity to such appearance, so he quickly came to his senses and saluted the Queen again: "Your humble servant, I pay my respects to Her Majesty."
Although Li Qi did not hold a specific official position, as a nobleman and the child of a duke, his status was higher than that of ordinary officials even if he did nothing.
There is nothing wrong with paying homage to the Queen.
"No need to be polite. There are only you and me here. If you don't mind, you can call me 'Queen Mother'."
There was tenderness in the Queen's eyes as she chuckled and said to Li Qi.
Anyway, they will soon be a family, so it seems there is nothing wrong with Li Qi calling the Queen that.
However, because he was unsure of the Queen's true thoughts, Li Qi did not dare to do so. Instead, he looked up and asked:
"Your Majesty, what is the matter that you have summoned me to come here for?"
"You are such a boring child. I originally wanted to hear you call me Her Majesty the Queen Mother..." The Queen sighed slightly, and there was miraculously no airs in her words.
After sighing, she pointed to the seat next to her and said to Li Qi, "Come up first, let's sit down and talk."
This time Li Qi did as he was told and sat next to the Queen.
The Queen looked at him with a smile, and then said, "I asked you to come here this time because, first, I wanted to see what you look like, and second... I also wanted to say sorry to you and Sophie."
"Why does your majesty want to apologize?"
"You should have guessed it." The Queen stared at Li Qi and then smiled, "Because your wedding this time, I'm afraid it won't go smoothly. This will have an impact on both you and Sophie, so I want to apologize to you."
"Is there anything your majesty would like to do at the wedding?"
"It's not that I want to do something, it's that some people want to do something... But this is not something you and Sophie need to worry about. I just want to ask you, what compensation do you want? As long as I can do it, just ask for it."
The Queen said generously.
It is precisely because this wedding will not be peaceful and may not even end smoothly, and it is likely to be re-held in the future that the Queen called Li Qi out and wanted to compensate him.
Li Qi didn't know whether the Queen had talked to Sophie, but he knew he had no power to refuse.
Since the Queen said so, it means that all the "actors" are already in place, just waiting for the next entry.
Even if Li Qi had some opinions, he couldn't do anything about it. He might as well take the opportunity to get some benefits.
"…I would like to visit the other seven realms. What do you think of this request, Your Majesty?"
After a little thought, Li Qi came up with his request.
"You want to go to other original realms?"
The Queen was surprised at first, then she thought for a moment and said, "It's not that I can't do it, but other original worlds are different from our world. Outsiders going there will be suppressed by local rules... In short, it will be dangerous if you go. Are you sure you want to go?"
"Yes, I want to see the cultivation system of other worlds."
Li Qi answered truthfully.
The knowledge gained from Xinlian is only a small part of each original world, not all of those original worlds.
Li Qi wanted to see more of the world and more ways of cultivation, so as to enrich his current original ability, that is, the alchemy that would not be suppressed by the rules.
After all, alchemy needs Li Qi's own knowledge to enrich it. The more knowledge he masters, the more items alchemy can transform, and the stronger they will be.
To do this, he needs to see more things and enrich his knowledge base.
The saintly queen turned her head and looked at Li Qi for a few times, then smiled and said, "Okay, the emperor's words will not be taken back. If this is your request, then I will agree to it."
…
The wedding process is still progressing steadily.
There were no special rules for weddings in the empire at the lower levels. The couple would meet each other's parents, exchange tokens of love in the auditorium, kiss each other in front of the priest and the statue of the founding emperor of the empire, and then they would officially become husband and wife.
Of course, you must get a marriage certificate before that. Without a marriage certificate, even if the wedding is held, it will not have any legal effect.
But if one has a noble status, then the higher the noble title, the more complicated and tedious the wedding process will be.
For people of the same status as the Ninth Princess and Li Qi, their weddings are even more grand.
I won't go into detail about the specific process, but by the time everything was done and we entered the auditorium to begin the final steps, the time had changed from morning to afternoon and was approaching evening.
Li Qi and Sophie Yuna stood in front of the auditorium, looking at each other next to the priest.
It was clearly a wedding for the two of them, but neither of them showed any joy. On the contrary, Sophie Yuna's eyes were somewhat bitter, and she felt indescribable apology towards Li Qi.
"Be happy, or else people will notice something is wrong."
Li Qi gave instructions to Sophie via voice transmission.
Sophie responded in the same vein: “…I’m sorry, I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.”
"We should have guessed it when the Queen showed up at our wedding."
"…The Queen Mother…may indeed be angry with me."
Sophie Yuna bit her lower lip.
Perhaps it was because she had relied on the Queen's favor to do many willful things that the Queen chose to "declare war" on all rebels at her wedding.
But Li Qi had a different opinion: "If Her Majesty was really angry with you, she wouldn't have shown up today, let alone compensate us."
“…”
"Perhaps the Queen had no choice but to do this today."
Li Qi continued.
After all, even if we leave the Queen aside, at least the Prime Minister of the Empire, Zelia, was present at this wedding, as well as some ministers from Zelia's faction, and some ministers who supported the Ninth Princess.
Even without the Queen's presence, Sophie Yuna's wedding might not be smooth sailing.
Even if everything goes smoothly, now that Zelia is not in the palace, the guards around the Queen are relatively weakest, and the conspirators hiding in the dark will not miss this opportunity.
Therefore, there is no need for Sophie to blame herself. Her marriage to Li Qi is a big deal, and no one would want to see the two of them get together smoothly.
So the ones who are really wrong are those with ulterior motives. It is not Sophie's fault.
"Rich..." Seeing that her fiancé was still comforting her in this situation, Sophie Yuna was speechless for a moment.
Before this, she thought Li Qi didn't like her because she had been so attentive to him before, but he didn't respond at all.
So Sophie had been worried, what if Li Qi didn't like her? Even if they really got married, would it be a good thing for Li Qi? But now seeing the gentleness in Li Qi's eyes, Sophie Yuna's worries instantly disappeared.
Li Qi loves her, he just doesn't show it.
Sophie Yuna thought so and was about to go forward and hug Li Qi.
Even though it hasn't reached the stage where the two of them hug each other yet.
Just at this moment, a piercing alarm suddenly rang through the sky. Woo! Like the roar of an animal, the alarm rang throughout the entire Imperial Star in an instant.
The people present at the ceremony were in a state of confusion, but Sophie didn't care. She immediately stepped forward and hugged Li Qi in her arms, looking vigilantly towards the entrance of the auditorium.
Bang! The door of the auditorium was smashed open, and a pure white figure walked in from outside. It was Elena, the successor of the former head of the Sarnak family.
She walked into the auditorium with a fake elegant smile on her face. Behind her, several mecha masters swarmed in and surrounded everyone.
Then Elena's eyes swept around the auditorium, and finally landed on Li Qi who was protected in Sophie Yuna's arms, and she smiled maliciously: "I'm sorry, everyone, the wedding is over. From now on... you are kidnapped by me. I hope you can behave yourself."
Elena said this while standing at the door, with a dangerous light like a wild beast in her scarlet pupils.
(End of this chapter)
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