Final Chapter
Shen Yunian and Ning Xu looked at each other, the former pursed his lips and said nothing, while the latter touched his nose.
Ning Xu looked at Xia Shen Yunian. He had never seen such a person before. He should be someone who was not even ranked. How could he want to imitate others and act like a hero to save the damsel in distress?
"It's all your fault!" Su Yanxi curled her lips, her expression very vivid.
Ning Xu certainly didn't think she was talking to him, so the only person she was talking to was naturally the unremarkable boy standing not far away.
Ning Xu stared at him again, but still couldn't find any information about this person from his memory. He didn't look like a noble, so how could he be so familiar with Su Yanxi?
Seeing that the man had walked forward after hearing Su Yanxi's words, standing beside Su Yanxi, and silently concentrating on operating the mecha, Ning Xu felt a little unwilling and walked over.
"Do you need help?" He knew his question was unnecessary, but he couldn't help but hold on to a little hope.
Su Yanxi crossed her arms and said stubbornly, "No need, let him come. If it's too much trouble, just bear with it!"
Ning Xu listened with mixed feelings.
He was willing to endure this kind of trouble, but unfortunately he didn't have the opportunity.
The cockpit opened, and Shen Yunian pinched Su Yanxi's slender waist with both hands and lifted her up suddenly to help her reach the cockpit seat.
The sudden increase in weightlessness made Su Yanxi scream in surprise. After she came to her senses, she clung to the hatch and struggled to board, cursing, "Can't you just make a sound? Your hand is so heavy, you're going to break my waist!"
"I'll definitely do it next time." Shen Yunian said, and with a leap, he jumped into the cockpit and helped Su Yanxi review the driving skills.
Ning Xu stood aside and watched. Everyone around him was busy, but he was the only one standing in the wind.
The man's tone was obviously doting. There wasn't much in his eyes except the mecha and Miss Su. So far, she had never looked at him straight in the eye.
Su Yanxi didn't seem to notice that the man touched her waist without permission, and she didn't get angry.
If she falls in love with that unknown guy, and he thinks he is no worse than anyone else, can he give it a try?
Shen Yunian patiently taught Su Yanxi. Fortunately, although Su Yanxi had not been in contact with mechas often, he was smart and was able to drive the mecha in a short while.
"It's okay, just practice more." Shen Yunian said that completing the teaching task was a way to make up for the victims of course selection. He planned to let Su Yanxi figure it out on his own during the rest of the time, and he would go inside the mecha to study it.
The mechas in the Imperial Military Academy are not the latest models, but the technology they use is still decades ahead of Cinnabar Star. If these technologies can be brought back to improve the mechas, Cinnabar Star's combat power will be greatly improved.
Just as he was about to leave the cockpit, Su Yanxi called him.
"Chen Yunian, why did you walk so fast that day?" she asked.
When asking, Su Yanxi didn't look at him, but stared straight ahead, watching the man who was concentrating on driving the mecha.
If Shen Yunian hadn't been very sensitive to Su Yanxi's voice, he would have almost thought it was an auditory hallucination.
His Adam's apple moved slightly.
"Which day?"
"It was the day I woke up!" Su Yanxi said crisply.
“Oh, I’ll leave after completing the task.” Shen Yunian said.
Su Yanxi's movement of turning the handle hesitated for a moment, and the mecha almost stumbled. After stabilizing the balance of the mecha, she said, "But, but I haven't paid you yet."
Shen Yunian smiled and said, "I've already received the reward."
"What?" Shen Yunian's tone did not seem fake, making Su Yanxi almost suspect that he had completed the transfer procedures for Cinnabar Star, "But the Lord of Cinnabar Star is still me."
Su Yanxi opened the smart brain and retrieved the information for him to see.
The way Su Yanxi tilted her head made Shen Yunian's fingers itch a little. He lowered his eyes and said, "Xixi's voice calling brother that day was very nice."
A teasing "brother" brought Su Yanxi back to the memory of that day.
Otherwise, she almost forgot.
How dare you mention it in front of her!
Putting the mecha on autopilot, Su Yanxi turned around and said to Shen Yunian, "Then how should the compensation be calculated? Isn't that a big disadvantage for my brother?"
As she spoke, she moved closer to Shen Yunian.
"How about I give my brother a better reward?"
Innocent yet with a hint of charm, Shen Yunian was pressed against the mechanical wall of the cockpit by Su Yanxi who was slowly approaching him. Even so, Su Yanxi still did not stop approaching.
The ever-shrinking distance made Shen Yunian curious about what Su Yanxi would do.
What was the reward she was talking about? A kiss? Or herself?
Reason told Shen Yunian that unless the stars died and the universe exploded, Su Yanxi would never do such a thing. She would more likely kick him, which was in line with her temper.
But as the distance shortened and the space between them continued to shrink, his brain felt a little short of oxygen, the voice of reason was in jeopardy, and he couldn't help but have a hint of delusion.
Maybe she just wanted to kiss him.
When those fiery red lips were about to reach his mouth, he couldn't help but respond, but Su Yanxi's movements cleverly brushed past him. Her lips pressed against his ear, and her breath exhaled, her voice carrying some mischievousness of a successful prank.
She said: "Chen Yunian, you are really a lustful person!"
This comment made Shen Yunian's eyes darken.
He really hoped that she was, so that he would forcefully press that soft waist into his arms.
After the two returned to a safe distance, Shen Yunian said in a hoarse voice: "Xixi, don't hook me, you have experienced it, I am an adult man, the consequences are very serious, and then you can't stop it just by shouting."
After saying that, he took a deep breath and jumped out of the cockpit, causing Su Yanxi, who was feeling complacent about having teased Shen Yunian, to feel a chill down his spine, as if he was being coveted by something dark.
Su Yanxi was now certain that Shen Yunian was interested in her, and that he was after her body.
It’s hard to describe the feeling. Since childhood, there have been countless people who have liked her, some are sincere and some are fake, but one thing is certain, Shen Yunian is different from these people.
He was very straightforward about his desire for her body.
God probably created the word "lustful" just for him.
But such a greedy person disappeared as soon as the get out of class was over.
He liked her, but seemed to be avoiding her a little.
She was really curious about what he was thinking.
*
Imperial Palace.
As soon as Su Yanxi woke up, the Queen received the news.
"You're quite lucky!" The queen's mouth was tense and fine lines appeared at the corners of her eyes.
She sent a message to the emperor, and the two of them quickly came up with a plan.
The emperor took a sip of water and said, "If she were dead, things would be easy, but she's alive! What's wrong with that? What's wrong with the hospital? Didn't they say she'd never wake up, and even if she did, she'd be paralyzed for life?! Now she's alive and kicking, how does that mean she won't live long?!"
"Don't be angry, the key is that the person is awake now, what should we do?"
"What else can we do? We can only hold our troops for now. There are always people who are more anxious than us." The emperor closed his eyes to rest.
The Queen disagreed: "It's better to take the initiative than to sit still!"
As she spoke, she handed the message that had just been transmitted to the intelligent brain to the emperor.
The emperor opened his eyes after being gently pushed, and what he saw was the picture of Su Yanxi and a strange man standing side by side. Although they were a little far away, the picture was very clear, and the man made him feel inexplicably familiar.
He looked at the Queen, who explained: "Have you forgotten? This is your cheap son."
Even when he grew up, the queen could still tell at a glance.
"Why is he on the capital planet?" The emperor frowned unhappily.
The queen slid the picture and guessed the relationship between the two.
Not only did Shen Yunian return to the capital planet, he also seemed to know Su Yanxi. It goes without saying that this was probably the good luck brought to him by the good looks bestowed upon him by the royal genes.
Men who are good at acting cool and have some experience are most likely to attract the attention of naive girls.
"Don't be in a hurry to send him away," said the queen.
"Why? What do you think?"
"Don't forget, his mental strength level is very high, so killing someone shouldn't be difficult for him." The queen had a plan in an instant.
The emperor understood immediately, smiled knowingly, and closed his eyes again, "I'm at ease leaving it to you."
"However, he has been kicked out of the house for so long that he may not open up to us."
The Queen said, "Money makes the world go round. As long as he has something he wants, he will have weaknesses. He has lived a hard life, so how could he not yearn for the upper class life?"
She sent her maid to the Imperial Military Academy to block people, and Shen Yunian was invited to the Queen's reception room without hesitation.
I originally thought that the substitute teaching incident would be discovered, but then I found out that the fact that the exiles returned to the capital without permission was exposed, and the substitute teaching incident became insignificant.
Shen Yunian wanted to laugh.
I guess I'm going to be sent back!
He stared at the woman at the top of the table with a gloomy face who looked much older.
Will the young lady choose to hide in the trunk and leave here with him this time?
Without the mission of waking him up, she would never have done such a crazy thing.
Shen Yunian thought with a hint of self-mockery.
"How did you come back?" asked the queen.
Shen Yunian didn't answer.
Of course she didn't really want to know this question, but Shen Yunian's uncooperative expression irritated her.
"You also know Su Yanxi? Unfortunately, Xiaozhe has already broken off the engagement with her. If you like her, you can take her." The queen said half-condolence and half-sarcasm.
This statement really touched upon Shen Yunian's minefield.
A taste of iron seeped from his mouth and he looked up at the Queen.
"You talk too much nonsense." He said lightly.
"You speak to me in this tone, aren't you afraid that I will send you back in anger?" the queen threatened.
"Whatever you say." Shen Yunian never had a good impression of anyone in the royal family.
Moreover, he guessed that the Queen probably had something to ask of him, so she wanted to show him a bit of power and make him obey. However, they all seemed to have forgotten that Shen Yunian was no longer the weak, pitiful and helpless thirteen-year-old child.
The queen felt so upset that her heart tightened.
Shen Yunian didn't respond. She felt helpless and simply extended an olive branch to tempt him: "Don't you want to return to the royal family?"
Shen Yunian raised his eyebrows.
It seemed to be a very important matter, which was why the queen could give him such a significant benefit.
Unfortunately, what seems like a great honor to others is nothing but a useless blank check to him.
It would be much more interesting to see what the Queen has in mind than this reward.
"What do you want me to do?"
Hearing Shen Yunian ask this, the queen breathed a sigh of relief.
She could also ask someone else to do this, but Shen Yunian was the best candidate. First, he could get close to Su Yanxi, and second, his mental strength was very high.
As long as the owner of the planet dies, the story can be written by the victor, and the ten planets will be nothing more than a piece of cake.
"Kill Su Yanxi, and you can return to the royal family." The queen was confident of victory, and she believed that Shen Yunian would agree without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yunian laughed wildly after hearing this.
The queen sat in her seat neither moving up nor down.
Did this person go mad after transforming into a beast? Or did he get hit on the head by a great opportunity and lose his mind?
After laughing enough, Shen Yunian said, "You continue."
The Queen suppressed her anger and said, "I will hold a small banquet and then we will start the fight there."
"OK."
Shen Yunian agreed.
Little did he know that someone had suggested to him to kill Su Yanxi, and the benefits offered were a thousand times better than returning to the royal family, but Shen Yunian did not want to do that.
There are not many things he likes in this world, and it would be a pity if they all disappeared.
He thought that someone would eventually take on this task, and if he took it, no one else would.
After Shen Yunian left, the queen thought about it and always felt that Shen Yunian's attitude was weird. She made two preparations and directly issued a bounty order on the black market and hired a very famous killer.
Everything was ready, and the invitations to the banquet were scattered like snowflakes. One was given to Su Yanxi, and another was given to Su Cheng.
The two of them came out at the same time to receive their invitations. Su Yanxi saw Su Cheng and asked casually, "What did Shen Zhe say about the explosion?"
Su Cheng, who was usually eloquent, was silent for a long time before he said, "This is your business, go ask it yourself."
After saying that, she hurried upstairs, looking as if she was running away.
Su Yanxi was confused, but at the banquet in the evening, she understood Su Cheng's strangeness.
Shen Zhe cornered her, looking aggrieved.
"Xixi, don't you care at all?" Shen Zhe was really unwilling to accept this. He thought that at least Su Yanxi would be sad for a while, but he didn't expect that he was the only one who couldn't get over it.
"In fact, if you say something soft and shed a few tears, I will definitely choose to fight for you..." Shen Zhe reeked of alcohol and seemed to have drunk a lot of wine before the banquet.
"That was so long ago!" Su Yanxi pouted.
And what does "fight for you" mean?
Isn't it a fight for your own happiness?
"You're so heartless. It's only been a month or two!" Shen Zhe's face flushed with emotion. "Besides, you don't even talk to me now. You let Su Cheng ask everything. Can't we just go back to the way things were before? If you have anything to ask, can't you just come to me yourself?"
Su Yanxi's eyes opened wide.
She didn't expect Shen Zhe to say such shameless words.
"Do you want to hear what you are saying, brother-in-law?" she emphasized.
Shen Zhe continued to talk to himself and didn't hear a word Su Yanxi said.
"Huh, forget it!" Su Yanxi didn't want to get entangled, so he took a deep breath. There was nothing much to say to a drunkard, but he could take advantage of him being drunk to find out some useful information.
"Then let me ask you in person now. Tell me, where is the surveillance footage from the day of the explosion? Or, who is the mastermind behind the explosion?" Su Yanxi coaxed softly.
When talking about the explosion, Shen Zhe suddenly became shrewd and his eyes became much clearer.
"Want to know?" he asked.
Su Yanxi nodded.
The soft and delicate hair on her forehead looked very cute, as if it was just yesterday when she was still his fiancée. At that time, he still had this cuteness.
"Kiss me and I'll tell you, okay?" Shen Zhe said inexplicably.
Su Yanxi's expression was as hard to describe as if he had eaten a fly.
Why didn’t I realize Shen Zhe was so disgusting before!
Su Yanxi snorted, too lazy to talk nonsense, and turned to leave, but heard Shen Zhe anxiously say behind him: "It's Yun Fengxian!"
Seeing Su Yanxi stop, his tone calmed down: "Xixi, why can't you take the initiative?"
"Be more understanding, like your sister."
Su Yanxi sighed.
She didn't think Shen Zhe loved her that much. He just stood on the top of the mountain for too long, and whatever he wanted was personally delivered to him. Unfortunately, he didn't think that Su Yanxi's living environment was similar to his, and he had even been a willful person since childhood.
It is impossible for any of them to let go of their ego and become understanding.
Shen Zhe was willing before, but after the comparison, he began to feel unbalanced and eventually complained about Su Yanxi's willfulness.
"Shen Zhe, people can't be too greedy." Su Yanxi said.
"If all you want is the part that benefits you, then that's not love. There's no need to pretend to be affectionate all the time."
Shen Zhe lowered his head, not knowing whether he was reflecting or feeling embarrassed. Su Yanxi sighed, "Thank you for the information."
She was about to turn around and leave, but Shen Zhe grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms.
…
Worried about Su Yanxi, Shen Yunian came to the banquet venue early to wait. It was easy to find Su Yanxi in the crowd. After confirming her safety, he did not intend to go forward to say hello.
As he moved through the crowd, his attention never left Su Yanxi's figure. Of course, he also saw Shen Zhe blocking Su Yanxi in an empty corner.
Shen Yunian clenched his fingers.
He was worried about her safety, but she was doing fine, constantly flirting with other women.
After learning about the eldest daughter's power, the royal family must have regretted canceling her marriage. They might even change the marriage partner again, bringing everything back to square one.
Shen Yunian didn't want to think about how happy Su Yanxi would be if she was accepted into the royal family again, nor did he want to see her current expression, but his eyes were just mean, and out of the corner of his eye, he happened to see the scene of the two hugging each other.
At that moment, the noise of the guests around him suddenly died down, and he felt something withering in a dark corner, then rapidly festering, turning into a dark and horrible mass.
Push him away.
This thought surged like a tide, making me feel uneasy.
He wished he could go over and free her from the man's arms that were restraining her.
Before Su Yanxi could take the next step, something unexpected happened and a sharp arrow shot straight towards her.
Shen Yunian dodged and approached, but the distance was too far. The crowd was in chaos because of the incident and fled in all directions, looking for a safe place to hide. All these greatly slowed down his speed.
Fortunately, Shen Zhe reacted quickly, hugged Su Yanxi and took half a step back, barely avoiding the arrow.
The arrow was nailed into the crack of the wall, only half a centimeter away from Su Yanxi's head.
Su Yanxi struggled out of Shen Zhe's arms, and when she turned around, she was blocked by an arrow. She also happened to see Shen Yunian coming to her side.
She quickly ran behind Shen Yunian and said, “Someone wants to kill me.”
Shen Yunian wiped the cold sweat from his palms calmly.
"Do you believe me, Xixi?" he said.
Su Yanxi said without hesitation, "Believe it!"
"Then leave it to me, we'll swap bodies."
As he spoke, Shen Yunian suddenly leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on Su Yanxi's lips. The warm breath left her instantly, so quickly that Su Yanxi thought it was an illusion.
Her vision became wider, and she had already entered Shen Yunian's body. Shen Yunian took her body and left the banquet hall through the window, disappearing into the dark night. A slender black shadow followed him.
It must be the killer.
I hope Shen Yunian can solve the problem.
Before Su Yanxi could recover from the shock, the angry Shen Zhe grabbed her collar and lifted her up.
"Why did you kiss her?"
Su Yanxi was frightened by Shen Zhe's manic behavior.
Su Yanxi pulled Shen Zhe's hand away, "I didn't kiss you, why are you so anxious?"
This question stumped Shen Zhe.
When Su Cheng received the Queen's order to check on the situation here, Su Yanxi said angrily: "Keep your fiancé under control!"
Su Cheng: ...
She glanced at Shen Zhe, who murmured absentmindedly, "Yeah, she's no longer mine."
Su Cheng: Are you polite?
What should I do if my fiancé still has feelings for my stepmother?
"Chengcheng, you will always stay with me!"
"Yeah, I will." She was understanding.
If Su Cheng didn't have a big plan in mind, he wouldn't want to act with this guy whose mind is full of love.
It's just that each of them gets what they want. He wants emotional value, and she wants to be the queen. She wants power, lots and lots of power.
*
After the dinner, Su Yanxi took advantage of the fact that no one was around, returned home with Shen Yunian’s face on, and lay on the bed worrying about Shen Yunian.
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the window. She opened the window and Shen Yunian jumped in.
His body was covered in blood and he looked like he had been through a desperate fight.
Shen Yunian did not use this to gain sympathy or ask for any compensation from her, but told her all the information he had obtained.
“It’s the royal family’s work, so you’d better not trust them too much.” Shen Yunian said.
He admitted that he had selfish motives, but that was the truth.
Su Yanxi had long seen through the true face of the royal family. If Shen Yunian hadn't told her, she wouldn't trust anyone in the royal family.
Seeing that Shen Yunian was safe and sound, she was more curious about another thing at the moment.
"Why did you kiss me at the party?"
She should have felt uncomfortable with his unreasonable behavior, but she didn't.
Shen Yunian didn't look at her, and seemed very busy tidying up the dirty clothes.
"when?"
He seemed to have forgotten, but Su Yanxi was not going to let him play dumb any longer. If he forgot, then let her remind him, "It's time to swap bodies."
"Really? Did you kiss me? I didn't notice, maybe it was accidental." He acted as usual.
Su Yanxi stared at Shen Yunian closely, her carelessness and indifference made her a little irritated.
What does that mean? Doing something that could lead to misunderstandings and then refusing to admit it!
"Will you accidentally grind it against my mouth repeatedly?" Su Yanxi was dissatisfied.
Perhaps he didn't expect her to be so straightforward. Shen Yunian raised his eyes to look at her, but chose to escape under her piercing gaze, remaining silent, not knowing how to answer this question.
He guessed she must be angry about being insulted by a lowly miner, and he only added fuel to the fire by making a lame excuse when she confronted him.
He looked into her eyes, which were like a clear lake in the sky, reflecting a familiar shadow, leaving no room for his despicable thoughts.
He admitted that he just wanted to kiss her.
But the words he said were duplicity, "Did it get crushed?"
He tried to play dumb to the end.
"I crushed it several times!" Su Yanxi vowed.
Seeing that he was still about to open his mouth to deny it, he took advantage of the fact that he was still in Shen Yunian's body, replayed the scene, and lowered his head to kiss him.
"Just like just now, do you remember?"
Su Yanxi raised her eyes, and Shen Yunian froze in place, his thin lips slightly parted.
His reaction made Su Yanxi very dissatisfied.
"Get your body back." Su Yanxi said.
Shen Yunian paused and obediently changed back to his body.
Su Yanxi looked at Shen Yunian for a long while, then sighed.
No matter what he did, she shouldn't at least give him a cold shoulder when he saved her.
"Thank you for today. I will take care of the royal family's affairs."
This sentence issued an order to expel the guest. Shen Yunian nodded and jumped out of the window he came in from without saying a word.
Su Yanxi stared at the dark window for a long time, feeling empty inside.
It seemed that she was not angry because of something he did, but because she was angry because of nothing he did.
Unable to bear the pungent smell of blood on her body, she went into the bathroom, cleaned herself up, and changed her clothes.
Twisting the wet ends of his hair, Su Yanxi put aside all distractions and began to think about how to solve the royal family and the Yun family's coveting of the minerals.
They were so crazy that they wanted to kill her to seize her property.
To ensure her personal safety, she first found a reliable security company and hired twenty bodyguards.
As for the dangerous fuse - mineral resources, she does not intend to hide them, as it would be a crime to possess a treasure. She plans to share them for a fee.
Su Yanxi directly used the Star Network Lord account to publish a list of ore sales. The price she sold the ore was slightly higher than that of vegetables, but much cheaper than other ore energy sources on the market.
This post was soon discovered by other nobles, and they discussed it in their own small groups.
[A five-star coin for a blue crystal ore, half the price of the market price!]
"How much ore does she have to dare to sell it like that? No wonder that person is targeting her."
[So, will you buy it?]
"I think we have to buy it. Honestly, even if the gods fight, no matter who wins, these minerals won't necessarily fall to us. The royal family will definitely monopolize the energy. On the contrary, it's better in the hands of the eldest daughter of the Su family. She can even sell the energy at a foolishly low price!"
"Yeah, if we spend less money, we can still get some energy. If the Royal Family and the Yun Family really divide up the energy, we won't even be able to have a hot bowl of soup."
More and more people understood this truth and began to speak out in support of Su Yanxi, demanding that the royal family re-investigate the bombing and the assassination at the banquet. On these two matters, some nobles and commoners reached an unprecedented consensus.
The royal family could not withstand the pressure and had to set up a special task force to re-investigate the case and give the people a satisfactory answer.
The royal family has been too tough recently, which has caused a lot of dissatisfaction. The civilian rebels took the opportunity to publicize the various shortcomings of the royal family in an attempt to win over the people. The growing number of civilian rebels made the royal family a little cautious and dared not to be arrogant anymore. Instead, they adopted gentle means to stabilize the people's psychology, which forced them to push out a scapegoat.
Coincidentally, when Su Yanxi was selling the ore, he rejected all the nobles who were related to the Yun family, which made the emperor guess that Su Yanxi already knew the whole story of the explosion.
She is quite powerful.
The emperor didn't know it was his own son who leaked the secret, so he had to put pressure on the head of the Yun family: "If you do something wrong, you must take responsibility. It doesn't matter if she is a noble lady or a commoner. A prince who breaks the law is guilty just like a commoner!"
The head of the Yun family found it funny. It was especially ridiculous to hear such words coming from the mouth of the emperor who was not innocent to begin with.
The emperor wanted him to push his daughter Yun Fengxian out as a scapegoat, but he didn't want to, but he had no choice.
Now all the nobles can buy ore and have begun to accept Su Yanxi's role as an ore merchant. Even if he wants to obtain this huge fortune, he cannot do it overnight.
He needs the quota to purchase ore, so he can buy the ore first and then proceed slowly.
His daughter had to be sacrificed, but he put the blame on Su Yanxi.
Unfortunately, he soon discovered that even after his daughter was imprisoned, the right to purchase the ore was still not open to the Yun family.
The head of the Yun family slammed the table in anger: "What do you mean?! Do you really think that the Yun family is a sick cat?"
He went to the royal family to discuss countermeasures, but found that the royal family was not restricted in their right to purchase ore.
The head of the Yun family looked down on this little trick, but he still felt uncomfortable, especially after the royal family repeatedly gave him the cold shoulder and asked him to find a way to solve the mineral energy crisis on his own, he discovered a truth.
Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly away separately.
Not to mention that the royal family and the Yun family were just a temporary interest group, and their alliance was not solid to begin with, and they could easily be overturned for the sake of the petty gains in front of them.
The Yun family could only swallow their anger.
*
If the royal family's plan fails, they will come up with another one.
The queen thought, if the hard way doesn’t work, she can try the soft way.
"I discovered that Su Yanxi and your cheap son are having an affair." She touched the nail that she accidentally broke during the commotion at the banquet. "I asked him to assassinate Su Yanxi, and guess what? They actually started fighting in public!"
"Why are you talking about this?" The emperor didn't like to hear the love stories of these young people.
"What I mean is that we can marry into the Su family again," said the queen.
Although their intention to bring the two sisters of the Su family into the royal family was too obvious, it would not hurt to be a little thick-skinned when it comes to interests.
"Are you saying that we should change Xiaozhe's marriage partner again?" The emperor felt that it was inappropriate.
It wasn't long after Shen Zhe and Su Yanxi's affair, and now they're talking about getting back together. They're still an engaged couple, so what will others think?!
Anything that damages the reputation of the royal family is a big deal.
"Not Xiaozhe, let that one go. Isn't the eldest prince who is living outside a perfect match for the eldest daughter of the Su family? When she becomes a member of the royal family, she will have to make some contribution to the imperial power!" The queen's calculations were jingling.
The emperor suddenly felt that this proposal was good.
Just like when Shen Yunian was exiled, the two superiors never cared what others thought and decided the fate of others with just a few words.
However, both parties involved were not obedient children, but rather disobedient adults.
"Let me marry Su Yanxi?" Shen Yunian was invited to the reception room for the second time, and what he heard was an even more ridiculous request than the last time to kill Su Yanxi.
"I didn't complete the mission, and you're going to let me return to the royal family?"
This question was a bit embarrassing for the Queen, but she didn't care about the inconsistency. "Your father, the Emperor, has taken into consideration the difficulties you've had over the years and has granted you permission to return to your ancestral home."
"At the banquet, I saw that you also liked the eldest daughter of the Su family. If you could get married, wouldn't it be a closer relationship?"
Shen Yunian did not express his opinion, but only said: "She will not agree."
Even a fool wouldn't fall into such an obvious trap.
"Don't worry about that, I will tell her." The queen finally smiled.
The Queen took care of Shen Yunian's side and immediately sent someone to invite Su Yanxi. After waiting for a long time, the maid did not invite Su Yanxi, but brought her back a message:
The palace is not safe, I am afraid to go there.
"Did she really say that?" The queen was so angry that she fell backwards.
Su Yanxi had been raised as her daughter-in-law since she was a child. She was always respectful in front of her. She would not go west if she said east. Now she actually dared to defy the royal majesty and openly refused her orders!
However, it is the royal family who needs help now. They want something from others, so they have to coax this canary.
"If only Xiaozhe hadn't changed his marriage partner back then!"
If things hadn't been so awkward at the beginning, things would be much easier to talk to now. Xiaozhe could just coax them a little and there would definitely be no problem.
With this assumption in mind, when the Queen was about to go to the Su family in person and Shen Zhe offered to go with her, she did not refuse. If Su Yanxi still liked Shen Zhe, wouldn't it be easier to coax her?
The mother and son took a flying car to the Su family, however, they were treated unprecedentedly coldly here.
As for Su's father, he was taught to be loyal to the royal family since he was a child. After being stabbed and targeted by the royal family, although he did not have any bad intentions for the time being, he was full of protest in his heart.
He would no longer defend the supremacy of imperial power as unreservedly as before.
He had no intention of interfering in the affairs of the younger generation, so when the Queen visited, it would be up to his eldest daughter to handle it.
"Xixi, do you know who was the person you were close to at the banquet the night before last?" The queen was too lazy to exchange pleasantries. She had nothing much to say to a junior.
The queen pulled Su Yanxi to sit on the sofa, looking like a loving elder. Shen Zhe sat beside her, listening silently.
Su Yanxi was confused, "Who?"
She seemed to sense something, as if the queen was talking about Shen Yunian.
Could it be that Shen Yunian's identity has been exposed?
He was an exile, and if he returned to the capital planet without permission, he would be exiled again.
Su Yanxi was nervous for Shen Yunian.
But then she was shocked by the queen's bizarre proposal.
"You said that you want me to marry Shen Yunian?! Does he know?" Su Yanxi's eyes were filled with thoughts.
Everyone knows what the Queen's intention is. She tried to win over the emperor but failed. It's extremely shameful, but this is not what she really cares about.
She never dreamed that the queen would be so desperate that she would start to match people up randomly.
Let's just say it's a mess, but if that person is Shen Yunian, it doesn't seem unacceptable, at least it's better than Shen Zhe.
Su Yanxi strangely digested the fact that no noble lady could accept that she would marry a prince who had been "wandering" outside for decades.
Seeing Su Yanxi was silent for a long time, the Queen said again: "Or, it is not impossible for you to resume your engagement with Xiaozhe."
Su Yanxi tilted her head to glance at Shen Zhe, who looked at her with hope in his eyes.
So, why was it Shen Zhe who came to this marriage instead of Shen Yunian?
Su Yanxi is not a fool. Could it be that the Queen seems to be matchmaking between her and Shen Yunian, but actually wants her to rekindle her old love with Shen Zhe?
She got goosebumps at her own guess.
It turns out that the royal family can throw away all their face and dignity for the sake of profit. They have no principles at all.
When the marriage proposal was put forward, the one who was most opposed was Su's father.
"Is it not enough for me to marry one of my daughters to the royal family? I have to marry both of them?! Do you royal family have any shame?"
Father Su was so angry that he spoke without thinking.
The Queen cursed inwardly: "This old man is such an eyesore! It's an eyesore for the daughters of the Su family to marry into the royal family. It's their honor. Others would love it, but he actually despises it!"
She was uneasy in her heart, but she still looked kind on the outside. Without waiting for Su Yanxi to speak, she hurriedly finalized: "If you are not satisfied, why not just leave it as it is and stick to the previous arrangement. Xiaozhe and Xixi will get married. Let's just not change anything!"
Su Yanxi was shocked by the royal family's shamelessness and said nothing. From the corner of her eye, she saw Su Cheng's half-covered face and felt a little sorry for her.
Although Su Cheng did not get along with her, she was her biological sister and a member of the Su family after all. When she was bullied like this, she lost her sharp tongue as when she spoke to her. She sat in a corner of the sofa in silence and said nothing. But Shen Zhe was so crazy that he did not even try to stop the queen.
The parties involved were all speechless, with only Father Su being the most emotional: "Isn't that child's play?! I don't agree!"
Hearing this, the Queen did not get angry. Instead, she said in a gentle and threatening tone, "Duke Su, please allow me to remind you that we are on the same boat."
Father Su insisted on rejecting the Queen's proposal, but the Queen didn't care and just said, "Duke Su, please excuse me for a moment."
I don’t know what the two discussed, but they finally reached an agreement. The marriage candidates between the royal family and the Su family returned to the original plan, with Su Yanxi and Shen Zhe getting married.
After sending the queen away, Father Su felt ashamed to face his two daughters.
"Well, it's just back to the way it was at the beginning. Nothing has changed."
Father Su is deceiving himself and others.
Unfortunately, everything can no longer go back to the way it was before.
For Su Yanxi, having already experienced the feeling of escaping from the cage of the prince's fiancée, she no longer wanted to be disciplined as a well-educated and well-mannered woman behind the prince, and even more so, she was unwilling to sacrifice everything for the selfish royal family.
She wanted to be a lord, have her own subjects, and create a world completely different from the one ruled by the royal family, a world free from the shackles of others, a world where she could see smiling faces and hope.
For example, the Cinnabar Star, and the ten waste stars she now owns.
She wanted to be herself, forever.
Such an idea would probably be a joke in the eyes of others, but Su Yanxi has been suppressing it in his heart for more than ten years. After finally hoping to break through the ground, it is now about to be strangled in the cradle.
She is no longer the child who did whatever the adults told her to do. This time, she will definitely not obey the orders.
"Hey, Su Cheng, do you still want to marry into the royal family?" Su Yanxi asked.
Su Cheng looked up in a daze, then clenched his teeth, "If you want to laugh at me, then laugh at me!"
"Su Yanxi, don't think you've beaten me. If I were like you, living with my parents since childhood, receiving an aristocratic education, and being pampered since childhood, you would definitely not be able to beat me now!"
"Do you really need my approval?"
Su Yanxi suddenly interrupted and asked a question that made Su Cheng stunned.
"Have you ever heard of this saying? If you're beautiful and someone says you're ugly, you won't get angry because you know they're just jealous. But if you're truly ugly, you'll get angry because what they say is the truth." Su Yanxi said, "So, you don't have to prove your strength by competing with me for things."
"What do you mean?" Su Cheng's whole body suddenly stood up with thorns. "You mean I'm jealous of you?! Hahahaha, how is that possible? Everything you have is originally mine, isn't it? If it was you who got lost back then, would you still be in the mood to preach here? You have no idea what happened before!"
"So what happened?" Su Yanxi asked, "What made you reborn and return to the present, and why are you so hostile to me?"
"How do you know?!" Su Cheng's pupils quickly shrank into needle points, and he looked at Su Yanxi warily.
That was the biggest secret she kept in her heart.
After saying this, Su Cheng stopped talking. She felt palpitations and a chill on her back.
It was not until this moment that she realized that Su Yanxi had many secrets. She was not like the person in her memory. She knew so many things. Was there anything she didn't know?
"Are you going to kill me?" Su Cheng asked.
Even if she was unwilling to admit it, she had to admit that she was completely defeated by Su Yanxi. She had never been better than her, whether in life, parents, the person she liked or the opportunity that she could only dream of.
God is so kind to Su Yanxi, as if other people are dispensable weeds, and she is the incomparable precious flower.
This unique advantage that was so different from others had already made her stop asking why.
"Why should I kill you?" Su Yanxi was at a loss as to what to do because of Su Cheng's paranoia.
"Don't you hate me for targeting you like that?" Su Cheng said.
"It's okay, you just have a bad mouth and like to pick up trash from the trash can." Su Yanxi said.
Su Cheng was so angry that he didn't know whether to laugh or curse back, and finally he laughed out of anger.
"Okay, I don't care about or want to know anything else. Let's get back to the question just now. Do you still want to marry Shen Zhe?" Su Yanxi asked.
"I want to." Su Cheng said without hesitation.
"Then let's have a big one!"
Su Cheng glanced sideways at Su Yanxi, who was beaming with joy. For the first time, she felt that kind of bright and flamboyant beauty was so pleasing to the eye.
"How do we play?" she asked inexplicably.
"You'll find out soon enough."
*
The more Su Cheng got to know Su Yanxi, the more he felt that she was a strange person.
She never thought that Su Yanxi didn't like Shen Zhe at all, and even proposed to let her marry in his place, which was a shocking and outrageous thing.
Therefore, in her previous life, she saw Su Yanxi, who was spoiled to the point of being arrogant and conceited. Although she seemed happy to be the most honorable queen in the world, she was actually unwilling in her heart.
Su Cheng was really surprised to discover this.
How could she not be happy? If she had such supreme power, she would wake up laughing in her dreams!
No matter what Su Yanxi thought, the substitutionary marriage gave her an opportunity. Although she knew that this secret behavior would displease the royal family and make her life difficult in the future, she still agreed without hesitation.
She wanted power! In this life, she wanted to be the sharp knife rather than the weak and vulnerable fish!
*
Perhaps it was because the Queen was trying to arrange a marriage for Shen Yunian, so he was kept in the palace. Apart from that, his life was no different.
He went to the Imperial Military Academy to attend classes every day and occasionally walked around the streets. Sometimes he would see Su Yanxi, but she didn't seem to notice him and her eyes never lingered on him.
Shen Yunian laughed at himself, returned to the palace, and walked along the corridor. No one paid any attention to him, as if he was a transparent person and no one could see him.
The corridor is a little different today, with many more decorations.
Shen Yunian stared at a large string of colorful lights at the corner, grabbed a hurried guard, and asked, "Are there any major festivals recently?"
The guard followed Shen Yunian's gaze and understood instantly, "You are talking about that, don't you know? His Royal Highness the Prince and the Su family's noble lady are going to have a wedding. This is definitely the wedding of the century. There will never be such a grand wedding again."
Knowing the reason, Shen Yunian let go of the guard's hand, a little dazed.
Somehow, after walking for a long time, he somehow ended up in the queen's bedroom.
The Queen had completely forgotten about him these days and had never summoned him. When she heard the maid's announcement, she was a little slow to react.
"Oh, him, call him in," said the queen.
Shen Yunian had heard her words outside the door, and without waiting for the maid to convey them, he walked straight in. Before he could speak, the queen took the initiative.
"Are you here to ask about the wedding?" The Queen pointed out his purpose. When Shen Yunian didn't answer, she took it as her acquiescence and continued, "Originally, I wanted to choose you, but unfortunately Miss Su still prefers Xiaozhe. After all, they grew up together and know each other better. So, you have nothing to do here. Your royal father doesn't intend to pursue you for leaving the place of exile without your permission. Just go back within seven days."
"Hey, are you listening?" The queen knocked on the table lightly, and the sound brought Shen Yunian back to his senses.
"good."
"Then you go back first." The queen was impatient to say more to him. Once a person lost his usefulness, he could be thrown away like garbage in her eyes.
After Shen Yunian left, a maid said disdainfully: "You don't really think you can return to the royal family and become the eldest prince, do you? No matter how you look at it, he is not as good as His Royal Highness the Second Prince!"
"A toad wants to eat swan flesh." The queen snorted.
Shen Yunian did not go far, and the voice did not avoid him. It was obviously meant for him to hear.
Yes, they grew up together, childhood sweethearts. One is a royal, the other a miner, so it's easy to pick one.
Besides, she disliked commoners the most, so it was reasonable for her to choose to marry Shen Zhe.
Shen Yunian returned to the room. It was so quiet that it was shocking. The whole space seemed to have frozen even the air. Only the noise came from far away.
This scene seems familiar.
He didn't know how long he sat there before he remembered that there was one thing he hadn't done.
"Tsk, I still have to ask her for my reward."
She said she would give him the Cinnabar Star as a reward for helping her get home.
A planet is worth hundreds of thousands of star coins after all. He needs to meet her and settle these remaining issues.
Shen Yunian was silent all the way from the palace to the Su family, climbed over the wall into the courtyard, climbed up to the second-floor window with ease, knocked, and the window opened from the inside, revealing a beautiful face.
"Why are you here?" Su Yanxi asked as he made room for Shen Yunian to come in through the window.
Shen Yunian pursed his lips and said, “I’ll come to get my reward.”
Su Yanxi just remembered that the transfer procedures for Cinnabar Star had still not been completed.
"Oh, this is very simple." She opened the intelligent brain, retrieved the document, signed it herself, and asked Shen Yunian to sign it, and the ownership of Cinnabar Star was transferred.
"Very soon." Shen Yunian said inexplicably.
Su Yanxi nodded. Somehow, she always felt that Shen Yunian's voice was inexplicably low today. She had been busy arranging the replacement marriage these two days and had never paid attention to Shen Yunian. Could it be that something had happened to him?
"What's wrong? Do you have anything to say to me?" Su Yanxi was embarrassed by Shen Yunian's straight gaze.
"It's not a big deal, it's just that I may have to go back to Cinnabar Star and won't be able to witness this wedding of the century." Shen Yunian said.
"Oh, it's really not a big deal." Su Yanxi said.
Su Yanxi went over the plan of marrying in her mind again, and with her eyes downcast, she missed the loneliness that flashed across Shen Yunian's face.
"Does the eldest lady like him so much?" Shen Yunian asked.
Su Yanxi realized belatedly that there was a sour taste in these words.
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay, let's go." Shen Yunian turned around, waved his hand casually, jumped up, and disappeared into the thick night.
He did not leave the Su family immediately. He stopped for a moment under Su Yanxi's window, and found that she was not looking outside, so he quickly closed the window.
Yes, she was finally able to draw a clear line between herself and someone like him. She must have felt relieved and had been longing for it.
After the lights in Su Yanxi's room were turned off, Shen Yunian entered through the window again and looked carefully for a long time in the darkness.
From now on, we will be thousands of miles apart, so let him be greedy one last time.
"Xixi."
"Xixi."
After all, it doesn't belong to him.
*
Shen Yunian lay in the palace for a whole day. He didn't go out for a stroll, nor did he go to class. He did nothing. However, the joy and excitement of the wedding infect the entire palace by any means, and every place is so annoying.
Instead of staying here and getting into trouble, it’s better to leave as soon as possible.
He mentioned his departure to the Queen, and the spaceship immediately stopped outside his room, as if it couldn't wait to send him away.
Shen Yunian was a little speechless, still as heartless and ungrateful as ever.
After spending half a day buying some necessities and bringing them back to Cinnabar Star, he packed them up and boarded the spaceship, leaving the cold palace.
Before leaving the capital planet, he couldn't help but look in the direction of the Su family. A huge wedding starship was slowly heading that way.
The marriage was arranged and held quickly. The royal family was probably afraid that something might go wrong if they delayed, after all, the eldest daughter was very popular now.
Compared to the bustling capital planet, navigating the universe was a very boring experience. On the way here, Su Yanxi was chattering in my ear, asking curious questions. On the way back, I realized how dark and depressing the quiet universe was.
The only sounds inside the spaceship were his reflection and his breathing.
She should be very happy now that she got what she wanted.
Chen Yunian turned on the music in frustration, but accidentally clicked on the radio, where the host was live-broadcasting this interstellar wedding jointly organized by the nobility and the royal family.
He could have turned it off, but instead he had his hands back on the steering wheel, listening to the fragmentary description of the bride on the radio.
He even couldn't help but wonder, is it too late to snatch her soul away and eat it?
[Target host, of course there's still time. Do you want to eat?] The system jumped online.
"Get lost!" After Shen Yunian spoke, the system disappeared.
The space returned to tranquility.
Not long after leaving, he felt a little nostalgic. It turned out that he shouldn't have been a good person. He should have snatched it back!
But, he didn't want to see her eyes filled with disgust towards him.
"Uh, you already knew I was here."
A familiar voice suddenly came from behind Shen Yunian. He turned around abruptly and froze for a moment in disbelief, almost causing the spacecraft to deviate from its course.
The heroine who was supposed to be at the wedding of the century now appeared in his spaceship in simple clothes, with messy hair and sweat on her forehead, looking at the man who had just climbed out of the trunk.
"Miss got on the wrong spaceship?" Shen Yunian couldn't think of any other reason.
"If I'm right, will you still let me go?" Su Yanxi was not sure whether Shen Yunian's indifference just now was directed at her.
Shen Yunian almost didn't understand what Su Yanxi meant. Only after she reacted did she realize that she had heard him say "get out" to the system, and she misunderstood that he said it to her.
Shen Yunian restrained himself and switched the spacecraft to automatic driving, but he could not hide the joy of regaining what he had lost.
He gave up the last bit of his rationality and just wanted to hold her tightly in his arms no matter why she appeared here. In fact, he did so.
It was as if he wanted to rub her into his bones.
"I'm a little out of breath, Shen Yunian." Su Yanxi groaned twice, and Shen Yunian relaxed his strength.
But he didn't let her go, only half-holding her, as if he had an incurable disease of skin hunger.
Su Yanxi did something she had wanted to do for a long time.
She tiptoed gently and placed a kiss on his thin lips.
Once someone takes the first step, the rest will fall into place.
Chen Yunian deepened the kiss. It was no longer the previous one where he pretended to be stupid and crazy and only touched each other briefly. This time, it was a deep and lingering kiss between the teeth. It was a life-and-death kiss. Every part of the mouth was filled with the taste of the other person.
Inside the spaceship, the live broadcast of the wedding of the century continued, and the host excitedly shouted:
"Please ask the groom to kiss the bride."
As if receiving some kind of command, the battle between the two became more and more intense, until they were exhausted, and a suspicious silver thread flowed out from the corner of their mouths, stuck between the two.
Outside the spacecraft, the starry sky near the navigation track suddenly shone brightly, obscuring the sun's light, like a belated guest, suddenly becoming lively, presenting the small spacecraft with a grand scene of stars congratulating it, pulling it all the way to the dazzling other shore.
"The ceremony is over."
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